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Analyze your chosen documents using the skills highlighted in the Historical Thinking, Sourcing, and Historical Context videos from the playlist.

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History project

Project: The student will be responsible for choosing an event in American History approved by the instructor and create an argument on its significance using historical evidence of at least one primary and one secondary source. The student will also analyze and interpret the primary and secondary sources by explaining how the material impacted the chosen event. (Learning Objectives 2 and 3)

The LIFE history project is an opportunity for you to explore a topic, group, event, or time period that interests you the most as found in the LIFE Magazine archive on Google Books. The goal of this history project is two-fold: first, it gives you an opportunity to explore a topic of your choice in more depth. Secondly, this project gives us a chance to dig deeper to truly understand events in American History beyond the textbook as Americans experienced it. Below are the instructions for our project. If you have any questions, please let me know.

1. Explore the LIFE Magazine archive in Google Books. Choose a topic from the magazine to conduct your research on – keep in mind that it needs to be American History focused and must be within the time frame of this course. You can select a topic from anywhere in the magazines – the images, articles, advertisements, etc. You’ll need to specifically reference your LIFE Magazine selection in the beginning of your paper so that I can find it (Be specific about where you’ve found it). The goal here is to pick a topic by reading through a magazine through the eyes of someone in the past. What better way to do so than to read the same magazines that people read almost 80+ years ago!

2. Watch the videos in this YouTube playlist on the types of sources, how to conduct historical research, and how to analyze documents. These videos should guide you through the process of locating academically credible documents and sources.

3. Conduct the research – you need to locate at least one primary and one secondary source directly related to your topic. You must ensure that your sources meet the criteria for primary\secondary sources and that they pass the C.R.A.P. test. Both of these sources are in addition to the LIFE Magazine article you’ve chosen in step one.

4. Analyze your chosen documents using the skills highlighted in the Historical Thinking, Sourcing, and Historical Context videos from the playlist.

5. Write up your project according to the following criteria:

  • Write a 500 -1000 word (overall) synthesis of your topic and sources.
  • Your analysis should begin with a brief overview or summarization of your chosen topic (be sure to specifically reference where you found your topic from the LIFE Magazine archive).
  • Next, you will provide a description and analysis of each of your sources.
  • Lastly, you’ll need to corroborate all of your chosen sources and discuss how they relate or add information\perspective to your topic. Specifically, I am asking you to evaluate your sources in the context of the topic (i.e. Why is your primary source important to research being conducted on your topic? What do each of these sources do for us in terms of research?)

Describe three to four key best practices in strategic compensation. Focus on theories or concepts for approaching a total rewards strategy, the significance and effect of job classifications in creating a total rewards strategy, and approaches to affecting individual or organizational performance.

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Discussion Post: best practices in strategic compensation.

In this discussion, describe three to four key best practices in strategic compensation. Focus on theories or concepts for approaching a total rewards strategy, the significance and effect of job classifications in creating a total rewards strategy, and approaches to affecting individual or organizational performance.

Your initial post should be succinct, of at least 150 words, and demonstrate critical analysis and precision in writing.

Explain how the freedoms guaranteed in the Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments limit the power of government. Use specific examples.

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Bill of Rights Essay

You are to write an original, standard essay on the following prompt. Your essay will ONLY be turned in through Schoology.

Question: What is a standard essay?
All essays, whether written in class or outside of class, will be written in a standard essay format. The essay should be 1-2 pages and have an introductory paragraph, with a thesis, a body containing at least three paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. The essay will have a minimum of five paragraphs. Each paragraph should have a minimum of four sentences. All essays will use a standard font of Calibri, Times New Roman, or Arial. Use a type size of 12. Plagiarism rules will apply. Place your name, class period, and essay title at the top of the page. Technology and internet issues are responsibility of the student.

Essay Prompt:
Explain how the freedoms guaranteed in the Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments limit the power of government. Use specific examples.

In what ways is race an imaginary concept? Why, in a very real sense, are none of us a member of any single race due to human intermingling over the millenia? And what then does this say about the enormous power that the concept of race has been given in America?

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Week 1 Discussion

In what ways is race an imaginary concept? Why, in a very real sense, are none of us a member of any single race due to human intermingling over the millenia? And what then does this say about the enormous power that the concept of race has been given in America?

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Why do you think that chronic disease development is so prevalent today despite increased understanding of causative factors? How can we as a population foster better prevention?

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Chronic illness

Why do you think that chronic disease development is so prevalent today despite increased understanding of causative factors? How can we as a population foster better prevention?

Identify the company (of the 3 in this case study) that you believe to be most environmentally responsible and briefly explain why.

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Module 1: Video Case Study

Read information and Watch the 3 videos below. As you watch the videos, consider the impact of “big data” on the environment and the responsibility of large online businesses to be socially responsible in terms of controlling both pollution and global warming. Using what you’ve learned, do the following:

A. Craft an argument identifying the 2 best techniques employed (by any of the 3 companies) to enhance environmental responsibility. The 2 best techniques do not have to be from the same company.

B. Additionally, identify the technique from the case study narrative or videos that you believe to be the LEAST effective in having a positive impact on the environment and explain why.

C. Identify the company (of the 3 in this case study) that you believe to be most environmentally responsible and briefly explain why.

Be sure to support your positions (in parts A & B) with at least 2 external sources – these sources can be used to support either your “best techniques” argument or your “least effective” argument, but the textbook is not considered an external source.

Development frameworks such as user-centered, participatory, and agile design help by offering validated processes with predictable schedules and meaningful deliverables, why specific design methods such as surveys, focus groups, and ethnographic observation can provide information to guide requirements analysis?

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Development frameworks such as user-centered, participatory and agile design

Question:

Development frameworks such as user-centered, participatory, and agile design help by offering validated processes with predictable schedules and meaningful deliverables, why specific design methods such as surveys, focus groups, and ethnographic observation can provide information to guide requirements analysis?

What are the most important ethical impacts you discussed? How can you address these by changing your design, organization, or by proposing policy changes?

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Module 06 Assignment – Ethics Canvas for the Use for AI in Consumer Data

Instructions: Complete all sections of the Ethics Canvas. Type your responses below and submit the completed template to the assignment dropbox for grading.

 

  1. Worldviews:
    1. How might people’s worldviews be affected by your product or service? (Ex. Their ideas about consumption, religion, work, etc.…)

 

  1. Individuals Affected:
    1. Who use your product or service?
    2. Who are affected by its use?
    3. What is their gender, age, occupation, etc.…?

 

  1. Behaviors:
    1. How might people’s behavior change because of your product or service? (Ex. Their habits, time-schedules, choice of activities, etc.…)?

 

  1. Relationships:
    1. How might relations between people and groups change because of your product or service? (Ex. Between friends, family members, co-workers, etc.…)

 

  1. Plan of Action:
    1. What are the most important ethical impacts you discussed?
    2. How can you address these by changing your design, organization, or by proposing policy changes?

 

  1. Groups Affected:
    1. Which groups are affected by the design, production, distribution, and use or your product or service?
    2. Are these work-related organizations, interest groups, etc.…)?

 

  1. Product or Service Failure:
    1. What are potential negative impacts of your product or service if it fails to operate or to be used as intended?
    2. What happens with technical errors, security failures, etc.…?

 

  1. Problematic Use of Resources:
    1. What are potential negative impacts of the consumption of resources relating to your product or service?
    2. What happens with its use of energy, personal data, etc.…?

 

Describe the practice-related issue and its impact on the nursing profession and/or healthcare delivery. How does this issue influence healthcare safety, quality, and/or health outcomes?

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PICOT statement

Revisit the practice-related issue of interest that you identified in the week one discussion posting, and respond to the following:

  • Describe the practice-related issue and its impact on the nursing profession and/or healthcare delivery.
  • How does this issue influence healthcare safety, quality, and/or health outcomes?
  • What nursing intervention would you recommend to improve the issue?
  • As you conduct a review of literature to better understand the issue and your proposed intervention, what search terms might be most helpful?

Based upon your responses to the above, develop a PICOT statement that conveys the following elements.

  • P-Population and Problem – What is the nursing practice issue or problem and who does it affect?
  • I-Intervention – What evidence-based solution for the problem would you like to apply?
  • C-Comparison – what is another solution for the problem? (Note that this is typically the current practice, no intervention at all, or alternative solutions.)
  • O-Outcome – Very specifically, how will you know that the intervention worked? What will be the indicator of success, and how will that outcome be measured?
  • T-Timeframe – Target date for outcome achievement.

Use a sentence format to construct your PICOT statement. Here is an example from the educational field (remember, your PICOT will address a nursing practice issue or problem):

Do kindergarteners experiencing learning disabilities (P) who are given a stress ball to squeeze (I) compared to those who don’t have a stress ball (C) experience improved academic performance in class (O) over a 6 week period (T)?

Examine the figure at the right. Which strain of yeast produces higher concentrations of pyruvic acid?

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BIO&CHEM OF COOKING

Red wine gets its color from anthocyanins found in grape skins, but other types of pigments may be produced during fermentation of the must. The production of some types of red-colored pigments, including visitin A and visitin B, are dependent on the production of pyruvic acid during fermentation. Examine the figure at the right. Which strain of yeast produces higher concentrations of pyruvic acid?

List your answer to the question and justify your answer. Also describe your thought process to how you answered the question.