critique the current state of private prisons in America and present a clear argument on how to fix the system.
OVERVIEW
In the Article Critique Assignments, you will systematically and objectively critique criminal justice-related research articles to understand published research. You will critique the strengths and weaknesses of peer-reviewed journal articles and carefully analyze arguments and points in the article. You will develop the technical writing skill of critiquing while furthering critical thinking application and knowledge of the topics investigated. You will incorporate and apply a Christian worldview perspective to each topic and Article Critique Assignment.
INSTRUCTIONS
• 4-7 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference pages.
• Current APA format.
• Minimum of two (2) peer-reviewed journal articles from Liberty University library.
• Acceptable sources (peer-reviewed articles published within the last 5-10 years only).
• Include a critique of least two (2) strengths and two (2) weaknesses from each article.
• Include a Christian and Biblical Worldview perspective.
This Article Critique Assignment requires that you follow a template. Please review and follow the template carefully. Include a running header, title page, abstract (between 120-250 words), proper APA headings/subheadings, and a reference page. Please note that you are asked not to change or omit any of the bold headings that are already in the template. You are only asked to insert your written content into the appropriate sections of the template.
Article Critique: Correctional Goals and Prison Privatization Assignment
Locate two (2) peer-reviewed articles no older than 5-10 years that discuss American prison privatization. One article must present arguments advocating for American prison privatization and the second article must present arguments against American prison privatization. Provide a critique of each author’s position on the privatization of prisons. Review the video titled: “Correctional Goals and Prison Privatization” found in the attachments. From a Christian and Biblical worldview, critique the current state of private prisons in America and present a clear argument on how to fix the system.
What strategies work for managing projects?
The basic goal is to synthesize learning from the individual sessions. Students will evaluate correlation graphs based on the date from all scenarios. In addition, they will revisit advice in each of the topic areas mentioned in the analysis section of the guide (i.e. Project Planning, Basic project Management Advice, managing people factors, Managing Risk and Uncertainty, and making Tough Tradeoffs). The correlation graphs may be used earlier, but they are perhaps best used after a significant amount of data (a large number of students runs) has been accumulated. It’s a good idea for the instructor to carefully identify the correlation graphs that have something to offer (not all will). Note that graphs don’t capture all the subtleties of the simulation – for example, graphing the number of hours in meetings against a project outcome measure does not take into account when during the project (early or late) most meeting hours occurred (and that does matter in the simulation).
Instructions
After playing the simulation, students will generate a short debrief summary that responds to the following assignment questions:
1. Let’s revisit your ideas about how decision parameters (target scope, team size, team skill level, amount of outsourcing, target completion data, overtime allowed, time in meetings, number of prototypes) affect project outcomes (task completed, cost incurred, productivity, new problems discovered, project completion date) and team attributes (morale, stress level, rates of mistakes). How have your ideas about these causal relationships changed? How confident are you now in your hypotheses about them?
2. What strategies work for managing projects? What strategies work when uncertainty is low or high? What strategies work when objectives are realistic or not?
Discuss the implications of your research and identify the possible ethical concerns of the research.
The learning objective of this course is to develop complete understanding of research methods and apply the learning in real world problems. Hence the assignment involves developing a detailed research proposal related to an area of student’s interest.
Based on the given instructions, formulate a research proposal of about 3000 words.
Total marks for the research report is 90.
1. The field of Human Resource includes four basic realms: starting with employee acquisition, training and development, performance management and finally compensation management. Depending on your interest area, identify a research concern from the above-mentioned broad topics. Also formulate the broad research objectives of your research.
2. Based on the learnings from the session, clearly indicate the research problem and frame 3-4 research questions related to the topic.
3. Conduct review of literature related to your topic to understand the phenomenon better and design the conceptual map relating different factors of your study.
4. As discussed in the session, identify the independent and dependent variables of your study from the knowledge gained through literature review and also formulate the hypothesis.
5. Based on the type of research proposed, discuss in detail the research methodology to be adopted for the purpose of your study and its rationale.
6. Suggest the reasons for choosing a particular kind of scale used in the research.
7. Design an appropriate questionnaire keeping research objectives in mind and discuss the factors considered while designing the questionnaire.
8. There is no data collection required, however, the student can decide the analysis that will help examine the data derived from the proposed questionnaire. Identify the statistics used for the purpose of analyzing the data.
9. Describe the possible limitations of your study.
10. Discuss the implications of your research and identify the possible ethical concerns of the research.
11. Explain the importance of your research for your organization and its contribution to the knowledge domain.
12. Cite the full bibliographic references that you have cited in your research proposal using APA 6th edition and order them alphabetically.
13. Include a table of contents.
Elaborate, in detail, on the comorbidities associated with myocardial infarction.
Case study:
A 67-year-old woman sought emergency medical care due to prolonged chest pain. She had complained of prolonged chest pain previously she sought medical care. During this recent hospital admission, she was diagnosed with myocardial infarction. Upon coronary angiography examination, there was the presence of lesions with 70% obstruction in the right coronary, anterior descending and circumflex arteries.
At the physical examination, the heart rate (HR) was 100 beats per minute, blood pressure was 100/60 mmHg. Pulmonary assessment was normal. The heart examination disclosed a ++/ 6+ systolic murmur in the mitral area.
Chest x-ray disclosed the presence of a large pleural effusion in the right hemithorax.
The patient had hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia and was a smoker.
The laboratory tests showed total cholesterol 228 mg/dL, HDL-cholesterol 35 mg / dL, LDL-cholesterol 162 mg/dL, triglycerides 157 mg/dL, sodium 137 mEq/L, and potassium 3.4 mEq/L.
The patient had two episodes of cardiac arrest 20 min interval, which was reversed. After half an hour, a new episode of cardiac arrest occurred, which was irreversible, and the patient died.
Discuss the risk factors that predispose her to myocardial infarction. Elaborate, in detail, on the comorbidities associated with myocardial infarction. In you answer, consider the consequences of cholesterol on cardiovascular diseases and highlight the strategies that could prevent this condition.
Critically interpret and evaluate the data given in this case
Question:
Peter visited his GP as he was feeling ‘unwell’. The GP was concerned that his kidney function might be impaired and collected a blood sample to measure his serum creatinine concentration (see table below). Peter is 44 years old and his left leg was amputated above the knee when he was a child.
Analyte Patient sample Reference Range Units
Serum creatinine 90 50-120 μmol/L
eGFR (CKD-EPI creatinine) 89 >60 ml/min/1.73m2
Critically interpret and evaluate the data given in this case. Your answer should include an explanation of what serum creatinine and eGFR are and how they are used in assessing renal function.
Discuss the theoretical underpinnings in (i) Yu and Yuan (2011) and Wang (2018a), and (ii) Wang (2018b) and Wang and Duxbury (2021)
Individual Assessed Coursework Brief
The work should not exceed 3,500 words. Excessive assignments will be penalised according to section 9.13 of Regulation 9 Regulation Governing Postgraduate Taught Awards: “Assessed work which exceeds a specified maximum permitted length will be subject to a penalty deduction of marks equivalent to the percentage of additional words over the limit. The limit excludes bibliographies, diagrams and tables, footnotes, tables of contents and appendices of data.”
Introduction
The mean-variance relationship has long been a focus in finance literature. Traditional financial theories propose a positive mean-variance relationship, or risk-return tradeoff (Merton, 1973), i.e. bearing high (low) risk should be rewarded by high (low) returns, empirical studies document at best inconclusive evidence with three mainstreams due to different economic settings and volatility model selection. French et al. (1987), Scruggs (1998), Ghysels et al. (2005), Lundblad (2007), Pástor et al. (2008), Brandt and Wang (2010), and Rossi and Timmermann (2015), among others find the risk-return tradeoff despite being less significant in some cases. On the other hand, Nelson (1991), Brandt and Kang (2004), Baker et al. (2011), Fiore and Saha (2015), and Booth et al. (2016), among others, document a negative mean-variance relationship. Turner et al. (1989), Glosten et al. (1993), Sun et al. (2017), and Wang et al. (2017), among others, report both positive and negative relationship between risk and returns.
A wide range of theories are proposed to explain the weak risk-return tradeoff, such as investor sentiment (Yu and Yuan, 2011; Wang, 2018a&b; Wang and Duxbury, 2021) and differences in overnight and intraday returns (Wang, 2021).
In line with the above, answer the following requirements:
Required:
1. Discuss the theoretical underpinnings in (i) Yu and Yuan (2011) and Wang (2018a), and (ii) Wang (2018b) and Wang and Duxbury (2021) [20 marks]
2. Critically review literature, and summarise and evaluate approaches to construct proxies for investor sentiment. [12 marks]
3. Suppose that you decide to extend the US evidence from Wang (2021) to an emerging market. Select the market and justify your selection. [8 marks]
4. For the selected market, present and interpret descriptive statistics of (i) overnight returns, (ii) intraday returns, and (iii) total returns. [15 marks]
5. Select one method to filter conditional volatility. Present and interpret descriptive statistics of conditional volatility of (i) overnight returns, (ii) intraday returns, and (iii) total returns. [20 marks]
6. Examine the mean-variance relation for (i) overnight returns, (ii) intraday returns, and (iii) total returns. Interpret. [25 marks]
While attempting requirements you should follow academic writing style format relying on journal articles. Failing to do so leads to a 30-mark deduction.
Guideline coverage of issues/answers expectations:
Requirement 1:
1. Provide theoretical underpinnings of empirical findings in Yu and Yuan (2011) and Wang (2018b).
2. Provide theoretical underpinnings of empirical findings in Wang (2018b) and Wang and Duxbury (2021).
3. Make comparison between (i) and (ii).
Requirement 2:
1. Provide reasons why proxies are needed for investor sentiment.
2. Summarise main types of proxies for investor sentiment
3. Critically evaluate each type.
Requirement 3:
1. Select an emerging market.
2. Justify your choice from at least two main perspectives: (i) Provide criteria used to label the selected market as an emerging market; (ii) Explain reasons why the research question as in Wang (2021) is of particular interest in your selected market.
Requirement 4:
1. Present descriptive statistics of three returns.
2. Interpret.
Requirement 5:
1. Select the method to filter conditional volatility.
2. Present descriptive statistics of conditional volatility of three returns.
3. Interpret.
Requirement 6:
1. Examine the mean-variance relation for three returns.
2. Interpret.
Relevant References (You may use these references to help to produce your work)
Baker, M., Wurgler, J., 2006. Investor sentiment and the cross-section of stock returns. Journal of Finance 61 (4), 1645−1680.
Baker, M., Wurgler, J., 2007. Investor sentiment in the stock market. Journal of Economic Perspectives 21 (2), 129−151.
Brown, G.W., Cliff, M.T., 2005. Investor sentiment and asset valuation. Journal of Business 78 (2), 405−440.
Daniel, K., Hirshleifer, D., Subrahmanyam, A., 1998. Investor psychology and security market under- and overreactions. Journal of Finance 53 (6), 1839−1886.
French, K.R., Schwert, G.W., Stambaugh, R.F., 1987. Expected stock returns and volatility. Journal of Financial Economics 19 (1), 3−29.
Hendershott, T., Livdan, D., Rösch D., 2020. Asset pricing: A tale of night and day. Journal of Financial Economics 138 (3), 635–662.
Lou, D., Polk, C., Skouras, S., A tug of war: Overnight versus intraday expected returns. Journal of Financial Economics 134 (1), 192–213.
Qiu, L., Welch, I., 2006. Investor sentiment measures. Working paper, National Bureau of Economic Research.
Schmeling, M., 2009. Investor sentiment and stock returns: Some international evidence. Journal of Empirical Finance 16 (3), 394−408.
Tetlock, P.C., 2007. Giving content to investor sentiment: The role of media in the stock market. Journal of Finance 62 (3), 1139−1168.
Wang, W., 2018a. Investor sentiment and the mean-variance relationship: European evidence. Research in International Business and Finance 46, 227–239.
Wang, W., 2018b. The mean–variance relation and the role of institutional investor sentiment. Economics Letters 168, 61–64.
Wang, W., 2020. Institutional investor sentiment, beta, and stock returns. Finance Research Letters 37, 1–7.
Wang, W., 2021. The mean–variance relation: A 24-hour story. Economics Letters 208, 1–3.
Wang, W., Duxbury, D., 2021. Institutional investor sentiment and the mean-variance relationship: Global evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 191, 415–441.
Wang, Y.H., Keswani, A., Taylor, S.J., 2006. The relationships between sentiment, returns and volatility. International Journal of Forecasting 22 (1), 109−123.
Yu, J., Yuan, Y., 2011. Investor sentiment and the mean-variance relation. Journal of Financial Economics 100 (2), 367−381.
Briefly describe and discuss the knowledge benefits associated with an Algorithm growth rate:
1. Briefly describe and discuss the knowledge benefits associated with an Algorithm growth rate:
2. What does best, worst, and average case refer to?
3. Why doesn’t a faster computer always solve large data processing problems?
4. About Asymptotic Analysis:
4.1. What does asymptotic analysis refer to and why is it helpful to know (i.e. why use big-O notation)?
4.2. What does Big-Oh refer to and what is it good for?
4.3. What does Big-Omega refer to and what is it good for?
4.4. What does big-theta refer to and what is it good for?
5. What are Space/time trade-offs and what should be considered when making determinations about them?
6. Given multiple algorithms that perform the same process but with different time equations, what are your considerations, technical and otherwise, in selecting the one to use.
7. What is the benefit gained from hashing?
8. What performance implementation does Java invoke to counteract massive collisions?
Figure 1
9. Draw the adjacency matrix representation for the above graph (Figure 1).
10. Draw the adjacency list representation for the above graph (Figure 1)..
11.
Figure 2
12. Draw the DFS (Depth First Search) tree for the above graph (Figure 2).
13. Draw the BFS (Breadth First Search) tree for the above graph (Figure 2).
14. Show each of the shortest paths generated by running Dijkstra’s shortest-paths algorithm on the graph above beginning at Vertex 4 (Figure 2).
Design and explain how you will implement and evaluate your quality improvement plan
Quality Improvement Proposal Development: Implementation and Evaluation
Choose a topic for your Final project from the list below. Write a minimum 750-word problem statement for a quality improvement (QI) plan for your checkpoint 1 assignment. Include a minimum of 2 scholarly or industry sources. Begin to develop your spiritual framework through referencing a
scripture. Use APA editorial style to format your paper, citations, and references list.
Design and explain how you will implement and evaluate your quality improvement plan. Provide details laid-out in your objectives through actions steps. Describe teams and/or a committee/task force that are required to implement the quality improvement plan (e.g., who are they and what are their
functions). Provide details about the way you will measure the objectives. The following should be included in the Methods section of the quality improvement proposal:
Methods (750-word minimum)
Implementation methods
Describe personnel
Detail who they are and their functions
Why are teams/task force/committees needed
How will you study the intervention (e.g., PSDA)
How will you measure the process or outcomes from the intervention (e.g., surveys, interviews, data collection)
This section of the proposal should include an ethical perspective based on your Christian worldview.
Use at least one scripture to support your ethical perspective. Include at minimum of two scholarly or popular press sources. Use APA editorial style for citations and reference list.
Explain the meaning of epidemiology and epidemiological trends
• The meaning of epidemiology
• The meaning of epidemiological trends
• The purposes of epidemiology
• The stages of an epidemiological investigation
• Research methods in epidemiology
• Recent research in epidemiology
• Implications for healthcare professionals
The meaning of epidemiological trends
Epidemiological trends refers to the anticipated number of new people (incidence) who will be diagnosed with a given health problem or disease, and the number of people with an existing diagnosis of the given health problem or disease (prevalence).
The purposes of epidemiology
This section will provide a vocabulary and central concepts to describe the pattern of health and disease in a population and its changes over time. You will need to explain how the causes, risk factors and any contributing or predisposing conditions influence disease, and how these provide the
basis for interventions directed at safeguarding and promoting health, and preventing or overcoming disease and its consequences.
The stages of epidemiological investigation
The stages of epidemiological investigation requires an explanation of diagnosis, investigation, experiment, analysis, intervention, decision making and monitoring. A specific example of a given disease would allow you to show how these stages occurred and their outcomes.
Research methods in epidemiology
This section is best tackled by creating a series of tables.
The first table could compare THREE different types of epidemiological study e.g prospective studies, retrospective case studies, cross sectional studies.
Type of study Prospective studies Retrospective studies Cross sectional studies Key features/best used for?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Then compare TWO different types of data collection methods e.g interviews, questionnaires, measurement, reporting, and link them to the types of studies.
Data collection
Strengths
Weaknesses
Best used in which type of study?
You will need to explain THREE different sampling techniques e.g random sampling, multi-stage sampling, systematic sampling, purposive sampling, stratification, paired sampling, sampling with and without replacement.
Sampling techniques Technique 1 Technique 2 Technique 3
Procedure
Best used in which type of study
Recent research in epidemiology
Identify one recent epidemiological study (last 5 years) and evaluate it (strengths and weaknesses).
You could investigate how data was collected, how large the sample was, and the appropriateness of the type of study for the issue.
Implications for healthcare professionals
Finally, you will refer to your chosen recent study above, and summarise the implications for healthcare professionals e.g should they expect a rise or reduction in cases, how should they prepare.
1. Understand the meaning and purpose of epidemiology
Explain the meaning of epidemiology and epidemiological trends
Summarise the different purposes of epidemiology
2. Understand the epidemiological approach to understanding disease problems. Explain the stages followed in epidemiological investigations.
Compare THREE different types of epidemiological study and TWO methods of obtaining data
Distinguish between THREE different sampling techniques in epidemiological studies
3. Know about epidemiological trends, news and research. Evaluate ONE recent epidemiological study and summarise the implications for healthcare professionals
How Corrupt influences on the Romanovs, the ruling family of Russia, led to ultimate, untimely downfall of the Russian Empire.
Thesis Statement: Corrupt influences on the Romanovs, the ruling family of Russia, led to ultimate, untimely downfall of the Russian Empire.
Proposal:
The contents of this paper will attempt to prove that corruption of the Imperial family led to the untimely end of the centuries-long rule of the Romanov family in Russia. Corrupt influences took many shapes and forms over the course of the Romanov rule. Several of these affects will be discussed in an essay style paper which will provide scholarly research and data to endorse all insights made and conclusions drawn.
While not a complete and in-depth look into the Romanov family history or the fall of the Russian Empire, it is important to discuss the structure and importance of the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia. Though this paper will focus on the termination of this monarchy, understanding the long past
behind the fall will lend greater depth and texture to the conversation of this paper.
The Romanov family came to power in 1613 and maintained rule over Russia for over three centuries.
From the beginning of their reign until the end in 1917, 18 members of the family held the throne. Each had important contributions and weaknesses, but for the sake of brevity, only some of the most critical players will be highlighted in the forthcoming paper.
During the tenure of Czar Nicholas II, the last emperor, much unrest occurred among the people. As a weak and indecisive leader, he had difficulty portraying competence before his subjects and by the leaders of other countries. Grigori Rasputin heavily influenced Nicholas II’s wife, Alexandra. He was a Russian mystic whose powerful “readings” infuriated many.
Government corruption was also widespread under Nicholas II and as a consequence, there was severe economic fallout. In addition, an already struggling Russian economy was further impacted by events surrounding World War I.
