After watching the movie “Chasing Ice”. Explain why glaciers are considered “Canaries in the Coal Mine” in the context of climate change and a warming earth. How will disappearing glaciers and rising snow levels in the Cascades affect the lives of Washingtonians living near this mountain range (think about from the perspective of urban dwellers on the west side of the range versus agricultural communities on the east side of the range)?
After watching the movie “Chasing Ice”. Explain why glaciers are considered “Canaries in the Coal Mine” in the context of climate change and a warming earth. How will disappearing glaciers and rising snow levels in the Cascades affect the lives of Washingtonians living near this mountain range (think about from the perspective of urban dwellers on the west side of the range versus agricultural communities on the east side of the range)? Think about the timing of water needs in Washington state.
Discuss the types of data and reports that would be useful to the medical director for managing specialist utilization Explain how this might differ in different types of plans. Explain the key differences between conventional case management and disease management and provide examples of each.
Based on Chapter 7-10, answer the following questions and be sure to follow the Discussion Board & Assignment Instructions 300 words Kongstvedt, Essentials of Managed Care, Sixth Edition ISBN: 978-1-4496-5331-6
You are the Managing Director reporting to the CEO on updates and concerns on the day-to-day business at Greys Medical Center. You are responsible for the smooth functioning of daily processes and oversee the managers and other department heads in the company.
Discuss the types of data and reports that would be useful to the medical director for managing specialist utilization
Explain how this might differ in different types of plans.
Explain the key differences between conventional case management and disease management and provide examples of each.
Lastly, develop policies and procedures for a physician sanction program to deal with unacceptable physician behavior using your own experience as an example.
Part 2
Read: Case-Studies-Medicaid-Managed-Care.pdfActions and complete the following case study assignment.
You are a Nurse Manager in a low-income neighborhood at Greys Medical Center. Plagued with an influx of hepatitis C patients, you call your Chief Nursing Officer to discuss your concerns. She calls a meeting to order with several key players in an effort to discuss case management, care coordination, rapid treatment initiation, and other services that, historically, have lacked robust infrastructure in the hepatitis C space. In addition to cost-related factors, she is looking to put a plan in place to emphasize the importance of all public health benefits of ensuring members are cured as she is aware surrounding states are working towards eliminating hepatitis C in their jurisdictions. With, all other health concerns attached to the virus, and most of the patients being Medicaid aided patients, she asks you to put together a team to help with further educating the community to help in preventing the spread. She asks you to lead in putting together a treatment plan for those living with Hep-C and assist the team in lowering the infection rate in the communities plagued by this virus? Create a plan and present it for credit.
The number of milkshakes sold by Milky Lane Creamery for 12 consecutive days is given below. 89 71 85 83 92 84 67 95 104 78 102 88 2.1. Using the raw data, determine the range. (2) 2.2. Group the data into a frequency distribution with a lowest class lower limit of 60 and a class width of 10. (5) 2.3. Determine the mean using the raw data. (3) 2.4. Draw an OGIVE curve corresponding to the data and use it to estimate the median. (10)
10.1 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS: SEMESTER ONE (JULY DECEMBER 2023)
10.1.1 BUSINESS STATISTICS 101
Question 1 [20]
The number of milkshakes sold by Milky Lane Creamery for 12 consecutive days is given
below.
89 71 85 83 92 84 67 95 104 78 102 88
2.1. Using the raw data, determine the range. (2)
2.2. Group the data into a frequency distribution with a lowest class lower limit of 60 and a
class width of 10. (5)
2.3. Determine the mean using the raw data. (3)
2.4. Draw an OGIVE curve corresponding to the data and use it to estimate the median. (10)
Question 2 [20]
The number of Golden Key candidates for at RBS of different ages in the 2023 academic
year is shown in the table below.
Candidate age (years) Number of Candidates
10 < 20 4
20 < 30 9
30 < 40 18
40 < 50 26
50 < 60 17
60 < 70 6
For these patients, determine the:
2.1 mean age of the candidates. (3)
2.2 modal age of the candidates. (3)
2.3 Median age of the candidates (4)
2.4 Determine the coefficient of variation and comment on your findings. (10)
Question 3 [20]
The Caffeine Vending Machine Company operates coffee vending machines in several office
buildings. The company wants to study the relationship that exists between the number of
cups of coffee sold per day and the number of persons working in each office. Data for this
study were collected and presented below.
LOCATION NO OF CUPS
SOLD
NO OF
PERSONS
1 10 5
2 20 6
3 30 10
4 40 13
5 50 22
3.1 Draw a scatter diagram depicting the data. (5)
3.2. Calculate the Pearsons correlation coefficient. (9)
3.3. Determine the linear regression equation and use it to predict the number of persons
working in an office if 60 cups of coffee were sold. (6)
Question 4 [20]
4.1 A company is interested in understanding the demographics of its work force in terms of
gender and level of university education. The company conducted a survey to collect this
information and was classified as follows:
Gender Bachelors degree Honours degree
Male 4 6
Female 21 8
4.1.1 If a worker is selected at random from the office, what is the probability that he/she will
be in the Honours degree? (2)
4.1.2 If a worker selected is female, what is the probability that she will be in the Honours
degree? (3)
4.1.3 If a worker selected is male, what is the probability that he will be in the Honours
degree? (3)
4.1.4 If a worker selected is in the Honours degree, what is the probability of the worker
being male? (3)
4.1.5 If a worker is selected at random, what is the probability that the worker will be a male?
(2)
4.2 Suppose we have a sample space S= {7; 8; 14; 45; 63; 23; 12}; and we have events:
A= {7; 12; 23} and B= {14; 45; 63}
4.2.1 Are the two events mutually exclusive? Explain? (2)
4.2.2 Draw a Venn diagram for A ? B (3)
4.2.3 Calculate the probability P(A U B) (2)
Question 5
A market basket consists of three goods: apples, bananas, and oranges. The quantity and
price of each good in the base period and the current period are given below.
Quantity
(2020)
Price (2020) Quantity
(2022)
Price (2022)
Apples 20 R2 25 R2.50
Bananas 30 R1 40 R1.20
Oranges 10 R3 15 R3.50
Calculate and interpret the following price and quantity indices.
5.1 Laspeyre Price Index (5)
5.2 Paasche Price Index (5)
5.3 Laspeyre Quantity Index (5)
5.4 Paasche Price Index (5)
Youve been asked to prepare a staff development workshop entitled Teaching Every Student, a practical explanation of diversification strategies for mixed-ability classrooms for the teachers in your school district. Your workshop materials include a paper as well as a PowerPoint you are required to submit the paper and PowerPoint for this assignment. Give these new teachers some practical, research-based perspectives, pointers, and strategies on teaching methods that encourage and facilitate learning for special needs students as well as the others in the classroom without dumbing down the content. Use the following questions, anonymously submitted by prospective attendees, both to guide you and as subheadings in your paper, and make sure to include an introduction and conclusion as well. What is differentiated instruction? How do we differentiate content? How do we differentiate process? How do we differentiate and evaluate products?
Youve been asked to prepare a staff development workshop entitled Teaching Every Student, a practical explanation of diversification strategies for mixed-ability classrooms for the teachers in your school district. Your workshop materials include a paper as well as a PowerPoint you are required to submit the paper and PowerPoint for this assignment. Give these new teachers some practical, research-based perspectives, pointers, and strategies on teaching methods that encourage and facilitate learning for special needs students as well as the others in the classroom without dumbing down the content. Use the following questions, anonymously submitted by prospective attendees, both to guide you and as subheadings in your paper, and make sure to include an introduction and conclusion as well. What is differentiated instruction? How do we differentiate content? How do we differentiate process? How do we differentiate and evaluate products?
The differences between acute and chronic pain Reasons that a patient would experience acute versus chronic pain and patient presentation examples of each.
Your written assignment for this module is a worksheet that describes the following:
The differences between acute and chronic pain
Reasons that a patient would experience acute versus chronic pain and patient presentation examples of each.
You should be using complete sentences to answer the questions. Ensure that you are using correct grammar. In addition, support your answers using your textbook, course materials, credible internet resources, and scholarly journals. All citations must be in APA format.
We associate witchcraft with Halloween and dark magic, but for many cultures, including ours in the past, witchcraft was very real. For the Azande, what phenomena does witchcraft explain? How is the witchcraft determined to be the cause? What common characteristics do you find among those accused of witchcraft? How are the accused witches dealt with? Finally, how does the belief in witchcraft reinforce Azande worldview and the social status quo?
We associate witchcraft with Halloween and dark magic, but for many cultures, including ours in the past, witchcraft was very real. For the Azande, what phenomena does witchcraft explain? How is the witchcraft determined to be the cause? What common characteristics do you find among those accused of witchcraft? How are the accused witches dealt with? Finally, how does the belief in witchcraft reinforce Azande worldview and the social status quo?
Choose a recent national or international news report of an aggressive act performed by an individual or group. Research available background details on the individual or group and supporting details. In do the following: Summarize the selected national or international news report of an aggressive act performed by an individual or group. Analyze one of the four theoretical models (biological, drive, social learning, or general aggression model) to explain factors that could have contributed to the aggressive behavior described in the news report.
Choose a recent national or international news report of an aggressive act performed by an individual or group. Research available background details on the individual or group and supporting details. In do the following:
Summarize the selected national or international news report of an aggressive act performed by an individual or group.
Analyze one of the four theoretical models (biological, drive, social learning, or general aggression model) to explain factors that could have contributed to the aggressive behavior described in the news report.
Discuss preventative measures that could have been utilized to prevent the aggressive behavior described in the news report.
Use two to three scholarly sources to support your thinking; your textbook can be used as one of the resources.
International Weighted Average of Calculation Analysis For this assignment, make certain to show your work where computations are involved and to provide thorough, well-developed answers for conceptual ones.A large multinational firm has decided to look for investment opportunities. In order to evaluate them, it must raise capital and determine the target weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Given the following assumptions, compute the WACC: weights of 40% debt and 60% common equity (not preferred equity), 35% tax rate, 8% cost of debt, 1.5 beta of the company, 2% risk-free rate, and 11% return on the market. Would you support this multinational corporation, which would favor financing through bonds issues, or would you rather support that it favors financing through stock issues?
International Weighted Average of Calculation Analysis
For this assignment, make certain to show your work where computations are involved and to provide thorough, well-developed answers for conceptual ones.A large multinational firm has decided to look for investment opportunities. In order to evaluate them, it must raise capital and determine the target weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Given the following assumptions, compute the WACC:
weights of 40% debt and 60% common equity (not preferred equity),
35% tax rate,
8% cost of debt,
1.5 beta of the company,
2% risk-free rate, and
11% return on the market.
Would you support this multinational corporation, which would favor financing through bonds issues, or would you rather support that it favors financing through stock issues? Be sure to provide a rationale for your argument.Finally, this multinational corporation has been asked to lend money for a major commercial real estate development in a foreign country. At the same time, there have been reports of a further devaluation of that foreign country’s currency. With regard to translation exposure, economic exposure (operating and transaction), and exchange risk, how would this impact your assessment of the creditworthiness of this project?Your written analysis of this case study must be at least two pages in length. No outside sources are necessary to complete this assignment; however, APA Style should be adhered to for the overall structure of the case study. No abstract is needed.
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Surprisingly, many people do not understand why studying psychology is important to an early childhood educator. By studying psychology, early childhood educators have a better understanding of how children develop and learn. For this assignment, take on the role of an early childhood teacher. Your principal/director just asked you to create a brochure explaining to future teachers: The connections between psychology and learning. The role psychology plays in understanding childrens development (age birth to 8 years old). Why teachers need to understand psychological theories and research.
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Surprisingly, many people do not understand why studying psychology is important to an early childhood educator. By studying psychology, early childhood educators have a better understanding of how children develop and learn.
For this assignment, take on the role of an early childhood teacher. Your principal/director just asked you to create a brochure explaining to future teachers:
The connections between psychology and learning.
The role psychology plays in understanding childrens development (age birth to 8 years old).
Why teachers need to understand psychological theories and research.
Support your brochure with 3-5 scholarly references.
Identify the seven steps of the Critical Thinking Model. What do you think of this model? Which step or steps do you like and consider to be your strengths and why? And which steps can you improve on? 2: Will this model help in making actual life decisions? If yes, how? If not, why?
Reflection:Reflect on the seven steps of the Critical Thinking Model and your own thinking by responding to the questions below (
1: Identify the seven steps of the Critical Thinking Model. What do you think of this model? Which step or steps do you like and consider to be your strengths and why? And which steps can you improve on?
2: Will this model help in making actual life decisions? If yes, how? If not, why?
3: Which ethical theory makes the most sense to you and why?
4: Briefly describe one idea you got from this course?
