Based on the patient history and the signs and symptoms, identify the fluid imbalance the patient is experiencing

Fluid and Electrolytes
Case Study: Edema
Ms. Rand is a 65-year-old woman who spends most of her day sitting on her porch and recovering from a recent surgery involving the removal of suspected cancerous lymph glands in the inguinal area. She is now complaining that her shoes are fitting too tightly, and she has developed poorly healing sores on her legs and ankles. A closer examination also shows distention in her varicose veins. Blood tests reveal a low level of proteins in the plasma.

Question 1
Based on the patient history and the signs and symptoms, identify the fluid imbalance the patient is experiencing, and state the rationale for your answer.

Answers may vary.

Question 2
Discuss the four general causes of edema and how they apply in the case of this patient.

Answers may vary.

Question 3
Discuss the swelling, sores, varicose vein distention, and other effects that edema can have on a patient.

What steps must leaders take to build a learning culture?

Instructions
As you know, a core principle at JWMI is “learn it today; apply it tomorrow.” go beyond simply analyzing what Satya Nadella did at Microsoft. It is time to consider how you can apply the leadership principles presented in the case to your own career. Reread the entire case and review the feedback you received from your professor on Part A. Write a 6-7 page paper that draws links between the case and your own leadership journey. Of the six topic areas below, select four (4) you would like to focus on. 1. Learning from Nadella’s Example 2. Building a High Performing Culture 3. Channeling Conflict 4. Effective Communication 5. Fostering Diversity and Learning 6. Building a Learning Organization Make sure you consider each question in your response. Remember, a good response paper is one in which you: (a) show you understand what happened in the case, (b) apply tools and citations from course materials, and (c) offer insights into how you can apply the case and course materials to your own leadership journey. 1. Learning from Nadella’s Example a. What did Nadella bring in terms of his own background (professional and personal) that helped him to be successful in stepping into the CEO role? b. What makes Nadella an “authentic leader”? What actions did he take that demonstrate he believes in role-model management? Include references to course materials to support your position. c. What characteristics does Nadella display that most closely align to traits you have, or aspire to develop, in your own leadership style? How are you most different from him in your leadership style? d. Why is it important for leaders to take (appropriate) risks? 2. Building a High Performing Culture in Your Organization a. What steps must leaders take to build a learning culture? Include references to course materials to support your position. b. In what ways is the culture in your current or former organization similar to what Nadella faced when he took over Microsoft? c. If you wanted to change or realign this culture, where would you begin? d. What would be your biggest challenges? Why? JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century Assignment 2: Part B © Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University confidential and proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed, in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. This document is subject to change based on the needs of the class. JWI 510 – Assignment 2B (1208) Page 2 of 5 3. Channeling Conflict a. In what ways did Nadella embrace conflict in his role as leader? b. How should leaders determine which conflicts to embrace and which conflicts to avoid, and once they make that decision, what can they do to encourage a positive resolution to the conflict? Include references to course materials to support your position. c. What are some of the biggest potential areas of conflict within your own organization? d. How well do you and your organization handle conflict now? Explain 4. Effective Communication a. What were the biggest communicative barriers that Nadella faced in creating “one Microsoft”? b. What tools and communication practices are most useful to leaders in building teams that embrace a common vision? Include references to course materials to support your position. c. Are these barriers unique to large corporations, or do all organizations face them? d. Do they occur in your own organization? Explain. 5. Fostering Diversity and Learning a. How did Nadella seek to enhance diversity at Microsoft? b. Why is diversity – in terms of culture, experience, background, and viewpoint – so important for an organization? Include references to course materials to support your position. c. What are some risks or obstacles to instilling more diversity? d. What steps can you take to make your organization stronger by bringing in more diversity? 6. Building a Learning Organization a. What did Nadella do to transform his team from “know-it-alls” to “learn-it-alls”? b. Jack has said that to be an effective leader, you have to be confident enough to ask a lot of questions and not be afraid of looking like the dumbest person in the room. i. How can leaders promote a hunger for learning in their teams? ii. How can leaders support team members who may be too afraid to ask questions or challenge the status quo? Include references to course materials to support your position. c. On the “knowledge-learning” spectrum, where does your organization fit? d. As an MBA student, especially if you have been out of school for a long time, what does a “learn-it-all” mindset mean to you? What will you do to embrace it?

Write a separate app that inputs an encrypted four-digit integer and decrypts it (by reversing the encryption scheme) to form the original number.

Enforcing privacy with cryptography | Programming

The explosive growth of Internet communications and data storage on Internet-connected computers has greatly increased privacy concerns. The field of cryptography is concerned with coding data to make it difficult (and hopefully—with the most advanced schemes—impossible) for unauthorized users to read. In this exercise you’ll investigate a simple scheme for encrypting and decrypting data. A company that wants to send data over the Internet has asked you to write a program that will encrypt it so that it may be transmitted more securely. All the data is transmitted as four-digit integers. Your app should read a four-digit integer entered by the user and encrypt it as follows: Replace each digit with the result of adding 7 to the digit and getting the remainder after dividing the new value by 10. Then swap the first digit with the third, and swap the second digit with the fourth. Then display the encrypted integer. Write a separate app that inputs an encrypted four-digit integer and decrypts it (by reversing the encryption scheme) to form the original number. Use the format specifier D4 to display the encrypted value in case the number starts with a 0. The format specifier D is used to format integer values, and D4 indicates that the value should be formatted with a minimum of four digit positions, possibly with leading zeros.

create a 3 asset efficient frontier using Microsoft Excel.

The purpose of this project is to create a 3 asset efficient frontier using Microsoft Excel. This is very similar to the 2 asset example that we created as an in-class example.

For this project you will be required to do the following:
· Using finance.yahoo.com download 10 years of monthly price data for 3 stocks into Excel. You may pick any three stocks you like, however stocks that are in different industries will give you the best graphical results.

· Calculate the monthly returns for each stock.

· Calculate the variance/standard deviation for each individual stock. You should calculate one stock using the long method that we did in class. For the other two stocks you can use the Excel built in functions.

· Calculate the covariance between each asset. You should calculate one covariance using the long method that we did in class. For the other two, you can use the Excel built in function.

· Set up the Variance/Covariance matrix and vectors for the weights and returns.

· Using Matrix operations in Excel, calculate portfolio Variance/Standard Deviation and Returns.

· Graph Each Asset

· Using Solver, calculate (and graph) the minimum variance portfolio.

· Using Solver, calculate (and graph) the efficient frontier. Pay attention to the range, and adjust accordingly.

· Create (and graph) 25 random possible portfolios

Describe the change that you propose and defend its benefits to the organization.

Change Management
propose a change that your organization could implement that would aid it strategically. The proposed change might relate to some area of need, performance deficiency, or other opportunity that you observe in the organization. Note: You will be proposing a change initiative related to motivation in next week’s assignment. Accordingly, focus your change project for this week’s paper in a direction other than motivation.
Write a paper addressing the following:
-Describe the change that you propose and defend its benefits to the organization.
-Evaluate how the proposed change may affect various groups of employees.
-Assess the conflicts that might occur before, during, and after the change, including why you anticipate these conflicts.
Defend at least three best practices to prevent or resolve those conflicts.
-Justify the channels of communication the organization should use in implementing this change.

Choose any imminent macroeconomic risks and design a business plan that would counter them

A firm must contend with a number of macroeconomic risks when deciding the setup and operations of its business unit. Some of the risks are:
1. Interest rates.
2. Minimum Wage.
3. Market Prices
4. Taxes
5. Duty Rates and trade policy
Choose 2 imminent macroeconomic risks and design a business plan that would counter them. You may pick any business of your choosing but ensure that it is one that can be affected by one or more of the above. Write a 3-5-page summary of your business model, the potential problem and how you plan to run the business in the environment you have chosen.

How long does an average person spend on social media per day?

a. How long does an average person spend on social media per day?
b. Why is social media so important to people?
c. How does social media play a positive and negative role in life?
d. What would change if we didn’t have social media?
Major argument: We could be spending the time we do on social media on other things that are more important.
Just incorporate apps like instagram, twitter, snapchat and tiktok

create a dashboard that gives the user a snapshot of key elements in your chosen dataset.

Introduction:

You are to create a dashboard that gives the user a snapshot of key elements in your chosen dataset. Dashboards allow users to view several charts or other visual indicators on one page or screen. Dashboard examples and design resources are included on the course site. You will also want to view the video tutorial on dashboards.

Assignment:

You can use one of three provided datasets.

Dashboard Plan:

Your plan is a separately graded assignment. Please see the Dashboard Plan assignment

Dashboard Details:

You should build your dashboard on the first sheet and name it appropriately. Be creative and professional. Use charts that best represent the chosen data. Depending on how you create them, you should aim for between 6 and 8 charts for your dashboard. This can vary based on other visualizations you include, such as small tables with conditional formatting and sparklines. The data for the dashboard is located on sheet 2 of the project file.

You are given several different types of data. You should not only use the raw data that’s given to you, but you should also use the functions you learned in class to create more meaningful transformations of the data. To refresh your memory, these functions include (but are not limited to) SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, STDEV, etc. For example, you could calculate percent changes in sales for each month, then create a mini table of the results, using either conditional formatting or sparklines to help visualize the data.

Analysis:

You will also need to write a report that analyzes the output of your dashboard. This report should be between 750 and 1250 words in length. You should use your Dashboard Plan questions to guide this report. In addition, be sure that the following are also addressed:

What kinds of decisions can a manager make based on your dashboard (this should be based on the questions you developed in your dashboard plan)?

What difficulties did you have in creating the dashboard?

What are some improvements for future versions of your dashboard if you had access to more data?

Choose any two quantitative variables and collect data from a minimum of n=7 people.

Choose any two quantitative variables and collect data from a minimum of n=7 people.

Calculate the Pearson correlation (r).
Construct the linear equation, (Y = bX + a) for the regression line.
Test the significance of the correlation and regression line. Specifically, using = .05 for your test, indicate the critical t-values, conduct the necessary calculations for the test statistic (show your work whenever possible) and state your conclusions regarding the original hypotheses (Reject H0 or Fail to Reject H0).

Extra Credit:

Include a scatterplot of your data. This may be computer generated or hand drawn.
Write up your results as would appear in a published report.

American Democracy is not a perfect system. Describe and analyze American Democracy by answering the following questions

Essay Question American Democracy is not a perfect system. Describe and analyze American Democracy by answering the following three questions.

A) Give a grade to American Democracy (A, B, C, D or F).B)
Justify the grade you gave in question #1. Why did you give such a grade? What are the problems? Make sure that you discuss the American Democracy based on what you learned, i.e., separation of power, constitutional republic, check and balance among three government branches, the Court system, turnout, pluralism, participation through interest groups, etc.
C) Make (your) suggestions to improve American Democracy.