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Balance SheetAssignment OverviewThe main purpose of this Module is to review the balance sheet in more detail.Is there a difference in approach to valuation by US GAAP and IFRS? Discuss and note two or three specific differences. Additionally, clearly•Distinguish between an expense (expired cost) and an asset.•Distinguish between current and long-term assets.•Distinguish between current and long-term liabilities.•Review Apple’s balance sheet and provide two examples of each of the above categories.•Discuss retained earnings and how income or loss and dividends affect this account. Review Apple’s retained earnings account and explain how it changes between the two past years.•Comment on at least three differences between Apple’s and Samsung’s balance sheets.•Does Apple or Samsung have more debt?•Which of the two companies is the bigger one? Explain your reasoning.Assignment ExpectationsThe submission should be 3- to 5-pages and need to include answers to all the questions listed above. Show computations, discuss the results, and include references in APA format.ListenModule 3 – BackgroundBalance SheetRequired MaterialsBenedicto, M.S. (2008) Introduction to Financial Accounting. IE Business School. This is a multimedia presentation reviewing the four financial statements. The information is also available in a PDF file. Click on “accounting equation” tab. Retrieved from http://openmultimedia.ie.edu/openproducts/financial_accounting/financial_accounting/frames.htmlEdwards, J.D. & R.H. Hermanson (2007) Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective. Volume 1 Financial Accounting. The Global Text Project, pp. 395 – 411, 439 – 456 and 559. Retrieved from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31779972/Accounting%20Principles%20Vol.%201.pdfGangwar, Sharda & Gangwar, D.K. (2009). Fundamental Principles of Accounting, Global Media (read chapter 8), from library portal.Murthy, Guruprasad (2009). Financial Accounting, Global Media (read Module 2), from library portal.Apple Investor Relations (n.d.) retrieved from http://investor.apple.com/Samsung Investor Relations (n.d.) retrieved from http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/ir/newsMain.doOptional ResourcesFor review from Module 1,Baruch College, The University of New York (2008). Guide to Financial Statements. This is a 45-minute interactive video presentation with audio. It is an excellent introduction and overview of financial statements. You do not have to watch the whole presentation at one time since it is easy to restart at different points. The information is also available in a PDF file.Benedicto, M.S. (2008) Introduction to Financial Accounting. IE Business School. A multimedia presentation. The information is also available in a PDF file. Click on “Financial Statements Tab” and \”Practical Example\” tab. Retrieved from http://openmultimedia.ie.edu/openproducts/financial_accounting/financial_accounting/frames.htmlYou may use the chapters and associated videos listed below as an additional resource.Walther, L.M. (2010). Principles of Accounting: A Complete Online Text, Chapters 5 through 16. Retrieved from http://www.principlesofaccounting.com/

Analyze how the learning experience contributed to building the requisite competency• Analyze the learning experienceo the site and its mission, vision, valueso experts interviewed or observedo purpose of the nursing learning experienceso Analyze the learning activities Observation, interaction, hands-on experience Development of resources, materials, plans Teaching experience Analyze how this experience met the learning objectives and contributed to your growth towards the chosen competencyCorrelate the learning experience with the learning objectivesAnalyze if or how this experience contributed to meeting the learning objectives• Reflect on key insights gained during this experienceo Analyze one to two key insights gained during this experienceo Would you recommend this experience to others? Why or why not?Write a 1,050-word reflective paper on how the mission, vision, and values were evident in the analysis of the learning activities. Include specific examples of where the mission, vision, and values were evident.The first policy I reviewed was the Mission, Vision, and Values for Jackson Health System (JHS) NUR-002-280 revised on May 2016. The reason for reviewing this policy is that fact that all service rendered at this hospital have to be in line and support their mission, vision and values statement of JHS. JHS mission statement is “build the health of the community by providing a single, high standard of quality care for the residents of Miami-Dade County” and their vision states “Our strategic vision is to be a nationally and internationally recognized, world-class academic medical system and to be the provider of choice for quality care” (JHS policy hran 999 revised 2014). Furthermore, JHS values in the delivery of cares are as follows: Service Excellence and Quality, Commitment, Compassion, Teamwork and Communication, Respect, Confidentiality, Integrity and Stewardship, and Inclusion. In regard to the educational class I am working on it must meet service excellence and of high quality of care. Information proved must be evidence base, correctly site from peer article/ professional papers within the kidney transplanted community.

Jerry Stevens heads up an excavation crew for the municipal utilities district in a city in Nebraska. A sewer line needs to be replaced and it has been excavated with a back-hoe. The trench is 7 feet deep. The municipality\’s safety rules indicate that employees should not go into the trench without a trench box. This rule is to prevent employees from being buried if the trench walls collapse. People die every year from trench cave-ins.The trench box won\’t arrive on site for another 6 hours and the city promised residents that the sewer would be fixed by the end of the day, which now seems impossible. The City Administrator called Jerry on his cell phone and indicated that it was imperative that the sewer be fixed as soon as conceivably possible because a City Council member is served by that sewer line and will raise a fuss if it’s not fixed by the promised time.One of the more experienced workers states, \”It\’s only going to take 30 minutes to dig under the pipe and loosen the fittings. We don\’t need the trench box. We used to do this all the time before we were required to use one of those darn things.\”Jerry knows he\’s right. He used to do it himself before the rule was put in place. Also, the soil is clearly a cohesive soil and it\’s highly unlikely that it will collapse. And although there is an organizational policy to use a trench box for trenches deeper than 5 feet, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not haveJurisdiction over municipalities in Nebraska because municipalities are political subdivisions of the State. The only entity regulating safety policies is the City\’s Safety Director and he took the day off.1.In this scenario, to what extent do you think allowing the crew into the trench without a trench box would be pushing (or exceeding) the limit?2.Discuss any ethical grey areas in this scenario?3.What in your mind is the right thing to do?4.What is the value of having an ethics program (and related programs like safety programs) and what are the responsibilities of front line leaders/supervisors and the workers when they face dilemmas such as the one described?

answer each questions in bullet format
IV. PRESENTING METHODS AND METHODOLOGY
Strategy and Design
What is the strategy?- cut and paste from objectives
Design strategy and describe Resources:
Identify factors (human and non-human) that are required to properly complete the project- human caregivers, program directors, aids
Indicate the availability of the resources.
Constraints:
Identify factors that may hinder the accomplishment of each objective.
Propose strategies to overcome any anticipated constraints.
2. Sample and Sampling
How big will the proposed sample be, and why? Minimum of 30
What will be its composition, and why? Any caregiver
How will the sample be selected – How does the sampling strategy fit with the overall logic of the research? By choice and facility / location

3. Data Collection

Survey- we developed
What is the instrument? How, where, when and by whom was it developed
How has it been used in previous research?
What is known of its psychometric characteristics, especially its reliability and validity.
For both interviews and observations: What data collection processes will be followed?
What steps will be taken to maximize the quality of the data?- anonymous, amount of return
4. Data Analysis III. METHODS & SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS USED IN THIS PROJECT
A method section contains information at a very specific level.
Qualitative methods: comparative case study designs, in-depth interviewing, extreme case sampling, and open, axial and selective coding.
Quantitative methods: Like scaling in a survey questionnaire, different types of probability sampling such as random sampling, stratified random sampling or cluster sampling, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis.

Methodological Approaches
Paradigm-driven approach – articulate it and develop research questions and methods.
Pragmatic-driven approach – begin with research questions that need answers and then choose methods for answering them.

IV. PRESENTING METHODS AND METHODOLOGY

Four main methods for any piece of research
Strategy and design
Sample and sampling
Data collection
Data analysis

1. Strategy and Design
What is the design of the study?
Qualitative – case study, qualitative survey, ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory
Quantitative – experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational survey
Mixed methods – how the two types of data will be combined -concurrent or sequential

How will data be prepared for statistical analysis?-google forms or survey monkey
What statistical techniques will be used to analyze the data?
What computer programs will be used?

Proposed Questionnaire to informal/ family caregivers for people with a diagnosis of dementia:

Background on caregiver:
Gender:
Age: (categories or fill in?)
Race:
Relationship to person with dementia:
Length of time cared:
Education provided by: choices or fill in?

Background of person with dementia:
Aggressive behaviors?
Safety guidance? (leaving stove on, not locking doors, wandering)
Physical care provided?
Barriers to caregiving:
On a scale of 1 to 10 how affected were you by these variables?
Finances:
Physical limitations:
Depression:
Social isolation:
Reason for caregiving:
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I. INTRODUCTION
The aim of this project is to determine the various and most prominent barriers family caregivers face which hinder their ability to provide adequate care and safety in order to allow people with dementia to remain in their homes and community.
This project will utilize a survey/ questionnaire to gain information from family members who have institutionalized their loved ones with dementia and gain insight into the reasons they felt institutionalization was necessary.
If the barriers to keeping people with dementia at home safely with family caregivers can be identified a group protocol can be established to provide occupational therapy to family caregivers and the dementia patients receiving the care to help caregivers reduce and cope with barriers they face when caring for their family member with dementia, educate the caregiver on ways to provide adequate and safe care to their family member, and provide resources for family members to utilize.

Project Objectives
This research project will utilize a survey to determine directly from familial caregivers what barriers they faced trying to have their loved ones with dementia remain in the home and community. The survey will be emailed through google survey to various family members gathered through the PACE program and left at nurses stations where they can be easily handed out and answered during family visits if the families choose to participate. This information can be used to develop an effective occupational therapy group protocol for caregivers and their loved ones with dementia to facilitate a safer environment for the person with dementia and provide support and education for the family caregiver.
Objectives:
Literature review: the literature on informal/ family caregiving for people with dementia will be read and summarized to understand the current research in this area and identify possible previously identified barriers to family members providing care for their loved ones with dementia.
Develop project plan and submit IRB form: a project plan will be developed and an IRB form will be completed to ensure the project meets all ethics of the institution and the profession.
Develop survey: survey questions will be developed to gain the most comprehensive information to complete the research by identifying barriers family caregivers faced trying to keep their loved ones home.
Contact PACE director: explain the research proposed and the shared interest of keeping patients in the communities and their homes as long as safely possible. Ask for lists of families who may be willing to complete the survey and participate in the research.
Send survey: the survey will be sent out to families via google survey with an institutionalized family member secondary to dementia enrolled in the PACE program. The survey will also be kept as a paper copy with the nurses/ CNAs to offer to previous family caregivers as they return to visit their loved ones with dementia.
Compile and examine?? data: data will be compiled by google survey and examined??? For commonalities between barriers faced by family caregivers.
Group protocol developed: an occupational therapy group protocol will be developed for caregivers and their loved ones with dementia addressing the main barriers found via the research survey.
The project and research will provide an occupational group protocol with the potential to increase quality of life for family caregivers by providing a program in the form of an occupational therapy group protocol to help decrease stress associated with being the main caregiver for a family member with dementia and will also increase quality of life for the person with dementia by allowing them to remain safely in their homes, community, and individual routines and environment longer with a competent caregiver. The College mission includes promoting a more just society and the Occupational Therapy department mission includes occupational justice; this project will works towards both a more just society as well as occupational justice for both the caregivers by helping them maintain efficiency and resources to continue participating in the various occupations of daily life but also by allowing these people with dementia to continue to participate in their daily occupations in the context and environment they are most familiar with, possibly helping to maintain a current level of function and slow the decline associate with a diagnosis of dementia. This project will also help occupational therapy move toward preventative care and help the movement of aging in place by helping caregivers and people with dementia before there is a need for institutionalization and occupational therapy during the potential stays.

Hierarchy of Concept
The general

One of Descartes\’ major contributions to psychology was his understanding of the mind-body interaction. Describe Descartes\’ view of this interaction including an explanation of how his view differed from the accepted view of his time and how it was influenced by the mechanistic Zeitgeist of his day. Now briefly describe the research of Hall, Florens, and Gall’s exploration of the brain, Galvani, Cajal, and Helmholtz’s investigation of the nerves, and Weber and Fechner’s study of the senses being sure to include a brief explanation of how their work supported and contributed to the understanding of Descartes’ view of the mind-body interaction.

Complete the assessment below; calculate your score. Submit a short response on your findings. What did you learn about yourself? What are some steps that you can take to reduce and/or cope with the stress in your life?

The assessment was upload Complete the assessment below; calculate your score. Submit a short response on your findings. What did you learn about yourself? What are some steps that you can take to reduce and/or cope with the stress in your life?

Part 1: Because it\’s hurricane season, your editor has asked you to put together an informational piece related to storms. Here are her questions:

1. At what point does a storm get a name?

2. Who names the storms?

3. How often is the name of a storm repeated?

4. When is a specific name removed from the rotating list?

5. Using your research skills, narrate the progress of one storm within the last 10 years whose name was removed from the list. Where did it hit? How many people were killed? What were highlights of the damage it caused?

6. One name that was removed longer than 10 years ago was Hurricane Andrew.It struck in 1992, probably before many of you were born. In 250 words, describe what Andrew did and where. Look for photos of the devastation and describe your reaction to seeing them. Do not use material from Wikipedia for this assignment or any other. Some information in Wikipedia is not accurate. It can be a starting point to look for other references. But it is shunned by universities for research.

Part 2: Many of you are somewhat familiar with the Challenger explosion. But few of you were around to see what it looked like in the sky over Central and South Florida. Tell me in depth about the shuttle craft, what its mission was, who was aboard and what was the cause. NPR often is a good source for research, so I ask you to read the following to see if it helps: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/28/464744781/30-years-after-disaster-challenger-engineer-still-blames-himself

Again, this part of the assignment needs to be thorough as if I were hiring you to conduct research for me.
THIS NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN AS IF IT WERE AN ARTICLE FOR A NEWSPAPER AND USING ATTRIBUTION NOT CITATIONS.

You are right that the flat yield curve in most cases represents the uncertainty about economic growth. We all know that the normal yield curve should be upward sloping i.e. the yield should be higher for longer maturity. The question now is whether the flat yield curve is a result of the long-maturity yields too low or the short-maturity too high? In other words, in your view the flat yield curve shows the current economic uncertainty or the future?

This subject will be on the current state of media and race going on with the police brutality in our country as social problem. There are no right or wrong answers to this assignment. I would like for you all to take into account everything that is going on in our society with minorities and police and explain how/why this is a social problem as it relates to everything you have learned thus far. This paper should be at least 6 pages in length and must use at least 5 scholarly journal articles for references. Please submit a coverage page with your paper.

Project description
For this assignment, imagine yourself a manager within the human resources department. Make a case for a leadership training program to address the pitfalls discussed in Comafords article, The Value of Valuing Employees, in this modules required reading.

Write a persuasive business communication to senior management. In some workplaces a communication of this sort may be sent out as an email; in other organizations, it may be a paper attachment to an email or perhaps a document presented in a management meeting.

In the body of your communication, address these three aspects of your topic in 1-2 single-spaced pages.

Describe the problem
Recommend a solution
Provide the expected outcomes
Use the sample memo template (link below) for the assignment.