Masculinity and Males Witches in Old and New England Masculinity and Males Witches in Old and New England is an essay by E. J. Kent, which focuses on male witches in England between 1593 and 1680. Male witches were considered secondary targets of accusations aimed fundamentally at women. The designation ‘witch’ had long been used about women involved with witchery, but historians have regarded the designation as a gender-neutral category. However, gender and male witchcraft have suggested that male witches be feminized and represent a masculinity failure. Male witches were uncritically considered feminine subjects and weak-minded. However, most male witches’ accusers did not cite them as weak-minded and powerless, contrary to social perceptions. Male witches were often accused of maleficium crimes such as murder and causing harm to property and animals. Others were often accused of crimes mostly attributed to females witches such as enchanting, conjuring, charming, and sorcery. Male counterparts often accused male witches from the same neighborhood and within a male community that was fundamentally antagonistic and competitive, as expressed in Stockdale’s case. Male witches and their accusers…

Health-Illness Continuum The health-illness continuum involves a model with optimal health on one side and total disability or death on the other. The health-illness continuum can help assess how “healthy” an individual is and possibly even help motivate the individual to make healthier choices. Health trajectories are person-focused and coincide with the person-centered focus in nursing practice. The health of a human being ranges back and forth throughout their lifespan. Models can help healthcare professionals determine whether a patient is ill or healthy; this will also help the healthcare team plan and care for the patient. Understanding the patient’s health and wellness by the family members and caregivers can be improved by having a visual tool. When providing holistic care, it is also important to consider mental health.     Another important factor to consider when assessing where a patient may fall on the health-illness continuum is the energy level. Even though patients may believe they are healthy because they do not have heart disease or diabetes, they may have a mental illness or obesity issues or have low energy.…

What effect expressive performance and cultivating it in one-to-one instrumental lessons     Contents 1.Introduction. 4 1.1Expressive music performance. 4 1.2Experiments of emotional expression in music performance. 5 1.3Existing background of expressive instrumental teaching. 6 2.Music cues and expression. 7 2.1Pitch. 9 2.2Timbre. 10 2.3Body movement 11 2.4Facial expressions. 12 2.5Self-efficacy and music expression. 13 3.Teaching music expression in one-to-one instrumental classes. 14 3.1The foundation of education. 14 4.The general expressive education method. 16 4.1Metaphor 16 4.2Auditory modelling. 17 4.3The cultivation of self-efficacy. 18 5.Creative teaching in instrumental lessons. 20 5.1Improvisations. 20 Bibliography. 23           1.Introduction 1.1Expressive music performance What is the meaning of music? Debills (2005) states that from an expressionist perspective when the awakening emotions could be recognized as the purpose of music. In other words, people who play music need to express emotions, and the audience’s needs are to listen to emotions, which is an ultimate aim from both two sides. An expression is a movement that is active between the expresser and the listener. The person who sends the signal has a…

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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Empires Introduction An empire is a ruling system where people are ruled over by an emperor or another type of monarch. The region being ruled usually is large and may consist of several countries. Most empires consist of diversified groups, for instance, ethnic groups, religious and cultural groups. People have had different opinions about empires, some being distasteful, while others have approved the system. Over the years, empires have risen and fallen due to various reasons. Some of the reasons why they are due to the availability of resources such as weapons, greater political strength, and also greater military power as they can conquer other states (Dower). Overextension of the empires, thereby losing control, is one of the reasons why an empire may fall. Examples of empires include the Roman Empire and early imperial China. For an empire to be successful, it has to have a strong military, efficient leader, stable government, and a strong economy. These factors will, therefore, determine the success of an empire in the ruling. Body Empires are different from…

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Introduction to Petroleum Geology Summary of the Major Topics The first topic of the lecture is the history of petroleum, which explains the history of the petroleum industry. The sources of petroleum in ancient history included oil seeps in Carthage and oil and asphalt from natural seepages. The uses of oil in ancient history included medication, warfare, and waterproofing. The first country to discover oil was china, as the first wells drilled were there. Petroleum in modern days has direct or indirect uses. The direct purposes include cooking, electricity, heating and cooling, and also in transportation. The indirect applications include making of products such as fertilizers, medicine, detergents, cosmetics, and fabrics. Petroleum has had positive and negative impacts on the economy, environment, and geopolitical environment. Although oil was discovered a long time ago, it is still under development. The topic of the chemistry of petroleum explains how petroleum forms. It is a mixture of liquid, gas, and solid hydrocarbons. The organic matter is first changed by the heating it into kerogen, which, after turning…

An overview of how serial positioning affects the storage of information in the short-term memory and transfer to long-term memory.  This week’s course and text readings offered an overview of how serial positioning affects the storage of information in the short-term memory and transfer to long-term memory. The key determinants of people’s ability to remember the details at hand include the primary effect, the recency effect, and the Von Restorff effect. This paper offers a summary of articles and their link to this week’s readings. Bireta et al. examine the presence of serial function in the implicit memory. On the other hand, Dimsdale-Zucker et al. (2019) investigate the role of serial positioning in the occurrence of false memory. The studies confirm that serial position can positively or negatively impact human memory since it can improve knowledge retention abilities or trigger false memories. In the article “Distinctiveness and serial position functions in implicit memory,” Bireta et al. (2018) perform two experiments to investigate the presence of serial position functions in implicit memory. The first experiment entails allowing 60 undergraduates from the…

Needs assessment A needs assessment can be described as the process through which an organization or community will determine the gap that exists between where it wants to be and its current status (Mahmud, Saira Wahid, & Arif, 2019). It will help in the process of determining the strategies which should be implemented to reach the desired state. One issue that requires a need assessment in the community of Plano, Texas, is looking at the manner that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected small businesses. Notably, there have been different measures that have been put in place to prevent the spread of the disease, for instance, social distancing and staying at home. So, how has that affected the small businesses? There are different stakeholders who will be involved in this assessment. Firstly, it is the business owners in the community. Secondly, it is the local government and law enforcement. Thirdly, it the clients who go to buy from the businesses. One of the key stakeholders is business owners. There are several questions that will be asked. Firstly, in what ways as…

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Inflation The Background Information Inflation is the decrease in the money value hat is a rise in the general price levels. If the supply of money in a country grows faster as compared to the production of the money in the country, then inflation occurs. Due to the increased demand for goods since the money supply is more, the prices of the goods and services increase, causing inflation. The goods that may cause inflation include the rise in the cost of production and raw material goods. The rise in the price of the goods, therefore, causes a decrease in the value of money as the money can buy fewer goods compared to when there was no inflation. For example, if there is inflation, the value of rand decreases, and compared to what a rand used to buy previously, it will now buy fewer goods as the prices of products will have increased. The inflation rate in the United Arab Emirates for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 was 1.97%, 3.07%, and -1.5%, respectively (Jumaa…

Advertising Strategy                         Student’s Name Institutional Affiliations Course Professor’s Name Date Advertising Strategy Every new product would require promotion so that it reaches to customers. One of the ways of achieving this is through advertising. Therefore an advertising strategy needs to be developed to promote the product. Various things need to be considered when developing an advertising strategy. The first thing to consider is the definition f the product, which involves identifying the revenueof the product in the market in terms of its primary objective (Ansari & Riasi, 2016). The target audience is essential in developing an advertising strategy. The factors that are mostly considered include behavior patterns and psychological factors (De Mooji, 2019). Once the target audience is established, marketing research needs to be done. This will inform the products already available in the market and the desire of consumers from the product. Another factor that is considered is a marketing plan which would establish the niche o the product to stand out in the competition.  One the…