goods and services produced by one hour of labor. Specifically labor productivity measures the amount of real GDP produced by an hour of labor. Growing labor productivity depends on three main factors: investment and saving in physical capital‚ new technology and human capital. In order to increase productivity‚ each worker must be able to produce more output. This is referred to as labor productivity growth. The only way for this to occur is through an in increase in the capital utilized in the production
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HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996‚ which was originally proposed to assure health insurance coverage after leaving a job. Congress felt the need to add a section to the bill in order to save money; therefore‚ the Administration Simplification section was included in the bill. The health care industry was in agreeance with the ideas of Congress because standard record formats‚ code sets‚ and identifiers in standardized electronic transactions were required. The
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Explain the pros and cons of TNCs on the developing world. TNCs‚ transnational corporations are large companies that have operations in more then one country. An example of a TNC is Coca Cola. There are many pros to TNCs such as they build infrastructure‚ bring new technology to the country and provide jobs for local people. But there are also many cons like land degrading‚ they exploit workers‚ and they avoid taxes. TNCs invest in poor countries‚ they build new infrastructure. TNCs commonly build
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In January 2002 congress‚ with the encouragement of President Bush‚ passed a new act that was intended to prevent children from being left behind in education. No Child Left Behind is designed to change the culture of America ’s schools by closing the achievement gap‚ offering more flexibility‚ giving parents more options‚ and teaching students based on what works. This was and is a great idea. Children are our future and we need to make sure they get all the opportunities education can give them
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Transcendentalism is not easy to define. The people that identified themselves as transcendentalists were independent individuals. Within their philosophy that they encouraged individualism and the goodness of humankind. Transcendentalists trusted themselves to be their own authority‚ they believed in sovereignty of man‚ self-determination‚ self-sufficiency‚ and self-regulating. The transcendentalists’ movement was to some extent a response to the increasing industrialization during the late eighteenth
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Beneficence is a guiding principle in nursing‚ an action performed‚ contributing to the welfare of others. Many individuals think of what is best for everybody. In this fast‚ dynamic‚ technological health care era‚ there are ethical dilemma that persists concerning the privacy issues‚ for example‚ guarding the personal information of a patient. Various security protocols are in place to prevent any misguided individuals from getting the information. Together with social justice‚ beneficence has
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is an extremely common joint disease that is most frequently seen in the knee and in the older population. Since OA oftentimes leads to disability‚ the patient’s proprioception is negatively altered. Decreased proprioception can cause unstable joints and make the effected joint more prone to traumatic injury. Unstable joints increase the likelihood of falling which in turn can also increase the already high chance of traumatic injury. In order to counter this change‚ physicians
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When most people think of cloning‚ they think of a scientist that uses DNA to make an exact replica of someone . Cloning is a lot more complicated and more controversial than that . According to the American Heritage Dictionary Cloning is defined as “A group of cells‚ or organism that is descended from and genetically identical to a common ancestor ‚ such as a bacterial colony whose members arose from a single original cell . Ever since August‚1‚2001 Cloning had been banned .Cloning was banned for
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especially by means of science and technology (being robotic). Transhumanism is “the new procedure and technologies emerging from research laboratories and hospitals-whether mood-altering drugs‚ substances to boost muscle mass or selectively erase memory‚ prenatal genetic screening‚ or gene therapy” (Fukuyanna). The belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations‚ especially by means of science and technology. Which begs the question why. Why would
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health.2 Nonetheless‚ the underlying idea of eugenics as a means to promote “survival of the fittest” has been perpetuated through prenatal genetic testing and‚ a step further along the process‚ human genetic engineering. Modern bioscience and technology have created prenatal genetic testing‚ a way to screen for genetic deficiencies and/or abnormalities that may pose a threat to the viability of offspring – a terminal
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