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Infant Changes in Lifespan Development

The lifespan development process is an integral general approach to gaining a comprehensive understanding of the changes human beings experience throughout life. According Bogin (2019), lifespan development represents a complete review of human development from conception to the end of life.  The study of lifespan development is important since it identifies significant changes individuals are […]

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Patriarchy in the Social Distance of Lutie Johnson

According to Lerner (239), Patriarchy is “the manifestation and institutionalization of male dominance over women and children in the family as well as the extension of male dominance in society.” In The Street, Petry highlights the theme of Patriarchy by representing women characters as both black and female. The incorporation of gender in addition to

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Naturalism in the Characterization of Jones

Naturalism is the idea that only natural forces and laws operate in the world. This is in direct opposition to the belief that supernatural and spiritual principles are in control. Adherents of naturalism assert that the structure and behavior of natural elements in the universe arise from nature itself. The philosophy is naturalism occasionally emerges

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Miss Rinner as a Metaphor for Racism

Miss Renner characterizes a teacher who worked in Harlem and who showed disgust towards the smell of black children. In the novel, she does not see the value of teaching black children and is portrayed as continually visualizing the day she will move to a school with blue-eyed and blond-haired children. Her behavioral inclinations divulge

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Personification in The Street by Ann Petry

Personification is a literary technique through which human traits are ascribed to nonhuman entities. Authors utilize personification in literary works to bring out human characters in animals and nonliving things with the ultimate goal of presenting their narratives in an allegorical style (Bloomfield 162). When personified, nonhuman entities typically acquire a human identity or a

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For the Least of These, The Bible and Poverty

For the Least of These is a collection of twelve essays termed “the biblical answer to poverty.”  Notably, each essay is written by a different author, but the entire book is compiled and edited by theologian Art Lindsley and economist Anne Bradley. The book entails three distinct but related sections: the biblical perspective on the

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Should Health Insurance Companies be able to Collect Policyholders Data Through Wearable Tech

Technology has significantly shaped motor insurance premiums whereby motor insurers use telematics devices to monitor driver behavior. This trend has sparked debate regarding whether health insurance companies should do the same to policyholders through wearable tech. The viability of such a model is dependent on consumer market buy-in. It is worth noting that policyholders can

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Transformational Leadership in Nursing

Modern healthcare organizations face changes that necessitate increasingly adaptive and accommodating leadership. This type of leadership is called “transformational” as it seeks to create an environments of shared responsibilities that affect the knowledge that a professional possesses. Precisely, transformational leadership theory is a process in which “leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels

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Management of Chronic Co-morbid Conditions – The Case of Mr. Bale

Introduction  The current case involves an elderly Spanish patient (Mr. Bale) who is suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD), Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), and hearing loss. COPD is a combination of several distinct but related illnesses that are characterized by difficulty in breathing (Aksenova & Burduli, 2016). The condition can impact the quality of

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