Assignment: Electronic Media Influence – Part 2

In Part 1, you selected an electronic medium and developed a visual timeline of its historical development as you examined the medium’s impact on human behavior and development.

In Part 2 of this Assignment, you apply theories or hypotheses (displacement, cultivation effects, modeling, and desensitization) about which you read this week to your selected electronic medium. You will further explore which theories or hypotheses best explain the aspects of human development you discussed in Part 1 of this Assignment.

To Prepare for this Assignment:

• Review the theory articles found in this week’s Learning Resources and consider the impact of digital technologies on human development
• Search the Internet and the Walden Library to find at least two articles related to your selected electronic media’s development in Week 1
• Reflect on the Visual Timeline and the paper you developed in Week 1

For this Part 2 of your Assignment:

Write an additional 1 to 2 pages to the paper you began in Week 1. Based on the information you assembled for your paper in Week 1:

• Explain which media theories or hypotheses (displacement, cultivation effects, modeling, desensitization) you believe most directly impact the behaviors and human development you identified in Week 1 and why.

Text: Sizer, F. &
Whitney, E. (2013). Nutrition: Concepts and
Controversies (13^th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

A Lifetime of Nourishment 

As noted in the textbook, “Of the
leading causes of death listed in Table 1-1, four are directly related to
nutrition, and another – motor vehicle and other accidents – is related to
drinking alcohol” (Sizer and Whitney, 2013).  Expanding on the information
from the quote above, please provide a comprehensive response to the following
statements:

• Explain why nutrition is important and how it impacts
  physical and mental health.
• Differentiate the six classes of nutrients and explain
  how they individually and collectively help us to maintain our health
  status.
• Describe the five characteristics of a healthy diet and
  provide a dietary example for each.
• Explain how nutrition is a science and how the
  scientific method is used in this field.
• Summarize the four different types of studies (case,
  epidemiological, intervention, and laboratory studies) and explain the use
  of research in the development of dietary guidelines.
• Briefly define and provide a diet-related example for
  each of the stages of behavior change.
• Explain the role of competence, confidence, and
  motivation in behavior change.

This assignment must be a minimum of
three pages in length (excluding title and references pages) in APA format as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Use subheadings to help organize your
paper. Include a minimum of two scholarly resources, cited according to APA
style. At least one of your resources must be from the Ashford University
Library.

An essential part of obtaining a position with a company is interviewing. There are many styles of interviewing, and at times, it can be difficult to know how to answer questions. Using this template, address the 10 interview questions to the best of your ability. You can select a company or position from your career research to direct your questions.

Upload your completed Interview Questions Template to the Submissions area of the classroom.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Unit 4 Individual Project Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Provides a response to all 10 questions	40
Responses are clear and professional	25
Responses include relevant examples	25
Responses use proper grammar and lack spelling errors	10
Total	100

Assignment Details:

Zircon, a Unites States (US) based multinational company, is considering a project that will sell the use of its technology to firms in Argentina. It has already received orders from Argentinean firms that will generate 3 million Argentinean pesos (ARS) in revenue within one year (i.e. end of year 1) of starting the project. However, it might also receive a contract to provide this technology to the Argentinean government. In this case, it will generate a total of ARS $5,000,000 within one year of starting the project (i.e. end of year 1). It will not know whether it will receive the government order until the end of the current year (i.e. end of year 1).

Today’s spot rate (i.e. time 0 or beginning of year 1) of the peso is US$0.14. The one-year forward rate is US$0.12 (i.e. the current forward price for exchange at the end of year 1). Zircon expects that the spot rate of the peso will be US$0.13 one year from now (i.e. end of year 1). The only initial outlay (i.e. at time 0 or beginning of year 1) will be US$300,000 to cover development expenses, regardless of whether the Argentinean government purchases the technology or not. It will pursue the project only if it can satisfy its required rate-ofreturn of 18 percent. Ignore possible tax effects and assume that cash inflows, if they materialise, occur a year from the initial investment in the project (i.e. end of year 1).

Address the following:
1. It decides to hedge the maximum amount of revenue that it will receive from the project.
a. Determine the net present value (NPV) if Zircon receives the government contract.
b. If Zircon does not receive the contract, it will have hedged more than it needed to and will offset the excess forward sales by purchasing pesos in the spot market at the time the forward sale is executed. Determine the NPV of the project assuming that Zircon does not receive the government contract.
2. Now consider an alternative strategy in which Zircon only hedges the minimum peso revenue that it will receive. In this case, any revenue due to the government contract would not be hedged.
a. Determine the NPV based on this alternative strategy and assume that Zircon receives the government contract.
b. Determine NPV under the alternative strategy and assume that Zircon does not receive the government contract.
3. As the financial manager of Zircon, describe the uncertainty that surrounds the estimate of future cash flows from the perspective of the US parent.
4. As the financial manager for Zircon, explain how you propose to take account of risk in evaluating whether to proceed with this project.

Requirements:

– 2500 words (plus or minus 10%).

– Must have Executive Summary, Introduction, Body and/or Recommendation, Conclusion and at least 6 References.

Health Care Spending

No one is immune to the rising costs of health care. Consider the following news stories:

• “In 2008, the average premium for a family plan purchased through an employer was $12,680, nearly the annual earnings of a full-time minimum wage job” (Halle & Seshamani, 2009, Introduction, para. 1).
• “President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some of the nation’s most hard-pressed hospitals, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants, which they have long been required to provide” (Bernstein, 2012, para. 1).
• “Doctors in America are harboring an embarrassing secret: Many of them are going broke. This quiet reality, which is spreading nationwide, is claiming a wide range of casualties, including family physicians, cardiologists and oncologists…Doctors list shrinking insurance reimbursements, changing regulations, rising business and drug costs among the factors preventing them from keeping their practices afloat” (Kavilanz, 2012, para. 1, 2, 5).

In this Discussion, you examine the overall state of health care costs in America, the different factors impacting the finances of health care organizations, and the effect of rising costs on all stakeholders.

To prepare:

• Review the Learning Resources on the level of health care spending in the United States.
• Consider the ramifications of continuing at this level of spending as well as issues involved with reducing spending.
• Reflect on which stakeholders (payers, providers, and the general population) should be responsible for making decisions on health care spending.

Question: Post an assessment of the consequences (on payers, providers, and the general population) of continuing current levels of health care spending in the United States as well as the potential consequences of reducing the level of spending. Explain which stakeholders should make health care spending decisions and why.