Author: chris

Meredith Delgado owns a small firm that has developed software for organizing and playing music on a computer. Her software contains a number of unique features that she has patented, so her company’s future has looked bright.

However, there now has been an ominous development. It appears that a number of her patented features were copied in similar software developed by MusicMan Software, a huge software company with annual sales revenue in excess of $1 billion. Meredith is distressed. MusicMan Software has stolen her ideas and that company’s marketing power is likely to enable it to capture the market and drive Meredith out of business.

In response, Meredith has sued MusicMan Software for patent infringement. With attorney fees and other expenses, the cost of going to trial (win or lose) is expected to be $1 million. She feels that she has a 60 percent chance of winning the case, in which case she would receive $5 million in damages. If she loses the case, she gets nothing. Moreover, if she loses the case, there is a 50 percent chance that the judge would also order Meredith to pay for court expenses and lawyer fees for MusicMan (an additional $1 million cost). MusicMan Software has offered Meredith $1.5 million to settle this case out of court.

QUESTIONS:

 

1. What does Meredith need to decide?
2. What are some factors that complicate her decision?
3. What else would you like to know in order to help Meredith make her decision?
4. If you were Meredith, what would you do? Why?

A company has purchased a building in which to relocate but before moving it requires refurbishment.

1. Provide daylighting analysis (including simulations) of the building for:
a. summer and winter solstices (9am, 12 pm, 4pm) for clear skies and
b. an overcast sky

2. Conduct an online search for various daylighting devices and provide a review/critique on their suitability for this project, identifying the façade(s) where they could be successfully utilised.

3. Assuming no external obstructions, provide advice on:

a. daylighting opportunities (can include recommendations for skylights, window overhangs/fins, daylighting devices etc),
b. approximate office layout (i.e. staff groups’ placements on each floor), and
c. any integrated lighting control systems for various staff zones that could provide a high lighting quality for the occupants and good energy efficiency .

Cassar, G. & Holmes, S. (2003) ‘Capital structure and financing of SMEs: Australian evidence’ Accounting and Finance, 43, pp. 123-147
La Rocca, M., La Rocca, T. & Cariola, A. (2011) ‘Capital structure decisions during a firm’s life cycle’ Small Business Economics, 37, pp. 107-130
Qui, M. & La, B. (2010) ‘Firm characteristics as determinants of capital structures in Australia’, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 17(3), pp. 277-287
1. Compare the capital structure of ONE of the IPO firms you examined in assignment 1 before and after the IPO equity raising.

2. Reflect on this change in capital structure with reference to the findings in the three research papers you have obtained. You should identify which of the research papers best fits with the change in capital structure you observe for your IPO firm.

1. Introduction: Description of the disease: prevalence, risk factors, main signs and symptoms (which may change during the course of disease), and other relevant information as deemed necessary.

2. Content evaluation: pathophysiology (ie. mechanisms of the disease). The pathophysiology should relate to the following:

o Signs and symptoms (ie. explain why they have the signs and symptoms they do)

o Diagnosis (ie. explain the specific diagnostic tests used, and what results would be expected and why)

o Treatment and prevention (ie. why are specific treatments used and what do they do? How does this lead to resolution of the disease?)

o Management (ie. what are the management procedures in place following treatment, and why)

Compare 1950s and 60s fears of atomic devastation with more recent worries generated by the ‘War on Terror’ as this latter climate of anxiety influences works of cinema or architecture (or a combination of these and other creative milieu).

1. Describe in as much detail as you can the mental representation of objects and categories. Provide illustrative examples where appropriate.

2. Identify and describe three different problem-solving strategies described in your text. Suggest how each strategy might be fruitfully applied in one or more college courses.

3. Distinguish between crystallized and fluid intelligence. Provide an example of (a) an intellectual task that mainly reflects crystallized intelligence and (b) an intellectual task that mainly reflects fluid intelligence. How do crystallized and fluid intelligence change with age in later adulthood?

4. Outline Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Make sure to list and describe each of the types Gardner argues for and provide an example to illustrate the construct. Then, outline Sternberg’s theory of intelligence.

5. Define (a) practical and (b) emotional intelligence. To what extent are these types of intelligence related to the sort of intelligence that is traditionally assessed by standardized tests?

6. Briefly describe instinct, drive-reduction, arousal, incentive, and cognitive approaches to motivation. Suggest how these approaches reflect broad evolutionary, biological, behavioral, and cognitive approaches in psychology.

7. Describe the needs for achievement and affiliation. Identify some of the characteristics associated with each of these needs. How are these needs often assessed?

8. Identify the three functions of emotions outlined in the text. Provide original examples to illustrate each function.

9. Compare and contrast the James-Lange and Schachter-Singer theories of emotion.

Literature Review

The primary purpose of a review of literature is to provide a rationale for the proposed research question(s) and/or hypothesis(ses). A review of literature should represent a synthesis of existing theory and research literature that argues for the research question(s) and/or hypothesis(ses). The process of constructing a literature review acquaints the researcher with the studies already done in a particular area and allows the researcher to build/extend the existing knowledge. The key to writing a good literature review is synthesis. The following questions may help to guide your reading and paper organization processes:

1. Which research articles come to similar conclusions?

2. Which research articles disagree with one another or have contradictory findings?

3. Are certain theories consistently used to frame studies on the topic?

4. How does your thinking about the topic relate to, differ from, and/or add to the previous literature?

 

 

1st part
Quality and safety in health organization
What: identify and explain the term (Quality and safety) Including Studies or statistics.
Why: Importance of quality and safety in health organisation and the impacts of low quality on organization and patient. Give brief examples showing the importance of Quality in health organisation

How: Measures that helps in achieving improved quality and safety in health organization. Such as incident reporting and complains

• Link between part 1 and 2 (one sentence)
There are numbers of models that are used to improve quality and safety in any health institution. Donalabedian (1988) model (structure, process, outcome) is one of these.
2nd part
• Define and explain structure, process, outcome
• Explain process and outcome data with giving examples
• Who and why to collect such data
• Methods to collect process data
• Importance of such data in health organisation

Use an example to demonstrate your understanding of the application of process and outcome data to improve quality and safety in health organisation.

1- Start by illustrating that the phenomena (patient fall in hospital), as an adverse event of health care, will be used as an example to demonstrate your understanding of the application of process and outcome data to improve quality and safety in health organisation.
2- Define fall and discuss possible consequences such as injury and disability
3- Identify statistics about incidence of falls in Australia
4- Analyse and audit outcome data of falls, and explore its impacts on:
– Organisation (eg Inefficiency, increased length of patient stay, bed blocking, increased costs of hospitalisation, possible court claim)
– Patient: (eg prolonging of illness, complications, longer hospital stay, financial costs, psychological costs)
– State: (eg Decreased productivity of the individual if they remain hospitalised and are unable to work, increased costs if client/patient a pensioner)
Discuss the possible cause of the adverse event (fall) that may be related to the delivery of care
Discuss how you would get the process data to identify what the cause is to this adverse event
5- Explain how, both (process & outcome) data of this example (fall), were collected, who collect it, and what are different method of collecting it, for example, observational and retrospective methods.

6- Then, analyse and audit the process data of this particular example (fall) and how to use these data in addressing this adverse event by applying standards of care and strategies to minimise its risk. (An example of the process in fall is using preventative measure such as “falls risk assessment, importance of documenting”,..etc.).
7- use studies, statistics and current literature to support your topics

Chose a population group (who / where) experiencing health inequity (what). This can be any group in Australia {I prefer to be with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who are living in rural and remote areas in general because this topic is familiar to me} that you need to provide an evidenced account of (research).

1. Briefly describe your chosen group (is it a CALD group? minority group? other?) and give a rationale for your choice (Explain why you chose this group).

Describe one example of health inequity this group experiences (e.g. high suicide rate, high incidence of heart disease, low uptake of a screening service etc.)

2. Analyse contributory causes of this inequity (relate particularly to social justice (such as, Access, Equity, Rights, Participation) and cross-cultural perspectives of health and health services).

3. Critique current public health responses to address the inequity (use the Ottawa Charter as a framework as below). You need to give an example of how each of the five Ottawa Charter principles could redress health inequity for this group.
The principles of social justice used to achieve this fairer society are: access, equity, rights and participation for all, irrespective of social position or resources.
– Access (access to services, information and resources that can support health)
– Equity (eliminating unfair outcomes caused by unequal division of power, money or rights)
– Rights (equality of rights across genders, cultures etc.)
– Participation (opportunity to partake in decision making, ability to have views and voices
heard and listened to and included)

The (5) action areas of the Ottawa Charter for Heath Promotions;
• Development of public health policy.
• The creation of supportive environments in which people can realise their full potential as healthy individuals.
• Strengthening community action.
• Development of personal skills.
• Reorientation of health services.

A number of theories have been proposed to explain health inequities:

1. Artefact explanations
2. Theories of natural or social selection
3. Cultural / behavioural explanations
4. Materialist or structuralist explanations
5. Psycho-social / social capital explanations (Germov, 2009, p. 93).

 

• Evaluate the roles of history, power, privilege and structural inequality in producing health disparities.

• Interpret how differences in culture, language and experience may have an impact on the way public health programs are perceived.

• Critically appraise the resources that are needed to support cross-cultural practice.

• Interpret the difference between availability, acceptability, and accessibility of health care across diverse population subgroups.

• Critically discuss methods for interacting sensitively, effectively and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds.