Why has the United States failed to adequately protect the rail system?

For your final assignment, you will write an analytical research paper addressing a major issue of your choosing from among the topics covered in this course. (IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY). As a research paper, you will have to answer a significant puzzle related to a course topic.
For this assignment, you are essentially doing the first three elements of your research paper outlined below.
Title Page of the Paper: The title of your paper should be brief but should adequately inform the reader of your general topic and the specific focus of your research. Keywords relating to parameters, population, and other specifics are useful. The Title Page must include the title, name, course name and number, date, and Professor’s Name.
Introduction, Research Question, and Hypothesis: This section shall provide an overview of the topic that you are writing about, a concise synopsis of the issues, and why the topic presents a “puzzle” that prompts your research questions, which you will include. This section will be 1-2 pages. End your introduction with your research question and hypothesis. If you struggle with writing hypotheses, then use the “If……then….” formula. Example, “If the United States fails to address vulnerabilities in the rail system then the frequency of security incidents will increase.” A corresponding research question could be: Why has the United States failed to adequately protect the rail system?
Review of the Literature: All research projects include a literature review to set out for the reader what knowledge exists on the subject under study and helps the researcher develop the research strategy to use in the study. A good literature review is a thoughtful study of what has been written, a summary of the arguments that exist (whether you agree with them or not), arranged thematically. At the end of the summary, there should still be gaps in the literature that you intend to fill with your research. It is written in narrative format and can be from 4-6 pages depending on the scope and length of the paper.
As a literature review, this section should identify the common themes and theories that the prior research identified. In this section, what you do is look at the conclusions of prior research and identify what the common themes are you see in those conclusions. You then identify those themes. The APUS online library has some helpful information on writing a literature review. Using the example above, you should approach your literature review from the perspective of “what have other researchers found on the failure of the U.S. to protect the rail systems?” You are telling your reader about the literature on your topic and not presenting any results of your research.
Technical Requirements
Your paper must be at a minimum of 5-9 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
Scholarly and credible references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content. Scholarly sources include peer reviewed articles, government publications, and academic texts.
Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.

Discuss who the author is and evaluate their credibility. What institutions is the author affiliated with?

For MWA 4, you will create an annotated bibliography based on your research surrounding a particular topic.

1. Choose a topic.
   You may continue researching the mental health topic you chose for MWA 3 and build on the research you have already done for that topic. This means you may also reuse sources from MWA 3, although you will still need to annotate these sources like any other.
   You may also choose a problem, issue, or topic related to your major or academic course of study.
   For example, if you are considering nursing, you may want to gather sources that address a problem or issue in nursing, such as the issue of burnout for nurses due to overwork and poor working conditions.
   If you study Sports Management or Exercise Science, you might use as topics sports gambling or the long-term effects of concussions and other injuries for athletes.
2. Conduct research and gather 5 sources related to your topic.
   At least 3 of your sources should be scholarly/academic sources. The other 2 sources are up to you, although you should select sources based on credibility, relevance, and usefulness to your research. Make use of the MTC library databases, Google Scholar, and other search engines.
3. Create your Annotated Bibliography. Include 5 citations and annotations.
   Each source should be properly cited using MLA citation.
   Following each citation, write an annotation. Each annotation should at least 150-250 words. Your annotation should:
   Summarize the main claims of the article.
   Discuss who the author is and evaluate their credibility. What institutions is the author affiliated with? What is their educational background? Is their education relevant to the topic they discuss? See the PowerPoint “Conducting Academic Research” to review these concepts.
   The significance of this source in context of other research addressing the same topic. How is this source unique in how it presents its information? Does it offer anything new or something that your other sources do not?

Develop a 600 word, double spaced expository essay on “Is social media making teens less self-confident?”

Develop a 600 word, double spaced expository essay on “Is social media making teens less self-confident?” Essay must be in MLA format.

Identify all three ehr software options you have selected for consideration.

The purpose of this assignment is to compare electronic health record (EHR) software based on the needs of a health care organization. Though not all health care facilities are required to use EHRs to maintain and organize patient files, many medical offices and health practices are becoming increasingly digital to keep up with technology and evolving patient/customer needs.
Assume that you are a health care administrator who oversees a small conglomerate of local clinics. After the recent acquisition of a physical therapy clinic, it was brought to the attention of key stakeholders that the clinics were all operating with different electronic health records software, which was affecting interoperability between clinics. In an effort to streamline communication and improve efficiency, the CEO has asked you to look up some options for a new EHR software to implement across all of your health network’s clinics.
Research the different types of electronic health records software on the market and choose the top three that would prove most beneficial to your health network. In a 6-12 slide PowerPoint presentation complete with robust speaker notes, present your findings to the CEO and other key stakeholders.
Identify all three EHR software options you have selected for consideration, and include the following in your presentation:

1. System requirements and compatible interfaces for each
2. The cost of implementation
3. Timeline for integration and user training
4. Privacy and security options, including patient accessibility to records
5. Capabilities of what each software system will enable clinics to do that they were previously unable to accomplish
6. How each system would facilitate efficient communication and increase interoperability between clinics
7. Pros and cons of each software system in relation to the other options you have selected
8. Recommendation for which option you believe the network should adopt and why
   Cite all sources used and include them on a reference slide, not included in the slide length requirement.

Create a presentation regarding the non profit organization you worked for on their Service Learning contract.

Create a presentation regarding the non profit organization you worked for on their Service Learning contract. (write about the miami recovery project and the things you could imagine doing as volunteering or the ways you would help, learn, and bring as you went on the day(s) to volunteer ) Information should include the organization’s Mission Statement, who they serve, why you selected them, how they obtain their funding and what you personally took away from the time you spent there. Tell us how this experience enriched you. Please do not display or reference, under any circumstances any images of animals being harmed or abused. A minimum of three sources should be employed for this assignment. A visual aid should accompany this speech to support students’ presentation.
https://miamirecoveryproject.org/about-us

Explain differences among Traditional Insurance Plans

Explain differences among Traditional Insurance Plans (e.g., Blue Cross/Blue Shield), and HMOs, PPOs, and EPOs. List advantages and disadvantages of various plans.

Nurse Manager Leadership Development Leveraging the Evidence and System-Level Support

Presentation/Article Critique:

Presentation

Selected journal article (2010-2022) related to administration, management, or leadership in public health. After a brief introduction, your presentation must cover information in the article, what you found valuable, any information about effective administration style, administrator characteristics or qualifications, and the work environment/workplace condition. Also, include your discussion about your analyses and critiques of the article based on the course information. Lastly, develop questions for class discussion about the article and list your reference. 

PowerPoints: On first slide, include date of your presentation, the topic and full name. After the first slide at the beginning of your presentation, you are encouraged to include a slide with a photo & name and a message/quote selected that is empowering or inspiring for students in class. Your reference (one article) is listed at the end/last slide. 

Post your presentation topic on the “Schedule of  Presentation” on Canvas during the class session and no later than one week prior to your presentation. Do not post a topic that has already been taken by another team.

Article selected: Nurse Manager Leadership Development Leveraging the Evidence and System-Level Support

PowerPoint example attach for reference.

Does local government fragmentation add to the cost of local government

Discuss his findings.
Does local government fragmentation add to the cost of local government?
Develop and describe a research design for updating Dolan’s study.
How might you go about testing for the proposition that fragmentation impacts the cost of local government?
What factors would you use?
How would you collect your data?

How will patients have the potential benefit of better outcomes due to predictive analytics?

Predictive analytics is an emerging healthcare technology where analytic models predict future trends based upon retrospective or real-time data. 

• How will patients have the potential benefit of better outcomes due to predictive analytics?
• Do you envision predictive analytics taking on an even larger role in patient outcomes in the future? 
• How would predictive analytics be beneficial in your profession?
• Explain two ethical issues relative to predictive analysis in public health. 

Write a project about water efficiency fixtures

1. Write a project about water efficiency fixtures (sustainable)

2. Collect information from books, from Internet

· Details

· Main features

· Operation

· Construction Characteristics

· Specification

· Dimensions

· Cost

· Market availability

· Others

3. Add photos or drawings (from the Internet/books), highlight an element that interested you in particular

4. The project must contain 3 written pages and at least 5 pages of information (data, schedule, specs, etc.)

5. No plagiarism on written pages and cite any material you bring in