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The Role of Our Emotional Load in the Process of Disease Occurrence
No full textThis thesis is being archived as a Digitized Shelf Copy for campus access to current students and staff only. We currently cannot provide this open access without the author's permission. If you are the author of this work and desire to provide it open access or wish access removed, please contact the Wahlstrom Library to discuss permission.Emotional states like uncontrolled Stressful challenges, anger, and depression exert a heavy toll on a subject mental and physiological health. Some hypothesis emphasize that negative emotions are associated with variations in immune parameters, and that the same brain areas involved in emotion are also involved in sensing and regulating levels of inflammation in the body. Other sources extrapolate to confirm that storage of emotions in our selves have a direct repercussion on our health and can be the causes of many chronic diseases like cancer. Where emotions are stored in the Human body has been a disputed subject over many generations and Cultures. The present study aims to explore the facts and rationality of the scientific and metaphysical literature regarding the connection between Emotions and Disease occurrence. After accomplishing this, we expect to have a better perspective in our project to deeply implicate emotions in our inquiries when diagnosing and treating our patients
Transforming an Intractable Conflict by the Multi-Track Diplomacy Approach: Application to the Taiwan Strait Conflict
No full textThe primary cause was the control of Chinese territory. The two political groups in Taiwan (Chinese Nationalist Party or KMT and the Democratic Progressive Party or DPP) and China are the main actors whereas Japan and the United States are the secondary actors. The conflict has escalated into war, crises and unstable peace with 4 main climaxes. The initial issue was the sovereignty dispute over China and Chinese people in both territories of the mainland China and the island of Taiwan. Due to the de-Sinification and the Taiwanisation policies as well as divergent socio-political and economic developments, the issue has evolved into cultural and political identity issue creating 3 identifiers: few Chinese, more Taiwanese and some ‘Chiwanese’. Peacemaking process: The United States has prevented a reunification war; the tracks 2, 3 and 4 diplomacy have advanced the economic interdependence and social interactions with no political reunification. Policy recommendations: all the actors (China, KMT, DPP and US) need to change their policies, mainly by reviewing the “one China, different interpretations” principle, establishing a trilateral relationship, and supporting Taiwan’s participation into international organizations. This can be achieved by applying all the nine tracts of the multitrack diplomacy (MTD) approach
The Informal Economy: Women’s role in Economic Growth in Vietnam
No full textThe nations of the Global South are struggling to find their place in the global marketplace and with that a way to balance multiple fronts such as modernization. This includes a balance of social and economic growth, as well. Vietnam isn’t any different. Vietnam is a transition economy faced with the clash of modernization and a more open marketplace versus the historical one party state centrally determined economy. This change has allowed for the formation of an informal economy of mostly women street vendors, this economy is not legitimized but to some extent tolerated by the central government. This lack of legitimacy ultimately affects the economic growth of Vietnam as their incomes are not taxed or calculated into the nations GDP, this ultimately affects the economic cycle of Vietnam in the view of the global marketplace, like many of its counterparts in the Global South. This poster postulates that by integrating the informal economy into the calculations of national economic growth it will help to implement social growth programs such as ; a) access to affordable or free education to the families of street vendors and the rural poor, b) a grassroots organization formed by the women street vendors to understand and voice their concerns, and c) the formation of a mentorship program that involves successful female Vietnamese entrepreneurs and the local members of the informal economies and their families to provide guidance on how to navigate the system
Pain: Alternative to a Narco-Epidemic
No full textThis thesis is being archived as a Digitized Shelf Copy for campus access to current students and staff only. We currently cannot provide this open access without the author's permission. If you are the author of this work and desire to provide it open access or wish access removed, please contact the Wahlstrom Library to discuss permission.While the figures on the use of opioids are still rising public health authorities including the Center for Disease Control (CDC) are waving the red flag as the number of deaths related to the use of narcotics is also going up. It is undeniable that pain control has reached summits in popularity and ease of dispensing from the emergency department to any primary care providers yet the price of success for opioid treatment can be observed in the national statistics on narcotic misuse and the number of deaths due to overdose and/or adverse effects. Pain contracts have now been established between patients and prescription providers in order to limit the epidemic. Alternative models can be explored in osteopathy and naturopathy; the use of manual treatment and botanicals can provide different models based on their respective philosophy and actions. Through an analytical approach of the narcotic phenomenon in America and an alternative model of care this paper provides models of thoughts to possibly reduce the deadly statistics and offer therapeutic methods that have been left aside for quite some time with the emergence of easy-swallowed pain pills and a fast-food approach to medicine in general. Naturopathic medicine offers many modalities of intervention from botanicals to hydrotherapy or from intelligent nutrition and nutraceuticals to counseling. Osteopathic medicine is also a useful and natural method to treat pain using manual skills along with a distinct philosophy
Systems Analysis from a Qualitative Perspective: An Emerging Skills Set For Information Systems Professionals
No full text“Effective systems analysis is at the core of the design, development and operation of a modern information system. As part of their analysis and design work, information technology (IT) professionals are called upon to interview clients, observe daily operations and interpret and evaluate existing or proposed solutions. These practitioners must understand and situate themselves in the context of multiple stakeholder organizations and remain cognizant of organizational goals. Unfortunately many of these interaction skills, critical to effective application development and delivery, are not taught in a university setting, Fortunately, many of these needed skills are the focus of effective qualitative research.
UB Online Courses: An On-Demand Video-Streaming Service for Online Education
No full textOnline education in the past few years has become a very convenient and cost-effective alternative to the traditional class-based education offered on college and university campuses. Its popularity can been seen in the increasing number of online courses being offered by many universities around the world; and the University of Bridgeport is no exception. To handle the increasing demand on online education programs, the current methods and technologies need to be improved to meet the student expectations of ease of use, accessibility and availability. In this work we’re addressing issues in the current online education services provided at UB, such as the standardization of video formats, making the lecture videos viewable on smart phone devices, and making all courses available in a central location
New Chinese Banks: Right Out of Mao’s Playbook?
No full textChunjuan Nancy Wei's article on Chinese banking
Open-source Software: Adoption and Challenges
No full text© ASEE 2015Adopting open-source software (OSS) can help reduce the cost of personal computers for individuals as well as the cost of information technology infrastructure for companies. Many studies corroborated the superiority of Linux (open-source operating system) when compared to Windows. Linux, or any other open-source software, offers robustness, flexibility on top of a homogeneous solution and a support from a huge community. The purpose of this paper is to study the adoption open source software, mainly Linux. The discussion will encompass the growth of the open source community, the horizons, and the obstacles. The study also aims to cover the feasibility of the adoption of the open-source software at a Research and Development environment, where reducing the cost of the information technology infrastructure opens doors for more scalability and increase in performance
The Scribe
No full textThis is the November 2015 edition of the Scribe, Issue 4. The front page features an interview with Maliek Sterrett, Resident Director of North and South Hall as well as an article highlighting the campus food drive sponsered by Professor Oliver Taeb. Additional coverage includes articles on the price gouging of Daraprim, standardized testing, polio, entertainment and comics