Day: January 8, 2020

Functional Programming

January 8, 2020 3 Comments Computer Science

 

ssignment Content

  1. Your software company was invited to provide a proposal for a company in Australia. You currently have the cost in US dollars and need to convert the prices to the Australian dollar. 
    Write a 2-part program using Ruby, Java, or Python. 
    Part 1: Write a function to gather the following costs from the user:
    • Travel Cost: $9,800
    • Hotel Cost: $3,500
    • Rental Car Cost: $1,600
    • Labor Cost: $15,500 
    • Part 2: Write a function to convert the costs from United States dollar (USD) to Australian dollar (AUD). Note: Look up the current USD to AUD exchange rate to use in your function. 
      Test the program 3 times by providing different costs in USD.
      Provide the code and take a screenshot of the output, then paste the screenshot(s) into a Microsoft Word document. 
      Write a half-page response in the same Microsoft Word document to address the following:
    • Provide a manual for the user explaining how to use the program.
    • Explain what type of user input validations you should have. What happens if the user enters a negative number? What happens if the user puts a $ in the input? 
    • Review the readings for this week from Ruby on Rails Tutorial or the Pluralsight videos if you have additional questions on deploying Ruby applications. 

womens studies

January 8, 2020 3 Comments Humanities, Not applicable

Please limit the length of your contributions to a couple of paragraphs
it would be great if you could stay away from difficult words and phrases and keep everything simple since english is not my first language.
no references needed.

discussion # 1:

a.  What are the central arguments raised in the below readings?

b.  How do you find these readings? Do you like or dislike them, and why?
(Lorber, Judith. The Variety of Feminisms and their Contributions to Gender Equality. Bis, (1997): 7-43
Mukhopadhyay, M. (2016). Mainstreaming gender or streaming gender away: feminists marooned in the development business. In The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Development (pp. 77-91). Palgrave Macmillan, London. )

discussion # 2

a.  What are the central arguments raised in the below readings?

b.  How do you find these readings? Do you like or dislike them, and why?

(Beoku-Betts, Josephine, Contested Representations: Western Perceptions of African Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.  In Andrea Cornwall. Readings in Gender in Africa. Indiana University Press.
Lewis Desiree, African Gender Research and Post-coloniality, In Signe Anfred (ed.), African Gender Scholarship: Concepts, Methodologies & Paradigms, CODESRIA Gender Series 1.)

Ground rules for the discussion:

1.Please use this discussion forum as an opportunity to learn more about the varied, complex and difficult issues. Students are required  to engage in a threaded discussion and do the followings:
2.Summarized the central arguments raised in each of the above readings,
3.Assess the reading’s strengths and weaknesses.
4.Devote a paragraph to each of the readings
6.Feel free to share personal stories and feelings; I do recognize that some of the themes addressed in this class could provoke some strong reactions/ emotions for some of you.
8.Please limit the length of your contributions to a couple of paragraphs in order to avoid speeches so that all students have an opportunity to participate.

Globalization Prospective Paper

January 8, 2020 No Comments Business & Finance

Write a minimum of a two-page paper answering the following questions:

  1. What are the basic tenets of the flat-world perspective?
  2. Why does Ghemawat disagree with the flat-world perspective?
  3. What are the four components of the CAGE analytical framework?

Requirements for all papers:

  1. All papers must be grammatically correct utilizing APA guidelines, 6th edition.
  2. Writing word-for-word out of any book is plagiarism and will not be accepted for credit. Using another students work is plagiarism and will not be accepted for credit.
  3. Students will need more than just the text to write these papers. Please refer to the list of references and the Baker College library. At least one scholarly resource is required, in addition to our text, to support your papers.
  4. Each paper shall include a cover page, reference page, running head, introduction, body and conclusion.

Big Data

January 8, 2020 1 Comment APA, Computer Science

Big Data DSS technology is the key enabler for gathering raw data in myriad industries. Data is correlated through a repository that links events to their predecessor events as they occur. Combined with a cloud-computing architecture, this results in a sequence of events with low latency (or in real-time) that supports distributed processes and analytical environments for businesses to perform timely data analysis.

Using what you have found on the web, please address the following question in detail. To receive full credit, you must supply the URL of the website that supports your conclusions. Use UnitedHealth Group and American Express as two of the Fortune 100 companies and discuss how they use big data for competitive advantage. This information can be found by placing How does [name of company here] use big data? in your web browser.

slippery slope

January 8, 2020 2 Comments APA, Computer Science

Is there a slippery slope between process-oriented DSS which gathers the observable facts versus pattern recognition DSS used for predictive-oriented analysis? Put differently, is it ethical to presuppose a persons normative (usual) habits determine what that person will do in the future? Discuss the benefits and risks of process analysis versus predictive analysis.

Essay #1: Literary Narrative

January 8, 2020 1 Comment MLA, Other

Write a short literacy narrative about yourself.  Literacy narratives can often have slightly different focuses, so you have a small amount of room for creativity, but they primarily deal with detailing a persons path to reading and writing (education and experiences as a reader) and/or the impact that reading and writing has on their lives.  Keep in mind that the focus here is on literacy (the act of reading and/or writing) and not as much on literature (which well be talking about in class).  Your literacy narrative can involve your experiences with various great books, but it will more likely encompass your experiences with a variety of texts, from internet reading, to newspapers, to comic books, to whatever you tend to read or even write in your spare time.

The organization of your paper will depend on the focus you want the essay to take.  If you are writing about your experience becoming literate (learning to read and write), you will probably take a narrative approach, detailing your first experiences in school or your first memories of books or the first time reading or writing seemed to make a big impact on your life.  In writing from this perspective, you will want a clear introduction that establishes the story you plan on telling, strong transitions and paragraphs (probably chronologically organized) that put that overall story together, and a conclusion that goes beyond simple summary to address the large context of what youve just written about.  What ultimate impact did those early experiences have on the reader/writer you are today?

If you focus more on particular texts or experiences of reading and writing and how they have impacted your life, you would structure your essay in a more subject-by-subject fashion.  Your introduction would establish that you are writing about significant moments where literacy or particular texts impacted your life and give a sense of why those moments or texts are important.  Your body paragraphs would be organized around each of those texts or moments, explaining what they were and narrating why they mattered.  In this structure, your conclusion would again go beyond simple summary to put the discussion in a larger context.  Have those particular moments or texts changed the way you read or address writing now?  How might those experiences be similar to or different from those of other individuals?

New Manager Introduction

January 8, 2020 5 Comments APA, Health Care and Life Sciences

2-3 PAGES At least two viable reference.

You have been named the new manager of a health organization of a Public Health Agency.  What would you do (what steps would you take) in the first month as a new manager to improve your chances of success. Why would you take these actions? Whom would you meet with? What documents would you read?

What would you say to your superiors and to the people who report to you about your management style?

What Is Literacy?

January 8, 2020 3 Comments English

 

In a minimum 250 words, write a paragraph that answers the following questions:

What does the word “literacy” mean to you?

How does Gee define discourse?

What is a discourse “identity kit”?

Why does Gee believe that discourses are “inherently ideological”?

Do you agree with him? Disagree? Both? Why? (Use examples and explain)

Proposal For Change – US English Proficiency Required – Need Within 7 Hours

January 8, 2020 2 Comments English

 

Proposal for Social Change Assignment    (See Calendar for Draft Due Dates)

Writing for Social Change is based on the longstanding tradition in Western culture of using 

literature as a tool for social critique, as a means of calling for social change and justice, and as a 

tool for social transformation (hecua.org). We have already read examples of calls for large 

scale change (The Declaration of Independence).

The goal of this research-based persuasive proposal is to help you identify one specific, concrete 

area of personal interest (and narrow a topic), develop your skills as a writer and encourage you 

to share your voice and participate in a democratic society by examining the role of literature and 

literary production in creating social transformation.

Objective: Write a 4-5 page proposal for social change using MLA documentation. 

Narrow the topic (propose a specific change in your neighborhood, community, school and/or 

workplace). Be specific in your problem statement (thesis). Write as much as you can from your 

own knowledge and experience. Then, use research to support your ideas. Include a personal 

interview and a local news article.  You will need to paraphrase from outside sources which 

support your own ideas. Quote any exact phrases or sentences you utilize in your paper. Make 

sure to add in-text citations after any ideas you have brought into your paper from outside 

sources. Read the section on plagiarism in the syllabus. This will emphasize the importance of 

documenting information.

Format:  Fit your proposal in this outline, so you can visually see how the components fit 

together and help you trim your paper. Break your paper into the following sections:

Background

Problem Statement (thesis)

What is Being Done

What Needs to Be Done

Implications for the Future

http://http/virginialynne.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Write-a-Propose-a-Solution-Essay

Thesis and Topic:   

Businesses located within the Houston Medical Center should cover the cost of parking for their employees because employees lose part of their salary when paying for parking and some employees struggle with being able to afford rising parking costs. 

* Example paper attached 

I’m Not Sure Which One Is Worse

January 8, 2020 5 Comments Law

 

Question A

Tell us about yourself so we can get to know you and so you can get to know others within the class. In your post, include what you believe to be your current knowledge level of this course topic and what you hope to learn before the course is over.

Question B

In your opinion, what do you think is a greater danger to society, street crime or white-collar crime and why?.