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Post an explanation of two criteria for evaluating the quality of qualitative research designs. Next, explain how these criteria are tied to epistemological and ontological assumptions underlying philosophical orientations and the standards of your discipline (of critical care or emergency room nursing). Then, identify a potential ethical issue in qualitative research and explain how it might influence design decisions. Finally, explain what it means for a research topic to be amenable to scientific study using a qualitative approach.

1. USE THESE HEADINGS FOR EACH QUESTION
2. PLEASE USE PROPER APA REFERENCE AND BIB PAGE.

A. Two criteria for evaluating the quality of qualitative research
B. Epistemological and ontological assumptions
C. Potential ethical issue and possible design influence
D. Amenable to scientific study

Assess the stability of Authoritarian regimes over Democracies with reference to specific case studies (including Russia and Mexico). Use the works of scholars such as Huntington and Brooker. Find attached the essay question, a brief outline of the key arguments and the bibliography.
Which are More Stable; Democracies or Authoritarian Regimes?(2000 words)
Outline the definition of democracies and authoritarian regimes according to the below readers, particularly Dryzek& Dunleavy (2009) for democracy and Brooker (2013) for authoritarianism. Go on to discuss ‘stability’ in terms of both the longevity of a regime andstandards of living — ultimately argue that authoritarian regimes are more stable because of their abilities to secure control over both their people’s wellbeing and invading forces, at the cost or ‘absence of’ democracy. Suggest that while these regimes may be more stable, they also become stagnant as a result, leading to malfunctioning economies and a society locked in stasis. Refer to Brooker’s Authoritarian Typology when outlining Russia as a case study, comparing its stability to Mexico (Bacon, 2010 &Krauze, 2006 respectively: also, look at Hague &Harrop’sComparative Government). Look at Huntington’s waves of democracy(Huntington, 1991) and suggest that the frequency of these waves illustrate the flimsiness of democratic regimes.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Andrew Heywood (2007) Politics, 3rd edition, Palgrave chapter 2, chapter 4
Brown, Archie, The Rise and Fall of Communism (2010)
Caramani, D. (ed.) (2014) Comparative Politics. 3rd edition, Oxford U.P.
D. Held (2006, 3rd edition) Models of Democracy, Polity.
Edwin Bacon (2010) Contemporary Russia, chapter 4
Enrique Krauze (2006) ‘Furthering Democracy in Mexico’ Foreign Affairs 85:1 pp. 54-65
Hague and Harrop, Comparative Government and Politics – An Introduction, 8thedn., chapter 5, chapter 6.Including case studies: Mexico (p.94) and China (p.110) and Russia (p. 174)
Hobsbawm, Eric, Age of Extremes (Abacus 1998)
Huntington, S. (1991) The Third Wave: Democratisation in the Late 20th Century, Oklahoma Univeristy Press
J. Dryzek and P. Dunleavy (2009) Theories of the Democratic State, Palgrave.
Kenneth Newton and Jan Van Deth J (2005), Foundations of Comparative Politics, Cambridge University Press, chapter 2
Paul Brooker (2009) Non-Democratic Regimes, Palgrave
R. Dahl (1956) A Preface to Democratic Theory, University of Chicago Press
R. Dahl (1989) Democracy and Its Critics, Yale U.P. On political institutions

IT Capstone Topic Approval Form
The purpose of this document is to help you clearly explain your capstone topic, project scope, and timeline, and to assure that they align with your degree emphasis. Without clearly naming each of these areas, you will not have a complete and realistic overview of your project, and it cannot be accurately assessed whether your project will be doable for the purposes of these courses. Of course, if this a project that you have already completed at work or elsewhere, this should be easy to fill in! Most students do use a project they have already completed in the past year or two. In that case you will write the proposal as if it has not been done yet, and the report is the complete after-implementation report. If you have not yet done your project, this document can help us make sure the scope is doable.

DEGREE EMPHASIS: Information Technology – Security
ANALYSIS:
Project Topic – Public Wireless Internet
Problem Statement or Project Purpose – As part of a University’s effort to modernize, they have hired us to create a public and implement a public internet solution across the campus. We will need to create a 24/7 usable public wireless internet solution for an entire campus, for authorized users.
DESIGN and DEVELOPMENT:
Project Scope
a. Goals and Objectives –

1) Identify project needs
a. Clearly identify what stakeholder network needs are
b. Identify bandwidth requirements
2) Set objectives and goals
a. Clearly develop performance standards
b. Identify bandwidth per host allotments
c. Construct the model timeline to follow
3) Develop plans for project
a. Create component list requirements
b. Create model layouts
4) Project Agreements and Expectations
a. Set and fulfill end-user agreements
b. Develop team and operational model for effectiveness and efficiency
5) Identify constraints
a. Figure out what possible limitations may occur along the way
b. Find problems that could critically delay project outcome
6) Identify necessary changes
a. Take on perspectives of stakeholders to minimize possible future disagreements
b. Polish up project scope so later changes are kept to absolute minimum

b. Project Outcomes and Deliverables – When we have finished constructing and configuring the network for the university, we will maintain the network for them as well, ensuring 95% up-time.

IMPLEMENTATION and EVALUATION:
Describe how you will approach the execution of your project –
1) Indentify all needs for stakeholders
2) Give estimates of deliverables to stakeholders
3) Deliver, setup, and configure equipment and create network
4) Create standards of network performance
5) Maintain network tests and develop continous monitoring
6) Complete project and perform configurations, updates, and maintain uptime.

 

What historical event is at the center of the play and why has Aristophanes chosen the comic
mode to investigate it?

Discuss public and private IP address schemes used and their risk at a bank. Also, what well known ports and applications are being used

at the bank and their risk as well. Need to discuss how firewalls and IPS are being used at the bank to protect the network. Also include

discussion on what means is being used to protect data in transit and at rest at the bank.

For the Module 4 Discussion, you will return to the role of an entrepreneur. Think back to the fictional organization you created in Discussion 2 (PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FILE) and consider the constraints concepts you learned about in The Goal (BOOK AVAILABLE IF NEEDED). Assume that your fictional business was hugely successful and that you found that your customer orders where higher than you had ever hoped for.

1. Compose a full paragraph that describes a potential bottleneck resource within the production chain of providing your good or service.

2. Describe the dependent event(s) that precede the bottleneck and what is causing the bottleneck issue.

3. Describe what you would do to alleviate the bottleneck and improve your throughput.

Your initial posting should be between 200 – 300 words and use a minimum of two sources (one of which may be The Goal). Cite sources and references using APA format (a tutorial is provided in the Class Tutorials Section of the course).

 

Track the social stratification of your family tree. Did the social standing of your parents differ from the social standing of your grandparents and

great-grandparents? What social traits were handed down by your forebears? Are there any exogamous marriages in your history? Does your family exhibit

status consistencies or inconsistencies?

 

Personal Notes
— Haitian parent born in Haiti.
— people grew up in the country
— migrated to South Florida, raised their kids with a mixture of American/Haitian standards.
— Haitian family were more strict

Here is a list of questions I need help answering based on John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” (Book 1)

This is a link to the poem’s full text:
http://www.paradiselost.org/8-Search-All.html

Questions:
1. Name 4 epic conventions
a.
b.
c.
d.
2. Why do you think Milton chose to write Paradise Lost in the epic form? Why not a sonnet? Why not a simple narrative form? What does the epic genre do for the story as a whole?
3. Do you see any similarities between Milton’s Satan and Shakespeare’s Macbeth? Which flaws might both share? What strengths might both share? (HINT: lines 36-70 are helpful)
4. What type of leader is Satan? Find 1 quote to support your interpretation.
5. Paraphrase the following quote: “The mind is its own place, and in itself/ Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” Do you agree with these comments?
6. Note the most powerful description of Hell from Book 1.
7. Is it preferable to live in a prison as a warden or to be a servant in a beautiful place for a demanding master? What is Satan’s opinion on that question? Find a quote to support your claim.
8. Is God a tyrant? ‘an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty; a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally.”

 

Education
For each question on your article review form, please type 5 or more sentences. see attached file for form

What are ethical responsibilities of teachers?

Name_ __________ Date____
Article #_________

Article Review Form
1. Citation (Website where you found this information) (5 sentences are NOT required)

 

2. State the Main Idea. (5 sentences for full credit, 2 points will be deducted for sentences that are not present. Please type sentences below,

save article the upload to assignment link).

 

 

3. Summary of Key Points (5 sentences for full credit, 2 points will be deducted for sentences that are not present. Please type sentences below,

save article the upload to assignment link).

 

 

4. What is your personal reaction to this article? (5 sentences for full credit, 2 points will be deducted for sentences that are not present.

Please type sentences below, save article the upload to assignment link).

 

 

5. How can this information help you work with children? (5 sentences for full credit, 2 points will be deducted for sentences that are not

present. Please type sentences below, save article the upload to assignment link).

 

 

6. Please state some recommendations and suggestions you would give to the author? (5 sentences for full credit, 2 points will be deducted for

sentences that are not present. Please type sentences below, save article the upload to assignment link).

 

 

After completing these steps, you will write an analysis of this election year and the campaign that took place. Write a 2-3 page analytical essay answering the following questions. Feel free to expand on your thoughts more – you do not need to stick only to the questions below.
What were your thoughts on the commercials? Did the candidates “fight fair”? Did they use good tactics to prove why a voter should vote for them?
If you were a voter in that election, based on the commercials, who would you have voted for and why?
Who won the election? Did you feel that candidate had the better, more convincing commercials? Why or why not?