Colgan Air Flight 3407 Early 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Bombardier DHC-8-400, crashed during approach into Buffalo, New York, killing all passengers on board. Following the tragic crash, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) adopted stern safety measures, among them being the increase in the qualification requirements for the first officers flying U.S. cargo and passenger airlines (Michael, 2010). The governing modifications in the requirements to become a pilot were further catalyzed by strong lobbying that linked the fatal crash to the errors by the pilots. The Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 which was soon passed by the Congress was meant to guarantee that both the pilots, the co-pilots and the flight crew members received the Air Transport Pilot certificate (ATP) among other recommendations. According to the legislation, there were a specific number of flight hours that any pilot had to spend as a co-pilot before they could assume the position of captain in the USA airline and that the ATP holder must at least 23 years of age (Michael, 2010). Notably, before enacting…
Price of steel The tariff imposed increases the price of the imported steel as compared to the price of domestic steel. This move increases government revenue and discourages customers from buying the imported steel.
Kenya as a country Kenya is under focus in this discussion. Kenya is a country in East Africa with a population of 47million as of 2019. Kenya is a multilingual and ethnically diverse country, and English and Kiswahili are widely spoken official languages. The most indigenous languages are Kikuyu, Kalenjin, Kamba, Meru, and Luo. In terms of economy, Kenya’s economy is market-based with a few state enterprises and a wide liberalized trade system. As of 2019, Kenya’s GDP was $99.234 billion. The growth rate per year is approximately 6% (Theodora.com, 2020). According to the World Bank, Kenya is ranked as a lower middle income since 2014. While Kenya has steady growth and a growing middle class, its economic growth and development has been impeded by corruption, underfund criminal justice system, and weak governance. Unemployment stands at 40% of the population. Agriculture is the backbone of Kenya’s economy, contributing 75% of the GDP. In Kenya, corruption, and unpreparedness of probation officers, police, and lawyers negatively impact law enforcement. Kenya enjoys good bilateral relations with the United States. Under President Trump, Kenya…
Provide a brief overview of the organization you selected United Healthcare Organization The United Healthcare Organization is well renown non-profit making system in the United States of America, which was founded by Dr. Paul Elwood, a healthcare professional, and Richard Burke in early 1977. The core agenda of the two was to help the people live a healthier and create the innovative capacity to advance the healthcare service provider in the region. The organization, together with its business partner Optum have more than 160,000 employees, serves more than 85 million people in the globe, and all 50 states of America and other 125 countries. It has extended its arms in the provision of services to the United Healthcare Children Foundation, Optum, and United Health Foundation (Tilman,2015). The organization has formed its school, the Park Lane Elementary School, based in Philadelphia, thus ensuring the adequacy of staff in the organization. Describe the tools used to enforce regulations The regulations set can affect the delivery and administration of healthcare. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It is a law that…
Risk management Introduction Risk management is essential for an organization’s success. It is hard for organizations such as a company to perform exceptionally well without taking risk. If an organization does not manage its risks effectively, it can end up failing. Effective management of threats commences with a deep understanding of threats as well as vulnerabilities faced by the organization. Studies done on the topic of threat management have indicated that organizations can make substantial saves on their financial resources when threats are detected fast. Threat assessment is important to organizations is important because it enables them to detect threats early enough before they can cause damage to their systems. Therefore, organizations can avert direct financial losses and disruption of their operations. The management of threats is significantly beneficial to organizations because it enhance the cooperation between people, procedures and technology. Through the assessment and management of threats, organizations can swiftly detect threats and respond rapidly. Vulnerability Assessment Steps Initial Assessment During the initial assessment of vulnerability, the assessor should identify the assets of the organization and determine the risk…
Security issues, the motivations of private individuals, trade and religious basis, are most influential in Portuguese expansion. Security issues were the uppermost as expansion could not be distinguished from security. Since the steppe was a path for nomadic peoples as they headed to Asia, security issue became a concern. As they encountered cultural changes called the renaissance and the rise of Christianity, the Portuguese could have got interested in exploring the world. They were motivated to hold crusades to spread Christian virtues to various communities globally. Trade was also at its core when as far as the Portuguese expansion is concerned. When the Portuguese replaced the Arabs as frontrunners of Asian trade and business, it sparked more interests from other regions (Tigor et al. 515). Thus, because of trade, they extended to Brazil, especially with their encounter with sugar and embracing the agricultural docket and plantation acquisitions in America by private individuals. There were motives could be summarized as economic and capitalistic motives, religion (cultural motives) and dominance (political motives). I think the issue of Christianity was more important than…
Market structures There are four types of market structures in an economy: perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition. Oligopoly is a market structure characterized by a few dominant sellers that have differentiated or homogenous products. Entry into this market is difficult (Myers & Tauber, 2011). The smartphone industry is an example of an Oligopoly market structure. Comparison between different market structures The smartphone industry is an oligopoly market structure comprising a large and profitable market, with few sellers holding a huge percentage of the market shares. In contrast, perfect competition comprises of a large number of sellers. Among dominant sellers is Apple, who uses the iOS, Samsung, and Huawei, who use Android. The sale of almost similar software and accessories by the leading players in this industry qualifies their product as homogeneous. When working within an Oligopoly market, the sellers must anticipate price and critical decisions from their competitors (Sutton, 2015). This the case in the smartphone industry when it comes to setting the cost of their products. In a monopoly market structure, the seller sets any price since…
Sleep Sleep could also be an essential, typically neglected, detail of everybody’s health fitness and well-being. Sleep is vital as a result of letting the body repair and be paintings and equipped for a further day. Symptoms can also be a probable extreme sickness for the duration of that breathing time and again stops and begin if you snore loudly and sense worn-out even if a full night time’s sleep, you’d likely have symptoms. In this paper, I will emphasize on dependable strategies that can be applied to healthy welfare development of outcomes of the sign on rest, workout, weight loss plan besides intellectual nation. Sleep apnea and intellectual kingdom troubles pass hand in hand. Anxiety is commonplace, every in the type of “nocturnal panic attacks” and as a section of a preferred feeling of unease and discontent. Mental nation situations like mood disorders, melancholy, and post-annoying strain syndrome are extremely comorbid with symptoms. In step with one examination from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, those with signs have a hyperbolic risk for dangerous intellection and excessive…
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Healthy People 2020 Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date Healthy People 2020 Topic 1 Healthy People 2020 has been at the forefront of ensuring that citizens are entitled to good health. It has put objectives in place which address various illnesses. One can easily access these objectives from Healthy People 2020 website. Healthy People 2020 objectives address social determinants which affect individuals’ health, elimination of health disparities, improving healthcare access, improving public healthcare services and improving disseminating of health information given to the public. An objective which I think suits people with chronic illnesses include improving function, health, and quality of life of people with chronic illnesses (People, 2020). There are many types of chronic illnesses, including diabetes, cancer, asthma, Alzheimer’s disease, among others; this objective addresses all these chronic illnesses. Chronic illnesses, in many cases, affects older adults of 65 years and above. In what way does Healthy People 2020 improve health, function, and quality of life of people with chronic illnesses? It does this through outlining of various procedures which can be used in addressing this objective. It has…