Across Texas and the nation, the novel coronavirus is deadlier for people of color

Read the article linked below (by Emma Platoff and Carla Astudillo, as published in the Texas Tribune) and address all of the prompts below (at a minimum) in your primary post: 

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/30/texas-coronavirus-deaths/

Platoff and Astudillo, 2020, Across Texas and the nation, the novel coronavirus is deadlier for people of color.docx 

Summarize the article. Identify the central argument(s) and the evidence used to support it/them.

Identify how this issue relates to what you have learned from the course textbook. Be specific, citing a relevant passage from Unit 2 (ch. 7-14) and page from the book using MLA in-text citation format.

Summarize and evaluate the conclusion. Is it logically consistent or inconsistent with the evidence provided in the article? Is it consistent with what you learned in the textbook?

What have other scholars said about the issue? How are their findings consistent/inconsistent with those in the article?

Overall, what are your thoughts about the central argument, evidence, and conclusion presented and why?

You will not be able to see the work of other students until you have submitted your original posting. You will not be able to edit your post after you submit it.

 

For this assignment, create a PowerPoint presentation based on the following case study.

Read the following case study and answer the questions presented.

Case Scenario 2: A Jehovah’s Witness Patient on page 77

Questions:

In attempting to address Mr. Jackmon’s case, ask yourself the following questions if you are the nurse caring for Mr. Jackmon:

1. Where am I on the staircase concerning this patient? How can I move to the next level?
2. How familiar am I and the nursing and medical staff with the religious beliefs, values, and attitudes of people who are Jehovah’s Witnesses?
3. What significant differences exist in followers’ health beliefs and other Christian traditions? How different is this religion from my own?
4. What feelings and attitudes do I have about Mr. Jackmon’s beliefs about receiving blood?
5. How helpful are these attitudes toward the development of cooperative interaction between myself and the patient?
6. Are there alternative ways of treating this patient’s hemoglobinemia?
7. On what religious beliefs does Mr. Jackmon base his refusal of blood, despite his need for it?
8. From whom could the nursing staff gain more insight into the patient’s healthcare beliefs?
9. What strategies might be useful in meeting the physiological and psychological needs of this patient?
10. What resources might the nursing staff utilize to assist them in meeting this patient’s needs?

Your presentation should be at least 15 slides (not including title, objectives, and references slides) with detailed notes for each slide, including audio. Be sure to answer all the questions completely. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Include at least three (3) graphics. Support your content with citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end.

Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations by going to the Writing and Resource center, Module 3: Assignments, Microsoft, and utilizing Microsoft Overview and the Creating a Quality PowerPoint video.

Assignment Expectations

Length: at least 15 slides; answers must thoroughly address the questions clearly and concisely. Audio must be included.

Structure:

Title slide (1 slide)

Content slide (15 slides)

References (1 slide)

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.

     

BMGT 496 – Project 2:  Consumers and   Marketing (25%)

Purpose:  In this project, you will   assess marketing from a business perspective.  Specifically, you will   complete research and use the course material to discuss a product, brand or   industry, discuss how the product is suited to marketing of a particular   company.  You will also learn about the responsibilities of marketers in   relation to ethics.

Outcomes met by completing this project:

1. identify ethical issues that arise in   domestic and global business environments using an understanding of ethical   concepts and of legal and business principles

How to Set Up the Paper

Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF)   document that is double-spaced, 12-point font.  The final product   will be between 6-8 pages in length excluding the title page and reference   page.  Write clearly and concisely.

Instructions:

The five “conceptions of a consumer”   presents a framework for examining and organizing the purchase decision   process of consumers. Thus, the framework presents an opportunity to examine   the responsibility of the marketer to consider the ethical ramifications to   its consumer base, i.e. Corporate Social Responsibility.  The following   5 conceptions are defined and explained in the Business Ethics   Workshop, eBook, Chapter 12. 

1. The wary consumer 

2. The contracting consumer 

3. The protected consumer 

4. The renegade consumer 

5. The capable consumer

Course Material and Research

This project requires you to do research on   the Internet.  You are expected to use course material going beyond   defining terms.  You are expected to explain the ‘why and how’ of a   situation.  Avoid merely making statements but close the loop of the   discussion by explaining how something happens or why something   happens, which focuses on importance and impact.  In closing the   loop, you will demonstrate the ability to think clearly and rationally   showing an understanding of the logical connections between the course   material and the question(s) being asked.  Using one or two in-text   citations from the course material throughout the entire paper will not earn   many points on the assignment.  The support must be relevant and   applicable to the topic being discussed.  Points are not earned for   mentioning a term or concept but by clearly and thoroughly explaining or   discussing the question at hand.

Your Role

As consumers we can define our attitudes   and acceptance or rejection of advertising based upon our perceptions and   experience.  But as students of Business Management, we are called upon   to examine the topic more in depth and from a corporate perspective.    Project 2 will address the following questions from the perspective of a business owner   or chief marketing officer. 

Use this link: Project 2 Template to complete this project. (attached)

 You may not use books in completing this project.  Dictionaries, encyclopedia and Wikipedia may not be used.  

For this assignment, you will continue working on the WAG expansion project. The PM, project sponsor, and the Finance department have met and determined that 3 million US dollars is still the appropriate funding requirements to build the new plant in the UK over a 2-year time period. After meeting, the team determined the following breakdown for the allocation of costs:

• The budget will be $1.5 million per year
• 20% is allocated to salaries each year
• 50% is allocated to construction, upfitting, and purchase of land per year
• 20% is allocated for equipment purchases per year
• 10% is allocated for contingency reserve per year

Your task is to use the budget template linked below to input your projected budget breakdown for year 1 and year 2. Using the tasks that you created in the project management schedule from Module 03 and the work breakdown from Module 04, fill in the sheet so that you can begin building the budget by high-level task group. After completing your budget, explain in a Word document why you chose the expense lines that you included and justify the totals for each of your major categories.Below is an example of what your budget will look like once it is completed. 

 

Wait, what does T Rex have to do with marine biology?  Indirectly lots.  By studying patterns in animals we can see relationships and how species have changed over time.  Most of you are aware that mammals have hair/fur, give birth to live young, are warm-blooded and breastfeed their offspring.  When did those characteristics develop?  

Most of us know that we are more genetically similar to our siblings.  Our parents are close and as we move further away in our family tree, the genetic differences increase.  This also works with species.  Animals that are more closely related share more genetic patterns.  This is one reason the COVID vaccines MOSTLY work with the various mutations…although too simplistic, a COVID virus is a COVID virus and the treatment for one works for the other.  But as it mutates more and more, the differences become larger and eventually the vaccine doesn’t work. 

All species mutate and evolve over time.  This is normal.  Evolution is just a way to say that genetics change over time through making copies and by mixing genetics through reproduction which can speed up the change.  It’s not something we see in a generation, but over thousands of generations.  How many COVID generations have we experienced in the past year?…literally hundreds and viruses evolve much faster than most species.  As Dr. Fauci said, you can’t have mutation without replication and if we control the spread (and therefore replication) of COVID we will decrease the chances of mutation.  By comparison, human generations are long as so we don’t see changes that take thousands of generations and 10’s of thousands of years.  How many generations ago was the US created…average human generation is ~20 years divided by 225 years equals ~11 generations since George Washington was President.

This exercise looks at Tyrannosaurus Rex as a way to introduce you to how scientists study this.  One tool is the study of fossils.  As you work through the exercise, use the information provided to answer the questions.  Each piece of evidence helps us find answers but it doesn’t mean we have all the answers.  That’s the cool thing about science that most people forget…it’s about asking questions and then finding evidence to support or disprove.  Our personal beliefs in this don’t matter…what does the evidence show us.

Download and complete the document below.  Use the webpage HERE (Links to an external site.) to discover the answers and explore the idea of what did T-rex taste like.  Submit through dropbox the attached worksheet.

what did trex taste like.docx

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