Day: September 1, 2020

Literature

September 1, 2020 Leave a comment ASA, Social Sciences

A literature map is a visual tool for organizing a literature review into relevant themes/topics and demonstrating how your study will contribute to existing knowledge. Literature maps may be designed in different ways.

1.  Hierarchical Structure – uses a top-down presentation of the literature, ending with your proposed study
2. Flowchart model – literature unfolds from left to right, with the farthest right section advancing a proposed study
3. Venn Diagram – with each circle representing a body of literature and the intersection of circles indicating future research.

Choose one the following designs and create a literature map of your research topic. You may create and upload a digital or handwritten literature map.

financial analyst

September 1, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

You work as a financial analyst at a large automobile corporation that occasionally makes acquisitions of smaller companies that specialize in the production and assembly of small component parts. In order to achieve vertical integration of its newest sports sedan model, the company is evaluating a few manufacturing companies that have experienced strong financial performance in the past few years. These companies would make excellent acquisitions due to the nature and quality of the product and the anticipated ease of transition. You have been tasked to evaluate these companies from a financial perspective and choose one. To do this, you need to brush up on a few concepts by addressing the following topics:

Describe what a crediting rate/score is. Should this be a factor in evaluating companies?
The firm will need to raise funds immediately for the acquisition, and debt will be used. Should the firm borrow on a long-term or short-term basis? Why?
Explain the effect, if any, inflation rates will have on the purchase? How significant is this factor?

Define the relationship between yield curves and the term structure of interest rates.
Explain what would happen to interest rates if a new process was developed that allowed automobiles to run off oil that was formulated based on lemonade? The technology used to convert this liquid to gas would be pricey but well worth it. What impact would this technology have on interest rates?
Discuss what ratios should be used to assess the financial health of the potential acquisition?

Any topic (writer’s choice)

September 1, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Humanities

Provide an example of classical conditioning, of operant conditioning, and of habituation/recovery in young infants. Why is each type of learning useful?
Using examples, explain why intermodal perception is vital for infants developing understanding of their physical and social worlds.
Cite evidence that motor development is a joint product of biological, psychological, and environmental factors.
Using the text discussion on pages 153-157, construct an age-related list of infant and toddler cognitive attainments. Which ones are consistent with Piagets sensorimotor stage? Which develop earlier than Piaget anticipated?
What impact does toddlers more advanced play with toys have on the development of attention?
Why is the social-interactionist perspective attractive to many investigators of language development? Cite evidence that supports it.
Why do many infants show stranger anxiety in the second half of the first year? What factors can increase or decrease wariness of strangers?
How do genetic and environmental factors work together to influence temperament? Cite several examples from research.

Object Oriented Python Code Robot Car

September 1, 2020 Leave a comment Desktop software development, Undergraduate

Write Python code including object-oriented classes for a robot car’s major components: Controller(Raspberry Pi), Sensor(Anti Collision Sensor, End effector(Wheel), and Actuator(Motor).

Each of these component classes will be used to create objects that will be a part of the car robot’s type. At least one object of each of the component types must be a member of the car’s class: one robot object will have one controller and at least one object of the rest of the component classes. These component objects will be data variables of the car’s class meaning that when a car object is created, it will contain a software representation of each component, making the class a proper simulation.

(a) Define a constructor function that defines and initializes the data variables
(b) Declare objects for at least one of each robot component described as data variables
(c) Add code to make your car trigger its controller to activate its other components
(d)Add code to make your car read the value of its sensor

The Controller class:
(a) Must declare a function that can read data from a sensor object. The object is
passed in as a parameter to the function
(b) Must declare a function that sends a signal to an actuator object. The object is
passed in as a parameter to the function
i. It must print out the label/type of the controller sending the signal, and the
type of the actuator receiving it, and the signal being sent (use a string like
go if you wish)
(c) Must define a class data variable for the type/label of the controller (for example
microprocessor). Make it a string type

The Sensor class:
(a) must declare a class data variable that stores the type of sensor, as a string
(b) must declare a class data variable that hold the data value for this sensor
(c) must define a function that returns data value retrieved from this sensor
In the function body, print out what is happening

The Actuator class:
(a) must declare a class data variable that stores the type of this actuator as a string
(e.g. motor)
(b) must declare a class data variable to store the end effector object that this actuator
will actuate
(c) must declare a function that applies motion to an end effector object that is passed
in as a parameter.
In the function print out what is happening to the object

The End Effector class:
(a) must declare a class data variable that stores the type of this effector as a string
(e.g. wheel)
(b) must declare a function that manipulates a real-world object that is passed in as
a parameter
The real world object can be stored as an object or as a string, at your option.
In the function body code, print out what is happening to the object

Causes of the Great War

September 1, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), History

Should be done as a report.
Should also think about the following:
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination.
Should have introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion (which of the above in M.A.N.I.A or combination of above caused the war) 
Use PEEL:
P= Point

E = Evidence/Example

E = Explain

L = Link

Make sure to have an thesis statement in introduction.

Fischer esterification: Narrated Powerpoint

September 1, 2020 Leave a comment ACS Style, Natural science

Your goal is to present how you are going to synthesize 15 mmol that ester using Fischer esterification method. Narration audio of PPT no more than 15 min in length.

Slide 1-Reaction mechanism   
  Write out the full mechanism (with arrows) for the formation of the ester that was assigned (must be handwritten).

      Comment on the quantities of alcohol/acid/catalyst used in the experiment in terms of reaction kinetics and/or thermodynamic reasoning. Discuss the yield of the reaction in the above terms.

(ask yourself: how would the equilibrium of the esterification reaction change with the addition or removal of H2O/catalyst?)

Slide 2-5-Yield calculations & Procedure- step by step detailed procedure
-Show your handwritten yield calculations (picture from lab notebook is fine)
-Detailed, step-by-step procedures must include

Setting up reaction:

      Follow table from page 105 format include volumes and masses necessary to obtain 15 mmol of your assigned ester. The carboxylic acid is used in a twofold excess, compared to alcohol.

      What is the role of calcium chloride drying tube?

Product isolation:

      For the extraction prepare the scheme/flow chart representing the whole process and identifying in which layer the product is at all steps.

      Explain the role of sodium bicarbonate using reaction to support your answer.

      Comment on the role of anhydrous sodium sulfate.

Product purification:

      Explain how distillation will help you to purify your product.

Slide 6-Physicochemical properties of the ester & Interesting fact about your product
-Report appearance, density, scent, b.p. (can google)
-Report esters particular feature, application

(Provide literature reference for this feature. No websites, Wikipedia, etc. Only original papers!)

Where to get the data?

Chemical databases!  You will find all links here: Chemical Databases

Where do I find the literature?

Best place is SciFinder (link in Chemical Databases)

Read Instructions

September 1, 2020 Leave a comment APA, Psychology and Education

Read the rubric labeled Strategy Application Project Assessment Rubric for all requirements for this project.

You will be completing this assignment in sections so I will upload the other sections separately! But for now please only focus on completing the 4 FULL PAGES on:

I. Planning

1. Identify an evidence-based strategy (by name; you will find this in the title of the article I uploaded) from a peer reviewed article (put in APA format), the strategys specific purpose and/or intended outcomes, and provide a rationale for why the strategy is appropriate for a targeted student(s) who will benefit from use of this strategy; you will need to get instructor approval for use

2. Article Summary Table

3. Develop a brief assessment of student(s) targeted skill, which should align with the selected strategy

4. Develop any materials for strategy implementation

5. List the specific, detailed steps of the strategy (out of class assignment) in a numbered sequence that acts as a task scaffold for someone who wishes to be guided, step-by-step, through using the strategy. (You will complete micro-teaching of the strategy to classmates (in class assignment)

Note: Please only use the material I provide to you! Also, I will keep uploading additional material for you.