Define evolution using the course materials

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In a 4-6 page written assignment, answer the following questions.

1) Define evolution using the course materials.

2) Define physical anthropology. Discuss some of the general ways physical anthropologists investigate evolution.

3) Using the APUS Library, find at least one appropriate outside source that identifies one specific research project in which physical anthropologists are studying evolution (e.g. the Human Genome Project). Describe the research project and its significance in our understanding of evolution. Conduct original research, do not use the genome project because that example is given in class. Review this screencast or script to help you learn to locate appropriate college-level sources using the Summon search tool in our Library.

4) Choose and define a second subfield of anthropology (cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, or archaeology).

5) Discuss some of the general ways an anthropologist in this second subfield investigates evolution.

*Remember, evolution can apply to both physical and societal changes, so things like language and customs can evolve just as much as bodies and brains can.

6) Using the APUS Library, find at least one appropriate outside source that identifies one specific research project in which anthropologists in this second subfield are studying evolution. Describe the research project and its significance in our understanding of evolution. For example, an archaeologist may look at how tools have changed through time, and what has caused that change (conduct your own original research, do not use this example).

8) Discuss how the study of evolution between physical anthropology and your chosen subfield compares and contrasts.

9) Conclude by discussing and reflecting on one new piece of information you learned about evolution.

Disclaimer

Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin.

Operations Management – ISO Standard – Product-Based Industry

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This Critical Thinking Assignment focuses on how a product-based firm can leverage ISO to achieve a competitive advantage. Conduct research and assess one product-based firm.

In your essay:

  • Appraise why the leadership team of your selection is using ISO.
  • Discuss how ISO international standardization has been a benefit to your selection.
  • Justify why your selection adopted the ISO 9000.
  • Explain how adopting the ISO 9000 (2000) impacted the performance and productivity of your selection.
  • Predict why adopting the ISO 9000 standard is not the correct approach for all firms.

Instructions:

  • Your essay must have an organizational structure that includes a strong title, followed by an introductory paragraph that generates interest and includes a thesis and mapping of what is to come. Each of the following sections, including a conclusion section, should use appropriate APA headings. Make sure that the body sections address each of the previous bullets.
  • Write a 3-4-page paper, not including the required title and reference pages.
  • You must support your analysis with at least two current scholarly references and the course textbook. Sources such as Wikipedia, USA Today, Fox News, or MSNBC News will not be accepted.
  • Your paper must be properly cited and formatted according to APA Guidelines.

Remember, a product-based business sells a physical, tangible product, while a service-based business sells a service, which has no physical or tangible product.

needing assistance on the question below

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After completing your website review, create a “Top 3 List” of the most interesting and important items you found. For each item, write a couple of sentences to explain your selection. Post your “Top 3 List” to the discussion thread and provide a minimum of TWO comments on the “Top 3 List” of another member of the class.

In addition, select AT LEAST ONE website to add to the course webliography (you may add as many as you like). Be sure to add a website that has not already been identified by another member of the class. To use the webliography, click on the link at the top of the course page, click “add new entry” and fill in the relevant information; select the category that most closely fits your website. Please add your website to the webliography due date. You are also encouraged to add any interesting websites that you find as we continue throughout the course.

Answer the following questons

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1.Compare and contrast England’s NHS, Canada’s NHI and U.S. Health System models.Who or what is responsible for providing health services (public and/or private) in each system?How is each system financed?How are providers paid for their services in each kind of system?How relatively effective is each system in prolonging the length and quality of life for people living in each country?

2.Why does the “vulnerable population” in the U.S. continue to grow?What characteristics do personsbelonging to this category of need have in common? Pick three separate groups, highlighting their particular set of problems.Name and explain three kinds of government solutions which have been established to help vulnerable populations in the U.S.. How is care for vulnerable populations paid for at federal and state levels?

3.Recent data show that Americans consume, on average, more than three times the recommended level of sodium per day in their food and beverages.High salt intake contributes to high blood pressure and its complications—stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure, and kidney failure. In fact, thousands of lives could be saved if sodium consumption could be lowered in people with hypertension (high blood pressure). Compare and contrast (highlight similarities and differences) between how a health care provider like a Kishwaukee hospital doctor (part of Northwestern Medicine) might address this problem in their patient population using the medical model versus how a public health official would address this same problem using the population health model (three comparison-contrast examples required).

4. Although the United States spends more money per capita on health care than any other country, its performance is relatively poor by comparison. How can ideas such as the “Triple Aim Initiative” or “patient centeredness” help to improve performance in the U.S. health care system?

1. Start at the top of the page when beginning or continuing each Essay.

2. Be sure to note which Essay (by number) you are writing.Do not include the question again.

(5 point penalty)!

3. Essays must be typed in Times New Roman font only, in 12-point font only.

4. Each Essay must include at minimum ONE FULL PAGE of information, written in good

English (grammar, punctuation and spelling must be correct). FYI- Better student essays which

typically earn a higher number of points are two full pages in length, double-spaced, and contain

a lot of detail.

5. If you have individual paragraphs in the same Essay, indicate these by just indenting the first line

of the paragraph five spaces.

6. No “lists” or bullet-points of information will be accepted in place of, or in addition to the

Essay form—information is to be presented in narrative essay form ONLY.

7. Each Essay will have margins no larger than one (1) inch—top, bottom, and sides.

8. Each Essay’s font may NOT be bolded.

9. Essays may not include charts or graphs (Essay explanation ONLY).

10. Essays are to be constructed in WORD format only (no pdf or other format besides WORD will

be accepted).If sent in another mode (e.g. pdf) the Essays will not be graded (will receive a “0”).

See next page for more requirements (11-19):

Choose one of the questions

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1) Write about how a comedian has changed your mind about or made you rethink a cultural issue. The issue or issues can be anything from politics to race to sexuality to drugs to religion to education to war to gender to love to bacon to death to language to anything that a comedian has made you reconsider.

The paper should first describe your initial position/feelings about the issue, then present your interpretation of the comedian’s point of view, and finally illustrate how it has changed your beliefs, positively or negatively from where you began.

You can use any comedian(s) you want, from class or not. If nothing else, it’s an excuse to spend hours on end trolling for stand-up clips.

2) This paper topic allows the student to become the Master for once. It’s your chance to decide what should be on the syllabus. Between now and the due date, your assignment is to watch TWO comedians with similar thematic elements on your own, or with friends and family… or a pet of whom you’re particularly fond. Once you watch them, imagine you’re responsible for leading a discussion about them. What would you impart to your students about humor, stand-up, and any specific issues that these performers represent? It is important that you actually watch the comedians you discuss, because ideally, this class will have changed the way you think about comedy you’ve seen 20 times. You’re getting college credit to watch funny people: appreciate that, don’t take it for granted.

4-5 pages.

Soc 305 W5 Crime & Society Final Assignment

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Final Paper

Select
and then define a significant issue faced by the justice system,
describe the scope and consequences of the issue, and discuss society’s
responses to the issue (including public policies and other less formal
responses). Papers should also present a clearly reasoned alternative,
supported by scholarly research.

While the following example can be modified to suit your needs, this outline is likely to result in a high-quality Final Paper:

  1. Title
  2. Abstract
  3. What is the problem? Be sure to narrow your problem enough to allow a focused examination.
  4. What are the individual and social implications of this problem?
    Discussion of implications should be supported by accurate research
    data.
  5. What do the experts say about the problem?
  6. What have we, as a society, done about this problem? Consider public policies and other, less formal responses.
  7. How are public policies and other, less formal responses working?
  8. Describe an alternative solution to the problem.
  9. Discuss why the alternative is, or can be, an effective response
    to the problem. Remember to consider negative consequences of the
    alternative response.
  10. Conclude with your thoughts about your chosen social problem.
    This is a good place to include personal opinions, assuming you wish to
    share them in a research paper.
  11. References

In
short, define a problem, discuss the response, and provide alternative
responses to the problem. For example, your problem could be drug
use/abuse, with a focus on prescription drug abuse among teenagers. Your
description of the problems should be fact based, relying on expert
opinion. Your alternative response can be an adjustment of current
policy or a new direction. For example, your may propose longer prison
sentences, or legalization of all drugs. Be creative, although
suggestions must be supported by scholarly research.

The paper must be eight to ten pages in length (excluding the title
and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use
at least five scholarly resources, at least three of which can be found
in the Ashford Online Library, to support your claims and subclaims.
Cite your resources in text and on the reference page. For information
regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center
within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar. Please
visit the Academic Research section on your course homepage (accessible
through the Student Responsibilities and Policies tab on the left
navigation toolbar) to review what types of materials are not acceptable
for academic, university-level research.

Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:

  1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and
    formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing
    Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
    1. Title of paper
    2. Student’s name
    3. Course name and number
    4. Instructor’s name
    5. Date submitted
  3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  6. Must use at least five scholarly resources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford Online Library.
  7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

Consent Form and Literature Search Assignment

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Objective: To understand and appreciate the ethical responsibilities researchers have to protect the rights of participants involved in research studies and to further develop your literature search skills.

Assignment: Fully develop and construct a viable INFORMED CONSENT FORM for an experimental research study employing the guidelines and ethical codes provided in your textbook (Research Methods, Design, and Analysis – 12th edition ISBN: 9780205961252 by Larry B. Christensen) discussed in class (Power point attached), and other credible sources. The assignment must also comport to the following requirements:

1)Locate and provide a psychological experimental study article (full-text length, not just abstract). This study must accompany the assignment.

2)The experimental study must have been published within October, 2015 to October, 2018 time frame.

3)The experimental study must have “adult humans” as the participants studied.

4)You should identify yourself in the consent form as the researcher conducting the study, with the experiment taking place in the Department of Psychology at (I will fill in) State University.

Business Question – 1,000 words

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Question:

In reference to the document titled “Choice of Group Project topics…” would you please provide further clarification on how to interpret the information on this page? How do we apply the information in each column? Also, when the instructions state to “browse topics” is this referring to the links under the column “Natural Law” or perhaps “product modality”? Any further clarification on this is greatly appreciated.

Answer:

“On the right columns, these are elemental parts of our business conceptual framework, on the left columns, these are the confines by the native and positive laws, ethics inclusive, some are permissive, and some are not. In the middle sections, you are given with some examples in a given direction. To create your own product by your group that may be considered somewhat to mimic the existing ones (e.g., those in existence already).

Please do the research and try to draw the lines or gray area, even blurring, between legally/ethically permissible and functionality necessary/inseparable because under the U.S. law, the court system generally will not rule on a case that falls into the latter category (i.e., functionality necessary/inseparable because it is governed by the natural law).

This is a skill and intuition a business manager should have developed because it encourages innovation and creativity, rather than “kill” those good ideas at first place.

For example, let’s say your group try to innovate the seat/bed (either seat itself, or its arrangement, or both) on the commercial airline, you have done research and found out a lot of them, You are trying to create your own. You are struggling to create a “new” one or a “new” method for its usage because you are not sure of what is protected by the IP law and what is not. You have to further do research or find a way to justify your design (e.g., to an extreme example, you have 100% copied the other design but with a new method for usage [e,g, baking soda used as a deodorizer in the refrigerator], and if you can justify that it is within the category of 100% “inseparability” between its functionality and design, it might be still considered to be innovative and creative as being “new.”). Please also consult with the guideline for group project when you write up your designed ideas.

Please study that page of group project directions for your topic choice. Please limit your group topic within the general framework provided there. It does not have to be exact, but within those categories, subject to those limitations and delimitations, such as modular houses on land, or you could do modular homes in water, many people living on the water for their whole life, most on a boat home, and you could change that living paradigm into other forms. It will be your own topic but it must be confined within the directions provided and conformed with those requirements on that page to encourage creativity and innovation, but also understand the issues involving the protection of intellectual property rights and the dilemma of ethic decisions as a business executive. We all know that generally speaking, an authority in a hierarchy structure of management is to veto or overrule its subordinate’s idea, rather than encourage their employees to come up with new ideas. We want to go the other direction. A lot of issues would not have a clear answer, but our gut feelings governed by the natural law at least can provide us with a general direction.”

Our group would like to choose the airplane seatbelt option, which is this link from the assignment: http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/double-decker-airplane-cabin-concepts-crystal-cabin-awards/index.html.

This is directly from the project limitations and delineations attachment to this email. I understand quoting this assignment may be tricky but I think a thorough understanding of the assignment would help. We are not asking for the PowerPoint presentation to be done, only the parts D and E on the attachment – the written “manuscript”. I cannot give a word count as, depending on the path of the writer, it could be up to 7 pages of writing (meaning they may take 4 pages or may need the full 7) and maybe 3 pages of drawings or whatever is needed to depict the material being presented.

Amazon/WholeFoods Merger Marketing Plan, writing homework help

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Amazon/WholeFoods Merger Marketing Plan Outline

The marketing plan must contain but not limited to the following:

I. Executive Summary (10 points)-

Present a brief summary of the main goals and recommendations of the plan to assist top management to define the company quickly, and envision its projections for the future. A table of contents should follow the executive summary.

II. The Company Description (10 points)

In one- to three-page summary, describe the company’s products/services, their user benefits, and evidence of their acceptance by customers; management’s qualifications and major accomplishments; the amount of and uses for capital required; investor benefits; market size and growth rate; and the identity of the company’s market niche. Include recent history and successes.

III. Organization (5 points)

Outline the current organizational chart, including future positions that may be considered as a result of growth. Consider the following:

For each officer of the company, please provide the following information: name, years of experience in the company’s industry, responsibilities/functions of positions with company; salary, bonus, ownership interest in the company; relevant qualities, achievements, track record, and education.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the company’s management team and its board of directors, and how will they enhance the growth potential of the company?

Explain how the management team will grow and continually improve itself in conjunction with company growth projections.

IV. Strategic Focus and Plan (10 points)

Consists of the following: Mission, Goals (financial and non-financial), Core Competency and Sustainable Competitive Advantage.

V. Situation Analysis: (30 points)

This is a snapshot of where the current environment in which the company operates. This section should include 1) detailed SWOT analysis, 2) Industry Analysis (include trends), 3) Competitor Analysis, 4) Company Analysis, 5) Customer Analysis, and 6) Customer Characteristics.

Consider this approach, but do no limit the analysis to these alone : review the competitive forces that affect your industry and/or market segment (i.e., rivalry among existing firms, threat of new entrants, threat of substitute products, bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of customers – Michael Porter’s 5 Forces Theory).

Define your major competitors’ future goals, current strategies, and assumptions about the industry.

Compare the company’s strengths and weaknesses with those of its major competitors.

Provide an analysis of how the company’s management plans to capitalize on competitors’ weaknesses and how it will counteract competitors’ strengths. Understand the competitions’ strengths and weaknesses, as well as your own, are key to defending your market share, uncovering market opportunities and developing an effective unique selling proposition.

VI. Market/Product Focus (35 points)

This section includes Marketing and Product Objectives as the main focus, under which the following information should be included:

Subheading #1: provide an analysis of the current market in which the company operates, new market opportunities, new product opportunities, and how the industry as it exists currently will support such initiatives.

Subheading #2: Target Market – Subheading #1 should help refine and define this market. A market-product grid may be useful to include to visualize (see Chapter 9).

Subheading #3: Points of Difference: What makes the product(s) unique, and why would the markets identified in Subheadings 1 and 2 would be attracted to, and attractive for the product?

Subheading #4: Positioning – identify the strategy that will be used to communicate Subheading #3 (Points of Difference). This is to be approached in relation to the competitive landscape as outlined in Section IV, Competitor Analysis.

VII. Marketing Programs (35 points)

This section is essentially a detailed analysis of the marketing mix factors (the 4 P’s) and should be fairly well defined in the previous sections. Subheadings are as follows:

Subheading #1 – Product Strategy – include description of the product line, the unique product quality packaging, etc.

Subheading #2 – Price Strategy – define the price, the rationale/justification for the price point, etc.

Subheading #3 – Promotion Strategy – outline how the product will be marketed to your target market.

Subheading #4 – Place (Distribution) Strategy – consider the current distribution and how changes may need to be made based on any projected increase in sales volume.

VIII. Financial Data and Projections (10 points)

Define the approximate size, in units and dollars, of the target market for each of the company’s products/services.

Provide management’s estimate of the company’s market share and associated industry rank for both the last three years (actual) and the next three years (projected).

What has been the growth and profitability history of the industry, the company specifically, and what are its future prospects? If the projected growth rate exceeds the historical growth rate, discuss the major factors behind the company’s assumptions (e.g., technological breakthroughs, lower production costs that can be passed on to customers, value chain benefits/competencies, etc.)

IX. Implementation Plan – how will the company turn its plan into action (10 points)

This section includes setting timeframes for the plan presented thus far, and the area responsible for its successful deployment.

X. Evaluation and Success Monitoring (5 points) – how will the company monitor industry changes, and what course of action will be taken if such changes are anticipated to impact the plan?

Criminal Justice Leadership and Issues in Diversity

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You are in Johnson County in the deep South. The Sheriff, Jim Jones has had a murder, and the FBI has come in to claim jurisdiction. It appears that this suspected perpetrator is a serial killer who has been crossing state lines. Sheriff Jones has a force of all Caucasian officers. He is also known for his propensity to denigrate minorities. The FBI force consists of Caucasian officers, Asian-American officers and African-American officers. The lead investigator is of Asian descent. Sheriff Jones has to work hand-in-hand with this lead investigator. He has shown that he is not happy about the situation.

Assignment Guidelines

  • Address the following in 3–4 pages:
    • What effect would this have on his leadership role with his officers? Explain.
    • What effect would this have on his interaction with another agency? Explain.
    • Would this have an effect on community relations and cooperation with the community with the FBI? Explain.
    • If this attitude continued and Sheriff Jones held back pertinent information from the FBI that caused the perpetrator to flee the area, would this behavior cause moral problems within Sheriff Jones’ department? Why?
      • How would it have an effect on the officers?