Detailed Instructions about the Course Paper and its Grading: Your paper should emphasize quality rather than quantity, and its structure should contain four sections: Introduction and objective, Review of Literature, Economic Analysis and Summary and Conclusion. The paper should be at least 10 pages in length without the Title Page. Select any one of these three topics for your course paper. Empirical papers with data analysis will receive maximum credit. Government Regulation and Commercial Banking The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on Commercial Banking Smart Phones: A Comparative Analysis of Apple and Samsung a). The introduction should be 1-2 paragraphs long. Specify the objective as clearly as possible. It should set the relevance of the topic and finish with the main question or questions you want to answer in this paper.The introduction must also state your main argument, idea or hypothesis of your paper. b). Review of Literature. In this section, review several studies similar to what you are writing on. Make sure to give proper credit to each author(s) whose work you are quoting. Use the APA guidelines…

Ethical Implications of Randomized Trial Design The subject of focus is research on the effects that exposure to retail store cigarette ads and product exhibits have on school children. The study’s objective was to examine the impact of cigarette exhibits and advertisements at retail stores on the attitudes, beliefs, and intentions related to smoking among students. The study used earlier research to hypothesize that exposure to cigarette pack displays and retail tobacco advertising would influence students’ perceptions. This perception includes normative beliefs about smoking, ease of access to cigarettes, perceived cigarette brand popularity, future smoking intentions, and perceived smoking harms (Wakefield, 2006). The study was carried out in five high schools in Victoria, Australia, using a group of 605 students in the ninth grade of ages 13–15 years. These students came from one Catholic girls’ school, a co-educational private school, two Catholic boys’ schools, and a public high school.  Two of the schools were situated in locations with low socio-economic benefits, while the other four were located in areas with high socio-economic benefits. Although the randomized design helped obtain vital…

An Experimental Study of the Effects of Exposure to Point-Of-Sale Cigarette Ads and Product Displays on Schoolchildren The subject I selected for discussion is an experimental study of the effects of exposure to point-of-sale cigarette ads and product displays on schoolchildren. The study’s goal was to investigate the impact of cigarette packaging displays and advertisements on the point of sale on the attitudes, beliefs, and intentions related to smoking among students. The study used earlier research to hypothesize that exposure to point-of-sale retail tobacco advertising and cigarette pack displays would influence students ‘ perceptions. This perception includes ease of access to cigarettes, normative beliefs about smoking, perceived smoking harms, perceived cigarette brand popularity, and future smoking intentions (Wakefield, 2006). The study was carried out from five secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, using a sample of 605 ninth-grade students aged 14–15 years. These students came from two Catholic boys’ schools, a co-educational private school, a co-educational public school, and a Catholic girls’ school. Four of the schools were situated in areas of above-average socio-economic advantage for Victoria, while the other two…

Case-Control Design Study Atherosclerosis is a lifelong artery condition that is the leading cause of about 50 percent of all Western world fatalities. This disease is primarily a fat-driven cycle that occurs through the deposition of LDL and HDL lipoproteins within the artery. Cardiovascular disorders are the leading cause of health-related deaths in the United States, killing more than 730,000 persons per year. Obesity/overweight is a significant risk factor for arteriosclerosis. Numerous researches have shown a clear correlation to obesity and many cardiac conditions, including acute heart infarction, stable heart disease, heart failure, and ischemic stroke. It has also been shown that the association between obesity and high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus increases the incidence of arteriosclerosis (Aluganti Narasimhulu et al., 2016). This research aims to determine whether obesity as a growing world pandemic is an absolute prerequisite for arteriosclerosis development. A case-control design study would be appropriate for research relating to the relation between arteriosclerosis and obesity. The nature of the study contrasts patients with the disease with patients who do not have the condition and looks back…

Counselling-Based Personality Assessment Scenario Discussion Post As an intake counselor, I believe that for most users of personality assessment instruments, test construction strategies tend to be of lesser interest. Many approaches that are applied tend to relate directly to the contract of measure and thus influence the way the available instruments need to be interpreted. It is critical that the selection of the procedure used during the personality assessment to be carefully conducted to be able to determine a valid and reliable final result. For instance, review for a level of reading can significantly reduce the complication of opinions being expressed; however, the assumption regarding sex variations is likely to influence if the scale entails gender-based norms, therefore determining the inferences that can possibly be drawn from a client. Just like in the case of Jane, who is a 32-year-old white female, with 14 years of formal education, and has an associate degree. Psychological assessments tend to provide significant empowerment for a clinical psychologist, counselors, case manager, and even the client (Boers et al., 2014). I have also realized that…

Case Study Analysis: Harmonie Water Introduction Commercial organizations have a duty to focus on building their value. Callingham (2004, p.44) asserts that the ‘value’ should be built on the basis of the market view. As such, it is imperative for businesses to develop sufficient market intelligence, which can be achieved by conducting market research. Currently, knowledge is increasingly being considered as an important asset in the running of an organization (Hague, Hague & Morgan, 2004, p.32). In the course of its operation, Harmonie Water has recognized the significance of integrating market research in its different aspects of marketing management, for example, advertising, brand management, and market positioning. In respect to this, the firm implemented two projects Project Unify and Project Aqua, which were intended at strengthening the Harmonie’s competitiveness in the bottled water market segment. Nevertheless,  the case study on ‘Harmonie Water; Refreshing the World Naturally’ by John A. Quelch and John L. Teopaco highlights the existence of challenges in regards to the implementation of the market research findings. The firm’s management team is yet to reach a consensus on…

Role of designers in changing lives in the societies In the essay below, our main topic of discussion will be how the designers can be social change agents in terms. The issue of the discussion covers a variety of different problems in the essence of supporting the topic of discussion. Designers, in our case, are those who act like those who make some things more efficient besides making sure that everything around their social life is in order, and they try to make more pleasing to those around them. For example, we have different people of social designers, such as the information designers’ technology designers, structural designers, and multimedia designers. These are some types of designers whom we are going to look at in the essay below in essence of elaborating more about designers act in the capacities of social change agents. Social change is whereby when there are different doings in certain society things that were not there before. Still, they come to the society to change the normal activities of social doings. In the essay below, it is…

 Finance Research Market Today Indices S&P 500 (+0.65% at 3118) Dow Jones (+0.59% at 26, 025) NASDAQ(+1.11% at 10, 056), all the three major United States’ indexes finished with a substantial gain. This has been attributed to the US reopening of the economy today (Carpantier, 2020). As people started economic operation in the country today, which further improved the exchange rate of the stock exchange. FTSE 100 (-0.76% at 6244.62) UK stock dropped on Monday due to investors’ fear of the second Coronavirus wave striking the stock market, (Carpantier, 2020).In general, the whole of the European market has fallen red today due to the coronavirus pandemic second wave strike in the UK. Nikkei 225 (+0.89% at 22, 636.46) stock rose on Monday due to a flattening curve of the coronavirus. Now, the investors hope that economic activities will improve sharply in the coming days. Further, with the reopening of the US economy, Japan has also increased economic activities to meet the US economy’s supply of trading products as soon as possible. Forex US Dollar Index (DXY): the value of dollar continue to rise…

1955 Capital the answer to world problems. The replenishing of resources such as energy and food is becoming harder with the overwhelming populations in china, India and third world countries. In addition to this, quality healthcare and education is becoming difficult to come by. 1955 Capital a company with its headquarters in San Francisco has taken up the problems in its stride and vowed to help curb them. And how exactly do they plan on doing this? Andrew Chung, the man behind the company saw that it was fit for him to come up with a company that would use technology to end world problems. In order for his plan to work, 1955 Capital had to involve American and European stakeholders who were technological giants. The company under Andrew Chung started its operations in 2015. On February 24, 2016, the company managed to accrue 200 million dollars which came to be known as the 1955 Capital Fund I.  With 200 million dollars at Chung’s disposal from the endorsers the company’s agenda would finally push through. The San Francisco based company…

Adult Braces Trends in 2020  Remarkable trends are getting witnessed in the realm of adult bracelets over the most recent couple of years. One needs to watch the TV and will see the moderate change in adult bracelets trend. If you tend to believe you’re already past 60 and perhaps you wouldn’t have any need for dental braces, at that point I suppose you might be wrong.   It’s rarely past the point of no return. Numerous more older adults are wearing braces. Interestingly, braces are getting increasingly regular for grown-ups. It’s not only grown-ups in their 30s, 40s, however, but men and women beyond 50 years old are also likewise making visits to the orthodontist’s clinics. There is, without a doubt, a trend. The world is gradually changing a lot.  So is the usage of adult braces. In the olden days, the braces got mostly used among kids and youngsters. With much headway in the innovation and orthodontic explores, grown-up braces came into the necessary existence of individuals.  Even at 40 years old or above, there is a need…