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Write an 8 page literary analysis essay (Not including the Works Cited page) on what challenges Novella Carpenter encounters in her book Farm City,

how she deals with the challenges, what qualities she demonstrates in the process of establishing her “farm” and how she tries to educate people on

city farming. You need to refer to the book Farm City, and use direct quotes from the book with correct citing and page numbers. This essay should

be a FULL 8 pages.

 

International Relations
A. What role (s) should the military play in post-conflict reconstruction projects? Please explain why and support your responses with clear references

to the required readings and the provision of detailed practical examples.

B. In what ways do you think that internal and external factors, respectively, contribute to the extent of a state’s fragility? Please explain why and

support your responses with detailed practical examples.

 

 

 

The following questions should be answered as in essay , each questions should be atleast 700 words.

Essay Question 1:

Harold MacInder discusses the concept of World Islands in his seminal work on the “Heartland of the world” Develop an argument in this essay

that explains what a “world island” is and what are its key features. As the second component of your essay, once you have explained its key

features, provide an example of a world island from modern times (today’s world) and discuss why your example is appropriate by demonstrating

how it has all the features as described by MacInder.

Essay Question 2:

Perception and misperception can often lead to decision-makers taking the wrong course of action leading to war and conflict. Give an example

(select a case for analysis) of how misperception caused state decision-makers to escalate a stand-off that eventually led to a global

international crisis. Justify your argument by referring to the concepts mentioned in the module on perception and misperception as a cause of

geopolitical conflict.

Essay Question 3:

International Institutions and organizations have added rules and structures that have created order to what many international experts have

argued is a system without order or structure. Give an example of an international institution that, in your view, has created rules and

regulations that are followed by almost all states. Demonstrate how your example relates to one of the three conceptual examples of

international institutions in the module/presentation discussed in class.

Essay Question 4:

Discuss in an essay what the factors are that cause the philosophy of “Liberalism” to produce the “democratic peace”, according to our in class

module on Liberalism and political geography, and most importantly, why are they important for geopolitics? As a means to help you in your

discussion, many geopolitical experts argue that liberalism can lead to democratization of countries which reduces the likelihood of democracies

fighting each other. In your view, is this is a correct assessment? Provide an opinion and back it up with concrete examples from the real

world.

Essay Question 5:

State-craft has many tools such as military, cultural, and political tools and they all impact how a state can achieve its goals in the

international arena. Describe the role played by economic tools of state-craft and how these tools have changed by the process of globalization,

if at all, Provide an examples from the real world to help explain your answer.

Essay Question 6:

Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of states in fighting a war against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The argument made by Saudi Arabia and its

allies is that the Houthi rebels are backed by Iran. Neighbouring states from the GCC, as well as others, agree with Saudi Arabia and have

joined the fight, arguing that Iran should not be able to acquire influence on the Arabian Peninsula. In this essay you will be required to

write an opinion as to which political geography theoretical approach best describes the collaboration between Saudi Arabia and its allies. In

writing your opinion essay, you must apply the factors of your chosen theoretical to this case as a means to demonstrate that your assessment is

accurate.

Information Systems and Management
The New Media phenomenon is changing the relationship between firms and their customers. Data obtained from social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are increasingly being used to inform decisions about demand and expectations of products and services. Discuss three key methodological issues that firms face when using Big Data.

Answer the following questions:

(1) Before you run the regression, what are your expectations regarding the signs of the coefficients for the following variables? Also explain briefly why.
a) CHARLES
b) PTRATIO
c) NOX

(2) Calculate the summary (descriptive) statistics for the variables in the model and paste below.
(3) Calculate and report the correlation between the independent variables
(4) Comment briefly on whether the calculated correlation of LSTAT with each of these variables makes logical sense or not, and why: CRIME, INDUS, CHARLES, NOX, ROOMS, AGE
(5) Perform the regression and report your results
(6) What is the R-squared for the model, and what does it imply?
(7) Comment on the coefficient signs, magnitude and statistical significance for the following variables: INDUS, CHARLES, NOX and LSTAT.
(8) Calculate the elasticity of NOX at the sample mean values and report. What is the implication of this elasticity?
(9) If you had to plan this study, what other variables would you collect data on and include in your model?
(10) What other functional forms would you try, and why?
(11) Why not just do a simple correlation between PRICE and NOX? Why do we need to run a regression?

 

Ministering within a multi-cultural context is inevitable in the 21st century and it is of paramount importance to be rooted in Scripture and context in church and mission. Pick a cultural issue from the Bible and write an essay discussing the relevance of that issue both at the time it was written and upon your ministry today.
Prescribed Text :
Crider, Caleb et al (eds.) 2013. Tradecraft: or the Church on Mission. Portland: Urban Loft Publishers.

Finance
must be in excel
Chapter 8 Section 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4
Chapter 12 Section 12.1, 12.2,12.3 and 12.4
Exercises—Complete and Post:
Chapter 8: Critical Thinking and Concepts Review: 8.1; 8.2; 8.3; 8.5; and 8.6
Questions and problems: 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 Page 265/266 of your textbook
Chapter 12: Critical thinking and Concepts Review: 12.1, 12.4 and 12.8.
Questions and problems : 1; 2; 6; 9;12 and 15
Find out what MRP (market risk premium) means and what MRP should one use as of February 2018

you need to Response to each Assignment Individually and Individual citation pages its a 3 papers so each Response should be a page
1st Individual Response Assignment Instructions
Question: Pick a current area (Region, state, event…) in which interesting international events are taking place. Can you think of possible explanations for those events from each of the four levels ofanalysis? (See Table 1.3 , p. 18 .) Do explanations from different levels provide insights into different aspects of the events?

Purpose: This question is meant to help you think about what you have read and prepare you for discussion; hence answering this question and being prepared to discuss on the due date is required to participate in class.

Instructions: Answer the Critical Thinking Question Above. Submit a MS Word Document through Turnit-In application on the due date.

• The paper must be typed in a size 12 Times New Roman font (and can be double spaced).

• It must have good structure. This means it must have a clear introduction and conclusion, and use clear sentence and paragraph transitions.

• It must display proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

• It must use a consistent and acceptable formula for documenting sources (footnotes, endnotes, or parenthetical documentation). Use APSA – American Political Science Association Citation Style.

2nd Individual Response Assignment Instructions
Question: U.S.-Canadian relations seem better explained by liberal institutionalism than byrealism. What other (one or more) interstate relationships have this quality? Showhow the contrasting tenets of realism and liberal institutionalism each applies to therelationship(s).

Purpose: This question is meant to help you think about what you have read and prepare you for discussion; hence answering this question and being prepared to discuss on the due date is required to participate in class.

Instructions: Answer the Critical Thinking Question Above. Submit a MS Word Document through Turnit-In application on the due date.

• The paper must be typed in a size 12 Times New Roman font (and can be double spaced).

• It must have good structure. This means it must have a clear introduction and conclusion, and use clear sentence and paragraph transitions.

• It must display proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

• It must use a consistent and acceptable formula for documenting sources (footnotes, endnotes, or parenthetical documentation). Use APSA – American Political Science Association Citation Style.

3d Individual Response Assignment Instructions
Question: Would IR operate differently if most leaders of states were women? What would thedifferences be? What evidence (beyond gender stereotypes) supports your answer?

Purpose: This question is meant to help you think about what you have read and prepare you for discussion; hence answering this question and being prepared to discuss on the due date is required to participate in class.

Instructions: Answer the Critical Thinking Question Above. Submit a MS Word Document through Turnit-In application on the due date.

• The paper must be typed in a size 12 Times New Roman font (and can be double spaced).

• It must have good structure. This means it must have a clear introduction and conclusion, and use clear sentence and paragraph transitions.

• It must display proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

• It must use a consistent and acceptable formula for documenting sources (footnotes, endnotes, or parenthetical documentation). Use APSA – American Political Science Association Citation Style.

Literature review
A systematic literature review needs to be conducted on Android malware detection and android security. Research questions that need to be answered

are:
a) How can current research on Android application security analysis be categorised,
b) What is the existing status of android malware detection and android security,
c) Critical analysis of existing android malware detection techniques (static, dynamic, hybrid, machine learning) and frameworks (such as

Androguarad, DroidOLytics, MIGDroid, Dendroid etc etc) and their limitations
d) Finally, a clear gap in research and challenges must be found for future research direction.
Minimum of 100+ papers must be referenced.
Scope of systematic review must be clearly defined.
Systematic literature review must clearly define the search terms used for conducting and planning the literature review. It must define the

libraries which were searched for finding papers. Author must document the search i.e. Name of the database searched, search strategy for the

database, Date of search, Years covered by the search etc etc.
Reasons for excluding papers found during search must be clearly explained.
Inclusion criteria for papers must be clearly defined.
All papers must be categorized using all dimensions within the research questions taxonomy, with the results being recorded within the research

catalog/excel.
Systematic Literature review must include recent work as well, it must be up to date (till January 2018).
Harvard referencing style must be used throughout.
Systematic Literature review must also clearly define and explain each of the following list of items, additionallyall of the following information

must be provided in excel sheets with appropriate column names and sheet names.
1) List of Malware found so far
a) Name of malware
b) Family of malware
c) Year or date malware was found
d) How or who found the malware
e) Description of each malware
f) How malware works and how does it utilize weakness in Android
2) List of static analysis techniques used in literature to detect malware.
a) Names of static analysis techniques
b) Description of each technique
c) Literature papers that are using/referring these techniques
d) Detection rate for each technique
e) List of frameworks which are using these techniques
f) Types of malware that each technique can and cannot detect
g) URL of papers referencing technique
3) List of dynamic analysis techniques used in literature to detect malware.
a) Names of dynamic analysis techniques
b) Description of each technique
c) Literature papers that are using/referring these techniques
d) Detection rate for each technique
e) List of frameworks which are using these techniques
f) Types of malware that each technique can and cannot detect
g) URL of papers referencing technique
4) List of Machine learning analysis techniques used in literature to detect malware.
a) Names of machine learning techniques including all algorithms used
b) Description of each technique
c) Literature papers that are using/referring these techniques
d) Detection rate for each technique
e) List of frameworks which are using these techniques
f) Types of malware that each technique can and cannot detect
g) URL of papers referencing techniques
5) List of Hybrid techniques used in literature to detect malware
a) Names and description of each technique
b) Literature papers that are using/referring these techniques
c) Detection rate for each technique
d) List of frameworks which are using these techniques
e) Types of malware that each technique can and cannot detect
f) URL of papers referencing techniques
6) List of frameworks such as Androguarad, DroidOLytics, MIGDroid, Dendroid etc (just to name a few) used/referred in literature that have been

developed or proposed.
a) Description of each framework.
b) Techniques that each framework uses
c) Detection rate for each framework
d) Total sample (also break down of Malware sample and Benign sample)
e) Year published/developed
f) URL of papers referencing technique
7) List of malware attacks/evasions used/referred in literature to evade detection. Examples: Evasion attacks, Gradient descent attack, tree

ensemble attack, poisoning attacks: classifers, poisoning attacks clustering etc etc
a) Description of each evasions
b) How malware ‘game’ the existing algorithm to evade detection
c) Year published/developed
8) Evolution/trends of malware

Please watch the HBO documentary Weight of the Nation: Part 1 – Consequences and write a reflection on the impact of socioeconomic status and environment on obesity.

This paper should be 1-2 pages, double-spaced, and using Times New Roman font. It should include at least two references from peer-reviewed scientific journals (APA format).

The documentary is available on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pEkCbqN4uo&t=115s) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.