Admitted to the ICU with COPD exacerbation, requiring intubation

Case study 1 COPD
? Patient admitted to the ICU with COPD exacerbation, requiring intubation.
? Give a brief history of the patient, discussing risk factors, and previous and present health history.
? Include a summary of your findings on physical assessment of the cardiovascular and respiratory system.
? Discuss the pathophysiology of the disease(ie emphysemic vs bronchietic)
? Discuss ventilation parameters and explain the mode of ventilation.
? Analyze ABG results, trends, and any treatment
? Discuss any pertinent drug therapy and rationale for use.
? What were the outcomes of therapy?
? Address patient and/or family concerns related to long term care.

Case study 2 GI Bleed
? Give a brief history of the patient discussing risk factors, and previous and present health history.
? Include a brief summary of findings on physical assessment of the cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems.
? Discuss pertinent laboratory results, and diagnostics(ie endoscopy)
? Discuss the mechanism of the bleed and common therapies such as Linton or Blakemore tube insertion.
? Discuss drug therapy and rationale for use.
? What are the outcomes of therapy?
? Discuss any patient and/or family concerns.

Case study 3 Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
? Give a brief history of the patient, discussing risk factors, previous & present health history.
? Include a brief summary of your findings from a cardiac and respiratory physical examination.
? Analyze the series of 12 lead ECGs discussing changes during hospitalization, and discuss hemodynamic parameters.
? Discuss drug therapy, and rationale for use.
? What were the outcomes of therapy?
? Discuss the psychological impact on patient and/or family.

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Personal and Professional Development
1.1 evaluate approaches to self-managed learning
1.2 propose ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional contexts could be encouraged
1.3 evaluate the benefits of self-managed learning to the
individual and organisation
2.1 evaluate own current skills and competencies against
professional standards and organisational objectives
2.2 identify own development needs and the activities
required to meet them
2.3 identify development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs
2.4 devise a personal and professional development plan based on identified needs
3.1 discuss the processes and activities required to
implement the development plan
3.2 undertake and document development activities as
planned
3.3 reflect critically on own learning against original aims
and objectives set in the development plan
3.4 update the development plan based on feedback and
evaluation
4.1 select solutions to work-based problems
4.2 communicate in a variety of styles and appropriate
manner at various levels
4.3 evaluate and use effective time management strategies.

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Developmental and Communication Milestones

One of the first tasks infants and children must master is communication. The ability to communicate is an important skill. Infants communicate primarily through crying. Parents and caregivers can become quite adept at interpreting a child’s cry so that they can respond to his or her needs quickly and appropriately.

While nature predisposes humans to language, it is nurture that determines language development. Language development can be facilitated a number of ways: Adults can modify their speech (i.e., child-directed speech, simplified speech) to help young children attend to and learn the important parts of speech and appropriate syntax; play simple games with children that encourage turn-taking (a characteristic of good communication); and use of scaffolding (e.g., repetition) to help children learn the basics of language and communication (Pinker, 2004). The milestones of language development range from pre-language babbling to multi-word phrases and sentences. Individual and cultural differences can affect the rate and form of language within these milestones.

To prepare for this Discussion, select one developmental or communication milestone in infancy and/or toddlerhood.

With these thoughts in mind:

  a brief description of the developmental or communication milestone you selected. Then explain the implications of missing or meeting the milestone in terms of normal, advanced, and delayed development. Be sure to include any multicultural and/or diversity considerations.

Support your Discussion assignment with specific resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

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Question 1.1. We assume investors are risk averse, and therefore they: (Points : 1)

are equally concerned with upside potential and downside risk.

expect a higher return for bearing more risk.

will pay more for an investment with higher risk.

have very high required rates of return.

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Question 2.2. Which of the following statements regarding the cost of equity is true? (Points : 1)

It can be estimated in three different ways.

It is always estimated using the present value of future dividends approach.

It is estimated by solving for the discount rate for a perpetuity.

It is generally lower than the cost of debt because equity holders are paid after taxes are paid.

Question 3.3. The Hamada Equation allows the firm to: (Points : 1)

solve for a company’s total risk.

adjust the beta of a pure-play firm for its use of debt financing.

estimate its asset beta.

Both b and c are correct.

Question 4.4. Which of the following statements regarding the cost of debt is true? (Points : 1)

The cost of debt for bonds equals the coupon rate of outstanding bonds.

The cost of debt for bonds is found by dividing the price by the annual coupon.

The cost of debt for bonds is found by calculating their yield to maturity.

The cost of debt equals the flotation costs charged by investment bankers who advise the firm.

Question 5.5. Total risk is measured by: (Points : 1)

the standard deviation of returns.

the firm’s beta.

Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch ratings.

the variability of EBIT.

Question 6.6. Investors will make an investment if: (Points : 1)

the historical rate of return exceeds the expected rate of return.

the required rate of return exceeds the expected rate of return.

the expected rate of return exceeds the actual rate of return.

the expected rate of return exceeds the required rate of return.

Question 7.7. A bond pays semiannual coupon payments of $30 each. It matures in 20 years and is selling for $1,200. What is the firm’s cost of debt if the bond’s par value is $1,000? (Don’t forget this is a semiannual coupon.) (Points : 1)

2.23%

4.48%

1.80%

3.60%

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Question 8.8. Which of the following statements regarding business risk, financial risk, and investors’ risk, is true? (Points : 1)

Business risk is very similar to the risk of bankruptcy and is closely linked to the amount of debt in a firm’s financing mix.

Financial risk is associated with the returns earned by equity investors.

Business risk is often measured by the variability of earnings before depreciation and taxes and is closely associated with the risk inherent in the goods and services a business is selling.

Investment risk is the uncertainty associated with a firm’s investment projects. It can be thought of as the likelihood that the expected IRR or NPV from an investment project will not materialize.

Question 9.9. If an investor purchases a share of stock for $300, collects a dividend during the year equal to $35 a share, and sells the stock at the end of the year for $289, what is the investor’s return for the year? (Points : 1)

12.11%

8.30%

8.00%

15.33%

Question 10.10. In the Capital Asset Pricing Model, the market risk premium is estimated over a long period of time because: (Points : 1)

more data is always better than less.

a longer holding period gives a more reliable estimate because it is, in effect, a larger sample size.

almost all investors hold stocks for many years, so it matches their investment horizon.

historical returns are the best indicators of future returns.

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The effect of EDPA and FDPA on students’ final examination results
submit an article to this online journal: http://mojet.net/

Thus, the article must conform to guidelines by mojet.net.

I did an experiment to find out which of the two types of drill and practice applications that I developed (EDPA and FDPA) helped university students achieve better final examination results.

Hypothesis: Something about EDPA is better than FDPA

EDPA stands for editable drill and practice application, while FDPA is fixed drill and practice application. Both applications are offline types, built for Windows based computers and can even run from a pen drive. The main difference between the two is EDPA had no pre-inserted items but requires students to enter their own questions and answers while FDPA had pre-inserted items but no item editing features.

The experiment involved 151 students from 2 classes of the Cognitive Sciences and Ethics course in Universiti Utara Malaysia for the duration of 1 semester (September 2013 to December 2013). The course was chosen because it usually comprise of students from different programs and semesters and taught by the same lecturer. The lecturer of the course agreed to try out the applications.

The first class with 75 students was given EDPA. Second class with 76 students was given FDPA.

Students were asked to use the applications as an assignment. Each student must perform drills using the given application at least 2 times a week for each topic covered in class. They will need to print a weekly report that can be generated from the application that can prove they used the application as requested. Failure in submitting the weekly report or using the application less than 2 times a week will result in a deduction of course marks. EDPA students must ensure that most of the important facts in each topic were covered in their items.

Finally, the final examination results consisting of 100 MCQ items for both groups were compared.

In short, besides the article using info above I would like you to:
-Come up with a topic for the article
-Use the experiment data given to report results, discussions and conclusion
-Use the screenshots given
-From the 15 sources (books or journal articles only), need at least 3 similar/related study from anywhere since 2012 -2014

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The Master of Business Administration classes (ACCT, BUSN, FINC, HCMG, HRMG, MGMT, MKTG and MAPH) require a grade of C or better on the final assessment in the class in order to earn a passing grade in the course. This requirement must be met by all students completing these courses regardless of degree or program (excluding the Executive MBA students).

 

 

The research paper assignment is worth 220 points or 22% of the course grade.  A grade of C or better is required as per MBA policy as this is the Final Assessment for the course.

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The objectives/purpose of the research paper project are to enable you to do a comprehensive financial analysis of a publicly traded corporation; and provide you with substantial information for you to make recommendations regarding investing in this corporation.

Your financial analysis report will be driven by a rigorous ratio analysis, and aggressively supplemented with your written analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the data.

Your research should be strategically driven by two probing questions:

-Would you invest your financial capital in the selected firm as a shareholder?

-Would you invest your human and intellectual capital in the firm as an employee?

Steps in preparation of financial analysis report:

1.)      Select a publicly held company

 

2.)      Select a benchmark firm to compare your company against. The benchmark firm is typically the largest competitor.

 

3.)      Obtain the firm’s balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows for

the past 5 years. Download or read the firm’s annual report.

4.)   Go to:   http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm

Research EDGAR’s database for additional SEC report filings: 8-k, 10-Q.

4.)      The following table is the type of Excel or Word table that should be used to gather  and report your ratio and financial performance data. Note the 5 financial diagnostic categories that should be used in your analysis.

Financial diagnostic categories  Chosen company              vs.  Benchmark competitor
     
1.)   Liquidity of short-term assets -Current ratio

-Cash ratio

-Quick ratio

-Current ratio

-Cash ratio

-Quick ratio

     
2.)   Long-term debt-paying ability -Debt ratio

-Debt-equity ratio

-Times interest earned

-Debt ratio

-Debt-equity ratio

-Times interest earned

     
3.)   Profitability    
  -Net income/sales (profit margin)

-Net income/assets (ROA)

-Net income/shareholder equity  (ROE)

-Net income/sales (profit margin)

-Net income/assets (ROA)

-Net income/shareholder equity  (ROE)

     
4.)   Asset utilization/ management efficiency -Total asset turnover

-Inventory turnover   measures

-Accounts receivable turnover

-Total asset turnover

-Inventory turnover   measures

-Accounts receivable turnover

     
5.)   Market measures -Price/earnings ratio

-Earnings per common share

-Dividend payout

-Price/earnings ratio

-Earnings per common share

-Dividend payout

     

Use 2-3 ratios per diagnostic category. Place your ratio calculations in the table for your selected companies—primary company and benchmark competitor. Using 5 diagnostic categories, and 3 ratios to assess each category, results in 15 ratio measures per company that will be compared side by side.

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6.)   To validate your research, 5 years of data should be analyzed.

7.) The financial analysis report must be written properly. They must include a title page, a table of contents, and a reference page. For both midterm and final report, information sources from the web, etc. must be cited properly, using APA style.

 

This means that every table that you cut and pasted or typed from the web must have a source at the bottom of the table AND that citing must also be included in a reference page at the end of the report.

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The parts of the research paper are discussed below. The completed report (parts a through h) is due day 7 of week 6. Your project should include:

 

  1. An overview of the corporation.
    1.                                                   i.    Provide general information regarding the type of business, products and/or services, location of headquarters, name of CEO, number of employees, and countries of operation, etc.

 

  1. The latest financial statements
    1.                                                   i.    Get the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and the statement of owners’ equity for the past fiscal year. Create Turnitin-friendly versions of the financial statements; do not just ‘cut and paste’ them in your report. Do not forget to cite the source under each statement.
    2.                                                 ii.    If you cannot cut and paste them, you may have to type in the information in a table in your report.

 

  1. A summary of each financial statement
    1.                                                   i.    Take each statement and state the key parts in words.  Tell a story from each of the financial statements.  For example, for the income statement, the story starts like, “Total Revenues in 2010 were $10 billion, while Cost of Goods Sold were $8 billion, leaving a gross profit margin of $2 billion, or 20 percent of total revenues….After taking out interest and taxes from EBIT, the net income was $0.5 billion, or 5 percent of total revenues.”

 

  1. Ratio calculation (include 5 major types of ratios. Refer to chapter 3, Analysis of Financial Statements)
    1.                                                   i.    Organization of this section is based on the FIVE types of ratios listed in the text book.  Calculate the ratios from the financial statements in part c above using Excel or your calculator and present them in a table.
    2.                                                 ii.    Find industry financial ratios online (eg. Yahoo.com) and compare your corporation’s ratios to these industry ratios.
    3.                                                iii.    Present your results following the five types of ratios discussed in part d.
    4.                                                iv.    A table with both corporation and industry ratios is required;
    5.                                                 v.
  2. Discussion of key statistics provided by sources like Yahoo finance.
    1.                                                   i.    There are many different other statistics available for your corporation. These include market value, beta, and diluted EPS, etc. Discuss some of the key statistics that you think can assist you to determine if this corporation is a good buy or sell.

 

  1. For you to decide if a corporation’s stock is a good buy or sell, you must forecast several key variables, including the stock price.
    1.                                                   i.    Use historical prices (5 years of monthly data recommended) and forecast the stock price for the next year. Use regression analysis, and/or moving average, etc. to create your forecast.
    2.                                                 ii.    Create a graph from the historical data and show your forecast on the same graph. You can add a trend line to the graph to help you with a forecast.  Include the graph in your report.
    3.                                                iii.    You need to say specifically what the forecasted value of the stock price is.
    4.                                                iv.    You must address the question, “Is this forecast reasonable?”  Must you amend your analysis to get a more reasonable forecast?

 

  1. Other information pertinent to the corporation that could affect its future performance and stock price.
    1.                                                   i.    This could include dividend policy, capital structure, bond ratings, expert opinions on TV, new projects, litigation, regulation, etc. Search for information on the web regarding this corporation. Look at company complaint blogs, etc.

 

  1. Recommendation regarding the future of this corporation.
    1.                                                   i.    Is the stock a good buy, average buy, or a poor buy (implying a good sell)?
    2.                                                 ii.    Include a justification of your recommendation based on your analysis and research.

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 Final Project: Microsoft Access Database Application
Project Descriptions:

You are requested to develop a database application using Microsoft Access. The topic of the final project should be of your choice.

You will use graphic user interfaces of Microsoft Access to implement that database logical design. Firstly, you need to create and name a new database in Microsoft Access for your project. Then you need to create tables and establish relationships among them. The “Relationships” diagram will represent the tables, attributes of the tables and their relationships. At that time, you can directly load some data into your tables. You should design Queries in correspondence to your mission statement or objectives. Based on your tables and queries, you should be able to create Reports. The interface of that Queries and Reports can be saved as an image using “Screen Copy” method (See Tips below).

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A written report for the final project is requested and a Microsoft Access database application should be provided too.

Written Report Requirements:

The format of the written report for the final project is listed as follows.

1. Cover page with title and your name

2. Description of the system

3. Mission Statement and Objectives

4. Physical Design and Implementation

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  4.1 Creates tables and relationships Show the “Relationships” diagram which        includes information of tables, attributes and their relationships.

  4.2 Create forms For each table, create a form for entering records to the table; provide Screen-Copy of each form.

  4.3 Load data

  4.4 Design queries to data retrieval

List at least 3 queries based on your mission statement or objectives, and provide Screen-Copy for a Query

Design View of each query.

  4.5 Create reports based on queries

Show a screen copy of the final interface of your reports.

Software Requirements

Your Microsoft Access database should include at least 3 tables and there at least 10 records in each table. At least one table should contain at least 15 records. At least 3 queries and 2 reports are required.

Helping Line

Tips: After you click “Shift” and “PrtScr” (Print Screen) buttons at the same time, the current content of the screen will be copied. You can paste it into some Image Editor software, such as Paint, to edit it. Then you can insert it into your word file in the end.

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You will choose a topic related to African American history during the time period of this course (1865 to present) for this assignment. It may be the topic you plan on doing your research paper upon, or not. If you need help in thinking up a topic, look under the Commentary link under Research Paper Topic in Course Content for some examples. You can also browse through your AA Odyssey ebook for topics. The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate both Primary & Secondary Sources AND Web sites (online sources), and determine what is acceptable and what is not for college-level academic research.
AAnnotated Webliography: 
There are several links on evaluating primary and secondary sources under Course Content in the folder- Evaluating Sources. Read over for more information.
You will search for Web sites by using a search engine of your choice (e.g., Google) to find TWO acceptable sites and ONE unacceptable site. Note that for this exercise, you may not use any of the following types of sites:
1. Wikipedia or any other wiki site
2. Sites that require subscription
B. Secondary Sources: 
There are several links on evaluating primary and secondary sources under Course Content in the folder- Evaluating Sources. Read over for more information.
Select TWO scholarly sources based on your topic. One can be a book. The other should come from a journal article.
The entries for each secondary source should include the following information:
1. Full citation of author and work
2. The name of the scholarly journal
C. Primary Sources: 
There are several links on evaluating primary and secondary sources under Course Content in the folder- Evaluating Sources. Read over for more information.
Select TWO primary sources based on your topic. Look at your textbook Major Problems in African American History for documents as well as The African American Odyssey. There are also a number of Web sites, such as those of the Library of Congress and the National Archives, that contain digitized copies of other primary sources that you may use.
The entries for each primary source should include the following information:
1. Full citation for where you found the item
2. Type of primary source (audio, document, etc)
Provide the following for all of your sources:
1. Complete citations using Chicago Humanities Style. Go to the “Brief Primer to Citing Sources in Chicago Humanities Style (located under UMUC Resources under Course Content) for instructions. There is even an example of a Web site citation if you scroll to the bottom.
2. A brief description in which you describe each of your sources. You should show how these are related to your topic, and why it is acceptable or (in the case of at lease one website) NOT acceptable for use in an academic research paper.

 

Select one of the following topics to formulate a research paper:

  • Nationalism – Discuss the role of nationalism in 20th century Europe.
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  • Race & Ethnicity – Discuss the role of race and ethnicity in 20th century Europe
  • Genocide – Discuss the emergence and frequency of genocide in Europe during the 20th century.
  • Terrorism – Discuss the utilization of terrorism in 20th century Europe.
  • Role of Women – Discuss the role of women in 20th century Europe.

 

For this paper, you need to conduct research in peer-reviewed journals or other sources that are considered to have reliable information. In addition to your required course text,

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you will need at least six professional scholarly sources, three of which must be peer-reviewed journal articles. Please visit the Academic Research section on your course homepage (accessible through the Student Responsibilities and Policies tab on the left navigation toolbar) to review what types of materials are, and are not, acceptable for academic, university level research.

 

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The paper must be eight to ten pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least six scholarly resources, at least three of which can be found in the Ashford Online Library, to support your claims and subclaims.

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To further help you in your research for this assignment and for the Final Paper, it is recommended that you view the Resources for Potential Research. Cite your resources in text and on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.

 

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Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

  • Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  • Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  • Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  • Must use at least six scholarly resources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford Online Library.
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  • Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

 

 

(only 8 pages)

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The OSI reference model divides complex network tasks into 7 manageable subtasks called layers. Layer 2, called the data link layer, is where data frames are translated from raw data that comes from layer 1, the physical layer, into layer 3, the network layer. The switches are in this layer because the signaling throughout the devices in a network for transmitting and receiving data is handled by the switches.
One of the major concerns in a switched network is latency reduction: you want the devices to be able to establish communication with all possible speed, both for purposes of data exchange and for optimum network function. One of the major tools to implement this at Layer 2 is trunking, while a newer approach in Cisco environments is EtherChannel.

Prepare a research paper of 3–5 pages covering the topic of VLANs and trunking. As part of this paper, include the following information:
What is a VLAN, and why would you implement one?

What protocol alternatives exist when implementing in the Cisco environment?

How do you configure a VLAN trunk?

How does VLAN trunking work?

What issues must be addressed in configuring a VLAN trunk, which uses VTP?
How does trunking compare with switch port aggregation using EtherChannel?