How was bioinformatics (or bioinformatic tools) used to solve the problem?

For this week’s discussion, please use the Internet to identify a currently relevant subject (e.g. medicine, informatics advancement) related to bioinformatics. Discuss:

• What is the problem in hand?
• How was bioinformatics (or bioinformatic tools) used to solve the problem?

Your response must be substantive to receive credit. Comments such as “I agree”/”yay”/”nay”/”ditto” are not considered substantive. Be sure to provide specific details in your descriptions, and justify your responses wherever appropriate. Please also provide a full citation(s) of your sources.

What issues is Conscious Consumers trying to address?

From free-range meat to vegan
haircare, demand for sustainable
goods is rising
In a busy north London supermarket the weekend before Christmas, the meat aisle is a hubbub. Sarah Rymer, 32, picks her way through
a shelf of whole chickens. She chooses a freerange bird. ‘I’ve definitely become more conscious of what I buy in the past few years,’ she
says. ‘It can be confusing, but I think it’s worth
the money.’ Ms Rymer is one of an increasing
number of shoppers driving the UK’s £81.3bn
market for ethical products and services.
According to not-for-profit consultancy Ethical Consumer, the sector has grown by more
than £40bn since 2008, with households spending an average of £1,263 on ethical goods last
year. The ethical food and drink market alone
was up 9.7 per cent, compared with 5.3 per cent growth
in 2015. Businesses are seeing the appeal. For Thanksgiving this year Butterball, the US’s largest turkey producer, launched its first organic range in response to
increasing consumer demand, while earlier in the year
UK sandwich chain Pret A Manger opened its second
and third all-vegetarian outlets. Ikea, which says that
it uses its sustainable credentials to set it apart from
other affordable homeware brands, intends to use only
recycled or FSC certified wood by 2020. Big consumer
product groups are making concerted efforts, too.
French cosmetics company L’Oréal this month
unveiled its first vegan hair colour products, aimed
at boosting its flagging professional haircare division.
As part of a steady strategy of smaller acquisitions,
Unilever bought Sir Kensington, a maker of vegan
mayonnaise, and Pukka organic teas. Its sustainable
brands – those the company describes as ‘combin[ing]
a strong purpose delivering a social or environmental
benefit’ – grew 40 per cent faster than the rest of the
business in 2016, it says.
‘The purpose of marketing is to contribute to maximising shareholder value,
and marketing strategies must be evaluated in terms of how much value they
create for investors.’
Peter Doyle (2008)
MARKET-LED STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 1
With consumers showing increasing concern for animal welfare, demand
has risen for free-range poultry
Source: Jamie McDonald / Staff/Getty Images.
Younger consumers drive shift to ethical products
By Alice Hancock in London
INTRODUCTION 5
Introduction
In the quote that begins this chapter, Professor Peter Doyle highlights that the primary overarching goal for chief executives of commercial companies is to maximise shareholder value.
However, is this at odds with the increasing awareness of, and attention to, environmental
and social responsibility issues? Surely firms seeking to maximise shareholder value will pay
scant regard to the natural and social environment in which they operate, taking what they
can, irrespective of the consequences, in order to make a quick buck? Isn’t this the essence
of market-based capitalism – red in tooth and claw?
Wrong! The essence of the shareholder value approach is the long-term sustainability
of the organisation through the creation of lasting value. Indeed, Doyle also argues that
shareholder value is often confused with maximising profits. Maximising profitability is
generally considered to be a short-term approach (and may result in eroding long-term
competitiveness through actions such as cost cutting and shedding assets, to produce quick
improvements in earnings). Maximising shareholder value, on the other hand, requires
long-term thinking, the identification of changing opportunities and investment in the
building of competitive advantage.
Younger consumers are fuelling this response.
YouGov data show that in the past year alone the
proportion of 18- to 24-year-olds turning to vegetarianism for environmental or welfare reasons
has increased from 9 to 19 per cent. And it is not
just in their consumer habits. ‘We know that millennials want to work for companies that take
this stuff seriously,’ says Rob Harrison, director of Ethical Consumer. ‘Lots of new start-ups
have an ethical mission and it translates across
into buying patterns.’ He is speaking to me on
his Fairphone, marketed as ‘the world’s first ethical, modular smartphone’. Ben Gleisner is the
founder of one such ethically minded start-up. In
2009, while working as an economist in the New
Zealand treasury, he identified what he calls a
‘massive market failure’: businesses, unaware
that customers were interested in ethical products did not invest in them, resulting in a ‘huge
undersupply’. Conscious Consumers, the platform
he has set up, provides retailers with data about
customers’ ethical preferences. Shoppers sign up
online and link their credit or debit card to the
app. Whenever they spend money at businesses
registered with Conscious Consumers, data
entered on their profile – from whether they would
prioritise buying organic to whether they are
interested in climate change or workers welfare –
is sent to the retailer. In 2015 Mr Gleisner and his
team ran New Zealand’s second-biggest crowdfunding campaign and in autumn next year it plans to
launch in its first foreign market: the UK. Richard
Collier-Keywood, previously managing partner
of PwC UK, has come on board as a director. Mr
Gleisner says that 16- to 35-year-olds – Generations
Y and Z – are the strongest market. ‘Generation Z
is the most environmentally and socially “aware”
consumer market yet. Even more so than millennials,’ he says. The sticking point is cost. At higherend supermarket Waitrose, where Ms Rymer is
shopping, an Essential range chicken is £2.40 per kg
while a free-range bird is £6.25 per kg – more than
double the price. Josie Mallin, 27, who is shopping
for a Sunday joint in the more affordable Morrisons
supermarket nearby, chooses a standard chicken. ‘I
try to buy ethically but say a normal chicken is £4
and an organic chicken is £10, I’m going to buy the
normal one,’ she says.
Source : from ‘Younger consumers drive shift to ethical products’, Financial Times , 23/12/17 (Hancock, A.).
Discussion questions
1 What issues is Conscious Consumers trying to address?
2 How is the company trying to address them?

Define and explain the three steps of evaluating the arts (Map of Reality, Interplay of Common Grace and Antithesis, and Aesthetic Elements) as recommended by Shidemantle.

Define and explain the three steps of evaluating the arts (Map of Reality, Interplay of Common Grace and Antithesis, and Aesthetic Elements) as recommended by Shidemantle.  

Which category of theories of the mind, physicalist or dualist, do you believe is more plausible for solving the mind-body problem?

One (1) “Original Post” addressing one of the three question choices. Minimum of 250 words. Your Original Post must answer the question fully in all its parts and address possible objections to your reasoning. You must also connect your Original Post to the course by having at least one full sentence quote and citation from one of the Required Readings of the week. The quote should be word for word and contained inside quotation marks and then followed by an inline citation. Once you quote something or even reword something you did not originally write then you need to have it in a reference section at the end of the post (again in MLA format). Please refer to the following resources for help on MLA citation. 
MLA Citation: http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_tutorial.cfm 
MLA Citation Examples: http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm 
DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #1:  Which Physicalist Theory of Mind? Of the physicalist theories of mind studied this week, Behaviorism, Identity-Theory, Functionalism, Monism, or Eliminativism, which one seems most plausible in solving the Mind-Body Problem? Why don’t the others work? Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to make your argument. Make sure to address possible objections to your reasoning. 
DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #2: Physicalism or Dualism? Which category of theories of the mind, physicalist or dualist, do you believe is more plausible for solving the mind-body problem? Why doesn’t the other one work? Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to make your argument. Make sure to address possible objections to your reasoning.
DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #3:  Eliminative Materialism? Explore the philosophical implications of Eliminativism. (Reading 4.1, pp. 77-82) How would adopting the eliminative materialist approach to explaining the mind affect how we live and communicate everyday? How compelling is eliminativism? Are objections to eliminativism effective? Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to make your argument. Make sure to address possible objections to your reasoning.

Describe how you will be able to impact an identified system problem in the health care system from your soon-to-be advanced practice registered nurse role.

During this advanced health assessment course, remember the Vision is to become an advanced practice, certified nurse –  as a NE, NL, or NP,. Keep that goal in the forefront of your mind during this course. We will be looking deeper into health assessment, health promotion, and health prevention. Read the article Improving Healthcare by Embracing Systems Theory.

In your future advanced practice role, you will be managing integral processes in the health care system.  

With an understanding of Systems Theory, describe how you will be able to impact an identified system problem in the health care system from your soon-to-be advanced practice registered nurse role.

References:  All posts should be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource, ideally within the last 5 years. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citations and references must adhere to APA format. range of words 250-300

Define “Organizational Behavior” and describe how it “Impacts Personal and Organizational Success” as stated in the textbook.

Define “Organizational Behavior” and describe how it “Impacts Personal and Organizational Success” as stated in the textbook.

Instructions:

You must provide the textbook chapter with your answer (.25 points will be deducted if not provided).

Your initial post must be at least 85 words. You will be deducted .25 points if not provided. 

You must also reply to at least two classmates and provide their names when replying to them. 

Your replies to each of your classmates must be at least 60 words. You will be deducted .25 points if not provided. 

You will be deducted .10 points if classmates’ names are not provided in your replies. 

You will be deducted .25 points on each non-classmate reply.

Do not provide the same reply to your classmates, .25 points will be deducted for each same reply.

Define and differentiate the various types of advance directives

-Identify stages of grief 

-Define death and describe the criteria for determination of death 

-List the threshold criteria for determining brain death

-Define and differentiate the various types of advance directives

Type of euthanasia and the legal and ethical issues surrounding this issues. 

Note: 

Maximum three page 

Reference is required. 

Analyze the legal implications or requirements of a termination decision.

Assignment – Records, Termination, and Succession
Overview
One of the major responsibilities of HR is to, of course, manage human capital. This continues after employee hiring and continues through termination and succession. Having effective policies in place that define these, and other functions in between, is critical to an organization’s commitment to ethical, legal, fair, and efficient operating practices. In this assignment, you are asked to share best practices or policies on these topics during a series of brown bag sessions (these are informal lunch time presentations).
Scenario
Imagine that HR leadership is busy integrating the HR teams from both hospitals and they want to make sure department members are operating in concert with one another on a range of topics. Over the next several weeks, leadership plans to have you conduct three brown bag sessions (informal lunch-time presentations) that examine the topics of record keeping, ethics and law, and succession planning. They have asked you to write an executive summary of the content planned for each session in advance. 
Session Descriptions:

• Session 1: Maintaining Accurate Employee Records—In this session, you identify, and elaborate upon, four reasons for maintaining accurate and objective employee records. 
• Session 2: Ethical and Legal Termination—In this session, you examine the legal and ethical aspects of selecting and terminating an employee out of a group of people with similar performance, behaviors, and jobs as a part of a broad-ranging cost saving initiative. Employee differences:
  • One has a disability.
  • One is paid significantly more than others.
  • One is 60 years of age and older than the others.
  • One is planning on soon taking an extended family leave
• Session 3: Succession Planning—In this session, you recommend a process to identify and groom an internal candidate to move into a senior-level leadership position in a health care organization such as CEO, COO, and CFO.
• Instructions
  Consider the scenario above and imagine that your audience is a group of department managers. Write an executive summary that introduces the topics in an introductory paragraph and then describes the content to be delivered in each of the three sessions in detail. Each session description should be two pages in length (six total pages plus cover page).
  Your work will be measured against the following criteria:

1. Identify, and elaborate upon, four reasons for maintaining accurate and objective employee records. 
2. Analyze the legal implications or requirements of a termination decision. (Make sure to reference specific statutes or laws that govern this area of employment law.)
3. Analyze the ethical facets of a termination decision. (Make sure to reference an ethical framework to support your assertions or positions.)
4. Recommend and justify a process to identify and groom a candidate for a senior-level position.  
5. Additional Requirements

• Resources: Use four sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
• SWS: This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
• Propose procedures related to maintaining employee records, ensuring legal and ethical standards during employee terminations, and executive succession planning.

review the Active Shooter Video and describe what you learned from the video and how you would react if you were in any of these scenarios.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4IJA5Zpzz4
Please review the Active Shooter Video and describe what you learned from the video and how you would react if you were in any of these scenarios.  Please write one paragraph and upload.

What goods or services might you suggest the company consider producing?

Introduction
Often, costs can be lowered by producing a complementary good or service to the goods and services
already produced. In this paper, you will explore the concepts of Economies and Diseconomies of Scope.
Activity Instructions
Choose a company that produces several products (goods and/or services). For the company you have
selected, discuss the combinations of goods and services it produces.
Some questions you may consider in the paper:
 Which goods and services enjoy economies of scope?
 Why do those economies of scope arise? (Consider inputs, production, distribution and/or
output markets, etc.)
 Are there goods and services the company produces that could have diseconomies of scope?
 Why do those diseconomies of scope arise?
 If there are, what effect does that have on the company’s strategy (Consider costs, production,
etc.)
 What goods or services might you suggest the company consider producing?
 Why would it be a good idea for the company to produce those suggested goods or services?
Writing and Submission Requirements
 2.5-3 pages, not including title and reference pages