Crime And The Effects It Has On Business Development

This reading highlights the topic of crime through exploring what crime is as well as the different types of crimes in our everyday lives. Specifically, this research paper wants to highlight the crimes that may affect businesses, as well as the relationships between crime and business development. By using facts and statistics, we will dive into the relationship between the two and see why certain businesses may find success while other businesses struggle. We will also be looking at different pieces of literature, reviewing them, and drawing conclusions from the literature being discussed. The literature review as well as assessments of qualitative and quantitative data collected will be the premise of this thesis. Highlighting the effects of crime on all aspects of business may help the backbone of our society understand how to best protect themselves from any sort of crime ever happening. Where are these crimes happening? What businesses are most susceptible to crime? Is there anything businesses can do to be on the lookout? These questions are imperative for businesses to answer and have figured out to be successful

Innovating Education Through Design Thinking: A Case Study of Problem-Solving Educators

This study aimed to identify methodologies and practices that enable innovation to thrive in the public education system. Design thinking (DT) was selected for examination given its demonstrated ability to: (a) make people and teams more innovative , (b) change institutional cultures to be more creative and solution-oriented, and (c) create conditions necessary for innovation to thrive within established organizational structures. This intrinsic case study explored the experiences of a group of educators who used design thinking to innovate solutions to the intractable problems they faced. Participants in this study were teachers and administrators who received training in DT, and functioned in roles where DT is required as part of their professional practice as educational leaders. The data for this study included field observations, interviews, and documents, which were qualified using two cycle coding. In the first cycle, a priori codes were aligned to the Eight Design Abilities of Creative Problem Solvers, followed by a second round of in vivo coding that allowed natural themes to emerge. The analysis of results indicated that the use of DT: (1) created conditions whereby educators embodied the skillsets and mindsets of designers, (2) enabled educators to self-actualize their creative confidence, and (3) fostered universal collaboration. This study dovetails with other research supporting methods for practitioners of education leadership

Tell Me More: Trauma-Informed Practices in Higher Education as Resistance and Liberation for Black and Indigenous Students of Color

In this article, I argue that higher education inflicts trauma on Black and Indigenous students. However, trauma-informed practices can serve as a liberatory practice that disrupts white supremacy culture and minimize harm against BIPIC students. I define trauma and trauma-informed practices (TIPs) and weave how racial trauma, including political, generational, and necrophiliac trauma, impacts Black and Indigenous students in university contexts. In the spirit of hope and resistance, I end with suggestions for student affairs practitioners outlined by the framework of TIP tenets that they can directly implement in their conversations and mentorship of college students. I also suggest strategies for the systemic change needed to prevent higher education from doing more harm

Digestibility studies in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

The bioavailability of nutrients in commercial feeds available in Portugal was evaluated in three size groups (40g. l00g and 180g) of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on two private farms. Dietary crude fibre level was used as the digestibility marker. A series of laboratory trials was also carried out to investigate the influence of various biotic and abiotic factors on apparent digestibility coefficients and to provide corroboration for the field survey. The principal factors influencing apparent digestibility values during the field survey were diet quality, temperature and water-dissolved oxygen. The apparent digestibilities of crude protein, organic matter and dry matter were strongly inversely correlated with dietary fibre level in the three size groups of farmed trout. In addition, significant positive correlations were obtained between lipid level in commercial feeds and the organic matter digestibility coefficients. Under controlled conditions, dietary lipid level (7%, 14% and 21%) had a marked effect on digestibility, the highest digestibility values being obtained with the 21% lipid diet (87.77%, 76.55% and 70.46%) compared to 84.59%, 63.25% and 57.74% with the 7% lipid diet for crude protein, organic matter and dry matter, respectively. A signification correlation was also obtained between all apparent digestibility coefficients and the feed protein level for all size groups of fish studied in the field. In the laboratory, however, only at 21®C was there a marked effect and significantly higher digestibility values were obtained with the higher protein (45%) diet (85.98%, 83.74%, 80.37% and 84.54% for protein, organic matter, dry matter and energy, respectively) as compared to the lower protein (30%) diet (74.16%, 71.66%, 65.54% and 68.70% for protein, organic matter, dry matter and energy, respectively). General increases in apparent digestibility values of more than 10% were obtained between the lower (10°C or 15°C) and the higher (21 °C or 22°C) experimental temperatures, much higher than values previously reported. Food intake was shown to be directly dependent on dissolved oxygen (D.O.) and for one unit decrease of D.O. food intake decreased by about 0.5% or 0.25% body weight/day whether fish were subjected to an abrupt decrease of water O2 level or to prolonged hypoxia. Furthermore, apparent digestibility values were significantly increased when fish were subjected to prolonged hypoxia. Feeding frequency (1, 2 or 4 meals/day) did not influence digestibility, whereas time of day and fish size did have a significant effect. Mean digestibility values estimated either from chromic oxide or crude fibre analysis were significantly different. The difference was, however, very small and bearing in mind the advantages of an internal marker as compared to an added marker, this study has shown that crude fibre is a useful tool for feed evaluation, especially in practical situations. The need for, and importance of, digestibility evaluations is discussed and summarised in the form of a conceptual model

Os Jesuítas nas Américas: "A República dos Guaranis"

Para este trabalho elegemos um estudo sobre uma "experiência jesuíta" junto dos Guaranis, que designamos de "A República dos Guaranis". Trata-se de um processo histórico complexo que teve início no século XVII, sob o impacto da Contra-Reforma, e terminou em pleno século XVIII, quando o Absolutismo, o racionalismo e a Lei Natural dominavam a Europa. Portanto, tenta-se perceber como esta realidade sociocultural se relacionou com uma das regiões do Brasil colonial

Understanding the family of the physically disabled child

This descriptive, qualitative study aimed at identifying how low-income families manage to restructure themselves after giving birth to a child who is physically disabled due to Chronic Childhood Encephalopathy. Parents (n=11) from eight nuclear families with a physically disabled child attending a physiotherapeutic clinic/school in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) were selected for semi-structured interviews followed by a socioeconomic and cultural survey. Through content analysis, data were grouped into eight thematic axes showing that among the many difficulties faced by those families were the loss of the object of desire, a decrease in income and social contacts, and emotional imbalance, which comprised the internal and external factors both contributing to an increased family stress and exerting heavy influence on family interactions. Families were shown to face their adversity by devising strategies for adaptation and solution seeking. It could be concluded that new ways of restructuring took place so that balance could be kept. A greater family and societal mobilization is needed towards the creation or support of public policies designed to validate the physically disabled as subjects and citizens. Given the importance of the matter and the paucity of studies in the field, further research should be carried out on the dynamics of family behavior for a better evaluation of the impact of physical disability on family structure.Este trabalho procurou identificar de que forma famílias de baixa renda se reestruturam após o nascimento de uma criança com deficiência física determinada por Encefalopatia Crônica da Infância. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo de cunho qualitativo que empregou a técnica de análise de conteúdo agrupado em eixos temáticos construídos a partir da leitura e análise de entrevistas. Foram selecionadas 08 (oito) famílias nucleares em cujo seio houvesse uma criança com deficiência física que freqüentasse uma clínica escola de Fisioterapia em Salvador, Bahia, 2004. Pais e mães destas crianças (onze) responderam um instrumento de pesquisa na forma de entrevista semi-estruturada, acrescida de levantamento sobre o contexto sócio-econômico cultural. Várias são as dificuldades enfrentadas pela família, dentre elas a perda do objeto do desejo, a redução da renda e dos contatos sociais e o desequilíbrio emocional, sendo esses os fatores internos e externos que colaboram para aumentar o estresse familiar. As famílias reagiram à adversidade, estabelecendo estratégias para adaptação e construção de soluções. Concluiu-se que novas formas de reestruturação ocorreram para manter o equilíbrio. Torna-se necessário uma maior mobilização da família e da sociedade na criação e/ou manutenção de políticas públicas que validem o deficiente físico como sujeito e cidadão e pesquisas focalizando a dinâmica do funcionamento familiar para que seja possível avaliar melhor o impacto da deficiência física na estrutura familiar

Um estudo da primeira forma quadrática: uma proposta de ensino com construção dinâmica

Abordamos nesse artigo uma análise epistemológica de um conceito da teoria matemática das superficies, denominado primeira forma quadrática diante do caráter reconhecidamente abstrato desse conceito, utilizaremos alguns elementos clássicos constituintes da Engenharia Didática – ED para investigação do ensino do objeto matemático em questão. Desse modo, apresentaremos definições que nos permitam o cálculo e a compreensão do conceito. Além disso, utilizaremos o software GeoGebra, para evidenciarmos a interpretação e significação visual dos conceitos prévios envolvidos, auxiliando assim, de forma qualitativa no processo de ensino e aprendizagem do conceito

Conserved Karyotypes In The Hyla Pulchella Species Group (anura, Hylidae)

Cytogenetic analyses were done on specimens of Hyla marginata and on three populations H. semiguttata differing in morphology and in the physical parameters of their advertisement call, as well as in individuals of Hyla sp. (aff. semiguttata). All specimens had 2n = 24 chromosomes with a morphology very similar to that of other 24-chromosome Hyla species. Hyla semiguttata and H. marginata showed the same C-banding pattern but were distinguished by the location of the NOR on pair 1 in H. semiguttata (in the three populations) and Hyla sp. (aff. semiguttata), and on pair 10 in H. marginata. The H. semiguttata populations did not differ cytogenetically, despite variations in their morphology and advertisement calls. 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The tadpole of Osteocephalus cabrerai (Anura: Hylidae) from central Amazonia, Brazil

Herein we describe the tadpoles of Osteocephalus cabrerai based on 37 individuals of eight different development stages. We provide comments on spawning sites and breeding period, and compare these tadpoles with those of congeners. The tadpole of O. cabrerai (Stage 39) is characterized by an ovoid body, elongated in lateral view and oval in dorsal view. The snout is rounded, the nostrils oval and the eyes lateral. The tail length is 67% of total length. The larva has a single, sinistral spiracle that is ventrolateral in position. The short vent tube is dextral and attached to the ventral fin. The anteroventral oral disc has marginal and submarginal papillae and a labial tooth row formula 2(2)/6(1). Tadpoles inhabit streams in terra firme forest. © 2011 Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - ESALQ - USP