Internet Addiction A New Clinical Phenomenon and Its Consequences KIMBERLY S. YOUNG St. Bonaventure University Center for Online Addiction New research identifies online users who became hooked on chat rooms‚ interactive games‚ and even eBay only to see their lives become increasingly unmanageable because of the Internet. Prior research explores the addictive qualities sustaining drug and alcohol abuse‚ pathological gambling‚ and even video game addiction; however‚ given the relative
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1. CASE STUDY: ALICIA Alicia is a 28 year old female that has been referred for outpatient services after being admitted into an acute psychiatric ward for 5 days. Alicia complains of persistent numbness on the right side of her body‚ extending from her face down to her leg. Twice‚ Alicia was admitted into the hospital from the emergency room with a visible amount of paralysis on the right side of her face. After numerous tests‚ ruling out Bell’s Palsy and Parkinson’s disease‚ Alicia was sent
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Health On Digital Media TJ Jerome Dela Cruz Professor Robert Zornes CMST 301 Project # 1 Case Study University Of Maryland University College November 11‚ 2012 HEALTH ON DIGITAL MEDIA In the last several years‚ the use of Facebook‚ YouTube‚ Twitter and other social media tools to disseminate health messages has grown significantly‚ and continues to trend upward. Using social media tools has become an effective way to expand reach‚ foster engagement and increase access to credible‚ science-based
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is being delivered by the service environment. Ques. 3 How can customers contribute to value and satisfaction enhancement of services? Ques. 4 How does the intangible nature of service merit a different marketing treatment? Section-B Case Study. CNN – IBN Differentiating from the market leader In a competitive market‚ journalism has to be a collective enterprise. Stories that are in the public interest are overlooked by and large by the media because of stiff competition‚ which is
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led to a dysfunctional culture for GE as reflected in certain cases of fraudulent allegations of activities by his employee to reach certain goals. An argument can be made for and “adaptive” culture in a sense that the business environment has changed in a dramatic way since Immelt has taken over only because of the way the company has had to position itself in regards to those changes. But as far as the overall culture has gone and cases that have arose during Immelt’s tenure‚ a dysfunctional culture
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products over the internet and can enjoy “on-line special”. The charitable organizations pledged five percent of sales revenue to solve crucial humanitarian and environmental problems. Nau’s approach to doing business‚ personally‚ could be identified as dark green management from management perspective. When it comes to green management‚ organizations or enterprises attempt to respect and preserve environment‚ benefit the society and be actively socially responsible. In this case‚ Nau applies activist
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06-4702-Conklin.qxd 5/10/2005 6:00 PM Page 561 6 INTEGRATIVE CASES I n this chapter‚ the objective is to discuss cases that draw on the frameworks and perspectives developed throughout the casebook and that include important issues from each of the earlier chapters. GM IN CHINA For GM China‚ the year 2004 brought a wide variety of new challenges that added to an already complex business environment. The industry structure was changing quickly. Demand and supply projections
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Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology College of Arts and Sciences San Isidro Campus COMPARISON OF BANKING STRUCTURE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD A Case Study Presented to The Faculty of College and Arts and Sciences In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Subject Finance I (Principles of Money‚ Banking and Credit) During the First Semester of A.Y. 2011-2012 Proponents: Pangilinan‚ Mark Allan C. Aligora‚ Norman Cabral‚ Anne-Janette
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Chapter Case Study WEIGHT WATCHERS VS. JENNY CRAIG 1 Ever wanted to lose weight? For about 71 million Americans‚ the answer is yes.2 For weight-loss companies‚ that’s the right answer. The weight-loss industry‚ worth over $46 billion in 2004‚ is growing steadily because lifestyles and food choices are working against the desire to lose weight. Most Americans spend their days sitting in front of a computer and their evenings sitting in front of a television. Restaurant meals‚ prepared foods
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com/locate/fgcs Internet of Things (IoT): A vision‚ architectural elements‚ and future directions Jayavardhana Gubbi a ‚ Rajkumar Buyya b‚∗ ‚ Slaven Marusic a ‚ Marimuthu Palaniswami a a Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Vic - 3010‚ Australia b Department of Computing and Information Systems‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Vic - 3010‚ Australia highlights • • • • Presents vision and motivations for Internet of Things (IoT). Application
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