What statement does the story make about the relationship of art to life or about the relationship of art to suffering? Explain. Explore the intersections between the effects of drug use, music and religion in “Sonny’s Blues.” Toward the end of the story, as he is trying to explain his addiction to heroin and his passion for music, Sonny tells the narrator that everyone tries to find a way not to suffer, even the narrator himself. What are the narrator’s ways of coping with his pain and fear?

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American Short Story critical brief

Writing a Critical Brief:

Please note:  Before writing your first Critical Brief, study carefully the document How to Read a Short Story, which defines and explains the literary terms and concepts I expect you to understand and use during this course.

You can find the story here: https://sfponline.org/Uploads/372/sonnysblues.pdf

What is a Critical Brief?

It is an informal writing assignment in which you demonstrate two things—first, that you have read the assigned story and are able to discuss its fundamental literary elements; and second, that you have given careful, original thought to its meaning. You will be writing one critical brief for each assigned story. Critical briefs are not formal papers; they will be graded for content only—for their ideas and thoughts—NOT for the quality of the writing. (Of course, it is necessary that your writing be clear and understandable!)

Each Critical Brief should consist of THREE SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS, each one at least 75 words. Together, these three paragraphs should fit on one double-spaced page; they will add up to about 225-250 words. You are welcome to write more if you like.

PARAGRAPH 1 must answer the following questions: (1) What point-of-view method is being used? (2) Who is the protagonist (main character), and why do you think so? (3) How is the protagonist tested by the story’s events, and what does this say about the protagonist’s character and personality? (4) How is the protagonist changed by the story’s events? Make sure you answer all four of these questions if you hope to receive full credit.

PARAGRAPH 2 is comprised of your response to just ONE of the several questions  provided for the assigned story “Sonny’s Blues,” by James Baldwin (These questions can be found highlighted in yellow at the end of this doc). Simply write a thoughtful reaction to ONE of the prompts, supporting your ideas with evidence from the story.

PARAGRAPH 3 is more open-ended. In it, you must demonstrate your willingness to think creatively about what you have read. Do this by (1) offering an interesting question YOU have about the story, OR (2) making an observation about the story that you think other readers may not have noticed. In either case, whether you ask a question or make an observation (no need to do both!), you must follow up with a brief discussion that tries to answer the question you have posed or explain why you’ve made the observation you’ve made. Your task in this paragraph, then, is to offer your own unique perspective — to demonstrate that you have thought about the story deeply and on a personal level.

When writing the Critical Briefs, please avoid offering opinions based solely on personal experience or personal taste. Don’t tell stories that may have happened to you or to someone you know. Stick to the text.                 

Evaluation

Critical Briefs are each worth 10 possible points.  Each will be assessed according the following three criteria:

  1. Meets length requirements and addresses all stated areas for the three paragraphs.
  2. Focuses on the text, not merely on personal taste.
  3. Demonstrates thoughtfulness about the assigned story.

 

Questions for Paragraph 2,  pick ONE to write your thoughtful reaction.

  1. What statement does the story make about the relationship of art to life or about the relationship of art to suffering?  Explain.

 

  1. Explore the intersections between the effects of drug use, music and religion in “Sonny’s Blues.”

 

  1. Toward the end of the story, as he is trying to explain his addiction to heroin and his passion for music, Sonny tells the narrator that everyone tries to find a way not to suffer, even the narrator himself.  What are the narrator’s ways of coping with his pain and fear?

 

  1. How would you describe the tone of the ending?  What sort of resolution (if any) does the story or the narrator come to?  Does the narrator express optimism?  Pessimism?  Something in between?  Explain.

 

  1. Do Sonny and his brother change in this story?  If so, what do you identify as the catalyst for their changes and where do we see these changes?  If not, how can you tell that they remain stagnant?

 

  1. In what respects is this story and comment on the ways in which “Sonny’s Blues”is a retelling, revision or modernization of the Cain and Abel story in the Bible?

 

  1. What is the “cup of trembling” referred to in the last line?  How does this Biblical allusion work to help the reader understand what will or has happened to Sonny, his brother, their family and their community?

What is the research question? Statement of the problem and contextualization of the research. What is the rationale, and why is this important. Mention interdisciplinarity. Subquestion? Discuss potential knowledge mobilization and research impact; what do you expect to find and why is it important? How might it contribute academically and practically?

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The impact and implications of natural catastrophes on Provincial Parks in British Columbia, Canada

It will then examine the impact and implications of natural catastrophes on Provincial Parks in British Columbia, Canada.

1. Conduct a literature overview. Use subtitles for different disciplines and fields of inquiry from the literature you are drawing from?. Remember to speak about interdisciplinarity.

A. Looking for future research to come up with a straightforward research question and sub-questions,

B. What is the research question? Statement of the problem and contextualization of the research. What is the rationale, and why is this important. Mention interdisciplinarity. Subquestion?

Important to describe the increased demand for outdoor space because of the pandemic and the ability to stay local while connecting to carrying capacity.

2. Explanation of the epistemological approach and theories; Remember this theory is just an ideal picture of something, that we can compare reality against. Keep in mind interdisciplinarity.

3. Description of the methodology and methods; in this case: case studies, (Phenomenology) interviews park users and stakeholders. Describe your sample or samples (approximately 20). Who to interview. The third methodology will be autoethnography.

4. Discuss potential knowledge mobilization and research impact; what do you expect to find and why is it important? How might it contribute academically and practically?

5. The paper must be interdisciplinary from the field of social sciences. I am looking at tourism, business, leadership, environmental sciences,

A. Sub-topics include looking at the carrying capacity on Provincial Parks (critical to connect this to the pandemic)

B. Examine the best practices of other countries with catastrophic events such as western USA (California) and Australia).

C. This paper will provide a timeline of the natural catastrophes in British Columbia in 2021. Such as fire, mudslides, smoke, heatwave, avalanches, flooding, etc. British Columbia lost two towns to fire and several areas were impacted by flooding. Two major highways were washed away. etc.

The paper must focus on British Columbia Canada, however, you can examine the park system at the Federal, Provincial and Municipal levels as part of the literature review. If you need a specific context, provincial parks would be the BEST.

If you can come up with a clever title, along the lines such as the Perfect Storm for Catastrophe in British Columbia

With this new medication what patient education/instructions might you share with him based on his new diet? Do to his new diet the patient has been taking omeprazole for his occasional acid reflux and wants to know if he should continue to take it. What is your response.

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Medication Classifications

Part 2: Case Studies

Please answer the following case study questions using the knowledge gained in this course. Remember to cite your references in APA format. Answer the questions in complete sentences and spell-check your assignment.

Textbook: Woodrow, R., & Colbert, B., (2018). Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Occupations. Cengage Learning. https://purdueuniversityglobal.vitalsource.com/books/9781337670852

Case 1

A physician asks you to call an amoxicillin prescription into the pharmacy for a patient. (2pts each)

  1. After 5 days, the patient feels better and wants to stop the amoxicillin because it is upsetting his stomach. What is your response?

 

  1. Since the patient has suffered an upset stomach, he believes he is allergic to amoxicillin. Would you agree? Explain your response.

Case 2

Mr. Jones has just recently been prescribed Coumadin for his high blood pressure. He explains to you that since his diagnosis he has been exercising and eating more healthier foods like vegetables, legumes, and salmon.  (2pts each)

  1. With this new medication what patient education/instructions might you share with him based on his new diet?

 

  1. Do to his new diet the patient has been taking omeprazole for his occasional acid reflux and wants to know if he should continue to take it. What is your response

 

Case 3

Mrs. Cox presented to the office explaining that it burns when she urinates. You’re thinking about prescribing the medication nitrofurantoin. (2pts each)

  1. When asked if she is currently taking medicine she states that she takes Maalox for her GERD. Can she continue taking Maalox with nitrofurantoin? Why or why not? Would you suggest another type of antacid?
  2. What are some instructions and education you may provide her when taking this medication?

Case 4

Mrs. Carleton has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Her physician orders digoxin 0.25 mg, two tablets stat and then one tablet daily. (2pts each)

  1. Mrs. Carleton asks why she needs to take two tablets now but will only take one daily after that. What is your response?

 

  1. Mrs. Carleton wants to know how digoxin will help her heart. What do you tell her?

 

Case 5

Mr. Brownstone injured his hip and lower back when he fell off his ladder. When OTC medications did not work he was prescribe oxycodone to help ease the pain. (2pts each)

  1. Over the next few weeks he has noticed that he has become constipated. What would you explain to him in regards to these new symptoms and how can he resolve it?

 

  1. In between doses his wife noticed that her husband would show an increase in restlessness and agitation. She is concerned that her husband is becoming addicted to the meds. Is this true? What would discuss with her?

In the new waste heat recovery system, unfortunately, a leak was found in the heat exchanger pipeline that collects the heat from steam and transfers it to desalination tank. You suspect a higher pressure within the exchanger pipeline than it could withstand. Considering the coolant within the pipeline is a mixture of 2 liquids (A and B), calculate the maximum and minimum pressure that you can expect at 80 ◦C.

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Assignment 2 – Mass Transfer

Overview
• Consider all the mixtures/solutions to be ideal unless otherwise mentioned.
• The ambient conditions are assumed to be at NTP (20 ◦C and 1 atm).
• During grading, least importance will be given to accuracy in the end values. Therefore try to answer using sufficient concepts and equations. Keep your answers short, but don’t miss out the key words.
• This is an educational exercise. Therefore, we tried to keep it as practical as possible.
• A Q&A session will be held online. The time and date will be notified via brightspace.
• You can upload your completed report to the brightspace assignment page. Make sure that the first page of the report contains the course name, group number, student names and student IDs.
In the brightspace assignments page, EHMT student can upload it under their group number, and SPDO students can upload it under their individual name/IDs (it is enough if one person from the group uploads it).
• The file name should be course groupnumber. course = EHMT/SPDO, group number =Group numericvalue. For example, EHMT Group 1
• Bonus marks with be given for the report formatting. You can refer to the pdf attachment provided with the assignment for the type setting requirements.
• Also for setting up meetings, doubts, etc.. you are welcome to e-mail: n.nagalingam@tudelft.nl.

Question 1
Imagine you are a consultant engineer. You have been invited to solve the scaling issues within a boiler in a thermal power plant.

a. At first you decide to trouble shoot the boiler system by checking the pressure within it. Assuming the water is pure, what would be the expected pressure value for a boiler operating at 150 ◦C. (for pressure in bar and temperature in K, the component-specific constants in Antoine equation for water are A=6.20963, B=2354.731, C=7.559, use log10)

b. Since you physically observe scaling over the boilers inner surface, you suspect the presence of some dissolved salts in the boiler feed water. Will the dissolved salts increase/decrease/not-affect the calculated pressure in the above question? Lets say the deviation is as mentioned in table 1, what is the concentration of the salt in wt% ? Upon further inspection you notice a fault in the desalination system due to which there is an uncontrolled amount of salt in the boiler feed water. Therefore, at the desalination tank you decide to add some special home made mineral(in solid state) at the tank’s bottom, which has the ability to combine with the existing salt and precipitate it.

c. If the container is left undisturbed, How long will it take for the special mineral to diffuse to the top layer of the desalination tank ? (lets say the desalination tank is 1 m heigh and the diffusion coefficient of the mineral is 1 × 10−9 m2/s)

d. Lets say you decide to increase the diffusion process by heating up the tank. To do so you use the waste steam from the turbines that could heat up the tank to 80 ◦C. What would be the percentage increase/decrease in the time calculated from the previous question.

e. Can you mention what design parameters can be changed to make the process faster? Also mention the associated dimensionless numbers that can be used to characterise/rationalise the changes made.

Question 2
a. In the new waste heat recovery system, unfortunately, a leak was found in the heat exchanger pipeline that collects the heat from steam and transfers it to desalination tank. You suspect a higher pressure within the exchanger pipeline than it could withstand. Considering the coolant within the pipeline is a mixture of 2 liquids (A and B), calculate the maximum and minimum pressure that you can expect at 80 ◦C. (their component-specific constants are given in table 2)

b. Lets say all of a sudden this mixture becomes a non-ideal mixture. What is the additional coefficient(s) that you should consider for your calculations?. If we consider both of our ingredients to have activity coefficient greater than 1 what will be the newly measured total pressure. Will it be greater or smaller than before? why?

Question 3
All of a sudden you remember that your mass transfer course has taught you an alternate way to purify salt water. Therefore you decide use a membrane as an alternative to extract the fresh water from the desalination talk without the use of your special home made mineral. (only passage of the solvent is allowed in all the below cases)

a. You decide to use a a big compartment containing two containers separated by a membrane. Container A is filled with the salt water (concentration is same as in Question 1.b) and container B is filled with fresh water. How can you make the water(solvent) from container A to permeate to container B via membrane. What is the name of the process ? What is the minimum pressure need for the water purification in the above question ?

b. Since you are a smart engineer, you try to avoid the use of power/electricity to supply this necessary pressure. Therefore, you now do some basic calculation to let the gravity do the work by creating a pressure head. You plan to place one container at a certain height above the other to make the process in the above question happen. What should be the minimum height between the two containers ? Which container should be placed above and which one should be below ? For some reason you decide to drop the plan on leaving things to gravity. Therefore, now have decided to use the help of a pressure pump, with the containers placed at the same height level.

c. For the water purification to happen, you have decided to supply twice the osmotic pressure over the appropriate container. How much and when would you have the maximum solvent flux through the membrane? (let the solvent permeability and membrane thickness be 3.5 × 10−10 kg m s−1 m−2 bar−1 and 2 μ m)

d. While performing the purification process, at one point you notice that the system is no longer functional. Upon inspection, you notice some solid matter blocking the membrane within the container A. What could these solid matter be ? How/why did the appear within the container A ?

e. Using the solution from container A (concentration is same as in Question 1.b), you decide to make this a continuous process. In order to do so you roll the membrane into the shape of a tube with diameter 1 m and pass the salt water (from container A) through it with fresh water on the exterior side of the tube. The flow velocity of the solution is 1 m s−1. Taking the calculated value of the flux from Question 3.c to be constant along the length (50 m) of the tube, can you calculate the final concentration of the solution exiting the tube?

f. (bonus question) In a real case there should be a pressure drop across the tube in order to make the solution flow. Lets say you supply twice the osmotic pressure at the inlet compared to the outlet. Can you expect the reverse osmosis to happen through the length of the tube? If yes/no, then when/why? For this question you don’t need to calculate any numeric values. Just mention and balance the equations. (tip: Hagen–Poiseuille equation)

What are the key concepts you wish to investigate? What are the relationships (if any) that you want to explore between or among your key concepts? What is your target population?

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Concept Paper

Using this template, you will write your first draft of the research topic you would like to develop into a dissertation topic. The template will guide you step by step in doing so.

Step 1: Starting Out—Getting It on Paper

In each of the following spaces, write the elements of your research topic as directed. A successful research topic:

  • Names the key concepts to be investigated.
  • Describes the relationship (if any) between them.
  • Identifies the target population of interest.
  • Is sufficiently narrow and focused to permit research.
  • Is a phrase, not a complete sentence.

 

What are the key concepts you wish to investigate? Use terminology appropriate to your specialization and discipline

What are the relationships (if any) that you want to explore between or among your key concepts?

What is your target population? Be as specific and descriptive as you can.

Good work. Now, combine all three elements into a single phrase. Write it as carefully as you can and do not hesitate to rewrite it as often as needed. Your phrase should be clear, well worded, and articulate the topic statement.

 

Step 2: Narrowing and Focusing the Topic

Here you will use an exercise to narrow your topic’s key concepts and population at least four times. A helpful resource for this exercise is keyword searching. You can reach out to a librarian for help with keyword searches.

As you try to focus your concepts more tightly, using keyword searching or subject searching in the library databases will help you find alternative concept words. For instance, if you search on a key concept term such as “management,” finding an article on management will also provide you some new keywords used by that author or journal.

Realize that once you get deeply into the literature and begin doing the multiple searches you will ultimately carry out, your key concepts will become increasingly focused and powerful. You may easily change them many more times, as you grow toward mastery of your topical and methodological literature. For now, four iterations of the exercise will get you to a fairly focused place and will prepare you for your initial literature searches.

Complete the steps in sequential order as you follow these instructions:

Analysis, Findings, Discussion, and Ethics

  • Enter the first concept from your research topic in 1.4 in the first left-hand cell of the grid. Enter the second key concept in the second cell. Continue entering all your key concepts (if you need additional rows, click in the last cell and then press the Tab key to add new rows).
  • For each concept, fill in the second column with a narrower term for that concept. Ask yourself what you mean by the broad term and try to find a term that is more focused. For example, if your concept is learning, do you mean rote learning (learning by memorization) or adaptation (learning by trial and error) or some specific kind such as learning to read or learning to drive a car? If a concept is educational instruction, do you mean a level of instruction (such as high school), a modality of instruction (such as lecture or audiovisual), or some particular approach to instruction (such as experiential learning)? Do not rush yourself. Keep reflecting on what you really mean and want to know. Push yourself to be as specific as possible.
  • Move to the third column when you are satisfied with the second column. For this iteration, we recommend that you visit the library and start searching using the terms in the second column. Do not link them; just search as broadly as you can on the single term. For instance, if in the second column your key concept is now experiential learning, search just on that term, and look for keywords or subjects. This will probably provide you with some new terms from the literature, and you can browse them and decide which term will allow you to further focus and narrow your key concept.
  • Lastly, when you are satisfied with the third column, go through the process a fourth time. Once again, use the library and search on the term in the third column. Here, you may want to make use of the database’s thesaurus or controlled vocabulary list. When you obtain a variety of new terms, reflect carefully on them. Choose the term that takes you where you want to go and clearly expresses the key concept that you wish to investigate.
  • Enter the Target Population in the “2.5 Target Population” rows.

What are the key points of contention? What purpose does this book or article serve? What are the topics covered? What would you say if someone asked you what this article/book is about?

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The Gig Economy in the United States

The Gig Economy: Alternative work arrangements like part-time employment, subcontracting, and freelancing have been growing at the expense of full-time employment: A good thing or a bad thing? Is it good for employees? Good for employers? Is it a problem or a solution?

Two-page paper

Each paper includes a summary and analysis of two articles: one from a popular business publication such as ***IMPORTANT** Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and BBC, and the other from a peer-reviewed academic journal. You’re going to write two double-spaced pages in which you’ll examine and combine the ideas from both publications. Use APA style for in-text citations and references. You are free to use as many references as you want.

After you’ve finished your annotations, think about how the ideas in both articles may help you write your debate paper and write your two-page analysis based on that. The assignment’s two objectives are as follows: Write a brief (2-page) analysis paper that connects the two pieces; consider how your thoughts may be applied to the debate paper and write it accordingly.

Additional tips:
This assignment is meant to help you build your writing for the final term/team paper by:

  •  Researching the topic and finding suitable academic and practitioners articles
  •  Reading, summarizing, and evaluating the articles
  •  Reflect on whether and how you will use the articles in your final paper.

You will therefore write the following for each of the two articles:
• Summarize: Some annotations are nothing more than a summary of the source. What are the key points of contention? What purpose does this book or article serve? What are the topics covered? What would you say if someone asked you what this article/book is about? The length of your annotations will determine your summary’s level of information.

• Evaluate: After summarizing a source, it’s good to evaluate it. Is it a good resource? In what ways does it differ from the other sources in your bibliography? Is the information trustworthy? Is this a biased or objective source? What is the source’s purpose?

• Consider: How a source fits into your study after summarizing and evaluating it. Was this information helpful to you? What role does it play in shaping your argument? How can you incorporate this source into your research? Has it influenced the way you think about your subject?” (OWL at Purdue University: writing/common writing assignments/annotated bibliographies/index.html)

Select a real-life, notorious crime committed by a juvenile. Argue for one of the particular delinquency theories as the most appropriate explanation for the perpetrator’s actions.

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Case study theory

The course materials present a number of criminological, sociological, and developmental theories that endeavor to explain delinquent behavior among juveniles. In this assignment, you will select a real-life, notorious crime committed by a juvenile. This may be a crime perpetrated by a juvenile many years ago, or a case that is still active and in current events. You will argue for one of the particular delinquency theories as the most appropriate explanation for the perpetrator’s actions.

Examples could include:

  • Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the shooters in the 1999 Columbine High School massacre
  • Lee Boyd Malvo, the juvenile half of the infamous Washington, D.C., snipers in 2002
  • Erik Menendez, age 17, murderer of his parents, assisted by his adult brother, Joseph Menendez, in 1989 the juvenile perpetrators (Eric Rivera, Jr., age 17; and Timothy Brown, age 16) involved in the home invasion and murder of Washington Redskins star player Sean Taylor in 2007 other juvenile offenders well-known at either the national or local level may be used with the prior approval of the instructor

The paper should include the following sections:

-An introduction presenting an overview of the crime, including BRIEFLY the basic facts of what happened.

-An analysis in which you present how one particular criminological, sociological, or developmental theory best explains the perpetrator’s actions, and why.

-A discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of that particular theory—how it is that the theory may fall short in explaining certain aspects of the crime. In light of this, discuss what other theory or combination of theories may better account for those particular aspects of the crime.

-Concluding thoughts summarizing your research and analysis.

Explain why perchlorate, thiocyanate and nitrate that are known major Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS) inhibitors should be a public health concern.

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Medical Toxicology

Explain why perchlorate, thiocyanate and nitrate that are known major Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS) inhibitors should be a public health concern.

What are the institutional policies behind the growth of real estate crowdfunding, and how can we relate it to Jordan?

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An investigation on real estate crowdfunding in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

What are the institutional policies behind the growth of real estate crowdfunding, and how can we relate it to Jordan?

What roles have you played in change initiatives at work, either as a leader or as a team member, during the last 18 months? What’s your perception of how you deal with change, either personally or professionally? Explain.

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The Challenge of Change

Introduce yourself to your classmates and professor and answer the following questions:

The impact of recent events has forced change on organizations around the world. What have these events taught you about the importance of resilience and agility in creating a sustainable competitive advantage?

What roles have you played in change initiatives at work, either as a leader or as a team member, during the last 18 months?

What’s your perception of how you deal with change, either personally or professionally? Explain.

Include examples from this week’s materials, as well as your own personal experiences, to support your responses.