Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health. Some topics to consider may include: Anthrax Bioterrorism Cholera Clostridium botulinum infection Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Ebola virus disease Escherichia coli Human immunodeficiency virus disease Malaria Plague

Week 8 Global Health Risk Paper
Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health.
Some topics to consider may include:

Anthrax
Bioterrorism
Cholera
Clostridium botulinum infection
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
Ebola virus disease
Escherichia coli
Human immunodeficiency virus disease
Malaria
Plague
Severe respiratory distress syndrome
Small pox
Suicide
Tuberculosis
Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection
West Nile virus

Include the following in your paper:

Introduction/overview of the health issue and the prevalence in the United States and worldwide
Contributing factors
Prevention strategies
Signs and symptoms
Diagnostic tests (if applicable)
Advanced practice nursing role and management strategies
Medical/pharmacological management (if applicable)
Follow-up care
Conclusion

Write a 3–4 page paper following APA format. You must include 2–3 scholarly sources in your citations and references.
Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.
Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)
Points: 100
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NURS_561_DE – Paper/Essay Rubric

NURS_561_DE – Paper/Essay Rubric

Criteria
Ratings
Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent

40 to >31.6 pts
Meets Expectations
The writer clearly and effectively responds to the assignment.
31.6 to >23.6 pts
Approaches Expectations
The response to the assignment is generally adequate but may not be thorough.
23.6 to >0 pts
Not Meeting Expectations
The writer does not respond to the assignment.

40 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFocus and Detail

30 to >23.7 pts
Meets Expectations
There is one clear, well-focused topic. Main ideas are clear and are well supported by detailed and accurate information.
23.7 to >17.7 pts
Approaches Expectations
There is one clear, well-focused topic. Main ideas are clear but are not well supported by detailed information.
17.7 to >0 pts
Not Meeting Expectations
The topic and main ideas are not clear.

30 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization

20 to >15.8 pts
Meets Expectations
The introduction is inviting, states the main topic, and provides an overview of the paper. Information is relevant and presented in a logical order. The conclusion is strong.
15.8 to >11.8 pts
Approaches Expectations
The introduction states the main topic and provides an overview of the paper. A conclusion is included.
11.8 to >0 pts
Not Meeting Expectations
There is no clear introduction, structure, or conclusion.

20 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMechanics and APA

10 to >7.9 pts
Meets Expectations
The assignment consistently follows current APA format and is free from errors in formatting, citation, and references. No grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. All sources are cited and referenced correctly.
7.9 to >5.9 pts
Approaches Expectations
The assignment consistently follows current APA format with only isolated and inconsistent mistakes and/or has a few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Most sources are cited and referenced correctly.
5.9 to >0 pts
Not Meeting Expectations
The assignment does not follow current APA format and/or has many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Many sources are cited and referenced incorrectly, or citations and references are missing.

10 pts

Total Points: 100

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You have been asked to design an amusement park with a “frontier” theme.

Discussion 6
 
 
Write a 200-word response to the following discussion activity.  Use specific references and direct quotes from our readings this week to illustrate and support your view/s. 

 You have been asked to design an amusement park with a “frontier” theme. While your goal is to make the park fun, engaging, and accessible to children and families, you are also concerned that your representation of the “frontier” be accurate. How will you interpret the idea of the frontier? What will you call your park? How will you portray the history of American expansion and westward migration? What activities and exhibits will you provide for visitors to the park? Attach a brief paragraph to your post in which you summarize how the frontier video (posted in the Week 6 Modules folder) and a critical study of Cooper’s romantic fictions have influenced the choices you decide upon for your park. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Frontier Video-
 
https://www.learner.org/series/american-passages-a-literary-survey/masculine-heroes/?jwsource=cl
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cooper’s romantic fictions
 
Reading the works of Fenimore Cooper was a rite of passage for young American boys until the middle of the twentieth century. In fact, his adventure tales featuring Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo, the old hunter in the excerpts we’re reading) did much to shape not only the popular conception of the eastern woods in the French and Indian War and the Revolution but also popular ideas of what Indians were like and how to tell a “Noble SavageLinks to an external site.” (mostly Delewares and Mohegans in Cooper’s tales) from the skulking, villainous Hurons. Although Cooper features prominent Native American characters and describes tribal customs in detail in his most famous novels, he was not personally familiar with Native American culture. In fact, even though many of his American readers took him to be an expert, Cooper’s knowledge of Indian culture came largely from books, legends, and stereotypes. Think about how the Indians are portrayed in the excerpt from The Last of the Mohicans and the way he creates two separate versions of Native American character, celebrating “noble savages” like Uncas and Chingachgook while portraying other Native Americans as ferocious, barbarous, and inhumane.
In The Pioneers Natty is an old man, a living relic of an older way of life; in The Last of the Mohicans, which is set almost a half century earlier, Natty is in his prime. Essentially, then, the series is elegiac: it celebrates a fading past of romantic exploits and unspoiled wilderness.  Settings in works of fiction are often invented to symbolize or encapsulate the conflicts that will be developed in the story. How does Cooper describe the frontier community of Templeton in The Pioneers? How does the town function as a contact point between “civilization” and the wilderness? What kinds of hardships do the townspeople face? What is their vision of “progress”?
On the other hand, The Pioneers can be read as an early moment in American environmental literature. The flood of pigeons slaughtered with cannons and so thick that they blot out the sky, for example, are indeed the passenger pigeonsLinks to an external site. that were driven to extinction in the opening decades of the 20th century.  In both excerpts from The Pioneers, Cooper describes the way “settlement” and “civilization” exploit and disrupt the natural abundance of the wilderness. While the Judge tends to view this process as “improvement,” Natty condemns it as destructive and wasteful. What is Cooper’s position on the environmental impact of European-American settlement? In what respects does he seem to side with the Judge’s position, and in what respects does he seem to side with Natty? How does The Pioneers raise environmental issues that still concern us today? How do contemporary debates about issues such as logging old-growth forests, salmon fishing, and drilling for oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge grow out of some of the same controversies raised in The Pioneers?
Natty Bumppo has been described as the “first American hero” in U.S. national literature. What qualities make Natty heroic? How does he deal with the tensions between “wilderness” and “civilization” that structure life in and around Templeton? How does he deal with his existence on the border between Native American and Euro-American culture? 
In her article “I Have Been, and Ever Shall Be, Your Friend’: Star Trek, The Deerslayer and the American Romance,” critic April Selley argues that the male-male bonding between Natty and his Native American sidekick Chingachgook laid the groundwork for later American heroes and their ethnic sidekicks (Journal of Popular Culture 20.1 [Summer 1986]: 89-104). These ethnic sidekicks, Selley argues, tend to be more effeminate, and thus enhance the masculinity of the European-American hero. Two famous examples of European-American heroes and ethnic sidekicks are the Lone Ranger and Tonto, and Captain Kirk and Spock. Do you agree with Selley’s reading of Cooper’s characters? Can you think of other examples that fit this model?
How do the selections from “Native Americans: Removal and Resistance” present a view of Native Americans different from Fenimore Cooper’s depiction of “noble savages”? With regard to Native Americans, many American 19th century authors like Cooper preferred to elegize over the Last Mohican or the vanished glories rather than engage with the indigenous peoples who were still very much on the scene. 
 
 
 
 
 
https://www.learner.org/series/american-passages-a-literary-survey/masculine-heroes/?jwsource=cl
 
 

Describe how you would solicit feedback from the audience on the improvement plan and the in-service. Explain how you might integrate this feedback for future improvements.

As a practicing professional, you are likely to present educational in-services or training to staff pertaining to quality improvement (QI) measures of safety improvement interventions. Such in-services and training sessions should be presented in a creative and innovative manner to hold the audience’s attention and promote knowledge acquisition and skill application that changes practice for the better. The teaching sessions may include a presentation, audience participation via simulation or other interactive strategy, audiovisual media, and participant learning evaluation.The use of in-services and/or training sessions has positive implications for nursing practice by increasing staff confidence when providing care to specific patient populations. It also allows for a safe and nonthreatening environment where staff nurses can practice their skills prior to a real patient event. Participation in learning sessions fosters a team approach, collaboration, patient safety, and greater patient satisfaction rates in the health care environment (Patel & Wright, 2018).As you prepare to complete the assessment, consider the impact of in-service training on patient outcomes as well as practice outcomes for staff nurses. Be sure to support your thoughts on the effectiveness of educating and training staff to increase the quality of care provided to patients by examining the literature and established best practices.You are encouraged to explore the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies Review activity before you develop the Improvement Plan In-Service Presentation. This activity will help you review your understanding of the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies—especially those related to competencies relevant to developing an effective training session and presentation. This is for your own practice and self-assessment, and demonstrates your engagement in the course.For this assessment, build on the safety quality Patient Identification Errors in Healthcare and create an agenda and PowerPoint of an educational in-service session that would help a specific staff audience learn, provide feedback, and understand their roles and practice new skills related to the safety improvement plan you created.The final deliverable for this assessment will be a PowerPoint presentation with detailed presenter’s notes representing the material you would deliver at an in-service session to raise awareness of your chosen safety improvement initiative focusing on a specific patient safety issue and to explain the need for such an initiative. Additionally, you must educate the audience as to their role and importance to the success of the initiative. This includes providing examples and practice opportunities to test out new ideas or practices related to the safety improvement initiative.Be sure that your presentation addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

Describe the purpose and goals of an in-service session focusing on a specific patient safety issue.
Explain the need for and process to improve safety outcomes related to a specific patient safety issue.
Explain to the audience their role and importance of making the improvement plan successful.
Create resources or activities to encourage skill development and process understanding related to a safety improvement initiative.
Communicate with nurses in a respectful and informative way that clearly presents expectations and solicits feedback on communication strategies for future improvement.

There are various ways to structure an in-service session; below is just one example:

Part 1: Agenda and Outcomes.

Explain to your audience what they are going to learn or do, and what they are expected to take away.

Part 2: Safety Improvement Plan.

Give an overview of the current problem focusing on a specific patient safety issue, the proposed plan, and what the improvement plan is trying to address.
Explain why it is important for the organization to address the current situation.

Part 3: Audience’s Role and Importance.

Discuss how the staff audience will be expected to help implement and drive the improvement plan.
Explain why they are critical to the success of the improvement plan focusing on a specific patient safety issue.
Describe how their work could benefit from embracing their role in the plan.

Part 4: New Process and Skills Practice.

Explain new processes or skills.
Develop an activity that allows the staff audience to practice and ask questions about these new processes and skills.
In the notes section of your PowerPoint, brainstorm potential responses to likely questions or concerns.

Part 5: Soliciting Feedback.

Describe how you would solicit feedback from the audience on the improvement plan and the in-service.
Explain how you might integrate this feedback for future improvements.

Note: Presentation length: There is no required length; use just enough slides to address all the necessary elements. Remember to use short, concise bullet points on the slides and expand on your points in the presenter’s notes. If you use 2 or 3 slides to address each of the parts in the above example, your presentation would be at least 10 slides and no more than 15 slides (not including the title, conclusion, or references slides).

Speaker notes: Speaker notes (located under each slide) should reflect what you would actually say if you were delivering the presentation to an audience. This presentation does NOT require audio or a transcript. Another presenter would be able to use the presentation by following the speaker’s notes.
APA format: Use APA formatting for in-text citations. Include an APA-formatted reference slide at the end of your presentation.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence to support your assertions. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.

As The Execution of Charles I reading demonstrates, a primary source is the product of the historical context and biases surrounding the author. There is always a lot of subtext in a primary source, so you need to read between the lines. With this in mind, let?s do some detective work with this week?s readings! Please write 1-2 concise paragraphs connecting ?The Trial of Joan of Arc? with De Thou?s ?Saint Bartholomew?s Day Massacre.? For both readings, I would like you to address the following questions: Do the authors favor the Reformation or do they support the Catholic Church, and why do you think this is the case? Explain how these documents connect to either ?The Council of Trent? or ?Martin Luther?s 95 Theses.? That is, how do ?The Trial of Joan of Arc? and ?Saint Bartholomew?s Day Massacre? relate to either Martin Luther?s teachings or the Catholic Church?s response to the Reformation. (Hint: even if the reading favors the Catholic Church, there might still be Protestant teachings in there.)

Part I:
As The Execution of Charles I reading demonstrates, a primary source is the product of the historical context and biases surrounding the author. There is always a lot of subtext in a primary source, so you need to read between the lines. With this in mind, let?s do some detective work with this week?s readings!
Please write 1-2 concise paragraphs connecting ?The Trial of Joan of Arc? with De Thou?s ?Saint Bartholomew?s Day Massacre.? For both readings, I would like you to address the following questions:

Do the authors favor the Reformation or do they support the Catholic Church, and why do you think this is the case?
Explain how these documents connect to either ?The Council of Trent? or ?Martin Luther?s 95 Theses.? That is, how do ?The Trial of Joan of Arc? and ?Saint Bartholomew?s Day Massacre? relate to either Martin Luther?s teachings or the Catholic Church?s response to the Reformation. (Hint: even if the reading favors the Catholic Church, there might still be Protestant teachings in there.)

Have at least 2 in-text citations from each reading.
Part II:
Please write a few sentences explaining how Thomas Hobbes (author of Leviathan) would react to the execution of King Charles I. This does not need to be a full paragraph, but I would like you to include 2 in-text citations (at least one should be from Leviathan. The other can be from Leviathan, lecture, or The Execution of Charles I.)

Identify methods for reducing global business risks

  
          Course Project Phase II         

RE: This is  the concluding project for this Graduate International Business course.  It offers the students the opportunity to show mastery of all of the key  concepts covered in the course and the mastery of designing a  successful international business strategy. The project  involves a plan for the expansion of business to another country (with  no current presence) and you are required to present the plan to the  Board of Directors for approval. Your plan must incorporate and address the following critical areas in International Business:

Global Business Opportunities (Phase I)
International Competitors (Phase I)
The Economic-Geographic Environment (Phase I)
The Social-Cultural Environment (Phase I)
The Political-Legal Environment (Phase I)
Global Company Structure (Phase II)
Financing Sources for Global Business Operations (Phase II)
Global Management Information System (Phase II)
Human Resources for Global Business Activities (Phase II)
International Financial and Business Risks (Phase II)
Product and Target Market Planning for Foreign Markets (Phase III)
Global Distribution Strategy (Phase III)
Global Promotion Strategy (Phase III)
International Pricing Strategy (Phase III)
Financial Results (Phase III)
International Business Success (Phase III)

The project has 3 phases: 
Phases 1 and 2 have independent critical areas in International Business.
Phase 3 also has independent critical areas in International Business  but includes refined phases 1 and 2 (using professor’s feedback),  making one Final Project document.
Key Components of Phase II paper:

Introduction to your paper – Since the first paragraph  or section of a document is assumed to be the introduction of the paper,  the word ‘Introduction’ is not needed. Do not begin a paper with the  word ‘Introduction’ as a heading (APA, 2020, p. 47). The paper’s title  should be the first heading above the first body paragraph of your paper  and must be bolded – Check Sample Student paper (APA, 2020, pp. 61-67)
Selecting a Global Company Structure

Suggest objectives and an organizational framework for global business operations

Financing Sources for Global Business Operations

Project start-up costs and funding sources for international operations

Creating a Global Management Information System

Identify needed databases and information systems to facilitate international business activities

Identifying Human Resources for Global Business Activities

Gather information on needed personnel for operating an international enterprise

Managing International Financial and Business Risks

Identify methods for reducing global business risks

Summary of content and a summary projecting what you will address in Phase III.
Not less than 6 references.

Course Project Phase II must be in APA format

When you convert 5 mil Euros into USD next month, are you “buying” or “selling” Euros? To lock the future exchange rate in this case, should you “long” or “short” Euro FX futures today? Explain.

FIN 5545 Project: 
 
Learning Objective: Apply Currency Futures to Hedge Exchange Rate Risk 
Due date: 12/3/2023 (end of week 7) 
 
This project is related to the following Course Learning Objectives and Module Learning Objectives:
 
CLO2. Describe the nature of financial derivative contracts. 
CLO3. Manage market/currency/interest rate/credit risks using derivatives. 
 
MO-1.2: Define futures contracts and analyze its role in financial market (CO2)
MO-1.4: Explain how futures contracts are traded (CO2)
MO-1.5: Apply index futures to hedge against stock market volatility (CO3)
 
Directions:

If you need help or need clarification, ask in Teams. I’ll help you solve but will not confirm whether your answer is correct or not. For example, you can ask “how do I calculate the daily futures gains?” and I’ll provide formulas and point you to the right direction. But if you ask “Here’s my excel. Is my answer correct?”, I won’t confirm it because it’s unfair to other students. 
You must start from a fresh new blank Excel file. Do NOT share your Excel or copy other’s Excel. If I find 2 students submitting almost identical files, I’ll give F to both students. 
I am aware the solutions for previous projects are available online. I changed the questions for this semester. If you submit a project answering old questions, you will get an F. 
Submit 1 Excel file with all your answers/tables/plots (preferably in 1 tab). You can submit multiple times to Canvas. Only the last submission will be graded. If you prefer to write up answers in MS Word, upload 2 files (Word and Excel) in 1 submission. Do not submit separately, as I only grade the last submission. 

The sample period for this project is from 10/23/2023 to 11/24/2023 (5 weeks). You will need to collect real-time financial data starting from 10/23/2023.
On 10/23/2023, your company receives 5 million Euros for selling products in Germany. Currently, the EUR/USD exchange rate is 1.0614. So if you convert this 5 mil Euros to USD today, it will be worth $5,306,875. You are extremely happy with the current exchange rate and would take this US dollar value. However, if you convert now, you may have to pay tax today. 
Instead, you decide to convert Euros to USD at the end of next month and delay paying the tax. However, this delayed conversion comes with a risk. Since EUR/USD exchange rate fluctuates every day, the US dollar value of your Euros next month will no longer be the same dollar amount today. This risk is called currency risk, aka foreign exchange rate (FOREX) risk. 
The objective of this project is to design/execute a strategy today such that the USD value stays close to $5.3 mil throughout the whole sample period. The financial instrument for this project is Euro FX futures contract expiring in Dec 2023 (ticker: E6Z23 or /6EZ23). 
10 Questions (each is worth 1 point, consider each as a rubric):
1. When you convert 5 mil Euros into USD next month, are you “buying” or “selling” Euros? To lock the future exchange rate in this case, should you “long” or “short” Euro FX futures today? Explain.
2.  What is the contract size (aka. contract unit) of 1 Euro FX futures contract? Is the British Pound futures contract size the same as Euro FX futures? How many Euro FX futures contracts do you need to long/short today? 
(Hint: Go to https://www.cmegroup.com (official futures exchange) and locate the Euro FX futures. Check “Contract Specs” tab.)
The rest of this project will confirm whether your actions taken on 10/23/2023 (=answers to Q1/Q2) are indeed the correct hedging strategy at the end. If you don’t find sufficient evidence of lowering risk in Q3-Q10, it’s likely that your answers to Q1/Q2 are incorrect so revise your answers and solve them again, as necessary. 
3. For every trading day (skip holiday/weekends) during the sample period, collect the EUR/USD exchange rate (from either Bloomberg, Google, Yahoo, Fed, etc) and the Euro FX futures price (from CME or other sites). 

identify an example of a health care related ethical dilemma, describe it, and identify the stakeholders involved in the situation. Put yourself in the place of the health care administrator to answer the following questions related to your example: Which ethical principles are at risk in this dilemma? Describe how each is being threatened. For example, a patient’s autonomy is being threatened if an overbearing family member is not listening to the patient’s wishes.

identify an example of a health care related ethical dilemma, describe it, and identify the stakeholders involved in the situation. Put yourself in the place of the health care administrator to answer the following questions related to your example:

Which ethical principles are at risk in this dilemma? Describe how each is being threatened. For example, a patient’s autonomy is being threatened if an overbearing family member is not listening to the patient’s wishes.
Describe how the Christian worldview could be used to apply ethical patient-centered principles, values, and culture to this situation.
Describe the importance of interprofessional collaboration when resolving an ethical dilemma versus attempting resolution in silos.
Explain the ethical decision you would make in this dilemma and provide the rationale for your decision.
Explain how professionalism, integrity, and self-confidence all have a role in achieving a resolution in this ethical dilemma.

This assignment requires three to five scholarly peer-reviewed articles.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Choose a Research Question Your research question should be relevant to the study of Communication. What interests you about this field? Social media? News and politics? Video games and children? These are all broadly viable areas, but you will have to translate the general topic (e.g., news media or social media) into a question (e.g., “How is the decline of print media affecting American politics?” or “What implications do social media have for American family life?”). You will need to be able to explain why the question you have selected is important. Why does it matter?

Writing Your Literature Review 
To write a successful paper, you must have a thesis to argue. Specifica1ly, you will need to select a particular hypothesis about an effect of the media and systematically examine available evidence about that effect, gleaned from research literature. Below, find a series of steps to follow in generating your thesis, gathering information about it, revising or extending it, and then organizing your research into an effective paper. (NOTE: You should not write your paper using these steps as an outline. See step six below.) 1. Choose a Research Question Your research question should be relevant to the study of Communication. What interests you about this field? Social media? News and politics? Video games and children? These are all broadly viable areas, but you will have to translate the general topic (e.g., news media or social media) into a question (e.g., “How is the decline of print media affecting American politics?” or “What implications do social media have for American family life?”). You will need to be able to explain why the question you have selected is important. Why does it matter? It may be the case that the question you have identified has practical implications for media organizations, broad social implications, or something important to add to our theoretical understanding of mass communication processes. You need to be in a position to identify and explain, in clear and specific terms, why the question is compelling. 2. Provide a Tentative Answer to your Question The next step involves formulating a tentative answer to your research question. This answer encapsulates your planned argument or thesis (e.g., “The decline of print media threatens democracy” or “Social media use furthers the clustering of Americans in smaller social units defined by close family ties”). You can base this initial argument on a “best guess” grounded in experience, on some logical deductions from a few premises you are willing to accept, through a prediction stemming from a particular theory, or from observations gleaned from your prior reading. Whatever the source of your initial answer, you will need to take a stand in response to your research question and explain clearly and specifically why you’ve adopted this particular point of view. 3. Find Sources that Support, or Contain Evidence Contrary to, your Thesis Now that you have narrowed your broad topic down to a specific (albeit tentative) argument, you need to find peer-reviewed sources show you whether your initial thesis is most likely correct, in need of modification, or most likely incorrect. This is the information-gathering phase of your research, and you will be most successful here if you have a clear thesis in mind. Formulating a tentative answer to your question above narrows the range of material you need to seek out and it helps you determine more quickly what sources you locate are useful. Communication 300 Principles of Communication 4 At this stage, try to remain completely open to the possibility that your initial thesis is incorrect; in fact, setting out to prove yourself wrong is often a useful strategy. If you succeed in convincing yourself that another argument is superior, then you will have amassed good evidence for that new thesis. If you remain convinced of your initial thesis, you will have considered careful counter-arguments and can use them to defend your stance. For this paper, you are expected to make use of a minimum of 10-12 peer-reviewed sources of information. Although you may find general interest sources (e.g., Politico, The Atlantic) or trade publications (e.g., Editor & Publisher) to be useful, you should depend mainly on academic publications (though you can include non-academic sources as supplements). There are many useful journals to consult for this purpose, both within the field of communication, (e.g., Journal of Communication, Communication Research, New Media & Society, Political Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media), and in other social sciences (e.g., American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, American Journal of Sociology). Visits with your TA can be of value in giving direction as you search for information sources relevant to your research question and preliminary thesis. My favorite database to search is the Web of Science; you may also find Google Scholar and Oxford Bibliographies Online helpful. I recommend that you use citation-management software such as Zotero to facilitate your research and streamline the attribution process. Using it from the start of your research process will eliminate the most tedious work at the end of writing your paper. 4. Revise and Restate your Thesis After you have completed your reading, you should be able to restate your final thesis in very clear and direct terms. You may, for example, be able to focus on a particular aspect of your thesis that, in your view, has the largest or most interesting implications (e.g., “Though new digital sources of political news offer rich access to national political information, only some members of the public are capable of effectively navigating the digital environment to locate quality information.” or “Social media, by effectively collapsing many communication functions within single platforms, remove a number of currently public activities from the sphere of local community and place them in the private sphere.”). Keep in mind that, if you have changed your thesis, you can now use your own “first hunch” to powerful rhetorical effect (e.g., “Although many would suppose that social media represent the next major phase of privatization in American life, these technologies in fact offer new opportunities for social interaction and community building that may strengthen communities.”) 5. Evaluate the Implications of your Thesis The final and perhaps most important part of your task will be to return to your initial Communication 300 Principles of Communication 5 question, to the reasons you found the question important, and to consider again in light of your research, what can or should be done. That is, what does your thesis suggest about logical next steps: More research? If so, what sorts of studies? Consumer awareness? If so, how? New social policy? If so, of what kind? Consideration of these issues will capture reader interest, help you say something useful, and give your work added relevance. These insights are especially useful at informing the introduction and conclusion sections of your paper. 6. Write a Well-Organized Argumentative Paper Explaining and Defending your Thesis The final step of the process involves the actual writing of your paper. Your paper will not be organized around the five preceding steps: Those are phases of the research process, and the point of your paper is not to rehearse what you went through. Your process is not important to the reader; your product is what counts. Focus on presenting your evidence and conclusions as clearly and persuasively as possible. Three general points are important to keep in mind as you draft the paper. First, be direct and to the point. State your thesis clearly and specifically in your introduction, and signal the general organization of your argument to the reader. Second, arrange supporting arguments in a coherent and structured way. Do not simply review the books and articles you have read in a serial fashion. Instead, if you have many different pieces of research to relate, synthesize them into larger, main lines of argument (e.g., three general points) in the body of your paper. Third, be certain to end your paper with a strong concluding section that wraps up the argument in a forceful way and underlines its significance. Please use the American Psychological Association’s author/date system for in­text citations, as in the following examples. This is very simple to automate with Zotero. “Agenda setting theory received an important boost from an empirical study by McCombs and Shaw (1972).” “Agenda setting research has been a key area of media research for the past quarter-century (e.g., McCombs & Shaw, 1972; Iyengar & Kinder, 1987).” List all of your references at the end of your paper, in alphabetical order, following the general style recommended by the APA, as in the following examples: Iyengar, S., & Kinder, D. R. (1987). News that matters: Television and American opinion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. McCombs, M. E., & Shaw, D. L. (1972). The agenda-setting function of the media. Public Opinion Quarterly, 36(1), 176-187.

Using the Wall Street Journal, select an article about the current economic conditions and trends regarding a changing interest rate environment. How would bond values change over time?

Using the Wall Street Journal, select an article about the current economic conditions and trends regarding a changing interest rate environment. How would bond values change over time? As a bond investor, what measures would you take to manage rate risk based on current economic conditions and the current interest rate trends? Select an article to justify your position.

Clean your plate! Remember, there are children starving in other places, so do not waste food. Always eat in moderation! Stop eating when you feel full! Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach!  These are just some examples of the different lessons (advice) shared with children about food and eating. In this post, you are asked to reflect on the guidance you received about eating during your childhood. Include the following in your reflection: What dietary advice were you given as a child? Now that you are an adult, what do you think of this advice?

Clean your plate! Remember, there are children starving in other places, so do not waste food. Always eat in moderation! Stop eating when you feel full! Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach! 
These are just some examples of the different lessons (advice) shared with children about food and eating. In this post, you are asked to reflect on the guidance you received about eating during your childhood.
Include the following in your reflection:

What dietary advice were you given as a child?
Now that you are an adult, what do you think of this advice?

Did it help or hurt you?
How? Consider the process of providing dietary advice.
What advice will/did you give your children?
What advice would you recommend the parents of young children to share? Include one external reference

Choose one of the statements made about eating in the introduction to this discussion.

What does the statement suggest about eating?
Does the statement provide good advice or not?
What would you say to a parent you overheard offering this advice to their children? Include one external reference.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.