Category: Writing Styles

T5 W8 D1

February 18, 2020 6 Comments APA, Health Care and Life Sciences

T5 W8 D1

Discussion Prompt
Explore ways that telehealth can be utilized on a global scale and cite an example.  How do they utilize this technology in their practice? What are some obstacles that must be overcome?
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Expectations
Initial Post:
    Length: A minimum of 250 words, not including references
    Citations: At least one high-level scholarly reference in APA from within the last 5 years

Citations need to be within 5 (Five)  years
Context: Nursing in the USA

why marijuana should be legal for everyone

February 18, 2020 4 Comments English and Literature, MLA

Argument.  Argument surrounds us and occupies a large place in our everyday world. We argue with other people, we argue with ourselves, we argue with technology, and we argue with animals. Human beings just seem unable to resist a good argument; however, in that unrelenting capacity for argument, we sometimes elevate ourselves to great heights and show the strength of our minds through rational, intellectually-challenging discourse. With this in mind, we begin our 3rd essay assignment.

Assignment:

You will write a 5-full page argumentative research essay on a topic of your choosing.

Note: Anything related to the following topics is outlawed for the assignment: social media, abortion, anything about guns and/or gun control, euthanasia, death penalty, anything related to marijuana, and any other topic youve written about this semester.

*Moreover, its important to note that in an argumentative essay, you will also be examining the counter argument of the side that goes against yours. This means you will take the stance of someone who might disagree with your argument, only you will also provide reasoning that refutes that opposing sides position.

A strong introduction with a quality hook, information that establishes the topic of the essay, and a clear thesis that illustrates your main point
Clear topic sentences that tell the reader what to expect in each body paragraph
Specific details and examples in the body paragraphs that support the thesis
The use of at least 5 legitimate outside sources that are fluidly integrated into the essay
A counter argument and a strong rebuttal to the counter argument (both are located in the same body paragraph)
A conclusion that restates your thesis and reviews the essays key points
An essay that is mostly free of distracting and confusing grammar errors
The essay is written in correct MLA format

please see the instructions

February 18, 2020 3 Comments APA, Other

Watch: Idomeneo, Act I (Met Opera on Demand, 1982); La clemenza di Tito, Sestos first-act aria Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio (Met Opera on Demand, 2012)

Questions:
1.    How does Mozart differentiate the two female heroines of Idomeneo in their introductory arias?

2.    What are the main differences between the forms of the arias from Idomeneo and that from Tito?

3.    In what ways does the first act of Idomeneo incorporate ideals of Glucks reform operas?

Please average 550 words for each of the three questions.

Social Media Self Study

February 18, 2020 3 Comments Chicago / Turabian, Marketing

In a nutshell, here is what I am asking you to do for this assignment: pick one (or two or three, if you want) of Jaron Laniers arguments against social media (as he makes them in the book Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now) elaborate (or, if you dont like his argument, rebut) it/them using your personal experience with social media to make your argument.

5 of Laniers 10 arguments against social media:
1. You are losing your free will.
2. Quitting social media is the most finely targeted way to resist the insanity of our times.
3. Social media is making you into an asshole.
4. Social media is undermining the truth.
5. Social media is making what you say meaningless.

Watch Jaron Lanier on The View (June 19, 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSGT1dvDUYo
[interlocutors: Whoopi Goldberg, Meghan McCain, Joy Behar, Jedediah Bila, Jennifer McCarthy]

The pivotal question for this assignment is how can one make an argument like or against those of Lanier without being an insider/outsider, a critic and a perpetrator of that which is being critiqued? The answer, in the abstract, is that we have to work from our own experience.

What to do:

1. There are two kinds of personal experience I want you to research and inventory for the sake of the argument you will make in your paper: (a) gather the data that is being gather about you by social media sites. I want you to be very expansive about what you consider to be a social media site because most commercial sites have adopted at least some of the technologies and business models of sites that are purely social media sites. And, (b) identify key habits in your everyday life that are due to social media or parasitically attached to by social media. In Laniers words Something entirely new is happening in the world. Just in the last five or ten years, nearly everyone started to carry a little device called a smartphone on their person all the time thats suitable for algorithmic behavior modification. A lot of us are also using related devices called smart speakers on our kitchen counters or in our car dashboards. Were being tracked and measured constantly, and receiving engineered feedback all the time (p. 5). So the first thing to do is to circumscribe the extent of what you will write about for this paper. Inventory your mobile devices (e.g., phone, laptop, tablet, etc.) and decide which of them, or which subset of them, you will be paying attention to. Then, inventory your social media accounts (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Google, etc.) and do the same with them: which will you focus on?

2. Work your way through the series of exercises on the Data Detox site: https://datadetox.myshadow.org/en/home Supplement these exercises with some of the suggestions Brian Kernighan makes in Chapter 11 in his discussion of tracking; e.g., turning cookies on and off in your browser, installing something like Ghostery, etc. What you are aiming for here is a better understanding of how the social media sites are profiling you.

Finance

February 18, 2020 2 Comments APA, Business and Management

Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.

In this first part of the Assessment, you will prepare a business letter to share your advice with a client. You will explain complex financial data and discuss the cause and effect of select accounting transactions on cash balances.

Read the fictional scenario and respond to the checklist items.

Scenario:

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Patricia Bendiger of Tellabine Company in Denver, Colorado is asking for your advice. The CFO explains sales are increasing but there is a constant matter of not having enough cash to meet payroll or pay vendors within 30 days.

Checklist: Prepare a business letter to the CFO:

1. Explain why cash can go down even when sales are up; refer to receivables.

2. Analyze the scenario and explain three accounts the CFO should review each day and explain why. Focus on short-term balance sheet accounts, i.e., receivables and payables.

3. Your business letter should:

Use the accepted business letter format and example as provided above.
Utilize Standard English and use correct spelling and grammar.
Provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
The writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.

4. Your business letter must be written in a minimum of 2 pages using APA 6th edition formatting. Please label your Assessment as MT480M1-1_CFO_your name and submit to the M1 Assessment Dropbox.

Minimum Submission Requirements

Address all the checklist items.
Include a strong thesis statement, introduction, and conclusion.
Support all arguments (no errors in logic).
APA formatting dictates that you use Times New Roman 12-point font, with correct citations, uses Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors.
If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned without being scored.

Assessment Part 2:

This Competency Assessment assesses the following outcome(s):

MT480M1: Analyze financial statements to measure the financial performance of a business entity.

PC-1.2: Contribute to team goals and objectives through active participation and collaboration.

The ability to interact and solve problems together even at a distance is a key skill in today’s business environment. In this part of the assessment you have the opportunity to analyze financial data and present the rationale to deny a loan renewal request besides getting some practice operating as you were a member of a team.

Instructions: Read the scenario in the pdf provided below and then access the data spreadsheet and the denial letter template, as well as the grading rubric. Then, as if you were a member of a team, respond to the checklist items below.

Checklist:

In a Microsoft Word document address the following as if you were a member of a team (although you alone are responsible for the deliverables) based on the scenario in the pdf provided:
-Provide the goals, resources, and timelines for the team project.

-Explain the communication protocol for team members.

-Explain how you resolved the problems on page #8 of the pdf.

Access the denial letter template below and complete the loan denial letter.
As the loan officer, you must pass along the news in a business letter that is most professional and written in an objective manner. Please use values in the letter whenever possible.

Access the data worksheet below and complete it.
Using analysis of the data sheet, explain in your letter why you are denying the loan renewal based on:
-Accounts Receivable

-Accounts Payable

-Inventory

Submit the three completed documents: (1) the Microsoft Word document explaining your team process, communication, and problem solving from bullet #1 (label as part a); (2) include the loan renewal denial letter (label as part 2b) and (3) the data worksheet (label as part 2c) to the Dropbox labelled as Assessment MT480M1-2_CFO_your name and submit to the M1-2 Dropbox.
Access the loan renewal denial letter template

Access the data worksheet

Access the assessment rubric

Minimum Submission Requirements

Address all the checklist items.
Include a strong thesis statement, introduction, and conclusion. The main points of the response should be developed and explained clearly in the denial letter with appropriate financial and accounting terminology.
Support all arguments (no errors in logic) based upon the Statement of Cash Flows data.
Exhibit strong higher-order critical thinking and include appropriate judgments, conclusions, and assessments based on the teams analysis of the Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows.
Provide proper classifications, explanations, comparisons, and inferences based on the cash flow representations. Submission includes recognition of accounts and teams work is reconciled back to the financial data provided.
Your content should follow proper APA citation style. For assistance with APA formatting, go to the Writing Resources accessed through the Academic Success Center within the Academic Tools area of the course. APA formatting dictates that your paper includes a cover sheet, the paper is double spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font, with correct citations, and uses Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors.
If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned without being scored.

Plagiarism

Project 15-3 File Cleaner

February 18, 2020 No Comments Undergraduate, Websites, web programming

Project 15-3: File Cleaner
Create an application that reads a file that contains an email list, reformats the data, and writes the cleaned list to another file.

Console
File Cleaner

Source file:  prospects.csv

Cleaned file: prospects_clean.csv

Congratulations! Your file has been cleaned!

The prospect.csv file
FIRST,LAST,EMAIL

james,butler,[email protected]

Josephine,Darakjy,[email protected]

ART,VENERE,[email protected]

…

The prospect_clean.csv file
First,Last,email

James,Butler,[email protected]

Josephine,Darakjy,[email protected]

Art,Venere,[email protected]

…

Specifications
Your instructor should provide a CSV file named prospects.csv that contains a list of prospects.

Your application should fix the formatting problems and write a file named prospects_clean.csv.

All names should use title case (an initial capital letter with the rest lowercase).

All email addresses should be lowercase.

All extra spaces at the start or end of a string should be removed.

T5 W7 D2

February 18, 2020 1 Comment APA, Health Care and Life Sciences

T5 W7 D2
Assignment Prompt
Apply what you have learned about Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and demonstrate the ability to develop a holistic plan of care, incorporating Telehealth and defining assessment and intervention of specific population incorporating unique attributes of populations for health promotion, wellness preservation, and maintenance of function across the health-illness continuum.
Develop a case study and a plan of care, incorporating current mobile App technology:
1.    Select a population. Define your population by gender, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, spiritual need, and healthcare need.  Apply concepts learned in course to identify healthcare needs specific to the population and access to care (Utilize your textbook Chapters 1-25, and identified Websites).  Also use at least two references within the five years.
2.    Describe how Telehealth could impact the delivery of care to this population.
3.    Identify PICO specific to the population you chose in #1. (apply PICOT statement developed in MSN 563)…………… {NOTE: This can be found in the attached document which was a previous assignment with the PICOT. I also would like you to use the subject matter in the previous paper as the subject matter in this current assignment}
4.    Define a plan of care.
Hint: Concise, condensed information, with specifics and details about population and unique needs with a plan for meeting these needs should be considered. Incorporate the content you have learned in this course.

Expectations
    Length: 3 pages not including the title page and references page
    Format: APA, 6th edition format is to be observed (12 pt., 1 margins, Times New Roman)
    Research: Two references within the last five years
Citations need to be within 5 (Five)  years
Context: Nursing in the USA

create a facility design, please read instructions before bidding

February 18, 2020 3 Comments APA, Business and Management

Create a facility design within an operations management environment.

Design is an important aspect in business. As applied to operations management, this is primarily product design and service design, and in a supporting role, facility design.

In this Assessment, you will apply critical thinking to the application of design to operations management in an informative essay in which you specifically address the topics listed below.

You can select an operations management environment of your own choosing, however ensure it is realistic and real world applicable, reflecting good judgment, business sense, and critical thinking skills. Consider the following topic and follow the instructions below; remembering to complete all elements of your Assessment:

Facility Design

Create a facility design within an operations management environment, using real world research to support your work. At the beginning of your paper, introduce your planned work, to include a description of the elements of the facility design, that you selected to focus on, and how you plan to apply it to a real world scenario.

Ensure each topic is covered to appropriate breadth and depth demonstrating knowledge of the module concept and critical thinking skills. Any diagrams or design elements should take up no more than 1/2 a page, allowing at a minimum a 1-1/2 pages of narrative to accompany and demonstrate critical thinking skills related to the diagram or design element created as part of your Assessment.

Minimum Submission Requirements

This Assessment should be a separate Microsoft Word document, preferably in the most current .docx file format.
In addition to the APA 6th edition style title page and reference page; ensure your paper covers the assigned topics, with a focus on quality. The following items provide additional guidance as to writing expectations.
Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your paper should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
It must be written in Standard English; demonstrating exceptional content, organization, style, grammar, and mechanics.
Your paper should provide a clearly established sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified; as well as original and insightful.
Ensure your paper uses APA 6th edition format for content, with properly indented paragraphs, and a minimum of 3-full pages (minimum 750 words) covering the assigned topics to appropriate depth.
A separate page at the end of your research paper should contain a list of references, in APA 6th edition format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for credible research.
Ensure you have at a minimum three quality references supporting your work: defining words, or using dictionaries, wikis, or encyclopedias, does not count as a quality reference, or meet university standards for credible online research.
Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations were appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA 6th edition citation style. Review the APA formatting and citation style resources found in the Writing Center. The Writing Center can be found in the Academic Success Center in the Academic Tools area of your course.  (It should include a cover sheet, paper is double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font, correct citations, Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors, and correct references at the bottom of the last page.)
If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned without being scored.

PSYC 512 Week 5 Presentation Questions

February 18, 2020 4 Comments APA, Psychology and Education

Youtube link to the presentation:

https://youtu.be/iWLBhIC5DqI

Questions:

1) After reading this weeks material and hearing the presentation, do you think Christianity would be considered conformity? Using the bible, cite one example of informational influence and one example of normative influence. In these 2x examples, what is your assessment: do you believe it was private conformity or public conformity?

Please reference either the Kassin text or 1x professional journal article and 1x verse in your answer.

2) Using The Zajonc Solution to Social Facilitation, give your assessment on the outcome of the following example: A group of college students is assigned a list of tasks to complete a presentation that is to be given at the end of class the same day. With the time limit set at 1x hour, the group begins their project.

Do you think in everyday society, the Zajonc Solution is an effective way to predict the outcome of team/group events?

Please cite 2x academic sources in your answer.

White By Richard Dyer

February 18, 2020 2 Comments MLA, Other

1. one well thought-out question about the article that would bring up a good discussion in class.

2. three of the article’s main points that you identified.

3. In 50 words or less write out the main thesis of the article that clearly details the who, what, when, where and why about this article. This is a one sentence statement.