Author: chris

Return to the website for the Society for Technical Communicationand research the jobs associated with the technical communication field.

Select one job or career field for further research.

Write a 200- to 350-word summary describing your selected job’s or career field’s educational requirements; types of programs or software knowledge needed; and the required professional experience.

Describe, in your summary, an action plan for acquiring more skills to add to your qualifications in the future.

Evaluate the evidence. Create a draft of the findings of the articles you have selected and how they contribute to our knowledge of this problem. Be sure to address each of the following items in your draft:

1.  Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each piece.

2.  If the articles talk to each other (that is, if they support or contrast with one another), explain how and why.

3.  What does the evidence tell us?

4.  Is there another possible explanation you can think of?  Based on what you have read, what is your hypothesis?  In other words, what is your explanation for the findings?

5.  How can you refine your question or topic even further, now that you have described the findings?

Your draft should be double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font with normal one-inch margins, written in APA style, and free of typographical and grammatical errors.  It should include a title page with a running head and a reference page. The body of the paper should be at least 5-6 pages in length.

 

• A sample literature review,
• a PowerPoint document illustrating how to set up your word processor for APA style
• a “Guide for Writing a Literature Review”

PUMPKIN ANALYSIS AND TECHNICAL BRIEF – Prepare a “technical brief” to communicate your results from the punkin chunkin exericise, following the guide (Section C2) for writing a “technical brief.”  Be sure to include discussion of how you calculated the height of Mendel, and how you completed any other calculations.  Be clear and concise.  If you include tables, be sure to briefly present the tables in the text

 

( the hight is 49 ft and i used string to calculate it.)

 

Section C2. Guide for Writing a Technical Brief Identifying information ‐Provide your name, class section (i.e. A, B, or C), due date, name of assignment at a minimum. Introduction ‐ Describe the setting/situation of the problem. List the “Givens.” More often than not, a figure should be used here to augment your description. In a simple math problem, this would be the “Given:” section. Problem Description ‐ State the problem to be solved. In some cases it is appropriate to discuss why problem solution is important (for example, solving a trigonometry problem assigned from class would probably not require this, but solving a design problem would). Make sure to state explicitly what is to be “found.” In a simple math problem, this would be the “Find:” section. 7 Problem Solution ‐ Describe exactly how you will or did go about solving the problem. Be succinct and clear. Typically you should begin with general approach followed by specific steps that you took. Result/Conclusion/”Answer” (if appropriate) ‐ This should be highlighted very clearly – perhaps boxed, underlined, etc. Tables and Figures ‐ Any tables and figures included should be labeled (i.e. Table 1), and should be presented in the text so that the reader knows what to look for in that Table or Figure. This means that somewhere in the text it should say something like “As shown in Table 1, the configuration marked A resulted in the higher temperature.” A table or figure that is not mentioned in the text should not be included at all. NOTES: You may want to have a fellow student read your solution and try to follow it. If someone not familiar with the problem could not follow your solution, you have not been clear enough. Avoid being wordy in order to “fill up” the space but make sure that you provide enough information for the reader to: understand the problem being addressed,  understand its context and importance,  be able to figure out how you went about solving the problem  assess the accuracy of your approach/equations used, etc. Note that this is a very general description of a technical brief. The needs of your particular case may require you to add a section or do something slightly differently. Clarity and communication are generally more important than adherence to a format.

W4D1 Discussion: Role of women in Asian and Australian organizations
What are specific issues women experiences in business? How do the skills women generally bring to the workforce differ from those of men?
200 words – apa style

• Prepare a description of the agency, the population it serves, and the services it provides.
• Identify the person you are going to interview by title and provide a brief description of this person’s duties and/or role in the agency or organization.
• Create a list of at least ten interview questions to use when interviewing this person for your course project. Include questions to solicit information about the agency, staff, services, and population served. Here are some pointers to keep in mind:
  • Use complete sentences and work to make most of your questions open-ended (rather than yes/no questions) so that you are able to solicit sufficient information to understand the agency and the population it serves.
  • Do not use these questions to solicit information (for example, the location of the agency) that you can find elsewhere, for example on their Web site. Rather, design questions to help you gain an “insider” or expert view of the agency and the population(s) it serves.
  • Remember to include some interview “opener” questions or statements to help establish rapport.

DUE @ 5PM 11/4/15 Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. All interview questions should be written in your own words, with credit given to any sources. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources

 

“A plague of Tics” by David Sedaris is a very interesting and personal story that looks into the life of someone with OCD .David Sedaris uses his trademark irony in “A Plague of Tics” in order to describe and laugh at the obsessive compulsive behaviors of his youth. His essay begins in his third grade math teachers room, and him pressing his nose up against his desk, following by licking the light switch. On his need to count his steps and do certain tasks. Sedaris describes his third grade teacher, whose disapproval is particularly directed at his urges to lick her light switch  as ” odd woman”, or jab his show to his head in his crowded classroom.  His actions were so intensely private, he  had always assumed they were somehow invisible.Sedaris humorously describes his routine walk home from school and all his tics that he had the urge to do. It’s bluntly obvious from reading the chapter that as a child he suffered from OCD ” His “tics” or what he referred to as his “duties” were “intensely private” to him though he would constantly do them in front of other people.

 

 

Sedaris explores the use of hyperboles to explain his situation. ecause this is a true story about the author, it makes you feel more connected to the character being described; he is writing about himself, so it is easy for him to develop the character. While reading the story, his mother does not want to come to terms on why he is doing the actions he is. He explained that while waiting for their house to finish renovation they were living in a different house in the mean time which he states that his mother called, “our own little corner of hell. .” It was not the house that was her hell, it was her son’s “tics.” The house was where most of the “tics” occurred, causing the entire family distress. She explained how he “never slept,” and how in the “middle of the night” he would bang around the house, “jabbing at things.” Claiming that the house was “hell” was all she could do to cope with the “tics” of her child. That way she was able to blame an object for her frustration and not her son.

 

 

 

 

    “A Plague of Tics” essay uses irony to demonstrate oddity of his obsessions and to add humor to his essay this humor works to both strengthen the ethos of the writer, showing that he is willing to poke fun at himself and putting the audience at ease in the otherwise uncomfortable topic of Sedaris’ mental condition. Irony, understatements and hyperboles were great ways to convey his story to the audience. The irony helped the readers to understand that he was not able to be aware about how his “tics” affected other people. Each device which David Sedaris uses in “A Plague of Tics” enhance the way we view his life. From these we can see the extent that a troubled mind will .go to find stability, and he displays how many forms of living exist because there are many forms of people. Each device which David Sedaris uses in “A Plague of Tics” enhance the way we view his life. From these we can see the extent that a troubled mind will go to find stability, and he displays how many forms of living exist because there are many forms of people. ach device which David Sedaris uses in “A Plague of Tics” enhance the way we view his life. From these we can see the extent that a troubled mind will go to find stability, and he displays how many forms of living exist because there are many forms of people. Each device which David Sedaris uses in “A Plague of Tics” enhance the way we view his life. From these we can see the extent that a troubled mind will go to find stability, and he displays how many forms of living exist because there are many forms of people. ach device which David Sedaris uses in “A Plague of Tics” enhance the way we view his life. From these we can see the extent that a troubled mind will go to find stability, and he displays how many forms of living exist because there are many forms of people. Each device which David Sedaris uses in “A Plague of Tics” enhance the way we view his life. From these we can see the extent that a troubled mind will go to find stability, and he displays how many forms of living exist because there are many forms of people. Each device which David Sedaris uses in “A Plague of Tics” enhance the way we view his life. From these we can see the extent that a troubled mind will go to find stability, and he displays how many forms of living exist because there are many forms of people.

Literature Review Outline: Outcomes of Fibrinolytic Therapy vs. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

Introduction (should be about half a page in length)
Describe your overall field of study (i.e. myocardial infarction, what it is, why it needs to be addressed quickly, briefly list options.) The introduction describes background information on your topic and the purpose of your paper.
Treatment Option 1 (should be about one page in length)
Let’s start the ball rolling by using your single chosen article, the one that you wrote your contribution to the group annotated bibliography. Pull out one of the important areas of this article and its relation to the conclusion of the study. You need to address who did what, where, when, why (purpose), and briefly how. Your summary should also summarize the study’s worth to the scientific community.
Now that you you’ve gotten the ball rolling go back and look at the other annotations from your group members. Hopefully you spot another article or two that closely relates to this important article and discuss how it relates, either supporting the point from the first article or disputing it. In your own words address who did what, where, when, why (purpose), and briefly how. Your summary should also summarize the study’s worth to the scientific community.
Here is the single chosen article: Schwartz, R., Weiss, T., Leibowitz, D., Rot, D., Pollak, A., Lottam, C., & Alcalai, R. (2013). Thrombolysis followed by coronary angiography versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention in non-anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 25(12), 632-636. Retrieved from http://www.invasivecardiology.com/articles/thrombolysis-followed-coronary-angiography-versus-primary-percutaneous-coronary-intervention

Treatment Option 2 (should be between half and one page in length)
Using the articles from your annotated bibliography, pull out one of the important areas of this article and is relation to the conclusion of the study. You need to address who did what, where, when, why (purpose), and briefly how. Your summary should also summarize the study’s worth to the scientific community.
Now go back and look at the other annotations. Hopefully you spot another article or two that closely relates to this important article and discuss how it relates, either supporting the point from the first article or disputing it. In your own words address who did what, where, when, why (purpose), and briefly how. Your summary should also summarize the study’s worth to the scientific community.
Here is the single chosen article: Schwartz, R., Weiss, T., Leibowitz, D., Rot, D., Pollak, A., Lottam, C., & Alcalai, R. (2013). Thrombolysis followed by coronary angiography versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention in non-anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 25(12), 632-636. Retrieved from http://www.invasivecardiology.com/articles/thrombolysis-followed-coronary-angiography-versus-primary-percutaneous-coronary-intervention

Conclusion (1-2 paragraphs): This will briefly describe overall strengths and weaknesses of the field. What piece of information is missing? How might that missing information be further investigated?
Below are some important requirements for this assignment:
The literature review needs to review at least 6 articles. These can include but are not limited to the articles that your group reviewed in the Annotated Bibliography group project. You do not have to include all of those original journal articles from the annotated bibliography, but some of them might be relevant.
Use proper APA format
Cite sources within your document. One citation cannot be used to cover an entire paragraph. Any information that is not your own words, thoughts, or ideas must be cited.
Requirements state at least 2 pages long (not including cover and reference pages) but may be longer. Content is more important than length.
We do not allow the use of quoted material in this class. You should try paraphrasing instead of quoting and then cite the reference. We are assessing how well YOU write, not how well the author of your journal article writes.

References
Armstrong, P.W., Gershlick, A. H., Goldstein, P., Wilcox, R., Danays, T., Lambert, Y., . . . Van
De Werf, F. (2013). Fibrinolysis or primary pci in st-segment elevation myocardial infarction. The New England Journal of Medicine, 368 (15), 1379-1387. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1301092
Arso, I. A., Hartopo, A. B., Setianto B.Y., Taufiq, N. (2014). In-hospital major cardiovascular events between STEMI receiving thrombolysis therapy and primary PCI. Acta Med Indones, 46(2): 124-130. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25053685
Garcia, E., Elizaga, J., Perez-Castellano, N., Serrano, J. A., Soriano, J., Abeytua, M., . . . Delcan, J. L. (1999). Primary angioplasty versus systemic thrombolysis in anterior myocardial infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 33(3), 605-611. doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00644-5

Wallace, E. L., Kotter, J. R., Charnigo, R., Kuvlieva, L. B., Smyth, S. S., Ziada, K. M., & Campbell, C. L. (2013). Fibrinolytic therapy versus primary percutaneous coronary interventions for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Kentucky: Time to Establish Systems of Care? Southern Medical Journal, 106(7), 391–398. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31829ba880.
Westerhout, C.M., Bonnefoy, E., Welsh, R.C., Steg, P.G., Boutitie, F., & Armstrong, P.W. (2011). The influence of time from symptom onset and reperfusion strategy on 1-year survival in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a pooled analysis of an early fibrinolytic strategy versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention from CAPTIM and WEST. American Heart Journal. 161(2): 283-290. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.10.033

Assignment 4: Memo with a Suggestion for a Writing Task You have been asked to submit a memo with a proposal for a new writing task in the upper forms (HAVO or VWO). After completing one evaluation of a current writing task in the upper forms, formulate a suggestion for a new task and defend your choices. The word lengths for each section are given to provide a rough estimate. In total, the memo should be approximately 1000 to 1500 words long. The memo has three parts: task review, school setting, and suggestion of a new task. Use the memo format and write the memo to your writing teacher at the HU. The format: A memo is used for in-company communication, and most are written by request. Memos do not require a salutation or a closing; do not use “Dear” at the start and “Regards” at the end in a memo. There is no formal way to close a memo. You simply stop writing at the point that you announced in the opening overview, and everyone should know you are finished. Here is the general format for opening of a memo: To: The audience (your writing teacher in this case) From: Your name (followed by a handwritten signature usually only of the first letter of your first and last name. Naturally, you cannot do this in a digital document unless you have a lot of computer savvy.) Date: The date like September 21, 2014
RE: The subject. “Suggestion for a new writing task” can work in this case. In the introduction, tell me that you will do the three parts as requested. Explain a little what will appear in each part so that the reader knows what is coming.