Analyze how at least 1 of the major themes of development (Health and Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture, or Gender) influences the developmental physical, cognitive and psychosocial outcomes related to childhood obesity.

PSY 104 Child and Adolescent Development/week 4 discussion 1 and 2

discussion 1
Child and Adolescent Safety Statistics

Ashford University Discussion

Prior to completing this discussion, please read Modules 5 and 6 in the textbook and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. You may be interested in viewing the interactive infographic within Module 6 to learn more about specific safety statistics.

For this post, you will analyze the major themes of Health and Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture and Gender as factors influencing the domain of physical development, specifically safety.  Think about and comment on how child and adolescent safety regulations have changed over the past few decades.  Provide examples of new safety guidelines that did not exist either when you were growing up, or when your parents were growing up. Then, look through the recommended resources for Week 3 and/or other scholarly articles from the Ashford University Library website and find and report on 3 statistics specifically related to child and adolescent safety from this current decade (2010-present) within each of the 3 stages of infancy/toddlerhood, childhood, and adolescence. In other words, you will have 1 unique statistic for each of the 3 stages. Throughout your post, demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the children’s developmental continuum, from conception, by addressing unique safety standards. See the example below:

One statistic found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website states that, “Child safety seats reduce the risk of death in passenger cars by 71% for infants, and by 54% for toddlers ages 1 to 4 years.” (Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention, 2013).

Reference:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Injury prevention and control: Motor vehicle safety. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/MotorVehicleSafety/Child_Passenger_Safety/CPS-Factsheet.html.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers.  In your responses, consider how these safety statistics have changed over time and address how this may have impacted survival rates in our parents’ or grandparents’ generations.  Then, provide a different statistic than the one they found regarding the specific safety regulation addressed or address another change we’ve seen that neither your classmates nor you identified in your original post.

Discussion 2

Childhood Obesity Brochure

Ashford University Discussion

Prior to completing this discussion, please read Module 6 in the textbook and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. Specifically, you can review the interactive media tool illustrating obesity causes and prevention from an ecological perspective in Module 6.In this discussion, you will utilize this template to create a brochure (or create your own) which addresses the issue of childhood obesity in order to share your continued learning in child development with others.

You will need to be sure to incorporate all of the information in a succinct and straightforward manner while remaining encouraging and positive as you share your expertise with others.  Incorporate 3-5 visually appealing images, statistics, or graphs/charts into your brochure to capture the attention of your intended audience.

Your brochure must include the following:

  • Analyze how at least 1 of the major themes of development (Health and Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture, or Gender) influences the developmental physical, cognitive and psychosocial outcomes related to childhood obesity.
  • Address the role of parents and schools in creating this problem.  Also, include any other people/entities whom you feel deserve a portion of the blame and why.
  • Utilize problem-solving techniques in exploring developmental issues, grounded in child development, in order to explain two practical ways in which we can incorporate change to improve the health of children and families.
  • It is important to be able to explain the role of society and community agencies in assisting families in developing the optimum learning and pro-social behavior of children.
  • Be cognizant of the issues faced by single-parents, working parents, parents who are overweight/obese themselves, and those with other physical restrictions.
  • Provide two resources (one local and one web-based) for those seeking information on health and wellness.

Along with the attachment to your brochure, your discussion post should include references in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center for any information and resources included in the brochure.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers. In your responses, identify at least two positive content-focused aspects of the brochure which you noticed while you were viewing it. Offer at least one positive comment about the visual presentation of the brochure that you felt made it impactful. Finally, offer one suggestion regarding something which might be changed in the brochure to make it even more effective. In your responses to their suggestions you may either acknowledge and propose how you might incorporate the suggested change, or respectfully defend your original brochure and offer an explanation for why you created it as you did.

 

 

 

How does this organization/agency contribute to quality of care and patient safety?

Quality Oversight in Health Care Organizations

Quality Oversight in Health Care Organizations

Quality of care and patient safety has become a driving force in the delivery of health care in the twenty-first century. Your paper should address the following:

  • Explain the role of quality oversight in health care organizations and elaborate on how non-clinical personnel contribute to the process.
  • Identify and describe three stakeholder organizations or agencies that contribute to quality oversight within health care organizations in a substantial way. Include at least one government and one non-government organization/agency that focuses on quality of care within the health care field.
  • Answer the following questions for each organization/agency:

    a. How does this organization/agency contribute to quality of care and patient safety?

    b. What specific types of oversight does this organization/agency provide?

    c. What are some of the repercussions that a health care organization could face for violating the standards of the organization/agency?

  • Compare and contrast the three organizations/agencies.
  • Who are some of the other stakeholders involved in promoting quality of care in health care and what role do they play?
  • Given the vast amount of mandatory regulations imposed upon the health care industry, explain why a health care organization might subject itself to participate in voluntary accreditation activities.

Your Paper:

 

  • Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (excluding 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 information:

    a. Title of paper

    b. Student’s name

    c. Course name and number

    d. Instructor’s name

    e. Date submitted

  • Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  • Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  • Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms the thesis.
  • Must use at least three scholarly sources; one source must be obtained at the Ashford library. Sources must be cited according to APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a reference page.

What decision analysis tool would help Stephanie with the HVAC decision?

Using Excel and the data provided in the case, work in your teams to assist Stephanie in choosing a project.  Use the following questions:

  • What decision analysis tool would help Stephanie  with the HVAC decision? What kind of information aqnd asumption will she need for this decision?
  • What additional information would help with the analysis?
  • What should Stephanie suggest as the best tree option and as the best tile replacement option?
  • With the options available to her, which projects should Stephanie pursue in what order and for what reasons?
  • How should Stephanie present her analysis to managers so that she can gain stakeholder buy in?
  • Is this a profit generating or cost reduction opportunity for Stephanie and HealthCare? Ist there evidence of CSR playing an important role in either cost reduction or profit improvement for businesses since 2000?
Answer

Stone argues that control of sexuality and fertility/reproduction are crucial for understanding family and gender across cultures. is this also true for American society?

essay questions

1. take one of the following issues( marriage, divorce, dating,social class, gender roles/ethnicity, and sexual orientation) and discuss it in terms of how it was discussed in the readings for this course(especially in Skolnike reading) and then it discuss in terms of one of the following theories: Gidden’s “pure relationship”; Skolnick’s triple revolution; Giele’s views of “family decline.” you may choose the same or different theories for each issue.

 

 

2. Stone argues that control of sexuality and fertility/reproduction are curcial for understanding family and gender across cultures. is this also true for american society? be sure to include a discussion of NRTs and changing role of men and women in american society. use specific example from readings.

Answer

Explain at least five non-financial items (e.g., culture, language, etc.), which may impact the perceived desirability of each location.

A Letter to the Board of Directors

Application: A Letter to the Board of Directors

Decisions involving capital expenditures often require managers to weight the costs and benefits of different options related to the same goal or project. For instance, deciding whether to replace, repair, or do nothing to existing equipment is a capital expenditure decision that involves calculations, projections, and deliberations. Managers must be able to quantitatively analyze different options for capital expenditures to make the best decisions for their organization.

For this Assignment, review the information in the scenario presented. You will utilize the information in this week’s resources and media to make a recommendation in regard to a capital expenditure.

Garrison Appliances, Inc.

Garrison Appliances, Inc. is considering expanding its international presence. It sells 25% of all the toaster ovens sold in the United States but only 3% of the toaster ovens sold outside of the United States. The organization believes that it can sell more of its product if it has a production facility located overseas. Estimates concerning two possible locations, Mumbai and Bangalore, India follow:

Possible Location

Mumbai

Bangalore

Initial cash outlay

$5,000,000

$2,800,000

Useful life

20 years

20 years

Net cash inflows excluding depreciation

$1,100,000

$860,000

The cost of capital

9%

9%

Tax rate

40%

40%

The Assignment:

  • Part 1: Prepare a spreadsheet using Excel or a similar program in which you compute the following for each proposed location:
    • Accounting rate of return on investment
    • Payback
    • Net present value
    • Internal rate of return

Note: Be sure to view the media for this week before starting this Assignment.

  • Part 2:Utilizing Word or another word processing software program, prepare a written report for the Board of Directors. The intended audience is clear from the salutation and the language used throughout the report.
    • Include a detailed and thorough explanation of the conclusion you reached regarding the feasibility of each proposal supported by the calculations prepared in Part 1.
    • Explain at least five non-financial items (e.g., culture, language, etc.), which may impact the perceived desirability of each location.
    • Select the one location you recommend the Board invest in. Explain your rationale in precise and detailed language.

Submit your Application (both your Excel and Word files) by Day 7.

To submit your Assignment, do the following:

  • Save Part 1 of your Assignment as a “.xls” file with the filename “WK3AssgnP1+last name+first initial.xls”. Sally Ride’s filename would be “WK3AssgnP1RideS.xls”.
  • Save Part 2 of your Assignment as a ”.doc” file with the filename “WK3AssgnP2+last name+first initial.doc”. Sally Ride’s filename would be “WK3AssgnP2RideS.doc”.
  • To upload Part 1 of your Assignment, click on Assignments on the course navigation menu, and then click the Assignment Part 1 – Week 3 link.
  • General Guidance on Application Length:

Your Application, due by Day 7, will typically be 4–6 paragraphs in length as a general expectation/estimate for each bullet point. Refer to the rubric for the Week 3 Application for grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use the rubric to assess your work.

Attachments:

Identify the relative local, regional, national, or global policies addressing your issue.

powerpoint 5

 

 

 4-5 Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes. Include the following:

 

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines. About Climate Change

  • Identify the relative local, regional, national, or global policies addressing your issue.
  • Describe how the policies intend to address the issue.
  • For Online and Directed Study students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with notes.

What status were you occupying and what were you learning to occupy?

socialization and agents of socialization

  1. Briefly discuss how any two Agents of Socialization have influenced your life.
  2. Explain one instance where you experienced anticipatory socialization.  Provide examples.  When you were experiencing socialization, what status were you occupying and what were you learning to occupy?

two agents of socialization that i would say influenced me is family and school.  family because i come from a large close nit family.  And school because thats were i gained my education and where i really learned to be social.

 

i would say i experienced anticipatory socialization when i decided too and became a cop as a black male.

 

I hop the little information given helps and you can elaborate on it.    Please read instructions carefully.  this has to be at least 275 word count, no more than 300 and APA format

What hints or cautions would you give the writer as he or she develops the topic?

Diss1

The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Every student is expected to create an original response to the open-ended DB question as well as engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the week. At the end of each unit, DB participation will be assessed based on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion.

At a minimum, each student will be expected to post an original and thoughtful response to the DB question and contribute to the weekly dialogue by responding to at least two other posts from students. The first contribution must be posted before midnight (Central Time) on Wednesday of each week. Two additional responses are required after Wednesday of each week. Students are highly encouraged to engage on the Discussion Board early and often, as that is the primary way the university tracks class attendance and participation.

If you are planning to use a repurposed or reused assignment, please let your instructor know about it. If an instructor is not made aware of work being repurposed or reused, an instructor will treat the assignment as a plagiarized task and may post an F grade until proof of originality is provided. Click here for more information.

The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow students to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the DB question. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB will be accepted after the end of each unit.

Complete the following for this assignment:

  • Choose a topic for your argument or persuasive essay from the list provided in the Individual Project instructions.
  • Post your thesis and outline to the Discussion Board. Follow the model provided in the Individual Project instructions.
  • Post at least two follow-up responses to classmates. Each response should contain answers to the following questions:
    • Write down what you consider to be the essay’s thesis and respond to it.
      • Do you agree or disagree?
      • What experiences have you had that are related to the topic?
      • What hints or cautions would you give the writer as he or she develops the topic?
    • List the author’s three main points and describe how each is or is not related to the thesis.
    • Make at least 1 suggestion to improve the student’s outline.

Click here if you need to watch a tutorial on submitting Discussion Boards.

Grading Rubric:

 

Content Thesis statement is in response to assigned or self-selected topic (with teacher approval). Thesis statement is a single sentence that contains the topic and the writer’s position on that topic. Three topic sentences provide relevant main points in support of thesis. 40%
Critical Thinking Outline goes beyond statements of fact or generalities to assert a unique point of view on the topic. 30%
Presentation Posts adhere to college-level standards of effective written communication skills, including correct grammar, spelling and mechanics. 10%
Interactivity Actively participates throughout the week and provides substantive responses to at least 2 classmate posts following instructions provided.

How much slower would a binary search be on 1024 items than on 16 items?

Data Structure in C programing using eclipse

Lab Assignment 1 – cs411/511

Goals:    Review understanding and the ability to use arrays.

 

Part 1  Use pseudo code to describe your add, remove, find, and display options.

Part 2     Answer the following questions

1.      What are the inefficiencies associated with using an unordered array if duplicates are not allowed?

  1. What are the advantages of using an ordered array?
  2. When would using an unordered array be preferred over using an ordered array?
  3. Define Big-Oh notation. Explain how z and c in the definition relate to the evaluation of algorithm efficiency.
  4. Why does computer science often describe algorithms in terms of lginstead of ln?
  5. How do you convert ln(x) to lg(x)?
  6. Give an example of algorithm with Big-Oh values of: N2, N lgN, 1, and N.
  7. Why is Big-Oh 2represent an algorithm called intractable?

9.      How much slower would a linear search be on 1024 items than 16 items?

  1. How much slower would a binary search be on 1024 items than on 16 items?

 

Instructions

  1. For all our labs, use the Eclipse IDE. On your own computer, you will need to install MinGW.You will also need to download and install the C development toolkit (CDT). There are many tutorials on the Web to step you through this process. Eclipse is a popular IDE for C development; it includes a good interactive debugger and project control
  2. Write a C program that will maintain a list of employees using either ordered or unordered arrays.  Each employee in the list should store an identifier number (integer), a name (String – char array), and a salary (Double). Allow operations to add, remove, display single, display list, reset the list, create ainitial list with randomly populated items, help, and exit.
  3. You can choose either an unordered list or an ordered list for your implementation. If you choose an unordered list, sort it before display. For an ordered list, use a binary search instead of a linear search.
  4. You don’t need to implement a GUI for this project. Just create a menu of selections as listed below:

Employee Maintenance

1) Add Employee

2) Remove Employee

3) Display Employee

4) Display Employee List

5) Reset List

6) Create Initial List

7) Sort

8) Help

9) Quit

Please Select:

Note: The sort option is unnecessary if you implement an ordered list.

  1. To add an employee, randomly pick an integer employee number that must be unique. The C function rand(can be used. A list of available employee numbers must also be maintained. Initially, this list can be filled with a sequential list of integers. To add a new employee, randomly pick one of these integers and replace its entry in the list with the final entry. Ask the user for an Employee name and salary. Keep track of the number of item numbers that are available using an integer counter.
  2. When you remove an employee, the employee number should be returned to the free list.
  3. Make sure to validate that the salary is within a reasonable range. You can use the C scanffunction. Recall that scanf(“%s*”) is needed to clear the input buffer after an error. Always output appropriate error messages when the user types in something illegal. Robust programs should never crash.
  4. My implementation contained three files; one for the main program (lab1.c), one for the list of employees (EmployeeList.c), and one for maintaining each employee (Employee.c). I also created a header file (empstructs.h), which contained a structure for the employee items and various symbolic constants (see below).

    #ifndefEMPSTRUCTS_H_

    #define EMPSTRUCTS_H_

    #include <string.h>

    #include <stdio.h>

    #include <stdlib.h>

    #include <time.h>

    #define MAX_EMPLOYEES 100

    #define EMP_SIZE 30

    #define LINE 80

    #define OPTIONS 9

    #ifndef NULL

    #define NULL   ((void *) 0)

    #endif

    #define FALSE 0;

    #define TRUE 1;

    typedef struct

    {

    int id;

    char name[EMP_SIZE];

    double salary;

    } EMPLOYEE;

    typedef struct

    {

    int freeCount;

    int employeeIndex;

    int numEntries;

    int  freeList[MAX_EMPLOYEES];

    EMPLOYEE *employees[MAX_EMPLOYEES];

    } EMPLOYEE_LIST;

    /* Declared in Employee.c */

    void destroyEmployee(EMPLOYEE**);

    EMPLOYEE* createEmployee(char*, double, int);

    char* employeeToString(EMPLOYEE*, char*);

    /* Declared in EmployeeList.c */

    void initializeEmployeeList(EMPLOYEE_LIST*);

    EMPLOYEE* insert(EMPLOYEE_LIST*, char*, double);

    void sort(EMPLOYEE_LIST*);

    int delete(EMPLOYEE_LIST*, int);

    void deleteAll(EMPLOYEE_LIST*);

    EMPLOYEE* find(EMPLOYEE_LIST*, int);

    int traverse(EMPLOYEE_LIST*, void (*)(EMPLOYEE*, char*));

    #endif /* EMPSTRUCTS_H_ */

 

  1. When you create a new employee, use the malloccommand to allocate the appropriate amount of memory. sizeof(EMPLOYEE), assuming your employee structure is called EMPLOYEE, returns the number of bytes needed for the malloc command. When you remove an employee, or if you are resetting the employee list, make sure to call C’s freefunction when getting rid of employees. C does not include garbage collection, so failing to do this leads to memory leaks.

 

  1. The Create option will use a ‘for’ loop to automatically add items to the employee list. Random non-duplicate item number values are required (as we described above). Use any algorithm that you choose to generate different values for the names and salaries; duplicate field values are ok. A simple way to choose employee names is to declare an array of possible names. The following statement can then be used to randomly choose a description:

    name = names[(int)(Math.Rand()%namesSize)];

    For the salary field, (int)(Math.Rand()%RANGE) + MINSALARY can be used to guarantee that a valid dollar and cents value is used.

  2. The help command redisplays the menu. Otherwise, it should only display once when the program starts.

 

Other Hints

  1. The C puts and printffunctions are quite useful for output. However, make sure to follow the output with a call to fflush(stdout). Otherwise, nothing shows until the output is long enough.
  2. Eclipse provides lots of warning messages, thatcan save debugging time, but sometimes can cause difficulty in getting rid of the warnings and messages. Your final project should be free of all warnings. Sometimes, you will need to rebuild the project, or clean it, for errors to disappear.
  3. To copy a substring, use strcpy, but be sure to add a null at the end (‘\0’) of the string. To truncate a string, simply store the null character at the appropriate index.
  4. Recall that C uses NULL, not the nullof Java.
  5. To use scanfto limit the size of an input string to 30 characters, use the template “%30s”.
  6. Standard C does not allow declaring variables in a loop. So for(count=0; count<max; count++), the integer countmust be declared outside the loop.
  7. Remember that C has no classes, no exceptions, and no function overloading.
  8. C often lets you do things that crash the program when it runs; so be careful.

Extra Analysis 

Do this part if this to be your longer project or if you are a graduate student.

 

Implement the insert, sort, and remove code for both an ordered and unordered list of employees.  Using loops, automatically insert a list of employees with random names and time how long it takes. For the unordered array, after the insert, sort the list and time how long that takes. Finally remove all of the elements, one by one, and time how long that operation takes. Make sure that you use a binary search when inserting into the ordered array. Write a one to two page paper comparing the efficiencies of using ordered versus using unordered arrays.

 

Note: When comparing algorithms, normally large data set sizes are needed. Also, picking array sizes that vary exponentially is useful to capture the attributes of the algorithms. For example, picking array sizes as 100000, 200000, 400000, 800000, etc. would be appropriate (Assuming that C allows array sizes that large). You can use the C clock() for timing purposes, including <time.h>. The following is a sample snippet to demonstrate how this works.

clock_t start = clock();

/* do some cool stuff here */

clock_t end = clock();

double time = 1.0*(end – start)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;

printf(“The algorithm took %lf time\n”, time);

fflush(stdout);

 

 

Discuss the available computerized tools that will help you in the application of the different estimating techniques.

Total Cost of Ownership & Cost Estimation Tools

1.) Explain what total cost of ownership means to you. Illustrate in practical terms how decisions made in the planning and execution of a project can impact the cost of maintaining the product.

 

Software or computerized tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, and other simulation or statistical tools are often used to assist with cost estimating. These computerized tools simplify and automate the use of different cost estimate techniques and also facilitate faster calculation.

 

2.) List and differentiate common estimating techniques. Analyze each one to determine how to select and use one that is most appropriate for your project. Discuss the available computerized tools that will help you in the application of the different estimating techniques.

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