The article presents various ethical issues but the issue that stood out was the restricting of opioid use. This is a controversial topic in our country as it is estimated that 1.9 million Americans have a substance use disorder involving opioids (National Institute on Drug Abuse). Dr. Wergin faces an uncomfortable situation being the only physician in Milford and having to directly deal with the limitations on prescription opioids. He understands that while not every patient is an addict or drug
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Nagel believes that we cannot know what it is like to be a bat due to our lack of understanding of consciousness and consequently our inability to understand another being’s subjective character experience. Nagel chooses a bat to articulate his thesis because it is close enough on the tree of genetic evolution that we do not automatically dismiss its similarities but functionally different enough to ensure that his point is clearly displayed. Nagel is not sure how to determine whether or not an
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MARKETING DISCUSSION Consider the lifetime value of customers (CLV). Choose a business and show how you would go about developing a quantitative formulation that captures the concept. How would organizations change if they totally embraced the customer equity oncept and maximized CLV? Suggested Response A) CLV describes the net present value of the stream of future profits expected over the customers’ lifetime purchases. Each student’s example will differ but the main tenets of each report
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David Rivers MKT/421 Tracy Foote Week Three Discussion Questions • Select a product with which you are familiar. What stage is this product at in the product life cycle? Provide rationale for your answer. The chose Apples IPhone and currently it is the Maturity phase of the product life cycle. The IPhone is very popular and is often copied or remanufactured to look like and perform the same as the original. Apple is creating new features‚ products‚ and apps to allow users to do a lot more than
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Discussion Paper #1 Technology is the collection of tools‚ including machinery‚ modifications‚ arrangement and procedures used by humans. Technologies involve the manipulation of the environment to meet certain human needs such as food‚ shelter‚ communication‚ and health. The development of various technologies has been affected by and has affected the environment‚ human societies‚ and science. One piece of technology that has influenced humans significantly has been the computer
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At the room-service station‚ the waiter debits the guest´s account. This takes 2 minutes. The waiter may wait to do the billing if he another order to prepare or deliver. a) Draw a process map for the room-service process. b) What is the theoretical flow time of the process? c) The average flow time of the process was measured to be 60 minutes.
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therapeutic-based career‚ should develop a theoretical orientation during that time. The development of a theoretical orientation will influence how a therapist conceptualizes and treats his or her clients. Nevertheless‚ developing a theoretical orientation can take a significant amount of time‚ understanding‚ and self-reflection. Although I have completed about one year of graduate school‚ I do not have a comprehensive understanding of what my theoretical orientation is or will be. However‚
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because doing anything can lead to going too far”‚ leading to their opposition of most moderate gun controls (Kleck‚ 2000). As a result‚ the passage of some potentially useful non-incremental and moderate controls will be quite difficult‚ as any discussion of moderate controls will tend to revolve around the threat of total prohibition (Kleck‚ 2001). Herein lies a possible opportunity cost: with the passage of moderate controls stalled‚ any possible benefits stemming from these controls may not exist
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Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework of the study is a structure that can hold or support a theory of a research work. It presents the theory which explains why the problem under study exists. Presents theory from which research problem was derived or to which it is linked Theoretical basis of the study The theoretical framework is but a theory that serves as a basis for conducting research. How to formulate the theoretical framework? 1. Specify the theory used as basis
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Lesson 2: Exit Discussion Kimberly Johnson TR 11:10am – 12:35pm The era from 2660-2160 B.C.E. in Egyptian history is known as the Old Kingdom. During this period‚ Egypt was a unified kingdom ruled by a King‚ the pharaoh. The territory of Egypt covered from the Nile delta‚ south along the Nile River‚ to the second stretch of waterfalls and rapids‚ or cataract. Directly to the south‚ along
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