Why have individual behaviour change approaches to public health dominated over the past 50 years and what have been the consequences on this domination for those who work from a communitarian basis such as First Nations Peoples?
Assessment 3: Forum Posts and Responses
This is an INDIVIDUAL assessment. In Weeks 2-6 you will be required to submit a discussion forum post of 150-200 words in relation to a specific question posed for each week. You are also required to comment on someone else’s post between 50-100 words. You may post as many responses and comments as you please. The more, the merrier. These questions are:
Why have individual behaviour change approaches to public health dominated over the past 50 years and what have been the consequences on this domination for those who work from a communitarian basis such as First Nations Peoples?
How has complex adaptive thinking influenced public health intervention planning?
Can complex social/public health project initiatives be effectively modeled with a single logic model? Why or why not? Considering First Nations Peoples, how would you approach a task like this?
A community development approach is an effective approach when working with First Nations people to plan and implement Public Health interventions partly because it ensures that the communities have ownership and oversight of decisions regarding the public health intervention. Reflecting on unit content and other literature, why are ownership and oversight of decisions important factors in ensuring the success of interventions in these communities?
Critical realism influences project planning, implementation and evaluation, describe how it influences healthy setting approaches to Public Health?
write an 800-word essay in current APA format that focuses on how biblical concepts are related to the fields of accounting and finance.
Faith Essay Assignment Instructions
You will write an 800-word essay in current APA format that focuses on how biblical concepts are related to the fields of accounting and finance.
The essay must incorporate a thoughtful analysis (considering assumptions, analyzing implications, comparing/contrasting concepts) of accounting, finance, and your faith.
The paper must include at least 3 scholarly, peer-reviewed references in addition to the Bible and course textbook.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Grading Rubric
APA Format
What is the impact of the ministry program that you hope to achieve?
See the extended instruction at the bottom of page
Read the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide Download W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide, and
Create a draft logic model of one of your ministry programs using the provided logic model template Download logic model template. The logic model should answer the following questions:
What is the impact of the ministry program that you hope to achieve?
What resources are required for your ministry program to run and be effective? (Inputs)
What do the participants do in the program? (Activities)
How many times a week and what is the duration of each of these activities? (Outputs measuring dosage and duration)
What are the initial outcomes of your ministry program? (What new knowledge, increased skills, and/or changes in attitudes or values have occurred?)
What are the intermediate outcomes of your ministry program? (What changes in behavior have you or your staff witnessed?)
What are the long-term outcomes of your ministry program? (How has your ministry improved the long-term conditions of the participants?)
The logic models must be submitted online but will be reviewed and in class. The diagram of your program’s logic model indicates your theory of change and should list specific short-term, midterm, and long-term outcomes (you should have 3 outcomes in total).
All logic models must be submitted in the format given.
extended instruction:
Please use the files that I provided. (Required because you don’t have access to the links)
Where it say download logic model template. (use the file name logic model template)
Where it say read W.K. Kellogg Foundation ( use the file name W.K. Kellogg Foundation)
Also see the youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JNIZwSm6ew
Where it sat Create a draft logic model of one of your ministry programs you will just make this stuff up. The ministry will be a program for troubled youth. Basically a program that help youth stay out of trouble.
Notice this is a Christian religion class. So anytime if you mention religion make sure it is Christianity.
explain how decisions are made in your organization and what guidelines affect decision making.
Write a 3 page (minimum) essay that reviews Operations Management in the organization for which you work. Include an overview of the positions (no names, just titles) that are responsible for controlling operations. Finally, explain how decisions are made in your organization and what guidelines affect decision making.
Assignment Instructions:
Use the APA 7th edition Form and Style Guide for this essay. There are two resources attached to this assignment that can help you with APA 7 references, citations, and style. Page count does not include your introduction, abstract, and reference page. A minimum of 3 authoritative sources is required for this assignment. Check your grammar, spelling, and clarity carefully before submitting it.
What differences or similarities do you see between your problem-solving technique and that of other classmates?
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
What did you learn from your classmates’ suggestions for solving the problem?
What additional questions do you have after reading the suggested techniques for solving the problem?
What clarification do you need regarding the method for solving the problem?
What differences or similarities do you see between your problem-solving technique and that of other classmates?
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
How can technology be used as an enabler and facilitator of effective access controls and auditing?
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Before you start this assignment, please read the story entitled Data Breach an All-Too-Often Occurrence. After reviewing the story, conduct research online into the various possibilities for analyzing and approaching the system documentation problems presented, and propose possible solutions. Address the following:
Discuss the specific recommendations that you would make based on your personal experience and research.
Discuss the impact (from the perspective of various stakeholders) of the lack of access controls and auditing.
How can technology be used as an enabler and facilitator of effective access controls and auditing?
How can you apply the lessons that you learned from the story to your own company problem?
Discuss social, political, and religious factors that contributed to the rapid spread of Christianity during the first century.
Write about half a page each, single spaced (10 points each). Mention any resources you draw from.
Discuss what it meant to be a Roman citizen in Paul’s day. How were citizens better off than the slave class?
Summarize Saul’s conversion experience and how he describes himself in various New Testament texts. In what ways do you see this as a dramatic life change?
Who was Barnabas? List and detail his appearances in the Book of Acts. Describe his importance in assisting Paul to get acquainted with Christians.
Discuss social, political, and religious factors that contributed to the rapid spread of Christianity during the first century.
Describe SSO and VPN technology, and discuss whether they can be used in the company.
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Unit 3 – Individual Project (100 points)
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The case study company has provided you with the flexibility to identify many different information systems that are used by the employees. Some systems need strict access control while others should be available to everyone. What access-control methods need to be employed for the various systems? How can the company protect the new consultant network while at the same time providing the protection of data that the stakeholders and customers require?
In addition, you have been asked to describe 2 access control mechanisms and consider if they can be used in the organization. Describe single sign-on (SSO) and virtual private network (VPN) technology and if they can be used in the company.
Complete the following section for Week 3:
Week 3: Access Controls and Security Mechanisms
For each of the applications and systems that were described in IP 2, describe the access control mechanisms that are needed for each.
Describe how the new expanded network can be protected through access control.
Describe SSO and VPN technology, and discuss whether they can be used in the company.
Name the document “CS651_FirstnameLastname_IP3.doc.”
Worked Example
Please refer to the following worked example of this assignment based on the problem-based learning (PBL) scenario. The worked example is not intended to be a complete example of the assignment, but it will illustrate the basic concepts that are required for completion of the assignment, and it can be used as a general guideline for your own project. Your assignment submission should be more detailed and specific, and it should reflect your own approach to the assignment rather than just following the same outline.
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Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials. Find resources on how to write academically and use APA citations, including an example of Masters-level writing, in the Writing Style Guide for Master’s Students.
Evaluate the strategic approach to protecting the innovation produced by the knowledge management cycle
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Combined written and oral assessment: An oral assessment which consists of a verbal demonstration of learning based on specific research results identified on a topic area. The oral assessment is prepared outside of class hours and is part of independent learning and it uses appropriate concepts and theories from the course. The written assessment includes details of the above noted research. A question-and-answer session maybe included at the end of the presentation.
You must therefore write an essay, with a word limit of 1,750 words you must create a Powerpoint presentation that you will use in an oral presentation which you will give in class
The presentation should summarise the content of your essay. You should be prepared to answer questions on your presentation after you have completed your presentation.
Purpose of the Assignment: The assignment is designed to provide learners the opportunity to demonstrate the skills and knowledge gained from the units relating to knowledge security (securing information systems) and intellectual property rights.
You should choose an organization that you are familiar with when answering the following questions.
You should answer the following questions:
- Please report on existing approaches to securing knowledge safety and in particular cybersecurity within the organization.
Guidelines: Your answer should identify and explain the different technology systems (IT) and other systems / approaches which are used by your case organization to achieve knowledge security goals. - Report on appropriate changes that should be made to improve both knowledge safety, cybersecurity and the protection of intellectual property rights held within the organization.
Guidelines: Your answer should suggest possible changes that can be done to improve procedures within your selected organisation. You may think about better ways to achieve objectives than are currently being employed within the organization.
REQUIREMENTS
Formalities:
• Word count: 1,750 words; Cover page, Table of Contents, Bibliography and Annexes are excluded of the total wordcount.
• Font: Arial 12,5 pts. and the work should be justified
• The in-text references and the bibliography have to be in the Harvard citation style. This includes also for graphic images, tables and photos taken from other sources.
Thank you.
Learning outcomes assessed: This assignment assesses the following learning outcomes
Understand the ethical importance and responsibility for an organization when holding information on consumer behaviour
Evaluate the importance of data analysis in the transformation process of data to knowledge
Evaluate the strategic approach to protecting the innovation produced by the knowledge management cycle
If warmer weather leads to earlier melting of snow in the Sierra Mountains in California, what might this mean for water supplies in Los Angeles? Please explain.
Name _______________________1.) HOUSE SYSTEM
Consider your home as a system. The walls, roof, and floor define its boundaries.
a) Describe the sources of energy into your home. Describe how that same amount of energy leaves your home? (3 points).
b) How does water enter your house? How does the same amount of water leave your home? (3 points)
c) How does food enter your home? Where does it go? Give at least three (3) different pathways out of your home. (4 points)
2.) WATERSHEDS
A watershed is the area of land that drains all the water to a common outlet. A healthy watershed supports a host of ecosystem goods and services.
a) How much is it worth (in dollars) for a watershed to supply clean, drinkable water? You may give your answers per gallon or for a full 200 million gallon per day system. (5 points)
b) How much is it worth (in dollars) for a watershed to supply recreational hiking experiences? Justify your answer. (3 points)
c) What food can you gather in your watershed for free? What is it worth? (3 points)
d) What is a good view worth? For example, an experience watching the sunrise over the ocean. (2 points)
3.) ENERGY
Burning fossil fuels produces excess greenhouse gases and leads to climate change. We will need to shift to carbon-free energy by 2050 to avoid some of the largest impacts of climate change.
a.) Explain how electric vehicles get more miles per the energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline than most cars. In other words, why are electric vehicles more energy efficient than cars that use internal combustion engines? How is energy usage measured in electric cars (i.e. what units? (4 points)
b.) What are some of the benefits of using offshore wind power to generate electricity? What are some of the limitations? Please be specific. (4 points)
c.) What is one way to use solar power to reduce your energy footprint? (2 points)
4.) AIR POLLUTION
Air pollutants are released into the troposphere where humans live and breathe and often react quickly so change throughout the day.
a.) Why does nitrogen dioxide (NO2) (black line) peak in the morning (Figure A)? (2 pts)
b.) Why does urban ozone (O3) concentration (red line) peak in the afternoon in Figure A? (2 pts)
c.) What would be different about these curves if it was a rainy day? How might these patterns be different on the weekends? (3 pts)
d.) Please explain the decreasing trend of NO2 concentrations in major cities during the onset of COVID in 2020 (Figure B). (3 pts)
5.) SUSTAINABILITY
Biosphere 2 is an American Earth System Science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona.
a.) Given the 10% rule of trophic energy transfer, do you think the people in the Biosphere 2 were vegetarian, pescetarian, or omnivorious? Explain your answer. (4 points)
b.) How did the people in Biosphere 2 obtain clean drinking water? Please explain. (4 points)
c.) If each of the people in Biosphere 2 lost ten (10) pounds over the two-year experiment, would you expect the concentration of CO2 in Biosphere 2 to increase, decrease, or stay the same? Where did this mass go? Please explain. (4 points)
6.) SYSTEMS
Extreme weather is becoming more common due to climate change.
a.) Climate change is predicted to lead to a warmer and wetter New England. How might these conditions be measured in terms of more extreme weather? In other words, how could these conditions be dangerous for humans and/or ecosystems? (4 points)
b.) If warmer weather leads to earlier melting of snow in the Sierra Mountains in California, what might this mean for water supplies in Los Angeles? Please explain. (3 points)
c.) Phenology refers to the seasonal timing of plant and animal life. While we might not know the exact dates, do you expect the following phenomena to get earlier in the year, later in the year, or about same time of year over the next 20 years: 1) date of leaf out-first sign of leaves on maple trees in New England, 2) peak fall foliage in New England-when maple leaves turn color, 3) spring arrival of the warbler (a small songbird) in New England. (3 points)
7.) WATER
Discharge is the volume of water moving down a stream or river per unit of time, commonly expressed in cubic feet per second. In general, river discharge is computed by multiplying the area of water in a channel cross section by the average velocity of the water in that cross section.
a.) Explain the data in the top graph. How do you explain so many sharp peaks? (2 points)
b.) Explain the data in bottom graph. Why are there fewer sharp peaks? (2 points)
c.) How is the data of the two rivers consistent? They are located less than 10 miles apart. What do they say about the rainfall in summer and fall of 2022? (3 pts)
d.) How are the characteristics of these two watersheds different? Which one is more likely to have floods? (3 points)
