Running head: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Executive Summary Hilda C Benitez Grand Canyon University NRS-451: Nursing Leadership and Management August 12‚ 2012 Executive Summary It is a well-known fact that obesity continues to burden the healthcare industry. According to the reports made by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC‚ 2012)‚ medical costs associated with obesity were estimated at $147 billion in 2008. Presently in the United States‚ two-thirds of adult population and approximately
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Summary In my summary of Eugene Robinson’s article “You Have the Right to Remain a Target of Racial Profiling”‚ starts off with the message that statistics released were from a study done in 2005‚ by the Federal Bureau of Justice. In that study black drivers were less likely to be stopped by police than drivers belonging to other groups. Mr. Robinson goes on to say that even with blacks being less likely to be pulled over‚ they are nearly 3 times more likely to be searched over white drivers. He
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Summary of Source The Compromise entailed the division of the Northern and Southern states‚ that was proposed by the Henry Clay to the Senate and had occurred after the appeal of the Missouri Compromise and Compromise Tariff of 1832. He wanted to decentralize the act of using nationalistic pride with territory and statesmen. Clay wanted the North and South to come to an agreement with each other without ruining the nation. He initiated his speech by giving a synopsis of what a negotiation incorporates
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the body surface that overlying the muscle. This signal can be detected using displacement sensor (Kriz 2008)‚ microphone (Yang‚ Kumar‚ and Arjunan 2009)‚ accelerometer (Xie‚ Guo‚ and Zheng 2010)‚ and piezoelectric (Tanaka 2011). Table 1 shows the summary of bicep brachial muscle fatigue measurement using MMG signal. Kriz conducted an experiment to analyze short-term repeatability‚ including maximal displacement‚ delay time‚ contraction time‚ sustain time and half-relaxation time‚ from biceps brachial
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The stage drama No Sugar‚ by Jack Davis explores the bad treatment of minority groups and their responses to this treatment. The performance set in the 1930’s presents the Milimurra family who are the minority group fighting against the injustices inflicted on them by white authorities. No Sugar provides a voice for the aboriginal people‚ confronts European Australians with the past‚ restores Aboriginal culture and pride and explored the value of equality. All these ideas are used as a way to convey
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Summary of Strategies M. Deniz Gunes October 11‚ 2010 Summary of Strategies The writers firstly mention that using different strategies makes students’ learning better and they provide several references to support their claim (Echevarria‚ Vogt & Short‚ 2004‚ p.82). Learning strategies could be defined as mental processes which are used during learning. According to research there are three types of strategies as follows: meta-cognitive strategies‚ cognitive strategies
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My Investment Summary My investment summary didn’t go as well as I thought it would be. From reading my investment philosophy it is quite certain that I learned a lot from using the trial on Wall Street Survivors. As I stated in my power point‚ I was very uncertain on which companies to invest in and no research was done. From my basic knowledge I mostly invested in companies and corporations I was familiar with. My main focus just like any other investor was to make a large profit; it seems that
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Assignment 1.1 Summary and Personal Response to “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” By chin Uva‚ Professor‚ Dr‚ Atia Yasmeen‚ Course: English Composition 115 Date: Feb 11‚ 2012 Suki Kim who came from Korea‚ tells in this essay that is named “Facing Poverty with a Rich girl’s Habits” about why she and her the richest family moved to Queens‚ New York in the early 1980’s. When she was enrolled the seventh grade‚ her millionaire father bankruptcy overnight. After her father lost all
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Bush‚ Russ L. The Advancement: Keeping the Faith in an Evolutionary Age. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group‚ 2003. Introduction After reading The Advancement: Keeping the Faith in an Evolutionary Age by L. Russ Bush‚ the purpose of writing this summary and critique will be to enhance this student’s understanding of this topic. Bush’s purpose for writing this book is to give those with a different worldview the background information of what the advancement worldview is and how Christians can
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Summary of the film ”Smoke” by Paul Auster “Smoke” is a film based on the book “Smoke” written by Paul Auster. The film tells the stories of mainly three people in Brooklyn. The movie takes place in New York with the cigar shop Brooklyn Cigar Co. as the centre of the film. The owner of the shop is named Auggie Wren. For him the store is the centre of the world and he takes pictures near the shop at the exact same place every morning at the same time. Paul Benjamin is a regular costumer‚ who
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