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Analyze and evaluate the different kinds of strategies the speaker uses in their speech to convince the audience. You must consider all three appeals: ethos, pathos and logos (ethical, emotional, and logical appeals.

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Ted Talks: TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat — and the rise of bite-sized content

https://www.ted.com/talks/qiuqing_tai_tiktok_insta…

Requirements:

– In the introduction paragraph(s), generally address the topic at hand and why it matters to certain people, summarize the speech, provide the rhetorician’s central argument and purpose, and give some context about this person (see the bio at the end of the speeches).

– Establish a clear thesis in which you state the main points you will make regarding your rhetorical analysis of this article.

– Summarize in your own words a few of the key claims the speaker presents in their speech, and identify the evidence type (ie. fact, line of reasoning, personal testimony, expert opinion, etc.). Concretely cite the supporting evidence itself (meaning you should quote and/or paraphrase). Describe how strong the content and delivery of that evidence is for certain audience

– Analyze and evaluate the different kinds of strategies the speaker uses in their speech to convince the audience. You must consider all three appeals: ethos, pathos and logos (ethical, emotional, and logical appeals.

Build Trendsetter’s Post-Series B capitalization table for the case Series A was financed by Mega Fund, and the price per share at Series B is $0.40. What’s the Series B conversion price? What’s the Series B conversion rate?

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Venture Capital assignment

You must build the capitalization tables for Alpha and Mega’s Series A financing and their payoff. Now, Trendsetter goes into a second round of financing, and Series A holders may be diluted. Analyze the company’s capitalization at Series B according to the protection provisions on Series A’s Term Sheet.

Suppose on a second round of financing, Trendsetter issues 6 million Series B convertible preferred shares, and the first round was financed by Mega Fund and not by Alpha Ventures’ syndicate.

Read the following extract from Mega Fund Term Sheets’ Antidilution Provisions paragraph #4. Notice the type of anti-dilution protection depends on the future round of financing’s price per share:

Anti dilution Provisions: The Series A Preferred shall have weighted average antidilution rights on issuances of shares at a price less than 100% and greater than 50% of the Series A Purchase Price (except for the issuance of the Reserved Shares); provided if new shares are issued at a price less than or equal to 50% of the Series A Purchase Price then the adjustment will be full ratchet; provided, however, that with respect to a Designated Financing, this ratchet adjustment shall be made only if the holder of Series A Preferred invests its Pro Rata Share.

Answer the following questions on the Assignment 8 quiz (link below):

Build Trendsetter’s Post-Series B capitalization table for the case Series A was financed by Mega Fund, and the price per share at Series B is $0.40.
What’s the Series B conversion price?
What’s the Series B conversion rate?

Build Trendsetter’s Post-Series B capitalization table for the case Series A was financed by Mega Fund, and the price per share at Series B is $0.80.
What’s the Series B conversion price?
What’s the Series B conversion rate?

Build Trendsetter’s Post-Series B capitalization table for the case Series A was financed by Mega Fund, and the price per share at Series B is $1.50.
What’s the Series B conversion price?
What’s the Series B conversion rate?

Tip: In this case, the number of shares issued for Series B is fixed at 6 million. Therefore, the investment amount in Series B will depend on the price per share.

Describe your motivating factors in providing healthcare to underserved communities in support of the Nurse Corps Scholarship Program mission. Provide specific personal and professional experience demonstrating your interest in positively impacting underserved communities.

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 ”Nurse Corps Scholarship Program mission”

Essay Question: Describe your motivating factors in providing healthcare to underserved communities in support of the Nurse Corps Scholarship Program mission. Provide specific personal and professional experience demonstrating your interest in positively impacting underserved communities.

Write a brief posting (250 – 350 words) in which you discuss one difference and one similarity in the treatment of religion in the play Raja Edepus from Indonesia and Kutiyattam: Sanskrit Theatre from India. What is common ground and what is different?

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Writing a discussion about plays and articles — 250-350 words

Consider the videos and articles you have just digested. Each culture has distinct characteristics, and yet there are similarities as well. Write a brief posting (250 – 350 words) in which you discuss one difference and one similarity in the treatment of religion in the play Raja Edepus from Indonesia and Kutiyattam: Sanskrit Theatre from India. What is common ground and what is different?

A DISAPPEARING NUMBER IS NOT AN INDIAN PLAY. It is an English play that has Indian characters in the cast, and the location of the play is partly in England and partly in India.  Please do not refer to this play in your writing as an example of Indian theatre.

  • The first video I couldn’t find any link online because it is offered only in the school library but here is the title of the Play: Raja Edepus, adapted from Oedipus Tyrannos by Sophocles Performed at the Bali Arts Festival in July 2006.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHGfu-wdVfw

 

  • Raja edepus review

Create a five-level factorial design matrix in HiPPO and map to the real ranges for R = [0.02 to 0.2] m and t = [0.001, 0.01] m. Show your design matrix including both the normalized and real design variables along with the function values of M, G, and V for each design in your design matrix.

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Problem Set: Meta modeling Polynomial Regression

HW3-1: (30 points) For the design problem of the hollowed circular beam (shown below),

  • a. Create a three-level factorial design matrix in HiPPO and map to the real ranges for R = [0.02 to 0.2] m and t = [0.001, 0.01] m. Show your design matrix including both the normalized and real design variables along with the function values of M, G, and V for each design in your design matrix.
  • b. Create the quadratic PR models (with interactions) of M, G, and V in HiPPO and create the 3D plots of these three metamodels in Matlab. Briefly comment on the accuracy of the three metamodels by comparing to the true function plots in HW2-3.
  • c. Create the GimOPT input file for this optimization problem using the three metamodels and obtain the optimum solution. Report your solution and briefly comment on it by comparing to the true solution in

HW2-2. Note that these metamodels and their gradients can be saved to file in HiPPO. Also note that the two functions for G and V are not the constraint functions by themselves; you need to apply their limit values when creating the constraint functions for GimOPT.

HW3-2: (40 points) For the design problem of the hollowed circular beam (shown in the figure of HW3-1),

  • a. Create a five-level factorial design matrix in HiPPO and map to the real ranges for R = [0.02 to 0.2] m and t = [0.001, 0.01] m. Show your design matrix including both the normalized and real design variables along with the function values of M, G, and V for each design in your design matrix.
  • b. Create the quadratic PR models (with interactions) of M, G, and V in HiPPO and create the 3D plots of these three metamodels in Matlab. Briefly comment on the accuracy of the three metamodels by comparing to the true function plots in HW2-3.
  • c. Create the GimOPT input file for this optimization problem using the three metamodels and obtain the
    optimum solution. Report your solution and briefly comment on it by comparing to the true solution in

HW2-2. Note that these metamodels and their gradients can be saved to file in HiPPO. Also note that the two functions for G and V are not the constraint functions by themselves; you need to apply their limit values when creating the constraint functions for GimOPT.

Problem-solving is a daily task in any business. But what to do when significant problems keep coming back? Think about the last major problem you encountered. Did you take the time to discover the actual underlying cause or did you implement a quick fix that dealt with the symptoms? Discuss in detail the about the root cause analysis.

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Mgt 312 decisions making and problem solving

Assignment Question(s):  (Marks 15)

Part-I

Read the article titled as “What Are Your Decision-Making Strengths and Blind Spots?” by Cheryl Strauss Einhorn published in Harvard Business Review, and answer the following Questions:

  1. Summarize the article and explain the main issues discussed in the article. (In 500-600 words)   (Marks 5)
  2. According to the author what is Problem Solver Profiles (PSPs). How the five different decision-making archetypes help you in improving decision-making and problem-solving skills?  Explain in relation with the text you learnt in the course. Use additional reference to support your argument. (In 400-500 words)  (Marks 5)

 Part-II- Critical Thinking Question

  1. “Problem-solving is a daily task in any business. But what to do when significant problems keep coming back? Think about the last major problem you encountered. Did you take the time to discover the actual underlying cause or did you implement a quick fix that dealt with the symptoms? Discuss in detail the about the root cause analysis. (Words 400-500)  (Marks 5)

Analyze stakeholder needs and requirements. Analyze system requirements. Analyze system operation. Analyze system functions. Analyze logical structure. Analyze system architecture.

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Reverse Engineering Project: Part 4 – System Analysis Assignment Instructions

Overview

In the Reverse Engineering Project, you will acquire a commercially available product (i.e., the system of interest – SOI), carefully disassemble it, develop a hypothesis concerning the purpose of the SOI (i.e., the Problem Statement), and conduct a thorough analysis of the SOI using the SysML modeling language, Visio modeling tool, and the Wasson MBSE modeling method. As part of the project, you will consider how the SOI fits into the CreationeeringTM paradigm and a biblical worldview.

Please note: This assignment is not due until Module 12. The Assignment Instructions are placed in an earlier module for you to preview as you will need to begin working on the assignment prior to the module in which it is due.

System Analysis Assignment Overview

In this assignment, you will develop a Wasson MBSE model of your reverse-engineered product SOi. These model viewpoints (stakeholder requirements, system requirements, system operation, system functions, logical structure, and system architecture) should collectively describe the system of interest using the SysML modeling language, Visio modeling tool, and the Wasson MBSE modeling method.

Instructions

  1. Analyze stakeholder needs and requirements.
    • specify stakeholder requirements using a Requirements Table and SysML Requirements Diagram
  2. Analyze system requirements.
    • specify system requirements using a Requirements Table and SysML Requirements Diagram
  3. Analyze system operation.
    • specify system operation using SysML Use Case Diagram
  4. Analyze system functions.
    • specify system functions using SysML Activity Diagrams
  5. Analyze logical structure.
    • specify logical structure using SysML Block Definition Diagram
  6. Analyze system architecture.
    • specify system architecture using SysML Internal Block Definition Diagrams
  7. Prepare a document of your activities based on the Reverse Engineering Project: Part 4 – System Analysis Template.
  8. Export/Upload the completed document as a pdf file.

Recommendations

  1. Refer to the Systems Engineering Handbook, Chapter 4 section on writing good requirements.
  2. Use Visio to create the required SysML diagrams.
  3. Verify traceability between model perspectives (i.e., Requirements, Operations, Behavioral, Physical).
  4. Elaborate on how the SOI fits into the CreationeeringTM paradigm and a biblical worldview. -How does this SOI show evidence of something God created (i.e., biomimicry)? How could this SOI be used in a ministry application? What Scripture passages relate to this SOI or this stage of the project?

Note: These are minimal requirements. To achieve a higher grade on this assignment, you must exceed these requirements. See the grading rubric for further details.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Distinguish between wealth effect, interest effect and the foreign prices effect of a price change.

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Microeconomics Question

Distinguish between wealth effect, interest effect and the foreign prices effect of a price change.

Using the lessons learned from these resources, write an essay describing your takeaways, lessons learned, and how visiting these sites has benefitted you.

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Role of Nurses in Improving Palliative Care for Culturally Diverse Populations

Utilize your topic of interest identified in week 1(The Role of Nurses in Improving Palliative Care for Culturally Diverse Populations). Test your question with a few trusted peers. Then follow the steps below to perform and build a plan for your topic development.

The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue (owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html) is an excellent site at which to hone your writing and research skills.

  1. Go to owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/audience_analysis/index.html and complete an “Audience Analysis.”
  2. Go to owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/writers_block/more_writers_block_strategies.html and identify your blocks to writing and try two of the suggested intervention strategies.
  3. Go to owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/evaluating_sources_of_information/index.html and evaluate the value of the next three sources of information you plan to use in your research.

Using the lessons learned from these resources, write an essay describing your takeaways, lessons learned, and how visiting these sites has benefitted you.

[This essay should be at least 400 words in length. Include your link. ]

Discuss a piece of news that came out regarding the country over the course of the week leading up to that Friday.

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Piece of news

In the first paragraph, discuss a piece of news that came out regarding the country over the course of the week leading up to that Friday. The news source is up to you.

After the first paragraph where you discuss the piece of news, write another paragraph analyzing the news source that you used: what is the audience targeted by that news source; can you identify any inherent biases that news source may have (for example: do they have an agenda and if so, what is it; who is their target audience; do they have a particular political leaning; do they express the views of the owner, who is the owner and what are their views; are they pro- or against a particular country or policy issue). This second paragraph can be shorter, sometimes a couple of sentences may suffice as long as the required content is covered. If you use the same source of news for a subsequent Friday news post, you may copy-paste the second paragraph where you analyze the news source.