In: Accounting
The accounting department needs to forecast electricity expense for one of the buildings. The data for several months is supplied below. Be careful since the data is listed beginning with the most recent. The forecasting method to be used here is the linear regression. Please round your forecast to the nearest whole number.
| Apr 2020: 1463 | Mar 2020: 1372 | Feb 2020: 1087 | Jan 2020: 1316 | Dec 2019: 1346 | Nov 2019: 1224 |
| Oct 2019: 1050 | Sep 2019: 1201 | Aug 2019: 1320 | Jul 2019: 1232 | Jun 2019: 1472 | May 2019: 1323 |
| Apr 2019: 1490 | Mar 2019: 1464 | Feb 2019: 1147 | Jan 2019: 1208 | Dec 2018: 1471 | Nov 2018: 1085 |
| Oct 2018: 1477 | Sep 2018: 1045 | Aug 2018: 1473 | Jul 2018: 1171 | Jun 2018: 1480 | May 2018: 1433 |
| Apr 2018: 1369 | Mar 2018: 1157 | Feb 2018: 1079 | Jan 2018: 1095 | Dec 2017: 1127 | Nov 2017: 1445 |
| Oct 2017: 1381 |
In: Operations Management
Required Uniform Assignment: Scholarly Article Review
PURPOSE
The student will review, summarize, and critique a scholarly article related to a mental health topic.
COURSE OUTCOMES
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
• CO 5: Utilize available resources to meet self?identified goals for personal, professional, and educational development appropriate to the mental health setting. (PO 5)
• CO 7: Examine moral, ethical, legal, and professional standards and principles as a basis for clinical decision?making. (PO #)
• CO 9: Utilize research findings as a basis for the development of a group leadership experience. (PO 8)
DUE DATE
Refer to Course Calendar for details. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment. TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE:100points
REQUIREMENTS
1. Select a scholarly nursing or research article (published within the last five years) related to mental health nursing, which includes content related to evidence?based practice.
*** You may need to evaluate several articles before you find one that is appropriate. ***
2. Ensure that no other member of your clinical group chooses the same article. Submit the article for approval.
3. Write a 2–3 page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) using the following criteria.
a. Write a brief introduction of the topic and explain why it is important to mental health nursing.
b. Cite statistics to support the significance of the topic.
c. Summarize the article; include key points or findings of the article.
d. Discuss how you could use the information for your practice; give specific examples.
e. Identify strengths and weaknesses of the article.
f. Discuss whether you would recommend the article to other colleagues.
g. Write a conclusion.
4. Paper must follow APA format. Include a title page and a reference page; use 12?point Times Roman font; and include in?text citations (use citations whenever paraphrasing, using statistics, or quoting from the article). Please refer to your APA Manual as a guide for in?text citations and sample reference pages.
5. Submit per faculty instructions by due date (see Course Calendar); please refer to your APA Manual as a guide for in?text citations and sample reference pages. Copies of articles from any Databases, whether PDF, MSWord, or any other electronic file format, cannot be sent via the Learning
Management System (eCollege) dropbox or through email, as this violates copyright law protections
NR326 Mental Health Nursing
outlined in our subscription agreements. Refer to the “Policy” page under the Course Home tab in the shell for the directions for properly accessing and sending library articles electronically using permalinks.
DIRECTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA
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Assignment Criteria |
Points |
% |
Description |
|
Introduction |
10 |
10 |
• An effective introduction establishes the purpose of the paper. • The introduction should capture the attention of the reader. |
|
Article summary |
30 |
30 |
Summary of article must include the following. • Statistics to support the significance of the topic • Key points and findings of the article • Discussion of how information from the article could be used in your practice (give specific examples) |
|
Article critique |
30 |
30 |
Article critique must include the following. • Strengths and weaknesses of the article • Discussion of whether you would recommend the article to a colleague |
|
Conclusion |
15 |
15 |
The conclusion statement should be well defined and clearly stated. An effective conclusion provides analysis and/or synthesis of information, which relates to the main idea/topic of the paper. The conclusion is supported by ideas presented throughout the body of your report. |
|
Article Selection & Approval |
5 |
5 |
• Article is relevant to mental health nursing practice and is current (within 5 years of publication). • No duplicate articles within the clinical group. • Article submitted and approved as scholarly by instructor. |
|
Grammar/Spelling/ Mechanics/APA format |
10 |
10 |
• Correct use of Standard English grammar and sentence structure • No spelling or typographical errors • Document includes title and reference pages • Citations in the text and reference page |
|
Total |
100 |
100 |
In: Nursing
I have weekly assignments that consist of interim deliverables for my final project. For the first week, I need to submit a proposal. The proposal should outline how you plan to approach completing your final project and how you plan to overcome obstacles in developing your project.
The project is the following:
The final project is a semester-long exercise that has multiple deliverables throughout the course. Each deliverable is a building block on which you will construct the final project. The approach to building the final project is an abbreviated version of how software projects are typically done in a commercial environment. The general construction steps are as follows:
Customer requirements – Initial project requirements
Systems Analysis – Development of diagrams and concept refinement
Systems Architecture – Constructing the technical framework of the system
System Development – Writing code for the system
System Testing – Testing the functionality of the system to ensure that it meets requirements and is bug-free
System Release – Submission to your instructor
Minimum system requirements:
System design documents
Tables in 3rd normal form
Look up tables
Use of stored procedures for query, insert, and delete
In code commenting
System create scripts
System data insert scripts to populate lookup tables as well as some ‘dummy’ data for the rest of the system so that your instructor may test your system
Note: It can be very easy to read too much into the requirements for any software project, so it important to contact your instructor to get clarification, if needed. If possible, please make contact through the project discussion forum so that the entire class has the benefit of the answer.
The development of the system does not require any knowledge of trucking systems. You will be building your system based on general knowledge that anyone would have about delivering cargo. (Think in terms of what you know about UPS or FexEX).
We are concerned with knowing what cargo was in a truck, who drove the truck, which truck was used, when was it delivered and some information on any truck maintenance that was done during the haul.
The below scenario greatly simplifies what would happen in a real-world scenario. There will only be one driver for the truck, only one truck will be used during a haul and only one trailer will be used for a haul.
You have been hired by Acme Software, Inc. to develop a database for its customer, XYZ Trucking. The proposed database will manage its fleet of trucks. Your task will be to do the initial design of the database that will eventually connect with a web based front end to be developed internally by Acme Software, Inc. You will not be working on the web based front end.
Concept
XYZ Trucking manages several hundred trucks. The proposed system shall manage the daily movements of trucks and drivers as well as track truck downtime due to maintenance or other unforeseen circumstances. Some fleet trucks are a single unit, without trailer, while some are tractor-trailer combination (18-wheel) vehicles that can pull varying types of trailers.
A preliminary business analysis has been done and the analyst has determined that the below data is required for the initial database system.
Minimum Required Data Elements: (Key M = Element must always have a value, L = look up table of default values). Items in ()’s are the only legal values for those fields.
Driver Demographic Information:
Name M
Date of Birth M
Employee Number M
Date of Hire
Commercial Driver License (yes or no) M
Truck Information:
Truck Type (Long or short haul) M
Truck Body Type (Tracker Trailer or Single Unit) M
Truck Number M
Truck License Number
Truck Description
Truck Engine Type
Truck Fuel Type
Truck Current Mileage M
Trailer Information (Tractor-Trailer
Only)
Trailer Type (Tanker, Flat Bed, Box, Refrigerated) M, L
Trailer Capacity M
Trailer Mileage M
Trailer Description
Haul Record (Delivery Records)
Truck Used M
Client M
Cargo Type (Hazardous, Liquid, Refrigerated, Standard, Other),
L
Date Haul Began M
Date Delivered M
Mileage M
Haul Notes
Haul Manifest (Inventory of items
delivered)
Item M
Item Description
Item Weight Per Unit
Quantity M
Truck Maintenance
Truck M
Maintenance Start Date M
Maintenance End Date M
Maintenance Type (Engine, Transmission, Tires, Body, Electrical,
Hydraulic, Pneumatic) M, L
Maintenance Code (Routine, Unscheduled) M, L
Using the minimum data elements, and any others that you determine
are necessary, build a prototype database system. The user
interface being developed by Acme Software shall use stored
procedures developed by you to access data in the database. All
data manipulation (insert, update, delete, and query) shall be done
through your stored procedures.
Business Logic
The basic business logic of the system shall be included in the database’s stored procedures. Design of the logic will require some systems analysis in order to ensure that the logic is correct.
A driver shall always be associated with a haul. (This means that whenever there is data inserted into the haul tables, the driver ID must be included in that data.)
A truck that is a tractor-trailer combination shall always be associated with trailer information.
If a truck has a maintenance date that is between a begin haul date and delivery date, that information must be included in the Haul Notes. (This one is a bit more complex because the stored procedure that inserts a haul record must have logic to check the maintenance tables(s) to see if that truck has scheduled maintenance due between the beginning date and end dates for that haul. If so, the record inserted into the haul table(s) must include a note on that maintenance in the Haul Notes column of the table.) NOTE: This logic is optional for the final project.
Report stored procedures:
Truck Maintenance: The stored procedure shall accept a date range for the report and shall include the truck number, maintenance done, and shall be ordered by long haul, short haul and maintenance date.
Haul Record:The stored procedure shall accept a truck number and date range. The stored procedure shall return the haul record of the truck in chronological order but not include detailed inventory.
Haul Inventory: This stored procedure is similar to Haul Record, except it shall also include the detailed haul inventory.
Custom Report: Develop one other report of your choosing.
In: Computer Science
In: Psychology
Ship-Builders Co. began construction of a new cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard on January 1, 2018 and completed construction of the ship on March 31, 2019. To help finance construction, Ship-Builders took out an $8,000,000, 2-year, 7% loan on January 1, 2018. Interest on the loan was to be paid annually at the end of each year and the principal at the end. Ship-Builders has no other outstanding interest-bearing debt. Ship-Builders made the following expenditures in conjunction with this construction project:
|
Date |
Amount |
||
|
2/1/2018 |
$ |
1,200,000 |
|
|
3/1/2018 |
650,000 |
||
|
4/1/2018 |
600,000 |
||
|
8/1/2018 |
1,100,000 |
||
|
10/1/2018 |
700,000 |
||
|
11/1/2018 |
800,000 |
||
|
3/1/2019 |
2,500,000 |
||
How much interest should Ship-Builders Co. capitalize in 2018? How much should they expense in 2018?
In: Accounting
Almost all countries have very strict policies on immigration
control. In developed countries, the most often used argument is
that migrants will negatively affect the local labour market. But
there is very little support for this argument in the empirical
studies, and many studies actually find the opposite result that
migrants contributed positively to the domestic economy. Most
politicians in the developed countries are very well educated.
Explain how it is possible that they are still strongly opposed to
immigration regardless of the opposite evidences from the
literature.
In: Economics
Is globalization primarily a positive or a negative force in the world? From what you have learned about the effects of globalization so far in the course, what do you think is the SINGLE most compelling argument for or against globalization and why? Illustrate your argument with specific empirical evidence and examples. What can you do personally to help ensure globalization is a force for good? Explain and provide ONE example of a way you can make a positive difference as a citizen of a globalizing world.
In: Economics
The weight of an organ in adult males has a bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 350 grams and a standard deviation of 35 grams. Use the empirical rule to determine the following. (a) About 99.7 of organs will be between what weights? (b) What percentage of organs weighs between 280 grams and 420 grams? (c) What percentage of organs weighs less than 280 grams or more than 420 grams? (d) What percentage of organs weighs between 245 grams and 385 grams?
In: Statistics and Probability
The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of
widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 60
ounces and a standard deviation of 7 ounces.
Use the Standard Deviation Rule, also known as the Empirical
Rule.
Suggestion: sketch the distribution in order to answer these
questions.
a) 95% of the widget weights lie between and
b) What percentage of the widget weights lie between 53 and 74
ounces? %
c) What percentage of the widget weights lie above 39
? %
In: Statistics and Probability