Conduct an evaluation of virtual technologies for server and desktop consolidation, data replication, backup and archiving, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and cloud computing.

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Unit 2 – Individual Project (100 points)

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One of the first tasks in the development of a virtual Technology Implementation Plan is to determine how virtualization can benefit the organization. Identification of the potential benefits will help match available technologies with the organization’s needs, and it will also allow focus on the key technologies available to implementation.
For this assignment, you will conduct an evaluation of virtual technologies for server and desktop consolidation, data replication, backup and archiving, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and cloud computing. These virtualization categories will be matched to the needs of the organization, and appropriate technologies will be selected for the plan.
The project deliverables are as follows:
· Update the Virtual Technology Implementation Plan document title page with a new date and project name.
· Update the previously completed sections based on instructor feedback.
· Evaluate the impact of virtualization on TSG.
· Complete the following for the Evaluation of Virtualization for the Organization section:
· Review and benefits:
· Explain how virtualization can benefit TSG in the areas of server and desktop consolidation, data replication, backup and archiving, VoIP, and cloud computing.
· Provide general explanations as well as specific examples that use measurable outcomes.
· Comparison and matching:
· Compare the technologies that you reviewed in the review and benefits section with the virtual technologies reviewed in Unit 1.
· Analyze and match available technologies with the needs of the organization.
· At this stage, you will likely be making recommendations to the TSG executive management that could require significant investments and major changes in the way the company does business.
· Considering these potential impacts on the company, you will need to include a significant level of justification for your recommendations.
· Your justification should include a cost and benefit analysis of virtual versus nonvirtual approaches as well as a discussion of the value of the intangible benefits of virtualization.
· Remember that your justification will be used to seek management approval for the plan.
· Be sure to update your table of contents section before submission.
· Name the document “yourname_IT645_IP2.doc.”
· Submit the document for grading.
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What is the Clozapine REMS? What are the serious side effects of clozapine? Explain the requirements for prescribing and patient monitoring, and what changes would you make depending on the results.

Case study for Week 4 (Woody)
Woody is a 30-year-old male who presents in your office with a history of psychosis starting at age 21. He started becoming psychotic and paranoid while living with roommates in college. He was noted to withdraw and worry about the government spying on him. He decided that he could only eat white foods like cottage cheese, frozen yogurt, and vanilla ice cream. His roommates noticed that he began talking to himself, started hiding from others, and quit going to class so they called his mom who took him to the hospital and began getting his treatment and moved home with his mom.
He was started on olanzapine and did well for two years, but it was discontinued. He was then changed to an SGA which made it painful and hard to keep his legs still. He trialed another Second Generation Antipsychotic next that was dosed high very quickly and he began to experience gynecomastia. Some mood stabilizers were trialed, but one caused tremors and he became toxic when dehydrated. He was then hospitalized for malnutrition after he stopped eating. He claimed that he was chosen, and it was time to fast for the month. While inpatient, he was treated for dehydration and given Haldol which was effective for his psychosis, and he was discharged in stable condition. He remained on Haldol for a year and was able to work at the local grocery until he became to display some severe EPS making it difficult for him to continue bagging groceries at the store.
After losing his job he began to start withdrawing and refusing his medication. He began to start hiding from the mailman every day thinking that the government was spying on him. He said that the military was whispering in his ear telling him to kill himself to protect the world. He attempted to hang himself with his bedsheet, but his mom walked in and saved him. He was immediately admitted to the hospital. He continued to have suicidal ideations and whispered so that the government could not hear him.
Answer each of the following questions about this case:

What is your working diagnosis? What are 2-3 most likely differential diagnoses? Why would you consider each differential for this case?
Which labs would you want to order and why? (Think about what organic causes of psychosis you would want to rule out)
What are the 5 components of a suicide risk assessment that need to be asked each shift until he no longer is suicidal? (See PowerPoint/Kaltura from Module1).
What additional resources could be helpful for this patient and his family?

General Questions related to this case and similar cases where antipsychotic and mood-stabilizing medications are prescribed:

Both delusions and hallucinations are part of the constellation of symptoms of psychosis. How are they different?
What are some organic conditions that may present with symptoms of psychosis?
What side effects of antipsychotic medications could be so troublesome that they get in the way of normal everyday activities?
Which SGA is most likely to cause gynecomastia and why? What questions would you ask your patient to assess for this side effect and what lab would you order for monitoring?
What are the indications for prescribing a Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) antipsychotic? What must occur prior to starting an LAI?
What mood-stabilizing medication is most likely to cause tremors and dehydration? What special monitoring does this medication require?
What is the Clozapine REMS? What are the serious side effects of clozapine? Explain the requirements for prescribing and patient monitoring, and what changes would you make depending on the results.
Do you agree that Clozapine should be reserved for patients who have failed multiple previous trials of antipsychotic medications?
What are the special considerations for each of the following frequently prescribed Second-Generation Antipsychotics? (For example which one is most likely to cause gynecomastia, which has been associated with akathisia, which is more highly associated with the chance for prolonged QTC interval in which an EKG may be helpful for a baseline, which is more weight neutral, which is more sedating, etc)

Aripiprazole:
Asenapine:
Lurasidone:
Quetiapine:
Quetiapine XR: (What would be the advantage of the XR formulation? Disadvantage?)
Risperidone:
Ziprasidone:

You are a medical professor in charge of creating college assignments and answers for medical college students. You design and conduct lectures, evaluate student performance and provide feedback through examinations and assignments. Answer each question separately. Include and Introduction. Provide an answer to this content

Case study for Week 4 (Woody)
Woody is a 30-year-old male who presents in your office with a history of psychosis starting at age 21. He started becoming psychotic and paranoid while living with roommates in college. He was noted to withdraw and worry about the government spying on him. He decided that he could only eat white foods like cottage cheese, frozen yogurt, and vanilla ice cream. His roommates noticed that he began talking to himself, started hiding from others, and quit going to class so they called his mom who took him to the hospital and began getting his treatment and moved home with his mom.
He was started on olanzapine and did well for two years, but it was discontinued. He was then changed to an SGA which made it painful and hard to keep his legs still. He trialed another Second Generation Antipsychotic next that was dosed high very quickly and he began to experience gynecomastia. Some mood stabilizers were trialed, but one caused tremors and he became toxic when dehydrated. He was then hospitalized for malnutrition after he stopped eating. He claimed that he was chosen, and it was time to fast for the month. While inpatient, he was treated for dehydration and given Haldol which was effective for his psychosis, and he was discharged in stable condition. He remained on Haldol for a year and was able to work at the local grocery until he became to display some severe EPS making it difficult for him to continue bagging groceries at the store.
After losing his job he began to start withdrawing and refusing his medication. He began to start hiding from the mailman every day thinking that the government was spying on him. He said that the military was whispering in his ear telling him to kill himself to protect the world. He attempted to hang himself with his bedsheet, but his mom walked in and saved him. He was immediately admitted to the hospital. He continued to have suicidal ideations and whispered so that the government could not hear him.
Answer each of the following questions about this case:

What is your working diagnosis? What are 2-3 most likely differential diagnoses? Why would you consider each differential for this case?
Which labs would you want to order and why? (Think about what organic causes of psychosis you would want to rule out)
What are the 5 components of a suicide risk assessment that need to be asked each shift until he no longer is suicidal? (See PowerPoint/Kaltura from Module1).
What additional resources could be helpful for this patient and his family?

General Questions related to this case and similar cases where antipsychotic and mood-stabilizing medications are prescribed:

Both delusions and hallucinations are part of the constellation of symptoms of psychosis. How are they different?
What are some organic conditions that may present with symptoms of psychosis?
What side effects of antipsychotic medications could be so troublesome that they get in the way of normal everyday activities?
Which SGA is most likely to cause gynecomastia and why? What questions would you ask your patient to assess for this side effect and what lab would you order for monitoring?
What are the indications for prescribing a Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) antipsychotic? What must occur prior to starting an LAI?
What mood-stabilizing medication is most likely to cause tremors and dehydration? What special monitoring does this medication require?
What is the Clozapine REMS? What are the serious side effects of clozapine? Explain the requirements for prescribing and patient monitoring, and what changes would you make depending on the results.
Do you agree that Clozapine should be reserved for patients who have failed multiple previous trials of antipsychotic medications?
What are the special considerations for each of the following frequently prescribed Second-Generation Antipsychotics? (For example which one is most likely to cause gynecomastia, which has been associated with akathisia, which is more highly associated with the chance for prolonged QTC interval in which an EKG may be helpful for a baseline, which is more weight neutral, which is more sedating, etc)

Aripiprazole:
Asenapine:
Lurasidone:
Quetiapine:
Quetiapine XR: (What would be the advantage of the XR formulation? Disadvantage?)
Risperidone:
Ziprasidone:

. Do not write who you are in the answer.

Identifies and explains three promotional strategies based on data and knowledge

FACS 381 Fashion Promotion

Reading Exercise-2 Total points: 20

Objective: It is important for retailers to understand consumer behavior. Retailers use this information in marketing segmentation and development of retail promotion strategies. The goal of this exercise is help you conduct research, study consumer profiles from specific area and use consumer information to comprehend consumer demographic, geographic and psychographic characteristics in order to develop promotional strategies to influence consumer behavior. This activity will support your research and analytical skills.

Hypothetical Situation: Suppose you are starting a new business in your hometown, selling a product like jeans. You have limited understanding about your target consumers and are unsure about the type of product that will sell in that area, the appropriate price point, place/distribution channel, and promotional strategies need to attract consumers to your product. To gain deeper insight of consumer in your hometown, you have decided to conduct research and use resources from Claritas Inc.

Note that retailers use several global marketing research firms to understand target consumers.
Claritas Inc. is one of such market research and data analytics company that specializes in providing consumer segmentation and demographic data to businesses and organizations. They gather and analyze data from various sources, including surveys, public records, and proprietary sources, to create detailed profiles of consumer behavior, preferences, and demographics. One of their primary offerings is the
Claritas PRIZM segmentation system, which classifies U.S. households into
64 distinct segments (see segments on this link:

https://claritas360.claritas.com/mybestsegments/#segDetails

) based on various factors such as income, age, lifestyle, and location.
These segments help businesses and marketers better understand and target specific consumer groups for their products and services.

Important Note: You MUST review this video to begin using Claritas360:

To conduct your research, visit the Claritas 360 website:
https://claritas360.claritas.com/mybestsegments/ and locate the ‘ZIP Code Lookup’ feature. Enter the Zipcode of your hometown. Clarity will automatically generate a report containing information about specific consumer segments, consumer demographic, lifestyle and media traits.

Based on the report, write a
1-2 page reflection paper. Don’t just repeat back the data! Take this opportunity to think about your hometown and analyze the potential business opportunities, as well as positive and negative factors that may impact your new business. Consider the following points in developing your reflection paper:

1. Discuss
demographic characteristics on your target consumer such as population in your area, average age, education, income, family composition, race etc., and how it may impact product quality, price, place and promotional strategies.

2. Explain
psychographic characteristics such as lifestyle, interest, personality, etc. To interpret psychographic profile, think about where do you target customers eat, play, shop and travel? Again, relate this information to exploring how it may impact product quality, price, place and promotional strategies.

3. Consider
media usage, consumer use in day-to-day activities and the most effective
promotional strategy to reach out to your target customers? Finally, identify atleast three promotional strategies (think about promotional mix you have learnt in Ch. 1) that you will chose to reach your consumers, and explain why those strategies will be effective in selling your product.

4. Overall, how the above information will impact your business plan. To strengthen your reflection report, you can use images of 2-3 specific products that you wish to sell.
Use only fashion apparel related product.

Submission Requirement:

· Reflection paper (1-2 pages).
You MUST include your ZIP code in your report.

Without a ZIP code, you will receive a zero since there is no way for me to verify the information discussed in your reflection paper.

· Follow formatting requirements provided in course syllabus.

Grading Rubric

Criteria

Excellent (5)

Proficient (2-4)

Basic (1)

Content Knowledge

Demonstrates a deep understanding of demographic, psychographic data, and its relevance to the business plan. Provides detailed and insightful analysis of the data.

Shows a good understanding of demographic, psychographic data, and its relevance to the business plan. Provides a good/average analysis of the data.

Demonstrates some understanding of demographic, psychographic data, but analysis is limited. The relevance to the business plan is mentioned but lacks depth.

Integration of Data

Effectively integrates data from Claritas into the reflection paper, using specific examples. Data supports conclusions and recommendations.

Integrates data from Claritas into the reflection paper with some specificity. Data mostly supports conclusions and recommendations.

Includes data from Claritas but with limited specificity or relevance. Data partially supports conclusions and recommendations.

Promotional Strategies

Clearly identifies and explains three or more effective promotional strategies based on data and knowledge. Excellent rationale provided.

Identifies and explains three promotional strategies based on data and knowledge. – Rationale is good/average.

Identifies at least two promotional strategies, but explanation may lack depth. Rationale is somewhat clear, need improvement.

Clarity and Organization of the paper

Paper is exceptionally well-organized, clear, and easy to follow. Ideas are logically sequenced, and transitions are smooth.

Paper is well-organized and generally clear. Ideas flow somewhat logically.

Paper is somewhat organized but may lack clarity in some sections. Transitions are present but may be weak.

Explain the core principles of public health and their relationship to the health status of groups, communities, and populations at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Using the attached Written Assignment Template, submit a 5-page research paper focusing on either a chronic non-communicable disease or a communicable disease that is of great significance in the United States. The paper will focus on the burden of disease/distribution, prevalence, and risk factors. Each paper should reflect the application of knowledge and skill, and source credibility. The content encompasses the expression of authenticity with validity and reliability. Scholarly sources are expected to be used and appropriately cited.
Use a minimum of three (3) peer-reviewed, scholarly and/or academic resources. Papers must be formatted in APA style (7th edition).
PLO: #1: Explain the core principles of public health and their relationship to the health status of groups, communities, and populations at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Now that you have completed your SWOT Analysis, select and analyze the areas in need of improvement, and narrow down the list of places to do your Gemba walk. Explain how you utilized your SWOT analysis to focus your Gemba walk. 

 
Now that you have completed your SWOT Analysis, select and analyze the areas in need of improvement, and narrow down the list of places to do your Gemba walk. Explain how you utilized your SWOT analysis to focus your Gemba walk. 
Use your SWOT analysis to focus your Gemba walk. Identify and analyze weaknesses and threats to review during your walk. 
While completing your walk, look for ways to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce waste, improve a product, or streamline a process. 
Write a 750-word Opportunities for Improvement Recommendation report for management on your observations and recommendations from your Gemba walk, based on your SWOT analysis from Week 3. Complete the following in your report: 

Include a summary of the organization (e.g., products or services, mission, and vision). 
Provide context (where did you focus your Gemba, and why?). 
Explain how you utilized your SWOT analysis to focus your Gemba walk. 
List your Gemba observations: 
What was the goal of your Gemba? 
Where did you go? 
What did you observe? 
Who did you observe? 
Prepare an analysis of your observations. 
List key takeaways, providing evidence for each. 
Choose 1 long-term and 3 short-term opportunities to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce waste, improve a product, or streamline a process within the organization.  

Cite any references that support your work (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality). 

At this point you have read about the lives of various creative people in the Creators on Creating textbook. What are some of the things that these creative thinkers might have in common?  What are their biggest differences?  How are they like/not like you?  

  
Week 4 Discussion Question 1
At this point you have read about the lives of various creative people in the Creators on Creating textbook.  You have seen what your colleagues have written about each week in the discussion areas.  Recall the creative thinkers that you have read.
Without identifying each and every one and going into a long discourse about them, what are a few things that stand out about these talented people to you? 
And/or is there something profound that you have learned…or…something that relates to this course you care to share that you feel is profound about what you have read? 
What are some of the things that these creative thinkers might have in common?  What are their biggest differences?  How are they like/not like you? BE SPECIFIC CITING EXAMPLES

Discuss which of the three commonly used methods for allocating support department costs would or could be used and which of the four methods for allocating joint costs would or could be used in TV Assembler business.

Support Department and Joint Cost AllocationDiscussion Question:Q- Discuss the allocation of support department costs and joint costs for TV assembler., (b) building contractor, (c) automobile repair shop, (d) paper manufacturer, (e) custom jewelry manufacturer? Discuss which of the three commonly used methods for allocating support department costs would or could be used and which of the four methods for allocating joint costs would or could be used in that business type and why.  In the business type you selected, what is the most important implication improving operations in that business type?Directions:Discuss the concepts, principles, and theories from your textbook. Cite your textbooks and cite any other sources if appropriate. ReadingsRequiredChapter 5 in Managerial AccountingFang, F. (2020, March). Sourcing and procurement cost allocation in multi?division firms. Production & Operations Management, 29(3), 767-78.Recommended:Module 05 PowerPoint PresentationMinjae, K., Jeong-Hoon, H., Iny, H., & Taesik, A. (2020). Distorted cost allocation: An encouragement or discouragement? Seoul Journal of Business, 26(2), 89–119.

What is the “nature” vs. “nurture” debate?

What is the “nature” vs. “nurture” debate?  Apply this debate to a famous person. Do you think nature influenced them more, or nurture? In what ways? Choose a famous or infamous figure (it could be Barack Obama, the Unabomber, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Jack Kevorkian, Gandhi, Oprah, Donald Trump – anybody where you can find good biographies of their life online that talks about their early childhood), and using information from their biographies, discuss whether you feel their family and environment played a role in who they became. Do you think genetics/heredity played a role? (If it is someone who is a basketball player, you may discuss how genetic height influenced their fame). Respond to two other students posts either agreeing or disagreeing with their ideas and why you agree or disagree. 

Identify big data sources and types for your health system population health management program that was introduced in the module 01 summative assessment.

CompetencyAppraise multiple methods of data resources and data collections used in diverse populations.
Student Success CriteriaView the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.
ScenarioEffective population health management programs require healthcare providers to rely heavily on big data derived from both their own health IT systems, from their business partners, and from state and federal database sets that are available for providers.
Providers, payers, and other stakeholders must choose the right big data sources to support their population health management initiatives. To develop a comprehensive portrait of a patient’s clinical, financial, and social risks, healthcare providers must aggregate key data from across the care continuum before they can leverage risk scoring frameworks and target interventions to individuals.
InstructionsYour task as a PHM program leader is to focus on a specific population health medical case that is critical for your local population, such as diabetes management, asthma care, heart disease, or smoking cessation, etc. For this assessment perform the following:
*Identify big data sources and types for your health system population health management program that was introduced in the module 01 summative assessment. Then describe what specific various data elements are needed to help providers make immediate gains in patient well-being while developing best practices for future initiatives.<

Compare and contrast the pharmacological approaches to the treatment of these addiction disorders that you chose. 

 Research pharmacological treatment for addiction. Look up scholarly journal articles on the topic, and review these two resources.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8986509/
These are a little older but relevant to the history of addiction treatment.
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3767185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917415/
Written component: 
Identify the symptoms of use (this is different from DSM criteria – think more about how will you know if someone is under the influence), withdrawal symptoms, detrimental effects of use (on the body, family, society, financially, etc.) of Alcohol Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder.  
Compare and contrast the pharmacological approaches to the treatment of these addiction disorders that you chose. 
Be sure that you address all components of this section for the two disorders:  symptoms of use (7/7pts), symptoms of withdrawal (7/7pts), detrimental effects (7/7pts), and compare and contrast pharmacological approaches to two substance use disorders (7/7pts).