Strategic analysis paper strategic use of information

Please watch the following videos on Michael Porters Five Forces model:
Please watch this video: How Does Google Make Money? This video explains how Google uses information to make money.  Google collects information from websites and adds it to its search engine. You type information into Google search and Gmail, and Google stores that information about you. Android devices send information to Google that is used to determine traffic patterns for Google Maps and to send you ads for businesses based on your location. Although Google is a technology company, it makes money from information, as this video explains. In your paper for this week, you will explore how other companies use information strategically.
Chapter 1 and the videos above describe Porter’s Five Competitive Forces model. Use the search term “information sharing in a supply chain” to find 2 peer-reviewed articles from academic journals about the use of information in supply chains or value chains. Write a summary of each article and explain how the use of information in each article relates to Porter’s Five Competitive Forces model. Discuss how information can be used strategically, based on the example(s) in the articles. Your paper should be in APA format and 3-4 pages, not counting the title page and reference pages. Make sure you have in-text citations and a reference page.  The rubric for this assignment can be viewed when clicking on the assignment link.

Nursing case study | pathphysiology

 
Mr. J.R. is a 73-year-old man, who was admitted to the hospital with clinical manifestations of gastroenteritis and possible renal injury. The patient’s chief complaints are fever, nausea with vomiting and diarrhea for 48 hours, weakness, dizziness, and a bothersome metallic taste in the mouth. The patient is pale and sweaty. He had been well until two days ago when he began to experience severe nausea several hours after eating two burritos for supper. The burritos had been ordered from a local fast-food restaurant. Nausea persisted and he vomited twice with some relief. As the evening progressed, he continued to feel “very bad” and took some Pepto-Bismol to help settle his stomach. Soon thereafter, he began to feel achy and warm. His temperature at the time was 100. 5°F. He has continued to experience nausea, vomiting, and a fever. He has not been able to tolerate any solid foods or liquids. Since yesterday, he has had 5–6 watery bowel movements. He has not noticed any blood in the stools. His wife brought him to the ER because he was becoming weak and dizzy when he tried to stand up. His wife denies any recent travel, use of antibiotics, laxatives, or excessive caffeine, or that her husband has an eating disorder.
Case Study 1 Questions:

The attending physician is thinking that Mr. J.R. has developed an Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Analyzing the case presented, name the possible types of Acute Kidney Injury.
Link the clinical manifestations described to the different types of Acute Kidney injury.
Create a list of risk factors the patient might have and explain why.
Unfortunately, the damage to J.R.s kidney became irreversible and he is now diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Please describe the complications that the patient might have on his Hematologic system (Coagulopathy and Anemia) and the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved.

Reproductive Function:Ms. P.C. is a 19-year-old white female who reports a 2-day history of lower abdominal pain, nausea, emesis, and a heavy, malodorous vaginal discharge. She states that she is single, heterosexual and that she has been sexually active with only one partner for the past eight months. She has no previous history of genitourinary infections or sexually transmitted diseases. She denies IV drug use. Her LMP ended three days ago. Her last intercourse (vaginal) was eight days ago and she states that they did not use a condom. She admits to unprotected sex “every once in a while.” She noted an abnormal vaginal discharge yesterday and she describes it as “thick, greenish-yellow in color, and very smelly.” She denies both oral and rectal intercourse. She does not know if her partner has had a recent genitourinary tract infection, “because he has been away on business for five days.Microscopic Examination of Vaginal Discharge(-) yeast or hyphae(-) flagellated microbes(+) white blood cells(+) gram-negative intracellular diplococci
Case Study 2 Questions:

According to the case presented, including the clinical manifestations and microscopic examination of the vaginal discharge, what is the most probable diagnosis for Ms. P.C.? Support your answer and explain why you get to that diagnosis.
Based on the vaginal discharge described and the microscopic examination of the sample, could you suggest which would be the microorganism involved?
Name the criteria you would use to recommend hospitalization for this patient.

Submission Instructions:

This assignment has 2 case studies. You must work and include both case studies in your initial post.
Your initial post should be at least 500 words for each case study, formatted and cited in the current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources

Unit 10 written assignment: case of john | Forensic Pscyhology

Read the following case study about John to establish a diagnostic formulation of the client. The assignment questions follow the case information.
John grew up in the Midwest with his mother Dana and his father Ed. His father was a cargo pilot who would often be away from the home for days or weeks at a time. When John’s father was home, he would severely whip John with his belt and hit him with a closed fist for minor mistakes such as forgetting to flush the toilet or not eating all of his dinners. However, his father would be lenient about more significant types of behavioral issues such as drinking from his mother’s beer or getting into fights with the neighborhood children.John’s mother Dana was a town clerk and was also physically abused by Ed, and she often consumed large amounts of alcohol to cope with the effects of the abuse. She divorced Ed when John was 6 years old, and John only saw his father one other time in his life.John’s mother remarried when he was 8 years old, and his stepfather began sexually abusing him shortly thereafter, which lasted until John was 12. John says that he tried to tell his mother about the abuse but that she became irate and insisted that her husband “was not gay.” At age 10 John tried to set fire to his stepfather’s bed while his stepfather was sleeping in it.By age 15 John was spending his time mostly during the day breaking into people’s homes instead of going to school for “a place to hang out.” Sometimes for “fun” he would cut brake lines on parked cars and hide nearby as he watched unsuspecting drivers crash into things while trying to drive.When he was in school, he was suspended twice for physical fights with the other students and once for theft. He was arrested at age 16 after stealing a car. He was also high on methamphetamines at the time and received drug charges as well. He was then placed in a juvenile detention facility where he received additional charges for fights with other residents and one instance of sexual assault on another resident. He knew that the state was legally unable to hold him at the facility after he turned 18. So he minimally participated in treatment and waited until his 18th birthday to be released.As a young attractive and gregarious adult, John spent time making friends and staying with them for a few weeks or months until stealing from them after gaining access to their bank accounts. John also got into occasional fights in bars, and at age 21 was convicted of assault and battery on a roommate, for which he severed 4 months in prison.At age 23 he married a woman in her 30’s with three children ages 5, 7, and 9, two of whom were boys. He sexually molested both of his male stepchildren for several years. His wife did not believe her sons when they told him about the abuse. It wasn’t until she came home early from work one day and caught him naked in a bedroom with her two sons that she recognized the sexual abuse. She divorced John, but sexual charges were not brought against him due to a lack of evidence.After his divorce, at age 25 John supported himself by working odd jobs in construction. He eventually began posing as a contractor under a false name to give estimates for jobs only to never start them after cashing the large deposit that he insisted upon having. He even located and began living with an elderly great uncle in order to steal his social security income from him. John also often found girlfriends with young children whom he would molest while babysitting.At age 29 John was arrested for possession of child pornography. He had ordered online an illicit magazine with children engaging in sexual acts. The item was seized in the mail and delivered to John by an undercover police officer posing as a mail carrier. After receiving the package, John was promptly arrested. Since it was his first child pornography offense, John was given one year of probation instead of a prison sentence.John was also required to attend weekly individual therapy as a condition of his probation. John told his therapist all about his physically abusive father, sexually abusive stepfather, and alcoholic mother. He portrayed himself as a caretaker of his elderly uncle. He did not mention his fights, thefts, or sexual assaults of children. Fortunately, John’s therapist recognized the disorders that he presented with and identified that group therapy would be a more appropriate therapeutic setting for him.
CASE QUESTIONS
Explore the diagnostic impressions of the client and address the following questions.

Formulate a diagnostic impression for John with coding and specifiers from the DSM-5. Explain your answer in terms of how he meets diagnostic criteria for the disorder or disorders that you gave.
What were some of the contributing factors for John’s problematic behaviors?
What makes John so dangerous?
If you were a therapist in this case, what therapeutic modality would you use to treat him?  Use 1-2 scholarly sources to support your answer.
Why do you think someone like John would benefit from having confrontational group therapy rather than individual therapy alone?
Using 1-2 scholarly sources, in what ways could diversity variables (such as age, race, gender, etc.) affect how a person with these types of disorders is treated within the criminal justice system?

Topic 1: disease process | Accounting homework help

 
In this week, you will complete the tasks of the project topic you selected in Week 1. Remember to use the same topic that your started in Week 1 for this assignment as well. 
Topic 1: Disease Process

Select a disease process to be studied.
Research the disease and compile a bulleted list of symptoms, diagnostic procedures, progression, treatments, etc.
Identify all of the healthcare providers in the healthcare system that can treat this illness and the potential complications of this illness.
Create a list of providers who treat this disease in your area.
Thoroughly discuss each topic.

2 diffrent copy of paper with same requirments 24 hours to complete

Students, please view the Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. 
Assignment 1: Preparing for a Company-Wide Migration to Windows 8.1Due Week 10 and worth 240 points
Crescent Manufacturing Inc. (CMI) is a luxury leader in crafted and customized home furnishings. The corporate headquarters and a production facility are located in Texas, with additional manufacturing facilities located in Nebraska and Maryland. 
There are 250 employees in the Texas location, 175 in Maryland, and 25 in Nebraska. All locations use Windows 7 as the primary client operating system. The systems at the Maryland location are over five (5) years old. CMI’s Information Technology (IT) department upgraded the computer systems with new hardware within the past year at all other company locations. These upgraded computer systems are capable of running Windows 8.1. CMI recently upgraded all of its servers to run Windows Server 2012 in an Active-Directory-based environment.
The Operations, Marketing, Administration, IT Support, and Finance departments are located in the Texas location. Nebraska is primarily a manufacturing location that is staffed by production line employees, a line supervisor, and a plant manager. The Maryland office also includes an operations component (i.e., production line employees, line supervisor, and plant manager), a small IT department, and the company’s human resources department. 
The current IT support staff comprises a seasoned group of individuals that collectively have over ten (10) years of experience in network administration and working with Microsoft operating systems. Many of the IT staff have recently completed training on the Windows 8 operating system and are well-versed in supporting Windows Server 2008 and 2012. The remainder of the company’s employees has only a basic knowledge of Windows 7 and relies on the company’s help desk to solve a majority of its computer problems. CMI has a team of 50 salespeople who use laptops and tablets while working from their home offices. These employees, who travel extensively with their laptops, must have their systems secured in case of loss or theft. The laptops, purchased over five (5) years ago, run the Windows 7 operating system. The tablets, used only by a subset of the sales staff, are iPads running iOS 7.
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is concerned about employees installing non-standard company applications downloaded from the Windows Store both while at work and when they have their devices at home. The CIO also wants to ensure that those persons on the IT staff are the only individuals authorized to update Windows Store apps. The CIO has an IT support staff of ten (10) employees and does not want to increase the number of applications that need to be supported via the company’s help desk. The help desk is currently staffed by three (3) employees from 8:00 a.m. ? 5:00 p.m. (CST).
Hardware and software compatibility issues experienced during the upgrade to Windows 7 several years earlier resulted in the company going over budget by several thousands of dollars. The CFO stated that the reason for going over budget was directly related to problems with their business critical applications not being fully compatible with Windows 7. The applications are used by the Operations department to track inventory, schedule production runs, handle purchase orders, and track product shipments. Senior management wants to address software compatibility testing prior to moving the entire company to Windows 8.1. They are also concerned about the time it might take to migrate user settings and applications over to the new Windows 8.1 operating system, the time to train employees on using the new interface, the overall impact on the company’s help desk, and day-to-day operations.
The CIO and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) want more information before making the decision to upgrade to Windows 8.1 and have asked you to write a report that addresses their concerns and also includes your recommendations on how best to proceed, should the project be approved.
Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:
1. Develop a SWOT analysis on the viability of upgrading to Windows 8.1 for the organization as a whole. 
2. Provide a detailed upgrade plan for the organization, including the sales staff. At a minimum:
a. Identify the number of systems, by location and / or departments that IT must replace with new or compatible hardware.
b. Recommend whether the organization should use a phased-in approach (i.e., upgrades are sequenced by departments and / or locations) or a flash-cut approach (i.e., all at once) in order to upgrade to Windows 8.1. If a phased-in approach is recommended, identify the departments and / or locations you would upgrade, and describe the preferred upgrade sequence. Support your recommendations.
c. Address the length of time in which the upgrade should occur, and identify the main issues which could impact the specified time frame.
d. Describe one (1) approach that IT could use in order to ensure that they thoroughly test business critical applications.
3. Describe three (3) best practices for securing the laptops and tablets for the sales staff after the upgrade is complete.
4. Examine the pros and cons of configuring AppLocker to standardize the software used by employees across the organization.
5. Explain the process and options available for managing application installations and updates via the Windows Store, and thus addressing the concerns voiced by the CIO. 
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Demonstrate the ability to install and configure a client operating system, applications, and associated updates as well as designing a client operating system installation strategy.
Validate and successfully install a computer client operating system.
Demonstrate the ability to discuss the migration phases and considerations in a client operating system installation to include virtual machines and the cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrate the ability to apply technology tools to monitor and configure applications and network performance.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in operating system environments.
Write clearly and concisely about desktop administration and operating system topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Security risks | Computer Science homework help

 
Introduction
OKeefe State University located in New Mexico has recently started using Canvas for online course delivery. Canvas hosts all the data in its own cloud storage. Students may log in to the systems form any personal device (laptops, phones, etc.). On-campus students can also use library computers. Note that the browsers may store student credentials (IDs and passwords) in a browser.
Directions 
Write a two-page security risk analysis to identify all possible security risks associated with the usage of Canvas in the library or on home computers.
Specifically address whether Canvas cloud architecture increases or decreases the cybersecurity risks associated with it, when compared to an old learning system that stored all student data on a servers located on-campus and managed by the university IT personnel.

Ethics paper week 6 | Social Science homework help

Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 11
Lesson
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources

InstructionsDevelop, in detail,  a situation in which a health care worker might be confronted with ethical problems related to patients and prescription drug use OR patients in a state of poverty.

Your scenario must be original to you and this assignment. It cannot be from the discussion boards in this class or any other previous forum.
Articulate (and then assess) the ethical solutions that can found using care (care-based ethics) and rights ethics to those problems.
Assessment must ask if the solutions are flawed, practicable, persuasive, etc.
What health care technology is involved in the situation?What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Explore such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.
Say how social technologies such as blogs, crowdfunding, online encyclopedias can be used in either case. What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Develop such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.

You should not be using any text you used in a discussion board or assignment for this class or any previous class.
Cite the textbook and incorporate outside sources, including citations.
Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 3-4 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)

Ethical theory | Applied Sciences homework help

  
· Respond to your peer by evaluating the extent to which you think the ethical theory helps to resolve the issue or problem, or by considering how a different ethical perspective may address it more effectively.
PEERS RESPONSE:
Engage the community:
The ethical/social problem I am choosing for this post is the mask mandate occurring in the public school system in Great Falls, MT where I am currently living. I have a son who is in 4th grade and a daughter who is in 2nd, and so this affects them every day they go to school. Ever since the covid pandemic started, schools have taken pretty severe measures to deal with the virus. Initially it was remote learning for most of the first year, and then it turned into masking and social distancing and so on. With this being the second year now that we have been dealing with this virus, the schools are still mandating that all staff and children wear masks nearly all the time and socially distance as much as possible. There are many who support these measures, and there are also many who strongly oppose them. There was recently a rally at the Montana state capitol with representatives from both perspectives present. This divide (Links to an external site.) is a microcosm of what is occurring at the national or even international level. I am firmly in the camp that believes these mask mandates in the schools (and nearly everywhere else for that matter) are a dramatic overreaction and misstep of government at all levels. In the beginning, when we knew close to nothing about covid, I was understanding of the drastic measures. As time has progressed though, and as our understanding of the virus has grown exponentially, it has become clear that some adjustments and refinements of much of the original policy surrounding covid are needed. First, let us examine some important facts. The science now shows that masking and social distancing had little to no impact on stopping or even slowing the virus. Masking is really only effective if using a proper medical grade mask (N95) and if one knows how to properly use it (meaning not reusing the same mask over and over, not touching it or contaminating it in some other way). Even then, the masks are not extremely effective as tests on their effectiveness have all been in sterile lab environments, not the real world. Most children, especially young children, arent using N95 masks and they definitely arent properly trained on how to use masks so that they arent just disgusting, soiled, face diapers. Young children arent capable of adhering to such strict training requirements. So, with most kids running around school all day with dirty cloth masks on their faces, the health risks for contracting disease (including covid) are actually higher. Children (ages 0-18) are the least affected age demographic by covid, with risk of serious illness or death comparable to influenza. To date in the United States, fewer than 700 children have died of covid since the beginning of the pandemic. While every death is a tragedy, this number is relatively low and hardly warrants the kind of alarmism and government overreach we see in schools today. Also, the detrimental psychological effects of developing children not seeing faces all day is well documented. Schools have also never been a vector for transmission of covid, as children also do not contract or spread covid anywhere close to the levels of adults. And if teachers and staff are concerned about covid, there is now a vaccine available to protect them against severe illness and death from covid. I say all of this to say that the mask mandates in schools (and more broadly) are an antiquated strategy for dealing with covid. They are now merely an example of an inept and cowardly ruling class. Solid science now strongly suggests that they actually do more harm than good, especially for school-age children. These drastic measures restrict freedom and cause harm, and the school district in Great Falls (and elsewhere) needs to change its policy regarding masks.
Apply the theory:
I would like to apply virtue ethics to this issue. An Aristotelian would certainly argue that these mask mandates in schools are wrong. They would argue that those imposing these mandates lack the virtues of practical wisdom and courage. Practical wisdom for being unable to properly discern what ought to be done given all of the information, and courage for taking drastic measures for such small risk. An Aristotelian would also argue that these policies certainly do not aim at happiness and human flourishing. They are restrictive and harmful to a childs health and psychological development.
Evaluate the reasoning:
The application of virtue ethics to this issue is obviously quite different than what is currently going on, which I hope I have made clear by now. I think it could be easily argued that utilitarianism and deontology would also oppose the school mask mandates, if for slightly different reasons. I think that the utilitarian would have a rather important point to make about the amount of harm these policies cause relative to the pleasure or happiness. And the deontologist could argue about the duty of protecting childrens freedom and well-being over the whims of a panicked ruling class. But, I think that virtue ethics gets at the heart of the issue in a way that the others dont. An Aristotelian would be sympathetic to the arguments of the other two ethical theories, but in addressing the lack of virtue in dealing with these issues, virtue ethics makes clear that these mandates stem from the hearts of people who are lacking in a fundamental way that prevents them from ever getting to the consequences or duties of their actions. 
-Kevin 
Reference:
Ambarian, J. (2021). School mask policies: advocates and opponents rally at state Capitol. 3KRTV Great Falls. https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/school-mask-policies-advocates-and-opponents-rally-at-state-capitol

Mgt paper assignment | Operations Management homework help

Employees who are highly engaged are committed to their work and see themselves as helping “build a cathedral.”  Disengaged employees have essentially checked out—they are merely “laying bricks” for a paycheck, not building a cathedral. ?According to the Gallup report of 2013, only about 30% of the American workforce was “engaged,” and international data showed essentially the same results.  In 2019, Gallup found that engagement had risen somewhat since 2013.  (Both reports are in the attachments)  With this in mind, address these questions:? 

What is the impact of “engaged” versus “disengaged” employees on a company’s profits? For the purposes of this assignment, treat “engaged” as if it means the same thing as “inwardly committed to the good of the business.”  (You can ignore whether or not they participate in company bowling or softball leagues.) Why do you believe this?  
Using Lewin’s 3-Stage Model, how would you re-engage disengaged employees at every level in the organization?  What conditions need to be in place in order to accomplish this? How would you make sure that their engagement results in a measurable increase in the productive effort? (See Lessons 7 and 8 in attachments)
How would you use Drucker’s Management by Objectives, combined with Lewin’s 3-Stage Model, to secure the commitment of all employees, at every level of an organization (all the way to the bottom)?  (See Lesson 1)  
What can leaders do to preserve this commitment once it is attained? Is there a specific style of leadership that you believe would best serve this purpose?  Why?  How is EQ related to this style? 

Requirements:

At least 7 pages long, not counting the title page and references.
Papers need to be formatted in proper APA style. 
Its a formal academic paper that must include an introduction and a conclusion.  
A minimum of at least five credible sources for your references. 
You must include the lectures material in attachments.
Dont just summarize the materials you got from your research. Explain why you believe it to be trueor not true. To do that, you can use theoretical arguments, or you can use examples from your personal work experience, or you can build your own examples, which, of course, must be based on realistic and clear assumptions.  
Acceptable/credible sources include: Academic journals and books, industry journals, the class textbook, the lectures, and sources cited in the lectures.

Writing history 300-word discussion essay

The Linotype Film Website: http://www.linotypefilm.com/;
Roy W. Howard, “Newspaper Mass Production,” The North American Review, Vol. 225, No. 842 (Apr., 1928), pp. 420-424.
John J. Fry, “‘Good Farming-Clear Thinking-Right Living’: Midwestern Farm Newspapers, Social Reform, and Rural Readers in the Early Twentieth Century,” Agricultural History, Vol. 78, No. 1 (Winter, 2004), pp. 34-49.
 
   Then discuss: A) First read Howard column (1928), and then Fry’s article (2004). In comparing the two stories discuss how we can explain their different views of the dangers of mass-production and centralization of the newspapers.  B) How does this relate to the story of the Linotype?  C) In what ways does this reflect the history of Technology and Systems as presented in lecture?