are affected by violence and abuse. Domestic abuse refers to abuse against intimate partners‚ child‚ and elders. Abuse takes on many different forms physical‚ sexual‚ emotional and neglect when it comes to children and the elderly. Intimate partner abuse are violent acts done to but not limited to just women or heterosexual couples but it can happen to men and couples of the same sex. Children exposed intimate partner abuse can cause harm to their developmental and psychological health. Child abuse
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Introduction: Partners‚ Healthcare System (PHS) is a nonprofit organization that is situated in Boston. It was founded by Brigham and women Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital. Partners Healthcare built a unique application with a set of facilities that support information needs of the clinicians. The facilities help to reconcile medication histories during the care transition points (inpatients admission and discharge). In its business strategy‚ Partners has also established a
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Abstract The national Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines IPV as a family violence that occurs within a relationship between intimate partners (as cited in Klostermann‚ Kelly‚ Migone‚ Pusateri & Fals-Stewart‚ 2009). IPV is recognized as a corrosive global social problem (Klostermann & Fals-Stewart‚ 2005) as well as a significant health problem. The are many types of behaviors that are considered forms of IPV. The range can included anything from severe physical violence to
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The majority of victims of intimate partner abuse are women‚ and they are assaulted by someone who is a former or current spouse‚ cohabiting partner (opposite or same-sex)‚ date‚ or boyfriend or girlfriend. When the victim is female‚ 93.4 percent of the time the offender is male‚ and when the victim is male‚ 85.9 percent of the time the perpetrator is male (Gosselin 2000). Studies focusing on the adult male batterer have identified characteristics and personality risk-factors that characterize this
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HR as strategic Partner is gaining momentum as being one of the best way yet in making human resources as the most important asset in an organization. "Being a strategic partner" is understood as a long-term relationship to achieve defined objectives common to all partners. In the context of strategic human resource management‚ the HR function and activities are intended to ensure the organization ’s financial success. As partners your HR people and employees in the various areas of the organization
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Intimate Partner Violence Intimate partner violence encompasses numerous types of violence. This includes physical acts of violence which is defined as “intentional use of force with the potential to cause death‚ disability‚ injury‚ or harm” (Krebs‚ Breiding‚ Browne & Warner‚ 2011). Sexual acts of violence is the general term used to describe the use of physical force to engage or attempt to engage in sexual activity without consent or willingness of the second party. The term stalking includes being
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Problems/Disagreement 9 Contractual Terms and Provisions 9 Appendix A – Per Film Value Using Financial Projections 11 Introduction In 1992‚ Paul Kagan Associates‚ Inc. came out with a new business idea. The idea was to create an investment group‚ Arundel Partners‚ to purchase the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major U.S. movie studios. As owner the rights‚ Arundel would wait to see if a movie was successful‚ and then decide whether or not to produce a second film based on the
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surprised to receive a speaking partner assignment six week into the semester. I had already started on my alternative assignment about Switzerland. My options from Pathway support were to finish my mid semester essay; then either continue with the alternative assignment or change to the speaking partner assignment. My speaking partner was Francis who lives in Lima‚ Peru with his family. Through our weekly calls I learned he chose to wait on having a speaking partner until he felt more confident with
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rules on the topic of audit partner rotation states that an audit partner must be rotated off the audit engagement if he/she has worked (been responsible for the issuance of the audit report reflecting the reporting of the financial statements and the dealings with the audit committee and management) on the engagement for the prior five consecutive years and be subject to a five year “time-out period” from the registrant. Previously‚ this rule was that the lead audit partner was to be rotated after seven
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Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project 1. Executive Summary “Nobody knows anything”. This famous line coined by William Goldman‚ a well known Hollywood screenwriter‚ simply but honestly sums up the movie industry. Numerous academic studies have tried to gauge the determinants of movie success but have yet failed to deliver a satisfying answer. Ravid A. (1999) for example finds that neither stars nor big budgets contribute to profitability of a movie. This case study investigates the case of buying
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