Qualitative Research

Choose one of the four articles listed here and answer the following elements.

Peacock, J. C., Schmidt, C. E., & Barry, K. (2016). A Qualitative Analysis of Post-operative Nutritional Barriers and Useful Dietary Services Reported by Bariatric Surgical Patients.Obesity Surgery, 26(10), 2331-2339. doi:10.1007/s11695-016-2096-1

Coleman, S. K., Garretson, B. C., Wehbe-Alamah, H., McFarland, M., & Wood, M. (2016). RESPECT: Reducing 30-day Emergency Department Visits and Readmissions of Bariatric Surgical Patients Effectively Through Cultural Competency Training of Nurses. Online Journal Of Cultural Competence In Nursing & Healthcare, 6(1), 31-51. doi:10.9730/ojccnh.org/v6n1a3

Usher, K., Redman-MacLaren, M. L., Mills, J., West, C., Casella, E., Hapsari, E. D., & ... Yuli Zang, A. (2015). Strengthening and preparing: Enhancing nursing research for disaster management. Nurse Education In Practice, 15(1), 68-74. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2014.03.006

Roney, L., & Kazer, M. W. (2015). Geriatric sexual experiences: The seniors tell all. Applied Nursing Research, 28(3), 254-256. doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2015.04.005

Critically appraise one qualitative research study by discussing the following required elements:

Identify the study question (note: it is OK to use a direct quote)

Identify the study design

Describe the study sample

Discuss whether the study sample composition reflects the study needs

Identify the sample size

Discuss the adequacy of the sample size being sure to mention whether saturation was achieved

Briefly describe how the data was analyzed

Briefly describe the findings

Discuss whether the quotes fit the findings they are intended to illustrate? Give specific examples to support your opinion.

Discuss whether the study findings adequately answered the study question.

Discuss how you can apply the findings of the study in clinical practice

Discuss the role of qualitative research in evidence based practice

My introduction to taxation professor changed the grading scale without notifying us. The syllabus has not changed at all during or towards the end of the semester. We never knew that she changed the scale until our grades for the course were published. The syllabus states that an 87% to 89% is a B+ and that percentages that are .5% will be rounded up. My final percentage earned in the class was 86.74%, which qualifies for that round up. The professor said that yes, she did round up to an 87%, but she, "believes that an 80% to 89% is a B,"(Direct Quote) and gave me a B for my course grade. I attended every single one of her lectures and always participated. I would have remembered if she said there were changes made to the grading scale during our short, 5 week course. She did not mention changes were being made at all. I realize that there's not much a difference between a B and B+, but it affects one's GPA negatively if their average is high. What can I do? Do I talk to the department head or go to the dean with this issue? Is it still possible to get a B+? Also, is this an ethical thing for a professor to do? This has never happened in my entire educational career, and I have been a student for a long time. Please help. I am unsure what to do.

Also, please do not be biased and blame it on me for not achieving a better grade. I came here for help, not to be told I didn't try hard enough, which I did. I put in more work for that class than my other 2 summer classes combined Nobody received an A for the course out of 30 students. The professor was more than unwilling to answer questions the entire semester and was generally not available for assistance. Exams were full of mistakes, assignments and projects received zero feedback, unavailable during office hours, etc. I have about 16 other students who I've spoken with that can support my statements, who all say she was the worst professor at our university hands down.

You are provided with some commonly occurring materials like glass, wool, fur, Styrofoam, aluminum foil etc, in various shapes and sizes. You are also given the ‘Tribo-electric’ series that includes these materials, and an electroscope. This lab requires you to come up with five simple experiments using a variety of these materials, where you charge up two objects by conduction, and then test whether they are charged or not using conduction, induction or polarization. Make sure you include one case of electroscope use for testing charge on an object, and at least one of repulsion between two objects carrying like charges. The experiments that you come up with can be made effective using the tribo-electric series, since it gives an indication of which two materials will charge up well on contact with each other, and which one will be positive or negative. Your lab report should include the following: Objective: A short and to the point sentence providing the objective of the lab. This will be followed by a list of your experiments as: Experiment #: A short sentence or two describing your experiment. Observation: What you actually observed. Explanation: Explain briefly what you observe. Include one full explanation of each process: conduction, induction, polarization, and also one of the working of the electroscope. Refer to the tribo-electric series where required. If you have explained a process once, you do not have to repeat it for other experiments; just mention the name of the process. An experiment that is theoretically sound may sometimes not work well when performed. If that is the case, include in your lab report the factors that you think contributed to the failure of that particular experiment.

1)Induction experiment : rub balloon on shirt (becomes negatively charged, then bring close to an aluminium foil ball ) show diagram on the charges

2)Polarization experiment : rub balloon with hair , neutral paper will be attracted to balloon.

On top is the instructions provided i came up with 2 experiments one induction and the other polarization please show a diagram for the charges (what happens) and explain what should be observed and theoretical explanations of induction and polirization in these specific experimets I came up with! :)

In the following scenario, each of the four categories of Principles Underlying an Audit Conducted in Accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards are violated. In the box below (1) identify the four categories (the “P – R – P – R”) [2 points each], (2) provide a brief description of each category [2 points each], and (3) indicate at least one way that the actions of the auditor in the scenario violates each of the four categories of principles

Joni Thompson, the CEO of a small privately held company, contacted Darrel Folkert, CPA, about conducting an audit of the company’s records. Joni told Darrel that she needed an audit performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) in time to submit two years of audited financial statements to a bank as part of a loan application. Darrel immediately accepted the engagement and agreed to provide an audit report within three weeks. Joni agreed to pay Darrel a fixed fee if the loan was granted.

Darrel hired two Portland State University accounting students to conduct the audit and spent a couple of hours telling them exactly what to do. Darrel told the students not to spend time reviewing internal controls because it is not a publicly traded company, but to concentrate on proving the mathematical accuracy of the ledger accounts and summarizing the data in the accounting records that support Joni’s financial statements. Given the lack of procedures performed by the two accounting students, they did not identify that Joni did not have an allowance for uncollectible accounts, even though more than 50% of the balance in the Accounts Receivable account is two or more years old. The students followed Darrel’s instructions and after two weeks gave Darrel a Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and a Statement of Cash Flows. Darrel received the three statements and immediately prepared an unqualified (clean) audit report. The report did not refer to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and the two accounting students did not check the accounting principles applied in prior periods. There was also no mention as to the responsibility of management or the degree of responsibility that Darrel was taking in the audit report.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reported that the topography of disease-related deaths has changed over many generations, and that different diseases, both communicable and noncommunicable, are starting to effect communities differently. Specifically, the researchers identify that the typical life expectancy has increased on a global scale, which means there are now different, previously unknown risks and causes of illness due to aging populations. Of specific interest the researchers mention that the “leading causes of death and disability have changed from communicable diseases in children to noncommunicable diseases in adults” (IME, 2013). The United States and other developed and industrialized nations have seen a stark reduction in maternal, nutritional, and premature child deaths. Third-world or underdeveloped nations, however, have seen a spike in communicable, maternal, nutritional and child related diseases. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation implemented the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study to systematically address health concerns related to a number of demographic characteristics. The GBD 2010 study found an increased life expectancy of 35 years since 1970 for many industrialized nations, but negligible improvement in life expectancy in developing nations such as sub-Saharan Africa.

As part of this exercise, check out the 2013 information at: http://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/policy_report/2013/ GBD_GeneratingEvidence/IHME_GBD_GeneratingEvidence_FullReport.pdf, then prepare answers to the questions that follow.

Question 1

Why is it important to research and understand the epidemiological transition of diseases across the world?

Question 2

What are some potential factors that may help explain the static nature of life expectancy in areas such as the sub-Saharan African communities?

Question 3

Identify and explain the factors related to the rise of noncommunicable diseases in industrialized nations, such as the United States.

Question 4

What could be a potentially helpful strategy for reducing deaths related to communicable diseases in poorer nations?

Retrieved from: http://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/policy_report/2013/ GBD_GeneratingEvidence/IHME_GBD_GeneratingEvidence_FullReport.pdf Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy. Seattle, WA: IHME.

If quicksort is so quick, why bother with anything else? If bubble sort is so bad, why even mention it? For that matter, why are there so many different sorting algorithms? Your task is to investigate these and other questions in relation to the algorithms selection sort, insertion sort, merge sort, and quicksort.

Write a set of guidelines for each algorithm to help someone decide which one would be most appropriate for a particular situation. Include in your guidelines a description of the advantages and disadvantages, together with an indication as to why those characteristics apply, and an explanation of the running cost (in Big-O notation). Your goal is to provide enough information so that someone unfamiliar with the inner workings of each algorithm would be able to decide which one is right for them.

For example, if someone was considering using counting sort to sort a collection of values then the following brief information could help them decide if it was appropriate or not.

Instructions:

Prepare a sales letter addressed to:

Dr. Jason Tanner

John A. Logan College

700 Logan College Road

Carterville, IL 62918

You should submit the assignment to me by the date indicated in the schedule for the class. No late assignments may be submitted unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor.

Background Situation:

Assume you are a marketing assistant for a large magazine publisher named Wilderness Publishing Company. You have been asked to write a sales letter trying to convince potential customers to purchase a subscription to Outdoor Life magazine. The cost of the subscription is $80 for 12 issues.

You may select the style of the letter (modified block or block style) and include the current date. Your letter should include a letterhead for Wilderness Publishing Company at 2112 Fairview Drive, Evansville, IN 47712. Your name and job title (marketing assistant) should be included in the signature section of the letter.

Grammar hint to remember: Publications are presented using italic print; therefore, remember to identify the magazine as Outdoor Life magazine (the word magazine is not capitalized or in italic print).

Specific features your letter should include are:

• Paragraph 1 – a technique designed to capture the attention of the reader.
• Paragraph 2 – information to develop interest in your magazine; include creative descriptions of the content of Outdoor Life magazine (including the type of articles and features included in the magazine).
• Paragraph 3 – develop your persuasive message to create a desire for the reader to want to subscribe as you introduce the price and mention benefits of subscribing.
• Paragraph 4 – tell the reader what specific action to take to subscribe to the magazine. Remember to use the action ending techniques of making it easy and specific to inform the reader how to take action to respond to your offer (for example, a toll free telephone number or postage-paid card to return). Also, the action ending should urge haste for the reader to respond and emphasize why it is to the reader’s benefit to act quickly to take advantage of the offer.

Please refer to the Writing Assignment 3 Evaluation Sheet to determine how points can be earned and lost.

Read the scenario then answer the question:

When Ahmad and Amina decided to get married, they were worried that their coming children might suffer from Sickle cell disease, since Amina’s mother had the disease. But the doctor made things clear ….

DOC: “Unfortunately Mr. Ahmad after tracking your family’s genetics you might be carrying the recessive allele for the disease so there is a 25% chance your children might be anemic. “

PARENTS: “ So does that mean that 25% might not even carry the disease allele?

And 50% will carry the allele but won’t have the disease? Did we mention to you that we are cousins? “

Doctor: “ Well now it makes much more sense! Children of first-cousin marriages have an increased risk of autosomal recessive genetic disorders, just like sickle cell disease, which comes from a recessive allele. Two cousins might both carry the recessive allele and transmit it both to their child which will become ill unfortunately, just like sickle cell disease.

PARENTS: “ Unfortunately, my son Seif was born with sickle cell anemia and is getting medication to carry on his life normally. My daughter Shamsa doesn’t suffer from the disease, but she might carry the recessive gene and might have anemic children in the future. “

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INFORMATION:

•You should know that S is the dominant allele for normal blood cells, and s is the recessive allele for sickle cell anemia

•Phenotypes are normal for normal trait and anemic for recessive trait

•In the pedigree we see the cross of the heterozygous parents

question:

Write a neat and full text about your analysis of the family’s inheritance, explain how the disease inheritance is affected by cousins marrying each other, and give solutions to reduce the probability of getting the disease. (350 words)

Enforce your work by doing further research, make sure to insert pictures or any document that you believe can show your work and express your ideas. Do your research on mendelian genetics, inherited diseases, autosomal and gonosomal, patterns of inheritance etc…

This assignment is about the article “I’m not a racist but…” by Neil Bissoondath. The article is available on ecentennial under ereserve. You may also wish to refer to readings on ecentennial under ‘class 1’ and ‘class 2.’

Part 1: Context. /6

1. What is Bissoondath’s purpose in writing this article? Support your answer with at least two reasons. You can refer to table 1.1: A Spectrum of Purposes in our week 1 reading (available on ecentennial under <content> <cl---ass one>).

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2. What is the genre of this piece? How do you know?

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3. Who is the intended audience? How do you know?

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Part 2: Modes. /2

Bissoondath uses blended modes in his essay “I’m not a racist but…”   Mention ONE mode that he uses and give an example .

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Part 3: /3

Refer to your literary devices list (on ecentennial under <content> <class 2>) and answer the questions below:

1. What literary device does Bissoondath use in his ‘hook,’ when he says “Someone recently said that racism is as Canadian as maple syrup.” (1 word answer - 1 mark) ______________________________

2. Choose 2 literary devices from your list and find examples from the reading. Identify these sentences using “quotation marks.” (1 mark each)

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b.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part 4: Reading for Understanding /4

Highlight the best answer. (1 mark each)

1. According to Bissoondath, true racism is caused by:

a.) the media

b.) family influences

c.) willful ignorance and acceptance of stereotypes

d.) use of stereotypes

2. “I’m not a racist but…” is a phrase usually used by:

a.) racists

b.) bigots

c.) people with a lack of experience

d.) people who are willfully ignorant about stereotypes

3. According to Bissoondath, multiculturalism:

a.) indulges in stereotype

b.) is only in Canada

c.) is great

d.) discounts personal experience

4. Bissoondath’s main idea is:

a.) We must be careful about how we use the word racism

b.) Racism is an international problem

c.) We have to be conscious of our own responses to racism

d.) Racism is an individual problem

Read the Case and Directions

State of Sand Crabs   Privileges & Immunities Equal Protection Discussion/Due Process - Issue & Rule Post due 10/17, Reply Post Due 10/19

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The state of Sand Crabs, facing the southern border of our country, has experienced an increase in crime, and a deterioration of effective policing. Most of the crime increase involves crimes of theft, robbery, burglary. Almost all have been crimes of violence without resulting arrests. Residents and businesses alike have been victimized. It has also been documented that over the years there has been an increase in illegal border crossings. Police have literally been under attack. There has been a 32% increase of officers injured during active crime deployment in the last 18 months. This has resulted in several full disability severances pf female officers. At the same time, the State Police force has experienced increased numbers of civil law suits and federal investigation attributed in a rise in the shooting of criminal suspects by a largely young officer base. Many senior officers claim that these young, limited English speaking officers lack patience when responding to crime scenes and do not understand local culture. Rising temperatures have made out-door patrols a grueling operation.

In response to these conditions, a group of state legislators are developing a bill, which will be introduced into the legislature with full hearing, to increase state police forces. It limits member of the state police force to male citizens of the United States who are over the age of 20 years and who have lived in the state for 12 months.

You are asked, using IRAC to review only the Privileges & Immunities, Due Process/Equal Protection Constitutional issues of this proposal.

Remember:

Issues of Constitutional questions must identify the source of the violation, the state actor (defendant), the plaintiff, and act in question

Rule: starts with the general rule (look to the constitution as the tree trunk) followed by elements or more specific rule. Do not name cases or mention facts.

Post: Issue & Rule Statement: Post your original Issue and Rule statement