Inquiry Essay The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ by Mohsin Hamid‚ is the sad story of a young man going through an identity crisis. The novel revolves around a Pakistani man‚ Changez‚ who just graduated from Princeton University. In the beginning Changez receives a high paying job at a firm that values other companies‚ and also falls in love with a girl‚ Erica. His life seems to be going well until the sudden attack on the twin towers causes the whole country to go against his culture and race. The
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Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Improving Process through Technology Introduction: Doctors are famous for sloppy scribbling -- and handwritten prescriptions lead to thousands of medication errors each year. Electronics to the rescue: most hospitals that switched to computerized physician order entry systems saw a 66 percent drop in prescription errors. Illegible handwriting and transcription errors are responsible for as much as 61 percent of medication errors in hospitals. A simple
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Withdrawing/Withholding Life Support: Pros and Cons November 16‚ 2012 ABSTRACT When a person is being sustained by life support‚ families and loved ones are frequently confronted with the resolve about when to terminate these supports (Meeker‚ 2012). Recently it has turned into “pulling the plug” prior to death regardless of the tubes and machines keeping the patient alive. Withdrawal choices are informal and quietly decided. If these life-ending decisions were standardized and validated
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In the article ‘Why have there been no Great Women Artists?’ written by Linda Nochlins‚ the author makes her argument and discussion on the issue in artwork of women‚ and feminist art history. One of the most important points that the author raised is that there are plenty of factors bringing obstacles to women in the western countries in the past‚ which prevent women from getting success in the art world. At the very beginning of the essay‚ the author mentioned about the words from John Stuart
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Post 9/11 Biases in The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid’s‚ The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ follows the story of a high status Muslim American named Changez as he lives through the hardship of prejudices held on Muslims in the early 21st century. This passage comes in the wake 9/11 and illustrates the biases that most Americans held on Muslims post 9/11. The words that Mohsin Hamid uses in the first sentence set the tone for the passage and setup the story he later tells in the passage: “Yet
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The Ethical Dilemma of a Patient’s Right to Die Is it wrong to discontinue a ventilator even at the patient’s request‚ with the expectation that the patient will die? Health care providers encounter ethical dilemmas such as this one on a daily basis in hospital and long term care settings. Choosing to withdraw life support poses one of the most prominent dilemmas in bioethics. Health care clinicians‚ which includes physicians‚ advance practice nurses and registered nurses‚ must utilize moral
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Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist follows the journey of a young Pakistani man and his journey after moving to America in search of the American dream. Changez is in a minority group when moving to America and is a clear outsider however he is accepted into American meritocracy and given the opportunity to become ‘a successful American’. Though he tries to fit into what he believes a successful American should be‚ through changing his identity according to the standards of society‚ he is
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faced with situations that need critical analysis‚ compilation of raw data‚ circulation of precise documents and effective utilization of computer systems. Frito Lay is an example of a company who implemented various decision support systems (DSS) into their business model. A DSS is a “highly flexible and interactive IT system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not structured.” (Haag‚ Cummins p.162) Managers require information to guide their organization in the right
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4UI Ms. Coe October 16‚ 2013 Symbolic Minor Characters The importance of the minor characters in the novel is to create a complex and multilayered tale using characters as symbols adding a deeper meaning throughout the novel. In the novel the reluctant fundamentalist‚ by Mohsin Hamid‚ the author uses characters symbolically to create depth within the story. Erica‚ who is loved b the main character‚ is used in many aspects to symbolize America. Erica who the main characters(Changez) meets and
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421/CISY 427: DECISION SUPPORT AND EXPERT SYSTEMS Decision support systems: These systems give direct computer support to managers during the decision-making process. For example‚ advertising managers may use an electronic spreadsheet program to do what-if analysis as they test the impact of alternative advertising budgets on the forecasted sales of new products. Decision support systems are computer-based information systems that provide interactive information support to managers and business
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