Describe the health policy development process and the roles that various stakeholders have in that process associated with the article.

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ite an executive summary of a recent (within the past 2 years) article from the CTU Online Library related to healthcare policy processes that is centered on improving healthcare quality and outcomes. Your summary must include the following:

Describe the health policy development process and the roles that various stakeholders have in that process associated with the article.
Include a brief description of the key health policy issues, and evaluate the potential of these issues to transform healthcare delivery in the United States.
Assess how this healthcare policy will impact the structure of the healthcare industry and the distribution of resources and services.
It should be 3–4 pages, in APA format, and with 4 quality references, 2 of which are from peer-reviewed sources and published within the last 5 years.

You must discuss your chosen human pathogen to tell us what type of microbe it is, what disease it causes, how the disease is emerging

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You must discuss your chosen human pathogen to tell us what type of microbe it is, what disease it causes, how the disease is emerging, signs & symptoms, the course of the disease, treatment, and prevention.

Your discussion should be well-written, in your own words, paraphrasing from only credible academic sources. You may not directly quote from your sources and minimum elaboration on the topic of a minimum of 300 words and a maximum of 400 words.

You must also cite your credible academic reference sources with parenthetical in-text citations and provide full end ref information in APA 7th Edition format.

three leadership standards you believe you have already developed and justify why.

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Understanding professional standards for educational leaders as determined by experienced peers can be helpful when exploring and developing your leadership style. After reviewing the 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders, prepare a chart using the template in this week’s resources to explain the following in sufficient detail with supportive references citing:

Explain at least three leadership standards you believe you have already developed and justify why.
Select at least three leadership standards you believe you still need to further incorporate into your leadership style and briefly explain how you might accomplish this leadership growth.
Length: one chart, not including title and reference pages

References: Support your response by utilizing and referencing the Professional Leadership Standards for Educational Leaders. Include a minimum of 2 scholarly resources in addition to the PSEL guide.

The completed assignment should address all of the assignment requirements, exhibit evidence of concept knowledge, and demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the content presented in the course. The writing should integrate scholarly resources, reflect academic expectations and current APA standards,

Direct Age Standardization of Cancer Rates:

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OMEWORK #1 – Direct Age Standardization of Cancer Rates:

First, download and save the two blank Excel worksheets that I have provided: “Incidence.xlsx” and “Mortality.xlsx”; you will need these to enter age-specific rates and calculate age-adjusted rates. Next, go to http://www.kcr.uky.edu , which is the Kentucky Cancer Registry website. By default (without asking for it), you will see a map of the counties in Kentucky showing age-adjusted cancer incidence/mortality rates for all races and both sexes combined during 2015-2019.

Click on “Cancer Incidence Rates in Kentucky” to get started. For this assignment, you are to obtain age-specific case counts for white males, white females, black males, and black females, and enter them into the Excel worksheets (“Incidence.xlsx”). By doing so, you will generate age-specific rates, crude rates, and [directly] age-adjusted rates for all four race / sex groups (see below). You will need to reset sex and race four times to get data for each of the four race / sex groups. Leave “Display Geography” set to “County”, leave “Cancer Site” set to “All Sites”, but change the “Starting” and “Ending” years to “2015 and “2019”. [Use the 2000 U.S Standard Million Population].

Leave the window that says “Invasive Cancer Incidence” as it is. To get data for a specific race / sex subgroup, change the “Sex” and “Race / Ethnicity” settings, then click the “Redraw” button, and wait for the map to change. Next, click the first of the five buttons (“State Data”) at the bottom of the table generated to create a data table with population at risk, total cases, crude rates, and age-adjusted rates for each year from 2015 through 2019; then click the second of four buttons (top of table; counting from the left) to generate a table of “ age-specific rates”.

The last column on the right shows age-specific rates for the 19 age groups during 2015-2019; just to the left of that column is the column listing age-specific case counts for 2015-2019. Copy these case counts, entering zeroes for any that were “suppressed” [blanked-out due to small numbers to protect confidentiality], into the appropriate (orange) column of the Excel worksheet called “Incidence.xlsx”. The age-specific, crude, and age-adjusted rates will be calculated for you.

(There is a separate spreadsheet page for each race / sex group; click the race / sex tab at the bottom of the worksheet to turn the page as needed.) Change race and / or sex in the windows on the website, then click “Redraw” again, and click the appropriate icons again to generate a new data table; repeat until you have data for all four subgroups. (You can print each table for future reference by clicking the printer icon above the table.)

Save “Incidence.xlsx” when finished with it; then open “Mortality.xlsx”. You will have to change to “Cancer Mortality” in the window on the website that says, “Invasive Cancer incidence”, and then you can access death counts the same way you accessed incident case counts. Fill in the death counts on the mortality worksheets, entering zeroes for any values that were “suppressed” [blanked-out due to small numbers to protect confidentiality], and the age-specific, crude, and age-adjusted mortality rates will be calculated automatically, same as for incidence.

Submit responses to these questions and excel files using “EX1” tab on Blackboard.

QUESTIONS

1. Which race/gender recorded the highest number of new cases of cancer between 2015 and 2019?

2. Which race/gender recorded the lowest number of deaths between 2015 and 2019?

3. Comment on the differences between white males and black males in terms of their crude and age-adjusted cancer incidence rates.

4. Why is the crude death rate different from the age-adjusted death rate in all the groups?

5. The group with the lowest age-adjusted incidence rate also had the lowest age-adjusted death rate; True or False?

A Young Caucasian Girl with ADHD.

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Examine Case Study: A Young Caucasian Girl with ADHD. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this patient. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using the primary literature.

Introduction to the case (1 page)

Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. Be sure to include the specific patient factors that may impact your decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.
Decision #1 (1 page)

Which decision did you select?
Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Decision #2 (1 page)

Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Decision #3 (1 page)

Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Conclusion (1 page)

Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature

Electricity, Magnetism, and Light Compare/Contrast Paper

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eliverable 4 – Electricity, Magnetism, and Light Compare/Contrast Paper

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Competency

Connect the principles of electricity, magnetism, and light to modern applications of physics.

Student Success Criteria

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Instructions

In a two-page paper, identify the physics principles contained within the following scenario. Explain how these principals connect to electricity, magnetism, or light in modern applications in physics. Finally, consider the different concepts in which James Clerk Maxwell did research, and give an example of one of these concepts in use in your life. For instance, Maxwell’s research led to the development of radio waves. If you listen to a radio, then you are using Maxwell’s research. Provide another example from your own experience, compare, and contrast your scenario to the provided scenario below.

Scenario

Mandy took a trip to Rome, Italy. Once landed and inside the terminal, she turned her cell phone back on, but it was not charged. She found a charging station with a USB adaptor port. The USB was universal, providing 5 volts in any country you were in, and a small red LED next to her phone’s screen told her the phone was successfully charging. This USB port seemed to have very high amperage, meaning it charged her phone quickly. She was aware, though, that almost all of Italy’s electricity was generated by burning fossil fuels, and thus she was determined after this to use the portable solar charger she had bought rather than wall electricity.

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Define the following terms: polymorphism, SNP, indel, CNV, homologous site, non-synonymous site, synonymous site.

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1. Define the following terms: polymorphism, SNP, indel, CNV, homologous site, non-synonymous site, synonymous site.
2. Three populations exist for the coffee-colored oak. The Fst between populations 1 and 2 is 0.03, the Fst between populations 1 and 3 is 0.1. In a few sentences (max three sentences), explain what these numbers mean.

Gottlieb Mittleberger, to the plight of indentured servants aboard a ship to America.

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Read the attached document, written by a witness, Gottlieb Mittleberger, to the plight of indentured servants aboard a ship to America. Although this is written in a later period, how does this account compare to Frethorne’s experience? Based on your reading of this account, what are your impressions of indentured servitude?

A) Identify a character in a show with whom you have developed (in the past or present) a parasocial relationship.

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After studying the assigned reading The Handbook of Communication Science, Second Edition, Chapter 20: “Media Entertainment” and considering the topic of parasocial relationships, answer the following questions or prompts.

A) Identify a character in a show with whom you have developed (in the past or present) a parasocial relationship. Remember, this person can be “real” or a character role. Explain why this character/person is compelling to you.

B) How do you “know” or view this character outside of their role on the show? Have they influenced you in any way besides the aspect of entertainment?

C) Explain any emotional attachment to the character or person. Have they disappointed you? Motivated you? How and why?

Support your responses with research from the Learning Resources. Use APA in-text citations where necessary and cite any outside sources. Create an APA reference list at the end of the document.

key strengths and weaknesses of the American intelligence community a

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What do you see as the key strengths and weaknesses of the American intelligence community and how have the post 9.11 creation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) impact how that community functions?