Flowering plants

Flowering plants
Angiosperms (flowering plants) are the largest Phylum in the plant kingdom Plantae. These plants have true roots, stems, leaves, and flowers. The roots grow into the soil to anchor the plant in place and take up water and nutrients. The leaves are above ground and act as the main organs for photosynthesis. Stems provide above-ground support for the plant and operate as conduits to move nutrients and water throughout the plant. Flowers contain the male and female reproductive organs of the plant.
Plants develop specialized roots, stems, leaves, and flowers to make them better adapted to their environment. With the anatomical features described above in mind, do some research to find an angiosperm that has modified leaves, stems, roots or flowers that are structurally different from the norm, do not function in the normal manner, or that function in an unusual manner. For example, a cactus has spines in place of leaves. The spines help reduce water loss that would occur through a large, expanded leaf in a desert environment, and they also help to prevent herbivory.
Recommended:

  • Browse through the pages in the following link to learn more about gymnosperms and angiosperms: Evolution of the Seed Plant.
  • Watch this video to learn more about modified roots, stems and leaves: Modification of Root, Stem and Leaf.

Complete all of the following steps:

  • Choose an angiosperm with at least 1 unusual organ, characteristic, modification, or adaptation.
  • Describe the anatomy (structure) and physiology (function) of the angiosperm you chose.
  • Explain the unusual characteristic(s) or modification(s) and how it differs from the standard root, stem, leaf, or flower.
  • What benefit does the modification provide to the plant you chose?
  • Research at least 1 other plant, or review posts made by your peers to devise a potentially advantageous new adaptation that would benefit your plant.
    • Consider the environment, potential threats, and changing climate, and then come up with an adaptation that would further benefit your angiosperm. Explain the potential concern your plant will face and how your new adaptation would benefit the plant. For example, gypsy moth is an introduced species spreading west and south from New England. The caterpillars can strip all of the leaves from a maple tree but do not eat the waxy leaves of holly that produce a toxin, theobromine. If maple trees had waxy, toxic leaves like the holly, then they would be protected from these pests.

Utilize at least 1 credible source to support the arguments presented in your post.
In your own words, post a response to the Discussion Board, and comment on at least 2 other postings. You will be graded on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion.
References
Tree of Life Web Project. (2005). Retrieved from http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
Macmillan Education India. (2017, September 20). Modification of root, stem and leaf | Macmillan Education India [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K_G4UXc3s0

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. What three kinds of cells are infected by HIV?

Quiz CH4

1. What three kinds of cells are infected by HIV?
macrophages, dendritic cells and cytotoxic T-cells
B-cells, skin cells and T-helper cells
B-cells, T-Helper cells and T-killer cells
macrophages, T-Helper cells and dendritic cells
2. What are the two known routes of entry of the Zika virus into the body? Choose two answers.
oral cavity and the digestive tract
anal/genital tract
inhalation via the respiratory tract
breaks in the skin
3. Name at least three processes that viruses are dependent on cells for?
4. What does the ELISA test for HIV infection measure?
Hepatitis B-specific antibodies
HIV-specific antibodies
circulating HIV particles
HIV-specific DNA
5. What is the cell surface receptor for HIV?
6. What is the likely origin of HIV-1?
sexually transmitted to humans through relations with sheep
germ warfare research by the CIA
infection of humans by a simian virus native to the chimpanzee
a new human-chimpanzee hybrid virus accidentally made in a laboratory with recombinant DNA
7. How does AZT block the production of infectious virus?
It acts as a substitute for a DNA nucleotide that can only be inserted by the viral reverse transcriptase. The presence of the AZT in the DNA aborts the production of new viral DNA.
It directly blocks the reverse transcriptase.
It blocks the protease that cuts apart the three viral proteins, which is a necessary step during viral synthesis.
It blocks the adsorption of the virus to the CXCR4 and CCR5 receptors on the T-cell surface.
8. How do protease inhibitors work?
It blocks the adsorption of the virus to the CXCR4 and CCR5 receptors on the T-cell surface.
It directly blocks the reverse transcriptase.
It acts as a substitute for a DNA nucleotide that can only be inserted by the viral reverse transcriptase. The presence of the AZT in the DNA aborts the production of new viral DNA.
It blocks the protease that cuts apart the three viral proteins, which is a necessary step during viral synthesis.
9. Name the two most common causes of a false negative result in the HIV test?
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Nursing homes, geriatrics

Nursing homes, geriatrics

I need one page only. NO APA format. about nursing homes, geriatrics.

  1. What are your upcoming week’s specific learning goals and objectives?
  2. What is your upcoming week’s detailed schedule at your community practice experience placement?
  3. Were there any placement items/issues that occurred this week that you feel your instructor should be aware of that are private in nature and are more appropriately shared here than in the discussion board with your classmates?
  4. Give a brief description of an objective you worked on this week. Make sure to cite at least one reference showing how your objective relates to the public health knowledge you’ve studied during this course or the public health course. You may choose to reference your e-text, journal articles, or videos you’ve studied during these courses or you may find an outside reference on your own to further enhance your public health knowledge and practices.

Remember, your journal entries are an important aspect of clinical learning as they serve to help you reflect upon and get the most out of your community practice experience. Therefore, your journal entry should include the who, what, where, and when of your community practice experience. Remember, this should simulate a dialogue that would normally take place face-to-face with your community practice experience instructor.

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The proponents of government-subsidized managed care in the U.S

1. The proponents of government-subsidized managed care in the U.S. want a plan that would be a single-payer universal health system managed by the federal government. Under such a system all Americans, young, old, poor, wealthy, working, or not working, would be covered under one plan; no Medicare, Medicaid, VA, Native American Health Service, private insurance, or HMOs would be included in the system. This one plan would pay for whatever healthcare a person needs. Many Americans oppose such a plan.
What do you think are the pros and cons of such a plan? Would you want to be covered under such a plan? Do you think you would be better or worse off with such a plan? Why?
Does this Government in health care work? Is it needed? Should we change it and get rid of them?

Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Quality of initial posting, including fulfillment of assignment instructions 16
Quality of responses to classmates 12
Frequency of responses to classmates 4
Reference to supporting readings and other materials 4
Language and grammar 4
Total: 40
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2. Assignment 1:
Some experts say that competition helps keep medical costs down, yet others disagree.
Do you think that competition In the healthcare business keeps prices down, pushes prices up, or has no effect on prices? Justify your response with examples.
Discuss the positive or negative impacts of competition in healthcare on the patient.
Should health care services compete or work together for the good of the industry or the good of the business?

Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Quality of initial posting, including fulfillment of assignment instructions 16
Quality of responses to classmates 12
Frequency of responses to classmates 4
Reference to supporting readings and other materials 4
Language and grammar 4
Total: 40
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3.Assignment
In the 1990s, it was considered, at best, unprofessional and, at worst, unethical for doctors or hospitals to promote themselves in advertising or marketing. Currently hospitals include marketing departments. Discuss three pros and cons of this new policy. Consider what would happen to a hospital if it did not advertise or market in any way. At what point would hospital advertising become unethical? Have you ever noted a hospital advertisement that you felt went “over the line?” What was it about that advertisement that you felt was wrong? Would advertising cause different effects in different parts of the country? Are there different ethical considerations for advertising in different parts of the country? Justify your viewpoint using examples. How should health care conduct itself? Good doctors are needed and an asset to any facility…how do you sell that?

Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Quality of initial posting, including fulfillment of assignment instructions 16
Quality of responses to classmates 12
Frequency of responses to classmates 4
Reference to supporting readings and other materials 4
Language and grammar 4
Total: 40
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‘s theory of Ego Integrity

Instructions
Watch the following PBS Frontline documentary, titled “Living Old” (video is 55 minutes in length, so plan ahead for this assignment)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/livingold/
(NOTE: The link above should work when you click on it, but if not, please copy and paste the link into your web browser.)
Write a 2-page reflection on the video. Address all of the following questions in your reflection:

  • What, if anything, surprised you?
  • What did you find most meaningful, and why?
  • How has this changed your view of growing older, and of the elderly people in your life?
  • Explain Erikson’s theory of Ego Integrity vs. Despair, using examples from the video.
  • How did the readings this week deepen your understanding of the video? (make connections between the readings and the video)

Your reflection must cite at least two outside sources (from the unit reading and another source). Frontline offers a supplementary website to accompany the video, providing additional information on this topic. Feel free to use this website as one of your sources. Be sure to include APA-formatted in-text citations within your paper, as well as an APA-formatted reference page at the end of your paper.

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Pathophysiology Reflection Question

Pathophysiology Reflection Question
Each Entry should be at least one page in length and are due on Sunday at the end of each week.
Entries should consist of a 1-page entry regarding this week’s topic.  Discuss the topic in terms of
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  • How the content and assignments met the course objective(s).
  • Summarize the key learning points you experienced for the week.
  • Your understanding of pathophysiology as it applies to your current RN practice.  Pathophysiology Reflection Question  Pathophysiology Reflection Question
  • Struggles or successes that you had for the week in terms of the course content.  This is meant to be a reflection on the course content, and less of a reflection on your feelings.
  • McCance, K., &  Huether, S.
  • UNIT IX:  Cardiovascular System, Chapters 31-33
  • UNIT X:  Pulmonary System, Chapters 34-46. Pathophysiology Reflection Question
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Nursing Education, Practice, and Scholarship Learning Outcomes

Nursing Education, Practice, and Scholarship Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the impact of nursing education on leadership in nursing.
2. Evaluate the difference between didactic and clinical applications.
3. Analyze the roles of scholarship and research as they relate to professional nursing practice.
Introduction
Nursing education is the foundation of professional nursing, as it encompasses the need for growth and development. This week you will be discussing the impact of nursing education on nursing leadership. You will also analyze didactic versus clinical learning. Finally, you will assess how scholarship, evidence-based practice, and research impact professional nursing practice.
1. Professional Role Development Practice Experience: Reflection on Nursing Education.
As many healthcare facilities seek to demonstrate competency through practice; some are opting to reach magnet status. Professional nursing practice is the cornerstone of magnetism, although many hospital committees are forced to change from clinician-centered to patient-centered care. Magnetism requires that nurse leaders obtain at least a bachelor of science in nursing. This is forcing associates- and diploma-prepared registered nurses to seek bachelors and/or master’s degrees in nursing to remain relevant.
For this discussion,
• Reflect on the interview you conducted in Week Two and highlight some of the advantages and/or disadvantages of obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• You should also include the following key areas of your Week Two interview: the interviewee’s year(s) of experience as a registered nurse, the trajectory of his or her current position, the impact of BSN education on her or his current practice, and the most important aspect(s) of the job he/ or he highlighted.
• Summarize your thoughts on the information you gathered regarding the impact of education on nursing advancement(s).
2. Didactic Course Versus Clinical Practicum.  
Nursing requires a sound balance between education and practice, which provides an antecedent for evidence-based practice. Nursing philosophies lie in didactic instruction prior to practicing. As the guiding principle(s) of professional nursing practice, clinical practicum demonstrates how much information and knowledge the student translates into practice.
For this discussion,
• Address the questions of whether and how what you have learned in school is relevant to what you do on a daily basis.
• Highlight the key components of didactic coursework as covered in this week’s required readings.
Scholarship & Research in Professional Nursing Practice.  
The professional nursing student has the opportunity to seek out resources available to obtain scholarships (payment for education in exchange for service) and conduct research that adds to the nursing knowledgebase. For this assignment, find a nursing scholarship that applies to your area of interest. Then, evaluate the resource, addressing the following points:
• Describe your area of interest (Week One problem).
• Identify and describe the scholarship, highlighting the qualifications, and demonstrate your qualification for the scholarship.
• Explain how the scholarship and your area of interest align.
• Discuss what the scholarship offers in terms of usable knowledge and skills.
• Describe how such knowledge can be applied in the job market, workplace, and in a clinical practice.
• Provide a conclusion or series of concluding propositions derived from the main points of the paper, addressing the impact the scholarship would have on your overall educational objective as a professional nurse.
Your Nursing Education, Practice, and Scholarship paper
• Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
o Title of paper
o Student’s name
o Course name and number
o Instructor’s name
o Date submitted
• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text
• Must document all sources in APA style.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style

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analyzes the problem you chose specifically for your state

Psychology homework help
You are a staff member for a state legislator. Many issues in your state have recently become a hot topic. The legislator has formed a committee to address some of the issues brought to them by staff. The legislator’s intention is to hear policy briefs and then implement action to begin solving some of the hot topic issues in the state. You have decided to present a policy brief on an issue that you are passionate about. You will need to prepare a short presentation to present your brief to the committee. Do the following:
Review the following to help you structure your policy brief correctly:
https://www.governor.wa.gov/tags/policy-brief
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Council/Issues/RegulatingShortTermRentals/Regulating-Short-Term-Rentals—Policy-Brief.pdf
Part I:
Write a 500-750 word policy brief that analyzes the problem you chose specifically for your state. The policy should be concise and follow the general structure of such a policy brief. At a minimum, your policy brief should contain the following:
A title
A summary of the problem
At least 3 possible solutions
Statement and explanation of the recommended solution with rationale
The implications and benefits of the recommended policy
Brief conclusion
At least 3 sources used to support claims
Graphics and/or other visual elements so it reflects the formatting of a professional policy brief
Part II:
Create a presentation that briefly outlines the policy. Include your decision making process for presenting the information contained in the policy.
Use two to three scholarly resources to support your decision making process, some of the sources may be the same as sources used to support your recommendations in the policy brief.
You will turn in both your policy brief and presentation. See the document “submitting multiple attachments” for assistance in attaching multiple documents to the assignment dropbox.
Your presentation will require an outline of your presentation speech or speaker notes depending on the format chosen for the presentation. For PowerPoint, 8-12 slides are required with speaker notes of 50-75 words for each slide. Reference information must be provided at the end of the presentation. Reference and title slides do not count as part of the slide count.
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construct 10 medical terms that would reasonably be involved in a complaint dealing with the muscles

Discussion Assignment

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.
Post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.  To support your work, use your course text readings and also use outside sources. As with all assignments, cite your sources and provide references in APA format.
Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation for this assignment by the due date assigned.

Discussion:

Your first patient has a musculoskeletal complaint. Using the chart of musculoskeletal medical word elements from your textbook, construct 10 medical terms that would reasonably be involved in a complaint dealing with the muscles and/or bones. Each term should include its meaning in parentheses. Then list 3 tests or procedures that would reasonably be involved in evaluating a patient like this.
Your second patient has a gastrointestinal complaint. Using the chart of digestive medical word elements from your textbook, construct 10 medical terms that would reasonably be involved in a complaint dealing with the digestive tract. Each term should include its meaning in parentheses. Then list 3 tests or procedures that would reasonably be involved in evaluating a patient like this.
Your final patient has a respiratory problem, so something having to do with her breathing or lungs needs to be described. Again, use at least 10 terms from the reading, especially using the respiratory medical word elements from your textbook. Also, you need to include 3 tests or procedures that will help you to discover what the problem with your patient is.
Start a New Thread

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Mitigation Strategies For Different Pathogen Types

Mini-Case Analysis: Mitigation Strategies For Different Pathogen Types

Prompt: Choose an example pathogen that can be transmitted by more than one source (waterborne, foodborne, vector-borne, airborne).
Outline the specific strategies for preventing and controlling the pathogen based on the source of infection.
Compare the mitigation strategies for the different pathogen sources.
Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Your paper must be 2-3-pages with at least five (5) sources cited in APA format.
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