Random observation
Students will conduct a random observation on a subject of their choice and submit their observation. Random observations could be conducted in any social setting such as work place, a family or friend gathering, a party, an event of a volunteer or non-profit organization, a religious or traditional ritual occasion etc. First, students are expected to read;
1) Geertz, C. (1973). Thick description, The interpretation of cultures. New York: Basic. and
2) Mills, C. W. (1959). The promise. The sociological imagination, 3-24.
Second, apply the two readings to their observations. In other words, they are expected to see the general (bigger picture) by looking at particular (the expectation is to find (indicate) as many larger social phenomena as possible, which appear to be role players in shaping the particular case you will be observing)
Third, apply “thick description” to their observations by taking Geertz’s points into consideration.
Expectations of the assignment will become clear once you read those two pieces and attend the lecture on sociological imagination.
Observations should be at least 1500 word (5 pages long), have a cover page, 1 inch margin, double space, Times New Roman 12. (APA or Chicago)
Using reliable Internet sources and/or the CSU Online Library, search for and locate a recent court case or lawsuit related to sexual harassment in the workplace. Then, conduct a case study in which you analyze the case, presenting an argument and applicable evidence about your selected court case or lawsuit. Consider the concepts learned in this course as you analyze the case and present your analysis.
Include the following in your paper:

  • a brief description of the conduct that precipitated the selected court case or lawsuit and how Title VII protects against this conduct;
  • an analysis of the use of the complaint procedure and the employer’s response to any complaints;
  • a discussion of preventive steps that could have been used to prevent the harassment from occurring; and
  • a summary of the costs to the employer, financial and otherwise, stemming from the lawsuit and the underlying conduct.

Your paper should be a minimum of two pages, not including the title and reference pages. You are required to use a minimum of three sources, one of which may be your textbook as reference material for your case study. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

For this assignment you will collect data on two social determinants of health and two health outcomes for two counties and compare them to state and national data.

  1. Select two counties in the state where you reside – Las Vegas and Washoe County in NV
  2. Select two social determinants of health and two health outcomes.
  3. Compile data on your two social determinants and two health outcomes for the two counties, and compare them to the corresponding indicators at the state and national levels. Make sure that you include the sources of data for every health indicator. Sources must be retrieved from the agency directly collecting the data, not from a magazine or journal article mentioning the data. Wikipedia is never a source. Check the attached PDF for sources of data.
  4. Present your data in a table or a bar chart similar to the ones in the attached document.
  5. Reflect on the data you collected (findings as expected, surprising, reflect what you observe in your daily personal and professional life, etc.). Approximately 100-150 words.

Resources: The attached document has data on a variety of health indicators (outcomes, behaviors, and determinants) for the Lower Rio Grande Valley and compares that data to those at the state and national levels. Use the document as a guide for a variety of indicators as well as for sources of the data; each slide includes the source of data.
The following websites provide good sources of data on a myriad of health and health-related indicators.

Your assignment will contain 16 data points per the snip attached.

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M. K. is a 45-year-old female measuring 5’5″ and weighing 225 lbs. M. K. has a history of smoking about 22 years along with a poor diet. She has a history of type II diabetes mellitus along with primary hypertension. M. K. has recently been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis. Her current symptoms include chronic cough, more severe in the mornings with sputum, light-headedness, distended neck veins, excessive peripheral edema, and increased urination at night. Her current medications include Lotensin and Lasix for the hypertension along with Glucophage for the type II diabetes mellitus. The following are lab findings that are pertinent to this case:

Vitals

BP

158/98 mm Hg

CBC

Hematocrit

57%

Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)

7.3 %

Arterial Blood Gas Assessment

PaCO₂

52 mm Hg

PaO₂

48 mm Hg

Lipid Panel

Cholesterol

242 mg/dL

HDL

32 mg/dL

LDL

The first step of the evidence‐based practice process is to evaluate a nursing practice environment to identify a nursing problem in the clinical area. When a nursing problem is discovered, the nurse researcher develops a clinical guiding question to address that nursing practice problem.

For this assignment, you will create a clinical guiding question know as a PICOT question. The PICOT question must be relevant to a nursing practice problem. To support your PICOT question, identify six supporting peer‐revised research articles, as indicated below. The PICOT question and six peer‐reviewed research articles you choose will be utilized for subsequent assignments.

Use the “Literature Evaluation Table” to complete this assignment (see attached document).

1. Select a nursing practice problem of interest to use as the focus of your research (Infection control). Start with the patient population (Hospital, medical surgical unit) and identify a clinical problem or issue that arises from the patient population (nosocomial infections). In 200–250 words, provide a summary of the clinical issue.

2. Following the PICOT format, write a PICOT question in your selected nursing practice problem area of interest. The PICOT question should be applicable to your proposed capstone project (the project students must complete during their final course in the RN‐BSN program of study).

3. The PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project. 

4. Conduct a literature search to locate six research articles focused on your selected nursing practice problem of interest. This literature search should include three quantitative and three qualitative peer‐reviewed research articles to support your nursing practice problem.

Note: To assist in your search, remove the words qualitative and quantitative and include words that narrow or broaden your main topic. For example: Search for diabetes and pediatric and dialysis. To determine what research design was used in the articles the search produced, review the abstract and the methods section of the article. The author will provide a description of data collection using qualitative or quantitative methods. Systematic Reviews, Literature Reviews, and Metanalysis articles are good resources and provide a strong level of evidence but are not considered primary research articles.  Therefore, they should not be included in this assignment.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources (minimum 6) should be presented using APA formatting guidelines. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Discussion
Behaviorism and psychoanalysis  (or psychodynamic theory—not the psychotherapy approach) are sometimes  considered theoretically opposite. However, they share some  characteristics in common.
In a similar way, one could consider humanistic and cognitive  psychology to be quite different, yet there are areas of common ground  here as well. Thinking about similarities and differences of schools of  thought can help us understand their unique characteristics.
Choose two schools of thought (the mental testing movement,  behaviorism, psychoanalytic theory, humanistic psychology, cognitive  psychology, or psychobiology) and discuss how they differ. What  distinguishes the schools of thought from each other, in terms of their  principles, values, subject matter, research approaches, and applied  methods? Also address which factors they share with each other, using  the aforementioned attributes as they apply. Remember that we are  exploring comprehensive theories of human nature and behavior, not  psychotherapeutic techniques (for example, cognitive behavioral therapy  or psychoanalytic therapy).

I have attached an article from MIT(See the Attachment) that relates to building operational resiliency in Nissan Motor Company. Read the article carefully and treat this assignment as your research paper. Based on what you have learned in class, try answering the following questions. Questions can be found on page 8 and 9 as well.
 
Questions:
The case identifies several aspects of the Nissan response that were particularly beneficial. Expand on the points made in the case to identify the potential costs and benefits of these actions.
What else could Nissan have done to prepare for and respond to the disaster? Try to articulate the
costs and benefits of your suggestions.
What could Nissan have done to assess the risk of disruption in their supply chain?
How did Nissan’s product line strategy help or hurt its ability to respond to and recover from the
disaster?
How will the operational changes announced in 2012 affect Nissan’s exposure to future disruptions? How will it affect its steady-state operations? What trade-offs is management making and why?
Write 4 pages APA format document
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Assignment Requirements 

  1. Utilizing the list below, choose two research methods.
  2. Next, find two articles, one on each of the chosen methods, from the Chamberlain College library, or you may use one that is provided within the course and one you find from the library. The articles should be related to population health and infectious disease, chronic health, occupational health, global health, genomics, or environmental health:
    • Randomized Control Trial
    • Cohort Study
    • Case-Control Study
    • Cross-Sectional
    • The articles you choose should be completely in English (this includes the reference list). They should be related to population health and speak to one of the following elements from the course: Infectious disease, chronic health, occupational health, global health, genomics or environmental health.
  3. Read each article and answer the following questions with detail for each article, include succinct definitions/examples or rationale as fitting to the question. Organize your answers using the number of the question you are answering (1-8). Your answers should provide more than a “yes” or “no”, your answers should provide examples, critical thinking, definitions, and examples.
    1. Does the study design specify a question, goal, of the study?
    2.  Why is this important?
    3. Explain the methodology (Randomized Control Trial, Cohort Study, Case-Control Study).
    4. Describe the participant information, include recruitment. Is selection bias present?
    5. How is data collected?
    6. Are the variables identified? If yes, discuss. If no, how does this impact your interpretation of the study?
    7. How was the data analyzed, what statistics are provided? What are potential errors related to the study design?
    8. What are the weaknesses of the type of study design/method?
    9. Discuss the outcomes and the implications for implementation.
    10.   Your analysis should have in-text citations and utilize a scholarly voice with APA formatting.
    11.  a minimum of two paragraphs of 4-5 sentences for each question answered. You should integrate in-text citation(s) and be formatted with APA and a scholarly voice.
    12.  integrate course content (such as data and correctly used course terminology) related to the study method as well as an integration of in-text citations along with a scholarly voice and APA formatting. The textbook may be utilized as a resource.

Curley, A.L. & Vitale, P.A. (2016). Population-Based Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Advanced Practice (2nd ed.).

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Read the following case studies:

  • Case Study: Joshua
  • Case Study: Desert Viejo Elementary School

Create one 10-12-slide PowerPoint presentation (in addition to a title slide and references slide) outlining an intervention for each case study. One of the interventions must include critical incident stress debriefing (CISD). It is up to you to decide which type of intervention is best suited for each scenario. Include the following in your interventions:

  • Step-by-step description of each intervention plan
  • Rationale for choosing each intervention
  • Community resources that are available in your local community that you would include as part of an intervention for each scenario

Include a minimum of three scholarly references in addition to the textbook.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
This assignment is informed by the following CACREP Standards:
2.F.5.l. Suicide prevention models and strategies.
2.F.5.m. Crisis intervention, trauma-informed, and community-based strategies, such as Psychological First Aid.

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BIOL 4 Homework #3

Short Answer

1. A gene 1,440 is base pairs long and codes for an enzyme composed of only 192 amino acids. Discuss why this discrepancy might exist.

2. Errors in transcription occur about 100,000 times as often as errors in DNA replication. Why can this high rate be tolerated in RNA synthesis, but not DNA synthesis?

3. A number of efforts are underway to identify human genetic polymorphisms that correlate with multifactorial diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. What would be the uses of such information? What concerns do you think there might be about this kind of testing?

4. In what ways is artificial selection different from natural selection? Darwin used his knowledge of artificial selection extensively to develop and support his arguments for evolution via natural selection. Was this a wise choice?

5. In a population with 600 members, the numbers of individuals of three different genotypes are AA = 350, Aa = 100, aa = 150.

a. What are the genotype frequencies in this population?

1. AA =

2. Aa =

3. aa =

b. What are the allele frequencies in this population?

1. A =

2. a =

c. What would be the expected genotype frequencies if this population were in genetic equilibrium?

1. AA =

2. Aa =

3. aa =

d. Is this population in genetic equilibrium? Explain.

6. As human life expectancy increases, many people face degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease that are (primarily) linked to advancing age. Assuming that some individuals may be genetically predisposed to successfully combat these conditions, is it likely that natural selection alone would favor such individuals? Why/why not?

Multiple Choice

1. Which statement about complementary base pairing is NOT true?

a. it plays a role in DNA replication b. in DNA, T pairs with A

c. the base pairs are of equal length d. purines pair with purines, and pyrimidines pair with pyrimidines

2. The role of DNA ligase in DNA replication is to:

a. add more nucleotides to the growing strand one at a time

b. open up the two DNA strands to expose template strands

c. remove incorrectly paired bases

d. bond Okazaki fragments to one another

3. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR):

a. is a method for sequencing DNA b. is used to transcribe specific genes

c. does not require DNA replication primers d. amplifies specific DNA sequences

4. An mRNA has the sequence 5-AUGAAAUCCUAG-3. What is the template DNA strand sequence?

a. 5-TACTTTAGGATC-3 b. 5-ATGAAATCCTAG-3

c. 5-GATCCTAAAGTA-3 d. 5-CTAGGATTTCAT-3

5. Transcription:

a. produces only mRNA b. requires ribosomes

c. takes place only in eukaryotes d. produces RNA growing from the 5 to 3 end

6. The adapters that allow translation of the 4-letter nucleic acid language into the 20-letter protein language are called:

a. transfer RNAs b. ribosomal RNAs

c. messenger RNAs d. ribosomes

7. The genetic code:

a. differs for prokaryotes and eukaryotes b. has changed over the course of evolution

c. has multiple codons for some amino acids d. is ambiguous

8. Control of gene expression in eukaryotes includes all of the following except:

a. alternative RNA splicing b. stabilizing of mRNA by miRNA

c. binding of proteins to DNA d. transcription factors

9. In undisturbed strata of sedimentary rock, the oldest rocks are:

a. found at the top b. found at the bottom

c. found in the middle d. randomly distributed

10. The concentration of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere:

a. has increased steadily through time b. has decreased steadily through time

c. was at its highest levels in the Cambrian d. has been both higher & lower than current levels

11. 14C can be used to determine the ages of fossil organisms because:

a. all organisms contain many carbon compounds

b. 14C has a regular rate of decay to 14N

c. the ratio of 14C to 12C in living organisms is always the same as that in the atmosphere

d. all of the above

12. The appropriate unit for defining and measuring genetic variation is the:

a. cell b. individual

c. population d. community

13. Which of the following is true?

a. Wallace proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection that was similar to Darwin’s

b. Malthus claimed that because human population growth would outstrip any increases in food production, famine was a likely result

c. Darwin realized that all populations had the capacity to rapidly increase in numbers

d. all of the above

14. Which of the following is NOT required for a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

a. no migration between populations b. no natural selection acting on populations

c. mating is random d. multiple alleles at every locus

15. Disruptive selection maintains a bimodal distribution of bill size in a population of seed eating birds because:

a. bills of intermediate shapes are difficult to form

b. the birds two major food sources differ significantly in size and hardness

c. males use their large bills in displays

d. older birds need larger bills than younger birds

16. The fitness of a genotype is a function of the:

a. average rate of survival and reproduction of individuals with that genotype

b. individuals that have the highest rates of both survival and reproduction

c. average reproductive rate of individuals with that genotype

d. individuals that have the highest rates of reproduction

17. A species of flowering plant lives only one year and can produce red, white, or pink flowers, depending on its genotype. There are 300 red-flowering, 500 white-flowering, and 800 pink-flowering plants in a population. The following year, 600 red-flowering, 900 white-flowering, and 1,000 pink-flowering plants are observed. Which color has the highest fitness?

a. red b. white

c. pink d. cannot be determined

18. Ability to taste PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) is determined by a dominant allele T, with tasters having the genotypes Tt or TT and nontasters having tt. If 36% of the members of a population cannot taste PTC, then according to Hardy–Weinberg, the frequency of the T allele should be

a. 0.36 b. 0.4

c. 0.6 d. 0.64

19. A gene in humans has two alleles, M and N, that code for different surface proteins on red blood cells. If you know that the frequency of allele M is 0.2, according to the Hardy–Weinberg rule, the frequency of the genotype MN in the population should be

a. 0.16 b. 0.2

c. 0.64 d. 0.8

20. Long-horned cattle have greater difficulty moving through heavily forested areas compared with short-horned cattle, but long-horn cattle are better able to defend their young against predators. This contrast is an example of:

a. an adaptation b. genetic drift

c. natural selection d. a trade-off

21. Which of the following is NOT a condition expected to favor allopatric speciation?

a. continents drift apart and separate previously connected lineages

b. different environments on two sides of a barrier cause populations to diverge

c. the range of a species is separated by loss of intermediate habitat

d. tetraploid individuals arise in one part of the range of a species

22. Which of the following is NOT a potential prezygotic reproductive barrier?

a. temporal segregation of breeding seasons b. differences in chemicals that attract mates

c. hybrid infertility d. spatial segregation of mating sites

23. Which statement about speciation is NOT true?

a. it always takes thousands of years b. in animals a physical barrier is common

c. in plants it often results from polyploidy d. it has produced modern diversity levels

24. Which of the following would you expect to have higher rates of speciation?

a. sexually dimorphic birds compared to sexually monomorphic birds

b. insects with specialized diets compared to insects with generalized diets

c. plants with animal pollination compared with plants with wind pollination

d. all of the above