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HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
ASSIGNMENT 2 ― A Comparison of the Scoreboard & Tomasulo Approaches and Quick Revisions of Key Concepts
Totals of Assignment 2: 15 marks
(Q1) (5 marks) [Quick Revisions on Key Concepts] Determine whether each of the following statement is (T)rue or (F)alse. (1 mark for each question)
- Clock rate reduction may not help reducing power consumption. T F
- Usually recompilation of source is needed for superscalar architectures. T F
- Loop unrolling always requires more registers to execute the original loop. T F
- The time required to “fill” and “drain” a pipeline increases the speedup. T F
- Data hazards occur when an instruction depends on the result of the next instruction still existed in the pipeline. T F
Answer:
(Q2) (10 marks) [A Comparison of Scoreboard & Tomasulo’s Computers] Assume the latency characteristics for producer-consumer instruction pairs given as below:
| Instruction producing result | Instruction using result | Latency |
| Floating-point ALU op. | Another floating point ALU op. | 6 |
| Floating-point ALU op. | STORE floating point | 4 |
| LOAD Floating-point | Floating point ALU op. | 2 |
| LOAD Floating-point | STORE floating point | 1 |
Consider the following code sequence:
addd f7, f3, f4 ; f3 + f4 -> f7
multd f6, f7, f5 ; f7 * f5 -> f6
multd f8, f7, f5 ; 2nd multiply instruction
when executed on the Scoreboard based computer as compared to the same program fragment executed on the Tomasulo based computer. Carefully answer the following questions. In all the questions, you can simply assume both Scoreboard and Tomasulo computers have sufficient number of functional units, including at least one floating-point adder and two floating-point multipliers, for the execution of the above program fragment. Besides, you can assume the number of cycles required for the EXEC stage of “addd” or “multd” is 6 as specified in the above latency table.
(a) (6 marks) When the ‘addd’ instruction already enters its EXEC stage, and is computing the value of f7, clearly state whether the two subsequent ‘multd’ instructions can be issued or not for the execution of the above program fragment on EACH of the Scoreboard/Tomasulo’s computer. In addition, for each “yes” or “no” answer you provide for each specific computer, give a short and concise explanation to justify your answer. For example, here is a sample format for your answer:
- for Scoreboard – No, the two instructions cannot be issued BECAUSE ……
- for Tomasulo – Yes, the two instructions can be issued BECAUSE ……..
Answer:
(b) (4 marks) For the Scoreboard computer, calculate the total number of stalls involved for executing (i.e. from issue up to the ‘Exec. Completion’ stage, here, the write-result stage is excluded in consideration) the above program fragment. Besides, justify your answer with a clear explanation. [hint: refer to p. 55 of Mod-2 notes, OR the 2nd paragraph of p. A-72 in our reference book “Computer Architecture – A Quantitative Approach”]
Answer:
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- Research one new organization, coalition, private or government funded project. The organization must play a global role in health; it cannot, for example, only work within the United States.
- Summarize what you learn about the organization.
- Be sure to include the organization’s website, so others can go to the website for additional information.
- Title your post with the name of the organization you have researched.
- Cover the following points:
- Name of organization’s Mission and Vision (be sure to include who they help and where they help them)
- Project(s) (identify and explain one or more project)
- Project’s/Projects’ Impact on Global Health
- Identify one national or international nursing organization that could partner with this organization in providing health care. Develop an outline of a proposal for this partnership.
4 PAGES
1. Identify the distribution of national health spending by type of financing source.
2. Identify the distribution of health insurance coverage among the U.S. population.
3. Discuss the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the difficulties that might be encountered by those mandated to participate.
4. Discuss the origin of employment-based health insurance.
5. Explain the difference between fully insured and self-insured health plans.
Claxton, G. (2008). How Private Health Care Coverage Works: A Primer. A Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Report. Available at http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7766.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012)
Blumenthal D. (2006). Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the United States – Origins and Implications. New England Medical Journal, 355(1), 82-88. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.
RAND Corporation. (2010). US Health Care Today: Coverage. Available at http://www.randcompare.org/us-health-care-today/coverage#current-levels-of-coverage (Retrieved 11/21/2012)
Bodenheimer, T. (2005). High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 1:
Seeking an Explanation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 142 (10), 847-854. Available at: http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=718406
Choudhry, N., Rosenthal, M. & Milstein, A. (2010). Assessing the Evidence for Value-Based Insurance Design. Health Affairs, 29 (11), 1988-1994. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.
In social work, advocacy is very important to promote social change. Letters are often used as an effective tool to bring attention to social justice issues. This assignment requires you to choose a social justice issue that is important to you, gather current research and data on the subject matter, and write a one page professional and formal letter to your elected local, state, or national representative responsible for your social justice matter you have identified.
Choose a social welfare problem that you believe is in need of change and write a letter to an elected local, state, or federal official regarding the issue you have chosen. You are not required to send the letter; however, it must be written in a professional, well organized, clear, and concise format.
Writing letters to public officials is a form of political advocacy for clients and social workers. For this Assignment, you will write an advocacy letter to public official about a problem and a policy. In addition, you will write a 1-2 page explanation of your letter. Your explanation will provide the rationale behind your chosen issue and the approach you took with the specific representative.
In the same document, submit both Part I and II of the assignment (2-4 pages):
Part I: Letter to Representative
Your letter should include:
Choose a social welfare problem that you believe is in need of change and write a letter to an elected local, state, or federal official regarding the issue you have chosen. You are not required to send the letter; however, it must be written in a professional, well organized, clear, and concise format.
Writing letters to public officials is a form of political advocacy for clients and social workers. For this Assignment, you will write an advocacy letter to public official about a problem and a policy. In addition, you will write a 1-2 page explanation of your letter. Your explanation will provide the rationale behind your chosen issue and the approach you took with the specific representative.
In the same document, submit both Part I and II of the assignment (2-4 pages):
Part I: Letter to Representative
Your letter should include:
- A description of the social welfare issue
- An explanation of how you want the legislator to respond to the issue (vote, create legislation, hold public hearings, etc.) and why.
- Support of your viewpoints with credible facts and research.
Part II: Explanation (1-2 pages, double-space, APA format)
For this part of the assignment, provide an explanation of:
- Why you selected the issue
- How the issue affects social work
- The reason you chose the specific representative
- The approach you took with the representative (consider the representative’s voting history, political affiliation, and any other factors you considered)
In the same document, submit both Part I and II of the assignment (2-4 pages):
Part I: Letter to Representative
Your letter should include:
- A description of the social welfare issue
- An explanation of how you want the legislator to respond to the issue (vote, create legislation, hold public hearings, etc.) and why.
- Support of your viewpoints with credible facts and research.
Part II: Explanation (1-2 pages, double-space, APA format)
For this part of the assignment, provide an explanation of:
- Why you selected the issue
- How the issue affects social work
- The reason you chose the specific representative
- The approach you took with the representative (consider the representative’s voting history, political affiliation, and any other factors you considered)
In the same document, submit both Part I and II of the assignment (2-4 pages):
Part I: Letter to Representative
Your letter should include:
- A description of the social welfare issue
- An explanation of how you want the legislator to respond to the issue (vote, create legislation, hold public hearings, etc.) and why.
- Support of your viewpoints with credible facts and research.
Part II: Explanation (1-2 pages, double-space, APA format)
For this part of the assignment, provide an explanation of:
- Why you selected the issue
- How the issue affects social work
- The reason you chose the specific representative
- The approach you took with the representative (consider the representative’s voting history, political affiliation, and any other factors you considered)
In the same document, submit both Part I and II of the assignment (2-4 pages):
Part I: Letter to Representative
Your letter should include:
- A description of the social welfare issue
- An explanation of how you want the legislator to respond to the issue (vote, create legislation, hold public hearings, etc.) and why.
- Support of your viewpoints with credible facts and research.
Part II: Explanation (1-2 pages, double-space, APA format)
For this part of the assignment, provide an explanation of:
- Why you selected the issue
- How the issue affects social work
- The reason you chose the specific representative
- The approach you took with the representative (consider the representative’s voting history, political affiliation, and any other factors you considered)
Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital
Write a three (3) page research paper in which you: 1.Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you have selected. Support your response with examples. 2.Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected. 3.Ascertain the degree to which the leadership of your chosen country has used foreign aid to improve its health care system. Support your response with concrete examples. 4.Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.
Access to quality healthcare is a major social issue in the United States and around the world. In fact, healthcare reform and access to affordable health insurance is a hotly debated political issue. Many advocates of healthcare reform point to the high level of spending on healthcare in the United Sates and the relatively poor health outcomes in the U.S. as compared to other countries. In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) passed, and was later upheld by the Supreme Court. While this controversial policy greatly decreased the number of U.S. citizens without health insurance, the United States still stands more or less alone among wealthy industrialized democracies in this approach to healthcare. For this discussion, you will take an in-depth look at access to healthcare as a social problem by comparing the U.S. healthcare system to another country of your choice.
For this discussion review each of the following resources:
Poor and Uninsured (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Key Facts about the Uninsured (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Here’s a Map of the Countries that Provide Universal Health Care (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Recommended: U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective: Spending, Use of Services, Prices, and Health in 13 Countries (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Based on these resources, please address each of the following:
In general, who comprises the uninsured population in the United States? Since the passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, what are the most common reasons that people still lack health insurance?
Describe how healthcare spending in the U.S. compares to other countries. Describe how healthcare outcomes in the U.S. compare to other countries. Based on the resources you reviewed, are healthcare spending and health outcomes related to one another? In other words, does spending more on health care lead to better health outcomes (i.e. a healthier population) and vice versa?
What is universal health care? Describe the healthcare system in at least one country that guarantees universal health coverage to all of its citizens (you can find a list of such countries in the resources provided).
How does a universal health care system compare to the system currently in place in the U.S.? In your informed opinion, why is the U.S. one of the only wealthy industrialized democracies that does not have university healthcare coverage?
According to the Commonwealth Fund reports, how is the performance of the United States’ healthcare system related to equity? Which social groups have the least access to quality healthcare? Why?
Your initial post should be at least 500 words i
Topic For This Week: What mindsets and emotions are associated with Wellbeing?
What are your wellbeing take-aways?
Initial Reply 300+ words
Respond to the following prompts and state a Curiosity Question in your Initial Reply:
Identify and discuss your first main take-away from this week and explain how it adds value to your knowledge base.
Identify and discuss your second main take-away from this week and explain how it adds value to your knowledge base.
Discuss how each of your takeaways influences your awareness of your individual wellbeing.
Curiosity Question: pose a thought provoking open-ended question that elicits deeper reflection about this week’s wellbeing concepts.
I need a positive comment based in this argument.. between 100-120 words
Etiologies, Trends, and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission in Patients with Heart Failure
Summary: Heart failure is the most common discharge diagnosis across the United States, and these patients are particularly vulnerable to readmissions. A study of heart failure patients was completed with specific qualifiers. Readmission causes were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes in primary diagnosis filed. The primary outcome was 30-day readmission. The study showed readmission after a hospitalization for HF is common. Although it may be necessary to readmit some patients, the striking rate of readmission demands efforts to further clarify the determinants of readmission and develop strategies in terms of quality of care and care transitions to prevent this adverse outcome.
Strength: Discusses causes of readmissions of heart failure patients.
Weakness: The study needs further clarification of why heart failure patients are being readmitted.
Arora, S., Patel, P., Lahewala, S., Patel, N., Patel, N. J., Thakore, K., & … Gopalan, R. (2017). Heart Failure: Etiologies, Trends, and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission in Patients With Heart Failure. The American Journal Of Cardiology, 119760-769. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.11.022
Using Teach-Back Method to Prevent 30-Day Readmissions in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
Summary: Heart failure is one of the most common readmission diagnoses. A review of the literate is presented to identify a role for teach-back patient education in reducing readmissions in patients with heart failure.
Strength: The study showed reduced readmission rates when using the teach back method of education.
Weakness: The study did not state the actual teaching methods to reduce readmission rate of heart failure patients.
Almkuist, K. D. (2017). Using Teach-Back Method to Prevent 30-Day Readmissions in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review. MEDSURG Nursing, 26(5), 309-351.
Care of Patients with Cardiovascular Disorders: Improving quality of life and decreasing readmissions in heart failure patients in a multidisciplinary transition-to-care clinic
Summary: A pilot for a four-week transition-to-care program on heart failure patient’s due to the critical time in between discharge and readmissions. The study used a pre and post test to determine the quality of life related to hospital readmissions. The study showed improved quality of life and decreased readmission rates following the transition-to-care program.
Strength: Has significant results showing a positive effect of a transition-to-care clinic on reucing readmission rates of heart failure patients.
Weakness: the study size was quite small at 50 patients.
Whitaker-Brown, C. D., Woods, S. J., Cornelius, J. B., Southard, E., & Gulati, S. K. (2017). Care of Patients With Cardiovascular Disorders: Improving quality of life and decreasing readmissions in heart failure patients in a multidisciplinary transition-to-care clinic. Heart & Lung – The Journal Of Acute And Critical Care, 4679-84. doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2016.11.003
Brief Report: Strategies for Reducing the Hospital Readmission Rates of Heart Failure Patients
Summary: The purpose of this article is to review current HF readmission prevention strategies for effectiveness.
Strength: discusses the costs associated with heart failure readmissions and makes good recommendations for action on how to reduce readmissions.
Weakness: focuses on the role of the nurse practitioner
McClintock, S., Mose, R., & Smith, L. F. (2014). Brief Report: Strategies for Reducing the Hospital Readmission Rates of Heart Failure Patients. The Journal For Nurse Practitioners, 10430-433. doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2014.04.005
An evaluation of involving family caregivers in the self-care of heart failure patients on hospital readmission: Randomized controlled trial (the FAMILY study).
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of involving family caregivers in the self-care of patients with heart failure on the risk of hospital readmission.
Strength: the study showed a lower readmission rate when family centered self-care was implemented.
Weakness: the study was completed in Lebanon
Deek, H., Chang, S., Newton, P. J., Noureddine, S., Inglis, S. C., Arab, G. A., & … Davidson, P. M. (2017). An evaluation of involving family caregivers in the self-care of heart failure patients on hospital readmission: Randomized controlled trial (the FAMILY study). International Journal Of Nursing Studies, 75101-111. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.07.015
Repeat Hospitalizations Predict Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure
Summary: The goal of the study was to evaluate the impact of repeat heart failure hospitalizations on all-cause mortality and to determine risk variable related to patient mortality.
Strength: the study showed that repeat admissions were a strong predictor of mortality.
Weakness: the study did not offer suggestions to help reduce the mortality of heart failure patients following readmissions.
Lin, A. H., Chin, J. C., Sicignano, N. M., & Evans, A. M. (2017). Repeat Hospitalizations Predict Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure. Military Medicine, 182(9), e1932-e 1937. doi:10.7205/MILMED-D-17-00017
Electoral College – Good or Bad?
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapters 7, 8
- Lesson
- APA style manual
- Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
- Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
- How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)
Instructions
The Electoral College was created to protect US citizens against mob rule. Mob rule is the control of a lawful government system by a mass of people through violence and intimidation. However, some Americans question the legitimacy of this process. Pick one election where the outcome of the popular vote and the electoral college vote differed to create an argument in favor of or opposed to the use of the electoral college. List at least three valid points to support your argument. Present you argument in a PowerPoint presentation.
As you complete your presentation, be sure to:
- Use speaker’s notes to expand upon the bullet point main ideas on your slides, making references to research and theory with citation.
- Proof your work
- Use visuals (pictures, video, narration, graphs, etc.) to compliment the text in your presentation and to reinforce your content.
- Do not just write a paper and copy chunks of it into each slide. Treat this as if you were going to give this presentation live.
Presentation Requirements (APA format)
- Length: 8-10 substantive slides (excluding cover and references slides)
- Font should not be smaller than size 16-point
- Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style
- References slide (a minimum of 2 outside scholarly sources plus the textbook and/or the weekly lesson for each course outcome)
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