Day: April 24, 2018

software for a company that monitors home alarm systems

April 24, 2018 2 Comments Uncategorized

You’re developing the software for a company that monitors home alarm systems.  There will be one sensor for each door or window in the home that detects when they are opened.  If the home alarm system is activated, the home (sub)system must (1) turn on the alarm, and (2) send an alarm to the Alarm Monitor Company’s central monitoring location.  The system at the central monitoring location, (1) records the event, and (2) notifies a human operator what’s happening.  The human operator will call the home to attempt to verify that there is a break-in.  If no one answers, or someone answer but doesn’t give the agreed to safe-word or gives the in-trouble word, then the operator will notify the police.  All actions taken are recorded.

Part 1 (5 points): Identify what pattern or patterns that you think would be good to use.

  1. Identify 1 or more architectural patterns that you would use for the system, and give a brief explanation of what the pattern will be used for, and why you chose it.  If more than one pattern, make a table listingthe patterns, what they will be used for, and why you chose it.
  2. Create 1 simple drawing showing the software components for each component (and possibly subcomponents) show a line between any 2 components that communicate (i.e. exchange information or requests).

Part 2 (3 points): Describe the qualities that are important for the system.

Make or table of the 3 quality attributes you think are most important for a monitoring system.  For each quality attribute, describe the following.

  1. Describe how it relates to the Home Monitoring System.
  2. Describe what is the scale of measurement (e.g. seconds, MB)
  3. Describe how you would determine the value for the attribute
    1. For the architecture
    2. For the implementation
  4. Define the minimum and/or maximum acceptable value.
  5. List the architectural components that are affected by/contribute to the quality.
Quality Measurement Scale How to determine value Min & Max acceptable

Values

 Affected/ Contributing Components
For architecture For Implementation
           
           
           

 

Part 3 (2 points): Describe the architecture changes, if any, that would be need if any of the following requirement changes are made.

  1. Smoke detectors are added to the home system;
  2. Cameras are added to the home system;

List any new, deleted, or modified components.  For each added component describe it’s purpose.  For each deleted component explain why it is no longer need.  For each changed component, describe the changes and why.





Admiralty Law

April 24, 2018 3 Comments Uncategorized

Read and reply to the below discussion. Do you agree with the discussion or not? Why?
I. Who is liable when a pilot causes damage to a ship?
A pilot is a vessel operator and navigator, hired for his local knowledge and expertise in a specific geographic region. A "Pilot" is defined by Parks and Cattell with reference to Encyclopedia Brittanica as a person taken on board at a particular place for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road or channel or from or into a port.[i] The topic of liability in pilotage is touchy, and traditionally limited in nature. A pilot is not held liable merely because a disaster occurs, providing he or she uses sound judgment…[t]o hold the pilot liable, it must be shown that he or she was negligent, since negligence is the sine qua non of liability.[ii]
The pilot, however, may either be compulsory, as required by local statutes, or voluntarily hired by the owner. In the case of compulsory pilotage, noted in regional navigational publications, the pilot is not an agent or servant of the vessel owner; hence the owner of a vessel cannot be held liable in personam for damages caused by a compulsory pilot…A voluntary pilot is considered to be an employee of the vessel owner and, under the rule of respondeat superior, the pilot’s conduct– including negligent acts– is attributed to the owner.[iii] While the defined voluntary pilots are considered under hire by the shipowner, many pilot contracts between the pilot, (or pilot association/employer), and the ship include exculpatory clauses to limit or exclude liability on the part of the pilot or pilot association under the pretenses that the pilot (voluntary or compulsory) is in effect a member of the crew and subsequently employed by the shipowner. In most cases, unless negligence of the pilot was the proximate cause of an incident and the pilot is acting as a "servant" but employed by a third party respondent, the pilot is exempt from liability, and the bulk of liability rests on the ship’s Master and owner.
II. Summarize the important facts, issue, holding, and reasons for the decision in the case of United States v. Nielson 349 U.S. 129 (1955) at p. 375 of the casebook. Do you agree or disagree with the decision and why?
The case of United States v. Nielson 349 U.S. 129 (1955), concerns the pilotage clause in the agreement between Danutless Towing Line and the United States. Dauntless Towing Line provided two tugs and one pilot (employed by Dauntless). The ship Christopher Gale was to be shifted from Hoboken to Brooklyn Pier 1 under its own power with the docking assistance of the contracted tugs. The contract stipulated an exculpatory clause which provided that a…pilot going on board would become the "servant of the owners of the vessel assisted in respect to the giving of orders to any of the tugs furnished to or engaged in the assisting service and in respect to the handling of such vessel, and neither those furnishing the tugs and/or pilot nor the tugs, their owners, agents, or charterers shall be liable for any damage resulting therefrom."[iv] When the shift occurred, the wind and current conditions were such that the pilot could not safely maneuver the vessel into its pier, even under tug assistance, and the ship ended up crushing one of the tugs on the pier. Dauntless thus sought damages from the United States against their own pilot’s negligence while operating as a "servant" to the United States. While the pilotage clause in the contract looks like an exemption of liability for both the pilot, and Dauntless Towing, the District Court required damages to be paid, the Court of Appeals affirmed, but the Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider the meaning and validity of the pilotage clause.[v]
The Supreme Court reviewed Sun Oil v. Dalzell Towing Co., 287 U.S. 291 (1932), and reversed their decision to accept exemption of liability from a third party employer of a pilot. Although the pilotage clause is written to read "exemption," it would be unfair to the shipowner/operator to utilize a contractor who provides a pilot, and subsequently seeks damages due to their own employee’s negligence, even if under the ship’s hire. I agree with the Court’s decision, that even though the pilot is a "servant" to the ship, a disturbing situation could occur where a pilot is provided, but does not adequately perform and creates damage to his own company’s equipment, thus acting as a means to acquire retribution from the ship.
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[i] See Alex L. Parks and Edward V. Cattell, Jr., The Law of Tug, Tow, and Pilotage, 3d Ed., Cornell Maritime Press 1994, p. 983
[ii] Id. p. 1010-1011.
[iii] See Robert Force & Niels F. Johnsen, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Tulane Law School, Federal Judicial Center 2004, p. 149.
[iv] See Robertson, et. al., Admiralty and Maritime Law in the United States: Cases and Materials, Carolina Academic Press 2008, p. 375
[v] Id. p. 375
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Stress

April 24, 2018 2 Comments Uncategorized

Provide a 1-page description of a stressful event currently occurring in your life which would be staying in a job that is way too stressful and has become a set up for failure. Should I stay or should I leave and go to school full time? Then, referring to information you learned throughout this course, address the following:

  • What physiological changes occur in the brain due to the stress response?
  • What emotional and cognitive effects might occur due to this stressful situation?
  • Would the above changes (physiological, cognitive, or emotional) be any different if the same stress were being experienced by a person of the opposite sex or someone much older or younger than you?
  • If the situation continues, how might your physical health be affected?
  • What three behavioral strategies would you implement to reduce the effects of this stressor? Describe each strategy. Explain how each behavior could cause changes in brain physiology (e.g., exercise can raise serotonin levels).
  • If you were encouraging an adult client to make the above changes, what ethical considerations would you have to keep in mind? How would you address those ethical considerations?

 cite a minimum of two scholarly sources.  For reputable web sources, look for .gov or .edu sites as opposed to .com sites. Please do not use Wikipedia.

Your paper should be double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, and with normal 1-inch margins; written in APA style; and free of typographical and grammatical errors. It should include a title page with a running head, an abstract, and a reference page. The body of the paper should be at least 6 pages in length.

See attached for grading requirements and what needs to be included





critical evaluation of resourcing strategies available to organisations

April 24, 2018 2 Comments Uncategorized

critical evaluation of resourcing strategies available to organisations using the learning outcome 1-Understand why people management is essentially strategic. 2- Critically analyse the strategic options that face HR strategy-makers.

1. Specifically use key models to evaluate the strategic approaches of the organisation.
2. Examine the approaches and / or options you believe are, or could be available to the organisation.
3. Do not wander into discussing other topics or general issues – focus on the STRATEGIC nature of the topic under examination
4. You will use a hybrid structure for this work.

ASSESSMENT BRIEFING NOTES

2. Please ensure that you answer the question asked and not the questions you think it may be asking (read the question or questions carefully). Do not wander it to writing things that add no value to your work. Do not write things that have not been asked for. If in doubt re-read the question and ask yourself “is this answer appropriately focused”? If you are not sure then it probably isn’t

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3. Please do not describe what is happening in the organisation. You must evaluate. Evaluate the theory in the context of the organisation. What alternative models or theories might facilitate practice in the organisation?

4. You will not be expected to provide a background briefing to the organisation, but you might provide examples from a case study organisation, or an organisation of your choice, to explore and emphasise the direction and validity of your paper. Be careful about using company or industry specific jargon. You have to help the reader understand the story you are putting together. This is not saying don’t use jargon but ensure you tell the reader what it means.

5. the completed paper will not be less than 700 words and not more than 800 words, excluding headers, sub-headers and reference page. Get to the point – please do not waffle (do not write in a vague or wordy manner). You do not have time and space to do anything other than focus. It is expected that you will use somewhere between 6 – 9 different academic sources on the paper. Not more than two (2) of your references can be web based (www) sources. Harvard style referencing protocols must be followed.

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6. The purpose of this assessment is to test your ability to critically evaluate a given scenario and to apply relevant concepts, models and theories (appropriately) to the particular topic under discussion. You will need to demonstrate a clear and applied response to the approach and / or options and not simply describe what has happened or is happening. Link the theories you use together. Show what the relevance and relationship of these theories are and how they fit together (or do not as the case may be). This is as much about joined up thinking and whether you can make connections that may gave you alternative answers.

7. Your answer must include reference to a number of relevant authors, how they see these issues and how you interpret their position and apply it within an organisational context. Get your referencing correct. Use Harvard.

8. Improved grades will be awarded for demonstration of relevant wider reading . Remember the key is the strategic management of human resources and your analysis must view the evaluation from this perspective.

9. This work must not simply be a brain-dump of everything you know. Demonstrate that you can critically evaluate. And remember; keep focused on the question.

10. All work will be written in THIRD (3rd) Person.

Recommended Text
• Bratton J & Gold J (2012) Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice (5th Edition) Basingstoke, Hants: Palgrave Macmillan

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Primary source documents US History

April 24, 2018 1 Comment Uncategorized

Utilize the link above and the lesson to write a primary source review in anticipation of uploading the finished product to the SLO assessment that is due towards the end of the course (see course calendar for due date). The assignment should be created in a Microsoft Word document prior to entering the SLO assessment.  The last question on the SLO will present an opportunity to upload the finished writing document for submission.

Primary Source Review Assignment

 

Part One: Learn about Primary Sources by viewing the PowerPoint Lesson: Overview of Primary Source Documents (Library of Congress). The link to the PowerPoint Lesson is provided below.  

 

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Part Two: After viewing the lesson, compose a 3-5 page review on a selected primary source document. Primary source documents are to be selected from the link below.

 

Browse through the sources until you find something that interests you. Please spend some time viewing the different primary sources. (It is fascinating to read the original documents from history!)

Reviews are to doubled-spaced in Microsoft Word format utilizing the MLA style format. Reviews should be composed in Times New Roman 12 point font. The finished product should be a formal paper written in essay style. Submit your paper as an attachment within this assignment. Do not send the assignment via email.

 

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Taking into consideration the information presented in the Overview of Primary Source Documents lesson: Address the following points in your review:

1. Who wrote the document?Until you know this you know little about the document. Sometimes you can figure this out from the document itself. Was the author a political or private individual? Was he educated or not?2. Who was the intended audience?This will tell you about the author’s use of language and the knowledge that he assumed on the part of the reader.3. What is the story line? What is going on in the document? 4. Why was the document written?Everything is written for a reason. Is it just a random note, or a scholarly thesis? 5. What type of document is this, or what is its purpose? A newspaper article is different than a diary. Thus, one can expect to extract different kinds of information from different kinds of documents. 6. What are the basic assumptions made by the author? For example, did the author assume that the reader could understand certain foreign or engineering terms? 7. Can you believe this document?Is it reliable? Is it likely? 8. What can you learn about the society that produced this document? All documents reveal information about the people who produced them. It is embedded in the language and assumptions of the text. Your task is to learn how to “read,” or analyze, a document to extract information about a society. You might wish to analyze each document in terms of various aspects of a society (economic, political, religion, social structure, culture, etc.).

9. What is the importance of this document to history?10. Finally, What does this document mean to you?

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Accounting

April 24, 2018 1 Comment Uncategorized

Your firm has clients named Danny and Mary. They are married and have two dependent children. They also fully support Mary’s mother, who lives with them and has no income. Their 2010 tax and other related information is as follows:

  • Total salaries – $110,000
  • Bank account interest income – $3,500
  • Municipal bond interest income – $1,500
  • Danny has part-time consultant income of $7200
  • Rent income – $7,000
  • Rent expenses – $9,000
  • Value of employer-provided medical insurance – $5,500
  • Value of premiums for $50,000 of group term life insurance provided by employer – $500
  • Share of partnership income – $30,000
  • Partnership distribution – $10,000
  • Dividend income from ABC stock – $2,000
  • Loan from Danny’s parents – $5,000
  • Gift from Danny’s parents – $15,000
  • Total itemized deductions – $16,000

Determine Danny and Mary’s taxable income.

Show complete and detailed work with explanation.

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Your Community Health Concern and Solution.

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Hello class. This is a required assignment post.

The topic of this post is about Your Community Health Concern and Solution.

A) What is the biggest (i.e., the number one priority) community health issue where you reside that needs to be addressed? Who does it affect? (Perhaps you can read the latest health news articles or contact your county health department for ideas).

B) What is currently being done to address this issue and by whom? Is it working (and how do you know)?

C) What solution can you provide to improve, enhance, or support a good outcome to this community health issue, and how would you know it was working?

In order to get full credit for this discussion post FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS PRECISELY:

1) Answer all questions above (i.e., questions “A)”, “B)” and “C)” ) AND provide all your responses in one (1) SINGLE paragraph (not three separate paragraphs) with a maximum of 85 words. You must write the number of words used in your paragraph and put this within parentheses at the very end of your paragraph. *** Do not go over the word limit. (60 pts)

For example,

“Sewage runoff leaking into the drinking water supply is my major concern. This affects the entire community of Orlando. The county health department and Orlando utility department are working on a filtration system to clean the water. According to their data, it is not working as planned. I would add a giant ozone purifier to the water coming out of the filtration system into the reservoirs. Daily monitoring of bacteria levels would indicate if the treatment was working. (79 words)”

2) After your word count for the paragraph, skip one (1) line and ONLY cite one (1) reference used to lend credibility or support for your writing. The citation must be in APA format. (20 pts)

3) Be mindful of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Do not write like you are texting your bff or tweeting your feelings to the world. Believe that you are an industry professional, and write like one. Two (4) points will be deducted for each violation identified during my review of your work. Assignments found in excess of five (5) violations will receive zero (0) for the assignment. (20 pts)

 





Arbitrage with two assets

April 24, 2018 1 Comment Uncategorized

Consider a market with two financial assets, both with a term of one year. The assets

yield a single pay-out at maturity, depending on whether the market goes up or down.

The prices and pay-outs are specified in the following table:

P0                          P1(u)                           P1(d)

Asset                          (price)             (pay-out if up)           (pay-out if down)

A                                 5                     6                                  4

B                                 9                      12                                8

(a) Find an arbitrage opportunity in this market.

(b) In which direction will the prices of A and B move as a result of this arbitrage

opportunity? Explain.

Exercise CW1.2: Platinum forwards

The current spot price of platinum is 1500 (in US dollars per troy ounce). Assume a

continuously compounded risk-free rate of interest of 5% p.a. and ignore storage costs.

(a) Find the one-year forward price of platinum, assuming that there are no arbitrage

opportunities.

(b) Suppose that someone is willing to enter into a long one-year forward contract for

platinum at $1600 per ounce. Construct a strategy from which an investor can obtain

a riskless profit.

Exercise CW1.3: Options

(a) Suppose that a share of Shell costs $21 now and that the continuously compounded risk-free rate is 1%. Compute the value of a put option to sell Shell for $22 half a year from now, under the assumption that in half a year, the share costs either $20 or $23. (This is the same situation as in the lecture, but with a put option instead of a call option.)

(b) Generalize the computation above: Suppose that a share costs S0 now and the continuously compounded risk-free rate is r. Assume that at time t (measured in years),the share costs either Sut or Sdt . Write a spreadsheet which computes the value of a put option with strike price K expiring at t. You may assume that K is between Sdt and Sut .

Hand in a print-out of the spreadsheet with the values as above (S0 = 21, r = 0:01,

t = 1/2 , Sut = 23 and Sdt = 20), a print-out of the spreadsheet displaying the formulas,

and an explanation of the formulas that appear in the spreadsheet.

Exercise CW1.4: Stock forwards

On Monday 18 November 2013, an investor takes a short position in a forward contract

on Royal Dutch Shell shares with delivery on Tuesday 18 February 2014. The price of the

shares at that time is $20.69. Shell intends to pay a dividend on Monday 16 December

2013. Assume that the dividend is $0.27 per share and that the risk-free interest rate

is 0.5% (per annum, compounded continuously). You may use any sensible day-count

convention (ignore this if you do not know what a day-count convention is).

(a) Find the forward price, assuming no arbitrage. Give your answer correct to four

decimal places (e.g., $23.4567).

(b) Suppose that on the delivery date, 18 February 2014, a share costs $22.09. Is the investor better or worse off compared to somebody who did not enter into the forward contract, but just sold the stock on 18 February 2014? By how much?





Criminal Justice in America

April 24, 2018 3 Comments Uncategorized

Criminal Justice in America

Readings & Resources

Cole, George, F., Smith, Christopher, “Criminal Justice in America”, (2010), 6th Edition, Wadsworth Publishing, ISBN: 10-0495809829

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Final Examination – 25 points (Due Week 8)
• During the last week of class the Instructor will provide five essay questions to the student.
• The student will select one of the essay questions to answer.
• The student will have two hours to complete the essay question they have selected.
• The length of the essay will be two to three double spaced typed pages.
• The student may use the textbook, notes or other forms of information
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PLEASE FOLLOW EACH INSTRUCTION FOR THIS PAPER……….
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This quiz will provide you with 5 options to write about for the final. You will answer one of the questions. You are required to support your answers with information from at least one other related chapter, class material or discussion. The source of your support material must be noted in brackets ( ) immediately following that information. Please ensure that your answer is framed as an issue with Management of Criminal Justice Programs. Once you start the final, you will have two hours to complete it. Your response should be 800 words in length.
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HERE IS A LIST OF CHAPTERS I HAD TO READ FROM IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS FINAL EXAM PROJECT…… THIS CAN HELP YOU TO SCAM THROUGH THE READING…

Required Readings
• Chapter 1 – The Criminal Justice System: Goals of Criminal Justice, Crime and Justice in a Multicultural Society (Week 1)
• Chapter 2 – Crime and Justice in America (Week 1)
• Chapter 4 – Police (Week 2)
• Chapter 5 – Twenty-First-Century Challenges in Policing (Week 3)
• Chapter 6 – Police and Law: Police Abuse of Power, Civic Accountability (Week 4)
• Chapter 8 – Pretrial Procedures, Plea Bargaining, and the Criminal Trial: Plea Bargaining (Week 4)
• Chapter 9 – Punishment and Sentencing (Week 5)
• Chapter 10 – Corrections (Week 5)
• Chapter 11 – Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions (Week 6)
• Chapter 12 – Incarceration and Prison Society (Week 6)
• Chapter 14 – Technology and Criminal Justice (Week 7)
• Chapter 13 – Reentry into the Community (Week 8)
• Chapter 15 – Juvenile Justice: Youth Crime in the United States, The Development of Juvenile Justice, Problems and Perspectives (Week 8)

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partnership in chronicity

April 24, 2018 5 Comments Uncategorized

Joe Thomas is a 47 year old Indigenous Australian, who was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease two years ago. Joe currently lives alone since separating from his wife. He has not seen his two children since 2006. He is currently receiving a Disability Support Pension.
Joe is 175cm tall and weights 110kg and has a 9 year history of Type 1 diabetes & long standing hypertension. He also has bilateral diabetic retinopathy and a left leg ulcer. As a result, he is no longer able to drive and is not as independent as he would like to be. In addition, Joe is reluctant to undertake regular BGL monitoring and does not take his insulin at a consistent dose or time.
Joe was working as a travelling sales representative however is now unable to drive as his eyesight has deteriorated over the past 18 months. He is having difficulty walking around as he has very swollen legs, thus has no regular physical activity.
His renal function is currently being monitored by his renal specialist, however this has been deteriorated significantly over the past two weeks and commencement of peritoneal dialysis is likely to occur soon. His current eGFR is approximately 36 mL/min/1.73m2. As a result of fall down the stairs of his unit, he has developed cellulitus in his lower left leg. He is being treated has been prescribed 2 grams cephazolin twice daily for 14 days.
You are administering the IV antibiotics at home via IV infusion and Joe suddenly develops respiratory distress. You complete a set of observations – they are:
• T: 37.2C
• P: 96 (thready)
• R: 24 (shallow with basal crackles)
• BP: 195/120
• SaO2: 91% on room air
• BGL: 7.5 mmol/L
• Most recent HbA1C : 86 mmol/mol (6 weeks ago)
The purpose of this assessment is to undertake a holistic and comprehensive client assessment, demonstrating your ability to prioritise health issues within a client’s situation.
This assessment consists of a 1400 word written discussion that requires you, to:
• Identify and prioritise the clinical issues identified within the clinical scenario on patient Joe Thomas. (Suggest 300 words)
• Link the issues to care provision by using critical analysis (need to use evidence base references – not information found via data based searched on google). (Suggest 900 words)
• A brief Introduction and Conclusion is required. (Suggest 100 words on each)
• The development of a concept map is also mandatory .
Please use word for creating this concept map

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