1. Define and discuss the differences between substance abuse‚ substance dependence‚ substance tolerance and substance withdrawal. Substance abuse is when a person excessively uses a type of bad substance such as drugs or alcohol. Substance dependence is when a person requires drugs to function normally. This person first abuses the drug then it dependence on the drug to carry on their day normally. Substance tolerance is when a person has use the drug so much that it does not feel the same high
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Strike action A strike is a collective withdrawal of labour by employees. Under such action‚ employees refuse to perform all work‚ not just selected duties. Strikes are usually‚ but not always‚ organised by a union. The purpose of a strike is to pressure an employer (or other third party) into complying with particular demands or refraining from doing something. Under the federal Fair Work Act 2009 strike action may be ’protected action’ if undertaken during a bargaining period for an enterprise
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References: Johnson‚ A.P.‚ (2008). A Short Guide to Action Research. San Francisco: Pearson and Ally and Bacon. Macbeth‚ D. (2000). On an Actual Apparatus for Conceptual Change. John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Sci Ed 84‚ 228–264. Mason‚ L. and Boscolo‚P. (2000). Writing and conceptual change. What changes? Instructional
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Raising Awareness‚ Not Taxes A new theory suggests that raising taxes on junk food and soft drinks will lower the obesity rate among the general population. However‚ obesity is not just a result of eating junk food‚ and obese people are not the only ones who eat it. Focusing more attention on the way junk food is marketed‚ increasing health education‚ and seeking to prevent diseases and lifestyles which cause obesity‚ will prove more effective than raising taxes. Those in favor of raising taxes
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TEAMWORK IN ACTION Retail store that sells music CDs 1. In retail store that sell music CDs‚ the single measure best reflects the overall level of activity is Number of CDs sold. - In respect to changes in the measure of CDs sold‚ a variable cost is a cost that varies‚ in total‚ in direct proportion while a fixed cost remains unchanged‚ in total‚ regardless of any change. ->Examples of fixed and variable costs in respect to small changes in the measure of selling CDs: Cost | Cost
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What is an Affirmative Action Program? It is a law‚ program or activity that changes the conditions for any race with a disadvantage in society. Affirmative action strives for diversity in many sectors of the work world‚ education and society. What is the issue? Discrimination is intentional or unintentional bullying to a person of different race‚ sex‚ religion‚ etc... that causes hurt or harm to the individual. The fact that somebody speaks differently or is a different colour does not come
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CAREER ACTION PLAN Although you may be working from a tentative career choice‚ use that career choice or for those of you who have made a career decision use that career decision to develop an action plan. You can always change your mind‚ if you need to‚ and use this same process for a different career path. The purpose of this section is mapping out a plan of action. Having a plan of action leads to the greatest likelihood of helping you move from the reality of the present to the ideas
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Case Study Two Mental health awareness is an issue that has gained a following of advocates over recent years; however‚ most mental health advocates emphasize a division frame‚ which typically segregates depressed individuals from functioning in society even further. Many individuals living with depression are ostracized for their depressive behavior and thus are victimized due to their inability to be continually happy and integrate into social situations. Therefore‚ I challenge society to transform
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| Disciplinary Actions At Banking Sector | | Komi S [Pick the date] | Group 4 Komal Sarwar Anum Karim Mehwish Fareed Hafiz Hammad Ameen Saad Saleem Table of Contents INTRODUCTION: 2 DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS 2 TWO DIMENSIONS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION: 2 TYPES OF PENALTIES FOR MISCONDUCT/INDISCIPLINE 3 DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IN FIRM: 3 ENCOURAGING DISCIPLINE IN ORGANIZATION 5 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK: 6 Standard Chartered Bank: Rules and Code of Conduct. 6 Standard
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turn Over Nursing shortage and turnover is an enormous issue affecting nurses in the delivery of patients’ care. Nursing shortages have been shown to cause unfavorable effects which include decreased job satisfaction‚ decreased access to care‚ and can lead to increased turn over. This paper is about nursing shortages and nursing turn overs‚ and how the author would expect nursing leaders and managers to approach this issue. The writer’s rational would be supported by
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