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he World Bank is currently advising newly industrialized countries on how to encourage growth and they have asked for your help.

• Using the Internet, library, or other resources, research and briefly explain 2–3 methods currently being used to encourage economic growth for the typical firm in Hong Kong and for the typical firm in Singapore.
• Which of these methods of encouraging growth would you suggest for the typical company in Hong Kong and Singapore?
• Explain the rationale for your choice.

This assignment will also be assessed using the Common Assessment criteria provided here.

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t is easy to criticize society for not using renewable resources, but in reality, how difficult would this transition be? What processes and procedures would be involved? How would such a transition be made?

The purpose of this assignment is for you to consider what type of energy your neighborhood is currently powered by and what it would really take to convert this source to a renewable one. How much would it take to switch your community to a renewable resource and what would this mean for the environment?

For the assignment, complete the following:

• Identify three primary types of energy that powers your home as well as all of the homes in your community. You may find this information on your community Web site or the Web sites of the local power companies. For example, your community may use electricity and solar panels.
• Explain how the sources of energy you identified impact the environment. Consider the following:
  • Does the use of these types of energy resource have a negative impact on the environment in your area?
  • Does your community have nuclear waste to dispose of?
  • Has your community always used these three power sources? If so, how do you feel this has impacted the environment over time?
  • How much of an impact have these sources of energy had on local air and water quality?
• Considering the current source(s) of power available, determine how much energy your house uses each month. You can find this information on your monthly energy bill.

  Calculate your annual usage for a year. Using this value, estimate the energy consumption for your community. The US Census Bureau is one resource you can use to estimate the number of households in your community.

  You can use the following formulae for this calculation:

  (monthly energy usage) × (12 months per year) = (household energy usage per year); (yearly energy estimate for your house) × (estimated number of houses in your community) = (estimated yearly energy use for your community)

  The following is an example of the above calculation:

  52.8 kilowatt hours (kwh) per month × 12 months = 633.6 kwh; 633.6 kwh × 200 houses in your community = 126,720 kwh

• Recommend a realistic, renewable resource to power your community, using your calculated power needs. Consider the following sources: hydropower, solar power, wind turbines, and geothermal energy.
  • Which source would be the best for your community?
  • Justify your choice based on the kind of resources that are available, how much power these alternative sources can produce, and your estimated energy demands for the community.
• Having recommended an alternative power source, conclude by addressing the following:
  • How realistic is this alternative power source for your community?
  • How will people in your community respond to energy conversion? Will they support it or be against it? Give reasons.
  • How expensive would it be to convert to the alternative power source you recommended? How would this new source impact the environment?
  • What organisms would benefit most from this conversion?

Support your statements with appropriate examples and approximately 4–6 credible resources.

Write an 8–10-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Monday, February 7, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.

Grading Criteria and Rubric

Download the rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Identify three primary types of energy that powers your home as well as all of the homes in your community.	36
Explain how your current sources of energy impact the environment, and answer all additional required questions in the assignment.	52
Determine how much energy your house uses each month and calculate the energy consumption for your entire city.	40
Recommend a realistic renewable resource to power your city, using your calculated power needs. Justify your response.	40
Explain how realistic this new resource is for your area, what the expense to convert energy sources would be, and whether you feel that people would support an energy conversion.	40
Explain how this new energy source would impact the environment and what organisms would benefit most from this conversion.	28
Writing Components: Organization (16) Usage and Mechanics (16) APA Elements (24) Style (8)	64

 

Discussion 1) When comparing various divisions within a company, describe what problems can arise from evaluating divisions that have different accounting methods, as described in Chapter 11 of your text.  Cite three examples of accounting methods that could cause divisions’ profits to differ. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.

 

Discussion 2) (Exercise 12-12) Dr. Steve Rosenthal has his own medical practice. He specializes in the treatment of diabetics. His staff consists of a receptionist, two nurses, a lab technician, and a dietitian. As patients enter the outer office, they check in with the receptionist. The patient then waits until called by a nurse. When called, the patient moves from the waiting room to the inner offices. The patient must weigh in and is then assigned a room. The nurse assigning the patient to a room gathers all the personal data for updating the medical records, such as insulin dosage, medication, illnesses since last visit, etc. The nurse also takes an initial blood sample for blood sugar testing and performs a blood pressure test. The patient then waits until the doctor comes in. After the doctor’s conference, the nurse returns to take more blood samples, depending on what is ordered by the doctor. The patient then waits until the dietitian comes to review eating habits and talk about how to improve meal planning and weight control. The patient returns to the receptionist to pay for the office visit and to schedule the next visit.

In your response include the following:

• Identify the activities in the doctor’s office that fall into process time, inspection time, move time, wait time, and storage time.
• List the activities in the doctor’s office that are candidates for non value-added activities. Explain why you classify them as non value-added activities.

This week you have to complete your paper on your chosen health problem. The paper should be a minimum of 6 pages and should use a minimum of 5 peer reviewed journal articles. In Week 1 you have been provided with pointers to guide you in developing the final paper. You must have followed them and developed your paper by this time.

 

An error-free document helps to convey your thoughts and intent more completely. Before submitting your paper, do the following:

APA FORMAT

Check your document carefully with an eye for detail.

Proofread your document carefully, making sure that there are no errors pertaining to: noun-verb agreement, pronouns, quotation marks, voice (active versus passive), sentence structure, and commas.

Check the format, text, headings, running heads, citations, and endnotes for completeness and inclusion.

Revise and rewrite your document before handing in your final draft. Include a brief one-page summary and reference list.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER ALL OF THESE ONLY THE ONE RELAVENT TO THE ILLNESS. I HAVENT PICKED AN ILLNESS- this is the pointers guide

Week 5, you have to complete your paper on your chosen health problem. The paper should be a minimum of 6 pages and should use a minimum of 5 peer reviewed journal articles. Use the following pointers to guide you in developing your paper:

 

Provide a clear, specific, definition of your topic. For example, your topic can be on CHD, obesity, or smoking.

How does this topic or health behavior relate to the leading health indicators/focus areas/goals of Healthy People 2020 document? This document can be found at http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx

How is this topic or behavior relevant to community health? How is this topic relevant to other national health campaigns or national health initiatives?

If you are writing about a health behavior, what is the prevalence of this behavior in the United States and your state? Does prevalence differ by gender, race, age, socioeconomic status? Provide some statistics here.

Describe the significance of this topic/health behavior in America today. Discuss any diseases and/or societal problems caused by this behavior. Are there any financial costs or costs to society associated with this topic/behavior?

Describe the risk factors associated with this topic/behavior. What factors lead to this health behavior or disease?

How can the risk factors be controlled or prevented? How can the negative outcomes be prevented? What are the current recommendations for preventing premature morbidity/mortality in this area? Are there any programs that have shown to be effective in the literature?

 

Please identify a minimum of three organizations or healthcare agencies either nationally or locally that provide programs, funding, or resources to address this issue.

s the manager of the CTU Health Care information systems department, you are aware of the meaningful use core measure standards that all eligible professionals (EPs) and health care organizations (HCOs) must meet to receive monetary incentives set forth by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. To meet the HITECH meaningful use core measures, EPs and HCOs must implement certified electronic health records (EHRs) to gain incentives. To meet the criteria for meaningful use all EPs and HCOs must implement certified EHR.

Complete the following:

• Discuss 2 key elements of certified EHRs, and discuss stage 1 meaningful use core objectives criteri

Prepare an 11- to 15-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation for the senior management team based on the business problem or opportunity you described in Week 3 and 4. Draw on material you developed in the Week 3 and 4 assignments.

Include the following in your presentation:

• Introduction slide
• Agenda slide
• Describe the organization, with a brief description
• Explain the business problem or opportunity
• Analyze why the business problem is important
• Identify what variable would be best to measure for this problem. Explain why.
• Apply data analysis techniques to this problem (tell which techniques should be used: descriptive stats, inferential stats, probability, linear regression, time series). Explain why.
• Apply a possible solution to the problem/opportunity, with rationale.
• Evaluate how data could be used to measure the implementation of such a solution.
• Conclusion
• References slide (if any source material is quoted or paraphrased throughout the presentation)
• Include on the slides what you’d want the audience to see (include appropriate visual aids/layout) and include in the Speaker’s Notes section what you’d say as you present each slide. If any source material is quoted or paraphrased in the presentation, use APA citations and references.

MARKETING CHALLENGES

In business plans, many marketing sections should be entitled “Field of Dreams” because many entrepreneurs assume that if “I build the product, they will buy it.”  In a three-to-four page paper (not including the title and reference pages), develop a marketing section about your business opportunity, and specifically address the following in detail (with examples):

a.  Describe the type of market research you will need and the resources you will utilize to obtain the information.

b.  Predict if your market is big enough to provide growth.  Explain the indicators that support your prediction.

c.  Evaluate the market power potential of your business venture.

d.  Evaluate the collective power of your competitors.  Compare and contrast thier collective market power versus your potential market power the business venture.

 

Your paper should be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, and it must include citations and references for the text and at least three scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library.

MARKETING CHALLENGES

In business plans, many marketing sections should be entitled “Field of Dreams” because many entrepreneurs assume that if “I build the product, they will buy it.”  In a three-to-four page paper (not including the title and reference pages), develop a marketing section about your business opportunity, and specifically address the following in detail (with examples):

a.  Describe the type of market research you will need and the resources you will utilize to obtain the information.

b.  Predict if your market is big enough to provide growth.  Explain the indicators that support your prediction.

c.  Evaluate the market power potential of your business venture.

d.  Evaluate the collective power of your competitors.  Compare and contrast thier collective market power versus your potential market power the business venture.

 

Your paper should be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, and it must include citations and references for the text and at least three scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library.

 

In this assignment, you will select a nation that is considered to have an emerging market and you will evaluate the nation on the following factors that affect an emerging market: Gross domestic product, inflation, political risks, economic risks, country demographics, and liquidity of local debt.

Scenario:

You have been hired as a financial analyst tasked with evaluating an existing emerging market and writing an executive report on your findings about the emerging market.

Using the following report, select one of the top 30 emerging markets to research:

• Top 30 Emerging Markets 2012-2017

  http://www.globalintelligence.com/insights-analysis/emerging-markets/top-30-emerging-markets

Instructions:

Produce an executive report that includes the following:

• Provide statistical and qualitative information of each of the following factors: Gross domestic product, inflation, political risks, economic risks, country demographics, and liquidity of local debt.
• Differentiate the level of market efficiency between a nation that is considered an emerging market to one that has already developed, including factors such as liquidity of debt, government regulations, GDP, etc.
• Compare and contrast the emerging market you selected against another emerging market on factors such as market liquidity of local debt, equity market, market exchange, and regulatory bodies.
• Evaluate and discuss the political, economic, and technological trends of the emerging market. Remember to discuss any financial actions that have been taken and should be taken due to the trends.

Write a 7–10-page report in Word format. Utilize at least four scholarly sources. Apply APA standards to the citation of sources.

Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Assignment Components	Proficient	Max Points
Provide statistical and qualitative information of each of the following factors: Gross domestic product, inflation, political risks, economic risks, country demographics, and liquidity of local debt. [CO: 5 PO: 3.2, 4.2 ILO: 1, 3, 6]	All the trends of the emerging market’s GDP, inflation, political and economic risks, demographics, and liquidity of local debt are accurate.	44
Differentiate the level of market efficiency between the nation that is considered an emerging market to one that has already developed using factors such as liquidity of debt, government regulations, GDP, etc. [CO: 1 PO: 3.3 ILO: 1, 3]	The difference in market efficiency described includes obvious and subtle points. The differences are accurate, and demonstrate why the emerging market is yet to be classified as a developed market.	64
Compare and contrast the emerging market you selected against another emerging market on factors such as market liquidity of local debt, equity market, market exchange, and regulatory bodies. [CO: 2 PO: 3.2, 4.2 ILO: 1, 3, 6]	The comparison of the two emerging markets is accurate. The difference between the two markets is clear. The information provided demonstrates why each market is considered an emerging market.	64
Evaluate and discuss the political, economic, and technological trends of the emerging market. [CO: 5 PO: 3.2, 4.2 ILO: 1, 3, 6]	The effect of any political, economic, and technological trends to the emerging market are clear and specific. Financial actions that have been taken and should be taken due to the trends are clearly described.	64
Academic Writing
Organization (12) Usage and Mechanics (12) APA Elements (16) Style (4) [CO_W PO: 1.1 ILO: 2]	Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in adequate and accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. APA format was used. Use of scholarly sources aligned with specified assignment requirements.