What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say?

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Purpose of Secondary Source Research:

You will need to formulate a good research question (i.e., NOT a thesis statement), search for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles, find those sources, analyze them in order to figure out how you can effectively summarize and synthesize them, and then write a research paper that uses those articles to answer your research question.

Step 1: Choosing a Topic and Developing a Research Question

The topic has to be about food related to any business major.

Here is a list of possible research topics we’ve talked about this semester to help you get started.

Local Food School Food Food Education Farmer’s Markets Food Waste Health/Nutrition Industry Food Marketing/Advertising Gardening/Farming Food/Agriculture Workers Overfishing Pollinators Food Sovereignty Food Justice Food Labeling

Those are some examples of different topics as mentioned, but the one I need is related to a (business topic).

Once you pick a business food topic, you will formulate a research question, which will help guide and focus your research. Your research question should be complex, allowing you to explore not only “what?” but “why?” and “how?” questions. It should also lead you to an unbiased, specific research question, not a thesis statement. Reread pages 28-31 in RoI on developing a good research question.

Step 2: Conducting Secondary Source Research

Once you’ve developed a research question, you will search for 3-5 scholarly secondary sources to answer your research question. One of your secondary sources may be a print source, a book that you check out from the library. Also, you may use only one non-academic website/article. We will spend one class period with a librarian as well as spend time in class discussing how to find secondary sources efficiently and how to evaluate them for relevance and credibility. A key part of your grade will be how well you summarize, synthesize, and incorporate your sources.

Step 3: Writing an Annotated Bibliography (NOTE: A separate page provided):

You will annotate the secondary sources you plan to use. An annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources you plan to use to answer your research question (you are also welcome to use sources with which you disagree). Writing an annotated bibliography will help you to read more carefully and critically, and will provide you with a greater comprehension of a source. It will also help you to further develop your summarizing skills. Finally, writing an annotated bibliography can help you gain a helpful perspective on what is being said about your topic. By reading and responding to a variety of sources on a topic, you’ll start to see what the issues are, what people are arguing about, and how you can use the information in the articles to answer your research questions. Your annotated bibliography should include the following information in paragraph form:

  • Descriptive summary: What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say? (50-75 words in a separate paragraph)
  • Evaluation: Is it a useful source? What are some strengths of it? What are some weaknesses, if any? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? (50-75 words in a separate paragraph)
  • Reflection: How is this source helpful to you? How and where can you use this source in your research project? Has it changed how you think about your topic? (20-30 words in a separate paragraph)

 

Explain the qualifications, attributes, ethics and responsibilities of aviation professionals. Explain the aerodynamic considerations and performance capabilities of aircraft. Describe aircraft systems to identify aviation reliability and maintainability concerns.

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Space Shuttle Columbia accident report

Shuttle Columbiau will read 10 pages (180-190) of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident report and at least 10 items related to our 11 learning outcomes (listed at the end). Time will be given as an option for those in class. After reading the report, where would you have seen Outcomes six and seven below?

You have to explain the Learning Objectives to meet the assignment requirements, Don’t simply list them without explanation.

Ex: Learning Outcome 6. Discuss aviation safety and security concerns including, Safety Management Systems (SMS), aircraft accident prevention, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regulations on accident reporting, and the regulations, policies, and procedures of the Transportation Security Agency.

Learning Outcome 7. Determine the responsibilities of operators, pilots, mechanics, managers, and owners regarding human factors and team resource management.

Objective was to identify a learning outcome in the report. Example:

The first outcome that immediately leaps out is the role of a safety management system. With these high-risk endeavors, the High Reliability Theory states that if the operations are properly designed and managed, they can compensate for human shortcomings. What makes an operation like this successful is emphasizing the commitment to building strong safety strategies. Unfortunately for NASA, they became complacent in that commitment.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain the qualifications, attributes, ethics and responsibilities of aviation professionals.
  2. Explain the aerodynamic considerations and performance capabilities of aircraft.
  3. Describe aircraft systems to identify aviation reliability and maintainability concerns.
  4. Explain the role of Safety Management System (SMS) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in accident prevention.
  5. Determine the responsibilities of stakeholders in developing and maintaining a positive human factors climate.
  6. Explain the framework of National and International Laws and Regulations that regulate the aviation industry.
  7. Explain airport design, development and operations.
  8. Explain the basic structure of the National Airspace System (NAS).
  9. Explain aviation weather hazards.
  10. Explain current aviation security concerns and mitigation strategies.

This leads right into outcome one and the responsibility and ethics of aviation professionals. The lack of communication between supporting organizations played a huge role.

In addition to the lack of communication, the lack of aerodynamic considerations was also a fault. NASA had begun to normalize foam strikes as just a simple maintenance issue and wasn’t a threat to the mission. This proved to be quite the opposite in the case of the Challenger.

This brings us to the important aspect of identifying reliability and maintainability concerns. If the foam strikes were paid as much attention as the engines and boosters, this could have been prevented.

 

The film connects the dots between so many unsettling statistics. Which of the many statistics cited in the film startles you the most, and why? What may keep persons who are aware of the film’s message from making changes to their diets?

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Fork Over Knives

Watch the documentary “Fork Over Knives” this is available for free on Tubi

And answer this questions as a discussion with 250 words

  1. How can nutrition optimize health, and treat and reverse chronic disease?
  2. The film connects the dots between so many unsettling statistics. Which of the many statistics cited in the film startles you the most, and why?
  3. What may keep persons who are aware of the film’s message from making changes to their diets?
  4. According to the film, what are some of the benefits of a “Whole Foods Diets”?
  5. Have you ever noticed a connection between the food you eat and the way you feel?
  6. A ton of research and evidence has been gathered to support plant-based diets, but likewise, a ton of research and evidence has been gathered to support low-carb, high-fat and protein diets (often called “paleo” or LCHF). How do you reconcile these conflicting conclusions?

 

Write a well-organized, coherent 650 word essay responding to the following topic. Include specific examples.

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Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

 Dr. Ducharme

DIAGNOSTIC ESSAY

 Write a well-organized, coherent 650 word essay responding to the following topic. The essay should include specific examples.  Your opening paragraph should make clear what you plan to discuss, and your body paragraphs should develop the ideas that you set out in the introduction. You should end with a conclusion that ties the essay together.

Topic:

 Technology is supposed to make us feel better.  We’re constantly connected so we have a safety blanket when we need one.  It also makes us anxious because we are tied to it.  Is this a problem?

 

Choose a play from the PRE-AIDS LGBTQ+ plays we’ve read this semester and present a pitch for a modern day queer adaptation to the class.

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Modern day queer adaptation

Instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ixit33D-SuZHM-…

Required play : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mSOaCROj1IJKESzdS…

Choose a play from the PRE-AIDS LGBTQ+ plays we’ve read this semester and present a pitch for a modern day queer adaptation to the class.  Follow these instructions closely!!

Meaning present a pitch for the play in which it better suits the modern times of today ( a modern day queer adaptation as stated above ).

Very simple assignment, instructions are not asking much.

 

Based on viewing the Johnson & Johnson video, what are your thoughts about health care inequalities and the need for continuing reform?

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Health care inequalities

Based on viewing the Johnson & Johnson video, what are your thoughts about health care inequalities and the need for continuing reform? (Share at least 2 points of view.)

Watch the video below using the link.

  • https://youtu.be/CXNkDDWxGxk

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 3 academic sources.

 

Pick one hormone and discuss how it may affect the process of biological aging. Discuss how that hormone coordinates with other components of endocrine system.

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Endocrine system

This week we covered the endocrine system, which constitutes a major regulatory system that coordinates multiple tissue functions to maintain homeostasis.

Thus, it is not surprising that pathways of the endocrine system (e.g. growth hormone) have key roles in regulating homeostasis and can modulate lifespan and/or health span.

  1. Pick one hormone and discuss how it may affect the process of biological aging.
  2. Then discuss how that hormone coordinates with other components of endocrine system.
  3. Then expand on your thoughts from #1 based on the physiological ramifications of the concerted endocrine changes over time from #2.
  4. Ultimately, how would this knowledge influence your approach to interventions (dietary, lifestyle, pharmacological, genetic, etc) to promote healthy lifespan?

Suggested readings:

 

What does the Epic of Gilgamesh tell us about life, death, and the afterlife in ancient Mesopotamia? What was the afterlife like? What were the Gods and Goddesses like and why did they create people?

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Choose one option:

Option A: Post a minimum of 400 words about the importance of the Greek mystery religions. What exactly were they? What did they offer people?

This is really good:

;http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece…. (Links to an external site.)

Option B: Post a minimum of 400 words discuss of the importance of the Negative Confession in Egypt. What was it, when did one recite it, and what did it establish and allow one to have?

Option C: What does the Epic of Gilgamesh tell us about life, death, and the afterlife in ancient Mesopotamia? What was the afterlife like? What were the Gods and Goddesses like and why did they create people? A minimum of 400 words for your main response.

 

 

 

Write a paragraph essay on the topic: “Why do people work?”

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Why do people work

Write a paragraph essay on the topic: “Why do people work?”

Word Limit: 300-315 words

Double Spacing, Roman Times

 

What does spirituality mean to you? How would you describe your spirituality, faith tradition or religion? How have you deepened your understanding of your own values and beliefs so far this semester?

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Spirituality

What does spirituality mean to you? How would you describe your spirituality, faith tradition or religion?

How have you deepened your understanding of your own values and beliefs so far this semester? and it has to be two pages long.