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You are hired as a consultant in City X and are charged with the responsibility of creating a plan to deal with the multiple daytime robbery attacks in

your area. Police officers have been able to obtain limited information for each robbery. Your first order of business is to create a draft of a

strategic operational/investigative plan to address the crimes. Your plan should be 5 pages.

 

 

Final Research Project Preparation – Annotated Bibliography
Review the Final Research Project instructions located in Week Five. To help with the preparation of the paper, complete the following items and

submit them to your instructor as a single document.

Introduction to Topic: Refer to the Final Research Project guidelines for your topic selection. For your introduction, you should write a 150-

word paragraph which clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, ethical implications, and how the topic relates to one’s

academic and professional pursuits. Make sure you effectively inform the reader of the rationale behind your topic.
Thesis statement: Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the point or perspective you will argue or prove in the Final

Research Project. A thesis statement should be a single declarative sentence that makes one point in 25 words or less. The thesis statement must

appear within the introduction paragraph.
Annotated Bibliography: To help prepare for your Final Research Project, write an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources

you have read. The bibliography must include no less than five scholarly sources that will be used to support the major points of the Final

Research Project. Critical thinking skills need to be demonstrated by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the

topic. Please make sure to provide full reference information in accordance with APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Write a

brief paragraph (around 150 words) summarizing the source and explaining how it is pertinent and relevant to the topic of the project and how

each source will support your thesis statement. See the Sample Annotated Bibliography in the Ashford Writing Center for more detailed

information. Keep in mind the academic research standards for all Ashford University papers.
For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center.

The Final Research Project Preparation

Must be 1,000 – 1,250 words in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford

Writing Center.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least five scholarly sources.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

Timeline for essay:
Draft 1, Essay topic with one paragraph (1/2 page) describing three important moments from history of topic, 1960+.

Do we have any duties to future generations of people? Why or why not? What are these duties? How much nature do we owe to future generations? How can

we harm future generations by destroying the environment, if they wouldn’t have existed but for this destruction?

 

 

NOTE: Only complete this test if you were not present for the meal / test on 14 April or if you did not submit your answer to me over email
Instructions:
a. Read these instructions, complete the test in Word format and submit through Turn-it in on BlackBoard. Due Date: 26 April

b. Using the attached simulation packet: “A Wicked Problem,” the text book, and any other source of your choosing, answer the following questions:

1. Short Answer (1-2 Paragraphs). Tell me something about someone in the class that is from a country other than the one you are from. Can be an interest, can be a political point of view…

2. Long Answer (2-3 Pages, 12 font). Using all elements of national power (Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economics), How would you solve the refugee crisis in Syria if you were the United States of America?

in the question 1 just write a half page. and I’m from Saudi Arabia and my Friend from USA.

 

For this benchmark, create an in-depth, 15-20 slide PowerPoint presentation to inform other teachers in your school district of the benefits of using the

SIOP model as a teaching framework. This presentation should elaborate on the empirical research that shows the benefits of the SIOP framework when used

with general education students as well as with ELLs. Your presentation should include:
1.A brief historical overview of some of the major educational policies that have shaped ELL instruction.
2.A brief description of socioeconomic, political, and legal influences on instruction for ELLs.
3.The eight interrelated components of the SIOP model, their application, and a teaching example for each component. Include a benefit for each SIOP

component regarding how it contributes to an engaging curriculum and learning experience. The eight SIOP components are as follows: ◦Lesson Preparation
◦Building Background
◦Comprehensible Input
◦Strategies
◦Interaction
◦Practice and Application
◦Lesson Delivery
◦Review and Assessment

4.Make a case for the importance of engaging in ongoing learning regarding innovative ways to utilize SIOP in your teaching.
5.Include considerations about meeting ELL needs, such as access to academic classes, appropriate resources, and instructional technology, while working

collaboratively with other school professionals from the perspective of an advocating leader.

Include title slide, presenter’s notes, in-text citations, and a reference slide that contains 3-5 sources.

 

Preventive&PredictiveMaintenance
Objective
1. To demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts of system and maintenancemanagement.
2. To provide evidence illustrating preventive and predictive maintenance approaches,methods and techniques in a range of engineering system

environments.
3. A brief assessment of the significance, value and benefits of preventive and predictivemaintenance in different applications.
4. Using the literature to provide a brief exploration of current state-of-the art maintenancemanagement tools.
Introduction
Preventive and predictive maintenance are the most common management approaches formaintaining productivity and profitability in many

industries. Whilst both have the same objectivesthey differ in application, management tools and monitoring equipment.
This assignment provides the student with the opportunity to illustrate their understanding of thedifferences between these two maintenance

management approaches and their depth of knowledgeof techniques, tools and equipment utilized in each.
Assignment Requirements
1. A brief discussion of the basic key concepts of maintenance in manufacturing industries.
2. A brief discussion of the differences between preventive and predictive maintenance.
3. Describe and critique one case study of preventive and predictive maintenancemanagement in use from the literature and include:
a. Summary of the engineering system context.
b. Outline and describe the key methods and tools used to provide the relevantmaintenance management.
c. Critique the value and implications of the respective maintenance managementadopted.
d. Outline recommendations to improve the maintenance management provision.
4. You should demonstrate ability to recognize the strengths and weaknesses ofpreventive and predictive maintenance approaches by answering the

followingquestions:
a. What was the system context and why did they adopt the respective maintenanceapproach?
b. What were the objectives?
c. What was done – which techniques, tools and equipment were used and why?
d. How successful was the maintenance approach?
e. What does it all mean, as conclusions and any recommendations for improvements?
5. Support your research by the required graphical presentations and referencing.
Report Assessment Criteria
• The report presentation format, and layout including:
1. Report sections should include: Introduction, Aims andObjectives, Problem statement and background 25%
2. Figures and results graphical presentation
3. References
• Critical analysis for the assignment questionsand case study. 50%
• Discussion and Conclusions 25%
Presentation
• The presentation of the assignment case study will be presented by the student in Week 10.
• The presentation will be for a maximum of 15 minutes presentation plus 5 minutesQ&A and should cover key findings covered in the

Report.
Report
• The report should include a complete critical analysis of one case study forpreventive maintenance and one case study for predictive

maintenance whichshould be clearly explored and identified.
• Discussion and critical conclusions should be included.
• The complete report must not exceed 10 A4 pages excluding any graphical results.

Midterm Exam

Answer the following question in a well developed, well-written essay.

The essay should be double-spaced, 12pt. Font and between 1,300-1,500 words (roughly five pages). Make sure that you use evidence from the

readings to construct your answers.

1. Ernest Gellner, a modernist, argues that “nations can be defined only regarding the age of nationalism, rather than as you might

expect, the other way around. It is not the case that the ‘age of nationalism’ is a mere summation of the awakening of and political

self-assertion of this, that, or the other nation. Rather, when general social conditions make for standardized, homogeneous, centrally

sustained high cultures, pervading entire populations and not just elite minorities, a situation arises in which well defined

educationally sanctioned, and unified cultures constitute very nearly the only kind of unit with which men willingly and often ardently

identify.”

Gellner p.55

Explain what Gellner means here and in his discussion about the importance of education to nation formation by using the chapters we read

from Eugene Weber’s Peasants into Frenchmen. How did the changes in rural France in the second half of the 19th century reflect the

processes that Gellner discusses in his writings? You should also refer to Baycroft chapter 4 for some other examples here.

Andy Griffith Show “Stranger in Town”

In the episode 12 of the Andy Griffith Show “Stranger in Town”, what are some examples of the filming/production style and story approach?

 

Needs to be about 12 sentences and needs to reference the source that is attached. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of medicalization (or

demedicalization). Some background on topic is: this lesson, you’ll be reading more explicitly about patterned responses to illness and disease through

the concepts of medicalization and stigma. You will learn how deviant behaviors and physiological occurrences have come to be seen as medical matters,

rather than religious or legal ones.

Medicalization involves the transformation of a condition or behavior into a problem to be solved by medical practitioners. For instance, deviant

behaviors (such as alcoholism) and physiological occurrences (such as menstruation or baldness) come under medical purview.

The dominance of medical definitions and authority is a relatively recent phenomenon. Historically, medical practitioners and their evaluations of

illness or disease did not hold sway as the authoritative voice. During the Middle Ages, religious authorities defined what was considered deviant

behavior (or physiology) and provided the corresponding cure, but as the Middle Ages came to an end, legal definitions assumed more weight in defining

deviance (though religious authorities still aided in and undergird the creation of those definitions). Legal definitions of deviance were central for a

few hundred years, but as the practice of medicine became increasingly professionalized, medical definitions gained moral authority. As Freund et al.

(2003:134) explain:

This shifting balance [from legal definitions to medical ones] is clearly reflected in the 1954 precedent-setting case Durham v. United States (214 F.2d

863), in which the court ruled that “an accused is not criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the product of a mental disease or mental defect.”

The shift in balance favoring medical definitions of deviance corresponds chronologically with a period of the rapid professionalization of medicine,

when medical discoveries and technology proceeded quickly, and public faith in science and medicine was increasing.

Part of the reason for the declining importance of religious definitions is that they appear too nonrational and, in a religiously pluralistic country,

lack society-wide acceptance. Legal definitions, although more rational, seem to hinge too greatly on human decisions, such as the judgment of twelve

ordinary citizens on a jury. Medical definitions, by contrast, appear to be more rational and scientific, and based on technical expertise rather than

human judgment.

 

Case Vignette:

You have been working with 12-year old Bobby for 6 weeks. Bobby has a 1 year old
sister. his parents recently divorced, and he lives with his mother. Bobby was referred for
counseling because of a recent onset of disruptive behaviors. You have developed good
rapport with Bobby and you feel he is comfortable with you as he has begun to talk about
some of the family issues that bother him. Five minutes before the end of the 6lh session
he says that he hates his baby sister and sometimes thinks of killing her. He also had
recent thoughts of banning her.

About a month ago. Bobby made his sister sick by feeding her a chocolate laxative. He
reported that his mother thought she had a virus. He did not tell his mother what he did.
although he admits that he was wrong. Bobby reported that life has been different since
his sister was born. He is angered by her presence and wishes she would just “go away.”
He says he does not want to harm her today. You have given Bobby an initial diagnosis
of Adjustment Disorder with Disturbance of Conduct.

Directions:

Given the ease vignette (above) related to assessment/diagnosis you are to:

4. Identify and explain the ethical issues in the vignette.

5. Read the article below and select a specific ethical decision-making model
from the article.

Cottone. R. R.. & Claus. R. E. (2000). Ethical decision-making models: A
review of the literature. Journal of Counseling & Development. 78. 275-
283.

6. Describe how you would apply the selected ethical problem-solving model

to the identified issues.

A. Include at least 2-3 additional scholarly sources relevant to your selected
ethical decision-making model and/or to the ethical issue(s) in the
vignette:

7. Summarize the expected outcomes and potential consequences associated

with your decision(s).
Your final product will be in a word document and be approximately 3-4 pages in length
and utilize 2-3 scholarly sources in your research. Your paper should be written in a
clear. concise. and organized manner: demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate
representation and attribution of sources: and display accurate spelling, grammar. and
punctuation.