Author: chris

1. determine the most commonly used population and individual measures used in providing healthcare today. Examine the primary impact that these measures exert on the choices that consumers make in order to address their own healthcare needs. Justify your response.

2.compare the magnitude of healthcare costs in the United States to that of other developed countries. Analyze at least three (3) differences that you believe exist between the decisions that U.S. consumers and the consumers in other developed countries make regarding healthcare. Provide a rationale for your response.

3. compare the primary individual factors that influence demand, and explain the significant ways in which each affects the demand curve. Provide at least one (1) example of these factors to support your rationale.

4. Imagine a situation where consumers have incomplete information about their health status and about the productivity of medical care. Examine the roles of the principal and the agent in helping consumers to determine the demand for medical care in the described situation. Provide at least one (1) detailed example of such roles in action to support your response.

5. compare the healthcare-based factors in the issues that you reviewed that, in your opinion, cause the cost curve of healthcare to shift. Provide at least one (1) example showing the manner in which the cost curve shifts in your response.

6. Suggest at least three (3) attributes that cause the supply curve in healthcare to fluctuate. Provide specific examples of each of the suggested attributes to support your response.

1″The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)”  Please respond to the following:

• Compare the six (6) core processes in the SDLC. Give your opinion on which one you believe is the least important in developing software, and explain why. Give your opinion on which one you believe is the most important in developing software, and explain why.
• Ascertain what you believe is the most significant difference between agile development techniques and traditional development techniques. Justify your response.

2“Computer Communications: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards” Please respond to the following:

• Assess the significance of protocols and standards in computer systems. Determine one (1) standard and one (1) protocol that you believe to be the most important ones utilized today. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Compare and contrast client-server computing and cloud computing. Determine the major risks and rewards that each offers to the organizations that use such approaches. Justify your response.

What is a code of conduct? What is its role within an organization?

What is the biggest challenge posed by egoism?

Summarize the influences of diversity within a workplace.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length and APA style.

The purpose of this Capstone Project is for students to examine and solve real world information assurance problems and apply associated techniques to create practical solutions. The course takes an integrative and senior security officer approach to address the policy, risk, and control opportunities within cyberspace and IT environments. Deliverables 1 through 5 focus on preparing students toward the final Capstone Project. Skills, experience, and knowledge gained through the completion of prerequisite courses will be used throughout each deliverable. The project contents to be addressed are as follows:

Project Deliverable 1: Evolution of Cyberspace

Due Week 2 and worth 90 points

Project Deliverable 1 consists of using Microsoft Word. Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

In this deliverable, you will examine the evolution of cyberspace through time and discuss some of the biggest developments that have changed the face of cyberspace. You will also examine the advent of e-Commerce and its impact on cybersecurity, and determine the challenges and countermeasures needed to back up the security-related incidents.

Submission Requirements

• Document (MS Word)

Write a two to three (2-3) page introduction in which you:

1. Explain the evolution of cyberspace through time.
2. Identify one (1) of the biggest developments that have changed the face of cyberspace.
3. Examine the advent of e-Commerce and its impact on cybersecurity.
4. Determine the main challenges and the countermeasures needed to back up the security related to cyberspace.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the development and evolution of cyberspace and examine the impact of e-Commerce on cybersecurity.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in information assurance.
• Write clearly and concisely about information assurance topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Listed below are the names of some of the world’s top technology-related innovators. They have also been called leaders, entrepreneurs, disrupters, or good old-fashioned trouble-makers. They have gone against the odds, rattling stale industries to build new ones. Recognize their names? Not likely, though you may instantly recognize their product, technology, or scientific inventions, which have made headlines. However, their success would not be possible without the effective management of team members. For this assignment, you are required to choose two people from the list and create a PowerPoint presentation.

First, choose two leaders from the list below:

• Caleb Chung
• Cory Booker
• Craig Venter
• Dan Olschwang
• Diane Greene
• Hjalmar Winbladh
• Jeremy Stoppelman
• Mark Gorton
• Russell Simmons
• Sunil Shaunak

Now, respond to the following:

• Utilize your research and identify the methods these innovators or leaders are using to communicate through technology in an effort to remain relevant in their industries.
• Explain how technology has advanced each of their businesses, leading to growth.
• Determine if innovative products, such as Google X, iWatch, or the new Cardboard Bike, can be linked to transformational or transactional leadership. Defend your position.
• Self-managed teams are often used to hide inventions from public view. Utilizing your research, identify ways managers and project leaders working under constraints can accomplish this.

Develop a 4–6-slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Include detailed speaker notes in your presentation. Utilize at least two scholarly sources (in addition to your textbook) to complete your research, referencing sources within the text and at the end in a reference list. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Module 4 Readings and Assignments

Complete the following readings early in the module:

• Read the online lectures for Module 4

• From Leadership: Theory, Application, & Skill Development, read the following chapters:
  • Leader-member exchange and Fellowship
  • Team Leadership and Self managed Teams
  • Charismatic and Transformational Leadership

• From the Argosy University online library, read:
  • Emery, C. R., & Barker, K. J. (2007). The effect of transactional and transformational leadership styles on the organizational commitment and job satisfaction of customer contact personnel. Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict, 11(1), 77–90. (ProQuest document ID 216597373)

    http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?

    sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/docview/216597373

  • Gumusluoglu, L., & Ilsev, A. (2009). Transformational leadership, creativity, and organizational innovation. Journal of Business Research, 62(4), 461–473. (ProQuest document ID 196329870)

    http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?

    sch=auo&turl=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014829

    6308000325

  • Piccolo, R. F., & Colquitt, J. A. (2006). Transformational leadership and job behaviors: The mediating role of core job characteristics. Academy of Management Journal, 49(2), 327–340. (ProQuest document ID 199826354)

    http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?

    sch=auo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db

    =bth&AN=20786079&site=ehost-live

• Suggested Readings
  • Bass, B, & Bass, R. (2009). The Bass handbook of leadership: Theory, research, and managerial applications (4th ed.).New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
  • Humes, J. C. (2002). Speak like Churchill, stand like Lincoln: 21 Powerful secrets of history’s greatest speakers. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press. ISBN: 978-0761563518.
  • Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2002). The leadership challenge (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN: 0-7879-5678-3. http://libproxy.edmc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

    direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=151796&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_C1

  • Komives, S. R., Lucas, N., & McMahon, T. R. (2009). Exploring leadership: For college students who want to make a difference (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 9780470596487. http://site.ebrary.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/lib/argosy/docDetail.action?docID=10344335

Describe the issue of exposure to videogame violence in today’s society as related to Greg’s situation. Explore issues such as:

1. Prevalence (e.g., age, gender, racial diversity, etc.)
2. Given Greg’s developmental level, what are possible dangers of exposure to media violence? Be sure to address this in the context of his cognitive and socioemotional development.
3. Risk and protective factors, including predisposition to violence (e.g., are all children who play violent videogames likely to become more aggressive? What protective factors might mitigate the possible outcomes for Greg?
4. Discuss the possible outcomes if Greg’s behavior continues unchecked.
5. Discuss types of intervention strategies you would expect his parents to find at a community level, such as in community centers, schools, and social service agencies, to assist children like Greg who are at risk due to ongoing exposure to media violence.
6. What would be a good plan to recommend to Greg’s parents?
7. Compare the dangers of exposure to videogame violence with other forms of violence. What are similarities and differences between videogame violence exposure and the other type of violence you chose to compare?
8. What are the costs of videogame violence to the family and the community and society at large and the other form of violence you chose for comparison?

Interview an inclusive classroom teacher and a self-contained classroom teacher. These interviews can be conducted by phone or face-to-face. Ensure that, as a minimum, these basic questions are addressed:

1. In your opinion, what is necessary for a meaningful and worthwhile teaching and learning experience? Provide examples.
2. How is a meaningful learning experience for students related to the teachers’ philosophies of education?
3. Why did you want to become a teacher? Why do you continue to teach?
4. What are two or three of your most rewarding teaching experiences? What are two or three of your most challenging?
5. What changes would you like to make in teaching? Why?
6. How can special and regular education teachers receive support to deal with the challenges described?

Write a 1,500-2,000-word essay in which you clearly summarize the interviews and reflect upon why you want to join the ranks of special educators. What is it about what you learned through your interviews that solidifies your desire to be a special educator? Include your personal mission statement, specific to special education, based on the information you have gathered from this assignment.

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.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion

Data Interpretation: United States and Nigeria

For your dropbox assignment, using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and compare the demography and health indicators for Nigeria and the United States.

Note: Click here (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.DPND)  to view the links that you can refer to for research about the demography and health indicators for the United States and Nigeria.

Based on your research, create a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, answering the following questions:

• Compare the annual population growth rate of both countries. What factors do you think are contributing to the differences observed between the two countries?
• Compare the composition of the population of both countries. What does it suggest about each country?
• Compare the dependency ratio of both countries. What does it suggest about each country?
• Compare the mortality rates of both countries. Which age groups do you think are the most affected in each country? Is there a gender difference in mortality rates? Why or why not? In your opinion, what are the factors that might contribute to the differences in mortality rates of both countries?
• Which age group is benefiting the most from healthcare interventions in each country?
• What does the life expectancy at birth and at sixty years tell you about each country?
• If you were a public health official looking at these data for the first time, what questions and assumptions might come up that you would want to further investigate?

For Week 2, address the following in a three-page paper:

This assignment is designed to encourage you to reflect upon the nature of God from a philosophical rather than religious perspective. After completing this week’s readings, write a 3–4-page essay explaining at least two approaches to the nature and existence of God.

• Explain the difference between theology and philosophy.
• Describe at least two philosophical approaches to the nature and existence of God, then compare and contrast them.
• What are the similarities and differences between your personal beliefs about God and the accounts of God we have studied this week? For instance, does natural theology give us a means to determine what our purpose is and how we should live our lives? Why, or why not?