Posts

What types of data are most compelling to you? Do you buy impulsively?

Learning Guide Unit 2

Portfolio Activity

  1. Read the article: Exploring Factors That Influence Consumer Loyalty to Automobile Dealerships in New York.and then perform the following:
  • Provide some customer retention strategies which benefits organizations
  • What actions are involved before the final decision to buy or consume a product and services?
  1. Using what you have learned in Units 1 & 2, consider your own behavior as a buyer. Think about the kinds of things that move you to make purchases, large and small and then answer the following:
  • Before making a major purchase, what types of data do you gather?

Answer: I compare pricing and select product based on reputation/trustworthy brand

  • What types of data are most compelling to you? Do you buy impulsively?

Answer: I do not buy impulsively on high end items, but I will for low cost items

  • If so, what type of products do you buy impulsively?

Answer: Clothes, shoes, and food

  • Are there ways in which you want to improve your own consumer behavior?

Answer: Not to purchase any low cost items unless I need it

The Portfolio Assignment entry should be a minimum of 500 words and not more than 700 words. Use APA citations and references if you use ideas from the readings or other sources. This assignment is graded by the instructor.

All course textbooks are accessible through the course’s main page.

  1. The University of Minnisota. (2010). Principles of marketing.Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0.
  • Chapter 3 – Consumer Behavior: How People Make Buying Decisions.In this chapter, students will learn about the factors that influences consumer behaviors. Students will explore the purchasing decision process including the five-stage model
  1. Akaeze, C., & Akaeze, N. (2017). Exploring Factors That Influence Consumer Loyalty to Automobile Dealerships in New York.  Journal of Business Theory and Practice5(6), 35–47. dOI:10.22158/jbtp.v5n2p98 Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316320629_Exploring_Factors_That_Influence_Consumer_Loyalty_to_Automobile_Dealerships_in_New_York
  2. Courtright, M., Courtright, M., Courtright, M., Melanie, & EVP of Research Science and Data Strategy. (2019, July 25). The “Why” Behind the Buy: Integrating Consumer Behavior into Your Marketing Strategy. Retrieved from https://www.ama.org/2019/05/20/the-why-behind-the-buy-integrating-consumer-behavior-into-your-marketing-strategy/.

 

Optional Videos

  1. Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. (2016, November 4). The importance of studying consumer behavior. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/v1q1nnPCcKw
  • This video details the explanation on impulse purchasing
  1. Mapscu. (2016, January 5). Impulse buying. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY6pCHkeED4&feature=youtu.be
  • This short animated video talks about impulse buying.

 

Drug Intervention for High School Students:What interventions (evidence-based) have been used for this topic of concern?)

Intervention Power Point Presentation: Students will choose an intervention used to help alleviate an issue that they have identified is a concern in the school setting. Students will provide the steps for the intervention and describe how the intervention will be assessed for effectiveness.
The presentation should be 10 slides in length and use at least 5 peer reviewed professional journal articles for graduate students (for undergraduate students at least 3 peer reviewed professional journal articles) all references must be cited using APA documentation. Please follow APA format guidelines for writing. Use scholarly literature, (not more than 2 internet based references) double space, and use 12 point font as well as appropriate margins. You must submit to turnitin and if your presentation contains more than 15%, you must redo it until it is below 15% match for plagiarism.

Organizational Structure of Power Point Presentation: Points
1. Introduction
2. Description of issue that you have identified as a concern (For example-Bullying)

3.Why is it a problem (utilize research to support your theory & What contributes to this topic of concern?)

4. What interventions (evidence-based) have been used for this topic of concern?)

5. Current research findings (What is the current research on this topic of concern? Statistics)

6. Intervention you are proposing (Develop your own intervention-be creative)

7. Steps for your intervention

8. Assess for effectiveness (How will you assess for effectiveness? What assessment tool will you use?)

9. Conclusion

10. References Slide

Explain the importance of managing medication information to the patient.

Home Care Accreditation Program
National Patient Safety Goals Effective January 2020
Goal 1
Improve the accuracy of patient identification.
Use at least two patient identifiers when providing care, treatment, or services.
Note: In the home care setting, patient identification is less prone to error than in other settings. At the first
encounter, the requirement for two identifiers is appropriate; thereafter, and in any situation of continuing one-onone
care in which the clinician “knows” the patient, one of the identifiers can be facial recognition. In the home, the
correct address is also confirmed. The patient’s confirmed address is an acceptable identifier when used in
conjunction with another individual-specific identifier.
NPSG.01.01.01
Elements of Performance for NPSG.01.01.01
Wrong-patient errors occur in virtually all stages of diagnosis and treatment. The intent for this goal is two-fold: first,
to reliably identify the individual as the person for whom the service or treatment is intended; second, to match the
service or treatment to that individual. Acceptable identifiers may be the individual’s name, an assigned
identification number, telephone number, or other person-specific identifier.
–Rationale for NPSG.01.01.01–
Use at least two patient identifiers when administering medications, blood, or blood
components; when collecting blood samples and other specimens for clinical testing; and
when providing treatments or procedures.
1.
Label containers used for blood and other 2. specimens in the presence of the patient.
© 2020 The Joint Commission
Page 1 of 6
Home Care National Patient Safety Goals Effective January 1, 2020
Goal 3
Improve the safety of using medications.
Maintain and communicate accurate patient medication information.
NPSG.03.06.01
Elements of Performance for NPSG.03.06.01
There is evidence that medication discrepancies can affect patient outcomes. Medication reconciliation is intended
to identify and resolve discrepancies—it is a process of comparing the medications a patient is taking (and should
be taking) with newly ordered medications. The comparison addresses duplications, omissions, and interactions,
and the need to continue current medications. The types of information that clinicians use to reconcile medications
include (among others) medication name, dose, frequency, route, and purpose. Organizations should identify the
information that needs to be collected to reconcile current and newly ordered medications and to safely prescribe
medications in the future.
–Rationale for NPSG.03.06.01–
Introduction to Reconciling Medication Information
The large number of people receiving health care who take multiple medications and the complexity of managing
those medications make medication reconciliation an important safety issue. In medication reconciliation, a clinician
compares the medications a patient should be using (and is actually using) to the new medications that are ordered
for the patient and resolves any discrepancies.
The Joint Commission recognizes that organizations face challenges with medication reconciliation. The best
medication reconciliation requires a complete understanding of what the patient was prescribed and what
medications the patient is actually taking. It can be difficult to obtain a complete list from every patient in an
encounter, and accuracy is dependent on the patient’s ability and willingness to provide this information. A good
faith effort to collect this information is recognized as meeting the intent of the requirement. As health care evolves
with the adoption of more sophisticated systems (such as centralized databases for prescribing and collecting
medication information), the effectiveness of these processes will grow.
This National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) focuses on the risk points of medication reconciliation. The elements of
performance in this NPSG are designed to help organizations reduce negative patient outcomes associated with
medication discrepancies. Some aspects of the care process that involve the management of medications are
addressed in the standards rather than in this goal. These include coordinating information during transitions in care
both within and outside of the organization (PC.02.02.01), patient education on safe medication use (PC.02.03.01),
and communications with other providers (PC.04.02.01).
In settings where medications are not routinely prescribed or administered, this NPSG provides organizations with
the flexibility to decide what medication information they need to collect based on the services they provide to
patients. It is often important for clinicians to know what medications the patient is taking when planning care,
treatment, or services, even in situations where medications are not used.
Obtain and/or update information on the medications the patient is currently taking. This
information is documented in a list or other format that is useful to those who manage
medications.
Note 1: The organization obtains the patient’s medication information during the first contact.
The information is updated when the patient’s medications change.
Note 2: Current medications include those taken at scheduled times and those taken on an
as-needed basis. See the Glossary for a definition of medications.
Note 3: It is often difficult to obtain complete information on current medications from a
patient. A good faith effort to obtain this information from the patient and/or other sources will
be considered as meeting the intent of the EP.
1.
Define the types of medication information (for example, name, dose, route, frequency,
purpose) to be collected in different settings and patient circumstances.
2.
© 2020 The Joint Commission
Page 2 of 6
Home Care National Patient Safety Goals Effective January 1, 2020
Compare the medication information the patient is currently taking with the medications
ordered for the patient in order to identify and resolve discrepancies.
Note: Discrepancies include omissions, duplications, contraindications, unclear information,
and changes. A qualified individual, identified by the organization, does the comparison. (See
also HR.01.06.01, EP 1)
3.
Provide the patient (or family as needed) with written information on the medications the
patient should be taking when he or she leaves the organization’s care (for example, name,
dose, route, frequency, purpose).
Note: When the only additional medications prescribed are for a short duration, the
medication information the organization provides may include only those medications. For
more information about communications to other providers of care when the patient is
discharged or transferred, refer to Standard PC.04.02.01.
4.
Explain the importance of managing medication information to the patient.
Note: Examples include instructing the patient to give a list to his or her primary care
physician; to update the information when medications are discontinued, doses are changed,
or new medications (including over-the-counter products) are added; and to carry medication
information at all times in the event of emergency situations. (For information, on patient
education on medications, refer to Standards MM.06.01.03, PC.02.03.01, and PC.04.01.05.)
5.
Goal 7
Reduce the risk of health care–associated infections.
Comply with either the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines or the
current World Health Organization (WHO) hand hygiene guidelines.
NPSG.07.01.01
Elements of Performance for NPSG.07.01.01
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year, millions of people acquire an infection
while receiving care, treatment, or services in a health care organization. Consequently, health care–associated
infections (HAIs) are a patient safety issue affecting all types of health care organizations. One of the most
important ways to address HAIs is by improving the hand hygiene of health care staff. Compliance with the World
Health Organization (WHO) or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines will
reduce the transmission of infectious agents by staff to patients, thereby decreasing the incidence of HAIs. To
ensure compliance with this National Patient Safety Goal, an organization should assess its compliance with the
CDC and/or WHO guidelines through a comprehensive program that provides a hand hygiene policy, fosters a
culture of hand hygiene, monitors compliance, and provides feedback.
–Rationale for NPSG.07.01.01–
Implement a program that follows categories IA, IB, and IC of either the current Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the current World Health Organization (WHO)
hand hygiene guidelines. (See also IC.01.04.01, EP 5)
1.
Set goals for improving compliance with hand hygiene guidelines. (See also IC.03.01.01, EP
3)
2.
Improve compliance with hand hygiene guidelines 3. based on established goals.
© 2020 The Joint Commission
Page 3 of 6
Home Care National Patient Safety Goals Effective January 1, 2020
Goal 9
Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls.
Reduce the risk of falls.
NPSG.09.02.01
Elements of Performance for NPSG.09.02.01
Falls account for a significant portion of injuries in hospitalized patients, long term care residents, and home care
recipients. In the context of the population it serves, the services it provides, and its environment of care, the
organization should evaluate the patient’s risk for falls and take action to reduce the risk of falling as well as the risk
of injury, should a fall occur. The evaluation could include a patient’s fall history; review of medications and alcohol
consumption; gait and balance screening; assessment of walking aids, assistive technologies, and protective
devices; and environmental assessments.
–Rationale for NPSG.09.02.01–
Assess 1. the patient’s risk for falls.
2. Implement interventions to reduce falls based on the patient’s assessed risk.
3. Educate staff on the fall reduction program in time frames determined by the organization.
4. Educate the patient and, as needed, the family on any individualized fall reduction strategies.
Evaluate the effectiveness of all fall reduction activities including assessment, interventions
and education.
Note: Examples of outcome indicators to use in the evaluation include decreased number of
falls and decreased number and severity of fall-related injuries.
5.
© 2020 The Joint Commission
Page 4 of 6
Home Care National Patient Safety Goals Effective January 1, 2020
Goal 15
The organization identifies safety risks inherent in its patient population.
Identify risks associated with home oxygen therapy such as home fires.
NPSG.15.02.01
Elements of Performance for NPSG.15.02.01
A critical aspect of safe patient care at home relates to the use of oxygen. Oxygen administration presents a high
risk for fire due to the acceleration of flame that oxygen causes in the presence of flammable substances (such as
upholstery and clothing) and open flames (such as candles, gas appliances, and smoking materials). Smoking is a
major reason for burn incidents involving home medical oxygen therapy. Oxygen cylinders that are not safely stored
create risks for fire and explosion; standards addressing storage of cylinders are included in the “Environment of
Care” (EC) chapter.
The Joint Commission has reviewed more than 40 sentinel events for home health care patients who were either
injured or killed as a result of a fire in the home. A Sentinel Event Alert (#17) was issued on March 1, 2001 that
outlines risk factors, root causes, and risk-reduction strategies for this serious patient safety problem.
This NPSG addresses the importance of a home oxygen assessment that identifies potential safety risks in the
environment. Patients and families need to understand and modify behaviors that could lead to a serious safety
event. For that reason, home care agencies that interact with their patients have a responsibility to reduce risk by
assessing the environment and educating the patient and family. Issues to consider in both the home risk
assessment and in patient and family education include whether or not the patient lives alone, the patient’s cognitive
ability, and whether individuals smoke in the home.
An oxygen safety risk assessment should be conducted before starting oxygen therapy in the home and when
home care services are initiated. However, when more than one organization provides services in the home, it is the
responsibility of each organization to assess potential fire risks when its staff enters the home.
–Rationale for NPSG.15.02.01–
Conduct a home oxygen safety risk assessment before starting oxygen therapy in the home
and when home care services are initiated that addresses at least the following:
– Whether there are smoking materials in the home
– Whether or not the home has functioning smoke detectors
Note: Home care staff may ask the patient and family whether smoke detectors are
functioning or may test the smoke detectors if they are accessible. However, testing smoke
detectors is not required.
– Whether there are other fire safety risks in the home, such as the potential for open flames
Document the performance of the risk assessment. (For more information on coordination
among different providers of care, refer to PC.02.02.01, EPs 1 and 10, and PC.02.03.01, EP
5)
1.
Reevaluate potential fire risks at intervals established by the organization. Evidence of
unsafe practices leading to potential risk is used to establish these intervals. Document the
reevaluation of potential fire risks.
2.
Inform and educate the patient, family, and/or caregiver about the following:
– The findings of the safety risk assessment
– The causes of fire
– Fire risks for neighboring residences and buildings
– Precautions that can prevent fire-related injuries
– Recommendations to address the specific identified risk(s)
Document the provision of information and education. (For more information on coordination
among different providers of care, refer to PC.02.02.01, EPs 1 and 10, and PC.02.03.01, EP
5.)
3.
Assess the patient’s, family’s, and/or caregiver’s level of comprehension of identified risks
and compliance with suggested interventions during home visits. Document this assessment.
4.
© 2020 The Joint Commission
Page 5 of 6
Home Care National Patient Safety Goals Effective January 1, 2020
Implement strategies to improve patient and/or family compliance with oxygen safety
precautions when unsafe practices are observed in the home. This includes notifying the
licensed independent practitioner ordering the oxygen. Document the implementation of
strategies to address compliance.
Note: Other strategies to be considered include additional education, placing written
reminders in specific locations, and exploring alternative living arrangements with the patient
and family.
5.
© 2020 The Joint Commission
Page 6 of 6

What are Dyson’s unique resources and capabilities (if any) that gives it the market power to enter this fiercely competitive market?

This assignment is based on electric car industry and Dyson which is positioned as one of the players. See details below:

On September 26, 2017, Financial Times announced that Dyson, a British technology group led by Sir James Dyson, famous for its bag less vacuum cleaners was working on a premium electric car to go on sale in 2020. Dyson enters the motor industry at a time of intense change and disruption. The company behind the eponymous vacuum cleaner and hand dryers has been working on electric battery technology for almost two decades. Over the past two years it has built an automotive team of 400 engineers, drawn from manufacturers including BMW, Aston Martin and Tesla, and is preparing to use its research to give it the edge in a ferociously competitive sector. “We know this is a crowded market,” said founder James Dyson as he announced that the company would spend £2bn on the car and battery technology. He also predicted that the automotive business would outgrow the rest of the company “quickly”. It will spend £1bn on the battery and £1bn on designing and making the car, with the promise of future models to help recoup the investment. Sir James said he expected to make a profit on the venture. The money is part of a £2.5bn investment plan that had already been announced by the company. He said the remaining £500m would be used on the group’s other products. Andrew Bergbaum, managing director for automotive at AlixPartners consultancy, said the timeline of building a plant and launching a car by 2020 was “very ambitious” and the company was likely to incur “years of losses” before recouping its investment.

Familiarise yourself with electric car industry and Dyson’s commitment to enter the electric car industry by reading research around Dyson and electric car industry. Financial Times has abundant research on both the electric car industry and news around Dyson.

Answer the following questions:
Question 3: Dyson is at the ‘introduction’ phase of the electric car industry lifecycle. What according to you could be the first mover advantage (if any) in this industry for Dyson? (250 words)

Question 4: What are Dyson’s unique resources and capabilities (if any) that gives it the market power to enter this fiercely competitive market? (250 words)

Question 5: If you were invited to a lunch with James Dyson at his home in Gloucestershire with a specific mandate to provide a set of strategic recommendations that will enable Dyson to build a sustainable competitive position within the fast-changing electric car industry, what would your strategic recommendations consist of? (1000 words)

Please use Times New Roman, font size 12.

APA 6th ed. style referencing

Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: has the organisation changed over time? What does the future hold for the group?

Discuss the evolution of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. How has the organisation changed over time? What does the future hold for the group?

The paper should not simply be descriptive, but analytical: it should attempt to address why and how things occur. Because the region has experienced several major political developments in recent years you will need to draw contemporary material from a broad range of media and similar sources. However, be sure to also use books and academic journal articles to analyze the issues in greater historical and theoretical depth.
Format: can use subheadings and graphs if required.

How is the play an example of the Avant-Garde, or in other words, describe how it is a departure from Realism (Ibsen) and what conditions of the early 20th century (end of the 19th century) and Modernity are evident in the play’s subject matter, or style, or characters, or message?

After reading the play Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry, and reading the other items in this week’s Module: Week 13: Readings ( the Power point: Information on the play Ubu Roi, Power point on Modernism & The Conditions of Modernity: Political Theatre, the online articles (“Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi: The Most Punk Play Of All Time” & “Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi: Andy Capp Meets Macbeth”),

Answer the following question:

Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry is considered the forerunner of the Avant-Garde in Western Theatre (European). It ushered in Dadaism, Surrealism, and Absurdist Theatre.

How is the play an example of the Avant-Garde, or in other words, describe how it is a departure from Realism (Ibsen) and what conditions of the early 20th century (end of the 19th century) and Modernity are evident in the play’s subject matter, or style, or characters, or message?

Aim:Why are we asking you to do this?

Aim:
This assignment is to carry out a structural vibration analysis of an airplane wing model and
investigate structural integrity assessment through vibration tests.
Why are we asking you to do this?
Structural vibration is the fundamental cause of many structural failures. This can be due to the high
level of stress/strain in the material when a structure is subject to extreme loading conditions or
experiences a resonant condition. More commonly a structure fails unexpectedly due to fatigue after
the material undergoes cyclic stress/strain over a long period of time when the system vibrates within
its normal operating environment. The apparent ‘sudden fracture’ is the result of fatigue damage
being accumulated to a critical level and hence by logic monitoring the fatigue damage accumulation
will allow predictive maintenance of the structure and avoid the eventual fatigue failure of the
structure. In industry, various methods of predictive maintenance have been researched and
developed continuously and in the era of Industry 4.0, this is becoming an integral part of PLM
(product lifecycle management). One important group of techniques uses vibration and this is mainly
due to that vibration characteristics relate directly to the structural integrity status, and also because
vibration responses can be measured easily and reliably in general.
To develop the analytics to establish the relationship between the vibration responses and the
structural integrity condition, an understanding of the input/output relationship of the vibrating
structure through vibration analysis is important. For simple systems, theoretical analysis can be
utilised to solve the governing equation of motion. For real-world engineering structures, vibration
analysis is carried out typically by numerical simulations. Furthermore, the knowledge and skills of
digital signal processing are of great importance for developing methods that can be used together
with other PLM tools in the digital era.
An airplane wing is a representative example of structures that works in a dynamic loading
environment over a long period of time and therefore its structural integrity status needs to be
assessed periodically, especially due to its safety critical nature. In this assignment, an airplane wing
will be modelled as a multi-DOF system. Through doing this assignment, you gain the experience of
carrying out a representative structural vibration analysis of a multi-DOF system involving theoretical
analysis, numerical simulation and digital signal processing. An emphasis has been placed on the
verification of the results obtained by different solution methods. This is a good practice for increasing
your confidence in your results as well as developing the critical thinking ability and professional
attitude that will greatly benefit your future careers whatever they will be.
Task description
A twin-engined airplane is shown in Figure 1(a). The wings have a cantilevered structural configuration
and experience dynamic stress/strain due to dynamic loading during flight. In order to develop
analytics for assessing the structural integrity of the wing, the relationship between the equivalent
stiffness and the vibratory behaviour of the wing needs to be established. In this coursework, a
mathematical model of a two-DOF mass-spring-damper system is considered that will allow
investigations to be carried out in the low frequency range covering the the first two resonant
frequencies. A corresponding computer model using Matlab will be constructed to simulate a
vibration test scenario as shown in Figure 1(b). The Matlab program will first be verified by theoretical
solutions. Then the Matlab program will be used to simulate vibration responses to more realistic and
complex types of excitation. The simulated input (excitation) and output (response) will be used to
represent the measured signals of the vibration tests and British Standards regarding digital signal
processing of vibration measurements will be used.
Figure 1 (a) A twin-engine airplane DA42-VI
Figure 1 (b) Idealised 2-DOF models of one wing in the vertical plane (without
damping) and a vibration testing scenario
Table 2 Task descriptions with details
Task DETAILS
1 Setting up equations of motion
1.1 State the assumptions that are required to idealise the system in Figure 1(a) to
obtain the 2-DOF model in Figure 1(b).
1.2 Apply the following methods to set up equations of motion:
(a) Newton’s 2nd law method
(b) Lagrange’sequations
2 Carrying out modal analysis
2.1 Determine the natural frequencies and the normal modes using the following
method:
• Manual solution by the matrix iteration method
3 Calculating the vibration response under sinusoidal excitation by
the modal superposition method
3.1 Obtain the time histories of vibration responses by
(a) Manual solution by modal superposition method
4 Investigating the sensitivities of the resonant frequencies to the change of the
effective stiffness
4.1 Determine and record the changes in the two resonant frequencies corresponding
to the changes of k1 and k2
Table 1: Tasks
Initial variables:
m1 (kg) m2 (kg) k1 (N/m) k2 (N/m) F0 (N) 𝜁” 𝜁#
280.2618 70.42342 1.07E+08 3.23E+06 5.28E+03 0.05 0.03
Table 2: Initial variables
Default duration of simulation: T = 40 s (This can be changed with justification)
Range of values of k1 and k2 for sensitivity study:
from 0.5 to 1.5 (i.e., from 50% to 120%) times the initial value
Further notes:
1. w1 and w2 are the two natural frequencies of the 2-DOF model.
2. For Task 3.1, the excitation force f(t) is a sinusoidal signal.
𝑓(𝑡) = 𝐹*sin (𝜔𝑡)

What is it like to work there? What are the employees like? Would you consider working for this company?

BC290

Company Report

For this project, you need to choose a company from one of the links listed below. If you wish to choose a company not on one of the lists, please check with me first.

http://fortune.com/best-companies/

http://fortune.com/best-workplaces-for-women/

http://www.diversityinc.com/the-diversityinc-top-50-companies-for-diversity

http://fortune.com/best-workplaces-for-diversity/

Once you have chosen a company, you will need to research it using a wide variety of sources (minimum of 5) and report your findings in a 3 page (maximum) paper. Your paper should also include a reference page and an executive summary, Please refer to the example on Blackboard for how to format your report properly.

This report should be typed in a 12-point font and double-spaced. Sources to consider for your research include business publications such as: Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, etc. as well as the MarketLine SWOT Analyses and Hoovers Company and Industry Reports. You must use the MarketLine SWOT Analysis as one of your sources. If your company is not listed in MarketLine, then you may use the Hoovers Company Report as one of your sources.* Your report should include an overview of the company, its current status and in particular, the company culture. (This should include information about the demographics of the company; i.e., employee distribution by gender, age, diversity, etc., whatever you can find and information about the hiring process, if available) For information on what it’s like to work there, you should check glassdoor.com and/or indeed.com, and you can also do a google search using the name of your company and employees as the key words  – for example, <Microsoft employees> and see what comes up.

We will have class time in the computer lab on Tuesday, 9/24  and Thursday, 9/26 to work on research for your report. The final draft is due on Tuesday, 10/22. You will also be required to give a brief, informal presentation on your company.

*This report should be written in your own words and sources should be properly documented in the text with a separate reference page at the end. Any evidence of plagiarism will result in an automatic ‘F’ for the paper. *

BC290

Sample Company Report

XYZ Company

Executive Summary

This should be a brief description of the contents of the report; for example:

This report discusses the XYZ Company and provides a brief overview of the company and its current status. It also examines the company culture including information about what it’s like to work there and the demographics of the company

This should be on a separate page and it should be the first page of your report. This should be no more than 1-2 paragraphs.

XYZ Company

You should provide a brief introduction, which describes what this report contains – not an executive summary – more like a description of the purpose of the report; why did you choose this company

Company Overview

This should be a brief description of the company – what it does, where it’s headquartered, where it operates, etc. This should be no more than 1-2 paragraphs.

Current Status

Here you should discuss what’s happening with the company right now. You can use information from the SWOT analysis (in the MarketLine Report) and information from current articles in business publications. This should be no more than 2 paragraphs.

Work Environment

Here you should provide some information about what it’s like to work there. Do not simply list what the employee benefits are according to the company’s website. Try to find some “outside” information – one option is glassdoor.com which contains reviews from current and former employees of the company; the other option is a Google search – try using key words like ‘XYZ Company employees’ or ‘XYZ corporate culture’, etc. You may also come across blogs written by current and/or former employees, which may or may not be useful. In addition, you should include information about the demographics of the employees. This should be no more than 2 paragraphs.

Conclusion

Finally, summarize your findings about the company – What is it like to work there? What are the employees like? Would you consider working for this company?  This should be no more than 1 paragraph.

 

What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today?

Apply Texas College Essay Prompts for Class of 2020

The Apply Texas application is a common application form for most Texas public universities. It allows students to input their information for several different colleges at once. College essay writing Apply Texas college essay prompts for class of 2020 are:

 

  • Essay A: (NEW)
  1. Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today?

Each school requires a different combination of these three college essays-some require all three, some just two, or others make certain ones recommended or optional. Some schools even use these essays for both admissions decisions AND scholarships so it’s important to put time and effort into each one!

While the Apply Texas application doesn’t “open” until July before a student’s senior year, you can preview the application online. Students can start submitting applications to colleges in July, but they shouldn’t wait until then to start on the college essays. In fact, the best time for most students to write their college essays is the summer between junior and senior year of high school.

What would be the benefit of using IgM for agglutination reactions performed in vitro?

Laboratory Portfolio Questions for A11IND 2019-2020

These questions form the basis of your A11IND coursework, the laboratory portfolio. You will need to provide data from your recent practical classes as well as answer specific questions designed to assess your application of knowledge. Please provide answers to all questions in ONE word document for submission. Materials and Methods etc. are not needed.

It is expected that you use your own images taken from the practical sessions. Any information (including figures and diagrams) that you use in your answers, that are not from your own data, need to be appropriately referenced or acknowledged.  All coursework should also be submitted through Turnitin before the submission deadline as indicated on Moodle.  This coursework contributes 40% of the final module mark.

 

Microscopy:

  1. Describe the morphological features of bacteria stained by Gram staining technique with respect to their shapes and colours.  Explain the principles underlying this method when used in bacteria identification.  (4 marks)

 

 

  1. Some bacteria cannot be stained or will not show adequate staining intensity using the Gram stain method.  Give two examples and for each example, explain the reason(s) why Gram stain fails to give good results (6 marks)

 

 

  1. A sputum sample from a patient with tuberculosis has been sent to the pathology laboratory for testing. Describe the procedure to be used for visualising the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis in this sample (4 marks)

 

 

Pathogen identification:

  1. Case scenario

A 32 year old male who has recently been to an Asian country develops projectile vomiting and profuse diarrhoea.  A stool sample has been received by the pathology department and the initial investigation on the sample has produced the following results:

 

 

Sample ID: S3

 

Culture:

Small colourless (transparent) colonies on McConkey agar

 

Heavy growth of yellow colonies on TCBS (Thioglycolate Citrate Bile Salt) agar

 

Gram stain results

S3 Yellow colony:  Gram negative curved rods

Gram positive control: Gram positive cocci present

Gram negative control: Gram negative bacillus present

 

Special staining for flagella:

S3 Yellow colony: Flagella present

Positive control: Flagella present

Negative control: Flagella not found

 

Motility test:

S3 yellow colonies: darting motility observed

Positive control: motile

Negative control: non-motile

 

Oxidase test:

S3 Yellow colony: Oxidase positive

Oxidase positive control: Oxidase positive

Oxidase negative control: Oxidase negative

 

Glucose test:

S3 Yellow colony: Glucose positive

Glucose positive control: Glucose positive

Glucose negative control: Glucose negative

 

 

  1. Based on the information provided from the initial laboratory investigation, demonstrate the elucidation of the possible identity of the yellow colonies on the TCBS agar with stepwise explanation and list the resources used in the process of identification (5 marks)

 

 

 

  1. Describe the difficulties in identifying the pathogen based on the initial laboratory findings and how to improve the identification process (4 marks)

 

 

  1. Explain how the experimental processes were validated during the initial laboratory investigation of S3 (6 marks)

 

 

  1. Explain how bacteria like S3 exerts its pathological effects on human gastrointestinal tract. A diagram may be used to support your answer (5 marks)

 

Latex agglutination:

 

  1. What would be the benefit of using IgM for agglutination reactions performed in vitro? (3 marks)  When considering the serological status of a patient, if you detect the presence of IgM antibodies to an antigen, what might that indicate? (1 mark)

 

 

  1. Explain the steps involved in the genetic testing of a micro-organism that would be performed to confirm its identity (4 marks)

 

Antimicrobial action:

  1. Use the class data set provided on Moodle and indicate whether the organisms tested are considered susceptible or resistant to the antimicrobials which they had been tested against. Refer to sensitivity testing tables 1 & 2 when you perform this task. (6 marks)

 

 

S1      
 

Antibiotic tested

Inhibition zone diameter class median (mm)

 

And

 

 

Acceptable range (mm)

Result interpretation

S = sensitive

R = Resistant

Comments

 

 

 

Ampicillin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Chloramphenicol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Tetracycline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Sulphafurazole

 

 

NA

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

Streptomycin

 

 

NA

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

Penicillin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Cefoxitin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Erythromycin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S2      
 

Antibiotic tested

Inhibition zone diameter class median (mm)

 

And

 

 

Acceptable range (mm)

 

Result interpretation

S = sensitive

R = Resistant

Comments
 

Ampicillin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Chloramphenicol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Tetracycline

 

 

NA

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

Sulphafurazole

 

 

NA

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

Streptomycin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Penicillin

 

 

NA

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

Cefoxitin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Erythromycin

 

 

NA

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

 

  1. Describe Penicillin’s mode of action with the aid of a diagram with emphasis on how it interferes with bacterial cell wall integrity (4 marks).

 

 

 

  1. Explain why some organisms such as E coli are generally resistant to penicillin (2 marks).

 

 

  1. When a bacterial strain such as S1 is resistant to amoxicillin, what is the possible mode of action of the gain in resistance by the bacteria (3 marks)? Are there options which can be considered to replace amoxicillin for an effective treatment to cure the infection (3 marks)?

 

 

Total marks = 60