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Based on your understanding of the research cited in the required sources, assess the emerging field of epigenetics, explaining how it is impacting the longstanding nature versus nurture paradigm and evaluating the possible promise and risks with respect to the human experiments.

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Webster (2013) blog post The Great Rat Mother Switcheroo

Links to an external site.. The recommended sources for this week provide additional information on these topics that may be helpful.

In this week’s required sources, you learned that while genes have a lot to say about who we are, environmental factors, particularly parental behavior, can shape the behavior of offspring on a biochemical level. In your initial post of a minimum of 350 words,

  • Briefly describe the research that has been done with rat mothers to illustrate this phenomenon. Be specific about the maternal behaviors and correlated biochemical changes to their offspring. This section demonstrates that you understand what research has been conducted and what the results mean, so be sure to go beyond quoting and paraphrasing to explain and interpret the research as you understand it.
  • Explain the implications of the research on parental behavior and environmental factors as they relate to human personality development.
  • Based on your understanding of the research cited in the required sources, assess the emerging field of epigenetics, explaining how it is impacting the longstanding nature versus nurture paradigm and evaluating the possible promise and risks with respect to the human experiments.

Be sure to cite all the required sources in your initial post.

Create an ad for Add for Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Creations Cookie Nut Crunch.

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Business question

Create an ad for Add for Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Creations Cookie Nut Crunch.

Define a workplace or community (neighborhood) problem persuasively and accurately. Propose one or more possible solutions to the problem or issue.

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Writing Assignment #3

Research Report to a Decision-maker

 Assignment Summary

You must write a Research Report on the topic that you introduced in WA #1, the Proposal Memo, and for which you gathered and reported on and reviewed your research sources in WA #2, the Synthesis Literature Review. Your research report is the culmination of the work you have done with WA #1, the Proposal Memo and WA #2, the Synthesis Literature Review. Your Research Report must be at least 2000 words long. In your Research Report, you will do the following for your readers:

  • define a workplace or community (neighborhood)problem persuasively and accurately.
  • propose one or more possible solutions to the problem or issue.
  • present one or more possible solutions to a clearly identified decision-maker (or group of decision-makers) who can implement the recommendation(s) you make for solving the problem or addressing the issue.

How WA #3, the Research Report relates to WA #1, the Proposal Memo and WA #2, the synthesis Literature Review

 In the Proposal Memo you decided upon a suitable topic (a workplace or community problem and one or more possible solutions) and introduced your topic to a decision maker (or group of decision makers). In the Synthesis Literature Review you gathered research sources about your topic, identified themes related to the topic within your sources, and discussed how the sources related to each other in their treatment of the themes you identified (this is synthesis). Now, in the Research Report, you must present an explanation and discussion of your topic’s problem(s) and why the problem(s) need to be addressed – supported by your research – and offer one or more possible solutions – supported by your research. You will now have identified a problem, researched sources to get expert views about the problem(s). and offered one or more solutions to the problem – supported by research. You will have moved from identifying a problem to research the problem and possible solutions to reporting upon your research and findings to a decision maker.

 

What You Must Provide for WA #3, the Research Report

  1. Your report presents a clearly defined workplace or community (neighborhood) problem (supported by research) and offers one or more possible solutions (supported by research).
  2. Your report follows the approved report template/guide and contains all the components required by the assignment instructions.
  3. Your review uses American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition citation style for citing sources within the text of your paper and in providing a reference page.
  4. Your review meets word length requirements and follows correct business style.

Checklist to Guide you in Completing your Research Report

  1. Components necessary for the Research Report:
  • letter to the decision-maker (separate page from body of report)
  • executive summary (separate page from body of report)
  • title page
  • table of contents (separate page from body of report)
  • introduction
  • body of the report including headings and subheadings
  • conclusion(s) drawn from research findings and discussion
  • recommendations for implementation of the solution(s)
  • References page, with references listed in APA format (separate page from body of report)
  1. WA #4, Research Report, Requirements:

 

  1. The complete report should be a minimum of 2000 words long, not including the list of references.

 

  1. The complete report should also cite at least NINE (9) sources. At least FOUR (4) of them should come from peer-reviewed, scholarly journals. The sources will be integrated into the paper to explain the problem, provide evidence of the problem, and support the solution.

 

  1. In the report, you will do the following:
  2. define the problem persuasively and accurately
  3. propose a solution or solutions to the problem or issue
  4. present that solution to a decision-maker or group of decision-makers who can implement the recommendation.

Be sure to review the sample Research Reports in the Content area of the WRTG 394 classroom for examples of how fellow students have successfully completed this assignment that can offer you guidance and ideas for completing your assignment.

 

 GRADE OF A Assignment Task:

To earn the grade of “A,” you should complete another assignment for this research report. The instructions for that assignment can be found in both the Sample Assignments area of Content in the 394 classroom, as well as in the WA #3, Research Report, assignment folder in the Assignments area of the classroom.

 

How much additional revenue must each company generate to recover the losses from the fraud? Why are these amounts different? Which company will probably have to generate less revenue to recover the losses?

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The Case of Clever Inc

Clever, Inc., is a car manufacturer. Its 2015 income statement is as follows:

Clever. Inc. Income Statement for the Year Ended December 31, 2016 Sala moor 5204:00
Less cost of goods sold Coals =non Eapansis Nei income

Alexander, Inc, is a car rental agency based in Florida. Its 2015 income statement is as follows:

Alexander. Inc. Income Statement for the Year Ended December 31, 2016
Sala trent.. Events Net Income
S20.COD ISIXO

During 2015, both Clever, Inc., and Alexande , Inc, incurred a $1,000 fraud loss. 

  1. How much additional revenue must each company generate to recover the losses from the fraud?
  2. Why are these amounts different?
  3. Which company will probably have to generate less revenue to recover the losses?

Identify a potential workplace injury or illness associated with a particular job title. Examine job duties/tasks to determine hazards they are exposed to. Identify if this is a safety hazard, health hazard or both.

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OSH110: Injury & Illnesses Instructions

Part 1: Work Hazard Overview and EXPLANATION

Select 5 of the topics below and write an informal overview of each. Each topic is worth 10 points. APA format is not required.

Potential Topics [Choose 5]: HIV infection, Black Lung, Electrocution, Carpal Tunnel, Hearing Loss, Lead Poisoning, Mesothelioma, Metal Fume Fever, Trigger Finger, Cancer

Your response for each item should include the following:

  • Brief description using bullet points.
  • Identify how the workers may be exposed to the hazard.
  • Identify if this is a safety hazard, health hazard or both.
  • What can be implemented to prevent the injury or illness from occurring?

Part 2: Work Hazard Associations and Analysis

Select 5 of the work hazard topics listed below and write an informal summary of each to incude an association with a particular profession and particulars about how workers might be exposed. Each topic is worth 10 points.

Potential Topics [Choose 5]: Welder, Forklift Driver, Garbage man, Electrician, Wastewater Treatment Operator, Firefighter, Coal Miner, Concrete Masonry Laborer, Firearms instructor, Material Handler

Your response for each item should include the following:

  • Identify a potential workplace injury or illness associated with a particular job title. Examine job duties/tasks to determine hazards they are exposed to.
  • Identify if this is a safety hazard, health hazard or both.
  • Identify how the workers may be exposed to the hazard.
  • What can be implemented to prevent the injury or illness from occurring?

Searching for a new hire and interviewing potential candidates. When is the candidate good enough? What’s the stopping criteria?

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HW# The Hiring Problem Mathematically

The problem. Searching for a new hire and interviewing potential candidates. When is the candidate good enough? What’s the stopping criteria?

Formalize an abstract problem. Let us consider each candidate as an integer, the integer representing a ranking criterion. For example: nine candidates whose rank = {1,3,7,5,8,3,1,9,4}.
This problem would be trivial, just pick the element with maximum value, if it weren’t for two properties.
There is no look-ahead. When I’m selecting any one candidate, you are unable to look forward into the future and consider who you will select in the future. No crystal ball.
There is no undo. If you select a candidate and after a while decide to fire them in a misguided attempt to find someone better, there’s a good chance this person will be unavailable in the future gone working for a competitor.
We can think of it visually as a machine which is fed a tape of integers. It has two actions:
it can either stop; or
it can consider the next integer.

The machine’s objective is to stop on the highest integer.
Real world problem. At the heart of the hiring problem is conflict. Do I reject the current possibility in hopes of landing something better if I keep looking, or do I stick with what I have? Can be applied to almost anything a selection choice decision is required. Take it or leave it?
Solving the hiring problem analytically.
Random selection. Choose the 7th element in the list. No reason just 7th element in the list.
The probability, then, of picking the best element from an integer sequence of length N with this random pick rule is (1 divided by N).
To improve on this random selection strategy, search for a while, gain some insight, determine your options, and then choose the next best element that presents itself. In terms of the hiring problem, such a strategy would be to scan through the first r integers and then choose the first option that is greater than any of the integers in [1,r].

How does this new strategy compare to random selection? The above image is a prop to help understand the discussion that follows. Assume that i, is the greatest integer, occurs at n+1.

In order for this strategy to return the maximum integer, two conditions must hold:
1. The maximum integer cannot be contained in [1,r]. Our strategy is to scan through [1,r], so if the solution is in [1,r], we necessarily lose. This can also be stated as n≥r.
2. Our strategy is going to select the first integer, i, in [r,N] that’s greater than max([1,r]) Given this, there cannot be any integers greater than i that come after i, otherwise the strategy will lose. Alternatively put, the condition max([1,r])==max([1,n]) must be true.

Thus, to calculate the effectiveness of our strategy, we need to know the probability that both of these will hold. For some given n, this is: (r divided by n) multiplied by (1 divided by N). (1 divided by N) is the probability that i occurs at n+1 (remember, this is the probability for some n, not the n), while (r divided by n) is a consequence of the second condition, the probability that the condition max([1,r])==max([1,n]) is true.

To calculate the probability for some r, P®, not for arbitrary n, but for everything, we need to sum over n≥r:

This is a Riemann1 approximation of an integral so we can rewrite it. By letting
Now, we can find the optimal r by solving for P′®=0.
By plugging roptimal back into P® we will find the probability of success.
What The Math Says
Well, the optimal solution is for us to estimate how many people we believe we might reasonably interview in the future, say 20. We plug this into the equation (N divided by e), where N=20, (20 divided by e) ≈7.
This result says that, if we want to maximize our probability of ending up with the best possible candite, we should interview 7 candidates and then, choose the next candidate who is better than all of those candidates.
1 Gary L. Miller. Riemann’s hypothesis and tests for primality. Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 13(3):300–317, 1976.

However, the typical hiring problem maximizes the chances of landing the best candidate and considers all other outcomes equally bad. Most on the choosers are not thinking this way, they want to maximize the probability that they end up with a pretty good candidate. It is not all or nothing.

Maximizing the Probability of a Good Outcome
Fear not, there’s a modification of the hiring problem that maximizes the probability of finding a high-value candidate. Suffice it to say, the strategy is the same except we use a cutoff of √N rather than (N divided by e).

What Sort of Optimal?
At the end of the day, the secretary problem is a mathematical abstraction and fails to take into account much of complexity of, you know, reality.
The solution to the secretary problem suggests that the optimal hiring strategy is to estimate the maximum number of people you are willing to interview, N, and then interview √N people and hire the next person who is better than all of those. In laboratory experiments, people often stop searching too soon when solving searching problems. This suggests that the average person doesn’t search enough candidates prior to choosing.
At the end of the day, the hiring problem is a mathematical abstraction and there is more to finding the “right” candidate than interviewing a certain number of people.

Question: Existing assistant ranks 4. Quantity of thirty candidate elements each with a low- high ranking criterion 0-9. A Reject/Accept decision is to be made after the interview and cannot go back to a rejected candidate. Each scenario below, explain your method and who would you hire?

Scenario #1 Candidate Elements
3 8 3 9 2 3 8 5 1 4 2 7 9 2 4 4 9 7 1 0 1 7 4 2 1 8 1 9 5 1

Scenario #2 Candidate Elements
3 8 3 9 2 3 8 5 1 4 2 6 8 2 4 3 8 6 1 0 1 6 4 2 1 7 1 8 5 1

What intervention would you recommend?

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ASSAULTIVE BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT

Scenario One-A

You’re present on the locked adult behavioral unit as a 74 year old male, named John Rowe, admitted for an onset of dementia and to regulate his meds, is in the process of acting out by throwing some chairs against the day room wall. John’s family, including his son and daughter-in-law is also present, along with several staff members, having responded to the commotion of the chairs being thrown at the wall. The nurse in charge informs you that John was supposed to be discharged this afternoon after the doctor had written the order earlier in the day, per the family’s request, but upon arriving, the family now wants to leave John in the hospital 7 more days, stating that they feel he needs more medications to help his behavior at home, as John lives with the family and has been exhibiting delusional and forgetful behavior lately. John’s family also have told the doctor that they would like John to stay another week because they would like to go on their vacation this week and since they care for him full time, this would be the only chance they will get this year to vacation, so they want John to stay another week and have told him that he will be staying now after getting his hopes up the day before.

John has no history of violence prior to this admission and has been fixating on going home, but now that he has found out that he is not going home, he has suddenly become aggressive and unpredictable. After throwing the chairs against the wall, John yells loudly and threateningly at his family, telling them that they can’t keep him there and that he is going to his room to get his bags he’d already packed the day before in anticipation of his discharge. The family is fairly unemotional during the outburst, appearing only to be annoyed and embarrassed over the spectacle. The nurse in charge is trying unsuccessfully to reach John’s doctor and is clearly annoyed over the family’s decision to want John to stay. As John emerges from his room, clearly angry and agitated, the family tries reason with him, but only gets more aggression their way as he yells, waving his suitcase at them before walking toward the door. John begins pounding his fist and kicking the door, screaming and demanding that he be allowed to leave. Staff members and the family attempt to guide him away from the door, but John only yells louder and pushes past them all. He begins pacing around the room, yelling more and starts waving his suitcase around to keep everyone away.

1) What intervention would you recommend?

Indicate what strikes you as most interesting from the information and links provided. Why? Address the article and each link separately.

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AH311: Medical Issue: Antibiotic Resistance

Discussion Review Directions:

Post a review on the Discussion Board. Type your review in the Reply box below these instructions.

If you are unsure how to post on the Discussion Board, review the Canvas student guide.

Be sure to list and define each medical term in the 6 articles. Then answer the following questions.

Thought Questions:

  1. Indicate what strikes you as most interesting from the information and links provided. Why? Address the article and each link separately.
  2. Project how the issues noted will impact you as a medical professional and healthcare consumer for yourself and significant family members.
  3. Indicate research to address the issue you believe will emerge during your healthcare career. What, why, and how.

Support your statements with evidence from the medical dictionary and your research (Wikipedia is not a research reference). Cite and reference your sources

Check this link to see if the document with attached links work, if not I uploaded a file as well. But please reach out to me if it does not load!!!!!

  • file:///Users/sindycolaci/Downloads/CDC%20Antibiotic%20Resistance%20with%206%20links%20to%20artericles.html

What is the counterargument (opposing point of view) that Amy Zhang acknowledges and refutes? Do you think this is a successful counterargument? Why or why not?

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Discussion Questions: Amy Zhang’s “Slow Down and Eat Better”

Discussion Questions: Zhang’s “Slow Down and Eat Better”

  1. What is Amy Zhang’s claim (position)?
  2. What reasons (logical arguments) does Amy Zhang give to support her claim?
  3. Provide one example of evidence (information from sources that support the reasons) that you found to be particularly effective. Why did this stand out to you?
  4. What is the counterargument (opposing point of view) that Amy Zhang acknowledges and refutes? Do you think this is a successful counterargument? Why or why not?
  5. Ultimately, do you find Amy Zhang’s argument persuasive? Why or why not?

Pick one of the events from each video and write 1 page about the event (you can find extra information online if you need more to write about).

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US History Assignments

Watch each video

Pick one of the events from each video and write 1 page about the event (you can find extra information online if you need more to write about).

*Again, each Episode should have 2 pages, one page of notes and a 1 page essay on one event from the episode*

Episode 7:

Episode 8:

Episode 9:

Episode 10:

Episode 11:

Episode 12: