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An introduction/literature review to a laboratory work i am to carry out! the hypothesis is that activation of bitter taste receptor leads to bronchodilation. the aim is to investigate the mechanism by which it does so and to further investigate the role on vascular smooth muscle

i need a critique about the play without ant sorceress just Discuss your own opinion
the critique is due today 11:59 pm

Scenario: For the purposes of this question, you are an independent contractor who specializes in helping municipalities quantify and prioritize loss potential on large governmental structures when faced with the potential for a severe weather event, such as a flood, hurricane, or tornado. In this case, youve been asked by your local City Manager to evaluate the security of your largest structure or complex and to provide security recommendations based on your analysis. It may be a stadium, a water plant, an open reservoir, or even an emergency operations center. You pick the facility in your area and you pick the weather event for your area.
Question:
Using the Decision Matrix in Chapter 4 in the text (Broder, J. F., & Tucker, E. (2012). Risk analysis and the security survey (4th ed.). Waltham, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN: 978-0-12-382233-8) , provide a brief descriptive summary of the principal challenges facing disaster preparedness officials in your area, in trying to effectively predict and measure the relative risk of potential damage from whatever weather event you have chosen. Make certain you adequately describe the environment (urban, rural, suburban, etc.) and that you include the specific risk in the real day-to-day environment. (Note the examples given on pages 31 and 32 in your text.)

Twenty years from now, the typical large business will have half the levels of management and one-third the managers of its counterpart today.

Work will be done by specialists brought together in task forces (teams) that cut across traditional departments. Coordination and control will depend largely on employees’ willingness to discipline themselves—not by Human Resources.

 

Please write a word paper on the importance of Teams in the Organization.  

• Explain how (you as a manager) would hire, manage, compensate and motivate teams working under your leadership in order to meet the goals of the organization and Human Resource Management.

 

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

Download an example here

 

There are 10 questions – Each question has a statement. Your task is to write two responses…one to agree with the statement and another to disagree with the statement. It’s not “pick one or the other”. You have to make a separate argument for each side. One paragraph why you would agree, and one paragraph why you would disagree.

 

1.Employees should not be permitted to see their personnel files. Allowing them to review the file constrains realistic observations by managers. Accordingly, as long as the information is not used against an employee, these files should be off limits.

2. Job analysis is just another burden placed on organizations through EEO legislation.

3.An organization should follow a promote-from-within policy.

4.Flexible benefits programs are employer inducements to reduce benefits costs. The average employee has neither the ability nor information to make such important choices. Employees should suspect such programs.

5.Investments in career development do not provide an organization a viable return on its investment. It simply raises employees’ expectations, and then, if not fulfilled, cause employees leave. Accordingly, the organization has trained employees for its competitors.

6.Proper selection is a substitute for socialization.

7.Training organizational members how to be coaches and how to empower employees should be a major activity in the next decade.

8.All that is required for successful labor-management relations is common sense, sound business judgment, and good listening skills.

9.Given that the white male is becoming a “minority” in the workplace, they should be afforded affirmative action protection.

10.Globalization has led us to the realization that workers a interchangeable between countries so long as language issues are resolved.

Research-Driven Long, Formal Report Instructions

 

Select a topic for your assignment from the list of potential recommendations below:

 

• Improving a company’s customer services

 

Part I

 

Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word Research-Driven Long, Formal Report (follow the model offered in Ch. 18 of Workplace Writing) that proposes a change to the workplace or proposes a new initiative using the components of ethical business communication.

 

Your report should look similar to the example in Ch.18 of Workplace Writing. It must include the following headings:

 

• List of illustrations
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Discussion
• Conclusion/Recommendation
• Glossary
• References

 

Note. The cover page and references pages will not count toward your final word count.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

Part II

 

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation, including detailed presenter notes, (using Microsoft^®PowerPoint^®, Prezi, or another presentation software as approved by your instructor) to accompany your written report. Include any relevant data or visuals from your report or other sources to support your claims. Format and cite consistent with APA guidelines.

 

 

 

Format your citations in your speaker notes consistent with APA guidelines.

Unit VII Case Study

 

Read the incident scenario, and write a response that is at least three pages in length. Your response must include answers to the questions being asked. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced. Paraphrased and/or quoted materials must have accompanying in-text and reference citations in APA format.

 

Scenario:

 

You are the Refinery Emergency Response Coordinator for an incident at the SJV Refinery, which has been in operation since 1966. The refinery processes 120,000 bbls of crude oil per day, which has a sulfur content of 2.5 percent. The refinery converts crude oil to naptha, light oil, and heavy oils using the Atmospheric/Vacuum Distillation Unit with key equipment such as the following:

 

• naptha, kerosene, gasoline, and diesel hydrotreaters;

 

• isomerization unit;

 

• naptha reformer;

 

• fluid catalytic cracker;

 

• coker;

 

• hydrocracker;

 

• polymerization unit (petrochemical section of the refinery polymerizing olefin gases to produce polyethylene);

 

• sulfur recovery Claus plant (catalytic reactors); and

 

• distillate/gasoline blending tanks

 

The refinery was initiating work on a major plant turnaround at the time of the incident to complete required maintenance repairs, mechanical integrity inspections, and modifications to existing equipment. Twenty contractor companies (approximately 150 employees) have been contracted to perform this work under the direction of refinery staff. All of the contractor workers completed the refinery orientation training.

 

Work for the contractor crews is assigned/scheduled each morning. On the day of the incident, the day-shift (6 am to 6 pm) crew had been tasked with isolating the acid gas feed stream for the Claus unit. Due to other work priorities, the crew did not isolate the line as planned. A shift turnover for the night contractor crew did not happen due to mandatory safety training that delayed their arrival at the worksite. Upon their arrival at the work site, the night crew held a job safety analysis (JSA) review of the scheduled task (line breaking of the acid gas feed line to replace a segment) to be performed and the hazards present. No pressure gauges or monitoring was present to indicate that the acid gas feed line was operational. The crew initiated the line breaking activity (open the line to the atmosphere) at approximately 7:45 pm under self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), which almost immediately resulted in the uncontrolled release of acid gas. A nearby ignition source from a welding operation ignited the flammable gas. The following actions were initially taken:

 

• The evacuation alarm was sounded and the refinery emergency response team (ERT) was activated.

 

• The plant manager and the local fire department were notified of the incident.

 

• The incident command was established at the refinery office near the main refinery access gate to the south (this is the furthest distance within the refinery boundary from the incident location).

 

• The refinery ERT incident commander implemented actions required under the approved refinery emergency response plan.

 

• The ERT was not able to immediately isolate the acid gas feed pipeline.

 

• The fire department arrived on location and assumed the incident command of the event.

 

Additional Relevant Information:

 

• The refinery encompasses an area measuring 2000 feet by 1400 feet. The Claus unit is located in the most northern part of the refinery, approximately 1350 feet from the main refinery access gate to the south. The polymerization unit is operating directly adjacent to the Claus unit.

 

• The nearest residential community is located approximately 1000 feet to the northeast of the refinery.

 

• A plastic recycling plant is located along the south fence boundary of the refinery.

 

• A major interstate highway runs directly parallel to the plant, approximately 1/4 of a mile directly north of the refinery.

 

• The ambient temperature on the day of the incident was 85°F and the wind was blowing at 7 mph from the South west to the northeast.

 

• Work crews were scheduled to work 12-hour shifts, 24-hours a day, to complete the refinery turnaround.

 

• Due to the age of the refinery, SJV has implemented a robust mechanical integrity program.

 

• The refinery has a trained ERT that can respond to incidents.

 

• Fixed water monitors are present throughout the refinery to extinguish refinery equipment fires. The refinery ERT does not fight fires past the incipient stage.

 

• The refinery has received notices of violation (NOVs) from the local air district in the past several years due to gas and liquid leaks from piping components, such as valves, compressor/pump seals, and for excess sodium dioxide (SO2) emissions related with their sulfur plant.

 

• Due to historical discharges of organic compounds, groundwater-monitoring wells are present down gradient of the facility. Groundwater underlying the plant has historically been encountered at 30 feet below ground surface.

 

• Hydrogen sulfide is present in the acid gas feed to the Claus plant. The H2S concentration of the acid gas feed is approximately 70 percent by volume. H2S and sulfur dioxide (SO2) have the following physical properties:

 

Physical Property                                     H2S                                    SO2

 

Specific Gravity at 68oF (20oC)            1.54                                    1.4

 

Vapor Density (Air=1)                        1.18                                    2.22

 

Flashpoint                                                -116oF (-82.4oC)            Not Applicable

 

Autoignition Point                                    500oF (260oC)            Not Applicable

 

Lower Explosive Limit                        4.3%                                     Not Applicable

 

Upper Explosive Limit                        46%                                    Not Applicable

 

IDLH                                                            100 ppm                        100 ppm

 

Questions:

 

1. Discuss the hazards posed by the interaction of the hazardous materials present at the refinery and adjacent facilities, including the resulting by-products of the incident fire and acid gas release.

 

2. As the lead refinery representative on the unified incident command (UIC), what actions should be taken by the UIC to respond to this incident (please consider all receptors).

 

3. If the polymerization unit is engulfed in the fire, how will this affect your response?

 

4. All emergency responders participated in the post-incident critique. What corrective actions should be implemented by the refinery to prevent the reoccurrence of this incident?

CHOOSE A TOPIC: Mexican Immigration

History and current Affirmative Action

Racial Inequalities in Education

Race Segregation in Prisons

Sport Logos and Racism

  

Asian Americans and Racism in the US

Islamophobia

Palestine, Israel, and America

  

Race and Media (movies)

Unauthorized Immigration (undocumented immigration)

Racial Inequalities within the Voting System

Racial Inequalities within the Political System

 

Racial Conflict during Economic Downturns

  

Racial Scapegoating

Racism: Different in Brazil and Cuba than the US?

Racism in the Health Care System

How Nazis Influenced Public Opinion about Jews

Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System

Structural Racism: Laws and Social Norms

The Problems with Color Blind Ideology   White privilege       CRITERIA FOR RESEARCH PAPER 1. Choose a topic for your research paper from the list that has been provided 2. Papers must be a MINIMUM of ten pages long (8 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). No headings should be repeated on the eight pages of text – they belong on the cover page. Write a minimum of eight pages of text on that research topic. 3. Include a minimum of eight scholarly references (social science journals, law books; and/or websites that are sponsored by academics and/or professionals) and include a bibliography at the end of the paper using ASA formatting. One of those references can be from ONE of our texts; the other references must come from separate academic journal articles NOT news articles or random websites. 4. Do not include Wikipedia or other encyclopedia/dictionary usages among the ten references. 5. USE ASA WRITING STYLE ONLY; AN ASA FORMATTING GUIDE 6. Double-Space, use 12 point normal font (Times New Roman only) and margins no greater than 1.25” on all sides. DO NOT MANIPULATE FONTS AND/OR FORMATTING TO SATISFY THE LENGTH CRITERIA (SHORT PAPERS WILL NOT EARN CREDIT). DO NOT INCLUDE LONG QUOTES OVER FORTY WORDS; LIMIT SHORT QUOTES TO ONLY 3-4

Scenario:

You are the business manager of a fifteen-physician group practice in family medicine that at a recent strategic planning retreat agreed to open a satellite clinic on the periphery of its current market area in order to increase the number of families it serves. The clinic will be located in the area of somewhat older, rundown homes that seems to be undergoing slow but steady gentrification. The clinic initially will be staffed by three physicians and has a maximum capacity of ten doctors. One of your responsibilities under the strategic plan to create the clinic is to establish a modest program for keeping track of the factors and variables that might affect the success of the clinic. To get started, prepare a list of ten to fifteen financial and nonfinancial metrics that you propose to monitor, including the sources you will use to gather the necessary data. For each one of the metrics, indicate the directions in which they might change and the adjustments in the plan for the new clinic that would be necessary.

 

Create a PowerPoint presentation (15 slides including the Reference slide-include website links if used) that includes or addresses the following elements:

1  Ten to 15 financial and nonfinancial metrics.

2  Sources for gathering the necessary data.

3  The direction in which each metric may change and how it will impact the plans for the new clinic.

 

Solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines within the speaker notes of the PowerPoint presentation.

 

Both the operations manager and the warehouse manager have been impressed with your argument in making a case of supply chain management and quality management within the company.

 

The operations manager in your department wants you to conduct a formal presentation to him and the rest of the floor staff to highlight the benefits of supply chain management.

 

He has over 30 years of operational management experience with the company, and he is skeptical of any change. He has never used any type of supply chain management techniques or tools, but found your discussion on supply chain interesting.

 

The warehouse manager has also expressed interest in having you conduct a similar presentation with a focus on quality management for his department and staff member at a later date. This is your opportunity to really pitch the advantages of implementing supply chain management and for designing a quality assurance process for these two departments within your company.

 

Develop a compelling presentation to the operations manager that will explore the benefits of implementing supply chain management on his floor.

 

• Use the following format:
  • 10–12 slides
  • Eye-catching graphics, clip art, charts, and models
  • A minimum of 100–200 words of speaker’s notes per slide
  • APA, 6th edition format for all citations and references
• Content should include the following:
  • Create 2–3 slides covering 1-2 basic terms, 1–2 concepts, and 2–3 principles of supply chain management.
  • Create 2–3 slides providing examples of 3 supply chain tools and techniques and explanations of how they are used.
  • Cite and explain 3 examples of how supply chain management has helped a company to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Citations and references must be given for all content sources.

Case Study 1: Emerging Wireless Technology in the Education Industry

Due Week 3 and worth 100 points

The  education industry is a good example of an industry that must balance the security issues associated with wireless technologies with the business value added from wireless technologies.

You can use other sources or read the following:

http://renci.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/EmergingTechforHigherEd.pdf

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/02/12/6-emerging-trends-driving-technology-in-education.aspx

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Summarize the current and emerging wireless educational technologies.
2. Describe the wireless components needed for added business value in the  educational environment.
3. Assess the additional staffing and support requirements needed to support the wireless technologies.
4. Analyze the potential technical and regulatory problems with implementing a wireless network in an educational organization and describe the mitigation methods to overcome these potential problems in the education industry.
5. 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:

• Compare and contrast wireless systems and their recent advances.
• Evaluate the application of Wireless LANs, MANs, and PANs.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in wireless networks.

• Write clearly and concisely about wireless computing topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 100	Case Study 1: Emerging Wireless Technology in the  Education Industry
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Summarize the current and emerging wireless educational technologies. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely summarized the current and emerging wireless technologies.	Partially summarized the current and emerging wireless medical technologies.	Satisfactorily summarized the current and emerging wireless technologies.	Thoroughly summarized the current and emerging wireless technologies.
2. Describe the wireless components needed for added business value in the education environment. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely described the wireless components needed for added business value in the educational environment.	Partially described the wireless components needed for added business value in the educational environment.	Satisfactorily described the wireless components needed for added business value in the educational environment.	Thoroughly described the wireless components needed for added business value in the educational environment.
3. Assess the additional staffing and support requirements needed to support the wireless technologies. Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely assessed the additional staffing and support requirements needed to support the wireless technologies.	Partially assessed the additional staffing and support requirements needed to support the wireless technologies.	Satisfactorily assessed the additional staffing and support requirements needed to support the wireless technologies.	Thoroughly assessed the additional staffing and support requirements needed to support the wireless technologies.
4. Analyze the potential technical and regulatory problems with implementing a wireless network in a healthcare organization and describe the mitigation methods to overcome these potential problems in the education industry. Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the potential technical and regulatory problems with implementing a wireless network in a education organization and did not submit or incompletely described the mitigation methods to overcome these potential problems in the education industry.	Partially analyzed the potential technical and regulatory problems with implementing a wireless network in a healthcare organization and partially described the mitigation methods to overcome these potential problems in the education industry.	Satisfactorily analyzed the potential technical and regulatory problems with implementing a wireless network in a education organization and satisfactorily described the mitigation methods to overcome these potential problems in the education industry.	Thoroughly analyzed the potential technical and regulatory problems with implementing a wireless network in an education organization and thoroughly described the mitigation methods to overcome these potential problems in the education industry.
5. 3 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 6 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors pres