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Your are required to keep a journal of 4 quality articles you read in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, or other publication of

interest to you. The articles may be business or personally based. What is most important is you choose articles of interest to you and in

which you can relate something to quality.

The article topic may be either a product or service or something else entirely (e.g. politics). The rationale behind allowing you to choose

any type of publications lies in the idea of your learning that quality issues are everywhere from top notch academic journals to Cosmopolitan

magazine.

We each confront such issues every day (e.g. do you look in the mirror before you leave the house? You are checking at least one aspect of

quality.).

This journal should NOT be a summary of the article as I am going to read the article, so you needn’t summarize it.

What you should do is
1)State what you learned from the article and/or your reaction to the article

2)Directlyrelate as many aspects of the article to quality as you can, by being as specific as you can and

3)Relate the article to quality tools (if no quality tools were used, take your best guess as to what quality tools could/should have been

used.

These are your impressions, so be critical and thoughtful. You may bring in anecdotal evidence; simply label it such. You are welcome to have

any opinion you like, please back it up with rationale.

Please include all appropriate bibliographic references in APA format. Please do number sections 1, 2, and 3 so that it eases my grading.

(Thank you kindly!)

Also remember to scan and upload the article – I will need full attachment of articles to go with each impression.

Assignment Instructions
Tittle: Answer Questions About Experimental Designs
Answer the following questions. The assignment is divided in 2 parts.
Part 1.
Instructions- Jackson, even-numbered Chapter Exercises, pp. 335-337. See presentation slides 2-4.
Part 2.
Instructions- Answer the following questions
Explain the difference between multiple independent variables and multiple levels of independent variables. Which is better?
What is blocking and how does it reduce “noise”? What is a disadvantage of blocking?
What is a factor? How can the use of factors benefit a design?
Explain main effects and interaction effects.
How does a covariate reduce noise?
Describe and explain three trade-offs present in experiments.
Support the paper with a minimum of 6 resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly
resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5 pages not including title and reference pages
References: Minimum of 6 scholarly resources.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

 

This course has introduced and assessed many noteworthy figures related to the continuing buildup of the United States and its place within the world and globalization during the last 140 years. For this assignment, you will choose an influential civil rights figure from the mid-20th century to the present. Your selection may be taken from speakers or religious, economic, or social leaders. You may not use any U.S. President. This assignment is open to any reform discussed in this course (e.g., creed, race, age, status, or gender).

Prepare an outline communicating that figure’s relevance in today’s modern era. Why and how is this figure important today? This is not a biography. Your argument should highlight how society remembers him or her now.

For this assignment, you will be creating a one-page outline (minimum of 300 words) about your chosen figure. If you choose, this could be used to help write your transcript for the Unit VII assignment described below. Submit your outline in this unit. It is suggested, though not required, that you include potential sources.

The goal of this assignment is to prepare you for the Unit VII assignment.

Here are a few options or you can select someone else that you prefer. This outline will be the person that I’ll have the next order for my Unit VII project.
Linda Brown
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr

Explore the website “Creative Writing Now” to review the parameters for writing a haiku. With this information in mind, write a haiku

using the following questions as a guide: https://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-a-haiku.html
If the first line of the haiku represented the roles of past nurse educators, what five-syllable description would you create?
If the second line represented the roles of today’s nurse educators, what seven-syllable description would you create?
If the third line represented the roles of tomorrow’s nurse educators, what five-syllable description would you create?
Post an original haiku that portrays your perspective on the evolving role of nurse educators. Provide rationale for each line of your

poem by citing examples related to the changing landscape of nursing education.

Analyze one aspect of the short story- Mericans by Sandra Cisneros found on the following link:

http://www.tamucc.edu/wiki/SeanBritt/Mericans

You should use concrete evidence from the story to support your arguments and analyze how it does so.
Your essay needs to be divided into an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. You need to have a clear, focused, argumentative thesis

statement, topic sentences for your body paragraphs, in-text citations for your short story, and a works cited, in which the short story you use

should be the ONLY entry.

Unit 2 Product and Work Design
INTRODUCTION

A product or a service starts with design. A key component of the design process is to determine if a product or service can be offered at a price

point that will produce a profit for a company. This unit focuses on the different processes a company can utilize to design a product or service.

Concepts covered include, break even analysis, benchmarking, reverse engineering, concurrent engineering, as well as others that are considered best

practices by companies who lead in their industry. A key consideration in design is any cost or environmental impact affecting sustainability

concerns.

TOGGLE DRAWERHIDE FULL INTRODUCTION

The current fast-paced economy has shortened the product life cycle, by forcing companies to update more often in order to serve their customers and

stay ahead of the competition. One tool used by many companies to help maintain an advantage is the flow chart. This tool allows companies to

diagram out all the processes needed to deliver their products. The flow chart diagram gives the visual flow of the work down to the simplest step

in the process. It allows management to constantly review the processes to see where bottlenecks occur and to help determine how they can improve

the process.

A final consideration in this unit looks at the ways in which companies strive to improve the work environment for their employees and enhance

sustainability concerns. People are a company’s number one resource, and management must take care of their employees to grow and maintain industry

leadership.

OBJECTIVES

To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:

Use a flow chart to analyze the characteristics of a product or service.
Apply a break even analysis tool to your product or service.
Identify the key elements of the job design.

[u02s1] Unit 2 Study 1
Studies

Readings

Read Chapter 3, “Product Design and Process Selection,” and Chapter 11, “Work System Design,” in the Reid and Sanders textbook.

BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS

Resources

Break Even Analysis Scoring Guide.
Complete problem 2 page 92 and problem 8 on page 93 of your textbook. For help on how to complete these problems, see the Solved Problems on pages

90–91. When completed, submit your answers as an attachment in the assignment area. Be sure to include your work with the answer.

Week 10 Term Paper Submission

Click the link above to submit your assignment.

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Term Paper: Virtualization
Due Week 10 and worth 210 points

This assignment contains two (2) sections: Written Report and PowerPoint Presentation. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
According to a TechRepublic survey performed in 2013, (located at http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/data-center/research-desktop-virtualization-growing-in-popularity/#) desktop virtualization is growing in popularity. Use the Internet and Strayer Library to research this technique. Research the top three (3) selling brands of virtualization software.

Imagine that the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of your organization, or of an organization in which you are familiar, has tasked you with researching the potential for using virtualization in the organization. You must write a report that the CTO and many others within the organization will read. You must also summarize the paper and share your key ideas, via a PowerPoint presentation, with the CTO and steering committee of the organization.  
This paper and presentation should enlighten the organization as to whether or not virtualization is a worthwhile investment that could yield eventual savings to the organization.

Section 1: Written Report

1. Write an six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
   1. Compare and contrast the top three (3) brands of virtualization software available. Focus your efforts on components such as standard configuration, hardware requirements price, and associated costs.
   2. Examine the major pros and major cons of each of the top three (3) software packages available. Recommend the virtualization software that you feel is most appropriate for the organization. Provide a rationale for your recommendation.
   3. Explore the major advantages and major disadvantages that your chosen organization may experience when using virtualization software. Give your opinion on whether or not you believe virtualization software is the right fit for your chosen company. Provide a rationale for your response.
   4. Create a Microsoft Word table that identifies the advantages, disadvantages, computer requirements, initial costs, and future savings for an organization considering an engagement in virtualization.
   5. Use at least six (6) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Section 2: PowerPoint Presentation

1. Create a twelve (12) to sixteen (16) slide PowerPoint in which you:
   1. Illustrate the concepts from your written report in Section 1 of this assignment.
   2. Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation to the CTO and steering committee in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established throughout this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.
   3. Use a professional, technically written style to graphically convey the information.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the types of organizational and computer architectures for integrating systems.
• Analyze the main classes of hardware and system software components in an enterprise context.
• Discuss common input / output technologies.
• Describe computing technology, architecture, and future trends in processing.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise architecture.
• Write clearly and concisely about Advanced Computer Architecture topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Click here for the grading rubric. 

Animal Stories project For elementary school
Overview: select a 3 of books that appear to meet the criteria for inclusion in your set project. Select books from a variety of genres–fiction and nonfiction, picture books, beginning chapter books, children’s novels. Equitably assign the reading so that all of the books included have been reviewed and annotated. discuss how you want to present the theme of your project book set.
typed report (2 page minimum) that includes topic, grade, state core and specific objectives, three activities described in detail, (with all information necessary for someone to carry out your activity from your instructions – materials needed, anything you have constructed, or processes which a future teacher would want to know to teach this lesson in the future) and an annotated list of books chosen for this topic. All of these projects should be useful for future teaching ideas.

Instructions:

Look at the Utah State Core (http://www.uen.org/core/ (Links to an external site.) and choose a grade and subject area your group would like to cover. Identify several standards with the specific objectives that you would teach. Integrating different content areas is great! (Like visual arts and science or theater and language arts)) These objectives should connect to your chosen topic.
Choose your book set to support the instruction for these standards-3 books are required– include as many genres as possible: choose mostly picture book format for K-3 students, both fiction and nonfiction; a variety of reading levels and formats (fiction and nonfiction–picture books, easy chapter books, and novels) for older grades. Select books that would be appropriate for children, have appropriate content and are of high quality.
With your objectives in mind, plan 3 activities that would be used in the classroom with children. How will you use the books to support learning about your topic? Think about how you will provide hands on, exploratory, engaging, involved opportunities for children to investigate the topic and meet core objectives. No worksheets.
Prepare a PowerPoint that reviews your topic, core objectives and explanation/description of each of the 3 activities. You can highlight your 3 books in this PowerPoint .
typed report (2 pages minimum) This report should includ the title of your topic, grade, core objectives, your annotated book list, and a detailed description of your three activities with the list of materials needed to carry out the activities.

For this assignment, you will identify two possible solutions identified from the attachment. During this discussion, consider the methods used

to think of creative solutions. Describe how critical thinking was used in the group discussion to identify these solutions, and explain how the

team overcame barriers. The assignment should demonstrate how the team used the four key factors with their business decision. Assignment Steps,

Select two potential creative solutions for the problem you identified in Week 3. Create a 800-word discussion of potential solutions and the

team’s decision-making process. Identify two potential solutions. Summarize the methods the team used to develop creative solutions. Describe

ways the team overcame barriers to creativity to identify solutions. Discuss how critical thinking was applied to come up with potential

solutions and to motivate change. Explain how the team used the four key factors to make the suggested business decisions.

Ahmed has worked as a phlebotomist in the local hospital for the last 7 years. Last year, he began to complain of watery, nasal congestion and wheezing whenever he went to work. He suspected he was allergic to something at the hospital because his symptoms abated when he was at home over the weekends. One day he arrived at work for the morning shift and put on his gloves. Within minutes, he went into severe respiratory distress requiring treatment in the emergency ward. It was determined at that time his allergic response was due to latex exposure.
1. Ahmed experienced a type I, IgE-mediated hypersensitivity response. How can this be determined by his signs and symptoms? How might another type of latex hypersensitivity reaction present?
2. How do T2H cells, mast cells, and eosinophils function to produce the signs and symptoms typical of a type I hypersensitivity disorder?
3. How is it that someone who does not come into direct contact with latex can still have a hypersensitivity response to the material? What do food allergies have to do with latex allergies?