Day: April 25, 2018

Online Portal for a School

There are two parts to this assignment:

In Part 1, you will create a hierarchy chart, a flowchart, and an algorithm for a given school scenario.
In Part 2, you will complete Tutorial 4A from your course textbook An Introduction to Programming Using Alice 2.2.
Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about arrays.

Part 1: Creating a Hierarchy Chart, a Flowchart, and an Algorithm

In this assignment, you will apply your learning from Weeks 2 and 3 about hierarchy charts, flowcharts, algorithms, and control structures and develop a program.

Now, let’s look at a scenario.

Scenario

A middle school has decided that it would like to make its students’ grades available to their parents via an online parent portal. In addition, this system will allow for important announcements to be posted. The school has decided that a system will be developed in-house to complete this project. In doing so, a number of processes need to be identified during the planning of the project.

Some of the processes for teachers can include:

Logging in to the system
Uploading grades
Posting announcements
Some of the processes for parents can include:

Logging in to the system
Accessing and reading important announcements
Viewing student grades
Sending an e-mail to the student’s teacher via the system on questions regarding the student’s grades
Based on the scenario, choose any of the processes, for teachers or for parents, and complete the following tasks to create a report in a Microsoft Word document:

Define the problem and the current need in the given situation.
Create a hierarchy chart depicting the chosen situation.
Develop a flowchart and provide a brief explanation for it.
Develop an algorithm and provide a brief explanation for it.
Explain how arrays can be used within your choice.
Support your responses with appropriate research, reasoning, and other examples.

Cite any sources in APA format on a separate page.

Part 2: Alice Tutorial

Complete Tutorial 4A from the chapter “Algorithms” in your textbook An Introduction to Programming Using Alice 2.2. The output will be an Alice World file.

Submission Details

Name your document SU_ITS2104_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

Name your Alice World file as SU_ITS2104_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.a2w.

Submit your document and the Alice World file to the W3 Assignment 2 Dropbox by Tuesday, July 22, 2014.

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You are asked to complete a Research Paper in this course. A Research Paper is an opportunity for you to practice and

improve your research and writing skills. Plus, it allows you to review the details that others have observed and

researched in the industry.

Using the CSU Online Library and your textbook, explore the topic of new IPOS of international companies and trends

associated with cross-listing on multiple international stock exchanges (Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, London, etc.). Try to

focus your research on recent phenomenon (include where the corporations are domiciled, industries, size of the

placement, etc.). Utilize and document at least five unique references.

Review articles and sources with specific questions in mind (i.e., Does this article support my topic? How does this article

apply to my topic? How am I going to use the details of this article in my paper?). The Research Paper must meet the

following requirements:

 Be at least 500 words in length (not including the title page and references page)

 Include at least five peer-reviewed articles

 Use APA Style

Format your Research Paper using APA style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to

avoid plagiarism.

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Review Whole Foods Market, Inc’s 2010 Annual report, company information and investor information(see the link: Whole Foods Market, Inc. Investor Relations in the webilography) and write a 5-7 page paper following APA guidelines which addresses the following:

1. Summarize the company’s financial performance for 2010. Do you think they satisfied stockholder expectations? Why or why not?
2. Explain three business risks or threats that might threaten Whole Foods ability to accomplish their financial goals for the next 3 years. Use examples and references to support your response.
3. Describe three examples of control activities Whole Foods Market, Inc. could use to minimize these risks.
4. What is your overall impression of Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s annual report? Is it a financial accounting document or a managerial accounting document? Who is the target audience? Did the annual report present a positive or negative image of the company? Provide support for your responses.

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Niemczura ENG 2-001

Essay 3: Researched Argument
Issue Question (choose ONE):
• Is eating meat healthy?
• Does growing organic really matter?
• Should junk food be banned in public schools?
• Is the “food crisis” a real threat or simply a myth?
• Does modern technology in the food industry have an affect on health?
• Is killing animals for food morally okay?
• Should animals being raised for food have “rights”?
• Should food additives be banned?

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Claim: The claim is the point you make about the topic. Within the controversy, you will need to
choose a position, stake a claim about it, and be able to defend that claim. It can be very helpful to begin
with a question, one that your research and writing will answer (or attempt to answer). Your thesis
statement may state your answer to that question and present a map of the structure of your argument, or it may simply present the question, which you will
answer as you progress through your essay. What type of claim are you presenting? Once you have chosen the Issue Question you will use for Essay 2, make
YOUR claim/take a stance about the issue question you have chosen(i.e. make the statement/thesis you will argue in your essay.

Research: Your research must come primarily from library databases. These include ProQuest, JStor, LexisNexis and other subject-specific databases that you
can find by looking at the list on the Post Library homepage. In addition to articles from these sources, you MUST include at least one book—either a physical
book from the stacks, or an electronic book from ebrary.

Counter-argument: Include and summarize fairly and accurately at least one opposing view, and then refute it.
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Annotated Bibliography: You will compile a list of at least 10 sources that you have read and decided will be useful for your paper. These must be presented
in proper format: MLA style citation followed by a short paragraph that summarizes the source and describes how it will be used in your paper. (For example,
it might help you to back up an important point, provide statistics and information for background, support the counterargument, etc.)

Plagiarism: It is essential that you quote, paraphrase, and cite sources appropriately. Including information and ideas from sources and not citing them is
considered plagiarism. If you plagiarize, you will receive an F.

Style: MLA, including in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Refer to www.dianahacker.com/resdoc

Length: EIGHT TO NINE pages plus Works Cited page. (Times New Roman 12, 1-inch margins, double-spaced)

Sources: you MUST USE FOUR TO SIX (different) outside, scholarly, resources from your essay—these are directly from your Annotated Bibliography
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Possible Organization for essay 2:
The research paper must (1) explain and define the topic, (2) analyze the specific issues, and (3) persuade the reader with the weight of your evidence.

• Introduction (can be more than one paragraph):
Engage your reader with a summary of a news story that presents your topic
Provide BRIEF background information, but not details you will discuss
Explain the relevance of this topic. Why is it research worthy?
State thesis or directing question
• Offer necessary background information to your readers. What do they need to know in order to understand your
point of view?
• Present the details of your argument, incorporating authoritative evidence from your research with your own analysis.
• Make a case for your point of view.
• Present a counter-argument fairly, and refute it convincingly (This may be done more than once, and at other points in
your paper).
• Conclude:
Reaffirm your thesis statement.
Reach a decision or a judgment about the merits of the subject.
Discuss the implications of your findings.
Offer a plan of action or a proposal that will put your ideas into effect (if applicable).
Use the final paragraph, especially the final sentence, to bring the paper to closure. One possible method is to return to the story/topic that you refer
to in the introduction.
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Need help?:
• www.dianahacker.com/resdoc, or
• the Writing Center (HM202, x2732)
• Ask a LIU: Post Librarian: http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/askalibrarian/index.htm (several types of help options)
• I am also available to answer question via email or during my office time:
(Tue/Thur 12-1pm, in office 217F) Niemczura ENG 2-18

Specifics for the assignment:

I: Your text is to use MLA formatting:
A) 12pt, Times New Roman font (FIVE POINTS will be deducted from your final draft grade if you do not follow this)
B) ONE INCH margins on ALL sides (FIVE POINTS will be deducted from your final draft grade if you do not follow this)
C) Double-spacing for the body of your text (FIVE POINTS will be deducted from your final draft grade if you do not follow this)

II: Your text is to be EIGHT to NINE pages in length, which means your text must be AT LEAST EIGHT FULL pages, but can be as long as
NINE pages. When your final draft is graded, FIVE POINTS will be deducted if you do completely fill at least EIGHT pages.

III: Your text must include a correctly formatted HEADER in the HEADER portion of the document—you MUST format the text so that your
name and page number is correctly formatted into the proper area of EVERY page. (FIVE POINTS will be deducted from your final draft
grade if you do not follow this)

IV: Your text is to have a correct MLA Cover Page. All text, including the text on your cover page, MUST be 12pt TNR font
(FIVE POINTS will be deducted from your final draft grade if you do not follow this).
A how-to guide for creating your cover page:

Location: 1/2 – 1/3 down page
(give each bullet-point, listed below, its own line):
• Essay and Draft info (e.g. E3D1)
• Creative Title: Formal Title (e.g. “You Are What You Eat, But What Did I Just Eat?: A
Researched Argument In Favor Of Banning Food Preservatives)
• by,
• your name
Location: last 3 lines of cover page
(give each bullet-point, listed below, its own line):
• Professor’s Name (Professor Niemczura)
• Your Class/Section (ENG 2-18)
• Date of draft

V: You must use MLA in-text citations immediately following any direct quotes and/or paraphrases in your text. For specifics about MLA
citation, use any up-to-date MLA citation resource you have/can get, and/or use a correct and up-to-date web resource, such as
www.dianahacker.com/resdoc
MLA in-text citation is factored into the overall grade of essay 2, be sure you correctly cite everything and look-up/ask any questions you may
have!

VI: Your text is to include a correct (on a separate attached page) and complete MLA Works Cited page for the text used for the assignment.
For specifics about MLA Works Cited page, use the suggested resources from Part V. Be sure ALL texts you have used in your essay 2 are on
your Works Cited page, and that you look-up/ask any questions you may have!
When your final draft is graded, up to FIVE POINTS will be deducted, depending on the mistakes/amount of errors, your Works Cited page
contains. If you do include a Works Cited page, you will AUTOMATICALLY loose 5 points from your overall grade for essay 2.
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IMPORTANT DATES

• Tuesday 6/3/14:
• topics/assignment for E3 discussed.
• Discuss Annotated Bibliographies

• Wednesday 6/4/14: IN LIBRARY
• DUE: submission of the topic you have chosen (from list) for Essay 3
• in Library intro to LIU databases, researching, finding sources for E3/ A.B.

• Thursday 6/5/14:
• DUE: first FIVE Annotated Bibliography entries (bring PAPER and USB copies/versions) — ABD1
• Workshopping ABD1(first five entries)
• Submit newly revised/workshopped ABD2 (first five entries) via USB

• Monday 6/9/14:
• DUE: AB part 1 Final (USB)

• Thursday 6/12/14:
• DUE: E3D1 (USB)
• Feedback will be provided in the comment feature of the text document and sent back to students via an email attachment.
Feedback will be sent back to students 6/13/14-6/15/14 via email attachment.
Students should:
– save the draft in the writing portfolios (USB)
– use the feedback to create a revised draft for the upcoming in-class workshopping on 6/16

• Thursday 6/16/14: IN LIBRARY
Part 1: in Library finding more (specific) resources for E2 and AB (next 5 entries) – need a total of TEN A.B. entries at end of project
Part 2: DUE: E3D2, bring PAPER and USB copies/versions – WORKSHOPPING E3D2 –
student must have paper and USB copies of his/her E3, to be able participate in workshopping, and to be counted as present/prepared f
or class.

• Tuesday 6/17/14:
• DUE: AB part 2, D2, bring PAPER and USB copies/versions – WORKSHOPPING–
student must have paper and USB copies of his/her AB part 2, D2, to be able participate in workshopping, and to be counted as present/prepared for
class.

• Wednesday 6/18/14:
• DUE: A.B. Final Version (must have a total of TEN entries) , and ALL previous drafts,
including ones with comments, must be present
• DUE: Final draft of Essay 3, with Works Cited (paper and USB)
• DUE: FINAL PORTFOLIO:
Mandatory items in your final portfolio:
> Essay 1: first (with comments) & final draft (with the Works Cited)
> Essay 2: first (with comments) & final draft (with the Works Cited)
> Essay 3: first (with comments) & final draft (with the Works Cited)
> Complete Annotated Bibliography for essay 2 (TEN entries total)

Late submissions of ANY DRAFT will cause the FINAL DRAFT GRADE to lose TEN points for EVERY DAY that the draft was/is LATE.

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Annotated Bibliographies
Welcome to the Purdue OWL — This page is brought to you by the OWL at Purdue
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/). When printing this page, you must include the entire legal notice at bottom.

Contributors: Dana Bisignani, Allen Brizee.

Summary: This handout provides information about annotated bibliographies in MLA, APA, and CMS.

Definitions:
• A bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, websites, periodicals, etc.) one has used for
researching a topic. Bibliographies are sometimes called “references” or “works cited” depending on the style
format you are using. A bibliography usually just includes the bibliographic information (i.e., the author, title,
publisher, etc.).
• An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation.

Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources. Depending on your project or the assignment, your
annotations may do one or more of the following:

Summarize: Some summarization of the source. What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone
asked what this article/book is about, what would you say? The length of your annotations will determine how detailed your summary is.

Assess: After summarizing a source, it may be helpful to evaluate it. Is it a useful source? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? Is the
information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source?

Reflect: Once you’ve summarized and assessed a source, you need to ask how it fits into your research. Was this source helpful to you? How does it help you
shape your argument? How can you use this source in your research project? Has it changed how you think about your topic?Your annotated bibliography may
include some of these, all of these, or even others. If you’re doing this for a class, you should get specific guidelines from your instructor.

Format
• The bibliographic information: is to be written in MLA format.
• The annotations: The annotations for each source are written in paragraph form. The lengths of the annotations can vary significantly from a couple of
sentences to a couple of pages. . For ENG E2, your entries should be approximately ONE FULL page PER text.You can focus your annotations for your own
needs. A few sentences of general summary followed by several sentences of how you can fit the work into your larger paper or project can serve you well
when you go to draft.

Why should I write an annotated bibliography?
To learn about your topic: Writing an annotated bibliography is excellent preparation for a research project. Just collecting sources for a bibliography is useful,
but when you have to write annotations for each source, you’re forced to read each source more carefully. You begin to read more critically instead of just
collecting information. At the professional level, annotated bibliographies allow you to see what has been done in the literature and where your own research or
scholarship can fit. To help you formulate a thesis: Every good research paper is an argument. The purpose of research is to state and support a thesis. So a very
important part of research is developing a thesis that is debatable, interesting, and current. Writing an annotated bibliography can help you gain a good
perspective on what is being said about your topic. By reading and responding to a variety of sources on a topic, you’ll start to see what the issues are, what
people are arguing about, and you’ll then be able to develop your own point of view.
To help other researchers: Extensive and scholarly annotated bibliographies are sometimes published. They provide a comprehensive overview of everything
important that has been and is being said about that topic. You may not ever get your annotated bibliography published, but as a researcher, you might want to
look for one that has been published about your topic.

Doug Moodie is the president of Garden Products Limited. Over the last 5 years, his vice president of marketing has been providing the sales forecast using his special forecasting technique. The actual sales for the past ten years and the forecasts from the vice president of marketing are given below.

Year Sales VP/Marketing Forecast 1 170,300 — 2 168,250 — 3 165,700 — 4 169,000 — 5 168,000 — 6 167,300 170,000 7 175,250 170,000 8 172,500 180,000 9 156,700 180,000 10 176,300 160,000

Doug wonders if perhaps a weighted moving average or an exponential smoothing approach to forecasting might be better than having the vice president of marketing prepare the forecast. Doug wants to evaluate a three-period weighted moving average with weights of 0.25 and 0.15 for the second most recent and third most recent periods and the remaining weight(s) consistent with how we have used this method this term. He also wants to evaluate the exponential smoothing with an = 0.35 and a starting forecast for period 5 of 169,000 units.

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a) Which of the three methods (weighted moving average, exponential smoothing and VP/Marketing) provides the best forecasting method if you were to evaluate these methods based on their forecasting accuracy for Years 7 through 10. Use one of the evaluation methods we have discussed.

b) What would be the forecast for Year 11 using both the weighted moving average and the exponential smoothing methods?

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Electrical Power Systems Assignment Sp5 2014

•  This is a group assignment and students should work on this assignment in
groups maximum 2 students.
•  Only collaboration among students in the same group in allowed.
•  Collaboration among students from different groups is not allowed and will be
treated as academic misconduct.
•  Each question carries the same mark.
•  Document all your workout and answers and make sure you use the correct
units.
•  Please submit only one copy of the assignment per group via learnonline.
Q1.  For the balanced 3-phase system shown in Figure 1 assume positive phase sequence
(A,B,C).
(a)  Determine the voltage V1 phasor, current I2 phasor and the total complex power
supplied by the source.
(b)  Calculate the capacitance per phase of the ?capacitor bank (shown in the diagram)
so that the source supplies only the active power.
(c)  Use Multisim to verify your results.
(d)  What will change if you remove the neutral line? Explain your answer.
Figure 1 Circuit diagram for question Q1.
Q2.  The one line diagram of a simple power system is shown in Figure 2. The data of the
system are given in the table below. Choose a base of 100 MVA and 20kV at generator
G1.
(a)  Draw the impedance diagram of the system.
(b)  Calculate and mark all impedances in puon the diagram.
(c)  Calculate the line to line voltage of Bus B in pu and in kV if the motor draws its
rated power at rated voltage and pf = 0.7 lagging.

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SYSTEM DATA
System
Component
MVA
Rating
Voltage
Rating (kV)
Reactance
G1 150 20.0 10%
G2 100 22.0 15%
T1 100 20/200 5%
T2 100 22/200 10%
T3 300 20/200  5%
T4 50 200/11  10%
M 50 10.0  20%  Load S1: 100MW +j20MVAr at 220kV
Load S2: 50MVA pf=0.8 leading at 200kV
Figure 2 One line diagram for question Q2.

3

Q3.  A 120 km, 3-phase, 50Hz transmission line has spacing as shown in Figure 3.
Each phase of the line consists of a bundle of four conductors. Each conductor has a
diameter of 2.1793cm and a GMR of 0.8839cm. The bundle spacing is 0.5m.
(a) Calculate the per-phase inductance and the per-phase shunt capacitance of the
line.
(b) Calculate the new bundle spacing if the inductance needs to be reduced by 10%.
(c) Use Matlab to check your results.

Figure 3. Diagram for question Q3.

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Q4.  A 3-phase, 50Hz transmission line is 350km long. The line has a per phase series
impedance of 0.015+j0.043 ?/km and shunt admittance of j0.56 µS/km. The line
delivers 300MVA, at 0.707 lagging power factor and 200kV to a 3-phase load.
(a) Calculate the ABCD parameters of the line.
(b) Calculate the sending end voltage and the sending end current.
(c) Calculate the voltage regulation and the efficiency of the line.
(d) Calculate the per-phase capacitance of the capacitor bank to be placed at the
receiving end that will improve the voltage regulation by 20%.
Q5.  For the 3 bus system shown in Figure 4. values are given in pu on a 200MVA, 200kV
base:
(a)  Use Matlab function lfgaussto find power flow solution for the system, accurate
to 0.000001, and draw power flow diagram showing voltages and powers for all
busses and power losses in all lines;
(b)  Use Matlab function lfnewtonto check the result obtained in (a);
(c)  Use trial method (or repetitive simulations) to estimate the minimum capacitance
that needs to be connected to bus 3 to increase this bus voltage magnitude to
0.99pu. If this capacitance is large enough can it increasebus 3 voltage magnitude
above generator 1 and 2 voltage magnitudes? Document your answers (include
input and output Matlab files).
(d)  If G1 can supply maximum 150MVAr what size of capacitor (in terms of reactive
power) should be placed at bus 1 to keep the voltage magnitude of bus 3 at
1.00pu? Explain and document your answer.

12m  12m
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Figure 4. Diagram for question Q5.
Q6.  The one line diagram of a simple four-bus power system is shown in the Figure 5.
Each generator is represented by an emf behind its transient reactance. All impedances
are expressed in per unit on a common 100 MVA base, and for simplicity, resistances
are neglected. The following assumptions are made:
• Shunt capacitances are neglected and the system isconsidered at no-load.
• All generators are running at their rated voltages and rated frequency with their emfs
in phase.
Determine the fault current, the bus voltages, and the line currents during the fault
when:
(a) a balanced three-phase fault with fault impedance Zf= j0.1 pu occurs on bus 3;
(b) a bolted 3-phase fault occurs on bus 1.
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