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Discuss the research gap you have identified for your dissertation study. How does this gap inform the problem statement of the study? How does the problem statement, in turn, inform the theoretical foundation you select for the study?

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The Background of the Problem section identifies, based on prior research, the gap or need that informs the topic and problem statement for the research study.

In addition, answer ALL of the following:

  • Discuss the research gap you have identified for your dissertation study.
  • How does this gap inform the problem statement of the study?
  • How does the problem statement, in turn, inform the theoretical foundation you select for the study?
  • How do the problem statement and theoretical foundation inform the development of content for the study’s literature review?

What characteristics of early Hinduism set it apart from the monotheistic and polytheistic religious beliefs of ancient Mesopotamia? How might this viewpoint affect one’s perception of nature? Of self? How does this approach to life differ from monotheism?

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Respond in writing to the following questions after exploring the sites above and watching the video.

1. What characteristics of early Hinduism set it apart from the monotheistic and polytheistic religious beliefs of ancient Mesopotamia? How might this viewpoint affect one’s perception of nature? Of self? How does this approach to life differ from monotheism?

2. Would you agree with this statement from the Bhagavad-Gita – “Thinking about sense-objects will attach you to sense-objects.” How might such an anti-materialistic position affect one’s life? The culture at large?

Discuss the roles of both high culture and pop culture within society. Differentiate between subculture and counterculture. Explain the role of innovation, invention, and discovery in culture

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Culture

 What Is Culture?

  • Differentiate between culture and society
  • Explain material versus nonmaterial culture
  • Discuss the concept of cultural universalism as it relates to society
  • Compare and contrast ethnocentrism and xenocentrism

Elements of Culture

  • Understand how values and beliefs differ from norms
  • Explain the significance of symbols and language to a culture
  • Explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
  • Discuss the role of social control within culture

Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change

  • Discuss the roles of both high culture and pop culture within society
  • Differentiate between subculture and counterculture
  • Explain the role of innovation, invention, and discovery in culture
  • Understand the role of cultural lag and globalization in cultural change

Theoretical Perspectives on Culture

  • Discuss the major theoretical approaches to cultural interpretation
  • Structural Functionalism
  • Symbolic Interactionism
  • Social Conflict/Critical Theory

The Social Construction of the Self

  • The modern “self” as historical product of Christianity and the Enlightenment
  • Cross-cultural variation in selves
  • Selves as constructed out of situations
  • Rational choice – as socially constructed

Describe whether the addition of each ASC would be considered saturation of facilities or appropriate for the area. Explain what indicators should be used to decide if these areas could use an ASC.

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Research two existing urban ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) and an existing rural ambulatory surgical center. These ASCs should be in different locations.

Create an 8- to 10-slide voice-over presentation to respond to the following prompts based on the facilities you researched. Your team can create a voice-over presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint® or another program, such as Prezi® or similar.

Explain whether each of the three areas could use an additional ASC.
Consider using an online map of the areas to review the different facilities offered in the area.
Describe whether the addition of each ASC would be considered saturation of facilities or appropriate for the area.
Explain what indicators should be used to decide if these areas could use an ASC.

Cite at least 4 reputable references used to complete your assignment. One reference must be from the journal/magazine listed in the weekly resources (i.e., Modern Healthcare, Healthcare Design). Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality.

Should hunger strikes be considered “protected speech” under the 1st Amendment? Should the government be able force-feed inmates who refuse to eat? If so, at what point in a hunger strike should this take place?

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read a supplemental article on Canvas, and read/watch the content at the hyperlinks provided in this document.

From July to September of 2013, 30,000 prisoners in California participated in a 2-month long hunger strike in order to raise awareness about issues facing inmates in the CA prison system. You should watch the following video to familiarize yourself with this topic

In late August 2013, just weeks before the hunger strike ended, a California judge gave prison officials the authority to force feed some of the prisoners on hunger strike.

On Canvas I have placed a reading by Joel Greenberg regarding the constitutional protection of hunger strikes.

  • What did you learn about the hunger strike from the video that you viewed? What were the main issues surrounding this hunger strike?
  • Summarize the article that you read regarding the CA judge’s approval of force-feeding hunger strike participants.
  • The Greenberg article basically outlines several arguments. I would like you to summarize what the author states in terms of:
    1. The Constitutional protection of a hunger strike
    2. Governmental interests in preventing hunger strikes
    3. Societal interests in hunger strikes
  • Overall, what is your opinion on this topic? Should hunger strikes be considered “protected speech” under the 1st Amendment? Should the government be able force-feed inmates who refuse to eat? If so, at what point in a hunger strike should this take place?

Imagine you have been tasked with planning a needs assessment in your community. Describe the target population and the perceived needs. Discuss what you have learned so far from your review of relevant literature, existing data, and data from a key informant.

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Write a 75- to 175-word description of the topic of your Needs Assessment Paper, due in Week 6. Include the following:
– Describe the target population and the perceived needs.
– Discuss what you have learned so far from your review of relevant literature, existing data, and data from a key informant.

A needs assessment is a systematic appraisal of the needs of a particular population within a community.

Imagine you have been tasked with planning a needs assessment in your community. To complete this, you will need to do the following:
– Read existing literature on a population of interest to you.
– Interview at least one key informant.
– Develop a plan for data collection and analysis.
– Summarize your findings.

Assess the ethical aspects of a healthcare industry managerial practice and think critically about the challenging ethical and moral issues routinely faced by healthcare managers

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Assess the ethical aspects of a healthcare industry managerial practice.  This analytical paper provides you with an opportunity to think critically about the challenging ethical and moral issues routinely faced by healthcare managers and introduces you to the four principles of medical ethics and the ethical code of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

You are a member of your organization’s ethics committee.  At this month’s meeting of the committee, two issues were discussed.  The CEO has asked you to brief the new board chair on the importance of ethics in healthcare, how they differ from other industries, and how they apply to these specific circumstances.  Select one of the two following scenarios as the focus of your analysis.

  1.  Hospital policy on influenza immunization.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued an advisory that the coming “flu season” is expected to be unusually severe.  CDC projects a potentially historic level of illness and flu-related deaths.

Response to this, the president of the medical staff has recommended that hospital staff, employees, and volunteers receive mandatory influenza immunizations.  With exceptions for those who are allergic and anyone with a valid religious prohibition against vaccination, those who refuse the immunization would not be allowed to work.  There is a small, but vocal, contingent of employees (including some nurses who are advocating for unionization of the nursing staff) who object to this policy, stating it is an infringement on individual rights and patient self-determination.

What issues should be considered in establishing this policy?  To what groups is responsibility owed?  What will you recommend to the hospital Board and C-Suite?

  1. Balancing Needs

Your facility is a critical access hospital (CAH) serving a largely rural catchment area.  The next nearest hospital, a comprehensive medical center is several hours distant.

During the monthly utilization review, the emergency department medical director noted a marked increase in cases of renal distress and failure, and that many of these patients do not have health insurance.  They have been treated in accordance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), the federal statute that requires hospitals to assess and stabilize anyone presenting for emergency services, regardless of ability to pay.

The chief of medical services responds that end-stage renal disease requires ongoing evaluation and treatment, but that this is neither covered by EMTALA nor does the current medical staff have a specialist in this field.

What issues should be considered in addressing this situation?  To what groups is responsibility owed?  What will you recommend to the hospital Board and C-Suite?

Write analysis of the selected scenario.

The paper should include separate sections that summarize the relevant issues raised by the case, an explanation of why those issues raise ethical concerns, and how the ACHE Code of Ethics or a similar professional code of ethics can be used to determine the proper response by a healthcare leader.

The suggested topics reflect the types of situations you may encounter as a leader in health care.  They are complex and offer no clear options or solutions.  Your research, therefore, should include at least five scholarly sources.

The function f is defined for positive y and all x by f(x,y) = x2 lny−y lny. Find the critical (or stationary) points of f and determine whether each critical point is a local maximum, local minimum or saddle point.

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A firm is the only producer of a particular good. The firm’s marginal revenue function is MR = 9−q, where q denotes the quantity of the good produced by the firm. The firm’s fixed costs are 12 and its average variable cost function is 1 + q/2. Find an expression for the firm’s profit function, Π(q). Find the value of the production, q, which maximises the firm’s profit, and hence calculate the firm’s maximum profit.
2. Using the method of row operations, solve the following system of linear equations to find x, y and z. 3x + y + 3z + 22 = x + 2y−2z + 150, x + y + 73 = 2x−2y + 2z + 44, x−2y + z + 102 = x−y + 130.
3. The function f is defined for positive y and all x by f(x,y) = x2 lny−y lny. Find the critical (or stationary) points of f and determine whether each critical point is a local maximum, local minimum or saddle point.
4. Two functions W(x,y) and U(x,y) are connected by the equation
W(x,y) = ex−4yU(x,y).
Find the partial derivatives
∂W ∂x
,
∂W ∂y
and
∂2W ∂x2
,
in terms of U and its partial derivatives. If W satisfies ∂W ∂y = ∂2W ∂x2 −2
∂W ∂x −3W, show that the function U then satisfies the equation
∂U ∂y
=
∂2U ∂x2
.

MT105a Mathematics 1 2016 Mock 5. (a) Determine the integralZ x−1dx (1 + lnx)lnx . (b) An arithmetic progression is such that its second term is 7 and its thirteenth term is ten times its first term. Determine the first term and the common difference.
6. An investor saves money in a bank account paying interest at a fixed rate of 100r%, where the interest is paid once per year, at the end of the year. She deposits an amount D at the beginning of each of the next N years. Show that she will then have saved an amount equal to D r(1 + r)N −1just after the last of these deposits.

What is the relationship between your companies and their respective employees and investors? How do these relationships affect financial performance?

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Compile the information from all the papers attached. Then answer the following questions below.

What is the relationship between your companies and their respective employees and investors? How do these relationships affect financial performance?
Are there any issues outstanding for your companies? How do these issues affect the overall financial viability of your companies?
Compare and contrast your two companies using the financial statements for the two firms and the accumulated data.
Justify if you were going to make an investment in one of the two companies, which one would you select? Why?
Prepare a comprehensive final report that summarizes your research and analysis of the two companies you selected for your Final Project over all weeks of this course.

List three different traits or characteristics that you find as fundamental to have as an educator of ELL students and explain why you feel these traits are so important.

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Goal: The purpose of this assessment is to create an advocacy and professional growth action plan. What is your plan on how to become that kind of educator?
• How can you advocate for ELL students, both within schools and as citizens outside of educational contexts?
Product: in essay format, discuss three advocacy principles that you see as important for educating English Language Learners, and how to learn more information about each of them.
• Include at least three different traits or characteristics that you find as fundamental to have as an educator of ELL students.
• Create a set of steps within your possible plan on how to become an ELL educator that adopts these traits.
Directions:
1. List and describe at least three principles for advocating for English Language Learners, and a reflection on why each principle is important.
2. List three different traits or characteristics that you find as fundamental to have as an educator of ELL students and explain why you feel these traits are so important. How do these traits connect to the three principles you list?
3. Steps within a possible plan to adopt and demonstrate these traits.