CAD Project – Solid Works

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Computer-aided design is a major component of modern engineering and rapid prototyping.  To celebrate your future career in modern engineering, we are offering the opportunity to earn points for generating a computer-aided design of a scientific apparatus.  Typically students use Solidworks software, however other programs can generate sufficient files.
In order to gain credit in this exercise, you will need to submit files that clearly demonstrate that the authorship and artistry of the design is yours.  Zipped files are best. Solidworks assemblies are welcome, as long as all component files are present so that they can be opened.
Student projects are assessed upon difficulty, accuracy, and accompanying word file explanation of the use of the apparatus and its influence on science.
Designs used for your Solidworks design course are not accepted for credit. This means that mechanical pencils, bicycle gears and pedals, as well as other assignments given in that course will not gain credit.  The design has to be new, and has to be chemistry apparatus.

Business Finance Analysis Paper

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Description of the Assignment:
Refer to what your instructor wants you to do and/or to submit, as detailed below in the Deliverables section. Include the real-world (authentic) situation, type of task to be accomplished, and the sorts of higher-order thinking (analysis, reasoning, critical thinking, etc.) that were requested and/or shared throughout your course thus far.
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Deliverables 

Choose a company that MANUFACTURES a product or products.    (CLOs 1,2,3,5,6)
The Company: Nvidia (NVDA)
The company must be listed on a stock exchange, it may be domestic stock exchange, such as New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or foreign stock exchange, such as Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). All companies listed on the stock exchanges are publicly traded and the information you will need can be found on the company’s website. This includes but is not limited to financial reports, annual reports, and investor reports. Information may be found through other sources as well (such as 10-Q and 10-K reports for domestic companies). So please use all tools available to you.
NOTE: ONLY ONE STUDENT CAN WORK ON A GIVEN COMPANY AND THEREFORE REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF YOUR PROFESSOR. APPROVAL WILL BE GRANTED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.
Once your selection has been approved, you will do the following:

  1. Provide the name of the company and devote at least one (1) page describing its (a) organizational structure, (b) the product or products manufactured, (c) their societal impact or ethical issues they have encountered, and (d) the markets it serves.
  2. Identify the method of calculating manufacturing cost for the company.
  3. Determine if the cost method the company has chosen is most appropriate and explain three (3) reasons why the method is appropriate.
  4. If you decide the cost method the company has chosen is not appropriate, write a recommendation as if you are sending it to the company for real and discuss three (3) reasons to support your recommendation.
  5. Suppose your selected company is planning to launch a new product. The target profit for this new product is roughly 1/12 the entire company’s most recently reported annual profit (before taxes). The fixed cost for the new product is estimated to be about 40% of the most recently reported annual cost of goods sold. The contribution margin per unit is smaller by a factor of 20 of the new product’s fixed cost. How many units must be sold for the new product line to breakeven? You must show ALL your assumptions and calculations.
  6. This assignment needs to be 5-7 pages in total (cover page and reference page/s are not included in this count).

Paper Requirements

  • Most classes have a 2 paper requirement per course. Please be sure to address the following requirements when completing your papers:
    • The cover page and reference page/s are not included in the page requirement or word count. These should be in addition to page requirements.
    • Papers need to be formatted in proper APA 6th Edition style.
    • Each paper requires a minimum of at least three outside peer-reviewed sources for your references.
      • Acceptable/credible sources include: Academic journals and books, industry journals,  and the class textbook.   You could use credible business website sources in addition to the peer-reviewed required sources, but avoid Wikipedia and Google. These are academic papers that need to include scholarly research.
    • Using your textbook is required as well to demonstrate that you have read the required material.

Family Health Assessment Part 2 750 Words

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Refer back to the interview and evaluation you conducted in the Topic 2 Family Health Assessment assignment. Identify the social determinates of health (SDOH) contributing to the family’s health status. In a 750-1,000-word paper, create a plan of action to incorporate health promotion strategies for this family. Include the following:

  1. Describe the SDOH that affect the family health status. What is the impact of these SDOH on the family? Discuss why these factors are prevalent for this family.
  2. Based on the information gathered through the family health assessment, recommend age-appropriate screenings for each family member. Provide support and rationale for your suggestions.
  3. Choose a health model to assist in creating a plan of action. Describe the model selected. Discuss the reasons why this health model is the best choice for this family. Provide rationale for your reasoning.
  4. Using the model, outline the steps for a family-centered health promotion. Include strategies for communication.

Cite at least three peer-reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria.
Part 1 attached, please use the paper from part 1 to answer and respond for this paper.

refugees and human rights

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INTRODUCTION (4 PAGES)

. refugee meaning
. ASYLUM & THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES
. the universal declaration of human rights refugees
. causes of refugees
. Refugees and Asylees
. refugee’s crisis
. Refugee law
. Germany in the refugee crisis
. the countries that accept the most refugees in the world
 
 
RESEARCH QUESTION

  • WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
  • WHAT EXACTLY AM I TRYING TO FIND OUT
  • INTRODUCE CASE STUDIES
  • OVERALL GOALS

DO THE THEORIES EXPLAIN YOUR CLASE
 
 
 
LITERATURE REVIEW  (4 PAGES)

  • WHAT THEORIES EXPLAIN YOUR CASE
  • WHAT MECHANISMS EXPLAIN WHAT WE SHOULD FIND
  • WHAT ARE THE ARGUMENTS IN THE LITERATURE (EACH PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE A DIFFERENT ARGUMENT IN THE LITERATURE NOT A DIFFERENT AUTHOR)

 
 
(OUTLINE) CASE STUDIES (4 PAGE OUTLINE OF THE CASE STUDIES) ABOUT Germany and refugees crisis

  • HISTORY OF THE CASE
  • THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CASE WITH RESPECT TO THE LITERATURE.

 

Economics Article Analysis

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Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/business/economy/federal-reserve-says-ready-to-act.html 
It is important that you remain politically objective and consider the economic implications of the article in a measured and analytic way. The goal of these exercises is to apply the theoretical framework we will be learning to contemporary real world issues – less important is whether you agree with a particular policy or not. Your analysis should include both written analysis and graphs to support your arguments. You should address the content of the news article in a clear and thorough manner. Legibility is a key part of communicating your ideas. Grading is out of five points possible and will focus on three main areas: 1) addressing the issues discussed in the article, 2) accurately using economic theory to analyze the issues, 3) clarity of communication.

Accounting Information Systems

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ACCT 315 – Accounting Information Systems
Final Case Study – 50 points
 
 
Requirements
Students are required to create a fictitious (preferably a manufacturing) company (or use a company with which you are familiar). The company will have the following details:

  • A brief description about the company, including industry information and products.

 

  • An organizational chart showing clearly the corporate structure.

 

  • Individual Data Flow Diagram (DFD) for each of the following cycles:
    1. The Revenue cycle
    2. The Expenditure cycle
    3. The Production cycle
    4. The Human Resource cycle

 

  • Finally all the four cycles should be presented in on integrated diagram.

 
Students can use the diagrams presented in the textbook and elaborate the diagrams. Students will be graded on the inclusion of all items above as well as neatness and accuracy of the study.
 

Homework 7 – Preparation for the Role Play* 

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Homework 7 – Preparation for the Role Play* 
* Evaluating Elements of the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan
To prepare to take part in the class activity, you need to learn about the water challenges of the Yakima River Basin and the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan.  To do this, you will have several readings. Some will be shared by everyone so we have some common understanding, some will be specific to your stakeholder role.
In any serious effort to promote more sustainable water resource management, one must engage in a long, interdisciplinary, and hopefully inclusive process – one that blends science, policy, politics, values, traditions, etc.  The people in the Yakima River Basin and the Washington State government have long been aware of the water challenges in the basin and have been struggling to come to some compromises to preserve water resources and ecosystems while also accommodating cultural needs, agricultural productivity, and development potential.  Learning about the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan will provide a window into the kind of controversies and decisions that must be grappled with in any region coping with insufficient water to meet demands.
For this assignment, work through the following steps…
Step 1 – Work through the common readings
Step 2 – Do the readings specific to your stakeholder role
Take good notes throughout steps 2 and 3 to help you keep in mind the most significant water-related challenges in the Yakima River Basin, potential solutions to them, and your stakeholder perspectives related to them. To learn more, you can peruse the articles listed in Other Resources, or dive into the readings for other stakeholders.
The Common Readings

Stakeholder Specific Readings (citations lacking links are in Canvas in the Readings for 5/21 Module)

  1. Senior Water Rights Holders (Anthony Arutyunov, Katie Boyd, Michael Case, Danielle Hufana, Binit Khadka, Bob Lewis, Lauren Mamaghani, Angelica Mendoza, Emily Person)
  2. Center for Environmental Law & Policy (n.d.). Kittitas County: Water Scarcity and Exempt Wells. http://www.celp.org/archive/kittitas/petition/overview.html
  3. Bacon, T (2015). State Buying Up Water Rights in Yakima River Basin. Spokane Public Radio. http://spokanepublicradio.org/post/state-buying-water-rights-yakima-river-basin
  4. Washington State Department of Ecology (2013). Water Rights in Washington. https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/961804swr.pdf  [As much of the controversy in water allocation in the Yakima Basin (and elsewhere) revolves around water rights, this is a FAQ that can help you get a sense of how water rights are established.]

 

  1. Junior Water Rights Holders (Nora Abdi, Abdullah Alsubhi, Eugene Joo, Alexa Luna, Duha Mohamed, Michael Ngo, Mevin Santhosh, Shawn Smith, Clarissa Teodoro)
  2. Morrison, S (2013). Letter to the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Workgroup on behalf of the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance. http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/2011integratedplan/2013meetings/2013-03-13/11ybsa.pdf
  3. Columbia Institute for Water Policy (2007). History of Over-Appropriation in the Yakima River Basin. http://columbia-institute.org/blackrock/backrock/Overappropriation.html
  4. Columbia Institute for Water Policy (2007). The Black Rock Dam Proposal. http://columbia-institute.org/blackrock/backrock/Proposed_dam.html

 

  1. Government Representatives (Gerardo Apin, Kayla Chamberlain, Highland Edelman, Keegan O’Neill, Juan Pena, Marvin Puna, Melissa Radecke, Anna Strigenz)
  2. Malloch, S and Garrity, M (2015). Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan: Implementing Basin-Scale Water Management & Climate Adaptation. The Water Report. Pages 1-8. http://swwrc.wsu.edu/documents/2015/05/thewaterreport135.pdf
  3. There are several comment letters from government agencies in the following report starting on page 522 of the pdf reader (CR-30): S. Department of Interior (2012). Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Plan Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/reports/FPEIS/fpeis.pdf
  4. Benitz, M (2009). Re: Yakima Supplemental Draft. Comment letter to Derek Sandison, Washington State Department of Ecology. First letter in pdf. [See Readings for 6/2 Module in the Canvas site]

 

  1. Environmental Groups (Roni Bass, Kylie Cope, Gloria Gonzalez-Zapata, Emma Hattori, Stephanie Mai, Angelina Monary, Jake Salvador, Ranim Shayko, Audrey Tinnin)

Read the first article by Martin, then at least three of the others taking issue with aspects of the plan:

  1. Martin, J (2007). Big Growth, Big Fight Over Water. The Seattle Times. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/big-growth-big-fight-over-water/
  2. Cantrell, S (2009, 2012, 2013). 3 Letters regarding the Bumping Lake enlargement proposal from the Seattle Audubon Society. http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/2011integratedplan/2013meetings/2013-03-13/14audubon.pdf
  3. Evans, B (2009). Re: Comments of the Endangered Species Coalition on Work Group Draft Integrated Plan. Letter to the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Working Group. [pdf available in Readings for 5/22 Module in the Canvas site.]
  4. Forsgaard, K (2013). Yakima Plan Blunders On. The Wild Cascades. http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/2011integratedplan/2013meetings/2013-03-13/12cmaykut.pdf [A pretty scathing assessment of the plan.]
  5. McGuire, R, Bates, M, Suckling, K, Skinner, S, Bekker, G, Evans, B, Zuber, J, Maykut, C, Pica, E, Adams, C, Town M, Konigsmark, K, and Baldi, G (2012). Re: Proposed National Recreation Areas. Letter to the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Workgroup on behalf of several environmental groups. [pdf available in Readings for 5/22 Module in the Canvas site.]
  6. O’Keefe, T (2011). Re: Integrated Water Resource Management Plan, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project. Comment letter representing views of American Whitewater in U.S. Department of Interior (2011). Scoping Summary Report – Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan. http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/2011integratedplan/final-scopsum-red.pdf [See the docx of just the letter in Readings for 5/22 Module in the Canvas site]
  7. Platt, E (2009). Letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding the Bumping Lake Storage Expansion Proposal on behalf of the Gifford Pinchot Task Force. [pdf available in Readings for 5/22 Module in the Canvas site.]
  8. Ransel, K, Carter, N, Del Giudice, P, Ellis, S, Baldi, J, Wahl, L, Masonis, R, Leaumont, R, Arthur, B, Curtis, J and Beardslee, K (2003). Letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation about the Black Rock Storage Proposal from 10 environmental groups. Water Planet. http://www.waterplanet.ws/pdf/wpbr20061210.pdf

 

  1. The Tribal Nations (Benny Lee, Hank Kilmer, Daniel McCoy, Maritza Ortega, David Perales, Elena Pham, Elizabeth Roe, Angelo Tadrous, Xiting Wang, Xuefing Xia, Luxin Zhang)
  2. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (2012). Re: Joint Yakama Nation, Roza Irrigation District Comments on Yakima Basin Storage Study. Letter to Derek Sandison, Washington State Department of Ecology and David Kaumheimer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.   [See Readings for 5/22 Module in the Canvas site]
  3. Normandeau Associates (2014). Water Rights/Tribal Treaty Rights, in Technical Review: Yakima River Basin Study  Proposed Integrated Water Resource Management Plan. Prepared for the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance.  Pages 27-32. http://ybsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/YBSA-IP-Technical-Review-Revised-Final-Report-7-29-14.pdf
  4. There are several other comment letters from tribal nations in the following report starting on page 509 of the pdf reader (CR-17): S. Department of Interior (2012). Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Plan Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/reports/FPEIS/fpeis.pdf

 
 
Other Resources
Cook, J and Rabotyagov, S (2015). Water Markets: Do Agricultural Sellers Only Care About the Offered Price per Acre-Foot?  Evans School of Business. University of Washington. http://evans.uw.edu/sites/default/files/public/EvansWorkingPaper-2011-06.pdf
 
Kent, C (2004). Water Resource Planning in the Yakima River Basin: Development vs. Sustainability. Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 66: 27-60. https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/yearbook_of_the_association_of_pacific_coast_geographers/v066/66.1kent.html#fig01
 
Martin, J (2007). Big Growth, Big Fight Over Water. The Seattle Times.  http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/big-growth-big-fight-over-water/
Ulep, AJ. (2013). Water They Doing Right in Yakima? A Qualitative Study in Collaborative Watershed Planning of the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan. Thesis, Goldman Honors Program in Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University. http://www.academia.edu/10665427/Water_they_doing_right_in_Yakima_A_Qualitative_Study_in_Collaborative_Watershed_Planning_of_the_Yakima_River_Basin_Integrated_Water_Resource_Management_Plan
 
U.S. Department of Interior (2011). Scoping Summary Report – Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan. http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/2011integratedplan/final-scopsum-red.pdf
 
U.S. Department of Interior (2012). Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Plan Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/reports/FPEIS/fpeis.pdf
Washington State Department of Ecology – Yakima Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan (YBIP) http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/cwp/YBIP.html [A web page with links to many documents]
Wilkins-Wells, K (2011). Water Rights Markets – Again. Wisdom in Water, Please… http://nwksgmd4.blogspot.com/2011/07/water-rights-markets-again.html
Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Columbia-Cascades Area Office – http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/ [A web page with links to many documents]
Yakima Basin Storage Alliance – http://ybsa.org/ [A web page with links to many documents. This alliance promotes the formation of more and bigger reservoirs.]
Yakima Basin Storage Alliance (2012). Why YBSA believes more water is required for the Integrated Plan. http://ybsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Why-YBSA-belives-more-water-is-required-for-the-IP-final1.pdf

Eng

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In a minimum 250-word paragraph, Answer the following questons: what do you see as the biggest difference between communites of practice and discoures communities. Between the two frameworks, which do you find to be the most useful for thinking about your professional and academic life and why? Explain and give examples.

Discussion 8

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We are your parting thoughts as we finish this course? To persist in our development as a scholarly community that works collectively to extend knowledge, what wisdom can you offer your classmates? What tips would you offer to a learner just beginning this course?  In 250-words or less provide at least three valuable insights you have developed; making sure to identify to whom this information is useful and why it is of import. Keep in mind, your insights will most likely be shared with future DBA candidates