"the Indian Government, although keen to attract foreign investment, needed to factor in basic safety requirements for its citizens. During future MNC projects, designs of installations need to be peer reviewed and more stringent environmental, health, and safety measures adopted" (Labib, 2014, p
Another article explains the various phases of business continuity. "The key BCM tasks have been categorized into three phases of business continuity -- Pre-event Preparation, Event Management, and Post-event Continuity" (Tammineedi, 2010, p
As an article on business process modeling states, "Business process modeling and simulation are used to enable desired business process optimizations. However, current approaches mainly focus on economic aspects while security aspects are dealt with in separate initiatives" (Tjoa et al
Clearly, this is a disaster of such enormous magnitude that no amount of strategic planning could have prepared citizens or government officials. An article in Issues in Science and Technology (Beatley, et al
7 earthquake in the island nation of Nias, about 130 km west of Sumatra (near the equator). An article in the journal Emergency Medicine Australasia (Jackson, et al
org). As for the other leading Republican candidate for the nomination to run for the presidency, Mitt Romney, he has "proclaimed doubts about global warming science" and has "trashed President Barack Obama's greenhouse gas emissions policies" (Samuelsohn, 2012)
The planning in this article relates to addressing an island's vulnerability and "coping capacity factors"; the two key aspects of planning for any island nation that is vulnerable to earthquakes are: one: a "closed system analysis" (what are the resources if emergency help is to be provided from within the island's resources?); and two, an "open system" (this relates to the "entry and exit" points for vulnerable components to be reached by outside sources) (Delladetsima, 478). Managing Strategies for Global Climate Change "Although climate change is a global problem, it's one that presents many different faces, ranging all the way from regulatory risk to competitive opportunity… [governments need to know] how to identify ways to mitigate risk and understand how to compete successfully in a carbon-constrained world" (Stewart, 2007, p
An article in the Australian ("Policy in a Smokescreen -- Climate Change -- Special Report -- Business & Environment Part 1") opens with a fact that is very pertinent to any nation attempting to mitigate the issue of climate change. Governments wrestling with strategies to address global warming "…are realizing the difficulty of trying to fix a truly global and inter-generational problem at the level of a sovereign government" (Warren, 2007, p
In China the Wenchuan earthquake (2008) -- an 8.0 on the Richter scale -- caused nearly 70,000 deaths, 374,176 injuries and in addition 18,377 people were missing (Yang, et al
In a country like China -- prone to natural and man-made disasters -- "…every nurse should have basic knowledge of and skills in disaster relief"; hence, nursing courses should be subjected to "systematic educational" programs that prepare them for "perioperative care, emergency care, community care and public health" (Yang, 222). In another article reflecting on the Wenchuan earthquake -- in the Journal of Public Health Policy -- the authors interviewed government officials in the areas hardest hit by the earthquake; those officials reported the critical roles played by not just nurses, doctors and rescue workers, but by "…the whole of society" (You, et al
Another major influence on adolescent social development is peers. The nature of this influence can be positive, negative, or both, but for most adolescents the importance of peers to identity exploration and behavioral choices cannot be overestimated (Brechwald & Prinstein, 2011)
The formation of identity during adolescence is one of the most important tasks that a teenager must undertake, according to Erik Erikson (ACT for Youth, 2002). The coincident emergence of risk-taking behavior and identity exploration is probably linked, since experimenting with new social roles and increased autonomy is inherently risky (Brown et al
Risk Factors Pitkanen (2006) reviewed the research literature concerning risk factors for underage drinking and found that most fit into two categories: (1) Family and (2) socio-emotional (Table 1). Table 1. Risk factors for underage drinking (Pitkanen, 2006)
Unfortunately, habitual heavy alcohol use will result in significant changes in an adolescent's brain. The hippocampus and prefrontal cortex are both smaller in size, while the local integrity of the white matter is compromised in eight brain regions (Squeglia, Jacobus, & Tapert, 2009)
But in April potatoes are selling for $6.02 a bushel on the spot market, so Thomas Foods could sell its futures contracts and simply buy potatoes on the spot market, saving $1,040 (Zsidisin, 2012), a savings it could pass along to its grocery store owners
. has been largely overlooked from an academic, research perspective, as well as from a social and legal standpoint" (Button & Gealt, 2010, p
8 and 95.4% of male and female students, respectively, agreed or strongly agreed that marital rape should be prosecuted in the same way stranger rape is prosecuted (Auster and Leone 146)
Marital Rape Attitudes toward Marital Rape among College Students Close to 62% of female rape victims are between the ages of 12 and 24 (Rosenthal 407), an age group which encompasses the college years
According to the research, "It is also the single most preventable cause of death in the U.S." (Jacobs 1997)
This enables the managing staff to communicate the objectives and goals of the plan throughout the hierarchy in an effective and efficient manner. (Col & Jay, 2007) The national policies shall be developed in a proactive manner and shall be understood by each and every member of the community