Where is this site? Why is it remarkable, special, or significant? What is the “story behind it”?

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World Heritage Site Paper

About Mont-Saint-Michel

  • Where is this site?
  • Why is it remarkable, special, or significant?
  • What is the “story behind it”?

The paper must be 500 to 600 words long.
(exclusive of sources), which is approximately two double-spaced type-written pages. Have at least two sources and use a proper bibliographic format for the list of sources. Except for the very limited use of quotes, your paper must be in your own words.

Explain a solution to the problem using a DFS traversal on G starting at a cell (i, j) until it finds the sequence of cells until that ends at a cell with value v.

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Data Structures and Algorithms Fall 2022

Question 2

Let G be a n × n grid, where n ∈ Z+. G stores a single non–negative integer value on each cell. There may be duplicated values on different cells in G. We need to search for a sequence of cells in G starting at (i, j) until it reaches a cell with value v. The values of the cells in the sequence increase by one until it reaches the cell with value v. The search process visits the neighborhood of a cell in the following order: Up, Right, Bottom, Left.

For example, consider the grid below. The red path describes the sequence starting at (2, 0) and ending at a location with the value of 6.

0 1 2 3 4

0 0 2 4 6 2

1 1 2 8 2 3

2 2 4 7 8 2

3 3 4 5 8 9

4 3 4 6 0 2

Explain a solution to the problem using a DFS traversal on G starting at a cell (i, j) until it finds the sequence of cells until that ends at a cell with value v.

Remember to visit the neighborhood of a cell in the indicated order. Consider the case when no such sequence is possible.

 

Consider that you have met someone who has recently arrived in the United States and they ask your help in deciding what certain gestures mean. What would you tell them about the meaning for the following gestures used in the United States?

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Meaning of gestures

Consider that you have met someone who has recently arrived in the United States and they ask your help in deciding what certain gestures mean. What would you tell them about the meaning for the following gestures used in the United States?

  • Fingers crossed
  • Thumbs up
  • Thumbs down
  • Making a round ring (O) with the thumb and index finder
  • Pointing directly at someone

How does the Internet allow for individuals to select and promote what they consider the positive features of their identity and omit any perceived negative elements, or even construct an “imaginary persona”? What are some dangers of this feature of the Internet?

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Imaginary persona

How does the Internet allow for individuals to select and promote what they consider the positive features of their identity and omit any perceived negative elements, or even construct an “imaginary persona”? What are some dangers of this feature of the Internet?

What is the character of human nature? What is the relation of humankind to nature? What is the orientation toward time?

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Character of human nature

  1. What is the character of human nature?
  2. What is the relation of humankind to nature?
  3. What is the orientation toward time?
  4. What is the value placed on activity?
  5. What is the relationship of people to each other

 

What is the general problem within your topic? How do we know it’s a problem? How have researchers explored this problem from various perspectives?

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Article review

The readings and resources all discuss the nature of research topics and research problems. We generally craft a research study to address a known need. But, how we discover that need can be difficult. Below are a suggestion of questions to answer as you craft a problem statement to guide your research. Answering these questions requires extensive reading and exploration research in your area—exploration to understand the context and reading primary, peer-reviewed research to see what has already been done and what has yet to be done.

Research problems should be relevant, current, and feasible.

Topic Area: What is the general problem within your topic?
Connection to Context: How do we know it’s a problem? (Should be local knowledge and knowledge from research)
Significance: How have researchers explored this problem from various perspectives?
Focus: What do researchers tell us is still unknown about this problem (this is your specific focus)?
Specific Problem: Therefore, the problem to be explored is _____

Significance: What will continue to happen if we don’t fix or explore or research this problem?

Do you recommend that Schulz Enterprises restrict health care options to just one plan – Community South Dakota PPO and one pharmacy – Sioux Falls Town Pharmacy. Why or why not?

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Schulz Enterprises

In addition to answering the 23 questions below, you are also asked to provide your overall recommendations for Schulz Enterprises for the following three questions based on your analysis of the data:

  1. Do you recommend that Schulz Enterprises restrict health care options to just one plan – Community South Dakota PPO and one pharmacy – Sioux Falls Town Pharmacy. Why or why not?
  2. Do you recommend that Schulz Enterprises replace the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Traditional Plan and Sioux Falls HMO plans with a Health Reimbursement Account that would be funded by the employer and would allocate $1,000 each year in an employee’s health account? Why or why not?
  3. Do you recommend that Schulz Enterprises adopt wellness programs that would not use any financial incentives for employees to encourage employees from refraining from smoking cigarettes? Why or why not?

 

 

Are most of your respondents men or women? How many are men and how many are women? Are most respondents 47 or over? Do most employees reside in metropolitan Sioux Falls or Outside Sioux Falls including Iowa and Minnesota?

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You work as the manager of the human resource department of Schulz Enterprises in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  Top Management of Schulz Enterprises has asked you as the manager of HR to examine the health care costs of the firm.  Health care costs for Schulz Enterprises is currently rising at a rate of 14 percent per year.

Top Management has asked you to conduct a quantitative survey that can be used to analyze demographics of employees of the firm including the status of health of employees, current satisfaction with the health care plans, and attitudes about proposed cost saving measures the firm is considering adopting.  The firm currently offers three health care options for the organization.   Top Management would like to restrict health care options to just one plan – Community South Dakota PPO and one pharmacy – Sioux Falls Town Pharmacy.

However, many workers belong to the other two health care plans, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Traditional and Sioux Falls HMO.  Top Management is worried that if satisfaction is high in the two plans they are considering phasing out that they may lose part of the workforce due to turnover.

Further, many workers live outside metropolitan Sioux Falls and Top Management wants to investigate whether workers will leave Schulz Enterprises if they find restrictions on their health including pharmaceutical use too stringent under the Community South Dakota PPO.

Schulz Management is considering adopting a Health Reimbursement Account that would be funded by the employer and would allocate $1,000 each year in an employee’s health account and whose unused funds could be rolled over in the employee’s account.  This Health Reimbursement Account would serve as a replacement to the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Traditional Plan and Sioux Falls HMO plans and as an alternative to Community South Dakota PPO plan, which is the only current health plan the company is considering keeping.  Top Management wants you to investigate whether there is support among the workforce for instituting a Health Reimbursement Account.

Finally, Schulz Management is considering adopting programs to try and encourage healthy lifestyle behaviors by rewarding employees with reduced health care premium levels for adopting healthy lifestyles including refraining from smoking.  Top management is also considering adopting wellness programs to encourage adopting these healthy lifestyle behaviors.  Schulz Enterprises is not planning to offer financial incentives for participation in wellness programs it offers.  Top Management wants you to investigate whether there is support among the workforce for providing lower health care premiums for employee’s who practice healthy lifestyles and if there is interest in wellness programs the firm is considering adopting.

 

Questions for you to answer for this exercise: 

  1. Are most of your respondents men or women? How many are men and how many are women?
  2. Are most respondents 47 or over?
  3. Do most employees reside in metropolitan Sioux Falls or Outside Sioux Falls including Iowa and Minnesota?
  4. What is the largest category of health insurance plan chosen by employees?
  5. What is the percentage of employees in the Blue Cross Blue Shield traditional plan?
  6. What is the average level of satisfaction with the health care plans?
  7. How supportive are respondents of replacing the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Traditional Plan and Sioux Falls HMO plans with the option to select either the Community South Dakota PPO plan or a new Health Reimbursement Account as your health care plan options?
  8. What is the most frequently cited top reason why a person selected the health care plan they chose? What percentage of employees selected this reason as the top reason for their health care selection plan?
  9. Is there a significant difference between men and women and their current level of satisfaction with their health plan?
  10. Is there a significant difference between men and women in whether participants would be satisfied in using the Sioux Falls Town Pharmacy as the only pharmaceutical provider?
  11. Is there a significant difference between those who smoke and do not smoke cigarettes and their general rating of overall health?  Do those who smoke or not smoke rate themselves as healthier?
  12. Does current age, amount of time that a person felt stressed or general health predict the number of minutes a person exercises in a day? If there is a significant difference, does health rating, level of stress, or age predict number of minutes spent exercising?
  13. Is there a significant difference in the location where respondents reside and satisfaction in whether the insured would be satisfied with having Sioux Falls Town Pharmacy as the sole pharmaceutical provider? If there is a significant difference, which residential group is different?  Are they more or less happy than other locations if Sioux Falls Town Pharmacy as the sole pharmaceutical provider?
  14. The average satisfaction with health care plans in other companies is 4.00. Is there a significant difference between the standard level with the health care sample and this average of 4.00 found in all other companies?
  15. What is the correlation between general health rating and level of mental stress?  Is it significant?  If it is significant, are people that rate their health as better significantly more stressed or not?
  16. Is there a significant difference between residence and how one rates their health care for when they have been sick or injured? If there is a difference between residence and satisfaction with the plan when they are sick or injured, which residence group is different?  Is the residence group that is statistically different from the other residence groups more or less satisfied with their health plan when they are sick or injured?
  17. Is there a significant difference between men and women and the minutes spent per day getting physical exercise? On average, which group gets more exercise each day?
  18. Does general health rating predict your satisfaction with the Sioux Falls Town Pharmacy being the sole pharmaceutical provider? If so, are those who say they are healthier more or less likely to be satisfied if the Sioux Falls Town Pharmacy is the sole pharmaceutical provider?
  19. Do any of the following four independent variables (general health rating, how often you feel stressed, amount of minutes you exercise each day, and how often you use the Sioux Falls Pharmacy) predict how you rate your health care plan for providing information about how to improve your health and well-being? Which variable(s) is significant?  Describe the relationship between the significant independent variable(s) and dependent variable.
  20. Is there a significant difference between the health care plan is which a person is enrolled and their current level of satisfaction with the health care plan? If there a difference between plan enrollment and satisfaction with the plan, which group plan is different? Are participants that are significantly different in health care plans more or less satisfied with their plan than participants in other health plans?
  21. Does tendency to exercise more often and reported level of health status predict whether or not respondents are more supportive of adding an employer funded Health Reimbursement Account as an employee health care option? If tendency to exercise more often and/or reported level of health status significantly predicts support for the addition of an employer funded Health Reimbursement Account as an employee health care option does tendency to exercise and/or level of health status positively or negatively predict support for this health care option?
  22. Is there a significant difference between the health care plan is which a person is enrolled and their level of support for replacing the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Traditional Plan and Sioux Falls HMO plans with the option to select either the Community South Dakota PPO plan or a new Health Reimbursement Account as health care plan options? If there a difference between plan enrollment and support for replacing the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Traditional Plan and Sioux Falls HMO plans with the option to select either the Community South Dakota PPO plan or a new Health Reimbursement Account as health care plan options which group plan is different? Are participants that are significantly different in health care plans more or less satisfied with plans to replace the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Traditional Plan and Sioux Falls HMO plans with the option to select either the Community South Dakota PPO plan or a new Health Reimbursement Account as health care plan options?
  23. Is there a significant difference between those who smoke and do not smoke cigarettes and their likelihood of participating in wellness programs that have no financial incentives provided to employees?

 

 

 

 

Discuss the implication of understanding the differences in cultural dimensions for your communication with your business partners.

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Geert Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions

Your company is starting their first international business venture. You are asked to lead this venture and have decided to follow the below steps to be successful in this venture:

Select a country outside the United States and its territories.
Go to the Geert Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions website and enter the country you have selected in Step 1 and the United States. (see below for Geert Hofstede’s website and tips on using the website.)
Use the information you obtained from Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions to:
Evaluate each country’s similarities and differences, using the United States as a basis for the comparison;
Discuss the implication of understanding the differences in cultural dimensions for your communication with your business partners.
Include how Hofstede’s Dimensions help you communicate better in the venture.
Make sure to include the graph report you received from the Hofstede website (above) when comparing the U.S. to the country you selected in Step 1.

What is the prevalence of the disease in different countries; are there particular groups who are more susceptible to this disease?

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Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease

What is the prevalence of the disease in different countries; are there particular groups who are more susceptible to this disease? The title should include the disease state and the specific aspect that you are investigating.

There should be a short introduction to the disease state itself at the beginning with a brief statement regarding which aspect you will focus on. (Within your given topic – Epidemiology)

You should provide a succinct, scientific summary of the information that you have found using a wide range of relevant references.