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You will write one (1) paper during the semester, 6-8 pages in length NOT INCLUDING THE TITLE AND REFERENCE PAGES. In this paper, you will use your own family as a case study as you analyze trends in how families have changed over time while incorporating a sociological theoretical perspective as well as your reading and comprehension from the textbook.
Using both a sociological theory and the sociological approach to study the family and how it contributes to society, you will examine your family’s set of norms, expectations, traditions, roles, statuses, and values, etc. You should interview members in your family across generations, (i.e., elders, middle age, youth, adolescents, etc.) Please provide names and ages in your paper. The paper should be written in APA format. You can research APA format if you are unsure of what it is.
The paper should consist of an Introduction of the subject matter (A Theme for your paper) and your family; a Review of the Literature (In this section, you can provide relationships from the textbook, readings, and/or any other sociology courses regarding sociological theoretical perspectives); Your paper must have a Sociological Theory to explain your family, relationships, trends, ideologies, interactions, etc. Reflection/Position Section (This section is where you include your position and/or reflection on the subject/interviewed aligned with the textbook, readings, discussions, etc.) The Conclusion is simply the summary of the paper. A PowerPoint presentation should accompany this paper.

For this assignment, you can choose to either create a PowerPoint presentation or write a report depicting your analysis of historical crime data for a specific category of crime or criminal issue. Focus your research on one component of the criminal justice system (i.e., law enforcement, courts, or corrections). The data and charts you develop may be used in your Final Paper.
For this assignment, you will
Present national data and trends based on the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting and/or the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Data Collection: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS); another comparable nationally recognized database, such as The Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool on the U.S. Department of Education’s The Tools You Need for Campus Safety and Security Analysis; or, for an international perspective, you may present data available at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Crime & Criminal Justice web page.
Present graphical statistical crime data for a specific category of crime from three comparably sized cities, counties, or states from three different regions of the country (e.g., Indianapolis, Austin, and San Francisco, etc. This information should be found on official government websites.)
Develop questions you would like to address based on the data you retrieved. (Note: You do not have to answer these questions for this assignment.) What crime prevention programs or initiatives are available to potentially address the crime or criminal justice issue? (Note: You are working through Step 18 in Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers in 60 Small Steps.)
If you choose to create a PowerPoint presentation, your PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of 10 slides long and must graphically display the statistical data developed for three comparable cities, counties, or states. Your presentation must incorporate national statistics for comparison. Your assessment may be in bullet or paragraph format and must be provided in the notes section of the presentation. Make sure you standardize your data (usually 1:1000; 1:10,000; or 1: 100,000) and incorporate the scale in a key for each chart.
You may wish to include visual enhancements in your presentation. These may include appropriate images, a consistent font, appropriate animations, and transitions from content piece to content piece and slide to slide. (Images should be cited in APA Style as outlined by the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center. Students may wish to use the following “Finding Non-Copyrighted Images for Presentations” guide for assistance with accessing freely available public domain and/or Creative Commons licensed images.) Top Ten Slide Tips, PowerPoint 2010 and the Simple Rules for Better PowerPoint Presentations web pages provide useful assistance with creating successful PowerPoint presentations.
If you choose to write a report, graphically display the statistical data developed for three comparable cities, counties, or states. Incorporate national statistics for comparison. You must include an introduction that presents the focus of the project for analysis. Your report must be at least five pages in addition to the title page and references page. Your assessment may be in bullet or paragraph format below the graphic display. Make sure you standardize your data (usually 1:1000; 1:10,000; or 1: 100,000) and incorporate the scale in a key for each chart.

Write a 3-4 page paper to analyze the scope of change in medical education from the 1800s to today, the apprenticeship and academic models, and the importance of understanding the history in order to help improve medical education in the future. Introduction Jake is seeking a position in health care recruiting and human capital management. […]

To Prepare:
Select a bill that has been proposed (not one that has been enacted) using the congressional websites provided in the Learning Resources.
The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Legislation Grid; 1-page Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement)
Be sure to add a title page, an introduction, purpose statement, and a conclusion. This is an APA paper.
Part 1: Legislation Grid
Based on the health-related bill (proposed, not enacted) you selected, complete the Legislation Grid Template. Be sure to address the following:
Determine the legislative intent of the bill you have reviewed.
Identify the proponents/opponents of the bill.
Identify the target populations addressed by the bill.
Where in the process is the bill currently? Is it in hearings or committees?
Part 2: Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement
Based on the health-related bill you selected, develop a 1-page Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement that addresses the following:
Advocate a position for the bill you selected and write testimony in support of your position.
Explain how the social determinants of income, age, education, or gender affect this legislation.
Describe how you would address the opponent to your position. Be specific and provide examples.
At least 2 outside resources and 2-3 course specific resources are used.

Childhood Research Report Requirements:
A. Name of Disease/Illness/Disorder/Health Condition: Identify the name and common medical terms used.
B. Description:
1. State a description of the Disease/Illness/Disorder/Health Condition.
2. What is the causative agent? (name of pathogen, risk factors, behaviors)
3. What is/are the mode(s) of transmission? How does the disease/Illness/Condition develop?
4. What are the signs? (objective indicator(s), measurable, visible signs of illness such as rash, fever,
bleeding, and/or the behavior)
5. What are the symptoms? (subjective indicators of illness usually difficult to measure such as pain,
fatigue, weakness, restlessness)
If applicable:
Links to an external site.
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1. Incubation period of disease? (time between pathogen entering system/body and the appearance
of signs/symptoms).
2. Communicable/Contagious period? (time period in which the disease can be spread from one
person to another)
C. Incidence and Prevalence:
1. Provide the incidence and prevalence of the Disease/Illness/Disorder/Health Condition.
2. Are the numbers increasing or decreasing?
3. Are there any trends?
D. Treatment:
1. Are there treatments available?
2. What is the treatment? Be specific
3. Where and how is the Disease/Illness/Disorder/Health Condition treated?
E. Prevention:
1. Discuss preventative measures that can be taken.
F. Community Impact:
1. What is being done at the federal, state, and community level to prevent and treat this disease.
(state program names or bills)
2. Are there any community, school, research programs in place? (Include program names for each)
G. Implications for the Educator/Teacher:
1. What types of actions/adjustments will a teacher in the school setting need to make for a child
with the Disease/Illness/Disorder/Health Condition?
2. Prevention: How could the school or classroom teacher prevent transmission?
3. Classroom Environment: What modifications might be required?
4. Adaptations of the curriculum: What types of curriculum changes will the teacher make for a
student(s) with this disease/health condition? Be specific
H. References:
 APA format
 Minimum 5 different sources – You may not use the class text as a source
 In text required (5)
 Complete reference page
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Our first essay requires you to write about two of the dramas we’ve read this semester. “Glaspell’s Trifles” and “Ibsen A Doll House, Act 1 & Act 2.” Below, you’ll find three assignment options. You must choose one of these three prompts and respond in essay form. Each prompt is designed to propel you toward an insightful, clear thesis statement that argues for a debatable claim. You will then need to gather evidence in the form of many specific details – plot points, quotes, character analysis – to support your thesis. Each prompt is also designed to get you thinking creatively about each drama. To do well on this assignment, show me that you have a solid understanding of the plays and the material I’ve gone over in the video lectures. 
Requirements
Due: 6/7
Length: 3 FULL pages (no more than 4), and a Works Cited page
Format: MLA format for both in-text citations and works cited entry. Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced, 1” margins.
Research: You should not do any outside research for this essay. I am grading your engagement with the texts.
AI Assistance: Any use of AI for this assignment is prohibited. This includes ChatGPT for “outlining” or “brainstorming,” and Grammerly for sentence level editing.
Essay Prompts Options
1. All the plays we’ve read say something about love and relationships, so it would be useful to consider how love operates in these plays. This prompt asks you to consider what two of these plays say about love and/or relationships and how you see these ideas play out in our contemporary culture of 2024. You might want to consider questions like, where do we get our ideas of “true love”? Are these plays good models for love? Are they too critical of love? Use plenty of specific details, quotes, and insights from both plays to support your answer.
2. It’s helpful to put works of literature “in conversation” with one another. It’s also possible to use your own creativity to reach some interesting literary interpretations. With that in mind, consider one of the following questions. (1) What advice would Nora Helmer give to Minnie Foster? (2) What advice would Minnie Foster give to Nora Helmer? Keep in mind, “advice” can be about many things. Fully explain your answer by telling us how you arrived at your answer, the implications of your advice, and/or what you think the advisee would do with the advice. Use plenty of specific details, quotes, and insights from both plays to support your answer.
3. A Doll House was written in 1879. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a little closer to us at 1916, while our ten-minute plays are chronologically the most contemporary to us. Despite the aged dates of composition, which one of the four plays we’ve read this semester strikes you as the most thematically contemporary? Which one best speaks to the theater going audience in 2024? Which would has the greatest resonance for us today? To help explain your answer, you need to identify the play that seems the least likely to resonate with an audience. Hint: Get beyond mere comprehension for the audience and think about the plays’ thematic meanings. Use plenty of specific details, quotes, and insights from both plays to support your answer.

Exercise Content
Create a Worksheet (Excel document) Comparing Three Laptops.
Problem: You are shopping for a new laptop and want to compare the prices of three laptops. You will compare laptops with similar specifications, but where the brands
and/or models are different. Perform the following tasks:
Part 1:
Create a Worksheet (Excel document) that compares the type, specifications, and the price for each laptop, as well as the costs to add an extended warranty. Use the concepts and techniques presented
in this module to calculate the average price of a laptop and average cost of an extended warranty and to format the worksheet (Excel document).
Include a Chart to compare the different laptop costs. Submit your assignment in the Excel format document (not in Word format or other formats).
Part 2: You made several decisions while creating the worksheet (Excel document) in this assignment: how to organize the data, how to display the text, which calculations to use, and which chart
to use. What was your rationale behind each of these decisions?

For decades, relational databases remained essentially unchanged; data was segmented into specific chunks for columns, slots, and repositories, also called structured data. However, in this Internet of Things (IoT) era, databases need to be reengineered because the very nature of data has changed. Today’s databases need to be developed with the needs of IoT in mind and have the ability to perform real-time processing to manage workloads that are dynamic. For example, relational databases should be able to work with real-time data streaming and big data (an example was presented in the unit lesson).
Scenario: eHermes wants their personnel to be able to view security video footage in real-time and provide them with the ability to query video footage for viewing. Choosing a database solution such as MongoDB would allow eHermes to store mobile self-driving video footage in the same database as the metadata.
To do this, eHermes needs a way to manage the demands of real-time data streaming for real-time analytics. Conduct some research for a NoSQL database application such as MongoDB or Cassandra that could meet this need. How would switching to a real-time database solution help eHermes remain competitive? Create a PowerPoint presentation that does the following:
Provides a brief introduction to IoT.
Presents an argument to the eHermes CEO that switching to a more dynamic database structure (NoSQL real-time database) will meet the demands of IoT.
Introduces some features of the database you chose, whether it is MongoDB, Cassandra, or another database.
Describes how switching to a more dynamic database will give eHermes a competitive advantage?
Your presentation must be a minimum of six slides, and you must use at least two academic resources. Any information from a resource used must be cited and referenced in APA format.

As you answer the question about costume in the film, be sure to read the PowerPoint slides first so that you are able to describe the costumes using proper historic costume terms. These are your class notes.  I will be looking for information from the notes when I grade the assignments.  You can also do some outside research in the Library and/or on the Internet for additional information. 
In other words, your descriptions must be more than just your observations about the costumes and accessories from viewing the films.  Your answer requires research as well as observations. You should also be able to compare the costumes in the films to those shown in costume history references to assess whether or not the costumes in the films were historically accurate or whether they were more the creative imagination of the costume designer with a bit of history thrown in. Be sure to include details about the costume that identifies it as part of a certain historical costume era.  For example, men have been wearing suits with jackets, pants, and shirts for about 170 years.  What details of construction, style, fabric, colors, make a “suit” from 1850 distinguishable from a suit worn by men in the current year?
Also, the summary of the story in the film is more than a brief overview of the plot. It is a detailed act-by-act summary of the storyline in the film, not the Wiki overview.  You can take notes while you view the film or you can use one of the many complete summaries that can be found on-line.
Select the film that you wish to view in its entirety. These are not short film clips or trailers for films. Appropriate films will be listed each week. The list is not exhaustive and you can also search for films to use for each assignment. Films do not have to be Hollywood blockbuster films. They can be documentaries or films from the History Channel or National Geographic. Some are foreign films and may have subtitles. You can use films from YouTube, NetFlix, Hulu, rented films or films that you already own. AVOID animated films (cartoons) and comedies because these do not illustrate authentic historic costumes. The intent is to find a film that accurately depicts the historic costume of the era. The more recent films are usually more historically accurate as far as the costume designs are concerned. Be sure to check with me if you are not certain about the appropriateness of the film you are considering for each assignment.
Before you view the film, read the Power Point slides that pertain to each historical era. These are your notes for this class.  I will be looking for information from the slides such as the use of proper historic costume terms in your Film Journals and Modern Design assignments. Refer to other references from the library, Internet, books, or other films for additional information about the historic era and clothing. By reading about the historic costume first, you will know what to look for in the film.
The following is a list of suggested films for the assignment about the the Directoire/Empire Period.  It is not a complete list and you may include documentaries as well as films.  If you discover other appropriate films, please forward them to me so that they can be added to this list. Remember to avoid animated, fantasy, or comedy films because the costumes are not accurate.  It is up to you to find the source of the film that you choose. 
A Quiet Passion (Empire era into Romantic era) The story of the poet, Emily Dickinson.
Pride and Prejudice (2003 or 1995 BBC series or other versions)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Vanity Fair (2004)
Becoming Jane (2007)
Persuasion (1995, 2007)
Mansfield Park (1999)
Emma (1996, 2009)
Miss Austen Regrets
Lost in Austen (modern and Empire)
Wuthering Heights (Netflix) (first part takes place in Rococo Era and ends in Empire Era)
Northanger Abbey (2007)
Mayerling
The Red Violin (first part of film only)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
War and Peace (2007)
Amazing Grace ((2006) *elements of Early Empire (1797) and Late Rococo (1782)
Bright Star (2009)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) 
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Death Comes to Pemberley
Hazard of Hearts
Bridgerton series (costumes have been “modernized” mostly in color and embellishment)
Sanditon (takes place in 1805 – Jane Austen’s unfinished novel) Costumes look to be historically accurate
Include the following in your journal report:
FILM JOURNAL
Information about the film (film credits): (5 points)
The title of the film/appropriate for the era
The year the film was produced
The historic costume era in which the film took place
The name of the director
The names of the main actors and the characters they played.
Write a detailed 1 page summary (2 – 3 paragraphs) of the story from the film. This is a detailed summary of the storyline from the film.  It is NOT a brief Wikipedia overview of the plot of the film.  YES, you can use the summaries of the storyline in films found on Wiki or film reviews. I would rather that you took notes re: the clothing and accessories while you view the film rather than making notes about the story. (15 points)
Clothing and Accessories (hats, scarves, shawls, jewelry, shoes, canes, fans, watches, etc.)
Examples of research topics: 
Select one head-to-toe outfit of a man, woman, or child from the film that you viewed. Describe the elements of the ensemble including the clothing and accessories using historic costume terms. Be sure to identify the details that make this costume different than modern costumes.  See the PP slides for the specific details of the costume for the historic costume era. Use historic costume terms to describe the ensemble.  If all of the elements of one outfit are not shown in the film (hats, shoes, etc.), add them by doing outside research from the PP slides and/or the Internet or textbooks.
OR, select one article of clothing or one accessory such as men’s/women’s hats for the historic costume era.  Describe hats from the film. Research ALL hats from this era – see PP slides, the Internet, historic costume books, etc. for additional information. In this option you are adding to observations from the film.
OR, Select accessories such as jewelry, hairstyles, headpieces, shoes, etc. Describe accessories from the film. Research VARIOUS accessories from this era. See PP slides, the Internet, historic costume books, etc. for additional information.
OR, research the costume designer for the film. What is his/her background?  Where did he/she get training in costume design? What are some of the designer’s accomplishments/awards/other movies in which they designed the costumes. Some considerations: what challenges did the designer encounter in producing costumes for this film and how were they overcome?; were the costumes historically accurate or were they “modernized”?; were the costumes borrowed or made specifically for this film?;  describe and illustrate an example of one of the costumes; Other?
OR, select a topic of your choice that concerns historic costume such as military attire, religious attire, sportswear, textiles used in the clothing, embellishments used on the clothing, etc. *Check to make sure your topic is appropriate. (40 points)
Use appropriate historic costume terms – see PP slides and other sources of information. (10 points)
Download a picture(s) to illustrate your topic.  (10 points)
Include your references in a bibliography at the end of your report. You should always include the film and the PP slides in your references. (5 points)
The total report should be approximately 1 -2 pages in length.
Film Journal Points:
A.  Title, Year, Director, Era, Actors                5
B.  Summary of the story                              15  
C.  Clothing/Topic Summary                         40
D.  Historic Costume Terms                          10
D.  Illustration(s)                                              10
E.  References (film and PP slides)                5
TOTAL:                                                          85

Select a research article that uses a randomized controlled trial focusing on a clinical nursing problem of your choice. Use this research article to address the following questions:
Provide an APA reference of the article including a GCU permalink or working link used to access the article.
Using the “CASP Randomized Controlled Trial Checklist,” found in topic Resources, evaluate the study. Based on your findings, summarize the critical appraisal of the selected research article.
Do the benefits of the experimental intervention outweigh the harms and costs? Identify and discuss one other ethical consideration applicable to quantitative research studies such as this one.
Initial discussion question posts should be a minimum of 200 words and include at least two references cited using APA format. Responses to peers or faculty should be 100-150 words and include one reference. Refer to “RN-BSN Discussion Question Rubric” and “RN-BSN Participation Rubric,” located in Class Resources, to understand the expectations for initial discussion question posts and participation posts, respectively.