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One specialized type of security is called an equity futures. This is a contract that guarantees you a share of a particular company to be delivered to you not today, but sometime in the future, at a price that is determined by the market right now. This price is usually called the futures price of the stock (note – the term is plural – “futures”). If you ‘buy’ this futures, you don’t pay for the shares now. You are actually signing a contract whereby you are committed to pay that price in a particular date in the future, and you are guaranteed to receive one share of the company at that time, irrespective of its actual market price at that future date. Suppose for example that the futures price of the XYZ company is $40. Suppose you ‘buy’ a 6-months futures contract. If six months later the share price is $45, you gain $5 per share. If the market price in 6 months is only $35, then you lose $5.

Using the Yahoo Finance take a look at the five year chart for your reference company (the one you chose for SLP1). Using this chart and other information you can find on this company, write a paper answering the following question:

What do you think would the futures price of 100 shares of your reference company to be delivered to you in one year be right now?

DON’T need to use complex mathematical formulas for this assignment. Instead, think about how much do you think the market value of 100 shares of your company will be in one year? In considering the possible answer please reflect also on the following:

Do you expect the price of the shares in one year to be much higher? Or lower? Or only a little bit higher?

How risky the stock is. Is its price prone to wild swings up and down? Or has the price been relatively stable the last few years?

What alternative investments you have access to. What rate does your bank give you on a savings account or certificate of deposit? The greater return you can get on other investments, the less you would be willing to pay for an equity future.

M5D2: The Dangers of Medicine Cabinets

The drugs discussed in Chapter 11 are the primary targets of medicine cabinet raiding. Medicine cabinet raiding refers to people looking through medicine cabinets and drawers in bathrooms to steal pills; often from people they know (parents, relatives, parents of friends, etc.). How much of a problem do you think medicine cabinet raiding is and how might it easily be prevented?

After viewing the video “Steroid use: How much is too much,” reviewing the NIDA Fact Sheet on Anabolic Steroids and reading chapter 11 of textbook, discuss the following:

We’ve seen a recent increase in attention to steroid use by the media, sports authorities, public health officials and even the U.S. Congress. Given this attention, do you think that youth involved in sports today will be deterred or more likely to use steroids if given the opportunity? Explain and support your position.

Read the complete description of the Oral History Interview Final Paper due in this class. Here in Week Four, you must submit a draft of this paper. The draft should include an introduction, thesis, the information you provided in the Interview Description you submitted in Week Two, and be at least three to five pages in length (plus a title page and a reference page) at this time. The draft must utilize the course text and at least three scholarly sources, at least one of which you obtained from preliminary research in the Ashford University Library. The draft must be in paragraph form, properly formatted in APA style, and include an updated reference list of sources you intend to use in the final paper.

Final Paper: Oral History Interview Paper

Throughout the course, you will be exploring various aspects of culture and intercultural communications. Your final assignment in this course will be to conduct an extensive oral history interview with a person who is somewhat older than you and from a culture or subgroup that you are not a member of. This person can be a relative or acquaintance who is from a different generation. It can be someone who immigrated to this country either recently or some time ago. Or, it can be someone who belongs to a different subgroup from you and whose cultural experiences you believe would be very different from your own. Obtain permission from the person you are interviewing to record the conversation (either an audio or a video and audio recording) or to take handwritten notes during the interview.

Your overarching goals during the oral history interview are as follows:

1. To learn more about the culture and subcultures to which your interview subject belongs.

2. To determine what issues they encountered in terms of intercultural communications.

3. To relate concepts you have studied in this course to the experiences of this person.

After you have conducted the interview, review your recording or your notes and write a six- to eight-page paper (excluding a title page and a reference page), in which you discuss aspects of this person’s culture and/or subcultures and communication issues related to his or her cultural identity. In the paper, you must also include the following:

1. The name of the person and his or her relationship to you.

2. The interview subject’s cultural background and the culture and/or subcultures to which he or she belongs.

3. At least six questions from the following list. You may add additional questions or other questions not on this list, if you wish. Remember, though, that the focus of your paper must be on intercultural communication issues.

· How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or her first childhood memory? (Consider how it reflects the interview subject’s culture or subculture?)

· What does the person remember of the experience of being an immigrant or a subgroup member in that time?

· Which impressions or experiences from that time are most vivid to him or her today?

· If he or she immigrated to this country, what was the country of origin like in terms of geography, government, transportation, economic system, and education system? If he or she were raised in this country, what were these aspects of life like during their childhood?

· What does the person recall of the communication with members of the dominant culture? What barriers to effective communication did he or she encounter?

· In the United States today, what is different in his or her life in terms of language, religion, family customs, diet, recreation, and work, as compared to childhood?

· What role did the news media play in the interview subject’s life and in either supporting or contesting the intereview subject’s views of his or her culture? How did the media influence his or her individual beliefs and opinions about males and females, masculinity and femininity, and other aspects of gender belief systems and views about race and ethnicity? (Cite specific examples he or she gives you regarding these two specific issues.)

· If your interview subject spoke a different native language, ask him or her to discuss differences between that language and English. (Consider the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.)

· What are some of the most significant differences in day-to-day life in the past versus today?

4. From this interview, what can you conclude about important values in you interview subject’s early life?

Your paper should be written in paragraph form, not in a question and answer format. Thus, you must weave the information you present into a coherent narrative form, paraphrasing the information gleaned from the interview or using direct quotations from your interview subject, as appropriate. Your primary sources of information for this paper will be the interview subject and the course text. However, your assignment is not merely to describe the conversations you had with this person but also to critically evaluate what you learned from them and to tie this information to concepts you have studied in this course about culture and intercultural communication.

To meet this objective, you must relate ideas you learned during the interview to material you have studied in the text or other course resources and supplement your textbook and course resources by researching at least one key cultural issue, in greater depth, using the Ashford University Library and/or the Internet.

A proposal and a preliminary reference page for the final Oral History Interview paper are due in Week Two of the course, and a draft of this paper is due in Week Four. The final Oral History Interview Paper is due at the end of Week Five. Specific requirements for each of these assignments are outlined in the written assignments section of the appropriate course weeks. The final version of the paper must be submitted in Week Five and must be between six and eight pages in length (six to eight pages of text plus a title page and a reference page). This paper is designated as a *Portfolio Project*, which means you should retain a copy of the final version of the paper (after incorporating any instructor feedback) to be used in a personal portfolio you will prepare in the capstone course in your Bachelor of Arts in Communication program.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

· Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title page, reference page, etc.) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

· Must have a cover page that includes:

· Title of paper

· Student’s name

· Course name and number

· Instructor’s name

· Date submitted

· Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.

· Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

· Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.

· Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

· Must include at least six references (one may be the textbook).

· Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Viruses are typically not classified as true living organisms by biologists. Viruses have DNA or RNA and protein but are not able to replicate until they infect a host cell. Within the cell they must use the enzymes and molecular building blocks the host cell provides to replicate. Viruses cause disease in all living organisms and they are able to persist outside the cell for extended periods until they can once again infect a suitable host cell.

1. How viruses differ from true living organisms such as bacteria and fungi. They infect the same as any other pathogen that causes disease. Live and obtain the necessary nutrients they need from their hosts but still are not classified as true living organisms and why you believe this is true. Contrast the differences and similarities that viruses have with living organisms such as bacteria and fungi.

2. While we are on the subjects of “unusual” organisms, also comment on prions. How do they compare with viruses and other microbial organisms? What diseases are they thought to cause?

Don’t have to be formal, just answe those two questions directly. Thanks

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read these articles and answer the questions that follow each to complete this Case Assignment:

Abstract only Bioessays Cavicchioli et al. 2003.

Answer this question:

What does this abstract report about archaea?

Hoffman, C et al. Archaea and Fungi of the Human Gut Microbiome: Correlations with Diet and Bacterial Residents. PLOS. 2013:8:e66019.

Answer the following questions:

In the abstract of this peer-reviewed scientific study,

1. What do the authors say about the influence of diet on health? What groups of microbes does this study focus on? How were these groups characterized?

2. Which type of archaea were most abundant? Which fungal phyla were most abundant?

3. What components of diet were associated with the abundance of these microbes? Describe the relationship (negative/positive) by reviewing page 6 for more detail.

In the first paragraph of the Introduction of this study, there are four things listed that could affect the abundance of microbes at different body sites. What are they

You will be writing about an organization you currently work for or have worked for in the past and applying the background materials to your own experience. So the first step in this assignment is to choose an organization that you have worked for that you want to write about.

Think about your own experiences at this organization, and how motivated you were and what factors increased or decreased your motivation. Then write a three to four page paper covering the following issues:

1. What steps did management at your organization do to motivate workers?

2. Did management seem to apply Theory X or Theory Y for their motivation strategies? Or did they use elements of both?

3. What needs in Maslow’s hierarchy does management at your organization try to address?

Choose one of the 10 FLE content areas, and design an educational program that addresses that area. Provide a description of program, including these topics:

What FLE content area are you addressing?
Of all the needs that families and individual have, why did you choose this topic?
Why do you feel there is a need for this kind of program?
Can you point to any similar existing programs? How will yours be different or better?
Goals of the Program: what do you hope participants gain by participating?
Target audience: families, kids, teachers, siblings?
Why do you think this is the right audience?
Format: face-to-face meetings (one or more?), online, phone, booklet, blog, newsletter, video?
Why do you think this is the right format?
What topics will you cover? Why?
What kinds of people can you enlist to help you make this program stronger?
What kind of funding will you need? Who might provide that funding?
What do you think the strengths of your program will be? What will the weaknesses be?
After the program is over, how will you assess if it met its goals?

Be sure your paper is at least 1200 words, uses at least 3 academic (not internet) references, is formatted in APA style

The purpose of exercise is to develop a short questionnaire containing both close-ended survey questions and open-ended questions. Students will go through the research design process from research question, to survey construction, to analysis of survey results and theory building using a peer-reviewed article.

Requirements:

Your assignment should include

– All sections 1-9

This assignment does not have to be written in essay format. You may organize it by section, question number with question text, and then your answer.

APA formatting should be used throughout. Any time your paraphrase or directly quote a source (such as your article), in-text citations should be used. A full APA-formatted reference should be included at the beginning or end of assignment.

Disclaimer

Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.

1.Research Question (1pt)

1) Develop a clear, specific, sociological research question that will investigate the relationship between two social phenomena/behaviors/facts.

2. Conceptual and Operational Definitions (5pts)

2) Clearly identify the variables in your research question

3) Identify which variable is your independent variable, and which variable is your dependent variable.

4) Provide a conceptual definition for each variable. (i.e. similar to dictionary definition)

5) Describe what ‘type’ of variable each variable is.

6) Provide an operational definition for each variable. (i.e. how the variable is going to be measured)

3. Hypothesis (1pt)

7) Develop a hypothesis for your research question – a statement of what direction you believe the relationship between your two variables will be.

4. Questionnaire Construction (3 pts)

8) Develop 5-10 closed-ended questions (*for groups: 10-15 questions)

a. Some of these should measure basic socio-demographic characteristics (i.e. age, race/ethnicity, gender, SES)

b. The rest should be indicators for your variables

c. These should be constructed based on the ‘type’ of variable you are measuring.

9) Develop 2-5 open-ended questions for to help measure your variables (* for groups: 3-7 questions)

a. This is going to help provide some rich qualitative information and serve as a check for the internal validity of your close-ended questions

5. Sampling Design (2 pts)

10) Describe your population, sampling frame, and method

11) Describe your sample

6. Administer the Questionnaire (1 pt)

12) Have 3-5 people complete your questionnaire. (*for groups: 10 people per person)

a. This may be done face-to-face where you ask the questions, the respondent answers, and you record the information

b. This may be done via a form that people fill out (i.e. it could have been sent to some friends/family via email or handed to them in the kitchen)

c. When asking people to complete the questionnaire, you need to inform them that it is voluntary, and their identity will be kept confidential

i. Do not put a place for name on the questionnaire

6. Compile the results of your questionnaire into a table (1 pt)

13) This provides you with a simple count

14) *For groups only: consolidate data and consult with professor by Week 6 about data analysis.

The purpose of this two-step exercise is for you to conduct inductive and deductive research using qualitative methods.

Note: it is important that you conduct the observations as two distinct events during this class; ‘recalling’ past observations is not the same as purposefully observing your surroundings from a sociological perspective, and applying two different types of reasoning to one observation will not be ‘truthful’ or successful.

The purpose of this exercise if for you to observe one social setting or social artifact to begin to detect patterns in human behavior – observance of norms and potentially behaviors that deviate from the norm. This week’s exercise includes two parts. First, without any prep work, you will need to go to one public place (or conduct content analysis with your social artifact) and observe the people/artifact for 25 minutes. Social Setting: Note people’s behavior, their demeanor, their reactions/interactions to/with each other. Social artifact: from second to second (for TV), or page to page (for print), Note themes, sounds (i.. music), texture of page (i.e. ads in magazine), etc. Second, you will develop a research design with research problem, hypothesis and operational definitions for variables; then you will conduct another 25 minutes of observations.
Disclaimer
Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.

Part 1

1) Choose whether or not you will be conducting non-participant observation in a social setting, or content analysis of a social artifact

a. Social setting: this should be a public place such as a park, mall, restaurant, etc.

b. Social artifact: this may be ads in a particular magazine; one television show, a time-block of commercials, etc.

2) For your inductive approach, you will simply choose a time and location/artifact for where you are going to conduct your observations

3)

a. Social Setting: Go to the specified location and proceed with your observations.

i. You must be a keen social observer; a ‘peeping Tom’ in the sociological sense. Take handwritten (recommended) and/or mental notes of:

1. details about your chosen location (time of day, lighting, furniture, plants, sounds, temperature, smell, vibe/energy, etc)

2. the people around you, not only their behavior but general information about their sociodemographic characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, gender, SES, etc);

3. your thoughts and feelings while making observations

Social Artifact: At a specified time (i.e. when a particular show is), carefully observe your social artifact

i. Content analysis provides a sustained, systematic way to observe and measure the portrayal of that reality, as opposed to the quick, impressionistic way that we normally read consume media. Take handwritten notes of:

1. Details about the setting in the images you see (lighting, furniture, background, vibe/energy portrayed); if audio-visual (note sounds such as pitch of voice, music, etc)

2. Note details about the people portrayed, not only their behavior but general information about their sociodemographic characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, gender, SES, sexuality);

4) When you have returned from you observation, type up your notes. Review your notes for patterns in behavior, socio-demographic characteristics, etc.

5) Write-up your observations using ‘thick description’ of the location (i.e. building you were in (what is the architecture like), descriptions of people there (in terms of socio-demographic characteristics: age, race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status), sounds, smells, temperature, time of day and week, etc);

6) Analyze trends you identified in your observations/content analysis. What is a possible sociological/theoretical explanation for the trends you observed? This is best done by using sources to provide credibility to your analyses.

Part 2

7) Based on your initial observations and written analyses, develop a specific research problem/question to be further investigated (i.e. the variation in behavior of males versus females when entering a store with a glass store front)

8) Identify the key variables you are going to be investigating, and develop an operational definition for each of them (this should include at least two variables, but not more than four). Your operational definitions will help to provide parameters for how record variations in your observations.

9) Write a hypothesis for what you expect to observe in your second round of observations.

10) Repeat observations/content analysis

a. Social Setting – this should be done at the same social setting at approximately the same time of day (if you can do this one week later on the same day, it would be great!)

b. Social Artifact – this should be done at the same time (if commercial block), or with the same show, or with a different issue of the same magazine , etc.

11) When you have returned from you observation, type up your notes. Review your notes for patterns in behavior, socio-demographic characteristics, etc. and how they corresponded with your expectations/hypothesis

12) Describe observations using ‘thick description’ of the location (i.e. building you were in (what is the architecture like), descriptions of people there (in terms of socio-demographic characteristics: age, race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status), sounds, smells, temperature, time of day and week, etc);

13) Analyze your observations in terms of how they supported/did not support your hypothesis.

14) What is a possible sociological/theoretical explanation for the trends you observed? This is best done by using sources to provide credibility to your analyses.

15) Discuss the differences between your inductive observations and your deductive observations. How did the way you were observing change? How did what you observed change?

16) Briefly describe your thoughts/feelings in the two steps. Did you prefer one approach to the other? Why/why not