A professional association (also called a professional body‚ professional organization‚ or professional society) is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession‚ the interests of individuals engaged in that profession‚ and the public interest. The roles of these professional associations have been variously defined: "A group of people in a learned occupation who are entrusted with maintaining control or oversight of the legitimate practice of the occupation;” also
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American Association of Critical Care Nurses Background: The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is one of the world well respected specialty associations for critical care nurses. AACN has been catering for the nurses who work in intensive care unit‚ nurses who take care of critically ill patients for 40 years. 500000 nurses interest are represented by this organization. Goal of this organization is to mold the healthcare delivery system to make health care‚ patient and patient’s family
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Association for Computing Machinery Brandon M. Patrick TUI ITM425 Introduction to Computing Dr. Austin Umezurike September 20‚ 2011 The site ACM (Association for Computer Machinery) is a site that is based on providing information and advancing knowledge of information technology. The site brief description is “ACM‚ the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society‚ delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field ’s
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More often than not‚ our subconscious thoughts are different than our conscious thoughts. How does one get to the root of bias? Through Implicit Association Tests‚ one is able to see their natural bias’s (or lack thereof) through reaction times to grouping things as “good” or “bad”. One can use the results of the test to better understand an outgroup and to change how they interact with the member of the outgroup. For this project‚ I took the sexuality IAT. Through this IAT‚ I learned that I do indeed
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Differential Association Theory Differential association theory is one of the Chicago School criminological theories that held a sociological approach to analyzing criminality. The theory was finalized by University of Chicago sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1947 as one of the first to take a major turn away from the classical individualist theories of crime and delinquency. Much of his study was influenced by crime that emphasized human behavior as determined by social and physical environmental
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tested by Implicit Association Tests. For centuries‚ humans banded together to form groups to survive. The members of each group feel a close connection to the group they belong to and the other members in their group. When people are in a particular group they tend to
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changed my outlook on life. I worked with the Hydrocephalus Association in both eleventh and twelfth grade. The Hydrocephalus Association focuses on three things community‚ clarity‚ and cure. Hydrocephalus is a condition defined by an abnormal‚ excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the cavities of the brain. Some people with this condition can live a normal life being unnoticeable while other have difficulties. The association works on awareness to find a cure‚ clarity in helping families
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About the American Sociological Association Founded in 1905‚ the American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good. With more than 14‚000 members‚ ASA encompasses sociologists who are faculty members at colleges and universities‚ researchers‚ policy analysts‚ practitioners‚ and students. Members of specific sections of the Association including those concerned with Science
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CheckPoint: Implicit Association Test By: Jessica Dodd Jessica Dodd December 27‚ 2010 ETH/ 125 The results for my IAT were: (1) 35% strong automatic preference for young people compared to old people‚ (2) 29 % moderate automatic preference for young people compared to old people‚ (3) 16% slight automatic preference for young people compared to old people‚ (4) little to no automatic preference between young and old people‚ (5) 4% slight automatic preference for old people compared to young
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THE ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES CERTIFICATE The Business Environment SPECIMEN QUESTION PAPER Answer any FOUR questions Q1 (a) Explore the main characteristics of a ‘fully-planned economy’. (10 marks) (b) Discuss why in practice it is more likely that a country will have a ‘mixed economy’. (15 marks) (Total 25 marks) Q2 (a) Discuss the reasons why an interventionist approach has been favoured by the European Union in its relations with industry. (15 marks) (b) Review the potential
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