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Imagine that you are a hospital’s compliance officer, and you are charged with making a presentation to your hospital’s board of directors regarding the moral right to healthcare. Your presentation should include at least three of the elements learned throughout this course, which could include, but are not limited to: the Code of Ethics, resource allocation, Stark Law, medical malpractice, and cultural competency. For this discussion, begin by

Compliance Presentation

Imagine that you are a hospital’s compliance officer, and you are charged with making a presentation to your hospital’s board of directors regarding the moral right to healthcare. Your presentation should include at least three of the elements learned throughout this course, which could include, but are not limited to: the Code of Ethics, resource allocation, Stark Law, medical malpractice, and cultural competency. For this discussion, begin by creating a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the issue of the moral right to healthcare.  Then, utilize the PowerPoint and create a presentation using a screencast program. Your presentation must include at least five slides (not including a cover slide and reference slide), utilize at least two scholarly sources, and be between 3 and 5 minutes long. Please post your references either on your last slide or within the discussion post. Please also post your link to your screencast as well as your actual PowerPoint presentation in the discussion forum. . Your presentation must include at least five slides (not including a cover slide and reference slide), utilize at least two scholarly sources, and be between 3 and 5 minutes long. Please post your references either on your last slide or within the discussion post. Please also post your link to your screencast as well as your actual PowerPoint presentation in the discussion forum.

Question# 1

Locate and evaluate a periodical or newspaper article in print or online (e.g,, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Time magazine, The Economist, Forbes) that details an economic issue on the local, state, or federal level. Make sure that the

 

article is dated no longer than six months ago and the article is relevant to a topic covered in the course.

 

 

 

Upon reading the appropriate article, write a 1000-1500 word analysis, making sure to clearly answer and include the

 

 

 

following:

 

 

 

 

 Write a summary of the article in your own words with limited quotes or paraphrasing. All quotes

paraphrasing must have proper APA citations.

 Discuss changes that you would make to your local, state, or national budget based on the economic issue

addressed in this article.

 If you feel no changes are necessary, explain how the current budget influences the circumstances in the article.

 

 Include your views (pro/con) on a possible amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget.

 

 Identify and analyze an historical event comparable to your article’s economic issue and how that incident

impacted the daily life (work, home, and recreation) of the time.

 Once you have evaluated the impact of this issue, discuss how the economic issue in your chosen article applies

to your own daily life (work, home and recreation).

Your paper should be written using proper APA format. You should also have proper APA formatted in-text citations and ending references.

 

Unit V Article Critique

 

Access the CSU Online Library. Within the database “Academic OneFile,” locate and read the following articles:

 

Gregg, G. L. (2011). “Unpopular vote: Enemies of the Electoral College aim to scrap the Founders’ design.” The

 

 

 

American Conservative 10 (12), 33+.

 

 

 

 Underhill, W. (2012). Changing up the Electoral College? State Legislatures, 38(1), 9.

 

PS 1010, American Government 3

 

Upon reading the two articles, write a response essay of at least 500 words. Your essay should address the Electoral

 

College as it currently functions, as well as the proposed changes discussed in the two articles. Are you in support of the

 

current Electoral College? Do you agree or disagree with the proposed changes? Is it right for states to circumvent the

 

Constitution on this matter? Your essay should be well thought out and include direct references to the articles. Limited

 

direct quotes are permitted. All references (paraphrased or quoted) should be correctly cited using APA format.

You have been asked to consider the question, “What is the most important issue or problem facing your generation.” Because we began the course with a search for issues, your first “report” should be an informative discourse on the issue you have selected.  Please write a well-organized and enlightening essay which introduces the reader to your issue/topic.  Your goal is to provide a general description of your issue which gives the basic outline of the issue, and brings the reader towards a contemplation of whatever complexities, elaborations, and refined and appropriately nuanced distinctions are necessary for really understanding your issue.

    A further agenda of your work might include an approach to these questions as well: Why is this an interesting or important topic?  What is at stake for society at large with this issue – how and why will it matter in the future?  What other important issues or topics is your issue connected with?  What are the major problems or dilemmas associated with your issue?

   Again, this First Report does not have to contain any dazzling display of economic logic.  For this particular work, you don’t have to describe in detail all the “economics” of your issue – that will come in your later writing.  Your goal at this point is merely to describe your issue and to provoke an interest in the issue in the mind of the reader.  Assume that your audience is a general public, and that, they are going to give you their attention in reading your somewhat lengthy essay.  Imagine that your reader is perhaps a person who is looking at a magazine while waiting for their flight at an airport, or is reading an online article in a somewhat relaxed fashion; so that, they are pre-committed to actually reading flowing text which is not just bullet-pointed or overly truncated.

 

   Your Study Report should be approximately a 6-8 page typed work. 1.15-spaced lines in a 12 font, with 1-inch margins.   use appropriate citation of outside sources as necessary, gathered in a bibliography at the end of the report, but these can be broadly referential.

Question 1 – 200 Words
1. What are the EPA�s seven criteria pollutants and their sources? Discuss the environmental and health effects of each pollutant. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Question 2 – 200 Words
1. Discuss how a constructed wetland system works to treat municipal wastewater. What advantages does a constructed wetland system have over conventional sewage treatment?
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
Question 3 – 200 Words
1. What are �dead zones,� and how do they form? What are the sources of pollution that cause cultural eutrophication? Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
Question 4 – 200 Words
1. Discuss the main areas of progress produced by the Clean Water Act of 1972, as well as the remaining problems. Do you think that stronger legislation is required to protect our water resources? Why or why not? Your response must be at least 200 words in length. 20 points
Question 5
1. Match each term with its definition.
Primary pollutants

Secondary pollutants

Non-point source emissions

Point source emission

• Criteria pollutants
A. Pollutants emitted from a smokestack or other concentrated pollution origin
B. Pollutants that are produced in less volume, but are especially toxic or hazardous
C. Pollutants that become hazardous after chemical reactions in the air
D. Pollutants that do not go through a smokestack
E. Pollutants that are released to the air in a harmful form
F. A group of seven major pollutants that contribute the largest volume of air-quality degradation
ENVIROMENTAL TECHNOLGY
Question 1 – 500 Words
1. Write an essay consisting of at least 500 words addressing ALL of the following topics (a. through g.):
a. If the rainfall intensity is 2.5 inch/hour, watershed area is 8 acres, and rational runoff coefficient is 0.6, compute the peak runoff rate in ft3/s. Use the rational formula.
b. Explain the concept of time of concentration.
c. Why would someone want to use the SCS TR 55 graphical method instead of the simpler rational formula for determining peak rate of runoff?
d. Explain why stormwater pipes are designed to have a velocity between 3 ft/s and 10 ft/s.
e. Why does land development typically increase the peak runoff rate? What are some methods used to mitigate the increased runoff rate?
f. Discuss some best management practices (BMPs) for stormwater quality control?
g. How does the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) affect development in flood prone areas? In your response, include discussion of the base flood level.
You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 2 – 500 Words
1. Write an essay consisting of at least 500 words addressing ALL of the following topics (a. through h.):
a. Describe U.S. federal legislation regarding wastewater treatment and disposal.
b. If 220 mg/L (milligram per liter) of BOD5 enters a wastewater treatment plant at a flow of 18 mgd (million gallons per day), how many pounds of BOD5 enter the plant each day?
c. Explain the purpose and operation of a comminutor.
d. What is the purpose of recirculation in a trickling filter?
e. If the wastewater flow is 5 ML/day (million liters per day), MLSS is 1800 mg/L, BOD5 entering the aeration tank is 130 mg/L, and aeration tank volume is 1.5 ML (million liters), what is the F/M ratio in the tank?
f. Describe the extended aeration process. When is it used?
g. What are the pros and cons of wastewater treatment ponds?
h. Discuss one alternative treatment technology for wastewater treatment beginning on page 264 of our textbook.
Hazardous Waste

Question 1
1. As part of the permit process for a TSDF, owners or operators of a TSDF must submit a closure plan. This closure plan must include all of the following except _______.

a description of what the facility will be used for after remediation

a description of planned groundwater activities

a description of planned maintenance activities

the name, address, and telephone numbers of the person or office to contact during the post-closure plan
4 points
Question 2
1. Containment methods are directed toward prevention of migration of liquid hazardous wastes or leachates containing hazardous constituents. Which of the following is not an example of this site remedial technology?

Sheet piling cut-off walls

Grout curtains

Slurry walls

Soil vapor extraction
4 points
Question 3
1. What does EPA call abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived contamination?

Brownfields

Opportunity zones

Development zones

Greenfields
4 points
Question 4
1. Which of the following is part of a Phase II assessment?

Risk assessments as appropriate for the data obtained

Air, soil and groundwater sampling on or near the property with analyses

Title search of property records and regulatory permits

Interviews with available present and past personnel at the site
4 points
Question 5
1. The permit application for owners and operators of a TSDF is in two parts. What are those two parts referred to?

Part I and Part II

Part A and Part B

Part 8700-22 and Part 8700-23

EPA Form A and EPA Form B
4 points
Question 6
1. Which of the following is not a part of Part A or Part B RCRA permit application requirements?

Facility security procedures, topographic map

Design capacity of waste management units, closure plans

Contingency plans, lists of wastes to be managed at the facility

Analysis of wastes to be managed, financial stability of company/corporation
4 points
Question 7
1. EPA’s Site Inspection Plans may be carried out by consultants having appropriate expertise, or by federal, state, or local regulatory agency personnel. All of the following items are key to a successful, defensible inspection plan except which one?

Checklists, sampling plans

Summarized findings from the background report, data quality objectives

Applicable regulations, policies and guidance documents, and company financial records.

Personnel assigned and duties, site safety plans, PPE (as appropriate)
4 points
Question 8
1. Regarding criminal actions resulting in fines or imprisonment for RCRA hazardous waste offenses, what is a key overriding legal component of these actions?

Harm to the public

Damage to the environment

Acts are committed knowingly

Financial gain is shown
4 points
Question 9
1. What section contains authorities enabling EPA to conduct investigations at sites and facilities where hazardous substances are or may have been generated, stored, treated, disposed, or transported to and from?

CERCLA sec. 104(e)

CERCLA sec. 107(c)

RCRA sec 1004

RCRA sec 3008
4 points
Question 10
1. Which sequence would correctly represent the highly structured progression of the Superfund process?

PA, HRS, RI, FS, ROD

SI, HRS, PA, NPL, RI, FS, ROD

HRS, SI, PA, RI, NPL, FS, ROD

PA, SI, HRS, NPL, RI, FS, ROD
4 points
Question 11 – 200 words
1. Access EPA’s “RCRA Clean Up Baseline” webpage, www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6pd/rcra_c/pd-o/rcrabase.htm, and describe the Baseline program along with updating the current status of the program (as referred to in the text on page 230). If possible describe an action that is taking part in your part of the country, or in an area of the country that is of interest to you.
Question 12 – 200 words
1. Can a person or business treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste without interim status or a permit? Please be specific with your explanation. 200 words response

After reading the case, “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings”, write an essay that includes the following elements:

 

1.     A formal introduction.

 

2.     Discussion of the five generalizations from the findings in this study relating to managing earnings.Please Note: Do not simply restate the generalizations. You are being asked to discuss each in the context of professional experiences or examples given in the case itself.

 

3.     Discussion of management’s ability to manage earnings in the long-term given the operational manipulations discussed in the case.

 

Your submitted paper should be at 2-3 pages. Include an introduction, body and conclusion. Following APA style, and properly referenced.

Psychologists like B. F. Skinner have studied how we can use operant conditioning to change the behavior of people and animals. Drawing on your personal experience, choose a person or animal whose behavior you want to change. (You may select your own behavior for this question if you wish.) How could you use operant conditioning to change the behavior of this person or animal?

In a multi-paragraph essay, describe your plan to change this behavior. Be sure to mention what type of reinforcer and reinforcement schedule you would use and explain why you made those particular choices. Include information from class materials, readings, and research on operant conditioning to support your discussion.

Purpose of this Assignment
This assignment gives you the opportunity to apply the concepts of the Porter Five Forces model to a specific business, explain and support an identified a strategy for competitive advantage for UMUC Haircuts, and analyze the identified business process that could be improved with the use of technology. This assignment specifically addresses the following course outcomes to enable you to:

• analyze business strategy to recognize how technology solutions enable strategic outcomes
• analyze internal and external business processes to identify information systems requirements

Have another assignment due on Tuesday 10/13/2015 by 6:00EST.

If you do not understand statistics, please do not reach out.  Also, if you can not meet the deadline please do not reach out.  There are two assignments.  Each assignment has a rubics that it follows.  Please see the attached documents.

 

Thanks

	Assignment 1   Broyles Textbook Practice Exercise Complete “Practice Exercise 1” (page 157) and “Practice Exercise 11” (page 180) in the textbook. For the data set listed, use Excel to extract the mean and standard deviation for the sample of lengths of stay for cardiac patients. Use the following Excel steps: 1) Enter the data set into Excel. 2) Click on the Data tab at the top. 3) Highlight your data set with your mouse. 4) Click on the Data Analysis tab at the top right. 5) Click on Descriptive Statistics in the analysis tool list. 6) Find the mean and standard deviation of the data sets. 7) Send the results to instructor via e-mail, along with your analysis of the description of the data set.   APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.   This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.   Assignment 2
	Coyne and Messina Articles, Part 3 Spearman Coefficient Review1) Write a paper (750-1,000 words) regarding the use of the Spearman rank correlation coefficient by Messina, et al. in “The Relationship between Patient Satisfaction and Inpatient Admissions Across Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals,” listed in the module readings. 2) Comment on what variables were used; whether it answered the research question; and whether the Spearman rank correlation coefficient is appropriately used, given the requirements of the Spearman rank correlation coefficient. 3) Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. 4) This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

Globalization/ dot com boom
IBSC recorded inflated (large values for this sector)
On page 102, counted lots of things as output in the sector, risks showed up as growth

Financial sector had large amounts of fraud/manipulation, contributed to gaps between rich and poor
Confident in Federal Reserves monetary policy under Greenspan to fix issues should they occur
Problems attributed to small number of malfeasants rather than systematic issues
Short term profit maximization/ value to consumers