Bandura Discussion

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The concepts of chance encounters and fortuitous events are fascinating ones. Regardless of how carefully people plan their life, a chance encounter or fortuitous event may substantially alter their life’s course. Discuss some ways in which chance changed your life. For example, Married students may be able to describe unplanned and unexpected events that led to their meeting a future spouse or to an unpredictable event that changed a nonromantic relationship into a romantic one. Similarly, other students may be able to reveal ways in which chance influenced a choice of curriculum or career.

 After you describe these chance encounters and fortuitous events, ponder about how your lives would be different if the encounter or event had not happened. For example, would a married person have met someone similar to his or her present spouse and have lived a life not unlike the present one? Bandura believes that chance encounters and fortuitous events enter the reciprocal determinism paradigm at the point of the environment (E). After that, the unplanned event may become overwhelmed by the person (P) and the behavior (B), or it may markedly change both P and B, thus, completely changing a person’s life.

Reflect upon, and judge, the lasting significance of their chance encounter or fortuitous event

400 words

Assignment: Scholar Practitioner Assignment: Addressing Co-Occurring Disorders

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Assignment: Scholar Practitioner Assignment: Addressing Co-Occurring Disorders

It is no coincidence that mental disorders and addiction often appear together because they share causative neurological roots hence, co-occurring disorders. Individuals with mental disorders often turn to mood-altering chemicals and behaviors in an attempt to self-medicate, making them more vulnerable to addiction.

The rates of co-occurring disorders are high. A differential diagnosis, or a diagnostic decision that differentiates between two similar disorders is needed to be able to differentiate between the two. As a helping professional you should be familiar with the appropriate diagnostic and treatment strategies needed to manage all aspects of these disorders.

For this Assignment, review the “SPP Treatment Plan Template” located in the resources and use this template for this Assignment.

Consider the following scenario:

Maria is a 44-year-old hearing-impaired Latina female who was admitted to the inpatient treatment facility for alcohol dependence where you are a substance abuse counselor. During her admission, Maria expressed reluctance to undergo treatment, stating that her family did not approve of counseling or psychiatric services because they see it as a sign of weakness. During her admission, she began crying hysterically. She stated that her husband left her and that her two teenage children were home alone. Maria was inebriated, under emotional distress, and ended up being carried to her assigned room by two staff members.
Your psychosocial intake assessment revealed she is also manifesting signs and symptoms of a major depressive disorder. You know that Maria needs help with her alcohol addiction, but you also know that her depression might be a cause or an effect of alcoholism.

Assignment:

Create a brief 30-day addiction treatment plan for Maria in the scenario.

Reflections

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Reflection

Competency 1 Reflection: Analyze the needs of organizations within a changing global business environment.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 500 words: 

The global business environment is constantly evolving based on the forces in the general and task environment. In order to sustain the company and maintain a competitive foothold, organization leaders must consistently analyze the global environment and adjust their strategy as needed. Managers play an important role in implementing strategies to achieve a company’s mission and goals.

Consider the four functions of management (e.g., planning, organizing, leading, and controlling). How would you characterize your current or past supervisor’s approach to management? Consider these questions in your response:

  • Which particular management tasks and roles does this person perform most often? 
  • What kinds of management skills does the manager have?
  • How does this approach affect a global environment? 

Now that you’ve considered the approaches to management, you can focus on the strategy that is affected by the management team. Research a company with stockholder reports available. These reports can usually be found on a company’s website. Use the report to answer the following questions:

  • What is (are) the main industry(ies) in which the company competes?
  • What business-level strategy does the company seem to be pursuing in this industry? Why?
  • What corporate-level strategies is the company pursuing? Why? 
  • Have there been any major changes in its strategy recently? Why?

Include citations in your response. 

Submit your reflection.

patho….nursing

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Assignment (2- to 3-page case study analysis)

Scenario: 

67-year-old female presents with chief complaint of shortness of breath, fatigue, weakness, unintentional weight loss, and mild numbness in her feet. She states she feels unsteady when she walks. PMH includes hypothyroidism well controlled on Synthroid 100 mcg/day. No hx of HTN or CHF.

Vital signs: Temp 98.7 F, pulse 118, Respirations 22, BP 108/64, PaO2 95% on room air.

Physical exam revealed pale, anxious female appearing older than stated years.

HEENT- pale conjunctiva of eyes and pale palate. Tongue beefy red and slightly swollen with loss of normal rugae. Turbinates pale but no swelling. Thyroid palpable but no nodules felt. No lymph nodes palpated.

Cardiac-regular rate and rhythm with soft II/VI systolic murmur. Respiratory- lungs clear with no adventitious breath sounds. Abdomen-soft, non-tender with positive bowel sounds. Liver edge palpated two finger breadths below right costal margin. Lab data- hemoglobin (hgb), hematocrit (hct), reticulocyte count, serum B12 levels low, mean corpuscle volume (MCV), plasma iron, and ferritin levels high, folate, Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) are normal.

In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following as it applies to the scenario you were provided (not all bullet points below may apply to each scenario- only include those that apply.):

  • The factors that affect fertility (STDs).
  • Why inflammatory markers rise in STD/PID.
  • Why prostatitis and infection happens. Also explain the causes of systemic reaction.
  • Why a patient would need a splenectomy after a diagnosis of ITP.
  • Anemia and the different kinds of anemia (i.e., micro and macrocytic).

Rubric:

 Develop a 1- to 2-page case study analysis, examining the patient symptoms presented in the case study. Be sure to address the following as it relates to the case you were assigned (omit section that does not pertain to your case, faculty will give full points for that section):

Explain the factors that affect fertility (STDs)

Points Range:23 (23.00%) – 25 (25.00%)

The response accurately and thoroughly describes the patient symptoms.

The response includes accurate, clear, and detailed explanations of the processes related to women’s and men’s health, infections, and hematologic disorders and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:20 (20.00%) – 22 (22.00%)

The response describes the patient symptoms.

The response includes accurate, explanations of the processes related to women’s and men’s health, infections, and hematologic disorders and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:18 (18.00%) – 19 (19.00%)

The response describes the patient symptoms in a manner that is vague or inaccurate.

The response includes explanations of the processes related to women’s and men’s health, infections, and hematologic disorders, with explanations that are vague or based on inappropriate evidence/research.

Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 17 (17.00%)

The response describes the patient symptoms in a manner that is vague and inaccurate, or the description is missing.

The response does not include explanations of the processes related to women’s and men’s health, infections, and hematologic disorders, or the explanations are vague or based on inappropriate evidence/research.

Explain why inflammatory markers rise in STD/PID

Points Range:18 (18.00%) – 20 (20.00%)

The response includes an accurate, complete, detailed, and specific analysis of the concepts and principles of pathophysiology across the life span and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:16 (16.00%) – 17 (17.00%)

The response includes an accurate explanation of how the highlighted processes interact to affect the patient and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:14 (14.00%) – 15 (15.00%)

The response includes a vague or inaccurate explanation of how the highlighted processes interact to affect the patient, with explanations that are based on inappropriate evidence/research.

Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 13 (13.00%)

The response includes a vague or inaccurate explanation of how the highlighted processes interact to affect the patient, with explanations that are based on inappropriate or missing evidence/research.

Explain why prostatitis and infection happen. Also explain the causes of systemic reaction.

Points Range:18 (18.00%) – 20 (20.00%)

The response includes an accurate, complete, detailed, and specific explanation of how the highlighted processes interact to affect the patient and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:16 (16.00%) – 17 (17.00%)

The response includes an accurate explanation of how the highlighted processes interact to affect the patient and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:14 (14.00%) – 15 (15.00%)

The response includes a vague or inaccurate explanation of how the highlighted processes interact to affect the patient, with explanations that are based on inappropriate evidence/research.

Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 13 (13.00%)

The response includes a vague or inaccurate explanation of how the highlighted processes interact to affect the patient, with explanations that are based on inappropriate or missing evidence/research.

Explain why a patient would need a splenectomy after a diagnosis of ITP.

Points Range:5 (5.00%) – 10 (10.00%)

The response includes an accurate, complete, detailed, and specific explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:4 (4.00%) – 4 (4.00%)

The response includes an accurate explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:3 (3.00%) – 3 (3.00%)

The response includes a vague or inaccurate explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning, and/or explanations are based on inappropriate evidence/research.

Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 2 (2.00%)

The response includes a vague or inaccurate explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning, or the explanations are based on inappropriate or no evidence/research.

Explain anemia and the different kinds of anemia (i.e., micro and macrocytic).

Points Range:5 (5.00%) – 10 (10.00%)

The response includes an accurate, complete, detailed, and specific explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:4 (4.00%) – 4 (4.00%)

The response includes an accurate explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning and is supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.

Points Range:3 (3.00%) – 3 (3.00%)

The response includes a vague or inaccurate explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning, and/or explanations are based on inappropriate evidence/research.

Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 2 (2.00%)

The response includes a vague or inaccurate explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning, or the explanations are based on inappropriate or no evidence/research.

Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization:

Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance.

A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction are provided that delineate all required criteria.

Points Range:5 (5.00%) – 5 (5.00%)

Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.

A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion are provided that delineate all required criteria.

Points Range:4 (4.00%) – 4 (4.00%)

Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time.

The purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment are stated, yet are brief and not descriptive.

Points Range:3 (3.00%) – 3 (3.00%)

Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%-79% of the time.

The purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment are vague or off topic.

Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 2 (2.00%)

Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity < 60% of the time.

No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion were provided.

Written Expression and Formatting – English Writing Standards:

Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation

Points Range:5 (5.00%) – 5 (5.00%)

Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.

Points Range:4 (4.00%) – 4 (4.00%)

Contains a few (1 or 2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

Points Range:3 (3.00%) – 3 (3.00%)

Contains several (3 or 4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 2 (2.00%)

Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding.

Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, running heads, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list.

Points Range:5 (5.00%) – 5 (5.00%)

Uses correct APA format with no errors.

Points Range:4 (4.00%) – 4 (4.00%)

Contains a few (1 or 2) APA format errors.

Points Range:3 (3.00%) – 3 (3.00%)

Contains several (3 or 4) APA format errors.

Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 2 (2.00%)

Contains many (≥ 5) APA format errors.

DSBDA W 10 A

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 This week’s reading centered around Bitcoin Economics.  For this week’s research paper, search the Internet and explain why some organizations are accepting and other organizations are rejecting the use of Bitcoins as a standard form of currency.  Your paper needs to identify two major companies that have adopted Bitcoin technology as well as one that has refused accepting Bitcoin as a form of currency. Be sure to discuss each organization, how they adopted (or why they won’t adopt) Bitcoin, and what recommendations you have for them to continue to support Bitcoin (or why they should support Bitcoin).Your paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
  • Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
  • Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
  • Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing

Week 1 Project: Case Analysis

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Two officers were patrolling a high-crime area of a town known for its high incidence of drug dealing. They noticed a man standing by a car speaking to the driver and passenger. He handed them an object and walked away.

According to the officers, when the driver and his passenger spotted the police, they got out of the car quickly and began walking away while glancing back at the officers nervously. The officers stopped the two men and asked them a few questions. During questioning, the officers detected what they believed was the smell of marijuana on the men.

The officers then performed a pat-down search and one of them noticed a bulge in the pocket of the driver’s jacket. The bulge felt like a bag of pills, so the officer reached into the man’s jacket and pulled out what was actually a bag of marijuana. The officers arrested the driver and searched the car. They found more marijuana under both seats of the car. They then arrested the passenger.

  • Was the stop of the two men by the officers legal with reference to the case of Illinois v. Gates (1983)? Why?
  • Was the search of the two men legal with reference to the case Minnesota v. Dickerson (1993)? Why?
  • Was the seizure of the marijuana from the driver a violation of the protection guaranteed under the Fourth Amendment? Why?
  • Was the officers’ search of the car legal? Why?
  • Was the arrest of the passenger legal? Why?

business and law

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Street artist Shepard Fairey, who was graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, and the nation’s largest news wire service, The Associated Press (A.P.), sued each other over who owns the right to use and sell a well-recognized photograph image of President Obama. The A.P. claims that Fairey is profiting from a photo taken by a freelance photographer, Mannie Garcia, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.  Fairey used the photograph as inspiration for his familiar “HOPE” poster, which became an unofficial symbol of the Obama presidential campaign.

Fairey claims that he simply used the A.P. photo “as a visual reference” and that his poster transforms the image in Garcia’s picture into a brand-new work of art with its own copyright protection.

The U.S. Copyright Code gives the creator of a photograph (or any kind of creative work, including movies, books, articles and songs) – the legal right to limit how other people can use the photo.

Background

A photograph, like any piece of creative work, becomes protected by copyright as soon as it is “fixed.” That means, as soon as the image is recorded in the photographer’s camera. The photo does not have to be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office or marked with the (c) copyright symbol to be legally protected.

When a photo is copyrighted, that means that the owner has the right to decide how other people use it. A wire service like The Associated Press makes its money by charging newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, and websites a fee to use its photographs. So, the A.P. is very protective about making sure that people are not duplicating or reselling its photos without a license and paying.

Photos are protected by copyright even when they are placed on the Web in a way that makes it very easy to duplicate them. An owner does not give up his copyright just by displaying the photo on a website.

If a person is accused of violating copyright law (“copyright infringement”), he can defend himself by proving that he made a “fair use.” The federal copyright law recognizes a “fair use” defense to allow people to make limited use of other people’s creative work, as long as they add some new creative value or meaning. Common examples of fair use are sampling a phrase from a popular song recording as part of a new song, or showing a brief clip from a movie to go along with a movie review.

To decide whether someone’s use of another person’s creative work is or isn’t a fair use, there are four points to consider:

Section 107 of the Copyright Act defines fair use as follows:

[T]he fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include —

  • the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
  • the nature of the copyrighted work;
  • the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;
  • and the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Or, another way to look at the 4 factors is:

  1. Who is the user? A nonprofit, journalistic, or educational use is more likely to be a fair use than a for-profit commercial use.
  2. What is being used? A highly creative piece of work – like a movie released in theaters – is more likely to be protected than an amateur cell-phone photo of a family pet.
  3. How much was used? If only a small “sample” is used – 20 seconds of a song, two lines from a poem – then the use is more likely to be fair. The user should use only what is necessary to make the point, and no more.
  4. How does the use affect the original? If the new user does something that is a substitute for the original – such as uploading five complete songs from a 10-song CD to a website – then the use will not be fair, because the new use will take away listeners (and potential buyers!) from the original.

Below on the left is a copy of the photo taken by Mr. Garcia on behalf of the A.P. Garcia doesn’t own the copyright to the image because he was a free lance photographer who gave up any rights to the image by a written contract with the A.P.. The image on the right is a copy of the poster that Shepard Fairey made based on the A.P. photo that he used without permission nor attribution.

Your task is to closely examine both images, the original copyrighted photo by A.P. and Fairey’s tribute to then Senator Obama who was running for president at the time. The original Fairey poster was printed in color on poster paper and was much larger than the original photo. After studying both images and comparing them, next look at the 4 fair use factors. Apply the facts – that is, your analysis of the “Hope” poster – and decide whether or not he transformed it enough in light of the 4 fair use factors to have created his own original copyrighted image free from infringement on the A.P. photo. How are they different and similar? Think about the tilt of the head, composition, use of color, words, symbols, shadows, and even the overall meaning of each.  Below is more factual information. One more thing, it isalleged Fairey violated the trademark rights of someone working for the Obama campaign. Can you pick out what it might be from the poster?

Fairey found the photo image of Obama when scrolling through various websites. He downloaded it and printed a copy. He then took the copy of the photo to a printing ship where he enlarged it to poster size.  He then used the enlarged print as a guide for creating the silkscreen Obama “Hope” poster. If you have ever watched the movie, Exit Thru the Gift Shop, which is about another street artist Banksy and Fairey, then you’ve seen the process he used.

In the beginning, Fairey gave the political posters away for free to various members of state Democratic Party Committees. After receiving widespread acclaim, Fairey and his wife decided to commercialize the project. He then made posters in different sizes on different paper qualities. Some he signed, numbered, and dated. Those he charged more money than posters sold on lower quality paper and unsigned or undated posters. It is not clear how much money Fairey made from selling the posters, but it is estimated to have been in the order of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Who wins and why?

facility financing

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here are several notable legal issues related to facility financing  proposals, team relocation, and property acquisition for new stadiums  and arenas. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze facility  financing legal issues involved in prefinancing, postfinancing, and  eminent domain.

In 1,000-1,250 words, address each facility financing issue listed below:

Prefinancing

Since  taxpayers often bear a significant bulk of the cost relative to  facility financing proposals, it has become fairly common for new  stadium proposals involving public financing to be challenged in the  courts. Groups who challenge stadium financing proposals make three  primary legal arguments. Identify and explain each of these arguments,  citing at least two specific cases.

Postfinancing

There  are additional legal challenges that arise after a stadium has been  financed and built because a team threatens to leave for another city  with a newer stadium or arena. Identify two specific examples of cities  exercising their contractual rights under the stadium or arena lease  agreements either to prevent a team from leaving or to slow its  departure.

Eminent Domain

Modern  day stadium or arena projects commonly include hotels, restaurants,  shopping malls, and other commercial developments. In these types of  projects, the privately held surrounding commercial and residential  properties are vulnerable to being taken over by the city or county.  Explain the concept of eminent domain and provide one example of a  notable eminent domain controversy.

You are required to reference at least two academic resources for this assignment. 

ball toss report

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Grading Rubric:

Format of report is worth 1 point

Objectives are worth 2 points

Preliminary Questions are 1 point each, for a total of 3 points

Method is worth 2 points

Data is worth 3 points. You need the Data Table as well as the plots of position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time

Data Analysis is worth 3 points

Questions are 1 point per question, but for this assignment, Question 1 has 7 parts, worth total of 7 points, total overall of 16 points for questions

Conclusions are worth 3 points. The conclusions normally describe what you learned in the lab, and if it succeeded. Start by looking at the objectives of the lab. Were they satisfied? If they were, in the conclusions, state something like: In the ball toss lab, a basketball was tossed above a motion detector, and displacement, velocity, and acceleration were plotted vs. time. Each plot was studied. For the free fall section of each plot, a best fit curve, line, or statistics were used. A quadratic curve fit for the displacement plot, a linear curve fit for the velocity plot, and mean was used for the acceleration plot. Each fit was used to compare with the acceleration of gravity, and each parameter fit within a few percent error of the acceleration of gravity.

You can make it less technical, or longer or shorter.

The “Lab 4 Ball Toss ON 2 Report Template.docx” attached file is your template, with the data curves included. The “Notes Ball Toss Lab.pdf” file includes the notes I took as we went through the lab. The Lab 4-ball_toss.pdf” file is the description of the lab.

develop and evaluate a lesson plan

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Chapter 11 Scenario: Bread Baking Project

Objective and scenario

To develop and evaluate a lesson plan about “Healthy Me.”

You have chosen the theme, “Healthy Me,” for this week’s health and safety lesson. The first activity you plan to conduct with the 4-year-olds in your preschool classroom is a cooking project that involves making banana bread. You will use the activity to teach about the importance of eating nutritious foods, including fruits and vegetables, for a “healthy me.” Additionally, you plan to use this activity to reinforce other healthy habits, such as when it is important to wash hands and how to wash them correctly.

Focus assignment

1. Develop a lesson plan for the cooking activity. Include a behavioral objective, a list of materials that will be needed, safety considerations, and a step-by-step outline for how you will conduct the cooking project. In addition, describe how you intend to introduce the hand washing component, identify times during the cooking activity when children and the teacher need to wash their hands, and describe the correct hand washing procedure to be followed.
2. Be sure to read the REFLECTION section below to guide your thinking. Write your reflection response after you have completed your lesson plan.

Self-evaluation

1. For each item in your lesson plan:
 a. Explain how this item addresses the issues in the scenario.

2. Describe and justify how your lesson plan would improve teaching and learning in the scenario.