Determine
A regression line for the data. (6 marks)
A forecast of profit for a store with sales of $24 million? (2 marks)
Product moment coefficient of correlation (6 marks)
Coefficient of determination (6 marks)
Interpret the nature and strength of the relationship between the variables.
(3 marks)
Interpret the coefficient of determination with respect to the variables. (3 marks)
Competency
Contrast methodologies for the design and deployment of cloud applications.
Scenario
You are the cloud architect for an online furniture company. The entire business model of the company is online sales. The following are critical to the company:
In addition, the web application uses disk storage for the log files. This disk storage often gets full and causes downtime for the end customers. Your manager has asked you to prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the leadership team to get the required funding for an improvement project. The project will help your company to convert the storage into the elastic storage.
Instructions
Create a PowerPoint with the following information:
Slide 1: Overview
Slide 2: Select a public cloud and identify elastic storage in which to store the log files.
Slide 3: List the benefits of using elastic storage.
Slide 4: Design an architecture with built in disaster recovery and fault tolerance.
Slides 5- 6: Describe the components that will be useful in completing the DR and fault tolerance approach on a public cloud.
Slide 7: Describe the importance of load balancing.
Slide 8: Describe different types of load balancing options.
Slide 9: Select the appropriate load balancing option and give the reasoning behind your selection.
Slide 10: Prepare a public cloud design/architecture diagram with Elastic Storage, Load Balancing, and DR solutions. You can use any tool to create the architecture diagram, then take a screenshot and insert it into the slide 10.
Slide 11: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources.
Respond to each classmate 100 words a piece.
This is the question they had to answer.
Discuss the development of your firm’s code of conduct (this may require research and interviews) and how employees are trained in the corporate code. Would you alter these in any way if you were developing the firm’s code of conduct?
Classmate 1
The company I work for has a code of conduct that is outlined in the organization’s employee handbook. Upon getting hired with the organization a new employee is required to attend orientation in which the company rules are explained in detail and the code of conduct is reviewed. The code of conduct describes in detail specific behaviors that are unacceptable and should be avoided by all associates within the organization. After completion of new hire orientation, each employee is given a copy of the employee handbook and must sign an acknowledgment form confirming they have read, understand the rules, and that they will abide by these rules for the duration of their employment with the company.
There are a few clauses that I would like to add, that include guidelines specifically for management. The quote from the movie Remember the Titans that “attitude reflects leadership” holds true in any organization. When employees have a manager that does not abide by the company’s code of conduct this can lead to negative attitudes among employees. Leaders in organizations should have their own set of clauses in a code of conduct that they must abide by. Management should be held to a much higher standard regarding a code of conduct. If management is allowed to be exempt from these clauses of a company’s code of conduct this allows opportunities for abuse of power and other negative behaviors within the organization. A code of conduct determines the organization’s commitment to ethical business practices and accountability. It is uncommon to see a code of conduct specifically for management in organizations. For this reason, I would add a specific code of conduct for members of management including, but not limited to abuse of power, conflict of interest, and office politics.
Classmate 2
In the organization in which I am currently employed, a board develops, implements and monitor policies which are better known as the code of conduct. The code of conduct was designed to set the expectation of the employees. They are designed to maintain professionalism and to ensure compassionate service.
During the initial orientation or training process are provided information on the Code of Conduct as well as the code of ethic, policies and procedures. This insures that each employee understand what is expected on a day to day operation of the organization. The orientation and training process last over a three month period.
I am agreement with the code of conduct at my organization. An example of a code of conduct is that an employee shall not use their position to secure privileges or advantages for themselves. Another example would be that the employee shall maintain appropriate and professional relationship with current or former clients. A third example is that the employee shall not accept gifts or favor of a nature to imply any obligation that is inconsistent with the free and objective exercise of their professional responsibility. At any time that a violation of the code of conduct is found the employee can be terminated.
I feel that code of conduct are necessary for all business and organization. Code of conduct helps to maintain balance and structure. Just think about it, without rules and boundaries things would be out of control. Where there is no structure there is no order. My organization ensures that the code of conduct is completed understood, undated training is completed yearly. The yearly updates ensures that everyone understand the rule and expectation clearly.
When you have read the online lecture area in Module 1 about natural protections for the brain, think about what man-made protections there are including precautions we ourselves do, technologies we can use and laws that govern possible protections. Talk about your ideas in this discussion and particularly the ones that pertain to you and your activities.
The lecture note
Chapter 2 Neuroanatomy – Cells and Stuctures
Learning Objectives/Outcomes – After studying this chapter and online notes the student should be able to understand the following:
1. Contrast the differing roles of the glia with the roles of the neurons in the nervous system2. Apply the directional terms used in studying the brain and the peripheral nervous system3. Differentiate the central nervous system from the peripheral nervous system4. Analyze the protections of the brain5. Contrast the roles of the three functional types of neurons6. Analyze the pervasiveness of the nervous system throughout the body7. Compare the brain structures in the hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain
Functionally There are 3 Types of Neurons
If we look at neurons and how they function, we can categorize them into 3 categories:
1. Sensory neurons – these are responsible for transducing the environmental energy into neural energy of the action potential.
2. Motor Neurons – these are responsible for enervating (causing excitation) in a motor fiber. Muscles of the body, whether skeletal or the muscles of the gut are made of muscle fibers and neurons are responsible for make them move.
3. Interneurons – if a neuron is not a sensory neuron or a motor neuron, it is an interneuron. Interneurons continue the messages from sensory neurons up afferently toward the brain and down efferently from the brain to a muscle.
Brain Anatomy
All of these pictures were taken at UTPB in the lab with a full human brain and a half human brain. It is one thing to look at plastic models and those can be quite helpful, but very different to look at the brain itself. This brain has been preserved in Formalin so that it would not break down in the normal process of all organic tissue. This process makes the tissues shrink somewhat and so know that the living brain would be considerably less dense and contracted. It is a bit like sticking your finger into partially congealed jello – I know that sound weird, but do know that the brain itself has no pain neurons so it is not painful to touch parts. However, the scalp and other tissues certainly have pain sensors.
Bottom view The hindbrain is visible with the medulla and pons toward the bottom with the cerebellum on each side. The cranial nerves come off the hindbrain and the higher portion of the midbrain. In the middle you will see twin structures making a “V” shape. Those are the tracts for the optic nerve.
Top view of human brain. Notice the two cortex hemispheres, the sulcus and gyrus formations, and the central fissure that divides the cortex into the hemispheres.
This shows the way the cerebellum “hands” off the cortex area. The central fissure is also evident and the corpuscallosum is almost visible in the crevice of the central fissure.
This is a saggital cut through the profile. This cut allows us to see the most variety of structures. Read and study your book and then see if you can test yourself here. Remember that there has been a lot of compacting of tissue to to the Formalin fixative. Also, you will see the swellings of the pons right above the cerebellum. However, the medulla is missing. Close up of the sub-arachnoid layer You have read about and that is one of the protections of the brain. Cerebral-spinal fluid runs through it in the living brain and those dark areas are blood vessels that run through it to help nourish the brain. In the living brain it would be more organized than what we see here of course. Cross section of the cerebellum. Its fern-like appearance shows how important the functions are and gives more surface area to allow for many functions. This is similar to the gyrus and sulcus formation which allow for more surface area of the cortex for the same reason. The cerebellum is often called the “mini brain” because of its appearance and broad functions. Close-up of optic nerve tract and olfactory tract Note the two thickish white “V” structure. That is the optic nerve that the axons from the ganglion cells of the retina go through on their way through the visual pathway to the visual (striate) cortex. The intersect of the “V” is the opticchiasm where axons from each eye go contralateral andipsilateral to the visual cortex. That way, both sides of the visual cortex have information from both eyes. Just above each of these tracts you will see a sort of worm like structure running up and down in our picture. Those are the olfactory tracts for the axons of the olfactory bulb for smell. These axons synapse directly into the frontal lobe as smell is the only sense that does not go through the thalamus.
Natural Protections of the Brain
The brain is a vital organ that obviously needs protection from harm because it is a survival organ. There are 7 main natural protections of the brain:
1. Skull – This hard, bony structure helps protect the underlying soft tissue from injury. In newborn babies, the skull is not fully formed and is softer so great care must be taken to protect such developing skulls.e
2. Dura Mater – This strong tissue lies right underneath the skull and is whitish and may remind you of a swimmers latex swim cap. It further protects the soft tissue below because of it strong nature.
3. Sub-Arachnoid Layer – This layer of tissue is web-like and thus, it’s name is that of the spider. It is a web-like layer that has many blood vessels to supply oxygen and glucose to the brain and the cerebral-spinal fluid flows within it. This helps cushion the brain within the skull cavity.
4. Pia Mater – this layer of protective tissue is not visible to the human eye but is below the sub-arachnoid layer and help protect the tender tissues of the cortex from toxins and other agents that are foreign to the brain.
5. Cerebral-Spinal Fluid – This fluid flows in the skull and the spinal cord and circulates and is replaces daily by the body. It brings vitals substances to the brain as well as “washing” wastes from the brain. It’s main function is to give the brain bouncy. When any trauma comes from the outside, it allows the brain to “slosh” around so that the trauma is lessened or avoided. One interesting thing to mention is the idea of a Contrecoup injury. If the head is hit hard as in an automobile accident, the brain will slosh to the other side and hit the skull on the opposite side of the trauma. There may be injury to the side of the head where the trauma hit, but there may also be injury to the other side of the head where the brain impacted the inside of the skull. This is often what happens in football injuries and can have serious results. It is probably that Mohammad Ali had many of these during his boxing days.
6. Ventricles – there are 4 ventricles of the brain. Two are in the upper part (the lateral ventricles) and can be seen if you slice the top of the brain in lateral cuts though thesulci and gyri until the brain cavity opens up. The other two are below these one on top of the other. Cerebral-spinal fluid flows within all of them. They also act as a protection by the give that they have if the brain is compressed in trauma. They allow for some give and take and try to minimize damage. There are also important neurons that line these ventricles for such functions as hunger and thirst.
7. Blood Brain Barrier – this involves all the vessels and capillaries of the circulatory system that service the brain and spinal cord tissue. While these capillaries are much like those of the whole rest of the body, they have a unique feature. The walls of all these vessels and capillaries are non-fenestrated or continuous so that they only allow very small molecules to pass through and thus get into the brain. They allow oxygen and glucose through but keep out most viruses, bacteria, toxins and metals. This is a protection to the brain tissue. Most capillaries (fenestrated ones) in other parts of the body allow for the passage of much larger molecules that could harm the brain. As good as this protection is, it sometimes poses a problem in getting medications into the brain that may be needed.
the primary goal of multicultural education is towards offering fair opportunity to all children with different cultural background and simultaneously enable them to interact with the community of various background, hence, producing a quality and unwavering future generation integrating physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual element.
Based on the above statement, suggest TWO (2) professional development programs for Malaysian teachers in facing the challenges of managing diversity of students in the classroom. Provide suitable example to support your answer.
In the Galapagos Islands, finches on different islands have beaks of different shapes, so they can gather the food that grows on the island where they live. Their beaks are examples of which of the following?
A. external structures
B. behavioral adaptations
C. internal structures
D. instinctual behaviors
List the 8 types of deflagrate ons and give an example of each.
Why are combustible gas-air mixtures flammable in certain proportions and not flammable in other proportions?
I need some assistance with these assignment. divergent factors leading to growth in europe and not in china Thank you in advance for the help! According to Kenneth, China, in spite of making advancements in science was unable to emerge as a strong economy. It was troubled due to its non-integrated political framework that prevented free trade and exchange of goods between different regions (Kenneth, 12-15) Weak political structure not allowed much of innovations to be carried forward to the next level of production. However, Europe attempted for excellence in its work, brought new styles of production that reduced time and energy and facilitated greater efficiency.
Another factor that greatly influenced capitalism was the geographical setup. North Western Europe has vast coal mines. When North America became the largest importer of coal then Europe started specializing in the production of energy rather than agriculture. An influenced of trade and commerce came at hand, which in turn gave a phenomenal increase to entrepreneurship in Europe. Individual enterprise, easy availability of credit and huge profits were the motivations for the people of Europe.
The capitalists in Europe emerged from monasteries as these religious places amassed wealth. Materialistic tendencies gave rise to the individualist approach towards trade practices. This need to increase wealth gave rise to capitalism that fueled one of the most important revolutions of the modern world i.e. The Industrial Revolution.
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