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What features of the scientific method can help prevent a scientist from being labeled a “crackpot?”

Find two healthcare information systems described or demonstrated on the internet. Briefly illustrate each system. Make a list of the features the systems have in common. What are the features that differ? For which types of facilities are the systems designed? Would these internet sites be helpful to an organization investigating implementing a clinical information system? Why or why not? Please make sure you answer all four  (4) questions in 120 words.

 

2.  Shifting Continents: A Case Study in Scientific Revision in 120 words

Using what you learned about plate tectonics, Alfred Wegener, and the basics of scientific investigation from the previous units discuss the following:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/wegener.html

 http://scecinfo.usc.edu/education/k12/learn/plate2.htm 

  1. Did Wegener reveal his theory of continental drift too soon? For the sake of scientific investigation, how is revealing an explanation for a process early both risky and sometimes necessary?
  2. Apart from lacking an explanation for how the continents could move across the surface of the Earth, Wegener’s research was met by skepticism for other reasons. How can a scientist overcome skepticism? What features of the scientific method can help prevent a scientist from being labeled a “crackpot?”
  3. If Alfred Wegener were alive today, and had access to the technology and data that exists today, share a form of evidence that he could have added to his hypothesis or would have changed his hypothesis. Try to share a different form of evidence from those shared by your classmates and/or add to their posts by describing how the evidence is collected, how the technology works to collect the data, or how this technology/evidence has been used in other applications.

What information could you share with this parent that would educate her about the importance and the safety of vaccinations? How would you provide this information?

You are working in a community clinic where you have been assigned to provide measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations to children entering kindergarten. Your first patient is a 5-year-old female accompanied by her mother. The mother expresses to you, “while I was sitting in the waiting room, there were several other parents discussing vaccinations and how dangerous they are. After listening to the other parents, I’m now hesitant to have my daughter vaccinated because I’m fearful that something might happen. I don’t know if I should have my daughter vaccinated.”

What information could you share with this parent that would educate her about the importance and the safety of vaccinations? How would you provide this information?

Review and compare the trends in money supplies/ aggregates to the trend in the CPI over several decades.

To complete this activity, you will first need to access the following web sites and research historical inflation rates and money growth data:

http://www.nowandfutures.com/key_stats.html#ell

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/

  • Review and compare the trends in money supplies/ aggregates to the trend in the CPI over several decades.
  • State your opinion about the validity of Monetarism (Friedman’s famous quote that inflation is everywhere and always a monetary phenomenon).
  • Has Monetarism been an effective tool for conducting monetary policy?
  • What role does monetarism have in current monetary policy?

How would you advise the Fed to set interest rates next month? Explain your answer.

Research and review trends in inflation (CPI), interest rates (short and long term), GDP and employment over the last year. Then read the latest speech by the Federal Reserve and answer the following short essay questions. While this is not a paper, you must still properly cite your answer and write in full sentences.

  1. Describe and explain the cause of any inflation (or lack of) over the last year. 2 points
  2. Describe and explain the trends in unemployment over the last year. 2 points
  3. Report on the current interest rates. Address the fed funds rate, the ten year treasury rate and the 30 year treasury rate. Explain how and why they have changed over the last year. 2 points
  4. Describe and explain the shape of the yield curve. What does the curve tell us about the anticipated future of the economy? 4 points
  5. What is the Federal Reserve’s current view of the general state of the economy? Of employment? Of inflation? 4 points
  6. What is the current primary concern of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve? How is she addressing that concern? 4 points
  7. How would you advise the Fed to set interest rates next month? Explain your answer. 2 points

Does the report include other supplemental information? If so, what types of information are in this section of the report?

Continuing problem

Review the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) that you obtained for the city of Austin

 

  1. What are three main sections of the report?
  2. Review the introductory section of the CAFR
  3. Was the entity’s annual report of the previous year awarded a “certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting” by the Government Finance Officers Association? What is the significance of this award?
  4. What are the key issues addressed in the letter of transmittal?
  5. Review the financial section.
  6. Which if any, independent audit firm performed an audit of the CAFR?
  7. Did the entity receive an “unqualified “audit opinion? If not, why not?
  8. Does the report contain management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A)? If so, what are the key issues addressed?
  9. Does the report provide a reconciliation between total governmental net position per the

    government-wide statement of net position and total governmental fund balances per the

    governmental funds balance sheet? If so, what are the main reconciling items?

  10. What are the major governmental funds maintained by the entity? Does the entity’s fund structure conform to its organizational structure?
  11. Does the report include “required supplementary information?” If so, what are the main

    areas addressed?

  12. Does the report include “combining statements?” If so, what is the nature of these statements?
  13. Does the report include other supplemental information? If so, what types of information are in this section of the report?
  14. Review the statistical section.

    a.  What is the population of the entity being reported on?

    b.    Who is the entity’s major employer?

  15. What types of information are included in the statistical section?

Describe this strategy (specifically, what things did you look at) in detail. This should be at least 3-5 sentences.

Now that you have analyzed the textbook structure from in class activities, practice this strategy using the Textbook Structure Analysis Grid.  Analyze the following pages from your class textbook, Supplemental Readings D – Chapter 6: Crime and Justice in the Twentieth-First Century pp. 23-25. Highlight and label the textbook structures. Take a picture and upload the pages:

When you finish, save it under a different name and upload the completed document (find the submit assignment area to the right and follow the prompts), then write a reflection in the comment section. Use your best writing skills and provide thoughtful, detailed answers.  Address the following items:

  1. Strategy:  Describe this strategy (specifically, what things did you look at) in detail. This should be at least 3-5 sentences.
  2. Outcome: Describe the outcome:  write a paragraph in which you thoughtfully respond the the following questions:
  • How well did the strategy work in your class?
  • Did you have to adjust the strategy? How? Why?
  • What did you get out of this activity?

Using your sociological imagination, discuss the connection between the individual experience and the social impact of the social problem that you chose.

According to sociologist C. Wright Mills, people often believe that their private lives can only be explained in terms of their personal successes and failures. Individuals fail to see the links between their own lives and the larger society around them. The process of interpreting your individual life in the context of your community or the society in which you live is called sociological imagination.

  1. Choose 1 of the following social problems:
    • Being unemployed and the impact of unemployment on the individual and society
    • Being an alcoholic and the broader impact of alcoholism on the individual and society
    • Being a drug addict and the broader impact of drug addiction on the individual and society
    • Being an unmarried pregnant teenager and the impact that unmarried teen pregnancy has on the individual and society
    • Being a homeless person and the broader issue of poverty in society
  2. Using your sociological imagination, discuss the connection between the individual experience and the social impact of the social problem that you chose.

Discuss the importance of legal compliance with federal employment laws and regulations as well as ethical issues that govern appraisals and performance management.

Minimum 75 words/ At least on reference

 

 

1. There are four categories of employee development and four steps to career management. Discuss the four categories of both, and explain how employee development can complement career management.

 

2. Define the three broad purposes for performance management, and provide an example of a situation that relates to each purpose.

3. Discuss the importance of legal compliance with federal employment laws and regulations as well as ethical issues that govern appraisals and performance management. Provide examples.

Explain the reasons for reinsurance.

Part 1

  • What is the meaning of the term reinsurance?
  • Explain the reasons for reinsurance.
  • Explain the term securitization of risk.

Part 2

What unfair trade practices are each of the following insurance agents violating? Explain the terms that you use.

  • Agent Jones offers a client to pay a portion of the premium if the client purchases a policy.
  • Agent Peterson convinces a client to replace a life insurance policy with a new policy that adds little value.

Part 3

Julia owns a building worth $800,000. She insures the building for $300,000 with Company A, $400,000 with Company B, and $100,000 with Company C. There is a fire, and the building sustains $100,000 in damage.

  • How much will Julia collect in insurance?
  • How much will each company pay?
  • What insurance term describes this situation?
  • What is its purpose?

A general description of how cultures and families are affected by the inter generational effects of substance abuse. Including the following:

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that explores the developmental issues for children raised with active

addicts and that explains how a human service worker can enhance services to these children. Address the following in your presentation:

  • A general description of how cultures and families are affected by the inter generational effects of substance abuse. Including the following:
    • The manifestation of codependency in inter generational patterns of substance abuse
    • The conditions that impact childhood development
    • The unique traits of a child of an alcoholic
  • A discussion of the support processes that can help break the inter generational cycle.