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Is your argument clear? was your essay structured clearly to support the argument you were making? did you have a proper conclusion? Was your essay clearly focussed on the research topic? were your conclusions effectively supported by evidence? was your conclusion reflective of the evidence presented? is there a critical evaluation of your sources?

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Landscapes: Views from the Periphery; Migration, Liminality and Hybridity

How to Approach the Assignment:

• Select the primary source(s) (literary work, film) you wish to discuss in relation to the theme or topic of your choice.

• Based on your reading and/or viewing of the primary source(s), what are your provisional responses? Identify specific examples from the primary source(s) that support your arguments.

• Refer to secondary (critical) sources as much as possible, using the physical and electronic resources, identify material that is relevant to your topic. You can begin your search by looking at the list of further reading and viewing provided for each weekly lecture topic

• Plan an outline of your essay with a view to develop your response or arguments through a structured essay that includes:

➢ an introduction to your enquiry and primary source(s);

➢ a selective and critical analysis covering specific aspects with key examples from the

primary source(s), with reference to secondary sources (at least six or seven books, book chapters, journal articles, or web-based academic sources) to support and contextualise your discussion;

➢ a conclusion to summarise your main argument (if relevant, also highlight the significance of your topic).

• Give your essay a title that captures its main focus. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS

Write an essay of 3,000 words on a topic of your choice related to the themes addressed in this module, with reference to at least one novel or two short stories (or novellas), and/or one film as your primary source.

AS2 ESSAY MARKING CRITERIA

Overall, students are expected to demonstrate that they have:

➢ acquired a substantial grasp of the topic and related scholarship;

➢ carefully and critically read/viewed your chosen primary source(s);

➢ formed your own ideas and interpretations to present a specific argument.

Content, Research, Knowledge & Understanding (20 pts)

Did you choose an appropriate topic and formulate an argument? did you select appropriate primary and secondary sources? did you demonstrate knowledge of the content of the module? were your sources used effectively and with understanding of the broader (historical) context?

Organisation and Coherence (30 pts)

Is your argument clear? was your essay structured clearly to support the argument you were making? did you have a proper conclusion?

Critical thinking (20 pts)

Was your essay clearly focussed on the research topic? were your conclusions effectively supported by evidence? was your conclusion reflective of the evidence presented? is there a critical evaluation of your sources?

Innovation/Creativity/Originality (10 pts)

Does your essay demonstrate that you have formed your own ideas and interpretations? does it present an original approach or argument?

Writing style/Grammar/Spelling (10 pts)

Did you express yourself clearly in English with proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar?

Referencing and Format (10 pts)

Did you follow the citations/referencing, formatting and cover sheet guidelines as outlined above?

How does the author capture the essence of the Southern/Appalachian experience? Discuss how place is an important part of the piece? What are the central themes of the piece, and how do those themes help to establish identity?

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W4: Appalachia–the Step-Sibling of the South

During Weeks 3 and 4, we discussed the importance of place and the challenge of identity for Southern and Appalachian writers. Certainly, both of these issues manifest themselves in different ways for each author.

For this essay, discuss the short story or poem from our reading that most clearly represents and exemplifies the characteristics of Southern and/or Appalachian writing and focuses most on establishing identity.

As you research for this essay, consider the following questions:

• How does the author capture the essence of the Southern/Appalachian experience?

• Discuss how place is an important part of the piece?

• What are the central themes of the piece, and how do those themes help to establish identity?

Reminders and Format:

• 500-750 words (2-3 pages)

• MLA format

• Sources: ONE outside source is fine, but you MUST use the work in question. Also, please do not use the open web. Please use the APUS library to ensure the credibility of your sources.

• Avoid the use of first person (I, we, us) and second person (you). You MUST use at least one quote from the piece you are discussing.

Due: Assignments Tab at the end of Week #4

Value: 10% of your grade

Introduce the research topic and why it’s worth serving as a research topic. What was the problem you were setting out to explore? Why does the topic matter?

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Information literacy

This assignment is a research paper in an essay format that demonstrates information literacy and includes an evidence-based argument. It is the culmination of your work on the Week 2 and Week 6 assignments. Assemble the following sections in a document:

Part 1: Introduction (1 paragraph)

Introduce the research topic and why it’s worth serving as a research topic. What was the problem you were setting out to explore? Why does the topic matter? The last thing to add is the most important part: your main argument. This is a one-sentence statement (Thesis Statement) that essentially seeks to answer the research question with an evidence-based position on the matter. It’s a claim that you can make based on the evidence you assembled in your research; the purpose of the rest of the paper is to explain and support that one position with evidence.

Part 2: Presentation of Three Perspectives (3 paragraphs)

This is the evidence. You want to convince the reader that your argument is supportable with good research, even if a reader might disagree with aspects of it. It helps to remember that it’s impossible to definitively “prove” the claim. The best you can offer is supporting evidence to show that your argument can hold weight and convince a reasonable person that it deserves analysis. Use of peer-reviewed sources the best way to demonstrate a rigorous degree of research and reliability.

 

Part 4: Conclusion and Reflections on Research (1-2 paragraphs)

 

In this section, offer any final remarks, observations, or insights on the topic. If there are areas that require further research, you can mention these and even chart out what research questions should naturally follow your work. Avoid summarizing or repeating the previous sections.

Now that you’ve finished your project, let’s take a minute to take stock of what you can take forward and to identify any lingering questions you have about research or information literacy. Add any final remarks on what you’ve learned about information literacy and research. What skills will you take forward into the next paper you write, or the next class?

Reference List

Provide complete references for all sources cited in the paper. Include sources from Week 2 and 6 Assignments. The citations should be Turabian/Chicago Author-Date style.

Write a review article on PK/PD of minocycline in bronchopulmonary infections. Add a table of the studies carried till now and mention their important PK/PD parameters in that table.

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Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of minocycline in bronchopulmonary infections

Write a review article on PK/PD of minocycline in bronchopulmonary infections. Add a table of the studies carried till now and mention their important PK/PD parameters in that table.

Identify situations when the organisation (Annex A & B) may find it helpful to use the services of a consultant, explaining the benefits this approach offers to the organisation, and how a consultant can add value.

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Risk Management

Assignment:

You have been employed as a Security Consultant Team Leader for a large, UK based NGO that conducts projects worldwide, often in remote and hostile environments.

Further details, a description of the organisation, its activities and its current Security Risk Management framework can be seen at Annex A and B.

Also see Annex D for Task 2.

The assignment can be broken down into 2 distinct tasks as follows;

(Task 1)

Identify situations when the organisation (Annex A & B) may find it helpful to use the services of a consultant, explaining the benefits this approach offers to the organisation, and how a consultant can add value.

Relate the importance of the consultant understanding the client’s needs and overcoming potential barriers when initiating change.

This section must:

Explain the key phases in the consultancy cycle and the information you would expect to gain at each stage.

Discuss the strategies used to overcome the potential risks and challenges you expect to face during the consultancy intervention.

See suggested evidence on page 3

Word Count: 1000-2000 words

(Task 2)

You have now been tasked to lead your team in a Security Consultancy Project Intervention. The full brief concerning the intervention has been passed to you from the client account manager and can be seen at Annex D. In short, the client has requested a change management program to align a security conscious culture throughout the organisation.

The strategy for implementing the culture change will be decided on further client meetings. At this stage you are tasked with creating a brief for your team that analyses the consultancy life cycle that best suits the project outlined in Annex D and evidences the deliverables to be expected at each stage.

This section must include:

A detailed analysis of differing consultancy cycle methods and a reasoning for your chosen method in a security consultancy intervention context.

Discuss your project plan: how will it be controlled and delivered

What systems do you intend to put in place to analyse information and data and what practices will you implement to manage potential risks to project fulfilment.

Evaluate the tools and techniques available to you and your team when implementing an intervention and delivering a solution to the client

Your proposal for delivering a potential solution to the client

You will deliver this as a brief to your team, this can be as a written document, ppt with supplementary notes or other method (e.g. recorded presentation with accompanying handout) so long as it meets the above requirements.

Describe how you envision collaboration , engagement practices, and responsibilities toward families including those with cultural and linguistic differences.

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Ethical position

The purpose of this activity is to provide an opportunity to present your ethical perspectives as an educator regarding interactions and collaborations with families. In a minimum five page-paper, present your ethical position with respect to working with families and communities.Present your views from the standpoint of the age level and /or subject area that you work with.Locate your state Code of ethics as well as that of your professional area. Review both code of ethics and identify the responsibilities and duties toward families. Use these references to create your own definition of ethics.Describe how you envision collaboration , engagement practices, and responsibilities toward families including those with cultural and linguistic differences.Document your comments using references including your state code of ethics for educators and any other ethics document that pertains to your field

Use the code of ethics for Mississippi Educators

What are some of the factors involved in juvenile detention? What are the consequences of locking up juvenile offenders? What connections from this documentary can you make to The Wire?

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Frontline PBS episode Stickup Kid

In this module, you watched the Frontline PBS episode Stickup Kid. For this essay, you will prepare a two page, double spaced typed essay that responds to the following questions:

What are some of the factors involved in juvenile detention?
What are the consequences of locking up juvenile offenders?
What connections from this documentary can you make to The Wire?

Identify the issue and state your ethical position. How might this scenario play out or impact you in your role as a nurse practitioner? Defend your position with legal, ethical, and professional evidence.

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Week 3 Contemporary Issue Position Essay

Choose a case from the AMA Journal of Ethics Case Index (Links to an external site.) and take a position. For this assignment you will evaluate the ethical arguments for or against the issue. Identify the potential legal arguments (consider current federal guidelines), indicate any potential professional code conflicts you foresee, and support your position with an explanation of your own ethical/moral foundation.

In your 2 page paper:

Identify the issue and state your ethical position.
How might this scenario play out or impact you in your role as a nurse practitioner?
Defend your position with legal, ethical, and professional evidence.
As part of your position, propose strategies and solutions for addressing the issues.
What other ethical issues does this case bring to light, if any?
Support your position with at least one scholarly source Be sure to cite the article you choose, use APA format, and include a title page and reference page.

Describe terms related to mechanical and structural factors in stress loading, riveted joints, and pressure vessels and their importance to aviation safety. Discuss failure modes related to an over-stressing in tension, compression, torsion, bending, etc.

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Aircraft Flight Test Engineer

In Module 3, you will discover how various loads and stresses (e.g., torsion, compression, and bending) affect internal material strain. You will also learn about riveted joints and pressure vessels and how they may affect mechanical and structural factors in aviation safety.

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

  1. Describe terms related to mechanical and structural factors in stress loading (tension, compression, bending, and torsion), riveted joints, and pressure vessels and their importance to aviation safety.
  2. Discuss failure modes related to an over-stressing in tension, compression, torsion, bending, etc.

Assignment: (basically explaining to an intern the V-n or V-g diagram)

The purpose of this scenario-based activity is to provide a simulated ‘real-world’ example for you to demonstrate a particular action. This ‘stretches’ your thinking by allowing you to go beyond the readings and answering direct questions posed; rather, you ‘become’ an aviation professional solving real-life problems.

Remember the ‘flight envelope’ from Module 2? Well, now assume you are an Aircraft Flight Test Engineer at an aircraft manufacturer that makes Transport Category airplanes in the United States. This manufacturer has offered you the task to mentor an intern, participating in a cooperative arrangement with a local university, on important features of a flight envelope diagram (also known as a V-n or V-g diagram) and why these diagrams are vital for flight test pilots and future pilots for this new aircraft. You realize, because of the intern’s lack of experience, the first hurdle to overcome is to brief them on the significance of such a diagram and the warning of ‘danger areas’ provided in it. There are areas of the diagram that indicate regions of stalls and accelerated stalls and regions where possible structural damage may occur. You need to discuss aspects of these operational limitations and potential implications if the aircraft exceeds any of these flight parameters.

You have been tasked to brief this new intern on the operational flight limitations contained within the flight envelope diagram, so you start with a simple, generic V-n (V-g) diagram regulatory to introduce the topic to the intern. Choose your method of communicating this information; it can be either a short essay, a presentation, or a video. It may prove valuable to include a sample diagram with arrows or callouts to label the axes, regions, etc. Feel free to include your drawing/diagram as an attached photo or scanned image. Keep in mind that merely providing a diagram alone is insufficient; you must explain what each item/aspect could mean for a potential pilot.

Reference material:

In Aircraft Materials and Analysis/Hunt Library – McGraw Hill, (Links to an external site.) read:

  • Chapter 5: Torsion, Compression, and Bending Loads
  • Chapter 6: Aircraft Structure Riveted Joints and Pressure Vessels

·  Module 3C Presentation (PPTX).

How would you handle a conflict or disagreement with somebody on your team? What would you do in a situation where you are a leader and you make a decision your team doesn’t agree with? What would you do if you disagree with your leader’s decision?

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Job Interview questions

Interview questions
* Tell me about yourself.
* Name 5 things you are not.
* What are traits you think make a successful leader?
* What is the most interesting thing you ever did?
* Are you more of a big picture or details person?
* What would you bring to this job that you feel others may not?
* What is the best advice you would give to yourself five years ago?
* If I spoke with your references, what would they tell me about you?
* Describe your ideal supervisor.
* How much do you participate in meetings percentage wise?
* What is a misconception people have about you?
* What is the most important trait in order to be successful?

About Epic
* Why Epic?
* Where do you see healthcare in the next 20 years?
* If given multiple job offers, what would be the determining factor in your choice?

Work Experience
* Tell us about a situation in which you took charge of a team.
* Think of a time when you were in-charge and the decision you made turned out to be the wrong decision. How did you handle it?
* Describe a time when you may have encountered a difficult situation and the steps you took to ensure resolution.
* What type of projects have you done?
* What was the most difficult project you had to complete?
* Give an example of a time you showed initiative?
* What is an example of a problem you solved?
* Tell me about a time you were criticized. How did you work on this?

Hypothetical Situations
* Scenario: There is a decision to be made for a client in which there are four team members and one team leader. Everyone has the same experience and seniority. All four team members think that one action should be taken, and the team leader wants to do something else. The team members believe that what the leader wants to do will waste time and money for the client.

* Two situations: one where you are the team leader and one where you are one of the four others. What do you do as each in this scenario?

* Scenario: You have a go-live in a week but the physicians are not getting the advanced features they want and are threatening to quit if they do not get these advanced features. How do you solve the problem?

* Scenario: How would you handle a situation where a client is about to Go Live with the product and tells you there is another hospital that the software is not created or tested for and hospital personnel are not trained?

* How would you handle a conflict or disagreement with somebody on your team?
* What would you do in a situation where you are a leader and you make a decision your team doesn’t agree with?
* What would you do if you disagree with your leader’s decision?
* If there was someone on your team who was chronically underperforming, how would you handle it?
* You’re in a group with three other employees, and you think you should solve a problem a certain way, but the three other group members think that the problem should be solved another way. You’re certain you’re correct. How do you proceed?
* What would you do if a customer expressed a problem with one of your team members?
* Would you rather speak in front of 30 strangers, 6 colleagues you know kind of well, or 1 person of authority? Why?
* Which of the following would be the most difficult to present to: the CEO of a company, a group of 5-8 people who are pretty educated on what you’re about to present on, or a group of 50 that have no background knowledge on the information you’re presenting?