Category: Essays

Regular expressions became popular with the introduction of the UNIX operating system in 1960s and its text processing tools such as grep, and ed.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Define regular expressions and explain their purpose.
Provide at least three (3) examples which demonstrate the way regular expressions work.
Suggest four (4) situations where you would use regular expression and explain the benefits of using regular expressions in such situations.
Examine the shortcomings of regular expressions and describe at least two (2) situations where using them might be inappropriate.
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:

Identify and create simple regular expressions.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in operating systems.
Write clearly and concisely about UNIX / Linux topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Personal Intervention: Reflect on this week’s lecture and, based on your limited knowledge, would you say that you are a D, I, S, or C? Write that down, then follow the link, and take a free DiSC assessment. DiSC. Once you complete the assessment, compare it to your initial observation based on the lecture. Read your results and notice the % in the pie chart of your results. The highest percentage will be your dominant or default style. Keep in mind we all have all of the DiSC components in our behaviors and adapt when necessary. Based on your results, how do you feel this information could benefit your personal and professional life?

Construct a brochure for a local elementary school. Consider your audience, as this information would likely be distributed during meetings where a child might have received an intelligence test. Your brochure would then be given to parents, guardians, and others to help them better understand the purpose of intelligence testing. There is a brochure builder for your use – but you can use any template that can be submitted as a word document and folds into a “brochure” of at least 3 panels.

Include the following in your brochure:

Provide a brief overview of at least two theories of intelligence related to the content of your selected articles to help your audience understand what intelligence testing accomplishes.
Discuss methods of measuring intellectual functioning.
Discuss how the concept of intelligence is different than academic achievement.

Type: Individual Project UNIT 3

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment

Due Date: Mon, 9/14/15
Deliverable Length: 850-1,000 words

There are several efforts directed at teenagers that try to prevent them from using drugs. These efforts seem to have been met with mixed results. In this assignment, you will research the issues of drug use and prevention among adolescents.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in a Word document that is 850-1,000 words in length:
What do you think are the most important risk factors associated with adolescent drug use?
From your own perspective, what have been the trends in adolescent drug use over the past decade?
Which drugs do you feel are most commonly used?
Do you think drug use has been increasing or decreasing?
What are 3 ways in which you would prevent adolescents from using drugs? Explain.
Have these approaches ever been successful? Explain.
What do you feel are the best methods for treating adolescents with drug problems? Why?
All sources must be referenced using APA style.

Your paper must be three to five pages (excluding title and reference pages), and it must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You must cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course textbook..

WEEK5 DQ 1 $10.00

nternet domain names are linked to trademark issues. Technology makes it easy to copy and distribute music and movies without paying royalties. Business conducted on the internet raise security and privacy issues. What legal concerns are raised by these issues? Predict which of these issues will be of major concern in the future in regard to the law and business practices.

Guided Response: Review your peer’s posts. Respond to at least two of your classmates describing whether you agree with their predictions or if you see the issues differently. Explain.

DQ 2

How do governments attempt to control foreign businesses operating within their borders? When U.S. companies do business in other countries, what issues do they face? Describe the responsibilities and ethical concerns that you feel are important for U.S. companies to consider when doing business in other countries

Guided Response: Review your peer’s posts. Respond to at least two of your classmates explaining whether you agree or disagree with their position. Challenge your classmates by asking a question that may cause them to reevaluate their position.

WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT $30.00

Final Paper

Focus of the Final Paper

You are the manager of Acme Fireworks, a fireworks retailer who sells fireworks, puts on ground display fireworks, and large aerial display fireworks. The company started in the owner’s garage two years ago and now has 15 employees that you manage. The company started as a sole proprietorship, and the owner has never changed the entity. The owner has informed you that the company has received inquiries from several large businesses wondering if the company could create several fireworks displays on a regular basis. The owner told the inquirers that the company could fill such display orders, and a price per display was agreed upon. It was discussed that most of the cost for a fireworks display is for skilled labor, insurance, and the actual service of setting off the fireworks. No other details were discussed. The owner is anticipating that new employees will need to be hired, but he is worried that if the large orders for fireworks displays do not continue, the company will not have the funds to pay the new employees. The owner is now considering changing the business entity, but he does not know what entity to form or how to form it.

The owner has asked you to do the following:

Determine if the contracts with the businesses will be governed by common law or the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and explain why.
Analyze whether the owner formed a contract with the businesses, and apply the five essential elements of an enforceable contract.
Explain the potential personal liability to Acme Fireworks if a spectator is injured by a stray firework from a fireworks display.
Discuss the different employment types and relationships relevant to agency law, and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each type specific to Acme Fireworks.
Explain why Acme Fireworks should not operate as a sole proprietorship. Recommend a new business entity, and provide rationale to support your recommendation.

For each task, be sure to analyze the relevant law, apply the facts to the law, and make a conclusion.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. That is, describe what your response is to the content, either positive or negative, and defend your position. If multiple options, alternatives, and/or positions are present and are being rejected, you must also defend the reasons for rejecting an option.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must include at least five scholarly sources, two of which must be from the Ashford University Library, in addition to the course textbook.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate references page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Leveraging the work completed in the Individual Assignments for Units 2 and 3, assess the company’s human resources competitive position. Be sure to evaluate the company’s position within the industry and among its comparator group.

Step 2: Identify and Evaluate Human Resources Risks and Opportunities

Leveraging the work completed in the Individual Assignment for Units 1–3, identify and evaluate the company’s human resources risks and opportunities. At least 3 risks and 3 opportunities should be included in your evaluation.

Step 3: Assessment of the Company’s Human Resources Competitive Position

Based on analysis of information obtained in Steps 1–3, prepare a professionally written report assessing the assessment of the company’s human resources competitive position, risks, and opportunities suitable for presentation to the senior executives of the company. Your report should present the information listed below. The body of the report should be 8–10 pages excluding title, references page(s), and any appendices.

Type: Individual Project UNIT 3

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment

Due Date: Mon, 9/14/15
Deliverable Length: 850-1,000 words

There are several efforts directed at teenagers that try to prevent them from using drugs. These efforts seem to have been met with mixed results. In this assignment, you will research the issues of drug use and prevention among adolescents.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in a Word document that is 850-1,000 words in length:
What do you think are the most important risk factors associated with adolescent drug use?
From your own perspective, what have been the trends in adolescent drug use over the past decade?
Which drugs do you feel are most commonly used?
Do you think drug use has been increasing or decreasing?
What are 3 ways in which you would prevent adolescents from using drugs? Explain.
Have these approaches ever been successful? Explain.
What do you feel are the best methods for treating adolescents with drug problems? Why?
All sources must be referenced using APA style.

Here is a brochure needed for Psychology!

Use at least three articles concerning intelligence testing.

Construct a brochure for a local elementary school. Consider your audience, as this information would likely be distributed during meetings where a child might have received an intelligence test. Your brochure would then be given to parents, guardians, and others to help them better understand the purpose of intelligence testing. There is a brochure builder for your use – but you can use any template that can be submitted as a word document and folds into a “brochure” of at least 3 panels.

Include the following in your brochure:

Provide a brief overview of at least two theories of intelligence related to the content of your selected articles to help your audience understand what intelligence testing accomplishes.
Discuss methods of measuring intellectual functioning.
Discuss how the concept of intelligence is different than academic achievement.

Include three credible, peer-reviewed references on the brochure.

Format the citations in your brochure consistent with APA guidelines
Attachments:

Here is a brochure needed for Psychology!

Use at least three articles concerning intelligence testing.

Construct a brochure for a local elementary school. Consider your audience, as this information would likely be distributed during meetings where a child might have received an intelligence test. Your brochure would then be given to parents, guardians, and others to help them better understand the purpose of intelligence testing. There is a brochure builder for your use – but you can use any template that can be submitted as a word document and folds into a “brochure” of at least 3 panels.

Include the following in your brochure:

Provide a brief overview of at least two theories of intelligence related to the content of your selected articles to help your audience understand what intelligence testing accomplishes.
Discuss methods of measuring intellectual functioning.
Discuss how the concept of intelligence is different than academic achievement.

Include three credible, peer-reviewed references on the brochure.

Format the citations in your brochure consistent with APA guidelines
Attachments:

Individual Project 4-6 paragraphs

Construct a 3–5-year strategic plan that is related to a specified health care organization of your choice. The organization may be not-for-profit or for-profit. Complete a SWOT analysis, and include the following:

Internal strengths are related to resources and capabilities that effectively and efficiently allow an organization to accomplish its stated mission. Write out and discuss 8–10 strengths that you consider the highest priority for the organization of choice.
Internal weaknesses are related to deficiencies in resources and capabilities that hinder an organization’s ability to accomplish its mandate or mission. Write out and discuss 8–10 weaknesses that you consider the highest priority for the organization of choice.
External opportunities are outside factors or situations that can affect your organization in a favorable way. Write out and discuss 8–10 opportunities that you consider of highest priority for the organization of choice.
External threats are outside factors or situations that can affect your organization in a negative way. Write out and discuss 8–10 threats that you consider of highest priority for the organization of choice.

Please submit your assignment.

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Discussion Board 2-3 paragraphs

A SWOT analysis is used to assist those involved in the strategic planning process in compiling information pertinent to formulating the rest of a strategic plan. Although the information garnered from such an analysis can help to formulate strategies, the SWOT analysis itself does not always render concrete answers. For example, something found in the SWOT analysis might not fit neatly into one of the categories, but instead can be placed in several depending on which perspective you are looking at the characteristic from.

Assume that you are asked to complete a SWOT analysis for a fictional, large, physician cardiology practice. You are having a hard time fitting all of the characteristics into the SWOT analysis categories. After careful deliberation, you complete the analysis and submit it for review to the practice manager.

Give 2–3 examples for each of the SWOT categories for your cardiology practice SWOT analysis. Why did you select these categories for specific services?
What advice would you give them on analyzing the results of the SWOT analysis?
Does the SWOT relate to strategic assessment? How?