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This paper explores if there is anything to a substance over and above a bundle of properties.

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This paper discusses the Bundle Theory of the self. As well the Bundle Theory has serious implications with respect to ideas about human responsibility and conscience. Examples are used to President Clinton to prove this point.

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This paper concerns product bundling and offers a few examples. It defines brief benefits to customers as well as to companies providing the bundling. The examples that are reviewed are software and a few financial examples as well as practical reasons for why companies like to bundle their products. The writer also discusses that more often than not, companies lose money on the products themselves but gain on a customer basis.

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"In an economy that is extremely price sensitive, most consumers have turned into very conservative shoppers. This affects not only the way their purchase clothing and food but also when they are purchasing items considered to luxury items such as software and sporting goods. Often consumers find themselves being placed in a position that in order to purchase one item, which might only cost $100, they must increase their spending. This is rare but can be seen during the introduction of a new product, which will be sold later individually. However in order to gain it initially, the consumer will need to purchase it with another product at a higher price. If one analyzes the price of each item the customer may indeed gain a large saving but is basically forced to purchase another product that he may or may not use."

Tags:product, bundling, mixes

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The paper explains the purpose of the article "Evidence-Based Practice: Use of the Ventilator Bundle to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia," by Tolentino-DelosReyes, et, al., namely, the examination of the knowledge possessed by critical care nurses concerning the use of the ventilator bundle in the prevention of pneumonia associated with use of a ventilator. The paper outlines the thrust of this research and examines the soundness of the work, the studies included, the assessments and the authors' findings.

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"Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is held by Tolentino-DelosReyes, et al to be a safety issue that is of vital importance in treating patients who are critically ill and who are also receiving mechanical ventilation as part of their treatment regimen. Specific recommended steps of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for reduction of the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia are those stated as follows: (1) elevation of patient's head at 30 to 45 degrees unless there is medical contradiction stating otherwise; (2) there should be ongoing removal of removal of subglottic secretions; (3) The ventilator circuit should be changed no more often than forty-eight hours; and (4) The nurse should make sure to wash their hands both before and following contact with each patient. (Tolentino-DelosReyes, et al, 2007) Stated as inclusive in the limitations in the study reported in this specific work on reduction of ventilator associated pneumonia is the fact that "...not all the nurses in the CCU and SICU were able to participate in the live education sessions; for those who could not attend, the information was provided through an educational poster that was posted in the unit. In some cases, nurses who attended the sessions shared the information with those who did not attend. Because of the nature of the project and the scheduling of staff, no comparisons were made between nurses who attended the sessions and those who did not." (Tolentino-DelosReyes, et al, 2007)"

Tags:hand-washing, elevation, beds, nursing

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The assertion that political authority consists of a bundle of rights that are independent of any correlative obligation to obey the law is a controversial one in terms of political philosophy. This paper will examine this statement with reference to works on this topic by Rolf Sartorius and Joseph Raz. Sartorius, in "Political Authority and Political Obligation," expresses support for this statement with the assertion that there exists no moral obligation on the part of the ruled in a state to obey the law. In contrast, it will be shown how Joseph Raz, in "Legitimate Authority and the Duty to Obey," challenges this view, contending that there does exist a moral obligation to obey the law, although with some important qualifications. As will be seen, Raz's argument is the stronger in this regard, as it more directly references and contextualizes the complexities involved in obedience.

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Philosophy of Law 1. Political authority consists of a bundle of rights that are independent of any correlative obligation to obey the law. The assertion that political authority consists of a bundle of rights that are independent of any correlative obligation to obey the law is a controversial one in terms of political philosophy. This paper will examine this statement with reference to works on this topic by Rolf Sartorius and Joseph Raz. Sartorius, in "Political Authority and Political Obligation," expresses support for this statement with the assertion that there exists no moral obligation on the part of the ruled in a state to

Tags:law, philosophy, duty

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This paper tackles the issue of "universals" from all sides, looking at both the Platonic and Aristotelian models to understand the theories that arose from those bases. The idea of a universal is thoroughly defined, explored in terms of different theories (Bundle Theory, Nominalism, Classic Platonism, etc.), and finally boiled down to a discussion of the implication that the idea of "universals" has in regards to the more general notions of "nothingness" and "somethingness".

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"The following essay is focussed on exploring all aspects of the theory of universals as it applies to metaphysical investigation. I will proceed in defining universal in general terms, presenting the arguments that support universal theory, presenting the opposing arguments, briefly defining the individual nominilist theories, and finally presenting my own thoughts concerning universals. I have tried to present the following material logically and comprehensibly, to eliminate as many assumptions as possible, hopefully providing a coherent step by step exploration of universals and related issues."

Tags:aristotle, bundle, nimonalism, objective, philosophy, plato, subjective, theory

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This paper gives a background and description of the business strategy to be used by Atlantic Computers, from the perspective of its new product manager. The writer explains that the new manager's current task is that of establishing the retail for the "Atlantic Bundle", the company's newest server.The paper lists various considerations regarding this business plan, with an emphasis on pricing a new product. Each pricing option is discussed at length. The paper also stresses that the product manager must convince management of his new approach to pricing.

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"The decision to still offer the software application for free is based on the risk incurred by the alternative. To better explain, the industry has implemented the strategy of free software for decades and the customers have grown accustomed to it. Therefore, it is rather unlikely for them to purchase products which require expensive software to run faster. In this order of ideas, the most suitable strategy would be that of maintaining the current status-quo."

Tags:product management, pricing, software, business stragy

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This paper discusses how although appearing much like a novel, Tomas Rivera's "And Earth Did Not Devour Him" reads like a bundle of narratives tied together. It looks at how the novel is structured into stories and vignettes characterized as temporal explorations of the narrator through Rivera's stream of consciousness style and how all of these fragments join together in Rivera's raw testimony about the plight of the Chicano farm workers and their solidarity in a quest for social justice, which was derived from Rivera's own personal experience.

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"This technique used by Rivera is clearly influenced by William Faulkner and his famed stream of conscious styles found in such works as The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying. Rivera, in the vignettes, threads together impressionistic pieces consisting of a stream of consciousness style whereby the character's unadorned thoughts are conveyed in a manner roughly equivalent to the way our minds actually work. John Mepham defines stream of consciousness as a style of writing that allows the reader a glimpse into the private thoughts of the character (1892). William Faulkner, in America, and James Joyce, in Europe, are thought to be the innovators of this technique that opens up the inner dialogues of the character's mind to the reader. Rivera uses the stream of consciousness stylistic form known as quoted narrated stream of consciousness that reveals the interior monologue of his anonymous narrator. "

Tags:Chicano, social, justice

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This paper discusses consumer behavior dynamics that are starting to emerge from the pervasive outsourcing of services. The paper particularly focuses on the outsourcing of plastic surgery and describes the way in which consumers from wealthier countries fly to South Africa and combine surgery with safari, in order to receive cheaper, but quality services.

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"For any business model or even the strategies that support them to survive, there has to be more of a balance between the 4 Ps of marketing which include promotion, place or distribution, and product in addition to price. In fact price is the most volatile and over-used of differentiators in many companies and entire industries. This has been exacerbated by global outsourcing strategies in many industries, with many looking for the 40% reduction in costs to justify moving their services spending, manufacturing operations, or both offshore. Yet pricing cannot sustain a business model for more than several quarters, even in the most commoditized of industries, according to research completed by Marn, Roegner, and Zawada of McKinsey and Company (The Power of Pricing, Pages 27 - 36)."

Tags:patients, global, quality

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For many, automated teller machines (ATMs) are simply a way of life. There were introduced nearly 20 years ago and today, many bank customers never go into a branch after opening their account. But today's ATM cards can also be used to make purchases at retail outlets and even on the World Wide Web, another innovation which was not envisioned 20 years ago. The videophone has become video conferencing, and cameras which use film may be made obsolete by cameras which use a floppy disk for recording images. Electronic pagers, once the purview of doctors and others who needed to be notified in case of emergencies, have now become commonplace and are used to summon diners to their table.

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"Introduction
For many, automated teller machines (ATMs) are simply a way of life. There were introduced nearly 20 years ago and today, many bank customers never go into a branch after opening their account. But today's ATM cards can also be used to make purchases at retail outlets and even on the World Wide Web, another innovation which was not envisioned 20 years ago. The videophone has become video conferencing, and cameras which use film may be made obsolete by cameras which use a floppy disk for recording images. Electronic pagers, once the purview of doctors and others who needed to be notified in case of emergencies, have now become commonplace and are used to summon diners to their table. This research examines each of these technologies and considers how the impact of technology extends beyond its stated use."