15-page report sing APA format on open channel modeling software for modern engineer used to model various open channel flow hydraulic such as rivers problem. Performing day-to-day hydraulic analysis on open channel system, compute cross-sections, modeling of bridges, model culvert, inline weirs, and floodways. Describe the basic capabilities of the software application and discuss how they have been used in actual open channel hydraulic studies and projects. It shall have a conclusion and references.
Why does Gladwell use the word “bargain” instead of “agreement” or “deal”? Explain how the connotation of this word helps to reinforce readers’ understanding of Gladwell’s perspective on the KIPP Academy.
Topic: In a close and systematic reading of William Gibson’s “Marly and the Boxmaker,” a long selection from his 1986 novel Count Zero, analyze how Gibson’s linguistic style creates a specific and sustained tone in the narrative—both in the reading experience and the level of ideas and themes. Furthermore, discuss how this tone, this emotional and intellectual accent of the narrative, works by a process of description, metaphor, and irony. Description is that linguistic mode of sentences whereby a reader is shown the world in cascades of intricate detail. Metaphor is that process where by figures of speech (terms, phrases, even whole sentences) create vivid comparisons between known and unknown things in order to extend the reader’s understanding of deep and complex processes, contexts, and roles. And irony is that strategy of saying the apparent opposite of what one intends, which creates an instant of contradictory variation in a reader’s understanding, all in order to suggest a strong and sustained critique of some state of affairs contrary to one’s desires, expectations, beliefs, and requirements. Reveal how Gibson’s style, as he unfolds and interrogates his subject matter, offers the careful reader a specific critique of late twentieth century high-technology societies, as well as the forms and roles which individual identities take and the way those identities are battered or soothed by a society comprised of weak governments, rapacious and unstoppable global corporations, and fragmented social networks.
In your core analysis, it will be important to address the following questions as you unfold and trace Gibson’s style through his lush and intricate text:
1) What kind of a social, cultural world does he give us to contemplate?
2) How does it relate to our world? Where does it match and where vary?
3) What kind of human being is Marly? What universals does she represent? What particularities?
4) What kind of person is Virek? What roles and patterns does he symbolize? Who in our world is he meant to evoke?
5) What is Marly’s central dilemma? What is her crisis? What imbalance shadows her effort to live on her own terms?
6) What is the nature of her central choice? What aspect(s) of herself does she
transform through that choice?
7) How is Marly defined by the choices she makes? What is the cost to her of such decision-making? What is the treasure of those choices?
8) What, exactly, the ‘boxmaker’? What is the purpose of the Boxmaker? What version of ‘artist’ does it exemplify? How is this version postmodern in nature, texture, and effect?
9) What do the Cornell boxes symbolize? What values, what aesthetics?
10) How can these boxes be read as both general and particular models for society, for culture, even for individual psyches?
11) What argument(s) does Gibson maintain with the world in his fiction?
12) What cultural patterns and social connections does Gibson’s style reveal?
In your placing of Gibson’s work within the post-modern debate about the qualities of life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, you should address the following concerns:
13) How has Gibson’s career as a writer unfolded in the last thirty-five years?
14) What cultural effects has his work produced, evoked?
15) According to knowledgeable critics, how accurate a picture of the world we inhabit has his work captured?
16) What other writers is he ‘kin’ to and what vision of our world do they share?
17) What is the ultimate critique of our world such a ‘school’ of writers makes?
You may find it helpful to read all of the Gibson fictions in The Dreamstation before you work through “Marly and the Boxmaker” in intricate detail. The other short works may seem mysterious, but if read with eyes sensitive to poetry, one can see the working of description and metaphor, with an often ironic accent, to reveal deep and abiding dimensions of human being. Careful research on Gibson’s style (early and late), and social impact as a post-modern writer and cultural observer can only deepen your appreciation of his work. Especially interesting is the commentary on his most recent, non-science-fiction novels Pattern Recognition (2004), Spook Country (2007), and Zero History (2010). These three works most succinctly present Gibson’s greatest concerns about our hyper-digitized, globalized, asynchronous culture and what it means for us to shape ‘livable’ lives within such a world. Recently Gibson release a collection of incidental essays, Distrust That Particular Flavor (2012), which wonderfully and interestingly reveal his philosophy of life, his aesthetic sense and history, and his sense of what he’s up to as a literary artist. As you frame your analysis of “Marly and the Boxmaker” with a discussion of how that work sits within the pattern of Gibson’s literary concerns, and how he himself sits in the wider framework of literary investigations of post-modern life, it is important that you define key critical terms (for example, ‘post-modernism,’ ‘globalization,’ ‘individuality,’ ‘digital,’ ‘culture,’ ‘virtual reality’) in several fashions, from basic dictionary consultation to more refined reflection in a specialty encyclopedia and even monographs devoted to literary style, theories of contemporary cultures. The campus library—in its real-world guise and its virtual presence—will be a great aid to you on this point.
Format: Please format your essay in MLA-2009 guidelines (see the Playbook “MLA Presentation Guidelines” document and the “Student Sample Essay” for direct models). The essay should be accomplished in 5 to 8 full pages, plus end-notes and works cited/consulted listings. That is, the primary analysis is 5 to 6 pages long (figure about 300 words per page, for a word range of 1500 to 1800 words). The essay can exceed the five-paragraph structure I have insisted upon in the past assignments, but each paragraph beyond the traditional core three of development should be well-developed (15 to 30 sentences or more long) and balanced by the others—no tiny paragraphs sandwiched between larger ones, creating an uneven analysis and reading flow. Clearly, end-notes will be required to succinctly touch on the framing concerns of Gibson’s career and the structure and process of postmodernism in cultural critique. Also, your Works Cited listing must contain at least fifteen separate sources (in addition to the four Gibson texts in The Dreamstation PDF), though–clearly–you may find and decide to use many more than ten qualitative sources of information. You may exceed this limit of resources (and add more than four internet sources, but the base number should be respected first). It will undoubtedly be necessary to create a parallel Works Consulted listing to show how far and deep your research went to prepare you for your analysis of Gibson’s short tale.
This EP topic and task will require you to do serious research to amend your understanding of Gibson’s text, his aesthetics, his effect, and his argument about the world. The Additional Readings page of the class site contains two book-length studies of Gibson (one on his works, and one on the theme of post-modernism in science fiction) which you should read carefully: they will give you very specific ideas, offer wonderful passages to quote and cite and unfold through analysis, and their lists of references are gold–you could easily follow such pointers to other, equally rich and impressive resources. You should also expect to make great use of JSTOR (see, especially Science Fiction Studies journal), EBSCOHost and ProQuest for recent and historical articles, and the GVRL for backgrounders on science-fiction, postmodernism, and various literary themes evident in Gibson’s work. Gibson has a big internet footprint: his own website and blog, a series of Youtube presentations (interviews of various stripe and the entirety of the documentary film on him, No Maps for These Territories)–so using these materials will truly sensitize and deepen your understanding of this artist’s intentions, accomplishments, and effects on readers. And don’t forget the Paris review interview with him in the “Art of Fiction” interview channel. Finally, even a brief survey of his other novels, short-story collection, and recent collection of essays (Distrust That Particular Flavor) will add great particularity to your study.
With this project you can show your command of the essay form, your significant use of researched material and scholarly structures, and your emerging and sophisticated understanding of how literature creates artifacts not just for entertainment and informative experience, but also for critique and the reformulation of knowledge about the dynamic and often baffling, as well as wonderful and supportive world we live within.
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UMUC Psychology Program Goals
You will create a professional planning portfolio that contains a Core section—completed by all students—and either an Employment section or a Graduate School section, depending upon your post-baccalaureate plans. The final section of your portfolio will be a copy of your review paper, which has been corrected according to the feedback you received from your instructor.
The portfolio will be 7 to 10 pages, double-spaced, not including the expected title, reference pages and Career Review Paper. APA format is expected and you must reference yourself when quoting from past papers. Only academic/scholarly sources should be used. Please only include one title page for the reflection portion of the portfolio and one for the revised Career Review Paper.
The Core section will contain the following documents:
- Document 1 – A personal statement describing your immediate and long-term career and life goals, including an explanation of why these goals are appropriate and realistic in terms of your curricular, extracurricular, professional, and personal experiences
- Document 2- Students will write a paper reflecting upon their educational experiences within their psychology program journey, using the Program Goals as an organizational paradigm. That means you will organize your paper using the Goals. Sections of the body of the paper will correspond to the Goals. This paper should include thoughts regarding successes and challenges, new insights, and personal transformations. This should be at a deep level rather than a surface mention. You must address each of the Program Goals which are displayed below and discuss how you have specifically met that goal, referencing courses, papers and concepts. List the Program Goal verbatim (with proper citation) and then address each component to receive maximum points. You should organize Document 2 by the Program Goals and use headings per the APA Manual. APA Style is expected and you must reference yourself when quoting from past papers. Only academic/scholarly sources should be used. You should organize it by the Program Goals and use headings per the APA Manual.
UMUC Psychology Program Goals
- Apply major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology to prepare for graduate studies or careers in which psychological training is relevant.
- Apply basic knowledge of research methodology, statistics, measurement, guidelines, ethical standards, laws, and regulations in order to design, participate in and to evaluate research in a variety of contexts.
- Apply knowledge of human behavior to inform personal growth, communicate effectively, solve problems, make decisions and interact with individuals, communities, and organizations.
- Use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, and where possible appropriate technology and the scientific approach to solve problems related to current and emergent trends within the domains of psychology.
- Value diversity and different perspectives, tolerate ambiguity, and act ethically to communicate appropriately with various sociocultural and international populations.
- Document 3 – A current, accurate, and professional-appearing resume or curriculum vitae
- Document 4 – Choose one of either the employment section or graduate school section described below:
- The Employment section will contain the following documents:
- The results of a computerized job search that yielded at least three job possibilities and a brief report that explains why each of these positions is appropriate for you based on your immediate and long-term career and life goals as described in the first section of this portfolio.
- A professional-appearing cover letter that can be modified for specific job applications
- One Completed letter-of-recommendation request-form for graduate school. (I understand that the rubric instructs you to write 3). You will not need to write your professors for this assignment. Rather, this letter will be used as a template for such a letter if you need to ask for a recommendation later. Consider it a form letter. Please see the Letter of Recommendation Request Template Instructions located in the Content section of the classroom under “Week 7”.
- The Graduate School section will contain the following documents:
- Results of a search for appropriate graduate programs that yielded at least three possible programs and a brief report that explains why each of these programs is appropriate for you based on your immediate and long-term career and life goals as described in the first section of this portfolio.
- A professional appearing personal statement that can be modified for specific graduate programs
- One Completed letter-of-recommendation request-form for graduate school. (I understand that the rubric instructs you to write 3). You will not need to write your professors for this assignment. Rather, this letter will be used as a template for such a letter if you need to ask for a recommendation later. Consider it a form letter. Please see the Letter of Recommendation Request Template Instructions located in the Content section of the classroom under “Week 7”.
- Document 5 – A revised copy of your Career Review Paper from Week 3 of this course.
Please combine these documents into one file. There are multiple ways to combine the documents:-Copy and paste your information or use the following links
Information about your Letter of Recommendation
You do not need to write one of your professors for this assignment. Rather, this letter will be used as a template for such a letter if you need to ask for a recommendation later. Consider it a form letter.
In the letter you will be asking a professor if they would recommend you for graduate school, some professional training program or certification program, or for employment. You decide which kind of letter you need or that would be of most benefit to you right now.
-Choose a program or job from your search. You only need to complete one letter for this assignment (I understand that the rubric states 3).
-Provide your complete name (and nickname if the professor knows you by that), along with your email address, and complete mailing address.
-Be sure to include the name of the position or program (along with the school, etc) for which you are applying.
-And let the professor know the date the recommendation is due.
-You should let the professor know what classes you have taken with them, in what year and semester, your grade, and anything you did in the class that you would like to point out, i.e., maybe a paper, or you led a discussion on some topic of interest, or perhaps something you really enjoyed about the class.
-Let the professor know your area of interest and why you are interested in this, i.e., your goals, future plans, etc.
-Let your professor know your current status, and planned date of graduation.
Of course the specifics in the letter would change depending on the professor and class, and area of interest, and program or job for which you are applying, but you would have a good start on the letter, and you would know what kind of things to include.
If you have already done this, then you can borrow some of that information from an email you have written your professor. But as this is a graded assignment, make sure that you have the necessary information. You will not send this template to your professors.
I am happy to answer any questions you may have.
Here is a website that you might find useful: http://www.iup.edu/page.aspx?id=51979
What are your research interests in the area of information technology?
How did you become interested in this area of research?
What is your current job/career and how will this program impact your career growth?
What unique qualities do you think you have that will help you in being successful in this program?
How can obtaining a doctorate impact your contribution to the practices of information technology? Where do you see yourself after obtaining a doctorate from UC?
Respond to…
When a firm is looking at the number of suppliers they should have, it is important to take into consideration the type of business they have as well as the type of relationship they are hoping to have with their supplier.
For example, when a brokerage is looking to get professional photos on all current and future listings, they would benefit from having one photography supplier. One of the advantages of having one supplier is the ability to build a long term partnership that allows both parties to develop methods and expectations that will lower costs. “These close partnerships often lead to high levels of dependency between the customer and the supplier” (Vonderembse, & White, 2013). Because the brokerage uses one photography company, the ordering and delivery process is seamless and the turn around time is quick. In addition, the cost per photo decreases because of the amount that is ordered and the loyalty they show each other. It is important that both the brokerage and the photography company develop contingency plans to deal with unexpected problems that may occur.
The photography company may choose to outsource the editing process and benefits from having multiple suppliers. The reason this works is because no one company can edit the photos fast enough to get them back to the brokerage the following day. By having multiple suppliers the photography company can divide the editing work, and instead of getting photos back 24 hours later, they are able to get edited photos back and sent to the brokerage within 12 hours. One of the disadvantages this could have is the consistency in quality editing from the multiple sources, it is important to have each supplier deliver the same level of quality.
In conclusion, when determining if a firm should have one supplier or several, it is crucial to look at the business structure and determine the type of relationships needed to be successful. A large grocery chain will benefit from forward vertical integration, while a brokerage needing photos has no need for it.
References:
Vonderembse, M. A., & White, G. P. (2013). Operations management [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu
Respond to…
Should a firm attempt to have fewer or more suppliers? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?
My initial response is that it depends on the situation. Looking at it from my organization we have areas where we utilize dozens of suppliers and some where we have only one. The advantage to having fewer or even just one supplier is that these, “relationships enable both parties to work together for greater integration of the supply chain and for development of methods that can improve quality and lower costs,” (Vonderembse & White, 2013, Chap. 5.4). The reason behind having one, in my example, is that it makes it easier to customize those products or services. We use one vendor for all of our shipping supplies. We have customized shipping containers and product specific packaging materials that they have developed around our specifications. In this way we have a working partnership with this vendor.
On the other side of the discussion, we distribute almost 20K different SKUs. In order to carry such a diverse selection for our customer we have dozens of supply vendors. Because of our sales volume, these vendors compete for space within our building especially those with like items. We also have our own manufacturer that produces generic versions of our most popular items. I would relate this to the backward vertical integration discussed in our text (Vonderembse & White, 2013). This gives us flexibility on what products we produce and gives us a competitive advantage over the brand name items, at least from a cost perspective.
Reference
Vonderembse, M. A., & White, G. P. (2013). Operations management [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/
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metaethical theory
Topic – life and death
500-600 words apply your metaethical theory to some aspect of the issue that was discussed in the reading in order to demonstrate what the moral approach to the issue is.
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you devised your own approach to metaethics utilizing the ethical theories you have learned in this class. Now it is time to see how well it can be applied to actual issues. Your assignment for this week’s Discussion Board is to briefly remind us of your approach to metaethics (this should only take a few lines) and then apply this approach to one of the issues in applied ethics that were discussed in the reading assignments.
You are encouraged to support your position with rational arguments, fitting examples, and expert sources. Any quotes or information used from sources other than yourself must be cited using footnotes in current Turabian format and will not count towards the total word count.
Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment.
Requirements:
Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.
Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.
Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.
Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment.
You should NOT, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.
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More than 500 words
A 20 year old sexually active female presents today with “vaginal discharge and would like to get on the pill”. She describes the discharge as “watery, grey and smells bad”. She has a new sexual partner since her last visit. She has never had this problem before. She is otherwise healthy, with no past medical or surgical history and on no medications.
What is the differential diagnosis? How will you treat and follow-up? Is she a candidate for starting an oral contraceptive? Why or why not?
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painful urination
A 17 year old, sexually active female presents with “painful urination”. She has never had this problem before. What are the differential diagnoses? Urinalysis is positive both for nitrate and leukocyte esterase. What is the treatment plan for her, including medications, further testing, and lifestyle changes.