The United States uses a healthcare system based on economic ability to pay, whereas other countries use a free and/or universal system for their healthcare. Which do you feel is better for society? Why? Is it acceptable for society allow for individuals to become bankrupt or turn to crowdfunding their medical care?

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Answer the following

(1) The United States uses a healthcare system based on economic ability to pay, whereas other countries use a free and/or universal system for their healthcare.  Which do you feel is better for society?  Why?  Is it acceptable for society allow for individuals to become bankrupt or turn to crowdfunding their medical care?

(2) In this week’s videos, we saw that robots are increasingly being used to perform surgery.  It can operate at angles and for lengths of time that are much longer than a human surgeon can.  Would you feel comfortable knowing that a surgical procedure you required would be performed by such a robot?  Why or why not?

(3) Do humans that are enduring extreme suffering or terminal illness have the right to commit suicide?  Should healthcare professionals be allowed to assist in this?  Why or why not?

 

Critically discuss the concept of the South African “Rainbow Nation” from a post-colonial perspective. In your discussion, reflect on how the idea of the “Rainbow Nation” contributes to the construction and development of cultural identity amongst “Generation Z” South Africans.

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CULTURAL IDENTITY: A Post–colonial South African Cultural Identity

“In South Africa, ‘decolonisation’ has re–emerged as a theme for identity, economic and cultural contestations among the youth. In this, the celebratory rhetoric of rainbow nationalism of post–apartheid utopia is confronted head–on.” (Oyedemi, 2021:214)

• Critically discuss the concept of the South African “Rainbow Nation” from a post–colonial perspective.
• In your discussion, reflect on how the idea of the “Rainbow Nation” contributes to the construction and development of cultural identity amongst “Generation Z” South Africans.
• Also reflect on how the idea of the “Rainbow Nation” might, on the other hand, be detrimental to South Africans’ cultural identity development.
• Strengthen your discussions by referring to any of Kim’s (2007) four ideological positions (assimilationism; pluralism; integrationism; and separatism) you find relevant to your arguments. Do not refer to those ideological positions that are not relevant to your arguments.
• Illustrate your arguments by referring to real/existing examples from post–1994 South African news media, entertainment media, or social media.

Develop a database that delivers the above requirements (at minimum) with a user-friendly interface for different potential users. Assume and expand on any requirements that are necessary but not fully scoped in the above description.

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Databases Question

[14 marks] Question 1:

Consider the ER diagram shown in Figure 1 for part of a BANK database. Each bank can have multiple branches, and each branch can have multiple accounts and loans.
1. List the non-weak entity types in the ER diagram.
2. Is there a weak entity type? If so, give its name, its partial key, and its identifying relationship.
3. What constraints do the partial key and the identifying relationship of the weak entity type specify in this diagram?
4. Write concisely the user requirements that led to this ER schema design.
5. Suppose that every customer must have at least one account but is restricted to at most two loans at a time and that a bank branch cannot have more than 1000 loans. How can this be represented using (min, max) constraints?

Figure 1. ER diagram for the bank database

[16 marks] Question 2:
The following tables form part of a database held in a relational DBMS:

  • Hotel (hotelNo, hoteiName, city)
  • Room (roomNo, hotelNo, type, price)
  • Booking (hotelNo, guestNo, dateFrom, dateTo, room No)
  • Guest (guestNo, guestName, guestAddress)

Where:
Hotel contains hotel details and hotelNo is the primary key.
Room contains room details for each hotel and (roomNo, hotelNo) forms the primary key.
Booking contains details of bookings and (hotelNo, guestNo, dateFrom) forms the primary key.
Guest contains guest details and guestNo is the primary key.

Using the above Hotel database schema, write SQL queries to retrieve the followings:
1. List full details of all hotels.
2. List full details of all hotels in Jeddah.
3. List the names and addresses of all guests in Jeddah, alphabetically ordered by name.
4. List all double or family rooms with a price below 400 SAR per night, in ascending order of price.
5. List the bookings for which no dateTo has been specified.
6. How many hotels are there?
7. What is the average price of a room?
8. What is the total revenue per night from all double rooms?
9. How many guests have made bookings for August?
10. List the price and type of all rooms at the Hayat Hotel.
11. List all guests currently staying at the Hayat Hotel.
12. List the details of all rooms at the Hayat Hotel, including the name of the guest staying in the room, if the room is occupied.
13. What is the total income from bookings for the Hayat Hotel today?
14. List the rooms that are currently unoccupied at the Hayat Hotel.
15. List the number of rooms in each hotel.
16. List the number of rooms in each hotel in Dammam.

[40 marks] Question 3:
An EPC company requires an information system to track the professional development (PD) of its engineering and management team members. The personal information of each member needs to be stored (i.e., name, address, and contact information). A member is required to accumulate at least 100 PDHs (professional development hours) each year. PDHs are acquired through different types of activities. Formal activities include conferences, workshops, meetings, short courses, or meetings that target PD training. Each hour spent on any of these activities is equivalent to 1 PDH. Members need to file annually the number of PDHs they accumulated together with the type of activity they engaged in to acquire the PDH, its title, location, time, and the host organization.
The company delivers different activities to support the PD of its members. These activities include one-day workshops, multi-day conferences, monthly half-day training courses, and a weekly one-hour PD meeting. The company needs to keep track of the subject, location, date, and attendees of each of these programs. The information system should automatically update the PDH numbers for each member that attends a company-delivered PD activity.
A member involved in delivering any of the above activities as a trainer in the company or outside the company also accumulates PDHs. Each hour spent as a trainer is equivalent to 2 PDHs. Members also may accumulate PDH through volunteering for community services and charitable organizations. A volunteer hour is equivalent to 1 PDH to a maximum of 20 PDH per year.
The information system should allow company management to track the history of PDH for each member over the years, to get a list of members that are below, above, or within a user-defined number or range of PDH, or to track PDH hours per activity type for one or all members. It also should allow every member to enter his/her PD activities outside the company and to check his/her PDH history.

Develop a database that delivers the above requirements (at minimum) with a user-friendly interface for different potential users. Assume and expand on any requirements that are necessary but not fully scoped in the above description.

Include in your report the ERD for the database, the SQL statements used for any queries in the system, and a mini user manual of how to use the system.

Discuss the importance of treating substance use disorders with a family systems approach. Why would treatment not be effective if you do not include the family?

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Two discussion questions one different peer supported scholarly source for each question

Question 1

Discuss the importance of treating substance use disorders with a family systems approach. Why would treatment not be effective if you do not include the family?

Include one different peer supported scholarly source to support your response for each question. Cite any scholarly references accordingly using in-text citations and a reference list.

This discussion question meets the following NASAC Standards:

6) Appreciate the importance of family, social networks, and community systems in the treatment and recovery process.

95) Understand the characteristics and dynamics of families, couples, and intimate dyads affected by addiction.

96) Be familiar with and appropriately use models of diagnosis and intervention for families, couples, and intimate dyads, including extended, kinship, or tribal family structures.

97) Facilitate the engagement of selected members of the family, couple, or intimate dyed in the treatment and recovery process.

98) Help members of the family, couple, or intimate dyed understand the interaction between their system and addiction.

99) Help families, couples, and intimate dyads adopt strategies and behaviors that sustain recovery and maintain healthy relationships.

104) Describe how addiction affects families and significant/concerned others.

 

Question 2

From TIP #39, Chapters 3 and 4, select a concept that you find interesting. What is the concept and how is this concept important in your future counseling practice? Discuss and give examples of how you may apply the concept in your counseling.

Include one different peer supported scholarly source to support your response for each question. Cite any scholarly references accordingly using in-text citations and a reference list.

This discussion question meets the following NASAC Standard: 96) Be familiar with and appropriately use models of diagnosis and intervention for families, couples, and intimate dyads, including extended, kinship, or tribal family structures.

Given the following HTML form code, write a php file that displays all the input of the user as a list.

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Php website design

Question Two

  1. Given the following HTML form code, write a php file that displays all the input of the user as a list.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Registration</title>

</head>

<body>

<form method=“get” action=“file.php”>

First Name:<input type=“text” name=“first”><br />

Last Name:<input type=“text” name=“last”><br />

Email:<input type=“text” name=“email”><br />

Level:<input type=“text” name=“level”><br />

<input type=“submit” value=“submit” name=“submit”>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Include the screenshot of the program output as a part of your answer.

 

What would be your social position based on your age, race, gender, and faith?

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Wk. 6 Journal

Reflect on the readings using the 3, 2, 1 method.

A successful submission will require that you reflect on the following:
(3) main take aways from all the readings; what are
(2) things that you have questions about, are curious about, don’t understand, or would like to investigate further?;
(1) Imagine that you were transported into history and you were you dropped into a community of the people group you studied this week.

What would be your social position based on your age, race, gender, and faith?

Why did Estonia choose to have a digital system? What benefits can you see having a digital based society with most if not all institutions relying on technology? What do see as being the potential consequences of such a system?

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Digitizing democracy and utilizing this process for developing countries to create democratic societies. Questions

Instructions: In your personal reflection, students are required to link their course text and studied class material (lectures/ handouts) whenever possible. This film should be linked to digitizing democracy and the possibility of utilizing this process for developing countries to create democratic societies.

Link to Film:

 

And

Watch both films before answering the questions!

[1.] Why did Estonia choose to have a digital system?

[2.] What benefits can you see having a digital based society with most if not all institutions relying on technology? What do see as being the potential consequences of such a system?

[3.] How safe are the privacy practices of a digital society? Has Estonia ever been hacked? Why might this make people hesitant to embrace digitization?

[4.] Does this style of digital democracy get more people to participate in political decisions? Do you think having easier access to political, government, and economic structures creates more of a connection to these structures? Explain!

[5.] Why is having a digital society a plus for economic development in Estonia? What is the program they have that allows them to have global businesses headquartered in Estonia. How might this help the economy?

[6.] How convenient is it to have your complete medical records and access to all medical procedures in one place? Do you think people in the U.S. would embrace a system similar to this why or why not? Could this access prevent medical mistakes?

[7.] Why might this system not work in the U.S.? Where would the hesitancy come from on integrating similar system like Estonia?

[8.] How does this digital system save money? List some examples from the types of digital services provided in the film.

[9.] Is Estonia’s digital system the future?

[10.] What is your own personal reflection on this topic!
 
How Estonia built a digital first government
How Estonia became one of the world’s most advanced digital societies | CNBC Reports

What is a project and why would somebody need one? What are the knowledge areas of the project management? Briefly discuss each area.

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Project Management Research Paper

Throughout this course, you learn about what is meant by a project, the different phases and activities of a project, the different knowledge areas of a projects, and the three things to pay particular attention to, to ensure success of a project..

Research the internet to find information on project management and the following questions:

1. What is a project and why would somebody need one?

2. What are the knowledge areas of the project management? Briefly discuss each area.

3. What is the triple constraint of a project and how is it related to the success of a project ?

· Use the Internet (search engines and online repositories) to locate academic sources such as textbooks, journals, articles, conference proceedings on Project Management necessary to complete the assignment. The research must be no less than 6 pages excluding the Title page and References. A minimum of eight (8) sources is required.

Describe each ethical issue. Why is the ethical issue important? What is the human impact of this ethical issue? What have you read or discussed with others that has impacted your point of view?

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CASE STUDY

Reflect on these 3 ethical concerns in the classroom and education system; Non-inclusive curriculum, discipline, and grading systems. The questions to be answered for each topic;

  • Describe each ethical issue.
  • Why is the ethical issue important?
  • What is the human impact of this ethical issue?
  • What have you read or discussed with others that has impacted your point of view?

Each question needs to be answered.

Why is redistricting a problem for U.S. House members? Explain. Why do congressional incumbents have such a high rate of reelection? Explain the lawmaking, representation, and oversight functions of Congress.

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Congress

Write a carefully constructed essay on one of the following topics of your choice. The essay should be approximately 500 – 800 words in length, address all points of the prompt you've chosen, and be submitted in a Word or PDF format only.

Prompts for 1st Essay – SP 2023: 2305-41009 Federal Government – Chapter 11: Congress

Why is redistricting a problem for U.S. House members? Explain.

Why do congressional incumbents have such a high rate of reelection?

Explain the lawmaking, representation, and oversight functions of Congress.

Contrast the advantages incumbents have in seeking reelection with their disadvantages. Which of these advantages and disadvantages apply only to House members? Which apply only to senators?

How does the structure of Congress—for example, its two chambers and its committee system—affect its role in making policy on broad national issues, as compared with its role on narrower group-centered issues?

Compared with past times, there are now fewer conservative Democrats and fewer progressive Republicans in Congress. How has this development increased the importance of party and party leaders in Congress? How has it increased the chances of partisan deadlock on key legislative issues?