The destruction of Thera over 3500 year ago probably inspired Plato’s account from 1000 years later (not mentioned in the article) of what popular cultural myth? What evidence has emerged to further corroborate the eruption? What further effects would have been felt then, and where? In what specific ways might this story differ from the recent theory about the Kofels event?

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Respond to one viewing/reading source (220 words minimum). Write directly in the typing field. Always title your post with the name of the program/article, so people know at a glance your focus. I might award a point for clever and relevant links, but please – no tired memes or tweets, and absolutely nothing cruel or off-color.

For your main response, choose one of these three topics and answer at least two of the discussion points:

•What specific details (2 or 3, at least) did Alice Kober determine about Linear B before her death? How was she know for organizing her ideas? What first inspired Michael Ventris to his research? Give at least one key detail he reveals in the brief interview clip. How did he and Kober get along? How did each of them die? Finally, as also noted in the Bettany Hughes documentary, what have we learned from the Linear B translations? And what kind of cultural record did NOT emerge from them? This last point allows you to use some imagination!

•The destruction of Thera over 3500 year ago probably inspired Plato’s account from 1000 years later (not mentioned in the article) of what popular cultural myth? What evidence has emerged to further corroborate the eruption? What further effects would have been felt then, and where? In what specific ways might this story differ from the recent theory about the Kofels event?

•After reviewing the story at the Un-Museum, explain what ancient ruins Heinrich Schliemann discovered, and how. What did he do at the first site in particular, what happened, and what do you think of his actions and methods?

Assignment 2: Conducting a z-Test

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Assignment 2: Conducting a z-Test

A researcher predicts that watching a film on institutionalization will change students’ attitudes about chronically mentally ill patients. The researcher randomly selects a class of 36 students, shows them the film, and gives them a questionnaire about their attitudes. The mean score on the questionnaire for these 36 students is 70. The score for people in general on this questionnaire is 75, with a standard deviation of 12. Using the five steps of hypothesis testing and the 5% significance level (i.e. alpha = .05), does showing the film change students’ attitudes towards the chronically mentally ill?

  1. What does it mean to set alpha at .05?
  2. What is your null hypothesis? Alternate hypothesis?
  3. Is this a one-tailed or two-tailed hypothesis?
  4. What is the critical z?
  5. Calculate the obtained z. Do you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis?
  6. State in words what you have found.

By Monday, January 5, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

, analyze a business situation where eCommerce methods are being applied to improve business results.

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In about 5 pages (APA format), analyze a business situation where eCommerce methods are being applied to improve business results. Select a business sector of interest to you such as music, books, finance, consulting, etc. and summarize the business situation. This could be a business situation in the past which was improved by implementing a successful eCommerce project. Pay attention to metrics, such as sales growth or profitability or market share, and use a simple Excel spreadsheet to present the before and after results of implementing eCommerce methods. You can identify such eCommerce business projects by researching in The Wall Street Journal or The Economist or selecting an example from the text and doing additional research.

The overall format for the final eCommerce analysis should include the following:

  • An Overview and Executive Summary
  • Supply Chain Management & Operations
  • Marketing Plan (Product Positioning Statements & Public Relations Strategies)
  • Legal, Regulatory, & Ethical Strategies
  • A minimum of 5 citations from the text. Additional citations from outside sources are encouraged.
  • 5 minute narrated PPT presentation

Is it possible to establish a society in which there is no stratification based on class?

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Social stratification is the ranking of individuals in a hierarchy of unequal wealth, occupational prestige, and power. It is a feature of society and not a reflection of individual uniqueness or differences. Stratification is a universal feature found in all societies: agrarian, industrial, and postindustrial. Furthermore, socialization and cultures reproduce stratification and transmit it from one generation to the next.

Social institutions such as education, the economy, politics, and government maintain the stratified status quo. The goal of these institutions is to provide the needs of society and not a radical transformation of structured inequality. Changes in social stratification are usually slow and incremental rather than fast and revolutionary.

This discussion will give you an insight into the difficulties all societies face with regards to social stratification. Based on your readings and understanding of the above issues, discuss the answer to the following question with your classmates:

  • Is it possible to establish a society in which there is no stratification based on class? Explain your response with reasons.

Case History 3: Severe Burn Injury

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Case History 3: Severe Burn Injury
 

Chief Complaint: 8-year-old girl admitted for severe second- and third-degree burns following her rescue from a burning house.

History: The 8-year-old white female, was transported by ambulance to the emergency room after being rescued from her burning house. She was asleep at night when a spark from the family fireplace started a fire, leaving her trapped in her bedroom. By the time the fire rescue squad arrived, she had suffered severe burns and excessive smoke inhalation.

In the emergency room, the patient was unconscious. She had second-degree burns over 5% of her body and third-degree burns over 15% of her body — both covering her thoracic and abdominal regions and her entire right arm. Her vital signs were quite unstable: blood pressure = 55 / 35; heart rate = 210 beats / min.; and respiratory rate = 40 breaths / min; temperature 101.5 degrees Farhenheight. She was quickly deteriorating from circulatory failure. Two IVs were inserted and fluids were administered through each. Her vital signs stabilized and she was transported to the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU).

The patient regained consciousness the following morning, surprisingly complaining of only minor pain over her trunk. Following debridement of her burns and application of a broad-spectrum, topical antibiotic, a plastic epidermal graft was applied over the burned areas. Despite treatment with a broad-spectrum antibiotic, she developed a systemic staphylococcal infection, necessitating a switch to a different antibiotic.

The 8-year-old female began a long, slow recovery. Her position in bed had to be changed every 2 hours to prevent the formation of decubitus ulcers (i.e. bedsores). She lost 9 pounds over the next 3 weeks, despite nasogastric tube feeding of 5000 calories (“Kcals”) per day. After 9 weeks, sheets of cultured epidermal cells were grafted to her regenerating dermal layer. By the 15th week of her hospitalization, her epidermal graft was complete, and she was back on solid foods, her antibiotics were discontinued, and she was discharged from the hospital with a rehabilitation plan for both physical and occupational therapy at home, as well as twice-weekly visits by a nurse.

Instructions:

The Assignment must be submitted in APA format.

Title page, Running header, in-text citations, reference page, 12 point font double spaced, etc.

Refer to HCC Handbook regarding Academic Honesty.

Total 25 points

Questions:

  • Briefly describe the layers of the epidermis (thin & thick skin), dermis, & hypodermis (3pts)
  • Use the Rule of Nines to calculate the total Body Surface Area (BSA) burned. (1pt)

3. Briefly describe the extent of damage seen in first-degree burns, second-degree burns, and third-degree burns. (6pts)

4. Why was this girl relatively pain-free when she woke up? (1pts)

5. What are normal vital signs? Are Angela’s vital signs normal? If not explain is the vital sign higher or lower than normal. Explain why the vital sign(s) is/are abnormal. (6pts)

6. Why was it important to immediately administer intravenous fluids to this girl? (1pts)

7. Describe the series of events that occur in skin which is healing. In other words describe the steps involved in wound repair. (3pts)

8. Define a decubitus ulcer/pressure sore. Why are bedridden patients at risk for developing decubitus ulcers? Where on the body do such ulcers most commonly occur? (3pts)

9. Define a keloid. (1pts)

Retrieved from: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/ap_casestudies/cases/ap_case03.html11/29/2016

The case study must be in APA format which includes title page, no hypothesis, in text citation, no website research, do not rewrite the question, just answer in a few sentences and make sure all answers all numbered. You must use Human anatomy & physiology book by Marieb Hoehn (Pearson) 10th or 11th edition
 

Professional Transitions in Nursing

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American Public University

School of Health Sciences

Nursing Program

NURS 300-Professional Transitions in Nursing

 

 

BSN Interview Directions

 

  1. Initiate contact with a BSN nurse who is currently active in practice, who became an RN through an Associate Degree or diploma program, and subsequently went on for a BSN.
  2. Ask the nurse if he/she would consent to a 20-30 minute interview with you.
  3. Assure the RN that you will not use his/her name or agency in any written or oral report.
  4. You may provide him/her with a list of questions prior to the interview, but it is not necessary.
  5. Meet with the individual in person. You may not use email or phone to conduct this interview.
  6. Be sure to allow adequate, uninterrupted time for the nurse to provide thoughtful answers.
  7. Engage the nurse in a conversation and ask the nine questions below. Include a professional question of your own.
  8. Include the questions and the interviewee’s responses below the questions.
  9. Answer questions thoroughly in paragraph form.
  10. *Write a reflective summary of the interview questions addressing the following:
    1. What feelings were you experiencing during the interview?
    2. What personal values did this interview challenge?
    3. Were the answers of the RN as expected or did they surprise you?
    4. How useful was any advice given to you by the RN? Why or why not?
    5. How will this interview influence your professional goals?

Questions

 

  1. What type of nursing education program(s) have you completed? Include program and date.
  2. Describe your personal philosophy of nursing?
  3. What factors went into your decision to earn a BSN?
  4. What were the most relevant topics learned in your BSN program related to your nursing practice?
  5. Give examples of how you have applied key components of your BSN program in your everyday practice?
  6. Describe career opportunities resulting from completion of a BSN program.
  7. Share your plans for furthering your career and advancing nursing as a profession for the future.
  8. How do you envision the role of the BSN nurse impacting the delivery of healthcare?
  9. What advice can you share with me to support my professional growth?
  10. Additional question ______________________________________________

*Be sure to include your thoughtful reflection at the end.

What is an appropriate null hypothesis to compare the quality of the product manufactured in the overseas plants and the U.S. plants? Why?

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You are a data analyst with John and Sons Company. The company has a large number of manufacturing plants in the United States and overseas. The company plans to open a new manufacturing plant. It has to decide whether to open this plant in the United States or overseas.

What is an appropriate null hypothesis to compare the quality of the product manufactured in the overseas plants and the U.S. plants? Why? How would you choose an appropriate level of significance for your statistical test? What are the possible outcomes and limitations of your statistical test?

When can there arise a conflict between shareholders and managers goals? How does wealth maximization goal take care of this conflict?

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please (no Plagiarism)

Answer all these question

  • When can there arise a conflict between shareholders and managers goals? How does wealth maximization goal take care of this conflict?
  • A company has just tested the market for a new product. The test indicates that the product may capture about 40 percent of the market share. It is also expected that 25 percent of the new product’s share will be at the cost of an existing product. The new product can be manufactured in the existing facilities, which could also be used to meet the expected increase in one of the company’s existing products. The company’s financial analyst argues that she would include the test costs in the new product’s cash flows since they were incurred for testing the new product but would exclude the lost contribution on an existing product and the value of the existing facilities to be used for the manufacture of the new product because no out-of-pocket cost is incurred. Do you agree with the analyst? Why or why not?
  • Which of the financial ratios of a company would you refer to in each of the following situations? Give reasons.
  • What are the basic financial decisions? How do they involve risk-return trade-off?

(i) The company asks you to sell material on credit.

(ii) You are thinking of investing $25,000 in the company’s Bonds.

(iii) You are thinking of investing $25,000 in the company’s shares.

Differentiate between the four most common types of maltreatment of children?

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new assignment…

 

 

Assume you are a newly promoted supervisor in your investigative unit. Until now, an outside agency has handled all of your reported crimes against children. In 10 slides, using proper references and your own words, create a PowerPoint presentation to train your unit. In this PowerPoint presentation, discuss in detail the following:

  • Differentiate between the four most common types of maltreatment of children?
  • How do neglect and abuse differ?
  • Examine the main indicators for neglect and abuse?
  • Create a checklist that outlines the indicators for child neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse and sexual abuse

What are your impressions of the survey items and the level of understanding needed to administer the survey? Pretend you are the surveyor.

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Survey research is as it suggests, asking questions of participants and measuring the results. The survey types are many, but the evaluation of the survey tools is very similar. Download the World Health Survey of the World Health Organization’s Short Version: Individual Questionnaire: Rotation A of World Health Survey of the World Health Organization.

 

  • What are your impressions of the survey items and the level of understanding needed to administer the survey? Pretend you are the surveyor.
  • What is your opinion of the survey in terms of understanding the questions, the types of questions, and the level of personal information shared? Pretend you are the respondent.
  • What is the face validity of the survey?
  • What would you change to improve the quality of data collected? Explain your reasons.