Over time, the word “queue” has been developed to hold several meanings, some of which are more commonly used than others. Although it may have more than one meaning, it is commonly believed the word only contains one use. However, the word is capable of describing several objects in the English language.
The word “queue” was first used in 1592, where it was used to refer to the tail of a beast. While this definition is seen as the one most commonly known, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term is often used in a much different context. For the most part, the term is used to describe the “number of persons ranged in a line, awaiting their turn to proceed…” These two definitions, while completely different, are the two most prominently used of the word’s
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The second was first seen in Thomas Carlyle’s 1837 novel The French Revolution: A History. In his novel, Carlyle uses “queue” to describe the talent of the french people, but later on in other works of literature, the same term was used to describe not a line of people, but a line of carriages. While these two terms are the most common forms, the word holds several other meanings. Throughout the 18th century alone “queue” holds another three meanings. While the definitions are similar to the other two, they hold an entirely different meaning. Two of these definitions were seen in 1777 in two different works about travel. The first was seen in Philip Thicknesse’s journey through France and parts of Spain. In his writings, Thicknesse uses “queue” to describe a “barrel or cask capable of holding approximately one and a half hogsheads of liquid”. He uses this to describe the amount of wine which must be transported on his journey, and how much it will ultimately cost him. The second definition is seen in Dalrymple’s travels of Spain and Portugal. In his writings, Dalrymple uses “queue” to describe the put up of hair of the people he meets. The next time the term is mentioned is in Tobias
another line, and another wait. This has to be the most unpleasant part of a
... revealed that longer waiting times has negatively impacted the lives of not only patients, but also healthcare providers . Some QI strategies implemented such as simulation tools, fast -track and reorganization of the ED by several hospitals has shown some improvement in workflow thus decreasing overcrowding and the length of time spent in the ED. As healthcare leaders, the focus should reside on ongoing advocacy for new policies or guidelines to resolve the waiting time issues and addressing limitations of previous interventions. Addressing the ED issues, Leaders should abide by the IOM report considering overcrowding as a mostly external or a system-wide issue. Implementing preventive measures described earlier will help not only to decrease WT in the ED, but also to avoid future incidents similar to the one recently experienced in St Barnabas Hospital.
Emergency departments of hospitals are fundamental in the treatment of time sensitive conditions such as acute stroke (Trzeciak & Rivers, 2003). A stroke occurs when there is an interruption of blood flow to brain tissue, and therefore is a condition that relies on apt and adequate access to healthcare (Panagos, 2006). Patients who have experienced a stroke will most often present to emergency departments in order to receive treatment (Kothari et al, 1998). However it has been found by Chan et al (2010) that approximately 48% of American hospitals are operating over capacity and therefore not providing satisfactory healthcare. Overcrowding can be defined as the overabundance of patients requiring treatment and may be attributable to the misuse of the emergency area by non-critical patients (Chan et al, 2010; Trzeciak & Rivers, 2003). This has the potential to negatively affect outcomes for stroke patients. The aim of this essay is to investigate factors such as patient knowledge, wait times and patient safety in order to examine the effects of overcrowding of emergency departments on stroke patients.
The scold’s bridal originated in Scotland during the 16th century. But it got widely popular in the lower class in England during
I could not hold it anymore because I never cut a line before; it’s rude and not acceptable. At that time, the middle aged woman standing fourth in line suggested walking into me and acting like they did not see me [she spoke slowly with her low voice]; I was so scared that I believed it would be it for this experiment, but still I wanted to see more anger brought into the situation. This reminds me of what Denzin examined in his article of “Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnomethodology” that the rules which “any bonafide member of a social order is aware of,” and assumptions such as “persons in any situation will talk about many things that are only tacitly recognized, if at all,” or “normal background conditions in any situation are taken for granted and typically go unchallenged during an encounter” (127). The first person in line then started having his basket rung; I walked into the second man [Mr. A] proposing a same reason that I told the Asian guy: “I cannot wait; let me cut a
After I observed four different boarding lines, I soon realized how impatient our society reacts to situations. As soon as the airline attendants announced the boarding for a certain flight, it seemed as if everybody rushed to the...
The Assembly Line, often attributed to Henry Ford, was a brilliant idea, which allowed items to be produced at a less expense, and at a faster rate. The principle behind the assembly line was that a worker would stand in one place, a belt would bring the pieces or goods to the worker and he or she would simply perform a task such as putting a bolt in or assembling a piece. Then, the item would go on its way by means of the belt to the next worker, who would perform the next task. The assembly line worked, and actually made things such as automobiles, previously too expensive for the average family, to now be affordable.
The start of Assembly Lines in the Manufacturing Industry has contributed to the change that has occurred in the opportunity for employment, quantity of products, quality of products, and convenience of products being made. The assembly lines were first discovered by Henry Ford in 1913. He revolutionized the automobile industry with this new factory invention, his idea for this new factory tool came from his observing the continuous-process production of oil refineries, canneries, and chemical plants. Henry Ford wanted to make his automobiles available to everyone by using the mass-production process. His innovation of this new industrial tool provided well paying jobs to people that were not educated or skilled in any particular trade. He was able to cut down the time it took to build a car, and provide training to his employees in one or two skills they could specialize in to build cars faster and more efficient.
The basket was used to catch the falling heads. In the early revolution Richard Clark said that originally a wicker basket lined with an oil cloth had been used to catch the head. Later on a metal bucket was used to prevent the blood from flowing through the streets. Since they guillotined so any people the bucket became a necessity to have. Along with this it helped to prevent the smell of death in the streets.
Students have been complaining about the long wait times at the cafeteria. I observed and collected data on customer traffic in the cafeteria. The cafeteria is most inefficient during the rush hour, 5:00pm-6:30pm, however breakfast and lunch hours do not experience the same type of rush. The long lines of the pre-cooked meals, interactive meals and cashiers have interrupted service to other areas of the cafeteria such as the drink and the salad bar stations. The data collected during the rush, located in Appendix A, indicates the entrance arrival times of each student, the service time of the cashier, precooked, and interactive lines.
In the 1800’s there were three ways to get around in New York. The first thing is omnibuses. Omnibuses are 15-seater horse-drawn carriages in which people sit in and on top. The second things are horsecars. Horsecars are like electric trolleys but instead of electricity it uses horses. It had to be on railroad tracks instead of on pavement. The third things are trolleys. Trolleys run on electricity above and below ground on tracks.
Assembly Line History - Invention of the Assembly Line." Ideafinder.com. May 16, 2005. Accessed April 06, 2014. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/assbline.htm
In this essay I intend to investigate how differently one of the closed word classes, determiners, are approached in a series of pre and post corpus-based English grammar reference books, course books and practice books. And the theme of my investigation is how corpus affects the development of English teaching materials. The grammar reference books I intend to analyze and compare are “A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language” (ACGEL) and “Cambridge Grammar of English” (CGE). The former is an indispensable grammar reference book first published in 1985, which has been widely consulted in researches in relation to English linguistic studies, while the later offers clear explanations of both spoken and written English grammar based on authentic everyday usage.
The accurate number of people in the line relies also on the consumer demand. One of the ways to adjust the productivity of the line is by removing or adding employees. The greatly mechanized welding line was much quicker, being able to manufacture one chassis in just over one minute. Amusingly, Toyota used a pull system rather than cramming the line full with chassis. New chassis were discharged only at the speed at which the assembly line could take them; thus there were always inactive stations without any chassis in the welding line.
Standardization of the English Language There are several important events before 1500 that, when listed together, show a series of steps in the struggle for English language supremacy. These steps are mainly governmental, legal and official events that pushed English usage. In 1356 The Sheriff's Court in London and Middlesex were conducted in English for the first time. When Parliament opened in 1362 the Statute of Pleading was issued declaring English as a language of the courts as well as of Parliament, but it was not until 1413 that English became the official language of the courts everywhere. Thirteen years later in 1423, Parliament records start being written in English.