This research aimed to evaluate whether a self-management program promoted healthy lifestyle behaviors (HLBs) and improved health outcomes among Thai elderly with hypertension. Participants were randomly allocated to either an intervention group (n= 20), that received an 8-week selfmanagement program that included home visits, or a control group (n=20). The data were analyzed by a chi-square analysis, a mixed-model repeated measure MANOVA, and MANCOVAs. There were significant differences in the mean scores of healthy lifestyle behaviors at posttest and follow-up between the two groups (p <0.01) . Moreover, the experimental participants showed statistically significant decrease in BMI as compared to the control group participants in posttest and follow-up ( p <0. 001) . There was a statistically significant reduction in blood pressure in the experimental participants, compared with the control participants at follow-up (p <0.001). Furthermore, healthy lifestyle behaviors increased significantly in the experimental participants compared with the control participants and baseline ( p < 0. 001) . In addition, BMI and blood pressure decreased in the experimental participants compared with the control participants and baseline ( p < 0. 001) . The self-managementprogram resulted in improved healthy lifestyle behaviors, and health outcomes among the elderly with hypertension, and has implications for health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PLEASE ANSWER THE BELOW QUESTIONS

• What is the intended purpose of the study?
• How does the research questions/hypotheses address the problem as detailed by the researcher?
• How does the content in the purpose statement and research questions define the methodology used in the study?
• How was the data collected and analyzed?
• What was the benefit of using the selected statistical test?
• What was the outcome of the study?

Analyze the health status of a specific minority group. Select a minority group that is represented in the United States (examples include American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander).

In an essay of 750-1,000 words, compare and contrast the health status of the minority group you have selected to the national average. Consider the cultural, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical barriers to health. How do race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and education influence health for the minority group you have selected? Address the following in your essay:

What is the current health status of this minority group?

How is health promotion defined by this group?

What health disparities exist for this group?

Describe at least one approach using the three levels of health promotion prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) that is likely to be the most effective given the unique needs of the minority group you have selected. Provide an explanation of why it might be the most effective choice.

Cite a minimum of three references in the paper.

You will find important health information regarding minority groups by exploring the following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) links:

Minority Health: http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/index.html

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH): http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/reach.htm

Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations: http://www.samhsa.gov/specific-populations/racial-ethnic-minority

Prepare this assignment according to the 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.

In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the followin

In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following:

1. Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation.
2. Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs.
3. Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.
4. Explain the differing roles of nursing leaders and nursing managers in this instance and discuss the different approaches they take to address the selected issue and promote patient safety and quality care. Support your rationale by using the theories, principles, skills, and roles of the leader versus manager described in your readings.
5. Discuss what additional aspects managers and leaders would need to initiate in order to ensure professionalism throughout diverse health care settings while addressing the selected issue.
6. Describe a leadership style that would best address the chosen issue. Explain why this style could be successful in this setting.

Use at least three peer-reviewed journal articles other than those presented in your text or provided in the course.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

2. The Versatech Corporation has decided to produce three new products. Five branch plants now have excess production capacity. The unit manufacturing cost of the first product would be $31, $29, $32, $28, and $29 in Plants 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The unit manufacturing cost of the second product would be $45, $41, $46, $42, and $43 in Plants 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The unit manufacturing cost of the third product would be $38, $35, and $40 in Plants 1, 2, and 3, respectively, whereas Plants 4 and 5 do not have the capability for producing this product. Sales forecasts indicate that 600, 1000, and 800 units of products 1, 2, and 3, respectively, should be produced per day. Plants 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 have the capacity to produce 400, 600, 400, 600, and 1000 units daily, respectively, regardless of the product or combination of products involved. Assume that any plant having the capability and capacity to produce them can produce any combination of the products in any quantity.

3. (a) Write down an optimization formulation for this problem. Remark: You need to write down the abstract optimization formulation, explain the meaning of each optimization variable and explain what are the data.

4. (b) There is no “transportation” in the problem statement (there is no “truck”, no “route”). Nevertheless, the formulation is similar to a transportation problem. Ex- plain how to view this problem as a transportation problem.

5. (c) Solve the problem and report the optimal solution and optimal cost. You can use software to solve the problem; if so, please provide the code (e.g. copy the code to the solution file, or take a snapshot and paste the picture in the solution file).

write program that develop a Java class Dictionary to support the following public methods of an abstract data type:

public class Dictionary {

// insert a (key, value) pair into the Dictionary, key value must be unique, the value is associated with the key; only the last value inserted for a key will be kept public void insert(String key, String value);

// return the value associated with the key value public String lookup(String key);

// delete the (key, value) pair public void delete (String key);

}

You will declare a class Pair to represent the (key, value) pair, and use an array of the Pair objects to keep the values in the dictionary. Your array of Pair objects should be able to be sorted by java.util.Arrays.sort(). You can decide whether to store the Pair values in the array sorted or not according to the key values.

Write the main() method to create an instance of the Dictionary object, insert 50 random (key, value) pairs, update some values behind the same key, and delete some (key, value) pairs.

2. Rewrite Your class Dictionary so it can support values of any data type, and show that it works with different value data types.

3. Discuss advantages and disadvantages for storing the Pair objects sorted or not in the Dictionary class.

4. What is running time for each method of your Dictionary class in terms of Big-O notation?

5. Trace method heapSort(T[] w) with sequence of diagrams with both heap tree view and 1-D array view how to sort integers 8, 4, 1, 2, 5, 3, 10, 7, 5, 9, 1, 12, and 5.

JAVA: Suppose we have a number of triangles and quadrilaterals in a 2-dimensional coordinate plane. we want to be able to easily determine the perimeter of each shape and move shapes around the coordinate plane. Download the Shape.java and Point.java from Moodle. - Shape.java is an interface contains getPerimeter() and move() abstract methods. - Point.java is a class object which provides getX(), getY(), distanceTo(Point p) and move() methods. Design two classes named Quadrilateral and Triangle that implement Shape interface to determine their perimeter of each shape and move shapes around the coordinate plane. Test your classes in a Driver class that use (1.0, 1.0), (1.0, 2.0), (2.0, 1.0) and (2.0, 2.0) as coordinates for Quadrilateral vertices and (1.0, 1.0), (1.0, 2.0), (2.0, 1.0) as coordinate for Triangle. Use methods from Point Object to calculate their perimeters and display their results. Use move method from Point Object to increment x coordinate by 1.0 and y coordinate by 2.0 for all vertices of both shapes. Calculate their perimeters and display their results.

SHAPE

import java.util.*;

public interface Shape {
public double getPerimeter();
public void move(double deltaX, double deltaY);
}

POINT

import java.util.*;


public class Point {
private double x;
private double y;
public Point(double x, double y) {
   this.x = x;
   this.y = y;
}
public double getX() {
   return x;
}

public double getY() {
return y;
}
public double distanceTo(Point p) {
   return Math.sqrt(Math.pow(this.getX() - p.getX(), 2) + Math.pow(this.getY() - p.getY(), 2));
}
public void move(double deltaX, double deltaY) {
x += deltaX;
y += deltaY;
}
}

I need to deep clone these 4 classes, using the cloneable interface. This is my code so far. Is it correct or do I need to make any changes?

class Record implements Cloneable {

private String CNAME;
private ArrayList<Subject> eCores;
private Major eMajor;
private ArrayList<Subject> eElectives;
private int totalCredit;
private Status status;
private ArrayList<Student> students;

@Override
protected Record clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
Record record = (Record) super.clone();
record.eMajor = (Major) eMajor.clone();
eCores = new ArrayList<>();
for (Subject s : eCores) {
Subject s1 = (Subject) s.clone();
record.eCores.add(s1);
}
eElectives = new ArrayList<>();
for (Subject ss : eElectives) {
Subject ss1 = (Subject) ss.clone();
record.eElectives.add(ss1);
}
return record;
}

public class Subject implements Cloneable {

private String subjectName;
private String subjectCode;
private int subjectCreditPoint;
private ArrayList<Student> studentList;

@Override
protected Subject clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
return (Subject) super.clone();
}

abstract class Student implements Cloneable, Enrollment {

private String studentName;
private String studentDOB;
private String studentSex;//Student Gender
private int studentNumber;
private ArrayList<Record> record;

@Override
protected Student clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
Student student = (Student) super.clone();
record = new ArrayList<>();
for (Record r : record) {
Record r1 = (Record) r.clone();
student.record.add(r1);
}
return student;

}

class Major implements Cloneable {

private String mName;
private ArrayList<Subject> mCores;
@Override
protected Major clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
Major major = (Major) super.clone();
mCores = new ArrayList<>();
for (Subject s : mCores) {
Subject s1 = (Subject) s.clone();
major.mCores.add(s1);
}
return major;
}

a) What is Asset Liability Management? Enumerate the roles and responsibilities of the various governance structures available to a bank with regard to its interest rate risk management. b) What is Interest Rate Risk? Mention and explain the various sources of interest rate risk in a typical banking book. c) A bank has the following balance sheet extract as at 31st March 2018. Using the table above, i) Calculate 1-year; (a) Rate Sensitive assets (RSAs) (b) Rate Sensitive Liabilities (RSLs) (c) 1-year re-pricing Gap of the bank ii) What is the gap ratio of the bank? iii) What is the impact of 2% increase in interest rate on the bank’s net interest income over 1-year period? iv) Suppose interest rate increase by 2.5% on assets and 2% on liabilities over the next 1-year. Calculate the cumulative impact on the 1-year Net Interest Income of the bank. Question 2 The Treasurer of Esabelle Company Ltd has forecasted that the company will have excess cash in the next 12 months and is therefore looking for a place to invest. As a treasury consultant advise the treasurer with regard to the following: a) The things to consider before investing b) The available Investment products on the Ghanaian financial market c) The various investment strategies he can adopt and considerations that should be made before adopting such strategies. Question 3 a) Explain what is meant by Bank Credit Creation and Cash Reserve Requirement b) Ansaba Bank Ltd received GHS 1m deposit from one of its trusted customers who had hidden the cash under his pillow since 1st July 2007 on 15 November 2017. The bank is required by law to keep 10 % of all its customer deposit with the Central Bank in a non-interest bearing current account. i) Calculate the maximum loan Ansaba Bank can grant with this loan if the bank does not keep any excess reserve ii) Suppose the number of banks in the economy is 5, how much loans can be created? What if the number of banks in the economy is infinite? iii) Explain two mechanisms the central bank can use to influence credit creation in the economy. iv) The Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the Policy rate cumulatively by 300 basis points since the beginning of the year. Explain briefly the impact the reduction in the policy rate will have on the economy of Ghana. Question 4 a) The following extracts were taken from the Bank of Ghana websites as at 23rd June 2018: 91-Day Treasury Bill Rate-13.3251% Interbank Rate-16.23% Monetary Policy Rate-17% Using the above information and the new model, calculate the Ghana Reference Rate as at 23rd June 2018. The current Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) is 10% and the industry agreed Cash in Vault (CIV) limit is 2%. b) The following extracts were taken from the balance sheet for the month ended 31st March 2018 for Bank XYZ which has been operating in Ghana for the past 20 years. Products Balances (GHS m) Customer Rate Personal Loans (Floating) 350 GRR + 5% Corporate Loans (Floating) 565 GRR+4% Time deposits(1yr maturity) 300 GRR-3% Savings 500 GRR-10% In addition the following data is available: 91-day Treasury bill rate is forecasted to reduce by 200bps over the next 1 year, whilst the Monetary Policy and the Interbank Overnight Rates are forecasted to decline by 300bps and 250bps respectively. i) State the various interest rates on the bank’s products. What is the Bank’s Net Interest margin? ii) Suppose the forecasted interest rates are true, calculate the impact on the bank’s net interest margin in the next 1 year. iii) Repeat (ii) assuming the bank is able to pass on only 50% and 75% of the rate change to its liability and assets customers respectively. iv) The bank’s internal funds transfer pricing to the Corporate Banking unit is 18.5%. At a management meeting held recently, the Corporate Director was not happy with the internal funding rate as he claims it is making pricing unprofitable. Do you agree with his complain? Explain your answer. a) What is Asset Liability Management? Enumerate the roles and responsibilities of the various governance structures available to a bank with regard to its interest rate risk management. b) What is Interest Rate Risk? Mention and explain the various sources of interest rate risk in a typical banking book. c) A bank has the following balance sheet extract as at 31st March 2018. Using the table above, i) Calculate 1-year; (a) Rate Sensitive assets (RSAs) (b) Rate Sensitive Liabilities (RSLs) (c) 1-year re-pricing Gap of the bank ii) What is the gap ratio of the bank? iii) What is the impact of 2% increase in interest rate on the bank’s net interest income over 1-year period? iv) Suppose interest rate increase by 2.5% on assets and 2% on liabilities over the next 1-year. Calculate the cumulative impact on the 1-year Net Interest Income of the bank. Question 2 The Treasurer of Esabelle Company Ltd has forecasted that the company will have excess cash in the next 12 months and is therefore looking for a place to invest. As a treasury consultant advise the treasurer with regard to the following: a) The things to consider before investing b) The available Investment products on the Ghanaian financial market c) The various investment strategies he can adopt and considerations that should be made before adopting such strategies. Question 3 a) Explain what is meant by Bank Credit Creation and Cash Reserve Requirement b) Ansaba Bank Ltd received GHS 1m deposit from one of its trusted customers who had hidden the cash under his pillow since 1st July 2007 on 15 November 2017. The bank is required by law to keep 10 % of all its customer deposit with the Central Bank in a non-interest bearing current account. i) Calculate the maximum loan Ansaba Bank can grant with this loan if the bank does not keep any excess reserve ii) Suppose the number of banks in the economy is 5, how much loans can be created? What if the number of banks in the economy is infinite? iii) Explain two mechanisms the central bank can use to influence credit creation in the economy. iv) The Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the Policy rate cumulatively by 300 basis points since the beginning of the year. Explain briefly the impact the reduction in the policy rate will have on the economy of Ghana. Question 4 a) The following extracts were taken from the Bank of Ghana websites as at 23rd June 2018: 91-Day Treasury Bill Rate-13.3251% Interbank Rate-16.23% Monetary Policy Rate-17% Using the above information and the new model, calculate the Ghana Reference Rate as at 23rd June 2018. The current Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) is 10% and the industry agreed Cash in Vault (CIV) limit is 2%. b) The following extracts were taken from the balance sheet for the month ended 31st March 2018 for Bank XYZ which has been operating in Ghana for the past 20 years. Products Balances (GHS m) Customer Rate Personal Loans (Floating) 350 GRR + 5% Corporate Loans (Floating) 565 GRR+4% Time deposits(1yr maturity) 300 GRR-3% Savings 500 GRR-10% In addition the following data is available: 91-day Treasury bill rate is forecasted to reduce by 200bps over the next 1 year, whilst the Monetary Policy and the Interbank Overnight Rates are forecasted to decline by 300bps and 250bps respectively. i) State the various interest rates on the bank’s products. What is the Bank’s Net Interest margin? ii) Suppose the forecasted interest rates are true, calculate the impact on the bank’s net interest margin in the next 1 year. iii) Repeat (ii) assuming the bank is able to pass on only 50% and 75% of the rate change to its liability and assets customers respectively. iv) The bank’s internal funds transfer pricing to the Corporate Banking unit is 18.5%. At a management meeting held recently, the Corporate Director was not happy with the internal funding rate as he claims it is making pricing unprofitable. Do you agree with his complain? Explain your answer.

Make a forecast for 2016 using a method of your choice (including a judgment forecast). Justify your method. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

The two year moving average forecast for 2016 is _______.