Abstract This paper examines resistance to group therapy and explores what methods can be adopted to overcome resistance. The paper examines how resistance can be both harmful and positive to the counseling experience. As the paper explains, resistance is most likely to be positive when counselors use it to help patients identify areas for improvement and strategies for overcoming their resistance in the future. The paper focuses its examination on new research supporting the incorporation of pre-group training as a positive method for overcoming resistance in group therapy.
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Proposition Overcoming And Encouraging Positive Group Therapy
Support For Approach
Conclusions
From the Paper "Many problems arising with group therapy stem from counseling that focuses on problems rather than solutions (Laursen & Oliver, 2003). Far too often patients find it easy to focus on their struggles and problems in a forum that supports such release. However a new approach to group therapy should focus on encouraging patients both to participate in individual and group therapy session that focus on their successes. In addition group therapy sessions should provide a forum where other members can help participants identify solutions to their problems rather than focus on the problem itself. By doing so patients will learn to take responsibility for their problems and recover more quickly."
Abstract This paper discusses the pending IT change at Kucera Clothiers and the likelihood of resistance on the part of employees. The writer also examines how to overcome such resistance, noting that resistance is often a stumbling block as employees resist learning and using the new technology, instead favoring old methods and accepted procedures they believe have served them well to date.
From the Paper "In the introduction of new technology, resistance is often a stumbling block as employees resist learning and using the new technology, instead favoring old methods and accepted procedures they believe have served them well to date. Resistance at Kucera Clothiers is anticipated from those in the brick-and-mortar end of the business and not from those working at the online center, for the latter are certainly much more willing to adapt to technology and have also not been in place so long that they have developed habits that are difficult to break."
Abstract The appearance of drug resistant TB is attributed to societal practices and the evolution of resistant strain. Cultural values are said to contribute to the transmission of the disease as are geographical factors.
Abstract This paper that examines the effect of antibiotics on the evolution of present day bacteria. These bacterial are considered in light of anti-biotic resistance. The paper also focuses on bacteria's rapid mutagenic properties. Additionally, the paper further explores how pharmaceutical companies are trying to outsmart bacteria's ability to mutate and survive. The mechanisms of action for antibiotics are provided as well as an explanation of why antibiotic resistance is so prevalent.
From the Paper "Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. When it was first introduced to the public in 1944, 94% of the most commonly known bacteria were still susceptible to eradication and it saved countless lives. By 1950, the number was reduced to 50% and the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has continued to increase. Similarly, life threatening bacterial infections are on the rise as new forms of bacteria are discovered. Many of these bacteria had their origins in disease strains that were previously treated effectively with antibiotics. However, with the rise in use of antibiotics over the past several decades in industry and agriculture along with the increase in number and types of antibiotics produced and over prescribed by physicians, bacteria being highly adaptogenic have mutated into antibiotic-resistant strains. This paper will discuss the main mechanisms of antibiotic effectivity, discuss what is leading to antibiotic resistance among bacteria, state..."
Abstract Antibiotic resistance is a widely speculated on topic that has serious consequences in the modern day and age. This paper is a high level exploration discussing how antibiotic resistance cannot be prevented. The paper cites current literature. Statistics on antibiotic prescribing patterns relative to effectiveness of the drug are also explored in the paper.
From the Paper "According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (2001 as cited by MacKay, 2003), over 235 million prescriptions were written, dispensed and consumed. The CDC estimated that as many as 50% of them were written unnecessarily for viral infections where antibiotics would be of no value (2001 as cited by MacKay, 2003). MacKay (2003) states that it is precisely due to this type of overuse that is resulting not in overkill but under kill: antibiotic resistance. When penicillin was found to inhibit bacterial development in 1928 (Plonczynski & Plonczynski, 2005) it was considered a miracle given that infectious diseases were considered the leading cause of death at that time (Armstrong, Conn & Pinner, 1999 as cite by Plonczynski & Plonczynski, 2005). Penicillin then came into production and was released into the mainstream in the late 1940s."
Abstract This essay discusses how the film Kanehsatake deals with the European conquest of North America and its legacy. We see the themes of resistance and activism, as the documentary shows us the stand-off at OKA. The essay then ties in the notion of oppression in our society of other groups.
Abstract This paper explores the different aspects of African American resistance to slavery and the manners and effect therewith.
From the Paper "The facts that are related to African American history in the US are that initially some Africans came to the New World with Columbus. It was later that the concept of slavery arose due to economic exploitation and African slaves began to arrive in the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean in 1502 and came to what was to become the United States of America in 1619. Over the next 250 years, some African Americans were freed or freed themselves and the institution of slavery was banned by the US in 1808, and states from Maine to Maryland gradually enacted abolition laws."
Abstract This paper examines two forms of performative resistance that can be found in the African nation of Ivory Coast. The paper discusses how by expressing local religion and tradition through music and dance, the people of the country have fought both colonial Christianity and Islam from the North. The recent conflict in Ivory Coast between the Christian South and the Islamic North has also resulted in more people turning to the traditions of Getan or Ge. The paper explains that Ge is the local tradition and religion that forms the basis of the identity for many of the people of the region.
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to develop relevant background information concerning the incidence and causes of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in general and in selected healthcare facilities in particular. According to the paper, MRSA represents a growing threat to public health and the national interests, and it is recommended that the etiology and treatment of MRSA should become the focus of a concerted nation-wide effort to develop improved treatment protocols.
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Executive Summary
Discussion of Findings
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
From the Paper "By the late 1950s, different strains of S. aureus had acquired resistance to penicillin and to virtually all other available systemic antibiotics, including erythromycin, streptomycin, and the tetracyclines; these strains of S. aureus were all associated with outbreaks of hospital-acquired infections; the introduction of semisynthetic penicillins (e.g., methicillin, which are not inactivated by beta-lactamase), though, and the cephalosporin antibiotics (e.g., cephalothin, cephaloridine, and cefazolin), during the 1960s provided clinicians with some new therapeutic treatments for infections caused by these antibiotic-resistant pathogens (Chikami & Murphy 11). The organism adapted yet again, though, and methicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus (MRSA) were being identified as early as 1961; at that time, the MRSA organisms were associated with infections in Europe, but they have since become widespread around the world. "
Abstract The paper discusses how Gregory Evans Dowd recounts the struggle for resistance of a few American Indian tribes against the British-American expansion. The paper is of the opinion that Dowd gives a unique and very interesting interpretation of the events taking place during the mid- eighteenth century. The paper portrays how Dowd tried to reconstruct the British colonization from the point of view of the Native Americans, by focusing on their perception of the Anglo-American invasion.
From the Paper "The "Indians' Great Awakening" presents the resistance of the Native Americans to the British colonization, and observes the double character of this movement: it is both a spiritual and a political resistance, or in other words, the political resistance is backed up by a spiritual regeneration of the Indians, who rediscover their traditional religions and rituals in their effort to preserve their identity in front of the colonists."
"Moreover, the nativistic movement has yet another character apart from the spiritual and the political ones, according to Dowd. The sudden awakening of the Indians is not a mere spiritual revival, but a finding of a sense of unity as a people."
Abstract This paper relates the actions and beliefs of General Mustafa Kemal, known as Father Turk, who led the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923. The author stresses that Kemal transformed Turkey into a secular state where religious belief would be a matter of individual and personal conscience. The secular states still flourishes today although many Turks view their Islamic practices as incompatible with western philosophy, which creates a political tension. The paper contends that the history of the conflict between religion and secularism in Turkey is the story of the struggle between a state-imposed modernization and a people's resistance.
From the Paper "Kemal set up the foundations for a strong nation-state yet allowed repressive practices to seep in against the freedom of the press, which survive to this day. He put into place the necessary reforms to make Turkey a secular state. He abolished the constitutional provision, which decreed Islam as the state religion and the caliphate, which symbolized the Sultanate's religious authority. He removed the rest of Islamic institutions. He replaced these with Western laws, practices and principles. He introduced the use of the Latin calendar and alphabet."
Tags: structure, modern nation-state, brotherhoodsresistance, european union
Abstract The paper provides a review of the relevant literature and identifies the conditions that allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to be successful in Egypt, the history of the organization and its founder, Hasan al Banna, and assesses whether the Muslim Brotherhood is in reality a terrorist organization. The paper discusses how the Muslim Brotherhood is foregoing terrorist activities in favor of working from within the legitimate political frameworks of Arab nations and this has allowed the group to acquire a significant amount of power. The paper concludes that only time will tell if the West possesses the wherewithal and resolve to withstand these assaults on its political, social and legal institutions.
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Introduction
Review and Discussion
From the Paper "Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, many observers in the West were heard to lament the passing of the "good old days" of the Cold War when the enemy was clearly known and its geographic borders clearly delineated. By sharp contrast, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the threats against the United States from within and without are largely from non-state actors that can wreak havoc against America and its allies with apparently virtual impunity. One group that has received a growing amount of attention from policymakers and analysts in recent years is the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt which is suspected of sponsoring such terrorist activities."
Abstract This paper shows how, in both Plato's "Republic" and Sophocles? "Antigone", biological brotherhood plays a dangerous function, enough that for Plato it must be concealed and replaced by a universal brotherly relationship, while for Sophocles, brotherhood as a concept is accepted and plays a fundamental role in the unfolding of events.
From the Paper "In Republic, Plato illustrates that genetic brotherhood plays a suppressed role, while Antigone's fraternal bonds reveal it as a major element of society. Plato expresses through Socrates that "children, too, are to be possessed in common, so that no parent will know his own offspring or any child his parent" (Plato 457d). The Greek philosopher is clearly highlighting that family ties are not only weak, but virtually non-existent. Plato then declares that "those who were born at the same time as their mothers and fathers were having children they"ll call their brothers and sisters? (Plato 461e). Since all boys and girls of the same age group must consider each other siblings, although they rarely have any biological connection, fraternal ties are clearly not a prime concern in Republic when compared to the welfare of the state. In Antigone, however, brotherhood plays such a vital role in the heroine's life that she is not only willing to break the laws in order to have her brother, Polyneices, buried, but she is also willing to die, the ultimate danger. In fact, Antigone explains to Creon that ?[she] would not do it [defy the state] for a child, were [she] a mother,/ Not for a husband either? (Sophocles 39), but only for a brother. While brotherhood is nearly absent in Republic, it is an important element of life for Antigone."
Abstract This paper analyzes and summarizes "The Red Convertible", while picking apart the story to show how Erdrich uses key details to depict "brotherhood" between to two main characters. It discusses whether Erdrich truly provides an accurate description of brotherhood through the story, based on the fact she has no siblings.
From the Paper "There are many types of relationships. Husband and wife; Father and son; Mother and daughter; but the bond between brothers is one of true friendship like no other. Brotherhood is a unique and powerful bond that cannot be forged. It is hard to recreate a feeling or experience such as brotherhood without experiencing it yourself. This experience (of brotherhood) is clearly shown in Louise Erdrich?s, ?The Red Convertible.? Which brings me to the point. Can Louise Erdrich, being female, still create an accurate portrayal of brotherhood in her story?"
