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What is the single most effective measure that a government could take to reduce death from colorectal cancer?

Case Analysis/Scenario ( NO PLAGARISM )

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You are the vice president of Human Resources at Community State University. The president of the university has just informed you that the Maintenance Department is experiencing a high turnover rate in addition to an increase in disciplinary actions.

You have been asked to research the use of better recruitment practices and a formal disciplinary model to address the increased turnover and disciplinary issues in the maintenance department.

Begin your paper by summarizing the applicable HR laws, theories and issues that you have studied so far in the class that might apply to the case.

Then, using the SUO library databases, textbook, and other scholarly resources, research and analyze an effective recruitment process and how it might reduce turnover and disciplinary actions.

Additionally, evaluate the pros and cons for a formal disciplinary process for the organization.

Conclude your essay by defending at least three specific recommendations you would make to the university president.

Your essay should be 6 pages, in APA format, and include at least 4 scholarly references. Name your document

From the required readings, identify one thought provoking issue (for example, Does a definition of GH really matter? or how much of poor countries’ issues should concern us? ) and post an intelligent discussion on the issue. 250-300 words. An intelligent post will include research/data from the readings and outside to support your argument. Please, cite at least one peer reviewed journal in your post and list it as a reference. After posting your issue, identify at least one post from another student and respond to their thoughts. This is the minimum requirement – I am hoping you will respond to as many posts as you find interesting in the same spirit we would in a face to face class.

Reseach paper on wealthy drinkers

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Assignment: Alcohol and Special Populations – MY SPECIAL POPULATION IS THE WEALTHY

WEALTHY PEOPLE ******

Research and describe the effect of alcohol on your selected special population.

Identify unique problems or considerations that apply to your group.
Compare and contrast your group to the overall U.S. population
Describe best treatment practices for specific issues relevant to the selected population.

References:

Start with information from the course readings.
Locate 7-10 journal articles or book chapters related to your special population.
Use only scholarly, objective sources for your project. Peer-reviewed articles found in the UMUC Library databases are generally good sources. Web-based information such as Wikipedia and About.com and popular news outlets such as Time or Newsweek are NOT acceptable sources for this project.
If you are unclear as to whether a source is acceptable, contact the instructor or visit the UMUC Library’s page on locating and evaluating scholarly articles: http://www.umuc.edu/library/database/articles.shtml#evaluatingcitations

Guidelines:

APA format and citation style
2500 words minimum
Separate title page and reference list
12 point font
Numbered pages
1″ margins

GRADING:

30 points each / rubric posted in the Assignments folder:

10 points for organization, 10 points for creativity/insights drawn from the referenced articles, 5 points for grammar/syntax, 5 points for using and properly citing 7-10 relevant journal articles

Late submissions are subject to a 10% penalty for every week late. You can see the rubric by which the experiential papers will be evaluated according to the rubric posted under the assignment submission portal and in the grade book.

I have given some references below:

References

Barber, Nigel Ph.D. (Feb. 2012). Are Rich People Heavy Drinkers? Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201202/are-rich-people-heavy-drinkers.

Cape Times. (August 2015). Wealthy Baby Boomers Are Drinking Too Much. Retrieved from http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/wealthy-baby-boomers-are-drinking-too-much-1.1904715#.Vdxqeq3w998.

Matsuo, Yumi. (May 2012). Economics of Drinking: Do Intelligent, Wealthy People Really Drink More? Retrieved from http://guestofaguest.com/instant-expert/the-economics-of-drinking-do-intelligent-wealthy-people-really-drink-more.

Rufus, Anneli. (Dec. 2010). Who Drinks the Most Alcohol? Retrieved from http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/12/29/drinking-stats-who-drinks-the-most-alcohol.html.

Unknown. (n.d.). Statistics on Alcoholics. Retrieved from http://www.learn-about-alcoholism.com/statistics-on-alcoholics.html.

DQ

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What types of businesses are most exposed to currency fluctuations? To fluctuations in the costs of supplies? To fluctuations in the costs of there finished products?

FOR BABER MAKAYLA ONLY

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Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Discuss the company’s stance toward labor and any specific labor-related issues it may be experiencing.
Formulate a strategy for negotiating a labor agreement and dealing with potential impasses in the bargaining process.
Analyze the principle economic and administrative issues addressed during collective bargaining with your labor force and develop a bargaining position.
Recommend policies and procedures to administer a labor contract and resolve disputes.
Determine the most likely interest dispute and determine how you could leverage economic pressure to help resolve that dispute.
Based upon your understanding of the entire course, predict the next evolutionary step in labor-management relationships (in terms of laws, key participants, or union organization) and how that step will affect the company you researched.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

epidemiology 11

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Looking Back”

Discuss the single most important or surprising lesson learned in this course. Explain what made it so important or surprising.
Write a speech that you would give to a friend in an elevator summing up the contents of this course. You have 30 to 90 seconds to inform your friend of the most important elements. Go!

“Leveraging What You’ve Learned”

Identify at least three (3) key concepts that you have learned in this course, and explain how those concepts will help you in your current or future positions.
Suggest how the lessons learned in the course could be applied by someone not going into the health care field. Provide specific examples to support your response.

A group of researchers conducted an experiment to determine which vaccine is more effective for preventing getting the flu. They tested two different types of vaccines: a shot and a nasal spray. To test the effectiveness, 1000 participants were randomly selected with 500 people getting the shot and 500 the nasal spray. Of the 500 people were treated with the shot, 80 developed the flu and 420 did not. Of the people who were treated with the nasal spray, 120 people developed the flu and 380 did not. The level of significance was set at .05. The proportion of people who were treated with the shot who developed the flu = .16, and the proportion of the people who were treated with the nasal spray was .24. The calculated p value = .0008.

For this essay, describe the statistical approaches (e.g., identify the hypotheses and research methods) used in this excerpt from a research study. Interpret the statistical results and examine the limitations of the statistical methods. Finally, evaluate the research study as a whole and apply what you have learned about hypothesis testing and inferential statistics by discussing how you might conduct a follow-up study.

Your essay must address the following points:

· Describe the research question for this experiment.

oWhat were the null and alternative hypotheses?

oWere the results of this test statistically significant?

oIf so, why were they significant?

· Would the researchers reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis?

· Do the results provide sufficient evidence to support the alternative hypothesis?

· Was the sample appropriate for this study? Explain your answer.

· What are some possible limitations to this study?

· Discuss how you would conduct a follow up study to this one. Explain your answer.

· Describe the difference between practical and statistical significance.

Essay 2

A researcher has investigated the relationship between IQ and grade point average (GPA) and found the correlation to be .75.

For this essay, critique the results and interpretation of a correlational study.

· Evaluate the correlational result and identify the strength of the correlation.

· Examine the assumptions and limitations of the possible connection between the researcher’s chosen variables.

· Identify and describe other statistical tests that could be used to study this relationship.

Your essay response must address the following questions:

· How strong is this correlation?

oIs this a positive or negative correlation?

oWhat does this correlation mean?

· Does this correlation imply that individuals with high Intelligence Quotients (IQ) have high Grade Point Averages (GPA)?

· Does this correlation provide evidence that high IQ causes GPA to go higher?

oWhat other variables might be influencing this relationship?

· What is the connection between correlation and causation?

· What are some of the factors that affect the size of this correlation?

· Is correlation a good test for predicting GPA?

oIf not, what statistical tests should a researcher use, and why?

Essay 3

A researcher has recorded the reaction times of 20 individuals on a memory assessment. The following table indicates the individual times:

2.2

4.7

7.3

4.1

9.5

15.2

4.3

9.5

2.7

3.1

9.2

2.9

8.2

7.6

3.5

2.5

9.3

4.8

8.5

8.1

In this essay, demonstrate your ability to organize data into meaningful sets, calculate basic descriptive statistics, interpret the results, and evaluate the effects of outliers and changes in the variables. You may use Excel, one of the many free online descriptive statistics calculators, or calculate the values by hand and/or with a calculator.

Next, separate the data into two groups of 10; one group will be the lower reaction times, and the second group will be the higher reaction times. Then, address the following points in your essay response:

· Calculate the sum, mean, mode, median, standard deviation, range, skew, and kurtosis for each group.

· How do the two groups differ?

· Are there any outliers in either data group?

· What effect does an outlier have on a sample?

Lastly, double each sample by repeating the same 10 data points in each group. You will have a total of 20 data points for each group. After completing this, address the following in your essay response:

· Calculate the following for the new data groups: sum, mean, mode, median, standard deviation, range, skew, and kurtosis.

· Did any of the values change?

· How does sample size affect those values?

Read the case study titled “Missed Opportunities”, located in the online course shell.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Examine the pros and cons from the perspective of Crestview Hospital of the placement of its new billboard directly adjacent to Briarwood Medical Center. Interpret the reaction of customers and other community stakeholders to the billboard postings.
Use competitive marketing entry strategies to suggest the action that Briarwood Hospital should undertake to counter the messages in the new Crestview Hospital Billboard postings.
Recommend the marketing communication strategy or strategies that both Crestview and Briarwood Hospitals should employ. Justify why the Governing Board of both hospitals should take a proactive role in promoting and implementing effective marketing strategies.
Assess the value of the various marketing research tool(s) that Briarwood and Crestview hospital could use to promote effective marketing communication strategies. Justify your response.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic 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.

Technical Paper: Object-oriented Programming (OOP) / Event-Driven Programming (EDP) versus Procedural Programming (PP)

Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the advantages, features, and common examples of OOP and EDP. Note: You may use the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library to support research on the above topics. Instructions detailing the necessary steps to access the ACM Digital Library are located at the end of the Course Guide.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

Identify at least two (2) advantages to using OOP as compared to using only PP.
Create one (1) original example of a class with at least one (1) attribute and one (1) method. Identify what the class in question represents, the attributes the class stores, and the purpose of the related method. Next, examine the relationship between the class, attributes, and methods that you have identified.
Describe at least one (1) feature of object-oriented programming that Visual Logic lacks.
Identify at least one (1) advantage to using event-driven programming, as compared to using purely procedural programming.
Use at least three (3) 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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Explain and identify object-oriented concepts.
Identify object-oriented classes and also the attributes and methods they contain.
Explain the use and benefits of object-oriented programming and event-driven programming.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in computer programming design.
Write clearly and concisely about computer programming design topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style convention.