Day: March 12, 2018

Climate Change and its effects on National Security

So far in this semester you have developed a research question and written a literature review. This literature review summarizes what is already known (from prior research) about your research topic or question. The objective of this part of our semester long Researcher’s Notebook project is to outline and write a proposed research plan that, if implemented, would produce the data or information necessary to actually answer your research question. You will not actually implement this research plan. There is not enough time in a single semester to actually go out and collect data. The following steps will help you with this assignment.
Revisit your research question.
Now that you know more about your topic than you did a few months ago, you are in a better position to ask a more detailed or intelligent research question. At the very least you have a better understanding of the critical issues and key concepts associated with your research topic. Perhaps you know more about this topic than anybody you know. 

Discussion 1: Blood Clots

 

A 44-year-old African American male had a partial colectomy to have a cancerous tumor removed. The patient did really well after surgery and was discharged from post-op recovery to the surgical unit at a medical center. Approximately one hour after surgery, the patient complained of gas pains and shortness of breath. The patient continued to complain of gas pains after administration of morphine sulfate. Providers failed to diagnose a pulmonary embolism that resulted in the loss of the patient’s life.

 

Brain Architecture Changes of Bilinguals

— Critiques of the article must include the following: 
* Identify and articulate the key issue(s) in the article. 
* Identify information/evidence in the article that supports its point of view and/or conclusions. 
* Analyze both the student’s and the author’s assumptions regarding the article’s point of view and/or conclusions: I do not know the author's assumptions but my assumption and what I would like the author to take into consideration is how successful bilingual individuals are in applying acquired knowledge and executing tasks successfully while at the same time have difficulty structuring the same acquired knowledge and information into spontaneous impromptu speech. What causes this phenomenon? 
* Identify background information relevant to the article’s point of view and conclusions. 
* Explore and evaluate the issue(s) relevance to real world problems and solutions providing simple day-to-day examples. 
* Clarify the student’s own position, perspective and/or hypothesis: Does bilingualism cause changes in the production of speech or is the phenomenon a behavior since it is easier to just execute rather than re-encode the acquired knowledge into verbal expressions of different languages for impromptu speech in a different language. 
* Explain the conclusions, implications and/or consequences of the article. 

Types of Anemia

Discussion 2: Types of Anemia

In clinical settings, patients often present with many different types of anemia. Each type of anemia has its own causes and implications. For this reason, you must be able to differentiate between types of anemia as well as identify factors that put patients at greater risk of experiencing related complications. As you prepare for this Discussion, consider the following patient case studies:

Case Study 1

An 82-year-old female presents to the office complaining of fatigue, dizziness, weakness, and increasing dyspnea on exertion. She has a past medical history of atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Medications include warfarin 2 milligrams po daily, lisinopril 10 milligrams po daily, and simvastatin 10 milligrams po daily. There are no known drug allergies. The physical exam reveals a 5’2” older female. Her weight is 128 pounds, blood pressure is 144/80, heart rate is 98, temperature is 98 degrees Fahrenheit, and O2 saturation is 98%. Further examination reveals the following:

Eyes: + pallor conjunctiva

Cardiac: irregular rhythm. No S3 S4 or M. NO JVD

Lungs: CTA w/o rales, wheezes, or rhonchi

Abdomen: soft, BS +, + epigastric tenderness. No organomegaly, rebound, or guarding

Rectal: no stool in rectal vault

Case Study

Academy Health recently published a document that includes four interesting case studies that look at paying for population health. All four cases are included in one document, each about 5 pages long. You should skim the document and select one of the four that is of most interest to you and do the case study analysis on this article. Here is the link https://www.academyhealth.org/sites/default/files/Paying_for_Pop_Health_Case_Studies_Full_Jan2018.pdf 
 

Emerging Technologies: The Future of Flying Taxis

Investigate the usage of flying taxis and their future. Discuss the legislation and maintenance regulations required for their operation. 
Also to include their future and effects on environment, safety measures such as collision avoidance technology, maintenance practices and legislation. Technical aspects will include their design, operation and how they are controlled. (Detailed guidelines are provided in attached files, along with a presentation for some ideas to follow)

Financial Reporting

Using the template you've been working on during the past two weeks, complete the following components of your Financial Proposal's budgeting section:

•Analyze variances or areas where increased resources are needed (supply and demand).

•Prepare the appropriate budgets for the proposal.

•Evaluate the organization's capital budget to determine if there are specific foundational donations available.

•Develop a plan of evaluation for monitoring the budget, in which you will include: How often will you review it? What will you do with the data? Making adjustments to it.

•Conduct a cost variance analysis.

 

Cite and reference all sources.

NR501 Concept Analysis

Purpose

This assignment provides the opportunity for the student to complete an analysis of a concept supported by a nursing theory using an identified process. The assignment fosters analytical thinking related to the selected concept as well as application within the profession.

Total Points Possible: 250 Points

Requirements

Description of the Assignment

This assignment presents a modified method for conducting a concept analysis of ONE concept that is important and useful to nursing.  The concept for this assignment must be supported by a published nursing theory. The selected concept is identified and then the elements of the analysis process are applied in order to synthesize knowledge for application as demonstrated through the creation of model, borderline, and contrary cases.  Theoretical applications of the concept are also discussed. Non-nursing theories may NOT be used. The paper concludes with a synthesis of the student’s new knowledge about the concept. The scholarly literature is incorporated throughout the analysis. 

 

Only the elements identified in this assignment should be used for this concept analysis. 

Criteria for Content

•        Introduction

       The introduction substantively presents all the following elements: 

•        Identifies the role of concept analysis within theory development.

•        Identifies the selected nursing concept.

•        Identifies the nursing theory that addresses the selected concept.

•        Names the sections of the paper.

•        Scholarly support is required.

 

•        Definition/Explanation of the selected nursing concept

This section includes:

•        Defines/explains the concept using scholarly literature (a dictionary maybe used for this section ONLY, and additional scholarly nursing references are required).

•        A substantive discussion of this section with support from nursing literature is required.

 

•        Literature review

This section requires:

•        A substantive discussion of at least 6 (six) scholarly nursing literature sources on the selected concept.

•        Themes, ideas, and/or facts about the concept found in the reviewed sources are presented in an organized fashion.

•        Support from nursing literature is required.

 

              Please Note: Primary research articles about the selected nursing concept are the most useful resource for the literature review.

•        Defining attributes

For this section:

•        A minimum of THREE (3) attributes are required.

•        A substantive discussion of this section with support from nursing literature is required

 

Explanation:  An attribute identifies characteristics of a concept.  For this situation, the characteristics of the selected nursing concept are identified and discussed.

 

•        Antecedent and Consequence

This section requires the identification of:

•        1 antecedent of the selected nursing concept.

•        1 consequence of the selected nursing concept.

•        A substantive discussion of the element with support from nursing literature is required.

 

Explanation:  An antecedent is an identifiable occurrence that precedes an event.  In this situation, an antecedent precedes a selected nursing concept. A consequence follows or is the result of an event.  In this situation a consequence follows or is the result of the selected nursing concept. 

 

•        Empirical Referents

This section requires the identification of:

•        2 (two) empirical referents of the selected nursing concept.

•        A substantive discussion of the element with support from nursing literature is required.

 

Explanation:  An empirical referent is an objective ways to measure or determine the presence of the selected nursing concept.

 

•        Construct Cases

Explanation: hypothetical or real-life situations demonstrating the use or absence of the concept.

This section requires the creation of a model case, borderline case, and contrary case.

•        1 Model Case is created by the student and discussed substantively by demonstrating within the case each of the following areas:

•        Definition

•        All identified attributes

 

Explanation:  A model case is an example of a hypothetical or real-life situation that demonstrates all of the attributes noted previously in this assignment. 

 

•        1 Borderline Case is created by the student in which one or two of the previously identified attributes are missing.

•        1 Contrary Case is created by the student that demonstrates the opposite of the selected nursing concepts. All identified attributes of the concept are absent in this case.

 

Explanation:  Borderline case is a created case where one or two of the previously identified attributes are missing. Contrary case is a created case that demonstrate the complete opposite of the selected nursing concept – all identified attributes are missing.

 

•        Theoretical Applications of the Concept

•        Discuss the purpose of a concept analysis in relationship to theory.

•        Explain how the concept applies to the selected nursing theory.

•        A substantive discussion of the element with support from nursing literature is required.

 

•        Conclusion

This section requires:

•        Summarization of key information regarding:

•        Selected nursing concept.

•        Selected nursing theory.

•        Application of concept analysis findings to advanced practice nursing (specific to selected specialty track professional role and/or area of practice).

The concluding statements include self-reflection on the new knowledge gained from conducting a concept analysis. (Self-reflection may be written in first-person.)

Anthropometry

Only those participants who had full sets of data reported in the way instructed are included in this excel sheet. Any data which was handed in but was not appropriate has not been included. Missing data make it very difficult for data collection and are aspects which we should always try to avoid. Please try and make sure you follow instructions as well as possible.

Overall, as a group, we tend to see more female data. This time round we only had 2 male participant's data. Generally, the nutrition programme tends to recruit more females so not easy to do gender comparisons.
 

Reservoir Compartmentalization by Using Geochemical analysis

1. Topic: Reservoir Compartmentalization Assessment by Using Geochemical analysis
2. Define the background to the problem you are tackling; preferably state a question or hypothesis of some sort.
o Problem: Reservoir compartmentalization: refers to the presence of fluid flow barriers between two fluid sampling points.
o Significant variation of fluid type in the field: the oils in the field are mainly waxy black oils ranging between 20 and 31°API gravity. 
o Question or hypothesis: Example:
 How to detect reservoir compartmentalization using geochemical analysis?
 Why is there a significant variation of fluid types in different compartments?
 Are the oils in the same continuous reservoir or do they belong to separate reservoir compartments?
 How do the findings from the Jawdah field reservoir compartmentalization assessment impact reservoir exploration globally?
3. Explain the relevance and importance of what you intend to do; explain why anyone should actually care about the work you are planning to do. Justify the work you are planning to do. Do not simply assume that the reader considers your work to be important; persuade them that it is important.
o Example: As the production of oil becomes more expensive, the importance of developing advanced techniques to minimize uncertainties during extraction of hydrocarbon is vital. Analysing the faults and fluid behaviour within a single reservoir is also essential during appraisal and production phases, as faults can have a significant impact in developing a field, whereby the fluid quality play a key role in the production rate. However, faults can cause reservoir compartmentalization in a field, which be challenging to detect with limited data and analysis. The oil industry around the globe are currently investigating best approaches in predicting and identifying the implication of reservoir compartmentalization on fluid flow all over the field lifetime.

4. Define what you actually intend to do (give the work-plan) to solve the problem.
o The materials used in this research include 24 oil samples of around 10 ml from the Gharif and Al Khlata formations in the Jawdah field.
o 3 geochemical analysis will be used to interpret the 24 oil samples
 SARA analysis :(saturates, aromatics, resins, asphaltenes)
 Reservoir oil fingerprinting (ROF): is a combination of analytical and interpretive techniques that utilizes the "fingerprint" of oils to determine whether they are part of the same reservoir compartment.
 Biomarker analysis
o Two software’s will be utilized to interpret the generated data from the given 3 techniques.
 Xcalibur software
 Petrel software

5. Explain the type of results that you will produce.
o Whole-oil Gas chromatographic 
o Whole oil bulk composition
o Oil Chemical composition
o Whole Oil Carbon Isotope Analysis 
o Concertation of saturates, aromatics, resins and asphaltenes and plots illustrating ( saturated hydrocarbons vs aromatic hydrocarbons)
o Biodegradation rate
6. Explain how you will interpret the results.
o By integrating the newly generated data in order to understand and validate reservoir compartmentalization in Jawdah field using the following outcomes:
 Gas chromatography measurements on whole oils will be utilized for quantifying major saturated and aromatic compounds.
 Oil type (origin of the oil)
 Charge history
 Source-oil correlation
 Hydrocarbon thermal maturity
 Biodegradation
o Principle component analysis (PCA) will be used to screen peak height ratios, for the use in the oil correlations and to identify groups of similar oils.
o Comparing the data with 4 PVT reports from 4 wells across the Jawdah field.
7. Explain what training will be required.
o Example: Reservoir compartmentalization is consequently a key ambiguity that must be precisely measured throughout the assessment of oil reservoirs in the mandate to circumvent unanticipated compartmentalization at the fluid production stage. The training is mandatory for the capability to rationalize, visualize and describe the variety of fluid composition across the field willingness to advance the understanding of reservoir compartmentalization. Hence, training for analyzing data from biomarkers and oil fingerprinting is needed to provide an additional positive outlook of reservoir connectivity.