Effects of gender-bending in Brecht’s The Good Woman of Setzuan Topic: Consider our exploration of gender roles in Brecht’s The Good Woman of Setzuan. In the play, the female protagonist Shen Te attempts to gain agency by gender-bending as her fake male cousin Shui Ta. Discuss the effects of this performance of gender, and Shen Te’s social experiences as both male and female. Does taking on a double self in Shui Ta allow Shen Te to overcome the stereotypes and social barriers associated with femininity in Setzuan? Effects of gender-bending in Brecht’s The Good Woman of Setzuan Thesis: Shen Te defies gender identity and presented herself as female (Shen Te) and male (Shui Ta) to gain agency and promote the act of goodness as was expected of her by gods. The act of bending gender identity made Shen Te experience various challenges and opportunity as a masculine and feminine. Nevertheless, the act posts a question to whether Shen Te overcomes stereotype and social barrier associated with femininity in Setzuan. Topic sentence 1: In order to acquire the tobacco shop and…

Servitization Craig G. (2017). Chief Executive, “Servitization” Is A Growing Manufacturing Model. pg. 1 According to Craig, servitization finally changes the manufacturer from product selling to capability offers. It’s a crucial change on the way to approach customers, billing them as well as maintaining the product the manufacturer sells. The article also claims that a servitization strategy that is successful requires an infrastructure tapping of predictive analytics, monitoring consumptions as well as remote communication. Baines t., Lightfoot H., Kay J. (2018).  The Servitization of Manufacturing. Retrieved from https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/17410380910960984 pg. 1 This article claims that servitization is the process of innovating a company’s capabilities as well as the processes to aid in the shift from goods selling to integrated products and services that deliver value when used. It further states that servitization tends to emphasize the ability to maintain revenue sources and improve profits. Neely, A. (2017). Cambridge Service Alliance, Distributed Information and Automation Laboratory, Research Capability Development Programme. Global Journal of Enterprise Information System,  doi: 10.18311/gjeis/2017/15879 pg 1 Minute], W. (2018). What is Servitization and Why Should Manufacturers Care?. Retrieved from…

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United States Debt             The United States debt means a total of all the debts that the federal government owes that are outstanding. According to Newman (2013), The United States has the largest sovereign debt in the world and goes toe-to-toe with the European Union. The state’s current outstanding debt is shown at the United States Treasury. Chessman (2011), says that on the 15th of March 2018, the United States debt was exceeded by approximately $21 trillion, a figure which keeps changing from time to time. The state’s debts is placed into two categories Chessman (2011); debts held by the public, and intragovernmental debts. The debts held by the public are two-thirds of the whole debt and are owed by the government in form of bonds, either by citizens of the country, foreign governments or international investors. Intragovernmental debts are what the government owes to other departments of the government, for instance; The United States Social Security. Causes and Effects of The Debts             The government employs a certain policy called the expansionary fiscal policy to attempt to boost the…

proper risk assessment methodology to access the extent of hacking as an information system security threat             Globally, there has been an increase in the number of cyber-crimes including hacking, identity theft, copyright infringement, click fraud, advance fee fraud and computer viruses. A number of people and organizations have reported cases of hacking and loss of confidential integrity of their data arising from such activities. In 2016 alone, 3 billion Yahoo accounts were hacked (Sobers & Sobers, 2018).In the year after, there were over 130 large-scale targeted cyber-attacks in the U.S. and the figure is said to be rising at a rate of 27 percent every year (Sobers & Sobers, 2018). The purpose of this research is to guide on the choice of a proper risk assessment methodology to access the extent of hacking as an information system security threat. Qualitative risk assessment This method of risk assessment highlights interested people’s views and thoughts on the chances of a risk such as a cyber-attack occurring(Sobers & Sobers, 2018). They would also be asked to fill a questionnaire which would ask…

Social and Ethical Issues in Technology             Various articles provide different definitions on what technology entails. In this case, technology is the gathering of the abilities used to carry out tasks with determined results, techniques, processes as well as methods vital for the production of services and goods or similarly, or in the accomplishment of goals such as the development of science (Sargolzaei & Nikbakht, 2017). A simplified form of technology is the use and development of tools and machines, mechanisms and systems aimed at solving the problems in the society (Cyberstates, 2018). The most common and widely known form of technology is information technology where computers are used in storing, retrieving, transmitting as well as manipulation of data or information. It forms part of information and communication technology as a whole. Despite its use as a poecilonym for computer networks and computers, it entails other techniques of information distribution for instance telephones as well as television sets (Hilbert & Lopez, 2011). The aim of this research paper is to determine the social and ethical concerns resulting from technological advancement…

Interim report and risk assessment Literature review Overweight and obesity forms a basis of numerous health concerns arising from them. It is therefore hard to apply preventive measures and maintain the measures over a long period of time. World health organization estimates the number of teens and adolescents suffering from obesity to be around 41 million globally (World Health Organization, 2018 Pg. 6). Fortunately a majority of teens, 95%, now report they own a smartphone or can gain access to one (“Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018”, 2018 Pg. 5). This presents a huge potential for the innovation of digitized programs used to cut down weight delivered through phone apps. This proposed project aims at analyzing the effectiveness of a gamification-based  mobile phone application used to fight obesity in obese teens. This would take into consideration their perceptions and enjoyment of the app (“Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018”, 2018 Pg. 5). Current progress A trial was carried out in a primary health care clinic of an academic center. It was conducted on adolescents who met the following criteria. 15–19…

Rogerian essay I Introduction Paragraph Hook/Catchy Opening Background on the broader issue II Establish the existence of this specific problem Explain the opposing point of view: impartial language Explain your point of view without insulting the opposition Common Ground Thesis: Policy proposed III Policy: Change #1 Explain what needs to be done How it will make a difference? (optional) Quote one of articles that supports this change[unique_solution] Change #2 Explain what needs to be done How it will make a difference? (optional) Quote one of articles that supports this change Change #3 (optional) Explain what needs to be done How it will make a difference? (optional) Quote one of articles that supports this change Change #4 (optional) Explain what needs to be done How it will make a difference? (optional) Quote one of articles that supports this change IV Conclusion Paragraph Re-state thesis Why should your audience care about this issue? Universal Truth/Global Insight Call to Action- what actions should your readers take?  

 The Opioid Epidemic             For about two years now several states have complained and raised an alarm about an acute reduction in the life expectancy of their citizens, which research institutes and organizations have associated with the opioid epidemic. This is a situation resulting from a rapid rise in the use of non-prescribed or prescribed opioid drugs. In the recent past, the life expectancy of these countries was roughly 78.3 years in 2016 a decrease of 0.7 from the previous year (Barglow, 2018). According to the available data, there has been an increase in the rate of age-specific deaths for young age groups between 2016 and 2015 as a result of the opioid overdose. Illicit opioids, as well as prescribed opioids, claimed at least 40, 000 deaths in 2015, an average of 107 citizens die daily from the overdose according to the centers for disease control and prevention (Dowell, Noonan & Houry, 2017). Recently, after a prolonged period of researching and testing, the food and drug administration has invented and approved three medications for the treatment and curing of opioid…

White American Ethnic             White Americans are the Americans that descend from any white race group of Middle East, Europe as well as North Africa. They constitute the current and the historical majority of all the people in the US with an average percentage of about 72% (Wood, 1). The census bureau refers to white Americans and defines them as the people having origins in the original places that is Europe, Middle East, and North Africa. Also, the bureau asserts that the largest ethnic group of the White Americans is the European Americans (Minahan, 3). The aim of this paper is to research on the White American Ethic group, its power, control, and the effects of its tyrannical rule among the people. Among the white Americans, white privileges were established through the exercise of the white power over other individuals such as slaves as part of the culture in the south. Harkins, (1) believes that they were guided by the belief that the whites had equality in terms of interests in the maintenance of white privileges and the fact that…