CSUF Business Determining Whether Something Is Right or Not Essay

You will need to pick a topic that has both legal and ethical components.  In the past, students have picked such topic as collegiate athletes being paid for endorsements, football players and the issue of head injuries/trauma, gun violence, police wearing cameras, and sexual assault on college campuses.  In the era of corona virus, the legal and ethical implications for business would also be an interesting topic. I would recommend that you go online and find a current topic that has both legal/ethical components to it.  Do not choose a topic that is outdated or one where the legal/ethical issues have been resolved.You will need to discuss 4 of your core values in the paper.  Core values are usually adjectives that describe you.  For example:  honesty, integrity, and faithfulness.  You will need to identify your core values and tell me how you live those values today and how you intend to live those values in the future.  Use examples from your life.  You will also need to include what it means to you to be an ethical person and how you create an ethical environment in your own life.  If you need more information on this section of the paper, you can go to my Ethics Powerpoint lecture online.  You will then need to have a section of the paper that deals with the legal/ethical topic you chose.  This portion of the paper should include a summary of the facts from the topic you chose.  You will need to identify the key legal and ethical issues.  You must then apply the Ethics Decision Model to your legal/ethical issues.  You can find the Ethics Decision Model in the Ethics Powerpoint lecture online.  You then need to identify action steps you would take to resolve the legal/ethical issue you have picked.

Nursing Shortage Discussion

respond to the discussion below add citations and references:A current problem in nursing is the shortage of nurses available to fill open positions needed to care for patients. The nursing shortage is a problem in Florida as there are not enough nurses to completely staff healthcare facilities, which then creates issues with covering open shifts with the available nursing staff as the nursing staff is already working longer hours and short staffed regularly, and can result in patient care not being as effective or efficient. Any time a nurse calls off, the charge nurse will call around to find another nurse who is willing to work on their day off. The benefits of a research study on the nursing shortage could help find ways to possibly increase people’s interests in a nursing career, and ways to help retain nurses at facilities and provide better care for patients at the facilities.A study conducted by Cambridge University on healthcare staffing showed having decreased numbers of nurses had the potential to cause harm. It increased the risk for patients and increased cost to the facilities from the infection data gathered. The cost to the facilities for healthcare acquired infections was higher than the cost to hire more healthcare staff, which would reduce the healthcare acquired infections (Sapatkin, 2012). Although the issue of “inappropriate staffing” has been a topic of discussion for many facilities that employ nurses, it continues to be an issue that creates a negative impact on patient care and predisposes the nurse to making medical errors (ANA, 2016). Another problem nurses encounter with overworked, understaffed nurses due to feeling rushed are back injuries from not using appropriate body mechanics and ergonomics, needle pokes, and getting sick.Urinary Tract Infections have occurred from nurses holding in their urine for long periods of time. Nurses are drawn away from bedside nursing due to the stress of being understaffed. Due to this continued problem, this issue, although studied many times already, should continue to be evaluated and studied. The study shows that having the appropriate amount of staff at healthcare facilities is beneficial to not only to the patient, but the facility also. To build upon this and complete other similar research could improve healthcare staffing in facilities in areas, such as Florida, where there are not enough nurses available to fill open positions.ReferenceSapatkin, D. (2012). Penn study examines link between nurse burnout care Retrieved from Infection-control-center-for-health-outcomesANA. (2016). Top Issues for Staff Nurses. Retrieved from American Nurses Association:

UM Philosophy ?The Shamanism State of Consciousness Questions

I don’t understand this Philosophy question and need help to study.     Shamanism is probably the oldest healing systems and/or religions among human beings.  Shamanism spread with humans after the exit from Africa, probably about 50,000 years ago.  Some of the earliest evidence is from Central and Western Europe.  The Lascaux cave paintings in France depict a bipedal individual with human arms and hands, but a Caribou head, face and antlers, dancing in front of a fire. When going into a trance, or trance-like state, shamans dance with a rhythmic drumming or bell ringing to bring on what Harner calls the SSC, or Shamanistic State of Consciousness. Not all cultures are shamanistic, but at least one shamanistic culture is known on every continent except Antarctica. In Asia, Europe and North America, the majority of Shamans are female, while in South America there are more male shamans.     In contrast to the SSC, those of us who are just everyday people in the everyday world are said to be in the OSC or the Ordinary State of Consciousness. To enter the SSC trance or trance-like state, is referred to as a “little death.” The theory behind shamanism is that disease states are caused by one of two things: either something is in the patient (called “spirit darts”) that should not be there; or there is something missing from the patient that should be there (called “soul loss”).        Spirit darts are shot into the patient by a sorcerer or an evil shaman.  In the SSC trance, the shaman is able to locate the spirit dart (s) inside the patient.  They report that, in the SSC, they can actually see inside the patient with, essentially, X-ray vision. However, the spirit dart doesn’t look like a dart, but rather, the inside of the patient is filled with swirling, multicolored plants and animals that are ecologically correct to the environment in which the society is located. So, the Jivaro from the Amazon Basin, will see tropical butterflies, parrots, snakes, plants, etc.  The Chuckchee, or the Inuit, from the Circumpolar region, on the other hand, will see Orcas, Caribou, or perhaps an Arctic Tern.    No matter what the intrusion looks like, however, it is always removed by sucking it out of the patient, either directly by mouth, or using some sort of cylindrical tube.  Very elaborately carved stone or bone sucking tubes, a found on archaeological sites as early as 10,000- 15,000 BCE.  These are clearly not for smoking, because there is no evidence of burning or charring. To the patient, and the onlookers (friends, family) in the OSC, however, the intrusion looks like a small sliver of bone or metal, or a splinter of wood, or a shard of glass embedded in a bloody mass. This is then presented to the onlookers as proof of the shaman’s success.    The other possibility for illness is soul loss.  This is a much more serious  case, however, than merely removing a spirit dart intrusion, and it will cost a substantially higher payment to the shaman.  This is because, in cases of soul loss, the shaman has to release her soul from her body, and have it go out into the spirit world to search for the lost soul.  The theory here, is that the sorcerer or evil shaman comes to the patient, and “coaxes” the soul to leave the body.     Once the shaman’s soul is out into the spirit world, there are three possible outcomes.  The first, and best outcome, is that she will find the missing soul, and it will come back willingly to the patient.  The second possible outcome is, that either the shaman’s soul can’t recognize the patient’s soul out there, or that the patient’s soul refuses to come back with the patient’s soul, but in any case, the shamans soul still returns safely to her, albeit empty handed. The third, and most dreadful outcome, is that the shaman’s soul gets lost herself in the spirit world, and is unable to find her way back. There are documented cases where this has happened, and the shaman simply dies right there where she is lying. In these cases, the “little  death” becomes the big death. 1) Foreign intrusions in the patient’s body appear to the Shaman, in the SSC, as glowing multi-colored insects, animals, or plants. For the Arctic Inuit, these may be Killer Whales, or Caribou. For the tropical Jivaro of the Amazon Basin, they will look like Monkeys or Parrots. Why is this?2) Once located within the patient, how can the Shaman remove the intrusive material?3) What are the dangers in cases of soul loss, where the Shaman must release her soul into the Spirit World, to search for the patient’s missing soul?  

BUS 401 Business Financial Management Discussion Responses

respond:(victoria) The Concepts in Action video I watched this week was about a married couple and their bagel store, Finagle-a-Bagel. They explained how they were comfortable to take on necessary debt, instead of going with a venture capital partner, in order to allow the cash flow to come in and take care of any debt. Additionally, they emphasize how important it is to establish terms to get paid and to have people sign off on things. Trust also explains how companies uses their credit in their ongoing operations, like trade credits.I think that for a small business, free money is the payment that is not yet paid by the small business for a period of time; therefore, the small business can invest the money for things such as working capital. I cannot recall a situation in my personal financial life where I used free money for a while; but, an example is when you want to buy a car that costs $15,000 dollars, you can take out a loan for that amount and get the car. You don’t have to pay the loan in full all at once, you pay a little at a time each month for a set time frame; therefore, the loan is like free money for a while.respond:(michelle) In this week’s Concepts in Action video we are introduced to XL Hybrids and it’s founder and president Mr. Todd Hinz. It’s a leading company in electric power train development, which makes electric batteries for large fleets of vehicles for companies like Coca-Cola and Fedex. He saw a need in a market that could saves these companies tens of thousands of dollars switching to electric. He goes into detail about how he had to raise money to develop the product and needs investors to help keep the company moving forward.The term “free money” is used in the video. This does not mean the money is actually free though. Companies have lines of credits and debits, which they use to purchase things when they don’t exactly have the money. Like in the video, they talk about how they have to pay suppliers before they get paid from their customers. So they use their line of credit with the supplier to pay them, even though they technically don’t have the money. “In capital budgeting we focus on estimating the cash flows we expect an individual project to produce in the future, which we refer to as incremental after-tax free cash flows” (Parrino, 2014).The best personal example I can think of is using a credit card. There is a limit on how much can be spent in the pay period, and down the line it ust be paid back. But for a short period of time, I have buying power that I not typically have.respond:(tyler) Having access to a credit line can be a beneficial safety net to a company with unforeseen near future expenses. With a credit line a company has access to a predetermined amount set by the bank either by a verbal agreement or what is know as revolving credit. With a verbal agreement a company can take a credit line for 3 years up to a certain amount. This means they are not obligated to borrow the complete amount but that they have access to that amount over a 3 year span. With a credit line like this can come stipulations, the obvious being interest, but there are other stipulations such as compensating balances. A compensating balance is an amount of money the bank is forcing you to keep. If the loan amount is $100,000 and they want a 10% compensating balance than the actual loan amount is $90,000. This also essentially drives up the interest rate, due to the fact that you are still paying interest on the total loan amount.           Revolving credit is a credit line that a bank is contractually obligated to pay. A company agrees to a credit line of say, $100,000. They must pay x amount of interest on that money, as well as an additional fee for unused funds at the end of the year. This can also drive up the perceived interest rate on the loan.  Credit lines are a great tool for companies looking for quick access to funds. With this quick on-demand access to money comes some additional fees for convenience. respond:(warren)  Short-term financing utilizes short-term debt, such as a bank loan, in order to fund seasonal working capital, along with some permanent working capital and fixed assets (Parrino, 2015). Many times, short-term capital is typically cheaper than long-term capital, simply because yield curves are typically upward sloping (Parrion, 2015). While there are some advantages to short-term financing, it is important that it is used in an effective manner.         While short-term financing can be very beneficial to a business owner when funding short-term assets, it can cause many issues when used to fund long-term assets. Although short-term loans can be used to fund long-term assets, they must be renegotiated at the end of each loan term. If interest rates are to change throughout this time, the business owner may end up spending more money on a new short-term loan. If they had invested in a long-term loan, it most likely wouldn’t be subject to interest rate changes, as where short-term loans must be negotiated differently at the end of each period. It is very important to evaluate whether or not a short-term loan will cover the entirety of a certain investment. If the loan will have to be renegotiated, one should entertain the idea of a long-term loan instead. 

Tropicália Movement A Political and Cultural Revolution in Brazilian Music Essay

 You previously sent me the paper for “Essay Question about Portuguese Music” a month ago and now I have another paper just expanding on that one. I attached the original one as well. The instructions are below:1. Pick the topic of ONE of your previous response papers. You wrote two response papers thus far; you can choose which one you would like to work on again. 2. Conduct further research on the topic you addressed, by looking up further sources on the theme, namely scholarly articles or books. Note that blog posts, or Wikipedia entries are not typically peer-reviewed scholarly items, though they may refer you to actual publications of the sort, which you can consult. 3. Write a RESEARCH paper on the same topic, discussing it with not only the insights that you have gathered thus far, but also with the knowledge that emanates from your further research on the topic. Your personal insights on the theme will guide your main perspective, whereas those insights provided by the further research will complement your knowledge and main points.4.1. You are allowed to use any and all sections of the response papers you have written before: single sentences, paragraphs, full pages. For the sake of ease of work, consider whether trying to use the same essay and littering it with scattered quotations gleaned from articles will be effective, or if you are better off creating a new layout and writing anew. In any case, you should see your response paper 1 or 2 as en early draft of the main ideas conveyed, which you may follow more closely or change more substantially. 4.2. Make sure to check all of the professor’s comments and/or corrections in the response papers you choose to use as a starting point. All students will gain a number of points by addressing issues your professor corrected, using Turnitin.4.3. You can certainly make new connections to other music you have not addressed in the response paper 1 or 2, including genres or musicians discussed since.   this was the prompt topic:”The post-coup 1960s was a period of crisis for progressive forces in Brazil that provoked a critical rethinking of nationally defined cultural imperatives that were articulated in several fields of artistic production, particularly in popular music. In 1967-1968 two young singer-songwriters from Bahia, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, led an ephemeral, but high-impact movement known as Tropicália that appropriated local and foreign musical styles and relativized prevailing notions of authenticity in popular musicChristopher Dunn. “Tropicália, Counterculture and the Diasporic Imagination in Brazil.” Brazilian Popular Music & Globalization. Eds. Charles A. Perrone and Christopher Dunn. New York: Routledge, 2002: 84. Print. book is attached 

FIU Labor and Equipment in Civil Engineering System Questions

Problem 1  For a certain civil engineering system, we have two types of  resources: Labor, and equipment We refer to these resources by the index  j. Likewise each resource can be assigned to two types of  activities: Maintenance and operations. We refer to these activities by  the index i. Furthermore, the variables xij represent the amount of hours used by the resource j (labor/equipment) performing activity i (maintenance/ operations).Maintenance.   Maintaining the system involves the use of equipment and labor.The part of the labor that goes into maintenance has a cost of  $2/hour; and the part of equipment use that goes into maintenance has a  cost of $4/hour. The total labor and equipment costs for maintenance should not exceed the maximum maintenance budget of $21 millionOperations.      Operating the system involves the use of equipment and labor.The part of labor that goes into operations has a cost of $5/hour;  and the part of equipment use that goes into operations has a cost of  $3/hour. The total labor and equipment costs for operations should not exceed and maximum operations budget of $18 millionFrom past records of similar systems, it has been found that the performance of the system, Z,  depends on the amount of effort put in maintenance and operations.  Specifically, each hour of labor represents $3 million of profit for the  company and each hour of equipment represents $2 million of profit for  the company (it does not matter whether these hours where used for  maintenance or operation). As a manager in the agency, you seek to  maximize Z under the given budgetary constraints.Write the complete optimizations problem mathematically (the objective function and all constraints).Problem 2 For construction of a civil engineering facility, a contractor has  found natural reserves of sand and gravel at Bloomingdale and Valley  Springs where he may purchase such material. The unit cost including  delivery from Bloomingdale and Valley Springs is $5 and $7,  respectively. After the material is brought to the site it is mixed  thoroughly and uniformly, and contract specification state that the mix  should contain a minimum of 30% sand.A total volume of 100,000 m3 of mixed material is needed  for the project. The Bloomingdale Pit contains 25% sand and the Valley  Springs Pit contains 50% sand.As the new young construction engineer on the project, you are asked  to determine how much material should be taken from each pit in order to  minimize the cost of material.

PSY 355 SNHU Psychological Assessment Observation Method Essay

In Milestone One, you chose a case history and a method of analysis. In Milestone Two, you begin to examine data. Submit a draft of the final project’s Observation and Benefits and Limitations sections. In this milestone, you begin to analyze the data in your client’s case history’s dossier. You will be addressing how the client’s behaviors and test conditions impacted the test results. You will also closely examine the different tests used to determine the benefits and limitations of each. Finally, you will consider whether or not the assessments were conducted ethically. All of your observations and insights will need to be supported with current research and accepted professional practices.In Milestone One, you chose a case history and described how you would be analyzing the case. In this milestone, you begin to analyze the data in your client’s case history. You will be addressing how the client’s behaviors and test conditions impacted the test results. You will also closely examine the different tests used to determine the benefits and limitations of each. Finally, you will consider whether or not the assessments were conducted ethically. All of your observations and insights will need to be supported with current research and accepted professional practices. Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed: II. Observationa) Using the field notes provided and, referring to the specific testing instruments and methods used, describe the pertinent client behaviors and test conditions relevant to test outcomes and conclusions. What is the setting for the observation? Was it a natural or contrived situation? Was the subject aware of the observation (Hawthorne effect)? How did the observed behaviors relate to the referral question? b) How did the subject respond to testing? What was his or her level of comfort, effort, emotional state, and so on? Using other research, justify how the subject’s behavior could have been impacted by the test conditions. III. Benefits and Limitations a) Provide a rationale for the test selection used, a brief description of the tests used, and the obtained scores.b) For each test performed in the case history, assess the different approaches used by examining the benefits and limitations of each test performed.c) Relate the tests performed to the APA Ethical Code; did each test follow ethical guidelines? Justify your viewpoint by using current research and theory.

A Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay

1.  Personal ReflectionDescribe your general experience visiting the Museum of Art as though you are writing in a personal journal. Include details of your experience such as what you did, what you saw, how you felt.Which entrance did you use, describe what you saw when you first entered the museum.  What part of the museum did you go to first?  What different types of art did you see?  What was your general impression of the whole museum? 2.  Analysis of Artwork in Formal Terms. Select two artworks, one two-dimensional AND one three-dimensional (40 points). Photograph each artwork – For this assignment you will select two artworks from museum’s collection or the exhibition you visited. One artwork must be two dimensional, while the second one must be three-dimensional. Analyze each work by identifying the following information:Formal and stylistic analysis: For each artwork provide the artist name, title of the artwork, date, media, size (height always precedes length. If the work is three-dimensional, add depth). Is the work representational? (Does the work clearly depict objects or people as we would recognize them in the world around us)? Alternatively, is its subject matter completely unrecognizable (is it non-objective)? To what degree has the artist simplified, emphasized, or distorted aspects of forms in the work (or abstracted it)? Does this artwork have a unique style? Or can you identify characteristics that it shares with other artworks by the same artist, from the same period or place, or belonging to the same artistic group or movement? Iconographic analysis: Are there things in the work that you can interpret as signs or symbols? For example, is there anything that suggests a religious meaning, or indicates the social status of somebody depicted in the work (hierarchical scale)? Labels often provide good information about iconography. Biographical and psychological analysis: Would information about the life of the artist help you to interpret the work? Do you think the artist’s state of mind (happy, depressed, anxious) has affected the artwork? Again, labels are often a good source of biographical detail. In some museums volunteer docents are available to answer questions about an artist’s life and works. Contextual analysis: Would you understand the work better if you knew something about the history of the era in which it was created, or about religious, political, economic, and social issues that influenced its creation? Identify three visual elements and three principles of design in each work of art, giving examples of how they function in the compositional aspect of the artwork. Give evidence to your claims. It is not enough to mention the vocabulary, you must back up your assertions with evidence. For example, if identifying colors in a painting, do not just mention yellow, blue, discuss the color harmony used and how the colors interact with one another to create a certain mood. Read about color in the textbook. Is it complementary, cool, warm? What kind of feeling does it evoke?3.   Interpretation of the art object Discuss the content of each piece. What is the subject matter of the artwork? If known, you could touch on the reason surrounding its creation. Mention if the artwork presents the viewer with a narrative or a story. Does it discuss social issues?  What emotional feeling is present. Summarize your reactions to this art object. Analyze the relationship of the artwork to history by reviewing the chapter in the textbook corresponding to the date of the work from the DMA. Place it within cultural, historical, and chronological contexts. Using the textbook as reference, mention an artist and one artwork found in the textbook that was or is a contemporary to the artist you selected. Explain how the work reflects the style characteristics of the period. Add the chapter and image number to the work and provide citation notation. For example, in analyzing the work by George Braques (3.3.25)*, there is a painting from the same time period found in the textbook that looks similar, which is only natural, since both artists shared a studio in Paris, and both developed Cubism during the 1910s. * 3.3.25 refers to the textbook chapter 3.3, image number 25.Use the following outline as a guide for writing the essay.Introduction: May include a description of what you saw when entering the museum and your reactions (positive or negative). Mention the selected artworks – artist name, title, media, dimensionsand add the selfie and photos of artworksTwo-dimensional artwork. Identify three visual elements in the composition and add mention how each is being used in the artwork. Identify one artwork from the textbook dating from a similar timeframe as the artwork in the museum, and in a few short sentences compare and contrast both artworks. 3. Three-dimensional artwork. Identify three visual elements in the composition and add mention how each is being used in the artwork. Identify one artwork from the textbook dating from a similar timeframe as the artwork in the museum, and in a few short sentences compare and contrast both artworks.  4. Conclusion with any additional pertinent information 5. Work cited page 

Prevention and Risk Factors of Falls in Hospital Discussion

respond to the discussion below add citations and references:One nursing problem that I have examined in nursing is patients falling in the hospital. Many patients have risk factors for falling such as medications they take, confusion, dementia, cluttered floors, poor use of foot wear such as patients not wearing nonskid slippers/socks, spills on the floor that are not cleaned up, history of falls, IV lines, poor lighting in the rooms, or age. “Falls occur at a rate of 3-5 per 1000 bed-days” (PSNET, 2019). Not only that but “more than one-third of in-hospital falls result in injury, including serious injuring such as fractures and head trauma” (PSNET, 2019). With this being said, preventing falls in all settings should be studied because as falls are unexpected they create more problems than what the patient came in for. Given this information, falls should be studied more on how to prevent them. It first starts off with the assessment of the patient. The nurse should perform a thorough assessment of the patient and assess any risk factors that the patient has for falls. Although all patients are at risk for falls in the hospital, there are certain patients who have more identified risk factors that place them at greater risk for falls. A fall prevention program should be implemented on the first the day the patient is admitted onto the unit (PSNET, 2019). A fall prevention program should include interventions such as, placing the patient close to the nursing station, educating on side effects of medications that cause dizziness or hypotension, placing bed alarms, and placing the bed in the lowest position (PSNET, 2019). These interventions along with proper footwear, clutter free rooms, and proper assessment of the patient are important in discussing this problem as falls further create additional injuries to the patient.PSNET. Falls. (2019)

PC Computer Science Sentiment Analysis and Clustering Questions

I’m stuck on a Computer Science question and need an explanation. Question 1: Understanding people’s emotions is essential for businesses as technology allows customers to express their thoughts and feelings more openly than ever before. By automatically analyzing customer feedback from survey responses to social media conversations, brands are able to listen attentively to their customers, and tailor products and services to meet their needs. Below are the results of a sentiment analysis that analyzed over 4,000 online product reviews across 5 dimensions. Compare and contrast customers’ sentiment when considering only the Customer Service and Pricing dimensions? Question 2: On April 9th, 2017, United Airlines forcibly removed a passenger from an overbooked flight. The incident was filmed by other passengers on their smartphones and immediately posted to social media. One of the videos, posted to Facebook, was shared more than 87,000 times and viewed 6.8 million times just 24 hours later. This debacle was magnified by the company’s initial (and dismissive) response. On Monday afternoon, United Airlines tweeted a statement from the CEO apologizing for “having to re-accommodate customers”. Cue public outrage – you can imagine the field day on Twitter. How could have United Airlines used sentiment analysis in the immediate aftermath of the incident to help inform and/or shape their initial response? Question 3: Question 1 shows the results of a sentiment analysis conducted on product reviews. Sentiment is assessed in each of 5 dimensions. There is something not mentioned in Question 1 – the dimensions where derived using cluster analysis. Describe the cluster identification process that could have been used discover the dimensionality of the products. Question 4: A small law firm is preparing for an important trial. From experience, firm management knows that their case will be assigned to 1 of 10 different judges. The firm knows that preparing a trial strategy for a specific judge is of paramount importance and is highly correlated with a successful outcome. However, the firm has finite resources and cannot possibly prepare 10 unique strategies. Each of the judges has been ranked (a numerical assessment on a scale of 1 to 7) in several dimensions such as legal sophistication, making instantaneous evidentiary decisions, rigorous intellectual analysis, etc. How could the firm use cluster analysis to reduce the number of trial strategies that they need to prepare? Question 5:The daily expenditures on food (X1) and clothing (X2) of five people are shown in the following table. Cluster analysis results of these individuals’ expenditures on food and clothing are in the following graph. Based on the table and cluster analysis results, please explain which individuals are more similar to each other and how would you explain the overall cluster analysis results.