HOW DO PEOPLE BUILD AN IDENTITY THAT DEFINES THEM?  INTRODUCTION. Identity is what a thing is or who a person is. One’s identity is how they define who they are and also how others define them. People’s definitions are never the same. People usually have an image of themselves and things they believe in the kind of person they are. A firm sense of identity brings security, comfort, and it is as well desirable. Identity helps people in making decisions and gives an idea of how to carry themselves. When people know themselves, they become better people and inspire others who will influence the world. The choices we make define us and portray our character. Most people define other people based on their appearance, what they like to do, their culture, or even their relationship and connection with others. In most cases, the way people define is not how we want to be recognized. Defining yourself to yourself before representing yourself to others is essential. People in a western culture mostly identify themselves by how they differ from others, knowing…

Nursing Questions     DM (Diabetes Mellitus) is a disorder that affects the body’s’ ability to use glucose and the utilization of insulin. Symptoms include increased thirst, increased hunger and frequent urination. Acute complications include diabetic Ketoacidosis, death while chronic complications include, vision problems, loss of sensation in the extremities, cognitive impairment, nerve damage, cerebral vascular accidents and cardiovascular complications. For family and friends that live with DM, the greatest challenge is the change in lifestyle and the costs related to medication and equipment needed to monitor blood sugar. Hypoparathyroidism is a condition in which the body produces low levels of PTH while hyperparathyroidism is when the body continues to produce PTH even when the blood levels are above normal range.  In the treatment of hypoparathyroidism, efforts are toward control of calcium and phosphorous. Administering high doses of Vitamin D in the activated form of calcitriol helps absorb calcium while removing phosphorous. Since Vitamin D is crucial in the absorption and metabolism of calcium, it is advised that patients that have hyperthyroidism consume the recommended level of vitamin D. The…

Pro-Life Vs Pro-Choice The topic of abortion is among the leading healthcare topics that are surrounded by both social and political controversies. The controversies have elicited an abortion debate better known as ‘pro-life vs pro-choice.’ Pro-life is associated with a stand taken by individuals who are against the practice of abortion. On the other hand, pro-choice is stand taken by individuals who believe that it is right for one to choose whether and when to have children. The paper provides an analytical discussion of pro-life vs pro-choice as an ethical dilemma topic with a pro-choice as a position as it is a basic human right to decide whether and when one should have a child. The analytical paper is based on a case scenario involving a 22-year-old student with an unintended pregnancy at 9 weeks of gestation who requests an abortion from a primary care physician and is aware of the safety of both medical and surgical abortions. Ethical Theories involved in the Ethical Dilemma The provided case study elicits an ethical dilemma since the nurse has to advise the…

Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is the efficient IoT cellular network technology introduced to fulfil the low power wide area network   (LPWAN) a requirement of IoT devices which regarded as one of the enablers of recent fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication standard to support massive Machine type communication (MTC) use case. NB-IoT is build based on the existing LTE technology to extend its coverage suited for LPWAN. Besides, some of the LTE Physical (PHY) payer pillars remain the same including SC-FDMA (single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) and Turbo coding for uplink channel. Although decoding of Turbo codes require iterative decoding algorithm at the expense of high computation complexity Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding and power consumption. Therefore, the legacy LTE turbo code will not be suited for NB-IoT LPWAN requirement in 5G. In this paper, an efficient polar coding scheme   is proposed for the uplink data transmission in NB-IoT systems to improve the error rate performances and reduce computation complexity implementation We proposed polar based belief propagation (BP) decoding algorithm. We further . incorporate our proposed BP scheme with…

Network security threats and how to prevent them There are various network threats that an administrator may face. One of these is computer viruses. This kind of threat is known to contaminate or rather affect quite a number of systems in the network that they invade. Viruses tend to affect the normal functioning of the system and network. Besides, it should be noted that some viruses come in to destroy the system, thus rendering it useless in case action is not taken in good time. To prevent him or herself from this, the administrator should consider using antiviruses such as Kaspersky, among other packages that are available in the market. The other common network security threat is wifi attacks. In this case, the intruders may hack on the wifi that is used by the administrator. This is usually achieved by stealing the login credentials that belong to such a network. With such at hand, it becomes easier for the attacker to log in to the network and take advantage of the internet. In order to prevent this from happening, the…

Professional salon results at home have never been so easy, saving you time and money Salon Tested Safe No dry time & nails feel protected Easy removal   <Back Side> Beauty & Beyond Professional Acrylic Powder and Liquid Set Features: Create a protective layer that strengthens your natural nails, promotes longer, stronger nails that don’t split or peel and provide a high shine. Suitable for natural nails and false nails. Very appropriate for home use or professional use. Powder cover acrylic powder is perfect for extension. Powder cover acrylic powder is right for extending and pasting nail ornaments.   Nail Extension Instructions: Prepare your nails Apply a layer of nail *base coat (Cure with LED/UV lamp) Put a nail form on your nail Use brush and wipe the excess liquid off Dip the acrylic powder until creating a bead of a bead of acrylic, and evenly apply acrylic powder to the nail Repeat step 4-5 until a nail cover you want It would dry within 1-2 mins Take off the nail form and shape your nail Apply *top coat (Cure…

Organizational Culture and Leadership In the Copper Ridge, Inc.: In Search of a New Culture, CEO Andrew Gladstein attempts to change the organizational culture at Copper Ridge to boost the company’s performance. He follows the principles outlined in ‘Organizational Culture and Leadership by Edgar Schein to successfully change the organizational culture. First, he did not let leave out his formal leaders when he tried to bring change to the company. He understood that all the company leaders were important in championing the behaviors that would change the company’s organizational culture. Gladstein was also aware that if all of his formal leaders who worked under him were on board with the changes he wanted to bring in the company, the rest of the company staff would follow suit. Gladstein’s ideas of organizational change were linked to business objectives. He highlighted the problems that were most likely connected to declining performance in the company, such as setting poor targets. He then found a way to link these ideas to setting new business objectives, such as setting better objectives that would profit the…

Thomas Hobbes According to Hobbes, if a man is positioned in a state of nature that is without any type of government, human beings would be fighting with each other. Hobbes claimed that in this natural state, the life of a man was “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short” (Slomp, 2017).  He theorized to go away from this state of war, humans were required to enter into a social agreement that would ensure the safety of every individual. He named it contractual entity a commonwealth and claimed that this would allow individuals to repel foreigners’ invasion and injuries of each other. Hobbes identified three kinds of sovereigns-monarchies, aristocracies, and democracies but monarchies were expressed effectively.  In his view of the nature of man, it was molded largely by the English Civil War that happened from 1642 to 1649 and resulted into the beheading of King Charles I. He also claimed that the only type of government that is more powerful enough to control the humanity’s cruel compulsions in order was an absolute monarchy, where a king had supreme and unchecked…

Reconstruction, A Splendid Failure, by W.E.B Du Bois   Du Bois was a black scholar who gave life to the term, Black Reconstruction. During this Reconstruction, the general motive was to end servitude and racial discrimination. The Black Reconstruction is believed to commence during 1863 a year during the Emancipation Proclamation and pushed through 1877, which was the year when federal troops were chased from the south by the National Political Agreement (Du Bois, 2017). This paper is purposed in affirming Du Bois’s words of Reconstruction being a splendid failure and the issues surrounding Black Reconstruction in general. A splendid failure. Reconstruction was an absolutely splendid failure. As by the words of Du Bois, I would agree with the statement because the Reconstruction failed in some ways that the initiators (Black and White Americans) did not have a thought that they will happen. The reasons that necessitated its failures were those that no one would have thought. For instance, some nearly 2,000 documented Black Americas were able to govern well than enough in almost every level of leadership highlight from…

Demand, supply, and equilibrium levels. Question 1. The graph below shows the demand and supply curves for good X at P (price) and Q (quantity). Fig. 1. Demand and supply curve. b) Approximate values for the equilibrium- the demand and supply are at equilibrium when the price is approximately 40, and the quantity is 4. c) From the above graph, when the price of good X is set at a price 10, the demand will be ten units, and the supply will be 1 unit. d) Reducing the cost of production of x means the price will reduce an this will increase the demand and supply hence lower the equilibrium levels Fig. 2. Effects of increased income on equilibrium levels. e) Lowering the production cost of X implies a reduction in prices, resulting in increased demand and supply, thus reducing the equilibrium levels, as shown in fig. 3 below. Fig. 3. Effects of reduced production cost on equilibrium levels. Question 2. Marginal costs In a perfect market, the demand equals the supply. Increasing the marginal cost will affect the supply…