Explain briefly, the aim of this research article and state the research questions chosen by the authors of this research paper.

Part one    25% of total marks

Title:    An examination of users and non-users of self-checkout counters

In this part, you are asked to refer to and familiarise yourself with the research article entitled “An examination of users and non-users of self-checkout counters” and respond to the requirements below.

Required:

1. Aim and Research questions

Explain briefly, the aim of this research article and state the research questions chosen by the authors of this research paper.

[Max: 100 words]

2. Survey instrument
   1. Referring to the “Survey instrument” used in this study, explain how this instrument was

organised and name each section.                                                                 [Max: 100 words]

1. Refer to the second section of this instrument, name the concept that is measured and in how many factors it was subdivided. How many items form each factor? [Max: 50 words]

1. The article refers to the Cronbach 𝛼 What do these represent and why it is important to include them in this paper? [Max: 100 words]

3. Data collection

Name and explain the sampling method used for the collection of data. Explain whether the responses were random and independent by giving evidence from the text.

[Max: 100 words]

4. Findings
   1. Referring to the section “Demographic variables in the use of self-checkout counters”, the authors have concluded that there is no difference in the use of self-checkout counters across different demographic segments. What evidence have they given to evidence this conclusion? [Max: 50 words]
   2. In the same section, the report for the chi-squared test against the variable “Age” reads “𝜒2(4) = 4.06, 𝑝 = 0.40, 𝜙 = 0.07”. What is “4” in this report and explain how it was calculated? [Max: 30 words]

1. Referring to the section “Evaluation of self-checkout counters”, an independent t-test was used to compare the average scores for all the measures between users and non-users. Explain what could be the reason that all the test results were found to be statistically significant but with moderate effect [Max: 50 words]

5. Conclusion and further research

The authors referred to a “recent” study. What does this study suggest and what future

research could be conducted to test it?                                                       [Max: 50 words] Note: Any calculations or equations you will use will not be part of the general word count.

How can evolutionary psychology be applied? Critically evaluate, using evidence relevant to evolutionary psychology.

Description
How can evolutionary psychology be applied? Critically evaluate, using evidence relevant to evolutionary
psychology.

develop a pre-habilitation and post-habilitation models to support patients from diagnosis to self-management.

Project: “Improving outcomes for uro-oncology patients undergoing treatment”

Project aims and objectives: To develop a pre-habilitation and post-habilitation models to support patients from diagnosis to self-management.

A summary: A well informed and prepared patient is known to have a reduction in anxiety levels and in managing diagnosis side-effects, recovery and a “new norm” of self-management.

The current service is fragmented and limited, patients have limited information provided to them. They may be physically and mentally unprepared for treatment despite to verbal and written information that they receive.

The foundation of the project will address healthy living exercise, diet, relationships, continence, and urinary and bowel diagnosis. Psychological impact in relation to body image, feminisation and cancer diagnosis will also be considered. This will also link to the concept of “surgery school”.

The patient group have diagnoses of renal cancer, bladder cancer – predominantly high grade and likely to require cystectomy.

My research: I will be looking into female patients receiving post-habilitation models to support patients in hospital settings to deal with all the impacts that radical cystectomy brings in GHNHSFT (Gloucestershire hospitals NHS foundation Trust) Uro-oncology team, as well as looking at what is available in other major cities for example Birmingham and London and the things, they offer to patients in the uro-oncology team.

The female journey involves psychological impact to body image, their diagnosis and feminisation etc.

Requirements: For this Project assessment, you will focus upon a service evaluation/quality improvement proposal topic, from Gloucestershire NHS Trusts which will influence change and innovation promoting health and best practice for service users and patients.

To articulate and evidence your knowledge, understanding and the learning inherent within it, you will write a 5000-word document which will include:

• An introduction to the original project/piece of work and rationale for its development.
• A brief methodology/search strategy can be placed within this section (can go in its own section).
• A literature review of the subject/field of the project/work highlighting local and national policy and relevant current literature offering background and context for the project/work-stream.
• Discussion of the project/work focus or theme drawing upon projected or hypothetical outcomes for service and quality improvement.
• This may include: examples of generation of new knowledge; the (potential) impact of your project for patients and service users, the organisation and for you as you approach registration; an action plan detailing aspirational/hypothetical goals and outcomes for the project.
• Recommendations (realistic).
• Conclusions and Recommendations can be included together, but preferable would be separate.
• Appendices – to include:

Additional information (only) relevant to the project.

Please include subheadings!

And a reference list for all this.

Useful resources:

CASP – https://casp-uk.net/

Cooke, A. et al. (2012). ‘Beyond PICO: the SPIDER tool for qualitative evidence synthesis’, Qualitative Health Research, 22(10), pp. 1435-1443.

Eriksen, M.  Frandsen, T. (2018). The impact of patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) as a search strategy tool on literature search quality a systematic review, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 106(4), pp. 420-431.

Methley, A. et al. (2014) PICO, PICOS and SPIDER a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews, BMC Health Services Research, 14579.

Critically examine and appraise how changes within the National Health Service have impacted on the care delivered to a patient with diabetes mellitus.

Description
Critically examine and appraise how changes within the National Health Service have impacted on the care
delivered to a patient with diabetes mellitus. You will be expected to provide the most contemporary sources
of policy that have influenced your topic choice.
Analyse and critically synthesise relevant theoretical and contemporary research based knowledge around
your chosen topic. There is evidence of a comprehensive range of literature sources used to demonstrate that
you have read widely around your topic in order for you to demonstrate comprehensive critical syntheses, as
well as a coherent line of discussion.
Robust critical application of the evidence to support your topic and suggestions on how you can implement
change to your practice.
An action plan [as an appendix] can be included to identify how you will address these suggestions meeting
SMART criteria
Demonstrate logical and coherent development in your work. It must be clearly presented
You will have:
Structured your essay in a logical manner including an introduction and summary or conclusion
Demonstrated a coherent line of discussion
-critically examine and appraise; analysis and critical synthesis; critical application of the literatureImportant tips for diabetes assignment
Introduction to what you are going to write about and why.
Critically examine and appraise how changes within the National Health Service have impacted on the care
delivered to a patient with diabetes mellitus. You will be expected to provide the most contemporary sources
of policy that have influenced your topic choice.
Pick your topic, choose something that interests you or that you want to make a change about in practice.
e.g., diabetic foot care, look at how changes within the NHS have impacted upon care of patients with
diabetes/diabetic foot problems,.
Give your verdict upon the findings and whether and to what extent you agree with them. Consider sources
that agree with and contradict an argument and conclude; justify your thoughts with rationale and evidence.
Analyse and critically synthesise relevant theoretical and contemporary research based knowledge around
your chosen topic. There is evidence of a comprehensive range of literature sources used to demonstrate that
you have read widely around your topic in order for you to demonstrate comprehensive critical syntheses, as
well as a coherent line of discussion.
This is where you can really focus on your chosen topic – analyse (break an issue into its constituent parts;
look at depth at each part and consider arguments for and against each part)
You may choose because of word count, to focus on particular aspects of your topic (e.g., prevention of
diabetic foot problems), make this clear in your essay.
Synthesising information requires you to accurately summarise/report information; organise the information
in a clear and concise manner – weigh up all sides of the argument and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses
and connect your practice to the research findings.
Robust critical application of the evidence to support your topic and suggestions on how you can implement
change to your practice as a nurse .
An action plan [as an appendix] can be included to identify how you will address these suggestions meeting
SMART criteria.

How did various ideologies change the world between 1800 and 1920?

Description
The goal is to identify what you consider to be the most important ideologies we have studied in this section
of the course. How did various ideologies change the world between 1800 and 1920?
Please use the resources listed below. Other resources and information may be used but Quote from these
sources.
All sources are online
Nationalism and Conservatism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar

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https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1791burke.asp
Liberalism and Socialism
https://www.investopedia.com/updates/adam-smith-wealth-of-nations/
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/
New Imperialism
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1884ferry.asp
https://khasegawa.wordpress.com/syllabi/modern-japanese-history/japanese-empire-and-colonial-expansion/datsua-ron-%E8%84%B1%E4%BA%9C%E8%AB%96/
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5478/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/rudyard-kipling-in-america
Rudyard Kipling (1836 – 1936) . Kipling was the most important British writer in the 1890s, writing
extensively on British India (Remember the earlier section on the British East India Company.) In 1892, he
moved to Brattleboro, Vermont. Kipling is arguably best known for the Jungle Book (1894) and his poem
“White Man’s Burden” (1899). Read “White Mans’s Burden.” How does Kipling justify imperialism (Social
Darwinism?)
The “Age of Ideologies” provides an explanation for the outbreak of the “Great War” in 1914 (otherwise
known as the World War I) and the post-war world after 1918. Nationalism, for example, created intense
rivalries and hatreds that helped trigger and sustain the war that raged from 1914 to 1918 Other ideologies,
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such as Marxist socialism, led to the 1917 Revolution in Russia that led to the formation of the Soviet Union
by the early 1920s. This set the stage for a clash between liberal democracies and socialist nations for much
of the 20th century.

critically evaluate the term Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the context of local, national, and global developments.

evaluate the role Ecuador’s constitution of 2008 has played in shaping its developmental trajectory.

Description
My paper is evaluating the role Ecuador’s constitution of 2008 has played in shaping its developmental
trajectory. Like the rest of Latin America, in the early 2000’s governments rejected Neo-liberalism in favour
of post-liberalism and neo-extractivism that looks toward social development. I have done a difference in
different analysis using SPSS (which I shall attach below), for the HDI using Ecuador and Bolivia as the
treatment group, and Latin America as the control group. In the Methodology, I need this method as well as
the use of HDI explaining and justifying. I also need a limitations section. as I understand, I will have an
opportunity to communicate with whoever it is that will be writing this, so hopefully I can clear anything up
then. Thanks in advance!

Draft an analytical essay that examines the audience, context, and purpose of the advertising image you’ve chosen.

: Informative Essay Draft

ASSIGNMENT: Select one of the following writing prompts and draft a 3-5 page (approximately 800-1300 words) informative essay. As a part of your completed draft, complete the color coding activity described below. In addition, answer the “Think About Your Writing” questions on a separate sheet of paper and include it with your draft submission.

Note: Touchstone 3 will be a revision of the draft that you submit for Touchstone 2.2.

Sample Image Analysis Essay: Prompt A
Sample Extended Definition Essay: Prompt B In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any recycled work will be sent back with a 0, and you will be given one attempt to redo the Touchstone.

A. Instructions

Choose one of the following prompts for your informative essay.

PROMPT A: IMAGE ANALYSIS: Although we look at print advertisements every day, we often do not consider the ways in which they affect us. Visual images in ads can influence and persuade us, so it is important to evaluate them critically to understand their meanings. Good image analysis involves examination of the components of an image to gain an understanding of the whole.

Select an advertisement image to analyze. The advertisement you choose should be a single image directed towards a specific audience. To identify the intended audience, think about the members of the potential audience for the advertisement that you have chosen. Who are they? Ads for a beauty product, for example, may be aimed at young girls; ads for a deodorant might target men; a diaper ad is likely intended for new parents; ads for cruise trips might be aimed at retirees. You can use any academically-appropriate advertisement to complete this assignment, as long as its intended audience is clearly identified.

Your thesis must inform the reader of your topic and purpose. Because you are writing in the informative mode, use objective language and a neutral point of view.

Draft an analytical essay that examines the audience, context, and purpose of the advertising image you’ve chosen. Read the article by Jenna Pack titled “Breaking Down an Image” found in the “Model Informative Essays” tutorial for ideas about how to write an image analysis. Your analysis should lead to a conclusion about the ad’s effectiveness, based on examination of its components. Include the image with your draft.

PROMPT B: EXTENDED DEFINITION: Define or redefine one of the following words:

• Family
• Success
• Courage
• Art
• Beauty

In your draft, briefly explain how society, or the dictionary, defines the word you’ve selected, and then explain your unique or extended definition of the word. Provide examples and explanations to support your definition. Your thesis must inform your readers of your new definition and, because you are writing in the informative mode, you must use objective language.

Draft an extended definition essay that defines or redefines a word or concept. Read the article by Dan Richards titled “Digital Ethics” found in the “Model Informative Essays” tutorial for ideas about how to write an extended definition essay.

B. Think About Your Writing

As a part of your completed draft, complete the color coding activity and include answers to all of the questions below your draft.

PART 1: Color Coding Activity

Using the color codes provided, evaluate your draft as follows:

• Use red text to indicate your thesis statement.
• Use green text to indicate the topic sentence of each body paragraph.

PART 2: Questions

1. What is the significance of your essay? Why should readers care about what you have written? (2-3 sentences) Sophia says: Think about why you decided to analyze this particular image, or why you picked the word you chose to define. Your interest in in your subject matter should be clear to readers.

2. Which areas of your draft do you think will benefit most from revision? (2-3 sentences) Sophia says: Consider the organization, style, focus, development, and conventions of your draft. Which areas did you struggle to complete?

3. Consider the strengths and weaknesses of your writing. How can you capitalize on your strengths and improve on your weaknesses in future essays? (3-4 sentences) Sophia says: Think about what was easy about writing the draft, and what was more difficult. For example, if you write paragraphs with strong topic sentences, but repeatedly use the same type of sentence to provide supporting details, you can improve your paragraphs by varying sentence structure.

C. Informative Draft Guidelines

DIRECTIONS: Refer to the checklist below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until your draft meets all of the guidelines.

Essay Prompt: Image Analysis

❒ If you chose the image analysis prompt, have you analyzed and interpreted – and not just described – the ad’s design?
❒ Have you made conclusions about the audience and effectiveness of the ad?
❒ Did you include the image in your draft?
❒ Did you complete the color-coding activity?
❒ Is your draft 800-1300 words long?

Essay Prompt: Extended Definition

❒ If you chose the extended definition prompt, did you indicate how society defines the word you selected, and then explain your definition (or an extended definition) of it?
❒ Have you included examples and explanations to support your definition?
❒ Did you complete the color-coding activity?
❒ Is your draft 800-1300 words long?

Working Thesis

❒ Have you included a clear, focused, and detailed thesis statement?
❒ Does your thesis state the topic and purpose of your essay?
❒ Is your thesis a single sentence, and is it located in the introductory paragraph?

Focus and Organization

❒ Is there an adequate number of body paragraphs, each with a clear topic sentence?
❒ Is there a conclusion paragraph that makes a concluding statement?
❒ Are your draft paragraphs sequenced properly?
❒ Have you used transitions to connect ideas between sentences and paragraphs?
❒ Can your draft be described as having a good flow?
❒ Does your draft have a clear focus?
❒ Are all supporting details relevant?

Style and Tone

❒ Is the tone of your draft unbiased and informative?
❒ Is it clear that the purpose of your essay is to inform readers about your topic?
❒ Have you carefully considered your word choices?

Conventions

❒ Have you checked your draft for grammatical errors?
❒ Have you used Spell-Check or another method to check spelling?
❒ Have you punctuated your draft correctly?

Before You Submit

❒ Have you included your name, date, and course at the top left of the page?
❒ Have you completed the “Think About Your Writing” questions and color coding activity?
❒ Is your draft between three and five pages long (approximately 800-1300 words)

What is policy management, and why is it important in information technology

Policy Management in Information Technology

       I.            Introduction

1. What is policy management, and why is it important in information technology
2. Thesis statement: – Good police management strategies in computing and technology are the keys to safeguarding companies and people from exploitation while guaranteeing better and faster system functioning.

    II.            Body

1. Policy management in the computing and technology world (Clark & McDonald, 2005)
2. The intended impact that the policy management aims at achieving or bringing about in the technology field
3. The primary purpose of having policies in place in organizations
4. The process followed to achieve sound policy management (Knoepfel et al., 2011)
5. The factors barring policy management introduction and implementation (Crosby, 1996)
6. The technology fields/ areas that need policy management instituted
7. The advantages that come about from having good policy management strategies (Mugwagwa et al., 2015)
8. The disadvantages that come about from having poor policy management strategies (Hudson et al., 2019)

 III.            Conclusion

1. Summarize the topics discussed by giving your opinion on policy management in computing and technology and whether it is doing any good or bad.

Restate the thesis statement

1. The paper will tackle the impact and influence that having policies implemented in IT has helped society by making it secure and safe and safeguarding the companies’ processes and stakeholders. The paper will also discuss the type of policies implemented. How the government has taken action to make sure the policies stay in place and nobody is affected by them by coming to fair compromises with the IT companies. The advantages, challenges, and disadvantages will also be discussed to bring a holistic concept of policy implementation and to know what drives policies to be made and the process taken to achieve these policies.

References

Clark, J. A., & McDonald, J. (2005). An Introduction to Policy Management. BT Technology Journal, 23(2), 118–129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10550-005-0011-8

Crosby, B. L. (1996). Policy implementation: The organizational challenge. World Development, 24(9), 1403–1415. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(96)00050-2

Hudson, B., Hunter, D., & Peckham, S. (2019). Policy failure and the policy-implementation gap: can policy support programs help? Policy Design and Practice, 2(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2018.1540378

Knoepfel, P., Larrue, C., Varone, F., & Hill, M. (2011). Policy implementation (pp. 187–218). https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781861349071.003.0009

Mugwagwa, J., Edwards, D., & de Haan, S. (2015). Assessing the implementation and influence of policies that support research and innovation systems for health: the cases of Mozambique, Senegal, and Tanzania. Health Research Policy and Systems, 13(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-015-0010-2

How effective was my choice of nursing model in carrying out a holistic assessment of a patient?

MY CHOICE OF MODEL –
The ‘Activities of Living’ Model – Roper et al (1980)
Summative Assignment Guidelines: NURS4011 Foundations of nursing Word limit 3000
words
Assignment title –
How effective was my choice of nursing model in carrying out a holistic assessment of a
patient?
Scenario –
Evelyn
Evelyn is an 87-year-old woman with hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis. She lives at home on
her own in a semi-detached four bedroom house in a residential part of a city in the South East of
England. She is an owner-occupier. Evelyn is a retired secondary school (English) teacher and her
husband James died (from bowel cancer) 5 years ago. They had been married for sixty two years.
Evelyn takes pride in her appearance and she likes to dress neatly and keep her hair well tended. She
enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles and talking with her good friend Gladys on the phone a
couple of times a week. She used to like gardening outdoors but can no longer do that. However, she
can still tend to her impressive range of indoor plants which she thoroughly enjoys.
Evelyn’s daughter (Matilda) works full time and lives 35 miles away (in the countryside) and visits her
mum weekly (travelling by car) on Saturdays. Matilda helps her mum with shopping and laundry
when she visits. Evelyn also receives daily support from a care worker to help with activities of daily
living. Evelyn manages to put on her clothes with dressing aids that the domiciliary Occupational
Therapist (OT) provided her with, but she needs help with washing her back and legs (which the
carer does for her). Evelyn also has a hairdresser who visits to wash and set her hair once a week.
She is currently prescribed the following medication:
· Bendroflumethiazide 2.5 mg daily
· Lisinopril 10 mg daily
· Simvastatin 40 mg at night
· Methotrexate 20 mg once weekly on a Wednesday
· Folic acid 5 mg daily except on Wednesday
· Paracetamol 1 g four times daily when needed.
On Friday evening, an on-call (out-of-hours) GP visits Evelyn because she has been feeling unwell
with symptoms of urinary frequency, dysuria and urge incontinence for a few days. The GP diagnoses
a urinary tract infection (UTI) and prescribes Trimethoprim 200 mg twice daily for 3 days. During her
weekly visit the next day ( Saturday), Matilda picks up the Trimethoprim from the chemist for her