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What is the age in all states at which buying and using tobacco products is legal? What is the most common mind-altering substance used during adolescence? After alcohol and tobacco, what substance do adolescents use the most?

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1. This term, referring to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, suggests that young people who use less-harmful drugs will eventually use more-harmful drugs.

2. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, what percentage of high-school students has tried cigarettes, alcohol, or other substances?

3. What is the age in all states at which buying and using tobacco products is legal?

4. What is the most common mind-altering substance used during adolescence?

5. After alcohol and tobacco, what substance do adolescents use the most?

6. The temporary care of a child alleged to be delinquent who requires secure custody in physically restricting facilities pending court disposition or execution of a court order is?

7. What is the most common way that juveniles enter the juvenile justice system?

8. Most juveniles taken into custody are referred to a?

9. In deciding to introduce a juvenile into the system, the custody must meet the standard of probable cause or ?

10. Courts evaluate a juvenile’s ability to give permission for a search by considering whether the search was voluntary based on?

Prepare a genogram for the client you selected. The genogram should extend back by at least three generations (great grandparents, grandparents, and parents).

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  • Select a client whom you have observed or counseled at your practicum site.
  • Review pages 137–142 of the Wheeler text and the Hernandez Family Genogram video in this week’s Learning Resources. Reflect on elements of writing a Comprehensive Client Assessment and creating a genogram for the client you selected.

With this client in mind, address the following in a Comprehensive ClientAssessment (without violating HIPAA regulations):

  • Demographic information
  • Presenting problem
  • History or present illness
  • Past psychiatric history
  • Medical history
  • Substance use history
  • Developmental history
  • Family psychiatric history
  • Psychosocial history
  • History of abuse/trauma
  • Review of systems
  • Physical assessment
  • Mental status exam
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Case formulation
  • Treatment plan

Prepare a genogram for the client you selected. The genogram should extend back by at least three generations (great grandparents, grandparents, and parents).

Identify strategies the manager could use to resolve the conflict between the team members to create a supportive climate again. Explain how the defensive climate created by the conflict will affect the workplace relationship between team members

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The patient access staff at an internal medicine practice are discussing a significant trend of no-show and canceled appointments. One receptionist stated that she was told by the coordinator to never schedule patients who call for same day appointments unless it is an emergency, such as medication reactions, so patients would value their appointments and discourage them from not showing up or canceling. The coordinator also indicated that the change was approved by the CEO. A receptionist became emotional and stated, “This is not right. We are here to help patients. Your plan does not seem to be working, and I think we should try something else.”

The coordinator then asked the staff how the patient recall list and the confirmation of appointments were managed. At this point, another receptionist indicated she thought the patient contact software was not working correctly. It was displaying confirmation icons for scheduled patients, but a few patients called to confirm their appointments on their own. She said, “We need to do something about this now and stop talking about it. I reported my suspicion several times to management but nothing was checked. I think patients calling to confirm their appointments is proof that the software does not work correctly.”

The coordinator continued to ignore the direct statements of the staff. Instead, she suggested she would study the relationship between patient gender, age, payer, and date appointments were set to determine if there were any patterns. “It’s about time you become involved in the solution,” a scheduler said. “Okay,” the coordinator said, “I am trying to solve this dilemma. We will accomplish nothing by complaining.” The first receptionist replied, “We will never solve the problem if you do not process our input.”

The coordinator smiled politely and nodded in agreement. In addition, everyone agreed that the data she would study could be helpful as a starting point. The coordinator further indicated she would have IT investigate issues with the patient contact software. A few days later, the coordinator met with all of the staff and shared her findings. Her finding revealed there was no relationship between date scheduled and canceled appointments or no-shows. She also indicated that IT found 893 patient portal messages unopened. The messages included requests to reschedule and text replies to cancel.

The group developed a consensus to follow the original scheduling protocol, which was patients are scheduled on a first call basis and the artificial barrier of two weeks was terminated. The coordinator accepted responsibility for the lack of follow-up on patient messages, but then assigned another scheduler the daily task of checking and responding to messages. The coordinator thanked everyone for their feedback, ideas, and support. She quipped, “Emotions are okay. Passion should be evident in all of us every day.”

Describe the type of conflict illustrated in the scenario. (Must be type of conflict as noted in the textbook.)
Identify strategies the manager could use to resolve the conflict between the team members to create a supportive climate again.
Explain how the defensive climate created by the conflict will affect the workplace relationship between team members.
Explain how the manager can measure the performance of the team.
How can the manager determine if the team members are progressing or meeting their objectives?

Identify the learning theory or theories that serve as the foundation for your topic by discussing foundational principles. Align the topic throughout the section with the learning theory or theories.

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    • Identify the learning theory or theories that serve as the foundation for your topic by discussing foundational principles.
    • Align the topic throughout the section with the learning theory or theories.
    • Define terms that will be important for your study.
    • What areas of your topic are still in need of further research? (Usually, this can be found in the very last section of academic journal articles, labeled “future research.”)
    • From a biblical worldview perspective, what are the issues with the learning theory or theories you have discussed?
    • Identify from the Sire text the worldview most appropriate to the influential founders(s) of the learning theory.
    • Offer alternative ideas which incorporate a solid biblical worldview perspective. The use of Scripture is appropriate in this section.

Exploit low-privileged user accounts by cracking passwords through techniques such as brute-forcing, password guessing, and social engineering, and then escalate the account privileges to administrative levels, to perform a protected operation.

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After collecting enough information about the target during Deliverable 2 (Reconnaissance and Scanning Plan), you will describe how to use that information to gain access to Haverbrook’s systems. Your one- to two-page plan on gaining access should include:

  • details of the gaining access process in regards to the techniques commonly used to exploit low-privileged user accounts by cracking passwords through techniques such as brute-forcing, password guessing, and social engineering, and then escalate the account privileges to administrative levels, to perform a protected operation.
  • an implementation outline of any software that will be used in gaining access to the network(s) or system(s) You may include open source and commercial tools available to execute the actual exploit: Burp Suite, Cain and Abel, Core Impact, John the Ripper, Metasploit, and others. You can also use some programming languages, such as Javascript, Perl, Python, Ruby, or C++, if you choose to develop custom exploits.

As you are developing the Gaining Access Plan, keep these questions in mind:

  • How would you escalate your privileges?

How would you establish a command and control communication channel?

How can companies deal with situations whereby a customer payment is less than the invoice amount? In your answer, consider situations where the payment shortfall is small, and situations where the payment shortfall is substantial

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How can companies deal with situations whereby a customer payment is less than the invoice amount? In your answer, consider situations where the payment shortfall is small, and situations where the payment shortfall is substantial.

Describe the fulfillment process in terms of triggers, data, steps, and outcomes.

Answer both questions separately and posting must be at least 75 words, in clear, well-written English, and must effectively address the question asked

Develop a strategic plan that creates, exploits, and sustains the company’s resources and capabilities within the globally competitive international marketplace.

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The globalization, or internationalization, of the marketplace has become one of the defining events of our time. The pressure to produce a good or service while controlling costs and maintaining quality has profoundly affected the manufacture, distribution, and sale of a good or service.

In your final project, assume you are a high-level manager of a company that produces a good or service solely in the United States. You strongly believe there is a profitable market for your company’s good or service beyond the United States and have requested the board of director consider broadening production and distribution into foreign countries. This would transform your organization into a multinational company.

The board has requested that you develop a strategic plan that creates, exploits, and sustains the company’s resources and capabilities within the globally competitive international marketplace. The strategic plan should be designed to offer a systematic, step-by-step method to bring understanding to what often seems a chaotic situation and to offer a reasoned approach to deciding on a path to sustained advantage.

The course textbook provides an outline of a detailed strategic plan applicable to a multinational company. You may utilize this approach or may create/modify a strategic plan that better addresses your particular need or requirement. At a minimum, though, your strategic plan should address the following:

First, the mission and goal of your organization. The mission should detail the product or service that you want to produce and distribute internationally. Feel free to choose any product or service that you desire (lawn mower, kite, pesticide, clothing, etc.). You will use that product or service throughout your strategic plan.
Second, perform an environmental analysis. This important step of a strategic plan requires the identification of the resources or capabilities of the firm as well as the external competitive and contextual environment of the firm. Your plan should briefly provide the scale and impact of globalization both within your industry and the economic landscape.
Third, determine your organization’s international competitive advantage. In other words, what your organization would do better than any other competitor in the marketplace. In general, a competitive advantage occurs when an organization can provide increased value to its customers whether through low prices or through improved products. They, therefore, can attain or surpass their competitors in the marketplace.
Fourth, propose the preferred method to enter the international marketplace. Alternatives may include licenses, alliances, wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint ventures, and partnerships. Explain your rationale.
Fifth, execute/implement the strategic plan. This step typically includes the control, coordination and communication needed to implement the strategy, along with a brief discussion on any contingency plans if the goals and objectives are not obtained in a reasonable timeframe. Remember that a good plan makes a solid base for the organization’s strategy, but offers flexibility in execution to allow non-viable plans to be dropped and emerging opportunities pursued.
Note that some of the information related to this project may not be readily available in course materials, requiring you to research contemporary management trends in the public sector. At least five outside scholarly resources are required.

Assess how, and to what extent, corporate social responsibility can be coordinated with an organization’s obligation to maximize profits for its shareholders.

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Assess the impact of corporate social responsibility policy on the workplace and the corporate world.
Assess how, and to what extent, corporate social responsibility can be coordinated with an organization’s obligation to maximize profits for its shareholders.
Identify a potential ethical issue at a real-world organization. You may use the organization and issue you used in the first and second assessments.
Assess the ethicality of the organization.
Identify the major stakeholders and their roles and responsibilities regarding the issue.
Assess the potential impact of the organization’s choice to address or not address the issue via corporate policy. Address the financial and legal impacts of this choice on the organization, employees, and other stakeholders. In addition, address the potential impact on the organization’s reputation.

Can the political leader of a non-member state of the International Criminal Court be judged by this court on crimes against humanity committed inside that state’s territory?

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Give your own opinion based on international law sources and use as much comparative cases as possible.

  • If you were the Prime Minister of Spain, would you recognize the independence of Kosovo?
  • What is jus cogens?
  • Do you agree with diplomatic immunity?
  • Did the US violate international law by invading Iraq in 2003?
  • Is the International Court of Justice effective against great powers?
  • Can the political leader of a non-member state of the International Criminal Court be judged by this court on crimes against humanity committed inside that state’s territory?
  • Is China violating international law in the South China Sea?
  • Is the Paris Agreement on climate change an effective legal tool to protect global environment?

Discuss the use of prisons/jails as confinement facilities for those who have mental health issues. Where do you believe those persons should carry out their criminal sentence? Why? 

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  1. Given the limited impact of the exclusionary rule on crime fighting and Miranda on conviction rates, what purposes do they serve?
  2. Discuss the deterrent effect of the death penalty. Does it work?
  3. (a) If selective incapacitation and gross incapacitation do not reduce serious crimes, what actions can be taken to decrease such crimes? Is it necessarily CJ factors and answers that can help? Are there other social institutions that can impact the crime rate? How so?

Discuss the use of prisons/jails as confinement facilities for those who have mental health issues.  Where do you believe those persons should carry out their criminal sentence? Why?