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What changes in pulse you or your partner experience as you meditated? Why do such changes in pulse and blood pressure occur due to meditation? What changes in pulse did you or your partner experience as you exercised? Why do changes in pulse occur due to exercise? Be specific.

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Lab 15: Pulse and Heart Health

Overview

The cardiovascular system ensures that all the body tissues receive adequate nutrition and oxygen, while eliminating wastes. The heart is the pump that drives blood flow.  For this reason, alterations to heart functioning can have devastating consequences for the body. In this lab, we will look at the pulse as a means to assess the functioning and health of the heart and cardiovascular system.

Preliminary Information

With every heartbeat, pressure fluctuations caused by the movement of blood into the aorta and its branches can be felt in several arteries of the body. These pulse points allow one to easily measure the heart rate or pulse (heartbeats per minute). The radial artery is a common pulse point, found by placing your index and middle finger just below your palm on the thumb side. Other areas include the temple and the neck near the jaw bone.

Another important cardiovascular measurement is blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measure of the force exerted on the walls of the blood vessels, shown as two numbers: the systolic pressure over the diastolic pressure. Each heartbeat involves contraction of the chambers followed by relaxation. When the heart contracts, the chambers are considered to be in systole. When the heart relaxes, the chambers are in diastole. The systolic pressure is the maximum arterial blood pressure which occurs when the ventricles contract (ventricular systole) and is the top number. The diastolic number is the minimum arterial pressure during ventricular diastole, written as the bottom number. Normal blood pressure is considered to be in the range of 90/60 to 119/79.

Having too high or too low of blood pressure can be indicative of problems with the cardiovascular system (or signs of disease). Typically, a blood pressure of less than 90/60 is considered low blood pressure (hypotension).  High blood pressure (hypertension) is considered 140/90 or higher. Individuals with hypertension and pre-hypertension (140/90) should discuss the various means to reduce blood pressure with their physician. Chronic high blood pressure can be a contributing factor to strokes, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and kidney failure.  There are many risk factors for high blood pressure, including genetics, diet, salt intake, lack of exercise, and smoking.

In this section, you will be measuring your pulse while at rest, just after exercising, and after meditation.

 

Lab Objectives

  • Measure your heart rate (pulse) at rest.
  • Understand the significance of blood pressure and interpret the blood pressure.
  • Determine the effect of meditation on your pulse (and blood pressure).
  • Determine the effect of exercise on your pulse (and blood pressure).

 

Hypothesis

 

Construct a hypothesis about the effect of meditation on pulse:

 

Construct a hypothesis about the effect of exercise on pulse:

 

Materials

  • Timer (phone, tablet, or computer timer; watch; kitchen timer)

 

Methods

NOTE: If you are unable to exercise for any reason, please find someone to do this experiment on rather than yourself. Being safe is the most important factor!

 

  1. Determine your resting heart rate or pulse. The best places to find your pulse are the: side of your neck wrists, inside of your elbow or top of the foot. To get the most accurate reading, put your finger over your pulse and count the number of beats in 60 seconds. Your resting heart rate is the heart pumping the lowest amount of blood you need because you’re not exercising.

 

  1. Record the pulse of yourself and your partners (if anyone is also participating with you at home) in Table 1.

 

  1. Determine your pulse after meditation. Use the same area you used in step 1 to get your pulse.  Sit comfortably or lay down in quiet area. You may either set an alarm on low (so it doesn’t startle you) for 2 minutes or have your partner keep track of the time.  If using an alarm, make sure the alarm is a quiet one so it does not shock you when it goes off. When you start the timer, close your eyes, take very deep breaths, and try to clear your mind of any thoughts. If thoughts occur, try to send them away and relax your mind thinking of nothing. Consistently take deep breaths and clear your mind. When the timer sounds, take a pulse reading. Record the after meditation pulse for each person in Table 1.

 

  1. If you are unable to exercise for any reason, please find someone to do this experiment on rather than yourself. Being safe is the most important factor! Next, determine your pulse after moderate exercise. Taking turns, each person will do jumping jacks, jog around, or perform an alternate exercise of your choice for at least 60 seconds, being sure that this exercise gets you at least breathing a little faster. After finishing, immediately take your pulse and record in Table 1. Make sure to use the same area used before for measurement in step 1 and 3. Record the after exercise pulse for each person in Table 1.

 

Data:

According to the American Heart Association, your resting heart rate is the heart pumping the lowest amount of blood you need because you’re not exercising. If you’re sitting or lying and you’re calm, relaxed and aren’t ill, your heart rate is normally between 60 (beats per minute) and 100 (beats per minute).

Table 1: Pulse at Rest, After Exercise, and After Meditation

Name/s Pulse at rest (beats per minute) Pulse after meditation Pulse after exercise
1.      
2.      
3.      
4.      

 

Conclusion – Discussion:

  1. What is the difference, in your own word, between blood pressure and heart rate (pulse)? Use the following link if you need further help, but don’t copy from the site. http://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/the-facts-about-high-blood-pressure/blood-pressure-vs-heart-rate-pulse

 

  1. What changes in pulse you or your partner experience as you meditated?

 

  1. Why do such changes in pulse and blood pressure occur due to meditation?

 

  1. What changes in pulse did you or your partner experience as you exercised?

 

  1. Why do changes in pulse occur due to exercise? Be specific.

 

  1. Explain how at least two other factors can affect your pulse rate. http://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/the-facts-about-high-blood-pressure/all-about-heart-rate-pulse

 

  1. If someone has hypertension, what lifestyle changes might you recommend for her or him?

 

 

Extra Credit: Extra Information About Blood Pressure

The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology recently changed the blood pressure guidelines. Interpret your blood pressure as Normal (less than 120/80), Elevated (systolic is between 120-129 and diastolic is less than 80), Stage 1 hypertension (systolic is between 130-139 or diastolic is between 80-89), Stage 2 hypertension (systolic 140 or diastolic 90 and above), or Hypertensive crisis (systolic 180 and/or diastolic 120 and above). Historically, hypotension (low blood pressure) has been listed as 90/60 or below but many medical professionals only recognize low blood pressure as a problem if it coincides with troubling symptoms (for example, fatigue, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting).

 

 

 

Procedure:

If possible or if you have time, you can track your blood pressure the same way you tracked your pulse.  This would require you going to a Walgreens, CVS, Jewel or possibly purchasing a blood pressure cuff.  Not to mention, you would have to meditate in the store or your car and/or exercise which could be difficult.  Hence why this is extra credit. I left some extra spots if a family or friend is doing this with you too.

Insert a picture of you taking your blood pressure if you choose to do this

 

Table 2. Blood Pressure at Rest, After Exercise, and After Meditation

Student Name Blood pressure at rest Interpretation:

·   Hypotension

·   Normal

·   Elevated

·   Stage 1 hypertension

·   Stage 2 hypertension

·   Hypertensive crisis

 Blood pressure after meditation Blood pressure after exercise
1.        
2.        
3.        
4.        

 

Having read and examined varied children’s stories for this course, Create an Original Children’s Story in the Form of a PowerPoint Presentation.

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Creating a Children’s Book via PowerPoint

Having read and examined varied children’s stories for this course, Create an Original Children’s Story in the Form of a PowerPoint Presentation. The story must include black characters with pictures, artwork, or clip art and a narrative to tell the story. Identify and create your story for one of the following age levels: 2 to 5 year-olds between 200 to 400 word count; OR, ages 4 to 8 year-olds between 500 to 600 word count, these are emerging readers. The project will be graded based on your following directions as well as for use of dialogue, spelling, mechanics, punctuation, etc.

NOTE: The handout serves as the Rubric for this Assignment.

Select a major construction project, either presently under construction, or built, preferably, within the last 10 years, by a company of the students choice and approved by the instructor and generally discuss the project, including the name of the project, the Architect and the Consultants, the Owner’s, a complete description of the structure being built, the project delivery system being utilized, and construction related issues, especially with respect to the country in which the project is located.

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A Construction Project Case Study

Term Research Paper Overview:

The topic of this term’s paper will be “A Construction Project Case Study.” This can either be an international, national or local construction project. The object of the paper will be to select a major construction project, either presently under construction, or built, preferably, within the last 10 years, by a company of the students choice and approved by the instructor and generally discuss the project, including the name of the project, the Architect and the Consultants, the Owner’s, a complete description of the structure being built, the project delivery system being utilized, and construction related issues, especially with respect to the country in which the project is located. Such issues, at a minimum, should include whether the project is in the public or private sector, building codes being utilized, the jurisdiction in which the building permit has been granted and specific challenges represented by local requirements and restrictions. Of special interest would be any problems that were solved by methods that were different or unique from those commonly used in the U.S., especially through the cooperation of international teams, and how this affected your outlook toward the tenets of global citizenship, as articulated in class. Information must also be provided about the construction company building the project, including a brief history of the company, how long it has been in existence, how many employees overall, how many offices and employees per office, the type and volume of work they do and what makes the company unique.

The options available on a particular model of a car are four interior colors, seven exterior colors, three types of seats, five types of engines, and two types of radios. How many different possibilities are available to the customer?

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MATH 3013 – Discrete Mathematics

Directions:
Show the significant steps of your work clearly for ALL problems. You may receive zero or reduced points for insufficient work.

1. Find an explicit formula for the recurrence relation

  • (a) an = −3an−1 + 11an−2 + 3an−3 + 10an−4
  • (b) an = 13an−1 − 57an−2 + 99an−3 − 54an−4

2. Solve the recurrence relation subject to the initial conditions

  • (a) wn = −10wn−1−25wn−2, and w0 = 5, w1 = −30
  • (b) −3sn = 4sn−1 − 4sn−2, and s0 = −1, s1 = 2

3. Assume that (4 − t2)Σ∞ n=2n(n − 1)antn−2 = −2Σ∞ n=0antn for all t.

  • (a) Show that the coefficients an is given by the recurrence relation an+2 = −(n − 2)an 4(n + 2) , for n ≥ 0.
  • (b) If a0 = −2, a1 = 6, find a2, a3, and a4
4. The options available on a particular model of a car are four interior colors, seven exterior colors, three types of seats, five types of engines, and two types of radios. How many different possibilities are available to the customer?

5. How many different car licensed plates can be constructed if the licenses contain four letters followed by three digits if

  • (a) repetitions are allowed?
  • (b) repetitions are not allowed?

6. How many strings can be formed by ordering the letters ”SUBBOOKKEEPER”.

7. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. How many out- comes give a sum
  • (a) of 2?
  • (b) less than 9?
  • (c) greater than or equal to 5?

8. In how many ways can we select a committee of three men and five women from a group of seven distinct men and nine distinct women.?

How obesity increases the cancer risk. Justify your answers with proper scientific references. Using contemporary scientific literature discuss the challenges in prostate cancer prevention.

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PHC335 – Cancer Risk and Prevention

ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET

Course name: Cancer Risk and Prevention
Course number: PHC335
CRN:  
Assignment title or task: (You can write a question) 1)      How obesity increases the cancer risk. Justify your answers with proper scientific references.

2)      Using contemporary scientific literature discuss the challenges in prostate cancer prevention.

Student name:  
Student ID:  
Submission date:  

 

Engage with the question raised by the articles you found. How will the Ike Dike change potentially affect the environment and inhabitants of Houston/Galveston region? Will the Ike Dike be largely positive or negative? Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

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English Question

Funding has recently been procured to start building the Ike Dike in the Gulf of Mexico. Engage with the question raised by the articles you found. How will the Ike Dike change potentially affect the environment and inhabitants of Houston/Galveston region? Will the Ike Dike be largely positive or negative? Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Based on your reading, annotated notes, and class discussions, write a five page argument paper in which you take a clear position on whether or not the Ike Dike will be good or bad for inhabitants in the Houston/Galveston region. Provide specific reasons to support your position. You are limited to sources found in the library databases as well as the Ike Dike source I attached to your module.

Each face of a cube is painted red or blue, with the colors chosen randomly and independently. The probability that the cube contains at least one vertex such that the three faces of the cube sharing that vertex are all painted the same color is p/q. Find this fraction.

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Probability

Each face of a cube is painted red or blue, with the colors chosen randomly and independently. The probability that the cube contains at least one vertex such that the three faces of the cube sharing that vertex are all painted the same color is p/q. Find this fraction.

Demonstrate your knowledge of finance as well as the ability to use that knowledge in an investment situation.

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Investment Decision Project

Your new employer has granted you a $100,000 bonus that requires that you invest the funds within 1- week of receiving the bonus. Your assignment is to describe to me the investment(s) that you will make with those proceeds. You may assume that you cannot use the funds for a minimum of 30 years but you must describe the factors that led you to this decision. Your current investment choice(s) does not have to be for the entire 30 years but you cannot use the funds during that time. Your choice of investments must be in a security that is registered with the Security Exchange Commission (for the most part, this means that it is publicly traded). Your analysis should not be limited to the following factors but may help you get started with the process:

  • The potential economic, political and geopolitical considerations, regulatory, and environmental factors that we anticipate for the next 4 or more years.
  • The other investments that you may currently own (fictitious or real are ok).
  • Future secular economic trends that you believe to be important.

Think of this assignment as part of a job interview process where you must demonstrate your knowledge of finance as well as the ability to use that knowledge in an investment situation.
This is an individual assignment so you should not consult anyone about this analysis. Duplicate or similar submissions will be graded down.

Your answer to this question should be limited to 1-page, using 11-point font. The portion of your answer that extends beyond that limit will not count toward your grade.

How effective is large group interventions from your point of view? Discuss some of the issues associated with organization process interventions. Briefly explain Organization Confrontation Meeting in your own words and discuss why it is important.

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MGT Questions

Click on the following link to read about communities of practice, how they support the organization and different types of communities.

https://www.apqc.org/expertise/knowledge-management/communities-of-practice

 (Question):

  1. How communities of practice support organizations? Which type of community is best for the organization you work in?

Watch the short video in the following link and answer the question given in test your knowledge section.

(Question):

  • Q: Briefly describe the main points highlighted in the video.

Required Readings:

Chapter 10: Evaluating and Institutionalizing OD Interventions.

 

6.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

  • Q: Explain Third-Party Interventions and provide an example.

 

Required Readings:

Chapter 11: Organization Process Approaches.

  • Q1: How effective is large group interventions from your point of view?
  • Q2: Discuss some of the issues associated with organization process interventions.
  • Q3: Briefly explain Organization Confrontation Meeting in your own words and discuss why it is important.

 

(Question):Chapter 8, you learn about the social media age. Compare between User 1.0 and User 2.0.

Question):)You learn about the different types of routine business messages (task-oriented and relationship-oriented). Pick one and write a sample routine message following the element of the selected type.

 

 Watch the following link and answer the questions that follows:

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/top-5-ethics-and-compliance-trends-for-2-57808/ 

  • (Question): Think about all of the communication opportunities provided by social media. How could an organization use social media like Facebook, Twitter and the like, to promote ethical behavior and communicate the organization’s values? What are the advantages and dangers of those media?

 

Watch the following link and answer the questions that follow:

https://www.brighthub.com/office/human-resources/articles/106259/ 

  • (Question): In addition to identifying and training good managers, what else could an organization do to increase levels of employee engagement?

If our goal is still to maximize profit and we removed that constraint, how much more of the constrained item would we need to acquire (i.e. labor hours or pounds of raw material) for the revised production plan?

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Homework #7

You work for a pharmaceutical company that produces 6 products at their plant.
One of these products (Prod 5) is used to treat a seasonal illness. Demand for all other products is relatively stable.

1. You want to develop a method to forecast the demand for Prod 5.

  • a. You have gathered the weekly demand information for the last 3 seasons (Sept –Apr) and the average temperature for those weeks (see the Datafile – Data worksheet).
    i. Does the temperature appear to be a good indicator for demand? (HINT: Scatter plot)
    ii. If so, develop a projection method based on the expected temperature for the coming week (production occurs one week prior to demand). (HINT: Trendline, Regression formula)
    iii. If the average temperature in the coming week is expected to be 32°, what is your forecast for demand?

2. You have now been asked to put together a production schedule that will maximize the variable profit for your plant. Key information about each of the products is shown in the datafile (at the top of the worksheet called “Solver”).

  • a. Production of each pound of finished product requires labor and raw material. The hours and labor needed for each product are shown (rows 2&3). For example, product 1 requires 6 hours of labor and 3.2 pounds of raw material to produce one pound of finished product (FP).
  • b. The unit price and variable cost per pound of finished product are shown. Based on this calculate the profit per pound (row 6). (HINT: Profit = Unit Price minus Variable Cost)
  • c. The total demand is also included (row 7) – this is the total demand for the product, your company is not the only manufacturer so they do not need to supply the full demand, but they should not produce more than the total demand in any given week. For Prod 5, use the demand that you calculated in Step 1.
  • d. As a starting point, the pounds of each product that were produced last week are shown (row 9).
  • e. Calculate the Total profit for each product (HINT: Units produced times profit per unit).
  • f. Then calculate the total units produced and total profit by summing the values across all the products.
  • g. Calculate the total labor hours used and total materials used in cells B15 and B16. (HINT: =SUMPRODUCT function will be useful here).

3. You are now ready to find an optimal production schedule that will maximize your profits.

  • a. Let’s think about the constraints that we need to establish:
    • You have 45,000 hours of labor and 16,000 pounds of raw material available.
    • Production should not exceed total demand.
    • Ensure that all production quantities are non–negative
    • Ensure that no partial pounds of finished product are made
    (HINT: make a new constraint and look for “int” in the middle box, this means to make the solution an integer / whole number).

 

  • b. You want to find optimal solutions subject to the above constraints for a couple of scenarios. In rows 22–24, make a note of the optimal production quantities for each of scenario (HINT: Copy – Paste Values after each scenario) as you will use these quantities to summarize the scenarios in the next step.
    • No minimum production for each product (Scenario: No Min).
    • You realize that if you don’t produce at least some of each product there could end up being an overall supply shortage, therefore explore the following additional scenarios.
    i) Minimum production for each product of 1000 pounds (Scenario: Min 1000).
    ii) Minimum production for each product equal to 10% of total demand (Scenario: Min 10% of Demand)

4. Now, using Scenario Manager, prepare a summary of each of these 3 scenarios, showing
i. the production quantity for each product
ii. the resulting total variable profit for the plant
iii. total pounds produced
iv. total labor used
v. total material used (HINT: you can add additional results by separating them by a comma in the results cells box).

  • a. Apply range names to the cells that will appear on the summary to improve the readability of the summary.
  • b. Which scenario will you recommend to management?

5. What is the limiting constraint? In other words, which limitation prevents us from making more product?

  • a. If our goal is still to maximize profit and we removed that constraint, how much more of the constrained item would we need to acquire (i.e. labor hours or pounds of raw material) for the revised production plan? (HINT: Remove that constraint).
  • b. If that item cost $10 per unit, would it make sense to do it? (HINT: How would profit (vs. the recommended scenario) be impacted by this decision?)

6. Finally, prepare a waterfall chart to show the profit contribution of each product –assuming Scenario: Min 10% of Demand.