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Poverty, Income Inequality, and the Solutions

PDF Button Introduction Poverty and income inequality are related but distinct problems. Poverty concerns whether people possess the resources and capabilities required for an acceptable life, while income inequality concerns how income is distributed across a population. A society may reduce extreme poverty while remaining highly unequal, and it may experience broad income growth without improving the position of groups excluded from employment, education, health care, land, finance, or political

Editorial Staff July 10, 2018

Corporate Lobbying Strategies and Organizational Influence

PDF Button Introduction Corporate lobbying is the organized effort by a company or business association to influence public policy, legislation, regulation, procurement, taxation, or enforcement. The original essay correctly distinguishes lobbying from bribery and recognizes direct communication, coalitions, research, political participation, and public campaigns as common tools. It needs a clearer ethical and legal framework. Lobbying is a legitimate part of democratic petition when it is transparent, evidence-based, and open

Editorial Staff July 10, 2018

Pain Management and Assessment Standards

PDF Button At some point in life, individuals are subjected to pain. There are two main types of pain: chronic and acute pain. Acute pain is subject to subsiding as one regains a healthy body state. However, chronic pain is persistent and, therefore, has been classified as nonmalignant and cancer-related pain (Hall & Gregory, 2016). These types include low back pain and peripheral neuropathy. Controlling pain in the human body

Editorial Staff July 10, 2018

Taiwan’s Authoritarian-to-Democratic Political and Economic Transition

PDF Button Taiwan’s Political Economy and the Legacy of Authoritarian Rule Taiwan, formerly known as the Republic of China, is one of the States in China. Taiwan has a relatively large population and is one of the largest economies despite not being a member of the United Nations. One of the significant changes that Taiwan faced was changing its political system from an economic and authoritarian regime to a middle-income

Editorial Staff July 10, 2018

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

PDF Button Summary Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich follows one ordinary winter day in a Soviet forced-labor camp. The central character, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, wakes at approximately five o’clock in the morning after failing to rise immediately at the official signal. He feels ill and hopes to visit the infirmary, but a guard notices him still lying down and assigns punishment. Instead of receiving rest,

Editorial Staff July 10, 2018

Functions and Classification of Nutrients

PDF Button Introduction The human body requires molecules that are obtained from food, digested, absorbed, transported, and used for growth, tissue repair, reproduction, movement, temperature regulation, and the maintenance of normal cellular activity. These substances are known as nutrients. The original essay correctly classifies nutrients into two major categories: macronutrients and micronutrients. Macronutrients are needed in relatively large amounts and include carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, while micronutrients are required in

Editorial Staff July 10, 2018

Politics and education in the philosophy of John Dewey

PDF Button John Dewey is known as a progressive education father. He was the most influential figure and eloquent advocate of education progressivism. He was a well-known philosopher, educational reformer, and philosopher (Chun). After graduating from Vermont University, Dewey taught various high schools, then later received his philosophy doctorate and resolved to university teaching. Education as Dewey’s Central Concern In John Dewey’s distinguished and long career, he produced over 1000

Editorial Staff July 9, 2018

Andrew Carnegie’s Argument on the Uses of Great Fortunes

PDF Button Carnegie was a firm believer in giving wealth away during one’s lifetime. It is clear from his quote: “the man who dies thus rich dies disgraced” [1] (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2025). Carnegie’s essay is simply a way to show that people can have a balance between fairness and individualism. The gospel of wealth is a distribution of wealth and responsibilities that wealthy people have toward society

Editorial Staff July 9, 2018

Mindfulness-Based School Program and Student Development Research Review

PDF Button Introduction The study reviewed in the original essay examines whether a classroom-based social and emotional learning program incorporating mindfulness can improve children’s cognitive control, stress regulation, peer relationships, and academic outcomes. The description closely matches Kimberly Schonert-Reichl and colleagues’ randomized study of the MindUP program involving ninety-nine fourth- and fifth-grade students in four classrooms. The original response correctly identifies the comparison groups, salivary cortisol, executive-function measures, peer reports,

Editorial Staff July 4, 2018

“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty summary

PDF Button Phoenix Jackson and the Journey of A Worn Path The article is a narration of a story by Eudora Welty of an elderly black woman who has to undertake a familiar journey every so often in a rural area for the purpose of acquiring medicine for her grandson. The title of the short story is ‘A Worn Path.’ She is the main character in the short story, and

Editorial Staff July 4, 2018