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Develop a paper on a current health policy issue that you are interested in.  This should be an issue which can be addressed by legislation or other government action at the federal, state, or local level.

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You will develop a paper on a current health policy issue that you are interested in.  This should be an issue which can be addressed by legislation or other government action at the federal, state, or local level. We will discuss how to identify a suitable topic, so do not worry if nothing comes to mind at the start of the semester. The paper’s text should be 10 pages long, plus add to that a title page, Abstract, & References.  It should be written in APA style.

A list of issues is posted on Blackboard for you to begin thinking about what you care about & would like to write on.

You will think of a policy problem which must be solved, & have a policy idea how to solve it. You

will briefly introduce what the policy issue consists of & why is important to solve.

1)  Provide a brief background for your reader of the epidemiological statistics of the problem

2)  Explain the scientific, public health, medical, nursing background, so the policymaker understands

1) Explain the legislative & policy background previous & new legislation of the problem

III  Your own Policy plan how to solve the problem

This is the template for your paper, but can be adjusted further according to the issue.

 

Spend a couple of hours trying to navigate your daily schedule while breathing through a straw and pulling a rolling suitcase (simulate an oxygen tank). Create a daily schedule for one weekday and discuss how having COPD would impact those activities. Further, you will have to imagine what it would be like if you experienced a tank malfunction

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  • Imagine what a day would be like if you had COPD and had to take an oxygen tank with you everywhere you went.
  • How would that affect what you do every day?

Special instructions: “In the United States, the two conditions considered to be COPD are emphysema and chronic bronchitis.  When you have COPD, it is hard to breathe (like breathing through a straw) and it gets worse over time. In this assignment, you will empathetically explore how difficult, inconvenient, and embarrassing it might be to carry an oxygen tank everywhere. Your challenge is to spend a couple of hours trying to navigate your daily schedule while breathing through a straw and pulling a rolling suitcase (simulate an oxygen tank). You will create a daily schedule for one weekday and discuss how having COPD would impact those activities. Further, you will have to imagine what it would be like if you experienced a tank malfunction.” (You do not worry with the schedule, as I will be doing it.)

To the writer: On the essay, if you could please write an essay following these questions below based on the simulation exercise I indicated above, so you can empathetically can write a good one.

What would you do? What plans and procedures would you need to be in place in case of an emergency? Keep in mind, that even if your tank if functioning well, it is still difficult to breathe.

 

Formally critique the problem in a brief paper with an eye toward giving it a 21st century twist. For example: What’s good about the problem? How can it be repurposed to make it real world? How can mathematical modeling be incorporated? Does it lend itself to a career of interest?

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If we’ve taught for any time at all, we have a toolbox full of good ideas. Sometimes we just need to take them out, refresh them, and share them again with students. Let’s see how this can work with mathematical modeling.

Look through the materials and resources you use to teach mathematics, and select a problem or activity that lends itself to refurbishing through the use of mathematical modeling.


Formally critique the problem in a brief paper with an eye toward giving it a 21st century twist. For example: What’s good about the problem? How can it be repurposed to make it real world? How can mathematical modeling be incorporated? Does it lend itself to a career of interest?


Modify the problem to increase the opportunities for mathematical modeling and application to real life. Compose a brief paper describing the problem’s transformation.


Respond in writing to these questions: How can you share this process with students? What would they learn from this? How could repurposing problems help them acquire more in-depth knowledge of mathematical modeling as a 21st century learning strategy?

In a final product, assemble the original and revised problems, the critique of the original problem, the description of the problem transformation, and the response to the reflection questions in a product of your choice appropriate for sharing with students and/or colleagues

Choose a course, unit, or lesson of your own that you would like to examine through the UDL lens or one you find through internet research. In a 4- to 6-page paper (not including the title and references pages) introduce the course, unit, or lesson by describing it and stating a rationale for its selection.

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In this assignment, you will use the 10-item checklist you created in the Module 1 discussion to evaluate a course, unit, or lesson using a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) lens. NOTE: You may use the product you evaluate as part of the online course or curricular unit you will design or redesign in Modules 2-4.

Choose a course, unit, or lesson of your own that you would like to examine through the UDL lens or one you find through internet research.

In a 4- to 6-page paper (not including the title and references pages) introduce the course, unit, or lesson by describing it and stating a rationale for its selection.

Analyze the course by identifying features that meet the criteria on the checklist you developed in the Module 1 discussion.

Identify the features in the course that exemplify UDL (for example, assistive technology is used) and the barriers (for example, content is delivered in text only).

Explain how you would revise the course to better meet the needs of diverse learners and the UDL criteria.

In a conclusion, explain what the UDL analysis contributed to your learning.

Include the UDL checklist as an appendix in the paper.

Develop an outline for the 1,000-1,200 word proposal argument essay and include a clear thesis statement and plan of support. Write a proposal argument in which you address the question, “What needs to be done to address the opiod crisis in the United States?”

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In Module/Week 2, you must develop an outline for the 1,000-1,200 word proposal argument essay that you will write in Module/Week 3. Your outline should include a clear thesis statement and plan of support. Be sure to consider all essay parts identified in “The Elements of Argument (Planning A Proposal Argument)” in the textbook readings, and include at least the minimum requirements listed in the chart below for this week’s assignment.

The research sources for this essay have been provided for you in Blackboard. Any additional sources that you may choose to use must be credible academic sources. You must integrate a total of 4 quotations, summaries and/or paraphrases from 3 credible sources to support your thesis statement and provide opposing arguments.

Write a proposal argument in which you address the question, “What needs to be done to address the opiod crisis in the United States?”

Select an organization that either has or is experiencing challenges with its compensation and benefit system. Provide a brief historical view of the organization. Assess the company’s current challenge, review other organizations that had a similar situation, explore theories and strategies that should be contemplated to address the situation

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Select an organization that either has or is experiencing challenges with its compensation and benefit system. Provide a brief historical view of the organization. Assess the company’s current challenge, review other organizations that had a similar situation, explore theories and strategies that should be contemplated to address the situation, and finally, include a recommendation to management regarding how to address/resolve the situation. Importantly, the student should ensure any recommendations are based on solid research and analysis and reflect a comprehensive solution to the problem.

The Final Paper must include a minimum of eight credible sources (in addition to textbook). Research topics must be reviewed in advance with the instructor.

Writing the Compensation and Benefits Paper
This essay must reflect what is considered the current “state of the art” systems, reflecting both academic and professional (practical) orientations. The Final Paper must be 8-10 double-spaced pages (not including the title and reference pages) and be formatted according to APA style guidelines. This paper may be written in first person. This Final Paper should review the available research, discuss the implications of that research for the topic area, and provide conclusions. The paper should be organized into the following areas (use section headings to organize your key points):

Introduction: The area of research should be described and the purpose of the research. That is, describe the topic area in terms of (a) its relationship to the topic and (b) what you want to be able to contribute to the training literature by writing this paper. Your introduction must include a succinct thesis statement.
Review of the literature: Students must provide a brief historical view of the organization and assess the company’s current challenges. This review will include an examination of other organizations with similar situations, including the strategies used to address their issues. Students need to explore theories and strategies that could address the situation. Identify any areas that may have not been addressed in the literature used for review.
Implications: Assess any implications. Organize the implications of the literature in a manner that logically builds the case for your recommendations. For each of your implications be sure to reference the literature related to that implication. Be sure to indicate whether the implication is one that has already been made in the literature or if this is one that is original to you through your own analysis.
Recommendations: Based on the research, students must make recommendations for a comprehensive solution to the problem. This is where you tie all the pieces together. Make sure your recommendations are organized in a logical order that synthesizes your major points relative to the purpose of your paper. Be sure that your recommendations are justified and have credible support. Inspire your audience to think about the practical application of your topic. Remember, this is the last thing you are leaving with your reader so make the context of your message clear, communicate the impact of your topic, and leave a lasting impression.
Conclusion: Be sure your conclusion summarizes your paper and explains how you have addressed the thesis statement.

Evaluate the current compensation philosophy for your organization or an organization of your choosing (from a third-person perspective). Write a three-to-five page paper (not including the title and reference pages). Your paper should be written in a scholarly third-person tone

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Evaluate the current compensation philosophy for your organization or an organization of your choosing (from a third-person perspective). Write a three-to-five page paper (not including the title and reference pages). Your paper should be written in a scholarly third-person tone; it should be in APA format. In addition to the introduction and conclusion, your paper should address the following:

Evaluate the organization’s current compensation philosophy and propose ways to enhance or revamp the current compensation philosophy to meet the changing needs of the organization and its employees.
Examine key factors within the internal and external environment including the mission and strategic focus of the organization, as well as the financial and cultural aspects of your organization (i.e., they cannot have a compensation philosophy where they “lead” the market if the organization does not have the financial resources) that should influence this philosophy. The proposed philosophy itself should be no more than a short paragraph.
Identify the key factors that should contribute to the organization’s development based on your proposed organizational philosophy.

Provide an overview of the operating environment (contextual and transactional), explain the difference and include an explanation as well as an example of how to use scenarios Conduct an Industry Analysis of the Safety and Security Industry and include insight in relation to the CCTV and Facial

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Provide an overview of the operating environment (contextual and transactional), explain the difference and include an explanation as well as an example of how to use scenarios.

Conduct an Industry Analysis of the Safety and Security Industry and include insight in relation to the CCTV and Facial.

Recognition sectors.

Offer a comprehensive Stakeholder Analysis using the Four Corners approach in respect to Customers, Suppliers and The Government as the Regulatory Authority.

Based on the above analysis (Industry and Stakeholders) compile a compelling Unique Value Proposition.

Explain what measures you would put in place to ensure that SAFR is resilient and explain how you would structure that as well as which guiding principles you would apply.

Develop an appropriate and balanced set of metrics that are relevant to SAFR to ensure its strategic performance over the next three years.

  • What is strategy, what is strategic thinking, strategic direction , the difference between strategy and tactics.
  • Then explain difference Contextual and  transactional environment , how scenario planning is used as a tool and  forces  and factors that it has  impact on the environment of an organization.
  • How scenario planning anticipates in identifying surprises\ how to populate risk matrix.
  • Industry DYnaimcs- Five Forces- existing competitors.
  • Stake holder Analysis- Apply four corners.

Explain, as thoroughly as possible, what the central conflict is in Sophocles’s Antigone, including how it came about. What are the forces or factors does each of the two main characters involved in the conflict represents?

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Explain, as thoroughly as possible, what the central conflict is in Sophocles’s Antigone,
including how it came about.

What are the forces or factors does each of the two main characters involved in the conflict represents?

Explain, as thoroughly as possible, what qualifies Antigone as an heroic figure.

Imagine you are the CEO of a large technology company whose primary products include microprocessors and operating systems. Describe which of these plans would you (as the CEO) approve and why? Be sure to justify your selection with technical details.

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Imagine you are the CEO of a large technology company whose primary products include microprocessors and operating systems. You have three engineering departments. Each is headed by a passionate technologist in the role of chief engineer.

Here are their proposals for introducing the next “killer” product:

The chief of microprocessor engineering wants to introduce the next generation of the instruction set architecture (ISA). She wants to offer a new ISA that revolutionizes the instructions set the way RISC did to CISC.
The chief of motherboard engineering wants to make radical changes to the peripheral component interconnect (PCI) interface for hardware that will double PCI transfer speeds of the company’s motherboards without negatively impacting compatibility with the existing PCI standard.
The chief of portability engineering wants to make the company’s portable operating system interface (POSIX) interface for system calls more compliant so that millions of Linux and Windows developers will have the same operating system interface.
In your initial post, describe which of these plans would you (as the CEO) approve and why? Be sure to justify your selection with technical details.

On the second page, support the position of the original post or constructively offer a counterpoint that identifies some of the engineering tradeoffs that could result from the decision.