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Assignment 2: Nanotechnology Applications
Nanotechnology (also called nanotech) is a branch of materials science that deals with manipulating matter on the atomic scale. It is so called because this field deals with engineering on the scale of a billionth of a meter, also known as a nanometer. Nanotechnology seeks to solve a wide range of problems from the construction of atomic scale machines to changing material properties at the atomic level.
Use the Internet, Argosy University library resources, and your textbook to research the field of nanotechnology.
Write a paper discussing some of the basic scientific and technical concepts of nanotechnology. Do the following in your paper:
• Discuss current or future applications of nanotechnology in fields such as medicine, engineering, space exploration, fuel cell development, air and water purification, and agriculture.
• Provide at least three examples of real-world applications in use or in development with reliable references.
Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

 

 

if you were in charge of our nation’s environmental policies, would you implement all of the principles of deep ecology? Or just some of them?Other regulations fall on industry for air pollution or waste generated. Automobiles are a good example of regulating big industry. There is a minimum miles per gallon each vehicle has to achieve.

The purpose of the discussions are to give you an opportunity to interact with your instructor and fellow classmates regarding topics from each of the sections. You must post your original post before the other posts will appear.

In order to do well on each discussion you should:

1) Read through the selection of questions and pick ONE prompt to answer. Be sure to label which question you are responding to.

2) Make sure you answer the discussion prompt in at least 1 paragraph (5-7 sentences). Your answer should be as specific as possible.

3) Cite any information that you use (even if its just a textbook page, or you can cite the readings, a website, the video you’ve watched, etc.)

4) Respond to at least ONE other students prompt by the end of the week. Your response should build on the previous students post. Simply saying “I agree, good point,” will NOT earn you points.

**You must post a response BEFORE Canvas will allow you to read your classmates responses**

**ALL RESPONSES MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Materials should NOT be copied and pasted from any website or the textbook. Doing so will result in a 0, and is grounds for academic misconduct.

Part III Discussion Prompts

Please pick ONE of the following prompts to answer. You should use evidence and material from Chapters 13 & 14, and the Week 5 Videos, to show your knowledge of the material. Then, please respond to at least ONE of your classmates responses in a thoughtful and web appropriate manner.

1. What were 2 important long term causes (meaning events before 1850) leading up to the Civil War? Explain each of your examples. What do you think were the 3 most significant short term causes (meaning, after 1850) of the Civil War? You should explain each of your examples, and why do you think they constitute as significant causes leading up to the Civil War.

2. What is Manifest Destiny? In what ways was the Mexican American War part of “manifest destiny?” In what way did wester expansion affect the building tensions between the North and South, and how does it constitute as a cause of the Civil War?

3. Why is the Civil War considered the first modern war? Give at least 2 examples to justify your answer. In what way did new technological advancements play an important role in the changing atmosphere of the Civil War? Give at least 3 examples to justify your answer.

4. What role did American Indians play during the Civil War? Who was Ely Parker? What stance did the Cherokee Nation take during the Civil War and why? Who was Stan Waite? Were American Indians allowed to enlist in the war effort? What impact did the American Civil War have on American Indians? Your answers should relate to this week’s video, “Indian Warriors: The Untold Story of the Civil War.”

5. Explain the role that the mini-ball, the railroad and the telegraph each played in transforming the atmosphere of the Civil War. What role did photography play during (or after) the Civil War? In what ways did the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address leave a significant impact on the course of the war?

6. Why weren’t black men allowed to enlist for the Union when the Civil War broke out? After the Emancipation Proclamation, what roles did African American men take within the Civil War? In what ways was the Civil War experienced differently by women living in the North, and women living in the South. Consider the jobs and roles of women in each area, and also the ways in which race and class would have changed women’s experiences deepening on where they were living during the Civil War.

What to do:
Watch “The Future of Omni-Channel Retail: Emily Culp of Rebecca Minkoff”

This is a short video (about 18 minutes) explaining how Rebecca Minkoff strategically integrates multiple marketing channels. A link to the video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR6wGM_WAvk

Think about examples from your own life of how a company used omni-channel marketing to influence your purchasing behavior and answer these two questions.

1. Give a specific example of how a company effectively used multiple channels to influence a purchase you made.

2. Give a specific example of how a company lost (or almost lost) you as a customer (for at least one purchase experience) because they did not effectively use omni-channel marketing strategies.
Formatting Guidelines.

Assignment: You, a social worker at New Hope Agency (an agency providing case management and advocacy for clients), have been charged with

delivering a report to the Tennessee Legislature. The lawmakers in Tennessee have appointed a committee to study the phenomena of random

school shootings. The lawmakers ask that the report be “holistic” and “comprehensive.” That should not be a problem for social workers, who

consider an ecological approach to social problems and examine persons and phenomenon in specific contexts taking into account psychology,

family, culture, social structures, legalities, politics, morals and ethics, and more. Any solutions to macro social problems will

naturally include elements of an ecological/environmental considerations approach.

Carefully organize the points of your holistic approach and use data and scholarship to support your contentions. America is in a crisis of

sorts right now regarding this issue, and people are looking for leadership and fresh ideas, not more rhetoric and division. Make sure your

report reflects leadership, engagement, collaboration, but yet remains grounded in social work values and ethics.

Organizations often face the “build it or buy it” decision: whether to expand “organically,” or to expand through some form of business combination such as mergers or acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, franchising (a form of licensing), or contractual, strategic alliances.

Discuss the key advantages and disadvantages of organic expansion and each of the listed forms of business combination for an international expansion. Support your views with relevant examples.

Microsoft makes money by designing, writing, and selling software. But there are people who do this for free. In fact there is a whole movement devoted to it. It’s called the “open source” software movement. In fact, if you use the Firefox browser or Wikipedia you are using software that was designed and programmed by many people all over the planet, all for free. Your assignment is to research and write about this movement.

Start by reading about Richard Stallman:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_stallman

Read about the Open Source Movement:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_movement

Watch:

See here for a discussion about how two kids wrote the Firefox browser in their spare time: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/firefox.html

Watch a video about the ideas and technology behind Wikipedia: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/37

Can anyone make money with open source software? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vthdc42WaAE&feature=related

Question: From the above sources (and whatever else you might have found) discuss the history, impact, and likely future of the “open source” software movement by answering the following 5 questions.

You’ll type your answers into a Word document (DOC or DOCX), plain text (TXT), or rich text format (RTF) file. A minimum of 2 paragraphs for the answer to each question: double spaced, font size: 12 point.

Copy the questions from here.

1. What were the contributions of the two different groups established in the 1970s to the Open Source Software Movement?
a. The GNU project and the Free Software Foundation from the U.S. east coast.

Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 1a here.

b. The Computer Science Research Group from the U.S. west coast.

Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 1b here.

2. What is the history of the “open source” software movement in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.

Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 2 here.

3. How has the “open source” software movement made an impact on society as a whole?

Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 3 here.

4. How has the “open source” software movement made an impact, personally, on you and your life?

Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 4 here.

5. What is the likely future of the “open source” software movement?

Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 5 here.

 

Where is our energy coming from?

Data Collection and Selection
1. Select a food item from your kitchen that has a Nutrition Label. It must have at least 2 non-zero values for the categories of fat, carbohydrates, and protein! You will need to include a picture of the label with this handout and your other drawings/charts.The writer can get or choose any nutrition label.
2. Write down the total grams for each of the biomolecules in the table below. Multiply by the given multiplier to calculate the amount of energy for each category. Add up the total calories. Calories is used as a unit for energy.
Biomolecule Amount (grams) Multiplier Total Energy from each Biomolecule (Calories)
Total Fat X 9
Total Carbohydrate X 4
Total Protein X 4
Total Mass Total Calories

 

 

Analysis

3. Calculate the percent contribution to the total mass for each biomolecule and make a pie chart of
this information (you may draw it or use Excel, etc.) Color code the chart with carbohydrates in
blue, protein in green, and fat in red. Create a key or legend and a title.

 

 

4. Calculate the percent contribution to the total energy for each biomoleculeand make a pie chart of this information. Color code the chart with carbohydrates in blue, protein in green, and fat in red. Create a key or legend and a title.

 

Conclusion
5. Was the biomolecule with the highest calorie contribution the same as the biomolecule with the highest mass contribution?

 

 

Terrorism Event Research Project PowerPoint Presentation:

This project presentation requires you to answer when, who, where, what how (tactic employed), what definition, and the specific and broad type of terrorism related to any terrorist event that has occurred anywhere in the world from “14 days prior to the start of the course” to “one week prior to your assignment being due at the end of week seven.” Events outside (before or after) this specific time/date period will receive a zero. The final section, where most points can be earned, requires you to identify and explain security and counter-terrorism measures in relation to your selected type of terrorism. Each section/slide should be concise/brief or provides specific word length requirements.

Mandatory Protect Slide Format (sequence and specific headings):

Slide 1:

Title slide (similar to an APA title page – event title, name, date, etc., but no running head)

Slide 2:

When: (date)

Who: (terrorist group and/or affiliation)

Where: (city, state, province, country)

Slide 3:

What: (“in “no more than 100 words,” relate the incident, but do “not” copy and paste news reports here). Ensure you include an in-text citation here (referenced at the end of the project). As not to make the slide “busy” (crowded), you should use the speaker notes section for most of your “100 words” (the slide for major titles, points, etc.)

Slide 4:

Tactic Employed: (hijacking, bombing, kidnapping, assassination, etc.) Be specific and concise.

Slide 5:

Formal/Major Terrorism Definition Used to Label this Event as a Terrorist Act: (FBI, UN, EU, etc.) Ensure you include an in-text citation here for the source of your definition (referenced at the end of the project presentation). Explain specifically how your event appropriately “fits” this definition. Be specific and concise. A common point deduction for “not” explaining how the definition fits the specific event.

Slide 6:

Type of Terrorism: (in “no more than 100 words,” explain the type of terrorism: religious, state, right-wing, left-wing t, biological, chemical, cyber, nuclear – including radiological materials, ecological, narcotic, separatist, or issue oriented). As not to make the slide “busy” (crowded), you should use the speaker notes section for most of your “100 words” (the slide for major titles, points, etc.)

Slide 7:

International or Domestic Terrorism: (“in “no more than 100 words,” explain why this event is either international or domestic terrorism – “or” can be argued as both broad types of terrorism). As not to make the slide “busy” (crowded), you should use the speaker notes section for most of your “100 words” (the slide for major titles, points, etc.)

Slide 8 to as necessary:

Security/Counter-terrorism Measures: (describe appropriate security and counter-terrorism measures that could be employed to prevent and/or mitigate further incidents of “of the type of terrorism in this research project,” including – if appropriate for your event, force protection and standard/typical physical, personnel, and procedural security measures and/or strategies – “not only/just” counter-terrorism measures). Sub-sections (with headings throughout “this section”) should be used for organizational presentation of your specific measures. To be considered, “each” specific measure must stand out via a heading.

Be sure to add a “Questions?” slide as your last one

The measures section of your project will constitute 50% of your score. Therefore, the more security and counter-terrorism measures you relate and explain well, the higher your score. Ensure you measures are “concise” and that your explanations of the measures are detailed. This section should be a minimum of four slides and include a minimum of six measures. Those wishing for superior scores should exceed the minimum.

Next Slide:

Conclusion: (conclude with a strong wrap of your project and title it Conclusion) Common point loss for those that omit this slide.

Final Slide/s:

References: Use a minimum of eight “outside” (non-textbook) credible sources to support your research project. Your final slide will be titled References. Recall to adhere to the APA for reference formatting: alphabetize (common point loss), only first initials for first names (common point loss), double space references, use a second/third line 0.5” hanging indent, References must have matching in-text citations in the body of your project (and vice versa). Do “not” list only electronic links/websites.

TIPS to Avoid Loss of Points: Follow all above instructions. Do “not” use contractions (don’t, isn’t, etc.) or “I,” “me,” “you,” “we,” and “her/him” in academic writing. Avoid “crowding” slides with too much content (words, generally). Use the speaker notes section at the bottom the slide to place most of your wording.

 

Tips for a High Quality/Superior Slide Presentation: Enhance your slides with data (charts, graphs, etc.) and perhaps some professional graphics (images, diagrams, etc.) and “some” color to make it more content rich and visually appealing. “Only” presentations that follow the above directions and are both content rich and visually appealing will receive “superior scores.”

Projects must be submitted/uploaded into Assignments as an attached “MS PowerPoint” document only for grading.

 

 

Write a 250-word mini-essay on the three waves of feminism in the United States and comment on the remaining tasks, as you see them, for the feminist movement in America.