Category: Chemistry

Fall Term

General Instructions:
This is an open book, open notes exam. You should use the assigned readings (the Booklet and and The Big Questions) and class meeting content. Material posted on Canvas (Items used in class, sample summaries) is class content, so you may and should make use of it, just as if it were your textbook.
Put your first and last name on the paper (I don’t need your student ID number).Answers must be typed; type your paper double-space. Use normal margins and a simple, normal-size font. Use black or blue ink only. Number your answers so that it is clear what question you are answering!
You do not need to use sources other than course materials. Be accurate, be thoughtful, be specific, be clear, be organized (= take things a step at a time). What you say should show thought.

1. Short Answer. Answer each of the questions below in a sentence or in a few sentences.
2. (2 pts) Fill in the blank below with the correct term. Hint: The correct term names a type of statement.

The denial of a      _____fact__________________        always results in a contradiction.

 

2. (2 pts) Define: A “Matter of Fact”. Use this term as David Hume or Big Questions uses it. A Matter of Fact is a truth that is supported by empirical evidence.

 

 

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3. (2 pts) Define: Empiricism

Empiricism is knowledge that is based on experience.

4. (2 pts) Define: Epistemology.

Epistemology is the study of human knowledge, its various forms, as well as origins.  
Hint: Use the glossary in Big Questions or the box on p.7 (Big Questions)

5. (2 pts) Define: Rationalism

Rationalism is the form of knowledge that relies on intuition and judgment to arrive at a conclusion, independent of experience. 

6. (2 pts) Define: Innate ideas. Hint: Use the glossary in Big Questions or Ch. 5 (Big Questions).

Innate ideas are the supposed “in born” knowledge with which humans are born, independent of acquisition of knowledge through life experiences.

7. 7. (4 points) Question 2-f on the exercise sheet about the game of Eleusis shows you a string of cards and asks you to propose a Secret Rule that fits it
          Question 2-f is meant to show a lesson about, or a feature of, the game. What is that lesson? The lesson is on inductive reasoning
   Hint: This is often a pitfall for the players.
         b.  What other activity ( = an activity other than this game) does the worksheet compare is the game of Eleusis to?  Hint: The lesson in (2a) applies to it as well.

The activity of innovation and induction.

1. Short Essay Do all of the essays. If an essay has parts, you must do all of the parts.
   To write your answers well, imagine that you are explaining the concepts to someone who is interested in learning about philosophy, but who has not taken this class and who has not studied the philosophers and concepts we have covered. Write so as to be understandable to such a person.
   If you quote a passage from the reading, use enough of the quote so that we can tell what it says and why quoting it was relevant. Be sure to tell what page and source (e.g., Booklet, BQ)

 

1. (12 pts). For this question, answer part (a) and your choice of:  part (b) or part (c).  Your answer will probably require a few sentences for each of the parts answered.
   State the Ontological Argument.  Hint: Use Big Questions.

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The Ontological argument is a stand, or set of arguments, that pins the existence of God from the very idea of God. For instance, the argument may be made that existence is due to, or symbolized by perfection, and because perfection is present, then God is present because God is perfect.

(Essay 1, continued)

1. b. Is there a statement in the argument in (a) that you think is an Empirical

statement (= a Matter of Fact, a Contingent statement). To answer, first say what an Empirical statement is and then tell why the statement you chose is an example.

An empirical statement is a factual assertion that derives its legitimacy from experience. Part of the argument in (a) is an empirical statement because it asserts that God is present only because He can be experienced (through the existence of perfection)

1. c. Is there a statement in the argument in (a) that you think is a Logically Necessary statement (= a Truth of Reason, a Relation of Ideas)? To answer, first say what a Logically Necessary statement is and then tell why the statement you chose is an example of one.

            The statement in (a) that God exists because existence can be experienced is a logically necessary statement because it relates the ideas of God’s existence to the experience of perfection.

 

2. (18 pts) About 1 – 2 pages.
3. a. What does the Two Worlds Assumption assume? Hint: It has two parts.

The Two Worlds Assumption assumes that the world is composed of two parts, the real world that comprises the physical things that can be touched, that grow, change and die. The second world is the world of pure forms, comprising immaterial things and one which experiences such as art and knowledge are based on.  

            Plato as the chief proponent of the Two Worlds assumption was of the view that true experiences are based on the second world, which he called the World of Being, as opposed to the First world that he named the World of Becoming.

1. b. Describe the obstacle to knowledge that results from the Two Worlds Assumption. Hint: To answer, say to what knowledge it is an obstacle to, and then tell why it is such an obstacle. Remember that the Big Questions discusses this.

The obstacle to knowledge that results from the two worlds assumption, especially concerning the world of pure forms, is beauty. Beauty in this instance implies various art forms that require a sense of artistic appreciation. Appreciating art, poetry and such kinds of beautiful art can sometimes hinder from acquisition of true knowledge because such art forms utilize sentimental appreciation as opposed to true knowledge. 

1. Rene Descartes is a Foundationalist about the nature of knowing. He thought that Foundationalism would allow him to surmount (or, to get around) the obstacle just referred to in part b of this question. Explain why he thought this. Hint: First, define Foundationalism.

Foundationalism is the belief that all knowledge is based on certain indisputable truths, for instance the formulas for geometrical problems are the foundations on knowledge on geometry. Foundationalism thus surmounts the obstacle of beauty by refusing to utilize experience as the basis of knowledge, instead relying on hard, indisputable facts.

Therefore, according to Descartes, in order to obtain true knowledge that is not biased by personal preferences as would be the case in artistic appreciation (since everyone has their own unique “taste”), only through acquiring knowledge through indisputable facts can such bias be surmounted.

 

3. (18 pts) About 1- 2 pages.

David Hume thinks that once you become familiar with what he calls “the strange infirmities (= limitations, weaknesses) of human understanding,” you are likely to be more skeptical about your own beliefs and a better listener to the beliefs of others. He sees this as a very desirable result.
For this essay, choose two different claims advanced by Hume in the readings assigned that directly or indirectly address such infirmities. For each claim,

 

 

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(Essay 3, continued)
a. Directly quote it, by giving either Hume’s own words from the Booklet, or Big Questions’ words. Tell what page(s) the quote comes from. Then describe in your own words what the quote is about.

1. b. Explain why you think that becoming aware of this matter could (or would) make a person more skeptical than they were previously.

Here are some topics to which Hume spoke in the assigned readings. You are not  limited to these, but they are helpful starting points:  Impressions and ideas; ideas that combinations of other ideas; the three principles for association of ideas; Matters of Fact in contrast to Relations of Ideas; finding patterns in experience or generalizing based on it; beliefs about cause and effect.

 

            David Hume expresses skepticism as concerns our understanding of cause and effect (Big Questions, pg. 164). Hume challenges the belief or assertion that cause and effect are simply a matter of one event creating consequences in another event by interaction between the two entities. Using the example of two balls that hit one another, or rather a first billiard ball knocking on a second one and seeming to cause its (second ball’s) movement, Hume challenges the understanding of cause and effect by stating that what is perceived to be cause and effect is only our assumption, but not a matter of fact.

            According to Hume, there are scientific events which occur without instigation – that is, without a cause. Therefore, concerning the two billiard balls, Humes argues that the act of one ball hitting the other and the second ball moving is simply tow independent events whose link is assumed, but not supported by fact. Hume argues that the first ball may hit the second and then bounce back, or the balls may explode, which would then shatter the assumption of cause and effect previously made.

            Becoming aware of this matter would make a person more skeptical than they were previously because Hume’s argument challenges some fundamental assumptions on cause and effect. Extended to other fields of knowledge such as science, geography and even physics, the challenge of our understanding of cause and effect would be impactful to the extent of causing a rethink of some basic assumptions in those fields.

            Another claim that Hume makes concerns our experience of another world as argued by the Two Worlds assumption. Hume argues that it is impossible to ascertain the experiences of the non-physical world by experience of reason (Big Questions, pg. 164).

            According to Hume any experience that is claimed to be of the non-physical world cannot be ascertained by a feeling or experience outside that world, so that pinching oneself to know whether on is dreaming cannot aid in clarifying whether the individual is dreaming because the pinching will still be experienced in the dream world. 

            This claim by Humes would make a person more skeptical than they were previously because it challenges our belief in experiences between the real and non-real, abstract world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1. Listen/watch the lecture on CMI calculation.
2. Locate the spreadsheet file “CMI Excel Worksheet”. Using the Excel formulas, calculate the CMI for this group of patients.
On the bottom of this website, locate table 5 and download it.

4. From Table 5, locate each of the MS-DRGs and their corresponding relative weight. Using the file “CMI Excel Worksheet Update the Relative Weight” from the course, update the relative weight for each of the MS-DRGs for Fiscal Year 2016 in your spreadsheet.
5. Calculate the CMI for this new group of patients with the updated FY 2016 relative weights.
6. Analyze the difference in the CMI, and explain what the difference means to this healthcare organization. What is the financial impact to them?
7. Submit both Excel files and your discussion to your instructor for this assignment.

The assignment will be administered in three parts (A, B and C). The maximum credit for the
assignment is 40% of the maximum total credit for the unit. The maximum credit for Part C is
15% of the maximum total credit for the unit.
You must do all parts of the assignment independently (i.e. without extensive help from other
people). Penalties for cheating or plagiarism or excessive collusion will be severe. You should
briefly outline the methods used to obtain particular results, as well as presenting the final
answers. Late submission will be penalised according to the schedule of penalties described in
the unit guide. No extension requests will be granted, unless an application for special
consideration with documented evidence of unavoidable disruption is submitted and approved.
The maximum numbers of marks which can be awarded for the various parts of a question are
shown in square brackets.
Please do not include the instructions or the questions in your submitted answer.
Table A presents values of lx and Tx by age for a life table for females in China in 2014:
Table A
Age lx Tx
0 100,000 7,468,364
5 96,315 6,985,239
10 96,102 6,504,194
15 95,943 6,024,078
20 95,716 5,544,930
25 95,369 5,067,216
30 94,970 4,591,365
35 94,506 4,117,676
40 93,948 3,646,543
45 93,154 3,178,790
50 91,966 2,715,991
55 90,065 2,260,915
60 87,137 1,817,912
65 82,323 1,394,263
70 74,902 1,001,200
75 63,212 655,662
80 48,203 376,872
[1] (a) Calculate life expectancy at birth for a Chinese female in 2014, rounding your
answer to 2 decimal places.
[0.5] (b) Calculate the probability a Chinese female aged 15 exactly survives to age 80
exactly, rounding your answer to five decimal places.
[0.5] (c) Calculate the probability a Chinese female aged 0-4 survives the next five years
rounding your answer to five decimal places.
Table B shows the numbers of females (in thousands) by age on 30/6/2014, age-specific fertility
rates (per 1000) for 2014, annual net migration (in thousands) by age for 2014 (note negative
signs indicate a net outmigration), and labour force participation rates by age for 2014.
Table B
Age Last
Birthday
(x)
Number of
Females on
30/6/2014
(000s)
ASFR 2014
(per 1000)
Annual Net
Migration 2014
(000s)
LFPR on 30/6/2014
(%)
0-4 38,538 -6 0.0
5-9 36,286 -4 0.0
10-14 34,931 -2 0.0
15-19 36,975 7 -10 32.0
20-24 50,235 134 -20 69.3
25-29 62,062 113 -24 82.1
30-34 48,320 40 -12 83.2
35-39 46,379 11 -6 84.4
40-44 58,138 4 -4 84.8
45-49 60,866 1 -2 80.1
50-54 48,753 0 62.4
55-59 38,817 0 53.8
60-64 38,602 0 40.6
65-69 25,733 0 27.6
70-74 16,992 0 13.9
75+ 25,445 0 5.6
[2] (d) Describe and give reasons for the variation in the numbers of females by age on
30/6/2014, shown in Table B.
[0.5] (e) Calculate the Total Fertility Rate for China in 2014, expressing your answer on a per
woman basis and rounding your answer to two decimal places.
[4] (f) Project the numbers of females in China in total and by age on 30/6/2019 assuming
the following:
female mortality between 30/6/2014 and 30/6/2019 is as per the levels in Table A,
all age-specific fertility rates remain constant at the levels in Table B,
the sex ratio at birth is constant at 115 males per 100 females,
annual net migration numbers by age remains constant at the levels in Table B,
all age-specific female labour force participation rates on 30/6/2019 are the same as on
30/6/2014.
You should state clearly the survivorship ratios you use (rounded to 5 decimal places)
and give each projected number by age to the nearest thousand females.
[4] (g) Describe and account for the differences between your projected female population
by age for 30/6/2019 and the female population by age on 30/6/2014.
[0.5] (h) Calculate the total numbers of Chinese females in the labour force on 30/6/2014,
giving your answer to the nearest thousand.
[1] (i) Assuming all age-specific female labour force participation rates on 30/6/2019 are
the same as on 30/6/2014, project the total number of females in the labour force on
30/6/2019, giving your answer to the nearest thousand.
[1] (j) Briefly explain why the total number of females in the Chinese labour force is
projected to decrease even though the total number of females in the population is
projected to increase.
For Part (d) the maximum length of answer is 300 words and for Part (g) the maximum length
of answer is 500 words. You may illustrate your answers to Part (d) and Part (g) with up to one
additional graph per part. For Part (g) you may incorporate interpretation of descriptive
statistics e.g. percentages, mean or medians into your answer. However it is not necessary to
provide details of the calculations. The marking for Parts (d) and (g) will reflect; the extent to
which your reader is informed by your answer, the level of understanding which is apparent, the
provision of overview, conciseness, clarity, accuracy, relevance, avoidance of plagiarism, and
adherence to length limits and timelines for submission.
For part j) the maximum length of answer is 100 words.

the dissertation proposal and my draft dissertation which i have written only 3500 about it ( literature review + methodology). My dissertation is about the performance measurement in the construction companies and how the lack of such measurements is effecting the construction industry in saudi arabia and causing delays in the completion of the public projects, and most if not all the public projects is vital for the development of the country and the community this delay is causing economical and social impacts. I have made two questionnaire to send one for the project managers and the other to the clients/ consultants on order to evaluate and investigate what sort of techniques they are using and what is the most important to them out of the indicators that is provided in the questionnaire (i sent it and got no answers). the idea of the questionnaire is to see where the contractor see themselves and where the clients think they really are in terms of the three main indicators in the construction industry (time, cost and quality). unfortunately i have not got the respond rate that i hoped for so now i need a help to finish my dissertation specially that my supervisor is really expecting good piece of work from me. so you have to fake the result your self saying that only 30% of the contractor rated 1st grade are using Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and internal benchmarking as there is no benchmarking systems in saudi arabia. and grade 2 contractor is way lower than that “you have to give numbers that make sense and look realistic’’ you can have look to what i have done and ask me all the questions you need but please make sure you don’t start unless its all clear and understood and if you need my help let me know.

thank you and good luck.

structure should be:
introduction ( you have to do)
background (i did)
literature review (i did)
methodology (i did)
result ( you have to do)
discussion (you have to do)
conclusion (you have to do)

– granular activated carbons for the treatment of water contaminated
assignment is writing a Scientific Paper!
for activated carbon in wastewater treatment.
Assignment!
we have curried out lab tests(methodology) and written a research paper(literature review) files in the attachment.

Now we are writing “Scientific Paper”

Main topic of the project:

Evaluation of the effectiveness of different granular activated carbons for the treatment of water contaminated with trace organics (e.g 4–Nitrophenol) Using complete mix reactors
File attached called “template-paper” is how the style of the Scientific Paper will look like for the assignment.

Scientific Paper is about finding a lot of Scientific articles and referencing them. so please use academic Scientific articles that you may find from your research!

The largest segment of the U.S. population, the “baby boomers,” are moving into middle adulthood and, in some cases, even becoming grandparents. The advertising and marketing industries study this age cohort, and it has been increasing in visibility in primetime television, print ads, and in digital advertising, pop-ups, and internet solicitation.

Find at least 4 images of advertising or other popular media that illustrate this point. Use a caption for each piece of media to explain the advertisements mirror the specific physical and cognitive changes in development. .

 

1) (2 PAGES)For a client population with which you have worked or are working (or a fictitious population), select an outcome measure that follows from some problem they have in common.Construct a graph that could monitor the progress over time. In the accompanying paper, be sure to address the target behavior, the baseline, the type of design you would use and any efforts you would make to improve or check the reliability of the data you obtain.

Please highlight (BOLD) and label the highlighted information in the finished order in order to allow me to view tTopic: Principles of Nonverbal Communication and Personal Presentationhat the information is there and is correct prior to me submitting for grading. Please do not provide a finished product heavily dependent on quotes. That being said, please cite the author for the uploaded book and use one other source. I will not have any time to request a revision, so please ensure that the work accurately captures and addresses the questions/ information asked.
You have done work for me before and I have had no issues with your work prior to last week. Please provide me with your best assistance. Thank you

2)( 2 Pages) Using articles from the Suicide, write a literature review assuming you are investigating Suicide prevention as part of a larger project to provide better suicide prevention education or some type of other program
USE the following attachments to complete this assignment: Ch-2-basic-Concepts, Literature Review Samples, Literaturereview 1, Literaturereview2, Read and Dissect. Please cite at least two authors, one must be the attached SUICIDE article author.

Assessment item 4
Programming and Evaluation
Value: 70%
Due date: 17-Oct-2015
Return date: 11-Nov-2015
Length: Variable
Submission method options
EASTS (online)
Task
To complete this task you will
1 Develop a detailed teaching program for one Year 12 or HSC level module or on similar document from other jurisdictions senior science courses. It is strongly recommended that you focus on the area that you have already explored in Assignment 1. Your program must include:

a. Literacy and numeracy strategies
b. Instructional strategies adopted
c. Information and Communication Technology and
d. Safety considerations

Further, it must be developed on the basis of

• Ensuring that the relevant hours outlined in the syllabus are met
• Being organised into a sequence that reflects the authentic organisation of most school settings (i.e. approximately four hours of science instruction per week, spread over the week)
• Includes time for the implementation of the assessment task you have developed in Assignment 1.

The following guideline is based on the NSW syllabuses. If you are not from NSW, please ensure that you add a copy of the relevant sections of the documentation from your jurisdiction as an appendix to your assignment.
In the development of your teaching program, it is recommended that you follow the various steps outlined below, reporting on and providing information on the following aspects in your assignment:
a. An analysis of the relationship between the Prescribed Focus Areas (PFA’s) and the selected HSC Module’s Outcomes and the Contextual Outline of the module that you have chosen.
b. A list of the key concepts or ideas that are included in the whole module based upon the Knowledge and Understanding outcomes that are found in the central column of the module that you have chosen.
c. From the right hand column, develop a full list the investigations (both first hand and second hand) that must be performed. Include full reference details for each investigation. Using the Skills Outcomes map the specific skills being developed in/through each investigation for your chosen module.
d. A fully developed teaching program in which the scope and sequencing of all teaching/learning activities is indicated. As part of this teaching program an appropriate timescale which is related to the components of your sequence and permits the teaching of all the concepts and skills within the total time available (usually 35 hours) and integrates the main concepts/ideas and skills. The teaching program must include information on Module outcomes, lesson content and investigations, teaching strategies, and resource materials.
e. A brief lesson sequence suggesting/summarising what you would anticipate doing in each of the lessons across the unit (N.B. you do NOT have to develop full lesson plans for this section, but need to indicate an outline of your direction)
f. A list of teaching resources (texts, worksheets, websites etc.) covering the concepts, content and problems that need to be examined in this module.
From all of the information gathered for the above sections, you should now be able to develop the final teaching program for the module you have chosen.

Your program should be sufficiently detailed so that the program could be used as is, by another teacher, without reference to you, to teach this module to HSC standard.

As the modules from different syllabus documents will vary in length, there is no set “limit” on this assignment. The following, however, should be taken as a guide. Each part of (a) to (c) should be able to be answered in one page (combined). Part (d) should be answered in 3-5 pages while Part (e) should take a maximum of one page.

Include a list of references using APA guidelines for resources used, citations included and syllabus references.

2 The second part of this assessment task requires you to indicate how your teaching program (from Q1) will be evaluated. That is, what strategies will you use to evaluate the impact that your program is having on student learning? You need to describe at least three ways in which you would collect evidence, including feedback from students, and student assessment data. Then, explain how you would process the evidence collected to inform your planning and teaching.

Rationale
The purpose of this assignment is to provide Feedback and the consequent changes made to teaching/learning activities form an important part of good teaching practice

Title: Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume A and B
By: Baym, Nina, 8th Ed

Answer each of the following discussion questions. Each response should be at least 250.

Document it according to MLA guidelines.
For each answer, remember to respond accordingly:
–Use the words of the question in your response.
–Use your mind, not your feelings.
–If the question has a quotation, focus on it.
–If the question does not have a quotation, find an appropriate one and focus on it instead.
–Always, always stay focused and stay textual.

1. In Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “The Prologue,” she writes:
I am obnoxious to each carping tongue

Who says my hand a needle fits

A poet’s pen all scorn I should thus wrong

For such despite they cast on female wits:

If what I do prove well, it won’t advance,

They’ll say it’s stol’n, or else it was by chance.
(189)
In the context of this poem and the other poems we read, what exactly do you think Bradstreet means here? (10 points)
In the context of her religious situation, what does this poem say about her audience?
2. Find a specific passage in Mary Rowlandson’s A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration that exemplifies her attitude toward her captors and her religious faith. Then, write it into this exam and explain why it exemplifies her attitude. (10 points)
3. In this course thus far, we have looked at how the Puritans put a definitive stamp on the moral, religious, and intellectual character of this nation. In that context, how does Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” either explain those Puritan origins or how does it demonstrate a rebellion against those origins. (10)

4. In the context of our readings thus far, how is Hester Prynne a uniquely American heroine? Please remember to be very specific and very textual in your response.
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