Xcode is the application used to develop an iOS app. An Xcode project is the source for an app; it’s the entire collection of files and settings needed to construct the app. Apple has propelled the world into the mobile boom as it constantly is innovating and creating new boundaries within the mobile industry. When developing mobile apps, choosing one platform helps developers focus their skills. However, beware as this may also “lock” developers into that platform. Whatever iOS fits into the mobile app strategy, be aware Apple has a large market share and will be around for a long time.
1. What specific features do you enjoy most about iOS?
2. Why are Storyboards great features to use in iOS development?
3. Why is “automatic reference counting” considered a type of garbage collection mechanism?
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At least 2 (scholarly) journal source should be used for each post.
Make your references in correct APA 7 format and cite each reference at least once, but as many times as you rely on it. Citations support each sentence relying on a reference, not an entire paragraph. Do not use direct quotes, do not plagiarize
Answer each question completely with at least one paragraph (150-200 words per paragraph, at least 5 sentences). Be sure to carefully review the grading rubric included below.
After reviewing Simon Sinek’s video “Leadership vs. Authority,” please reflect and answer the following questions.
YouTube. (2021). Leadership vs. authority | Simon Sinek. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkclW79ZoZU
Closed caption included in video.
1. In your own words, describe what you believe the difference is between leadership and authority.
2. What do you believe are the most important traits that make a great leader? Why do you believe these are the most important?
3. Reflect on a time that you saw a great leader in action. Describe what made this leader effective. What traits did they display that contributed to their leadership?
4. Describe a time that you had to use your leadership skills (at work, home, school, etc.). What traits did you display? Were you effective in your leadership? If yes, what made you effective? If not, what would you do differently next time?
A well-known maxim teaches us that ‘it takes money to make money’. We need to have some measure of finance available before we can start investing and look forward to a reasonable return. God, who has much at His disposal, also has done some investing. Now He’s looking for a return. Did you know that He’s invested in us? There are quite a number of pictures in the Bible where God compares us to a garden, a tree, or a vine, and He goes to great lengths to look after what He’s planted. He does everything He can to care for it.
He`s taken time and effort with a view to cultivating us, hoping to see fruit in our lives that will glorify Him. He doesn’t just expect us to ‘produce works’ without first pouring something into us, as that would be rather unfair. No, He carefully looks after us, tends us, nourishes us, waters us, prunes us, and protects us. He wants to set us up as well as He can so we can bear the fruit He’s looking for.
As the Lord has invested in us, He desires that we, too, should invest in others. Now there’s a thought! Who or what are you investing in? Are you investing in others? Are you sowing into His kingdom, using whatever He’s placed at your disposal? If you do, you`ll have a certain and eternal reward waiting for you – a precious reward which no one can ever take away from you. This reward will be given to you by God – to keep forever!
If, however, it turns out we’re only investing in ourselves, we’re not being very good stewards. The return for this investment will be nothing to be excited about. Such an investment would be unwise. We’re blessed so we can be a blessing. There’s no better, safer investment than into the kingdom of God. When everything’s said and done, and we’re in eternity, I think the Lord will show that there’s no one who pays better returns than He does. But will we have made the right investments?
One caveat must be mentioned here: He does want us to take care of ourselves! It`s true that we can`t give unless we first receive it. But are we receiving only because we want more for ourselves, or are we hoping to sow into the lives of others?
https://seedsofthekingdom.org/devotionals
Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to:
Critique investment strategy for eternal significance.
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Prepare a discussion post that answers the following questions:
Describe a time or event when you invested in the life of someone other than a family member. What were the benefits of your investment, both to the person you were investing in, and yourself?
How might the skills and knowledge you are learning in the DBA increase your ability to invest in someone else?
Your initial post should be 200 – 300 words long and is due by the fourth day of the workshop.
Respond in writing to two of your classmates.
Each written response should be 100 – 200 words in length and demonstrate a critical analysis of your classmate’s post.
These responses are due by the end of the workshop
In this workshop, we will look at techniques that enable managers to appraise, or weigh up, investment in long-lasting assets by relating the initial outlay to the future revenue. These techniques are used by businesses both to assess specific investments and to decide between alternative investments. Companies take these decisions very seriously because they involve large amounts of resources and once made they cannot be reversed.
Buglear, John. Quantitative Methods for Business (p. 261). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition.
Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:
Assess the financial viability of alternative solutions.
Instructions
Review the file title Investment Analysis and complete the five questions at the end of the file. Be show to show your work. You may do the work in excel but be sure your answers are clearly highlighted and that the formulas work within the excel document
How will you prepare those children, their families, and the staff in your care in each competency? Be sure you provide specific details on each competency:
The Disciplined Mind;
The Synthesising Mind;
The Creating Mind;
The Respectful Mind; and
The Ethical Mind.
If you were to add a sixth competency, what would it be and why?
Part 2: Program/Personal Reflection
How does each competency influence you as a leader personally? Be sure you provide at least one example for each competency.
How does your understanding of each of these competencies positively impact your ability as a leader to evaluate curriculum materials and models and ensure alignment with standards?
Play-to-earn games are picking the pace in recent times. The mind-blowing success of Axie Infinity paved way for the mass adoption of p2e games in countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, etc. The opportunity for gamers to earn has encouraged many users to invest their time and money into these games. Countless games have been launched and most of them stick to the same paradigm of battleship games and race games. This recurring gameplay has begun to dry out the interest of the gamers.
Meanwhile, the idea of a p2e cricket game along with an NFT gaming marketplace for users to buy cricket NFTs to play the game sounds fresh for the gamers. Thus, the talks around a cricket metaverse and a cricket NFT game are receiving hype and are expected to be the next big thing in the p2e ecosystem.
To complete this assignment, you will write a short paper to share your research findings on the chosen health law or policy. Essentially, you will select one healthcare policy or law in the United States and conduct research to understand its history and importance in the decision-making process. Using Bardach’s eightfold path model, you will analyze the policy and explain the role of stakeholders in policy or law reformation. Last, you will describe the key stakeholders you identified as drivers for your chosen policy or law.
You must cite at least three sources to support your claims. For additional help with completing this assignment, refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing – Graduate item in the Start Here module. You may also use the Online Writing Center, located in the Academic Support module.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Selection of the Policy or Law: Describe the policy or law you have selected, explaining why you have chosen this policy or law.
History of Policy or Law: Describe the history of the policy or law you have chosen, explaining why it is essential. Consider the following questions in your response:
Why is understanding the history of the policy or law essential in decision making about the policy or law?
What are the three significant milestones and driving factors in the history of the chosen policy or law?
Influence of Stakeholders and Interest Groups: Using Bardach’s eightfold path model, describe how stakeholders and interest groups can be involved when approaching change in the chosen policy or law. Consider the following questions in your response:
Who are the key stakeholders and interest groups for the selected policy or law?
What could be the impact of noninvolvement of stakeholders and interest groups in policy or law reformation?
How do the needs and interests of stakeholders and interest groups impact the change in the chosen policy or law?
Key Drivers of Policy or Law: Explain how stakeholders were key drivers for the chosen policy or law. Consider the following questions in your response:
Which key stakeholders are key drivers as well for the policy or law?
Which stakeholders and/or interest groups are most impacted by the chosen policy or law?
Proposed Changes or Amendments: Explain what you would like to see changed in the chosen policy or law and why. Consider the following questions in your response:
How will you approach the change implementation process?
In five years, how will historical reviewers view your proposed changes?
How will these changes benefit underserved/vulnerable populations?
Review this week’s Learning Resources. Consider the insights they provide about assessing, diagnosing, and treating mood disorders.
Review the Focused SOAP Note template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. There is also a Focused SOAP Note Exemplar provided as a guide for Assignment expectations.
Review the video, Case Study: Petunia Park. You will use this case as the basis of this Assignment. In this video, a Walden faculty member is assessing a mock patient. The patient will be represented onscreen as an avatar.
Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
Consider patient diagnostics missing from the video: Provider Review outside of interview: Temp 98.2 Pulse 90 Respiration 18 B/P 138/88 Laboratory Data Available: Urine drug and alcohol screen negative. CBC within normal ranges, CMP within normal ranges. Lipid panel within normal ranges. Prolactin Level 8; TSH 6.3 (H)
The Assignment
Develop a Focused SOAP Note, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate a primary diagnosis. Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:
Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomatology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?
Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?
Assessment: Discuss the patient’s mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence, listed in order from highest to lowest priority. Compare the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5 criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case.
Plan: What is your plan for psychotherapy? What is your plan for treatment and management, including alternative therapies? Include pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments, alternative therapies, and follow-up parameters as well as a rationale for this treatment and management plan. Also incorporate one health promotion activity and one patient education strategy.
Reflection notes: Reflect on this case. Discuss what you learned and what you might do differently. Also include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment!), social determinates of health, health promotion, and disease prevention that takes into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.
Q1. Each of us works with other people in some manner, such as in teams, on projects, in meetings, virtually, using shared collaboration to edit documents, etc. How have you worked with others at your workplace this week? What challenges have you experienced in collaborating with others at work, and what did you do to resolve them?
Q2. Conflict at work is never easy. Sometimes you may not agree with a supervisor, peer, or client. What are some techniques you can use to address conflict? Share an experience where you had to overcome negative emotions because of a conflict at work.
Q3. What is the most valuable resource within a project? How do you avoid the overallocation of resources? Is communication within an IT project less than ideal, yes or no, and why or why not? Is it different from regular project management? Why or why not?
IT Infrastructure Project: Designing WAN Networks Assignment Instructions
Project Background
Reference Figure 1. Global Care Hospital is a network of four large hospitals in the U.S. You have recently purchased the organization, naming it [Your Firstname Lastname] Global Hospital. Please refer to the hospital as “place your name here” Global Hospital.
Figure 1. Global Hospital Network Design
Jane Doe Global Hospital owns a network of hospitals supported by four (4) office buildings. Their original design, depicted in Figure 1, was categorized as a medium-size network for 200 to 1,000 devices. They have well surpassed this and added new services in telemedicine. In addition, it has several flaws. You, as their senior network engineer, are tasked with the job of a complete re-design. This design must support a large-size network for over 1,000 devices, address the current design flaws per figure 1, and meet the future needs of a globally capable hospital IT infrastructure. *Note, each of the office buildings in Figure 1 also contains additional routers, switches, workstations, and servers that would support a typical hospital office building of this hospital size. Include these devices to meet the rubric requirements as you design the detailed version of this network. Regardless, only one workstation is needed per network switch to show working functionality.
Overview
In this project, you will study performance improvements in a congested, wired WAN environment that can be solved to varying degrees by a new IT infrastructure design and fully functional implementation in Cisco Packet Tracer.
Instructions
Project Requirements
· Take screenshots demonstrating your network, servers, configurations, and protocols properly functioning in the new design. Screenshots must include a unique piece of information identifying the student’s computer along with a proper operating system date/time. Submit these as appendices in the Word document.
· Submit a working Packet Tracer lab, typically this file has a .pkt file extension.
· This will include the fully operational new IT infrastructure design
· All devices in the lab must be named with your first name and last name
· Example: Jane_Doe_Router_1
· All hardware and software should be configured properly and should be able to communicate securely using optimized networking designs, configurations, and protocols
· Packet Tracer IT Infrastructure Re-Design Requirements
· You must start with a blank/new Packet Tracer file, existing labs or modified labs of existing solutions will receive a zero without exception
· Include the existing hospital network design but optimized/improved
· LANs must function using the OSPF protocol
· Buildings 1 and 3 must connect to buildings 2 and 4 using a properly selected and configured WAN protocol
· Design a large-size network for over 1,000+ devices
· An appropriate WAN design supported by research is necessary
· Add appropriate routers and switches to support this new design
· Design and configure at least one appropriate networking protocol, IPv4 or IPv6
· Design IP addressing that will scale to over 1,000 devices
· Use proper network address translation (NAT)
· Add appropriate security into the design, at least one (1) significant improvement
· Add sufficient modularity, resiliency, and flexibility into the design, at least one significant improvement for each for a total of three (3) optimizations
· Design and implement the following new services and systems
· Assure each service supports telemedicine
· A Healthcare Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
· Requires four front-end web servers
· Requires load balancers that balance traffic to the front-end web servers
· Requires two database servers
· Requires a storage area network (SAN) to store all data
· A website hosted on a web server in each ISP, accessible by all workstations
· Two new user workstations in each building that uses the new services and services properly
· Show these services working on each workstation in your project (e.g. the Healthcare ERP, the websites in the ISPs)
· Paper Requirements (Introduction, Literature Review, and Conclusion)
· Submit a properly formatted APA paper in Microsoft Word
· Here is an example paper: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/
· Table of Contents that automatically adjusts page numbers of the main headings
· Introduction
· Introduce the primary goals and objectives of the project
· Include more than 5 scholarly sources and 500 words in the Introduction and Conclusion combined
· Review of literature that supports the new system simulation, model, and design
· Include appropriate IT frameworks and standards in which to design a large enterprise class IT infrastructure and network
· Address system feasibility, RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability), security, and disaster recovery
· Include at least 10 scholarly journal articles focusing on relevant research on the problems being addressed
· Meets the length requirement of 1,000 words
· Packet Tracer design explanation
· Explain each of the additions and improvements
· Reference the primary configurations and how these were developed
· Include running configurations from routers/switches as appendices
· Conclusion
· Highlight any limitations, managerial implications, and conclusions of the project deliverables and outcomes
· The assignment includes over 2,000 words of original student authorship that shows excellent mastery and knowledge of IT infrastructure design. There are also over 10 unique scholarly peer reviewed journal articles from well-respected IT journals included that directly relate to and sufficiently support the working designs and scenarios.
· Save the file as Lastname_Firstname_ProjectPhaseI. Include your name in the assignment file itself and submit your file to Blackboard.
· Any assignment without working Packet Tracer files or without screenshots that do not include a visible date and timestamp from the operating system and a unique desktop element to identify the student’s work will not be accepted.
· To copy screenshots to Microsoft Word:
· Press the “Print Screen” key on your keyboard. The key is usually located at the upper right corner of a keyboard.
· You can also use the “snipping tool” in Windows
· For Windows users, open application “Paint” and paste the screen shot over. “Paint” usually can be accessed this way: Start All Programs Accessories. For users of other operating systems, use a similar application.
· In “Paint”, select the graph or area needed and copy it. You need to click this icon in order to be able to select an area. The icon is listed on the left side of the window.
· Paste the selected area to a word processor.
· Save the file as Lastname_Firstname_ProjectPhaseI
