Day: January 31, 2020

Homework

January 31, 2020 1 Comment Parallel computing, Undergraduate

Parallel Computing

Maximizing Workflow Parallelism While Managing Task Dependencies

A workflow consists of tasks that must be coordinated for optimum efficiency.

Baking an example of a workflow.
Find a good baking recipe (a recipe with a higher number of individual tasks is always better for
parallelization!).
Generate a table that contains a list of tasks and milestones necessary to bake your selected dish. The table should also list each tasks duration and dependencies. Use your creative skills for estimating task completion times.
Calculate the sequential execution time to complete your workflow.
Draw a parallel workflow (task dependency graph) for the baking recipe house in whatever format you prefer (e.g., PERT chart, Gantt chart, freehand drawing).
Determine the parallel execution time (or the critical path length).
Determine the maximum degree of concurrency/parallelism.
Determine the parallel speedup (or, the average degree of concurrency/parallelism).
Suppose you could add extra workers to shorten any duration (which is greater than 1) to 1, which task would you choose? Why was that task chosen?

Thanks.

San Fernando Cathedral also called the Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria

January 31, 2020 5 Comments History, MLA

San Fernando Cathedral also called the Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria

Research it and find at least four sources on about the cathedral

You must create a bibliography of the sources

Describe the cathedral.

What in history it was used for.

How its connected to a specific historical event like the battle of the Alamo.

How its been used to misrepresent or represent the underlying Event/period.

How does it shape our historical memory.

The must be a image of the cathedral with explanation of who took the image the older the better. Maybe two images one in 1730’s then one of the present day.

https://www.sfcathedral.org/our-history

Science questions

January 31, 2020 3 Comments APA, Psychology and Education

1) How do you view your approach to instruction in science education?
2) What is the most important aspect of the objectives you write for your classroom?
3) What aspects of classroom management for science are you most concerned about?

Please identify which question is which?

L’Oreal Masters Multiculturalism Notes

January 31, 2020 1 Comment APA, Business and Management

taking notes on the text based on the list below.
    Prepare annotations and note how and why the essential elements in a text are connected
    Identify assumptions and implicit meaning in the text
    Determine the authors stance/position on the topic
    Analyze the use of language (tone, key academic vocabulary, idioms, figurative language)
    Ask critical questions in response to the arguments presented
    Share a personal reflective response with reasons/support for your opinion

Lab Exercise 2

January 31, 2020 2 Comments APA, Law

You receive the following photograph from a homicide scene. The photograph depicts several bullet holes in a glass window. It is your job to determine the order of the bullets fired. Place in chronological order the first, second, and third bullets fired. You are required to write an essay explaining in detail how you reached this conclusion to include a discussion about how glass fractures. You also are required to discuss how analyzing glass fractures can assist investigators in reconstructing events at a crime scene.

Your essay should be 2- 3 pages in length, written in APA 6th edition format and include at least two references. Please refer to the grading rubric for further details.

Please see the attached document to complete this assignment.

Written Assignment 4

January 31, 2020 2 Comments Computer science and IT assignments, Undergraduate

For the following questions, list the entire path for the indicated file. If you use the variables ORACLE_BASE or ORACLE_HOME, be sure to list their values as well.

Find the location of the instance of your database (ORCL).
Find the location of the file init.ora .
What purpose does this file serve?
Find the location of the files listener.ora and tnsnames.ora. Identify which file is on the client and which file is on the server.
Find the location of the file sqlplus.exe .
What purpose does this file serve?

Submit your document with the file name M4Assignment.doc .

Project 9-2 Account Balance Calculator

January 31, 2020 No Comments Undergraduate, Websites, web programming

Project 9-2: Account Balance Calculator
Create an application that calculates and displays the starting and ending monthly balances for a checking account and a savings account.

Console
Welcome to the Account application

Starting Balances

Checking: $1,000.00

Savings:  $1,000.00

Enter the transactions for the month

Withdrawal or deposit? (w/d): w

Checking or savings? (c/s): c

Amount?: 500

Continue? (y/n): y

Withdrawal or deposit? (w/d): d

Checking or savings? (c/s): s

Amount?: 200

Continue? (y/n): n

Monthly Payments and Fees

Checking fee:              $1.00

Savings interest payment:  $12.00

Final Balances

Checking: $499.00

Savings:  $1,212.00

Specifications
Create interfaces named Depositable, Withdrawable, and Balanceable that specify the methods that can be used to work with accounts. The Depositable interface should include this method:

void deposit(double amount)

The Withdrawable interface should include this method:

void withdraw(double amount)

And the Balanceable interface should include these methods:

double getBalance()
void setBalance(double amount)

Create a class named Account that implements all three of these interfaces. This class should include an instance variable for the balance.

Create a class named CheckingAccount that inherits the Account class. This class should include an instance variable for the monthly fee that’s initialized to the value that’s passed to the constructor. This class should also include methods that subtract the monthly fee from the account balance and return the monthly fee.

Create a class named SavingsAccount that inherits the Account class. This class should include instance variables for the monthly interest rate and the monthly interest payment. The monthly interest rate should be initialized to the value that’s passed to the constructor. The monthly interest payment should be calculated by a method that applies the payment to the account balance. This class should also include a method that returns the monthly interest payment.

Create a class named AccountBalanceApp that uses these objects to process and display deposits and withdrawals.

Use the Console class presented in chapter 7 or an enhanced version of it to get and validate the user’s entries. Don’t allow the user to withdraw more than the current balance of an account.

For this assignment you will compose an essay using photographs and written text to analyze surveillance in modern society.

January 31, 2020 No Comments English and Literature, MLA

Where and how do you see evidence of the surveillance society? How does this impact your life directly? What is sacrificed and what is gained? Consider surveillance broadly, including not only cameras, but also ordinary drones, social media, data storage, search engine cookies, automatic license plate readers, GPS, etc. Your objective here is to make an argument about whether our understanding of society is changing in light of this new surveillance technology. Or, you can also write about the role of empathy in an increasingly camera-driven society. 

Plus 4-6 photographs(2 from the text). You will also have to use Photographs in your essay. You may take your own photographs or use photographs from another source. Each photograph should be captioned, and all photographs and sources must be cited. You must incorporate your pictures throughout your essay (consider the order in which Van Houtryve has arranged his photographs, consider how order can influence your rhetoric). Be sure to respond to the photographs in your essay, identifying their source, explaining what they depict and why they are important or interesting.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

January 31, 2020 3 Comments APA, Health Care and Life Sciences

Use APA 6th Edition Format and support your work with at least 3 peer-reviewed references within 5 years of publication. Remember that you need a cover page and a reference page. All paragraphs need to be cited properly. All responses must be in a narrative format and each paragraph must have at least 4 sentences. Lastly, you must have at least 2 pages of content, no greater than 3 pages, excluding cover page and reference page.

Case Study is Due 2/1/2020 by 10 am. If Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Case Study:
L.L. is a 67-year-old male who has been diagnosed with BPH. He is having difficulty with urination. He is currently on Cozaar 100 mg for HTN and his BP is well controlled. He is taking no other medications. The doctor has recommended medication for his BPH, but he would like to try a herbal supplement before taking a prescription medication.
1. Would you recommend a herbal supplement in L.Ls case?
2. If so, what herbal supplement would he take?
3. What is the recommended dosage?
4. What are possible side effects of the herbal supplement?
5. What warnings should you give L.L. before he starts the herbal supplement.

V for Vandetta book & movie

January 31, 2020 3 Comments English and Literature, MLA

-Analyze relationships among facts, trends, theories, and issues. Point out their significant likes and differences and tell why they are meaningful.
-Argue in defense of (or against) a concept, opinion, position, thesis, or point of view. Strong arguments apply logic and point out fallacies, errors, and fuzzy thinking.
-Categorize or classify items, concepts, or events by sorting them in sets of predefined qualities or conditions according to their similarities.
-Compare and contrast two or more events, ideas, or opinions by identifying their similarities and/or differences.
-Define the meaning of an unfamiliar term, phrase, or concept by describing the concept behind it.

-Interpret a set of facts or events by explaining their significance and importance to your reader, or to other audiences with other needs or interests.
-Give your opinion by telling what you think about the topic and provide an explanation about why you think it.
-Reason (the verb, not the noun) by presenting the logical thought process required to support a specific conclusion.
-Synthesize information from a variety of sources to support a single thesis, opinion, or -conclusion.
-Theorize