Communing with the Dead What is the author arguing? The author’s argument is based on Metis identity.  Joseph Boyden shows the disconnection existing between the current generations ‘new Metis’ to the Indigenous, who were the descendants of the community. He argues that many Metis of the present lacks the sensible connection between themselves with the traditions of the Metis communities. The author shows that the currents generation lacks the community’s history and the values of the traditional Metis. According to him, the discovery of the long-living Indian ancestors could be beneficial to the community as it can help self-identification, spiritual growth, as well as the realization of the sense the ancestors have to the Metis identity.[1] His position is that the current generation has lost the traces of their origin and the values, norms, and beliefs of their ancestors. What are the evidences used to support the argument? To support his argument, Joseph Boyden reveals that the traditions of the Metis are no longer in existence among the community, but they can only be read from genealogical reports. He says…

Ford vs Ferrari Introduction Ford and Ferrari are two mega car brands that have been involved in the battle over the supremacy dominance in the industry. The two brands have an outstanding performance in the industry. Much of their rivalry recounts on which brand is willing to invest millions of money and more engineering manpower to develop the best model car. Apart from the rivalry, the two models have a sparing difference ranging from the car shape, model, location, and brand. However, despite all these differences, the two-car brands have some similarities as well. Both the difference and similarities can be derived from comparing each model’s system, features, and cost. With this in mind, this paper analysis the systems, features, and cost of Ford followed by that of Ferrari. In the end, the paper will examine the differences and similarities that exist between the two brands by summarizing it in a conclusion.     Ford System (The Henry Ford’s Mass Production System) The system was laid down by Henry Ford in 1910, which was a system for assembling and organizing…

Competency 6 In the professional world, competency is a crucial aspect to have as it encourages a profession in any field of work to maintain professionalism in his or her day to day activities.  Maintaining professionalism in the medical field is essential as it allows delivery of quality care to all the patients, which results in improvements in the health status of the patient and encourages collaboration of various professions that lead to proper care for the patients. The chosen file reflects on how the application of competency results in personal growth and collaboration to improve patient’s health. In an ICCU scenario, patients who are admitted, there are usually at a high risk of losing their lives due to health complications and other threats that might come with their health status. With the application of competency by the health workers ensure that they do everything possible to offer the best care to the patient to save his or her life. Through the competency principle, it encourages inter profession collaboration where different healthcare professionals bring their ideas together and work as…

Companies’ diversification Three types of opportunities for sharing a sound basis for vertical integration are backward vertical integration, forward vertical integration, and disintermediation. Increasingly more companies are beginning to utilize the vertical integration strategies because it extends the company’s competitive advantage and operating scope (Gamble, Thompson, & Peteraf, 2017). Opportunities for sharing in vertical integration also relates to marketing, operating, and management referred. Vertical integration focuses on expanding a company’s range of value chain activities back into sources of supply or forward into end-users. There are some disadvantages to vertical integration, such as an increase in risk. However, there are a few companies that prove there is an opportunity within vertical integration. First, the backward vertical integration relates to a company controlling the subsidiaries that produce the inputs used in the making of the company’s goods (White, 2013). An example of a market opportunity would be Disney’s acquisition of Pixar. Both companies required marketing support and were being distributed and marketed through the same channels. Another example of a marketing opportunity would be Google expanding into new markets that would…

negative impacts that Jihad has registered in sub Saharan Africa Africa is mostly endowed with developing countries. One of the most outstanding challenges in Africa is terrorism. These unwelcomed activities always consume a lot of time as countries focus on taming the tide of terror threaten. Many terrorism activities have been geared by unemployment, poverty, financial embarrassments, monetary, debasement, absence of education and political minimization among others. Basically many African vast countries is filled with unemployed and poor people. Due to lack of income earning activities, a big population has indulged in unwelcomed activities such as terrorism. Terrorism activities have been highly vivid in sub Saharan Africa. This essay clearly explains the fundamental causes of terrorism in sub Saharan Africa. The paper stipulates the negative impacts that Jihad has registered in sub Saharan Africa. BIRTH RATE   The Africa   continent has extremely high birthrate. The   growing towns are currently filled with massive numbers of unemployed, poorly educated individuals in the real sense these turn to be the breeding grounds for crime and terrorism. Extremists get chance to initiate people to…

Suicide in Canadian Teens There has been an increase in the cases of suicide and suicide ideation among the Canadian school going teens. This has not just been a problem for Canada, but it has become a global issue. However, in Canada, it has been identified as the second leading cause of death of young people between the ages of 10 to 24 years.  It has been observed that some areas are likely to have a higher provenance of suicide, while others are likely to have fewer cases. Some of the reasons why this is the phenome are because of the socioeconomic status of the people and the incidences of cyberbullying and school bullying. In contemporary society, bullying has taken shape where the rapid development in ICT has offered a new platform.  Young people send other messages, emails, and other social media to threaten others or even harass them. It has been observed both traditional bullying and cyberbullying both contribute to suicidal ideation among young people as it causes stress and depression.  However, the effect of cyberbullying has been found…

summary and analysis of research article Background The research was conducted with aim of dissociating  the role of doso lateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex in cognitive control. to make the researcher identify how human brains carries out the higher functions of awareness memory and language. The researcher was guided by theories of social cognitive theory .In regulation of cognition the theories suggested that implement control and monitor performance and signal when adjustments in control are needed. Hypothesis and justification The research had hypothesis during the research which are listed and justified below. Second component is required to provide ongoing feedback indicates that whether control is being allocated effectively. There is Double dissociation between the functions of DLPFC and ACC. DPLPFC is  involved in representing and maintaining  attention demand of the task. it is impossible to dissociate the respective roles of DLPFC.     Summary of methodology During the research  several data collection methods were used. Neuroimaging used to show whether respective role of DLPF an ACC can be dissociated. observation study . experiments to show that correlation between ACC…

Summary: Without a doubt there are different elements, (for example, volcanic movement, varieties in the world’s circle and pivot, the sun based cycle), yet various scien¬tific thinks about show that most an unnatural weather change in late decades is because of the considerable convergence of nursery gasses (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others) discharged principally as a consequence of human action. It makes an endless loop which bothers the circumstance much all the more, influencing the accessibility of crucial assets such as drinking water, vitality and horticultural generation in hotter locales, and prompting the annihilation of part of the plan¬et’s biodiversity. A seri¬ous thought of this issue would be restricted of neutralizing the disposable society which influences the whole planet, yet it must be said that just constrained advancement has been made in this re¬gard. There is a critical need to de¬velop strategies so that, in the following couple of years, the outflow of carbon dioxide and other profoundly pol¬luting gasses can be definitely diminished, for exam¬ple, substituting for fossil powers and creating wellsprings of renewable vitality. It is…

The performance layout The performance layout dictates the performance standard. Different kinds of the layout have different roles in warehouse designing. Optimizing linear design not only improves the storage usage but also enhances the warehouse productivity of an organization. The linear design divides the warehouse management into different segments to nullify additional effort in providing services. Parts are as follows: Receiving Shipping Handling and assembling different areas of inventory.’ Quality execution Reserving storage Forward picking Cross-docking All the parts of the linear layout design maintain a systematic flow in a single line. It is essential to verify the inventory strength before making a design. Different kinds of linear layout design are as follows: I line: I line a straight and simple line. It is an automated line. It can be accessed from both sides. U line: U shaped line is the most famous warehouse linear design. U line is generally used in manual warehouse design. S line: S lines are longer lines than other warehouse lines. It is also an automotive warehouse design. It requires a large storage area. L…

Summary: Effects of Thyroxine of axonal Regeneration in Tadpoles Introduction: The experiment aims at determining the differences in binocular vision between a hormone-injected eye and a normal eye. Thyroxine hormone is believed to affect vision through its actions on the chiasm. When PTU-treated tadpoles’ eyes were injected with thyroxine hormone, there was a characteristic asymmetric growth of chiasm axons. Methodology: tadpoles were used to determine the impacts of hormones on retinal axons proliferation in the ventral and dorsal ciliary region. To achieve this, the marginal zone tissues were transplanted, and the eyes of the cases injected with thyroxine. The transplants were labeled with PTU-treated tadpoles.  The tadpoles that were reared with deep optic tract had additional axons added. The chiasma cells were lipoinfected with thyroxine, and only the tadpoles that expressed a surge in chiasma axon cells were counted in the study. The numbers of axons observed in the contralateral and ipsilateral brain were found in the absence and presence of the thyroxine hormone. Results: There was no significant ventrotemporal growth of axons in the metamorphosing frogs. The non-retinal axons…