Explain key characteristics of democracy
READ all of the posted materials, especially the first THREE (Pateman, MLK piece and Freedom House). For your FIRST post, write a short essay in which you use those three readings (PLUS insights from at last two of the other materials posted) and any insights from your own experience to:
1) Explain key characteristics of democracy
2) Reflect on some key threats to democracy.
2nd source: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/democracy-retreat
3rd source: https://www.aaihs.org/martin-luther-king-jr-s-vision-of-american-democracy/
What are some over-the-counter stimulants? How do they differ from cocaine and amphetamines?
What are some over-the-counter stimulants? How do they differ from cocaine and amphetamines? How are they similar? How are barbiturates and sedative-hypnotics different from non-prescription methods to enhance sleep or reduce anxiety? What methods other than prescribed medication could be used to enhance sleep or reduce anxiety?
Application Paper assignments require the student to think about and apply what they have learned and write about it in a meaningful way.
Choose the theme to analyze in the short story and show how the theme develops through characterizations, dialogue, setting, motifs, or other literary elements.
Read and analyze Langston Hughess short story Thank You, Maam. Cite 2 sources:
(1) the short story Thank You, Maam by Hughes;
(2) cite another credible source for explanation, for example, historical reference. Follow MLA formatting guidelines and do cite the page when you reference the short story in the essay. Pose an interpretive question about a social problem, such as character versus society, and respond to it analytically, showing readers where and how the text of the story supports the interpretation. Choose the theme to analyze in the short story and show how the theme develops through characterizations, dialogue, setting, motifs, or other literary elements.
What are three of the most important things about internet safety that you would recommend, and why?
Discuss the following regarding internet safety:
What are three of the most important things about internet safety that you would recommend, and why?
What does Orsiniss work add to the earlier works on international regimes? How have understandings changed or evolved, if at all?
Course Objective I: Describe the origin, structure and role of regimes in international relations
Weekly Objective: Regime Theory and Practice
What does Orsiniss work add to the earlier works on international regimes? How have understandings changed or evolved, if at all?
What are some activities that can maintain a positive mood and reduce a negative mood?
You will take the PANAS assessment, share your scores, and answer the following questions.
What are some activities that can maintain a positive mood and reduce a negative mood? For example, does being with friends, viewing a comedy, or exercising reduce your negative mood and increase your positive mood?
Describe an evidence-based assessment scale that would assist in ongoing validation of your diagnosis.
Social workers take particular care when diagnosing anxiety due to its similarity to other conditions. In this Discussion, you carefully assess a client with anxiety disorder using the steps of differential diagnosis. You also recommend an intervention for treating the disorder.
To prepare: Read the case provided by your instructor for this weeks Discussion. Review the decision trees for anxiety and OCD in the Morrison (2014) text and the podcasts on anxiety. Then access the Walden Library and research interventions for anxiety.
By Day 3
Post a 300- to 500-word response in which you address the following:
Provide the full DSM-5 diagnosis for the client. Remember, a full diagnosis should include the name of the disorder, ICD-10-CM code, specifiers, severity, and the Z codes (other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention). Keep in mind a diagnosis covers the most recent 12 months.
Explain the diagnosis by matching the symptoms identified in the case to the specific criteria for the diagnosis.
Discuss other disorders you considered for this diagnosis and eliminated (the differential diagnoses).
Describe an evidence-based assessment scale that would assist in ongoing validation of your diagnosis.
Recommend a specific intervention and explain why this intervention may be effective in treating the client. Support your recommendation with scholarly references and resources.
From the perspective of a Palestinian leader, which would be the most and least suitable of the listed organizations for serving as the mediator in the next round of negotiations with Israel over the issue of statehood for the Palestinians.
General instructions: Using the provided materials, and referring to them often in your essays, link the readings to the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Must be concise and well written.
This is not a research assignment, current event or other historical examples (not from the readings) are allowed to support argumentation, yet the focus should be on the sources attached. Try to paraphrase and attribute the author within your writing rather than quoting. In-text references (Author year, page) NOT footnotes, as well as a corresponding full entry in the References List are required. Do not list sources that are not used specifically within the text. Citation style is Chicago 17th Author-Date.
*From the perspective of a Palestinian leader, which would be the most and least suitable of the listed organizations for serving as the mediator in the next round of negotiations with Israel over the issue of statehood for the Palestinians. Be sure to explain the reasons behind your judgments of the two organizations suitability/unsuitability.
The United Nations
The United States
The Arab League
A country like Norway that has no ulterior motives, is not militarily strong or located nearby.
Source Options:
https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/where-we-operate
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199743292/obo-9780199743292-0006.xml
https://www.mediate.com/articles/Sukhtankar-Kakani-peacekeeping.cfm
https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/research/thirteen_days_after_twenty_five_years
https://www.cfr.org/report/global-regime-armed-conflict
https://www.kimberleyprocess.com/en/about
identify and define determinants of health for an at-risk individual or family, including social, environmental, and global factors as applicable.
Topic: Assessment and Interventions for Health Promotion
Read the required reading. Review the Determinants of Health website and view the short video and content.
Healthy People content site: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health
Video Link at site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yb3B75eqbo
For this discussion, you will identify and define determinants of health for an at-risk individual or family, including social, environmental, and global factors as applicable. How you approach the discussion is your choice. You may choose a condition or topic first and then elaborate from there while including the population characteristics and health determinants. Alternatively, you may choose to define a specific population, such as rural Appalachian single mothers, and then address risks and the determinants of health.
Reading Assignments
In Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan in Nursing Practice, read:
Chapter 6: Health Promotion and the Individual
Chapter 7: Health Promotion and the Family
Chapter 8: Health Promotion and the Community
Chapter 9: Screening
Chapter 10: Health Education
Healthy People 2020. (2018). Determinants of health [Video]. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health
Required Reading-Conceptual Models
Rural Health Information Hub. (n.d.). Health promotion and disease prevention theories and models. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/community-health/health-promotion/2/theories-and-models
Department of Health and Human Services. (2002). Appendix 3: Theories and models used in physical activity promotion. In Physical activity evaluation handbook (pp. 4345). https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/handbook/pdf/handbook.pdf
Optional reading
Barnes, M. D., Hanson, C. L., Novilla, L. B., Magnusson, B. M., Crandall, A. C., & Bradford, G. (2020). Family-centered health promotion: Perspectives for engaging families and achieving better health outcomes. The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958020923537
Rural Health Information Hub. (2020). Rural project examples: Health screening. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/project-examples/topics/health-screening
How is Amazigh history and culture influencing the form of society that modern Amazigh people wish to establish?
An ancient constellation of cultures commonly known as Berbers are the native people of North Africa. While North Africa saw successive invasions and colonizations by Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Turks and France/Italy/England, the native Amazigh culture endured and is now reemerging in Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. Write a 1500-word paper investigating the following questions:
How is Amazigh history and culture influencing the form of society that modern Amazigh people wish to establish?
How are the Amazigh languages and alphabet playing a role in identity formation today?
What is the state of relations between Amazigh and North African Arabs, and how did the Arab Spring of 2011 bring new opportunities for the Amazigh to express themselves as a people?
