Drug Abuse Drug abuse is a social challenge due to significant social and economic expectations amid the substantial modernization in contemporary societies. In many parts of the world, the drug is regarded as a cultural lag with the phase of conflicting values. In the process of cultural evolution, the popular social order possesses a negative attitude towards drug abuse, contrary to its current value system (Lambert, Scheiner & Campbell, 2010). There is a lack of alignment between traditional moral guidelines and the world perception held by many people. For instance, there is a link between drug abuse and crime, thus attracting the community’s wrath on popular abused drugs. Society interprets the crime as motivated by reduced personal inhibitions. The form of crime an individual is likely to engage can be extensive and subject to many factors, but the consensus is a drug user is highly likely to commit than non-user. The current solutions on drug abuse are not adequate, but it is an abuse of the privacy of individuals. The existing solutions tend to treat drug abuse and addiction as…

Relationship Between Social Cooperation and Self-Interest Name Institution Affiliation     Relationship Between Social Cooperation and Self-Interest Introduction What is the prisoners’ dilemma, and what, if anything, does it tell us about the relationship between pursuing our self-interest and engaging in social cooperation? Since the evolution of man through the different human evolution theory, it has been evident that human beings have always been social animals (Roch & Samuelson, 1997). This meaning that humans always work together in the form of groups to benefit everyone by committing themselves to work towards achieving common goals. In the current modern life, it is required that people should work together to achieve the many desired goals e.g., building large buildings to delivering goods and services. Nevertheless, humans are also motivated by the fact of self-interest, which is always perceived to be a barrier to ensure effective cooperation. This essay tends to explore the concept of the relationship between self-interest and cooperation, and the different processes that help and hinder them. The Prisoners Dilemma Imagine being a participant in a social experiment. The information…

ENHANCING MANGO FRUIT (MANGIFERA INDICA) INTO MANGO FLAKES USING FREEZE DRYING METHOD, A CASE STUDY OF KITUI COUNTY      MSc. AGRICULTURAL& PROCESSING ENGINEERING   TITLE: ENHANCING MANGO FRUIT (MANGIFERA INDICA) INTO MANGO FLAKES USING FREEZE DRYING METHOD, A CASE STUDY OF KITUI COUNTY                                   DECLARATION ABSTRACT Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is among the most important fruits in the tropics and subtropics. The market for mango has been appreciating especially in the Europe and American market. Kenya as a net exporter of mango has not received adequate returns from the export since most of the fruits are sold un-processed. Most mangoes go spoiled and not consumed due to pest, poor storage and transportation system and the general perishability of the fruit and especially during high season. This study will be an action research designs aimed at producing mango flakes from mango fruits using freeze drying method. The research will be focused on Kitui County a county whose large population relies on the agriculture and the farming…

BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING 2 Running head: BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING 1               Barriers to achieving evidence-based practice in nursing Name Institution                                     Introduction: Evidence based practice in nursing is a way to critically use that is evidence that is scientifically proven so that a certain population can obtain quality health care (Funk S.G, Champagne M.T, Wiese R, Tomquist E. Barriers: the barriers to research utilisation scale. Appl Nurs Res. 1991). It starts with asking clinical questions, searching and finally appraising the evidence in a critical manner. Deeming medical and health care such a dynamic human discipline, there are barriers that hinder nurses from achieving the evidence based practice Resistance to the culture adopted by the nurses of always performing a procedure in a certain manner every day which cites as a barrier to adopting evidence based practice. Changing this culture can be difficult. However if evidence practice is adopted to…

Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia’s City of Steel In Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia’s City of Steel, John Scott narrates how he lived in Russian among the Russian people during a massive expansion of the steel industry. He left the University of Wisconsin in 1931, appalled by United States’ depression and attracted by Russia’s attempts to create a new society. He obtained training as a welder in the United States then left for Russian to join the great crusade in creating a new society. He got a job in Magnitogorsk as an electric welder. He later graduated to the foreman position in charge of coke and a chemical by-products plant. He lived among the Russians as any other Russian worker for five years, and just like them, married a Russian girl. John Scott might have lived with his Russian colleagues, got their acceptance and a position at work, but he was an American, with different experiences from and different expectations. John Scott’s narration and views are affected a lot by the experiences he had…

              Research Report – Workshop 1 Scenario Name Institution Affiliation WORKSHOP 1 WORKSHEET Part 1: SWOC Analysis Survey topic Student Achievement Skills Survey Results: Organization and Flexibility   Question SWOC Analysis: Strength / Weakness   Evidence: Explain your analysis and the reason for your decision for the strength or weakness A Strength ·         This is a strength because most of the respondents think that it is important to be able to organize information so that they can retrieve it when necessary. 55% of the respondents think that it is very important while 33% think that it is important. 3% of the respondents remained neutral while 8% gave a negative response with 4% thinking it was unimportant while the other 4% thought it was very unimportant. B Strength ·         This is a strength because 76% of the respondents rate their organizational skills when they joined the college as strong. Of this, 38% of them rated it as very strong and the other 38% rated it as somewhat strong. 14% of the respondents rated it as…

US Department of Justice Law enforcement Agencies Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) The DEA was formed in 1st July, 1973 by the Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 (Department of Justice, 2020). The plan was signed by the former US president, Nixon Richard. It projected the formation of a single central agency to implement the national laws on drugs and organize and join the federal drug control operations. As a result, of increased drug and substance abuse in the country, Congress passed the proposal. As a result, almost 600 special agents of Custom Agency Service, Bureau of Customs, including the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE), and the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) were merged to form the Drug Enforcement Administration (Department of Justice, 2020). The DEA has a mission to implement the controlled policies of the United States and substances regulations and prosecute principal members of organizations, associated with manufacture, growing or distribution of controlled substances, to civil and criminal systems of the United States. The agency also support and recommend non-enforcement programs with the objectives of…

Student’s name Instructor Course Date Bad Science in a movie In life, each individual gets an opportunity to watch movies in different platforms. Movie directors, in many instances, employ various techniques to attain the enormous viewership. Many a time some happenings apply bad science. Generally, lousy science is where the producers misuse the science facts to get the audience in buying with their thoughts or making the happening to look better than how it actually is. In this paper, a review on how Richard Donner applies bad science in his 1978 film, Superman is discussed with the various ways that this bad science can be fixed. In this movie, Christopher Reeve is the starring character as the man of steel. The film shows the life of an alien orphan that is sent from his dying planet to planet earth (Donner, Min. 3). On planet earth, he is adopted where he grows to become a superhero. There are various instances of bad science. Firstly, bad science is applied through his flying ability. When he flies, he seems to throw himself, and just…

Behavioural strategy     Running head: Behavioral strategy       Behavioural strategy Institutional affiliation. Student name. Date.                                 Effective behavioural strategy The First effective strategy is by ignoring misbehaviours. Some of the misconducts are not frequent to deserve any reaction by the teacher. By ignoring them, it is likely to extinguish when it left alone. For example, steward Bell and Annie Harks misbehave by talking loudly and misusing tools. When the above behaviour is ignored, it disappears within time. This means that some action does not require to respond even if they frequently. The Second effective strategy is by talking to them privately about their behaviour. The initial process that explains ways of interaction that are desirable that involves negotiation behaviour solutions. For instances, a student may persist being late for class in spite of efforts by the teacher to rectify the behaviour. In most of this situation, it is better to negotiate a solution with the student involved — this helps the affected…

POPULATION HEALTH DATA   [Your Name, Credentials] Informatics for Transforming Nursing Care [Month/Year]   BERKELEY SC Sociodemographic Profile Key Findings Several aspects of sociodemographic are presented in the county’s data. The overall rate of high school graduating students is at 83%, 96%, and 84% showing higher rates of education in the county. This means that many children are enrolled in schools and hence the betterment of education. Educated children later acquire good-paying jobs that reduce the level of unemployment and income inequalities. On the other hand, some colleges have also exhibited better models of educating students in the region and have at least a 62% rate of students graduating from the learning institutions (S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Berkeley County, South Carolina; United States. (n.d.). The county shows good progress in ensuring that its citizens are well educated hence reducing the rates of poverty, income inequality, and unemployment. The rate of unemployment is extremely low, at 3% meaning that many of the radiates secure jobs early after graduating. This means that many of the citizens in Berkeley have a good income…