A group of 10 overweight patients have increased levels of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. Based on this limited information and using the scientific method:
I. Develop a question followed by a hypothesis. Then . .
II. Design a brief experiment to test your hypothesis (make sure to indicate a control) and describe predicted results
In this case, management needs assistance in evaluating and classifying costs identified within Glaser Health Products in order to implement an activity-based costing system. Please address Questions 1 through 6 at the end of the case. Based on the case questions, you are required to provide a two to four double-spaced written report providing management with the necessary guidance in implementing an activity-based costing system. The written report should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills. Explanations and recommendations should be supported by at least 3 scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.
For Questions 1 through 3, create a chart to classify and identify a cost driver for each of the costs provided in the text. The chart should be included as an appendix to the written report. Explanations of the classifications and identifications within the chart should be included within the written report, supported by references to the appendix.
Questions 4 through 6 should be addressed in fully developed explanations/instructions as part of your written report. The written analysis should be supported by at least three scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.
Week 3 Written Assignment should:
Demonstrate graduate level work including appropriate research and critical thinking skills.
Be presented as a written analysis (not a question/answer format).
Incorporate case questions into the overall analysis.
Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations.
Consists of two to four double-spaced pages of content.
Provide at least three scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.
Critically Evaluating the Internet
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Review some of the resources available on Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything: Critical Evaluation Retrieved from http://www.schrockguide.net/critical-evaluation.html, including these:
But I found it on the Internet!
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
WSI: Web Site Investigator: Information Forensics
Discuss the following:
When considering the five criteria for evaluating web pages, which of the criteria do you feel you used regularly, which will you begin to use more carefully?
Accuracy
Authority.
Objectivity.
Currency.
Coverage.
How important is it to your learners that the websites they are viewing stand up to critical evaluation?
A group of 10 overweight patients have increased levels of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. Based on this limited information and using the scientific method:
I. Develop a question followed by a hypothesis. Then . .
II. Design a brief experiment to test your hypothesis (make sure to indicate a control) and describe predicted results
Review the following websites:
Assertive Technology in Education. (n.d.). In Wikibooks. Retrieved from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Assistive_Technology_in_Education
Examine at least two of the 15 items in the Table of Contents.
From the WikiBooks Assertive Technology site or from other sites, identify and describe at least two assistive technology tools of interest. Do you think you may have an opportunity to try these out in your classroom or training room? Do you think they might be useful tools for a broader audience? Discuss.
Technology And Society Mod 7 HW
Integrative Personality Theory
This assignment calls for you to employ what Gordon Allport (1968) called systematic eclecticism. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the section entitled “Convergence of Theories: Eclecticism, Integration, and Unification” in Chapter 1 of your text.
During this course, you have explored seven major models describing the development of personality. Each of these models is based on the ideas of numerous theorists who, while distinct, share commonalities. The course has presented the roles of genetics and environment and has included a discussion of epigenetics. It has also covered definitions of normal and abnormal personality. It is likely you have found yourself drawn to some theories and concepts, but others may not have seemed as relevant to you in describing personality. In this paper, you will create your own theory of personality development by synthesizing the concepts and constructs of all the theories that seem most accurate and appropriate to you and by using those concepts to reflect on your own personality and development.
Identify at least one major concept from each of the seven models of personality studied in the course that resonated most meaningfully with you. Research a minimum of eight scholarly sources related to these concepts in the Ashford University Library to support your statements in the paper. Popular websites and your textbook may augment, but they will not count toward, the minimum number of sources needed for the paper.
The following content and headings must be included in your paper. Please visit the Ashford Writing Center for guidance on how to format headings in APA Style. Also, please take note of the suggestions provided for the length for each section in the instructions below.
Instructions:
Provide a general introduction to the topic of theories of personality. Explain what you plan to cover and describe the direction your paper will take. This section will not feature a heading, and it will be approximately two to three paragraphs.
Major Concepts
In this section, you will present the specific concepts identified from the seven models you think best apply to the study of personality in distinct subheadings. These will be the concepts used as the basis for your personal theory of personality development. For each concept subheading, identify the major personality model from which the concept was taken as well as the theorist associated with that model. Provide an analysis for each of the seven concepts chosen describing how each explains personality as well as the development of healthy and unhealthy personality traits. This section will be approximately four to five pages.
Excluded Concepts
In this section, compare and contrast the concepts you have chosen to include in your theory of personality development with those you have chosen exclude. Reflect on the basic assumptions that define personality and identify three specific excluded concepts from any of the theories studied in the course. For each of the excluded concepts, provide a rationale explaining the various aspects of the concept that make it unsuitable for your use. This section will be approximately four to six paragraphs.
The Roles of Heredity, the Environment, and Epigenetics
Provide your analysis of the roles heredity, the environment, and epigenetics play in the development of personality. Discuss how heredity and the environment might affect personality disorders. This section will be approximately three to five paragraphs.
Assessment and Measurement of the Theory
Reflect on the major concepts you have selected for inclusion and provide a brief description about how those concepts are measured and/or assessed. Review the assessment sections of each chapter and discuss those measures you think are most applicable and effective. This section will be approximately three to five paragraphs.
Self-Reflection
In this section of the paper, review the self-reflection you wrote in Week One of this class and describe how and in what ways your views have changed. Analyze your Week One self-assessment using the concepts that you have included in your integrative theory and describe how your theory explains your personality. This section will be approximately four to six paragraphs.
Provide a brief conclusion that summarizes the ideas presented in your integrative theory of personality. This section will not feature a heading and it will be approximately two to four paragraphs.
Allport, G. W. (1968). The person in psychology: Selected essays. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
The Integrative Personality Theory paper:
Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including the title page and references page) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least eight scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate references page that is 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
Who knows Property Rights According to these requirements?
Assignment 2: Resolving Intellectual Property Rights
Due Week 10 and worth 220 points
Note: The companies mentioned herein are merely hypothetical organizations with characteristics developed to enable students to respond to the assignment. You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment if those assumptions are consistent with the facts presented. Do not make assumptions which obviate the need to conduct a legal analysis of the issues.
In this assignment, you will act as the fictional character of Betty Fuller, Head of Marketing at Simply Green Products, while you draft a memorandum to the company President. In this memorandum, you must explain how you would resolve the legal issues discussed in the scenario.
Scenario
Simply Green Products (SGP) is a $10 million company that produces biodegradable packing materials that orchards use in the Shenandoah Valley to transport their apples, peaches, and pears nationwide. Biodegradable materials are more eco-friendly because they break down into the environment. Such packing materials are marketed under the name “SafePac,” which is heavily advertised in trade journals. Simply Green Products have had the name “SafePac” imprinted on all of their packing material since 2008. Although SGP never filed for either state or federal trademark protection, following the advice of one of their summer interns, they did register the domain name “SafePac.com.” With the movement toward more Eco-friendly agricultural production, the fact that such packing materials are biodegradable provides a primary marketing advantage over non-biodegradable competitors.
Despite the fact that SGP is highly eco-friendly, it is not particularly technologically advanced. SGP mostly advertises in trade journals and magazines, with most orders coming via the mail or phone orders. Shep Howard, President of SGP realizes his company needs to increase its marketing presence and recently hired Betty Fuller, a recent Strayer graduate with an MBA, to be the new Director of Marketing for the company. Ms. Fuller has been charged with bringing SGP’s marketing plan into the 21st century.
In preparing the new Marketing plan, Ms. Fuller, quickly noticed that although SGP owned Safepac.com, the name SafePac, itself had never been registered with the Trademark and Patent Office. Accordingly, one of the first things Ms. Fuller did was start the registration process. When searching the USPTO office database to see if a mark has already been filed she found the following entries shown below:
She immediately realized SGP had a problem. Ms. Fuller did some additional research and found that a company called Safe Choices, Inc. uses the SafePack name to market an emergency weather kit in the form of a backpack; and had received a federal registration for the mark from the Patent and Trademark Office in 2002. This backpack is sold both online at SafePack.com and in sporting goods stores nationwide.
Note: “A complete search is one that will uncover all similar marks, not just those that are identical. In this regard, searching for trademark availability is not the same as searching to register a domain name. A domain name search may focus on exact or “dead on” hits, with no consideration given to similar names or use with related products and services. Basically, a domain address is either available or it is not. The trademark process, on the other hand, is more complex. As part of the overall examination process, the USPTO will search its database to determine whether registration must be refused because a similar mark is already registered for related products or services (i.e., even identical marks may co-exist if used on goods or services not considered to be related in any way). Please note that the USPTO does not offer advisory opinions on the availability of a mark prior to filing of an actual application.”
http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/search-trademark-database
Legal Issues
Ms. Fuller contacted Shep Howard to discuss SGP intellectual property problems and to devise a plan on how to proceed. In her meeting with Howard Ms. Fuller explained the legal issues to Howard as follows:
SGP has been using the product name SafePac since 2008 but never trademarked or otherwise registered that named. A company called Safe Choice had registered the names SafePack and SafePacs back in 2002 and those names were listed live marks by the USPTO. Arguably, SafePac may be confusingly similar to Safe Choices marks to preclude registration of the marks. Moreover, use of the name may “constitutes a false designation of origin which is likely to confuse customers as to the source of the goods”. However, safe Choice and SGP are in different product lines and, therefore, arguably are not competitors, a requirement for infringement. The intellectual property issue at hand involves the Lanham Act.
Even if the USPTO finds that SGP’s proposed mark and Safe Choices marks are not similar or that SGP and Safe Choice are not competitors, registrations may nonetheless be denied under the provisions of the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c). For additional information, see Duvall, S.A. (2007). The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006: balanced protection for famous brands. The Trademark Reporter, 97(6), 1252-1285.
Since we purchased the domain name SafePac.com, Safe Choice may attempt to accuse SGP of cybersquatting and try to have that domain name transferred to their control. Any such action would proceed under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d).
Finally, she outlined her plan on how to proceed with the marketing plan based on how she though the legal issues would be resolved. Mr. Howard then asked Ms. Fuller to put the information she had just given him in memo form.
Assignment Requirements
In the role of Betty Fuller, prepare the memorandum requested by Shep Howard. The memo should be three to four (3-4) pages in which you:
Decide whether or not SGP can register SafePac as a trademark given the issues discussed in “legal issue: a”.
Decide whether or not the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 would be violated if the USTPO granted SGP a trademark on SafePac.
Decide whether or not the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act would be violated by SGP’s use of safepac.com.
Describe how your resolution would affect the marketing options available to the company.
Use at least three (3) quality academic or legal resources in this assignment, such as a government Website, Law school Websites, Restatements of laws, and other treatises of Law. Your paper must include internal citations indicating the sources of your legal statements.
Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic or legal resources. I would prefer at least (4) resources.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
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 is not included in the required page length.
Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Describe the legal environment of business, the sources of American law, and the basis of authority for government to regulate business.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business law.
Write clearly and concisely about business law using proper writing mechanics.
Use the grading rubric that i have attached with this assignment
Choose a construction company for this assignment. You are contemplating purchasing a construction business, but before you decide, you need to review the internal workings of the business. Write a proposal based on information gathered about this business so you can ultimately determine whether or not you are going to purchase it. Your business audit needs to include the following:
1. Analyze how people, information, and information technology help the company remain competitive in the industry.
2. Analyze Porter’s Five Forces Model in relation to competition within the industry of that corporation.
3. Evaluate the organization’s use of supply chain management systems, enterprise resource planning systems, and customer relationship management systems. How are they currently used and how could they be improved upon within the organization?
4. Evaluate how a database management system and a data warehouse are currently used, or could be used, within the organization.
5. Analyze how the five agent‐based technologies are currently used, or could be used, within the organization.
6. Consider whether the organization uses any of the nine major e‐commerce business models. Recommend how these could work together to create value within the organization.
7. Analyze how the organization could benefit from using the systems development life cycle (SDLC), and what type of projects within the organization could benefit from this process.
8. Evaluate the phases of business continuity planning as they relate to the organization and make recommendations on improvements.
9. Analyze how the organization could use emerging trends such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cell phones, and RFID to remain competitive in the future.
10. Evaluate the organization’s measures to ensure that information is protected and free from security vulnerabilities. Recommend any improvements to their system.
Your audit should be 7 to 10 pages in length and encompass your knowledge from all modules of the course. Support your argument with at least five credible, o
In following this critique essay [option A], you will be critiquing an author on her views on online writing courses. In option [B] you can pick and chose your topic from relevant programs discussed in class.
The critique essay asks you to look at a source with a critical eye and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. It is often a comparison and contrast paper defending a thesis or claim. The claim is based on evidence that incorporates source material summary into its discussion but it also evaluates that source material. Is the position warranted, reasonable and plausible, and driven by evidence?
OPTION A: Please write your critique essay of the following article. This article is available to you in the e-reserves section of our class.
Kiefer, K. (2007). Chapter 8: Do students lose more than they gain in online writing classes? In “Brave New Classrooms” (pp. 141-151). Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
Considerations for this Essay:
You are taking WRTG 391 online or in hybrid format. In either case, you are involved significantly in online instruction in your class.
Kiefer argues in her essay that writing courses may not work well online. She provides various reasons for making her argument.
You might agree with her. Or you might agree with her on some points but question her on other points. Or you might disagree with her entirely. In this essay, you will evaluate her arguments and critique them.
OPTION B: Select a theme for the critique in ONE of the discussion programs: Brewster Kahle about computerized search tools and libraries, or “Humans Need Not Apply” about robotics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU . You need at least two scholarly articles to substantiate your conclusions.
Please write a critique using the guidelines below. You need to incorporate at least two academic articles based on research.
In the critique essay include the following features:
Introduce the topic and introduce the author and essay program. Then state your thesis.
Summarize the author’s argument[s].
You should then proceed follow with analytical and synthetic steps, expressing the author’s position and your understanding
Your opinion is not included here. You simply summarize the author’s points.
Critique the author by reinforcing your point.
Evaluate the author’s,what you agree and what you disagree with and why incorporating at least two other research sources.
Conclude the essay emphasizing the significance of your observations.
Module 1 in our class, which can be accessed in Content, provides additional advice on organizing the critique. In addition, click here for a video tutorial on organizing a critique essay. You can also follow the following review model.
I. INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH
a. Attention getting device [journalist’s “lede”] to put the audience in the proper mood, such as:
1. Striking but relevant quotation
2. Striking but relevant question
3. Striking but relevant statement
4. Anecdote or brief narrative
b. Central idea or topic
c. Thesis or point or comment
d. Other preliminary information, such as:
1. Selected limitations or scope
2. Purpose
3. Definitions
4. Plan or procedure
5. Necessary background information
e. Umbrella sentence that anticipates essential points of the argument and leads into subsequent paragraphs. This “map” of what will follow makes the argument explicit.
II. BODY OF ESSAY: composed of at least three evidence paragraphs
a. First main point
1. Topic sentence: encapsulates the point of the paragraph. It also should be a strong “lede.”
2. Subordinate details, such as one or more of the following kinds of evidence:
a. Examples or illustrations
b. Particulars or raw data
c. Reasons (i.e. logical support for opinion or supposition)
3. Analysis of evidence: showing how evidence substantiates point of the paragraph.
4. Synthesis: showing how paragraph supports the overall thesis of the essay and makes it credible. This “wrap up” makes the evidence relevant.
5. Closure
b. Second main point.
c. Third main point.
[more evidence paragraphs make the point more credible]
III. CONCLUSION: fifth paragraph
a. Restatement of central idea or point
b. Warrant: demonstrating significance of point [to be distinguished from motive]
c. Final emphasis, such as:
1. Judgment, opinion, decision made
2. Recommended action
3. Returning the central idea to the big picture
d. Summary of main points or some other mnemonic [memory retention] device
e. Attention-getting device appealing to the audience and providing a sense of closure.
Links Reviewing the Classical Argument
Additional Bibliography
http://www2.winthrop.edu/wcenter/handoutsandlinks/classica.htm
http://faculty.winthrop.edu/kosterj/archives/WRIT102/classicalargument.htm
Submitting the assignment: Using the guidelines provided by the texts, please post a rough draft of your critique essay as your instructor directs you.
Please use at least two credible sources to help support your critique. Remember that a critique doesn’t necessarily need to be “negative” in order to be successful. You need to show that you are able to determine the validity of the material that you read.
After receiving feedback from your instructor on your critique essay, please use the comments from your instructor in revising the draft.
Please post your final draft of the Critique Essay as your instructor directs you. The final draft should be approximately 650-800 words. It should follow standard APA guidelines in citing the sources and should include a “References” page at the end of the essay to list the sources