Author: chris

Telecommunication Project: Gropu Project : Maximum 3 members.

Instructor: Muhammad Rafiq (7th Sep,2015)

Dear All!
Following are the proposed topics for your research .You can also select your own topic. No two Groups should work on the same topic. It will be assigned on the basis of first come first serve.
Select the topic and coordinate it with the Instructor. After the instructor approval prepare a Proposal and then start your work.

Guideline for the Project Proposal. : (Minimum 2 pages Proposal) ( 5% marks)
Submit Only Hard copy in Class on or before the due date.
Last date of the Proposal Submission is Monday, 12th Oct 2015

Following should be the main contents of the research proposal
Title page contains the Research topic, Group members, section, course name and instructor name.
First page is the introduction and brief history or background of the topic.
Then your research question that what is the main purpose of your research which means what type of problem or issues you would like to discuss and why.
Research methodology, that how you will do your research, means interviews, questionairs or secondary recourses like internet and research papers and articles.\
References(Hardward Style)
Guideline for the Project Report. (Minimum 14 pages Report) (20 % marks)
Title page contains the Research topic, Group members, section, course name and instructor name
Table of contents with proper page numbers
Introduction
Research methodology
Literature review
Conclusion and recommendation
References

Submission Procedure:
Submit Soft Coy to the Safe Assignment before Monday, 7th Dec 2015
Submit Hard Copy of your report before Monday, 7th Dec 2015
Present your report on Monday, 7th Dec 2015

Note:

No acceptance after the due dates.
Over 15 % plagiarism is not acceptable.
The students need to submit a soft (to Safe Assignment) and hard copy (to the Instructor) of the report not less than 14 pages and to present his work in the class.
This is the students responsibility to arrange a time for presentation with the Instructor at least one Week before the Presentation.
Be careful about plagiarism.

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Take-Home Final Examination <br>
Meanings of Life Fall 2015<br>
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Please answer 5 of the following 6 questions:<br>
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1) Fromm asks, “Are we sane?” Easterbrook asks, “Why are we not happy?” Why, in a world that is so wealthy, are we not able to lead more fulfilling lives? <br>
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2) Ornstein and Elhrich write of how technology is evolving faster than our brains are; Wright discusses “the evolution of despair.” On the other hand, Kaku writes of the coming era when computers will be smarter than we are, and when gene manipulation will flourish. Combine their arguments in answering this question: Will the future solve the age-old problem of how human beings find meaning? <br>
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3) We read Calvin, Galileo, Condorcet, Huxley, and Freud. These readings show a broad pattern of the history of Western thought over the past 500 years, as it pertains to “The Meaning of Life.” Explain this pattern. Then discuss, using class readings, how this pattern might change in the future. <br>
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4) Socrates said that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Ernest Becker, on the other hand, writes of the new discoveries in human character that “there is no proof that this has anything to do with the progress of man [sic] on the planet; and if most people knew these things about themselves, it would probably throw whole nations into chaos.” Which view do you think is more correct? Explain–<br>
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5) If you could design a society with maximum potential for the attainment of happiness and life meaning, what would it look like? Be practical in your answer. <br>
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6) Would the world be a better place if we were all like Lei Feng? Discuss, using at least five of the readings we have done for this class. <br>
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Each question should be answered in two pages for undergraduates. Each answer should contain numerous quotations or citations from the class readings. Your paper should have a reference list; every work in your reference list should have been cited or quoted in your text. Your paper must be submitted through Veriguide, but also delivered in hard copy to the Dept. of Anthropology. This examination is due Dec. 14.

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: Create a strategy and plan for the development of an entrepreneurial business of your choice. The scope and criteria for this assignment will be developed as part of the seminar requirements. This should be supported by a written essay incorporating the key course themes and relevant and critical analysis (2500 words).<br>
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Please Use the below questions as Guide Lines! <br>
Answer them in an essay structure <br>
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What is the business proposition and why is it a good idea? <br>
How did you come up with the idea?<br>
How have you confirmed there is a need for your business (trial)? <br>
What research have you’ve carried out with your target customers and market<br>
Explain why you believe you are the right person to be doing this<br>
Who are your customers and how will you reach them?<br>
Who are you competing with and how will you beat them<br>
How will your product be produced/how will your service be carried out?<br>
Which third parties are involved in the operational side of the business? <br>
How much do the product(s)/services(s) cost to produce/deliver and how will they be delivered to the customer?<br>
What staff will you require initially?<br>
What is your approach to sales and marketing (price, place, promotion)<br>
What is success for your business?<br>
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My business is the terminals that are used to top up for mobile network operators <br>
example is Qiwi Terminal Payment system in Russia and etc<br>
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Please make an essay based on their business model! <br>
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Target markets are: Kosovo, MonteNegro, Tunisia<br>
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I WILL attach my presentation on the subject <br>
and also a presentation on terminals

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In your 2-page paper, please discuss the following points or questions in addition to the points covered in the class debate.<br>
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1. What are the classes of compounds best suited for GC/MS and LC/MS analysis? Why so?<br>
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2. What are the volatility limits of GC/MS in terms of analyte boiling points or vapor pressures? What are the benefits of analyte derivatization in GC/MS analysis.<br>
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3. Why is tandem mass spectrometry more important or commonly used in LC/MS compared to GC/MS? Why is it difficult to set up a mass spectral database for LC/MS application relative to GC/MS?<br>
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4. According to the paper by Siuzdak et al., LC/MS is more suitable than GC/MS for metabolomics study because of thermal degradation of analytes. Give examples and elaborate on the discussion of why LC/MS is the more suitable technique for metabolomics.

Select a potential competitive organization and a product in that organization.

 

Organization: Sketchers   Product: Gym Shoes

 

Write a 200 words for each MAIN bulletin.

Use a minimum of 1 peer reviewed source for each bulletin.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

FIRST BULLETIN:  Any issues or opportunities your organization faces that affect its competitiveness and long-term profitability with regards to your product: This may include but is not limited to the following elements:

o    Price elasticity of demand

o    Technological innovation

o    The relationship between the amount of labor & capital employed and the law of diminishing marginal productivity

 

SECOND BULLETIN: Make recommendations on how your organization can maximize their profit-making potential and successfully compete in the new market. Consider the effect your recommendations may have on marginal revenues and costs.

 

Please keep Bullentins in order and separated.  I am combining them with the paper I have already started.  Thank you!!

 

Medicare has been in existence since 1965, and during the intervening years, its original design has been greatly modified. The recipients of Medicare may have stayed basically the same, but the delivery, types of services, control, and regulations have changed significantly and continue to change. For your Dropbox Assignment, choose two articles related to Medicare from the list below utilizing the resources from the South University Online Library journal databases (for example, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and the Internet). Kaiser Family Foundation. (2011). Restructuring Medicare’s beneficiary design: Implications for beneficiaries and spending. Retrieved from http://www.kff.org/medicare/upload/8256.pdf Kaiser Family Foundation. (2012). Medicare’s role for dual-eligible beneficiaries. Retrieved from http://www.kff.org/medicare/ upload/8138-02.pdf Guterman, S., Davis, K., Schoenbaum, S., & Shih, A. (2009). Using Medicare payment policy to transform the health system: A framework for improving performance. Health Affairs, 28, 238–250. Marmor, T. (2007). Medicare’s politics. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 32(2), 307–315. Oberlander, J. (2007). Through the looking glass: The politics of The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 32(2), 187–219. Zarabozo, C., & Harrison, S. (2009). Payment policy and the growth of Medicare advantage. Health Affairs, 28(1), 55–67. In a Microsoft Word document, create a 2- to 3-page report on the analysis of the selected topics. Your report should also include answers to the following: Identify one or two main points from each selected article. Explain in detail the issues presented in the articles and their impact on the recipients of Medicare. Explain in detail the issues presented in the articles and their impact on the providers to Medicare recipients. Support your responses with examples. Cite any sources in APA format

When you try to find the most appropriate input probability distribution in a simulation model, you first have to choose the most appropriate family, and then you have to select the most appropriate member of that family.
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Assume that x is a random number between 0 and 1, and that the number of units expected to be sold is uniformly distributed between 300 and 500. Then, sales are given by the expression

A.300 + x
B.500 – x
C.300 + 200 x
D.500 – 200 x
E.300 + 500 x
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the graph of a discrete probability distribution?

A.It is a series of spikes.
B.The height of each spike is the probability of the corresponding value.
C.There is an empty space between adjacent spikes.
D.All of these options
The RAND() function in excel models which of the following probability distributions:

A.Normal(0,1)
B.Uniform(0,1)
C.Normal(-1,1)
D.Uniform(-1,1
Suppose you run a simulation model several times with different order quantities. What can we infer about the quantity that maximizes the output, the company’s profit?

A.This quantity is the optimal order quantity.
B.This quantity might be the optimal order quantity, but we also need to consider the company’s attitude toward risk.
C.This is not necessarily the optimal order quantity, because it may have produced the largest profit by luck.
D.We can’t infer anything
Which of the following functions is often required in simulations where we must model a process over multiple time periods and must deal with uncertain timing of events?

A.RISKMIN
B.RISKMAX
C.NPV
D.IF
E.None of these options
Which of the following is not among the financial applications where simulation can be applied?

A.Future stock prices
B.Customer preferences for different attributes of products
C.Future interest rates
D.Future cash flows
E.None of these options
In a manufacturing model, we might simulate the number of days to produce a batch and the yield from each batch. The number of days would typically be a ___________ distribution and the yield would be a ___________ distribution.

A.Continuous, discrete
B.Continuous, continuous
C.Discrete, continuous
D.Discrete, discrete
The value at risk (VAR) is typically defined as the:

A.5th percentile of NPV distribution
B.10th percentile of NPV distribution
C.50th percentile of NPV distribution
D.90th percentile of NPV distribution
E.95th percentile of NPV distribution

Medicare, the Elderly and Reimbursement Issues

Medicare was designed to provide healthcare to a specific population at a time when many of the elderly seemed unable to afford healthcare.

Based on your understanding of the topic, answer the following:

• Does the above statement remain true today, especially with many people staying in the workplace long after what was previously considered the retirement age? Why or why not?
• Should Medicare be expanded to include not just older Americans and those with certain disabilities, but other people as well? Discuss.

Some contend the creation of Medicare was part of a long struggle toward nationalized healthcare insurance. Medicare is now such a large program and it has an immense impact on the rest of the industry.

• Has the implementation of Medicare actually forwarded the cause for national health insurance or impeded its progress? Discuss.
• Explain the political and administrative issues possibly playing a part in this respect?

Reimbursement of Medicare has had a dramatic effect on both the acute and long-term care of the healthcare industries.

• How has the change to the PPS for hospitals in the early 1980s and the change to PPS in the late 1990s had such a dramatic effect on the healthcare industry?
• Discuss issues of Medicare that are fraud and abuse. How has the government’s effort to curb abuse shaped the Medicare policies and regulations?

Cost-volume-profit analysis is an extension of break-even analysis. CVP analysis enables managers to understand cost behavior and the effect on profits in response to a wide variety of influences, such as changes in volume, variable and fixed costs, and price. This helps management make appropriate business decisions. For example, CVP analysis helps management identify a break-even point if volume or costs change or determine the volume necessary for a targeted profit level. CVP analysis can also help management develop a pricing strategy by projecting the effects the different price structures will have on costs and profits.

In this assignment, you will examine how you can use CVP analysis to plan and make various business decisions. In addition, you will analyze financial data of Compnet’s potential product acquisition (Prime Component) and determine the effects on profit due to variations in its costs and sales price.

Tasks:

Part I: Using CVP Analysis for Business Decisions

Respond to the following:

• How will you use CVP analysis to make business decisions at your workplace? Support your answer with examples.
• Using an example from your workplace, distinguish between variable and fixed cost structures. Why might different managers assess the same cost differently?
• How would you use CVP analysis to develop a budget? Elaborate using examples.
• How can the sales department use the CVP tool when analyzing customer profitability?

Write your initial response in a minimum of 500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, November 28, 2015, post your response to the appropriateDiscussion Area. Through Monday, November 30, 2015, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Part II: Performing CVP Analysis

Continuing with the same scenario as in previous assignments for Compnet, complete the following:

• Select the links that follow to download and review the files containing the financial data of the product line.
  • Compnet Balance Sheet Income Statement
  • Compnet Budget Template
• Recalculate the break-even point on the basis of the following what-if scenarios:
  • Variable costs increase by 5 percent.
  • The sales price decreases by 10 percent due to an increase in competition.
  • Click here to access the CVP template and use it to perform your calculations.
• Create a 4-6 page paper that includes the above calculations and analyzes the decision options.
• Create a one-page memo for your senior management that summarizes your findings and provides recommendations.

Submission Details:

Create 5–7-page document in Microsoft Word that includes both the memo and the paper.

Review standard office memo templates available on the internet and create the one-page memo in Microsoft Word considering the audience to whom this information needs to be presented.

Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M4_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, December 2, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Articulated key points in a clear, logical, and professional manner, with relevant examples and supporting evidence wherever required.	20
Actively contributed to the discussion by providing points of view with rationale, challenging points of the discussion, or drawing relationships between points of the discussion.	12
Accurately calculated the break-even points.	20
Analyzed the business decision options and provided recommendations	28
Created a one-page memo as suited to the need and audience and demonstrating professional standards.	12
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Assignment 2: Strategic Action Plans

There are some elements missing from the action plan in Table 9.1 in your text book. If the EMR system is to be integrated with similar systems at local hospitals, and the physicians fully utilize its data-sharing capabilities, representatives from the hospitals must be drawn into this implementation process.

(Moseley III, George B. . Managing Health Care Business Strategy. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, May 2008. p. 251).

Write a three page report answering the following questions:

• What elements (at least two) are missing from the action plan in Table 9.1 for the EMR system? Justify your choice.
• Describe the activities that should be implemented to address the missing elements.
• Describe where these activities would be added to the list (relative to the other activities already listed).
• Specify exactly which people from the hospitals and practice will participate in these new activities and justify your choice.