Versioning and Maintenance Plan

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Iterative testing is an essential element of Incremental Methodologies. This requires tracking the changes made and making sure all members of the team have the correct version of the program. 

SQA in systems development is a set of processes that ensure the delivered systems meet the pre-defined expectations. (Remember SQA is not testing.) Software configuration management consists of a set of tasks that track and control changes to the environment. Configuration management includes software source version control.

The director of software engineering has noted that some members of the team are not following the company’s SQA and version control plan and has asked you to present the importance of the plan to the team and your intern (from Week 3).

Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation containing 10 to 12 slides, including an introduction and conclusion slide and detailed speaker notes, that includes the following:

1. Explain what Software Quality Assurance is and identify at least 2 of the processes with justification that will improve program quality.

2. Describe the process (steps) of releasing a new version of a program and explain why it is necessary.

3. Describe what versioning is and why it is necessary

4. Explain what software maintenance is and identify the activities that are part of program maintenance.

Case Study.

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Health Promotion. Prevention of disease. 

Instructions: Read the following case study and answer the reflective questions. Please provide rationales for your answers. Make sure to provide citations/references for your answers in APA format.

Due Date Friday June 25. 

CASE STUDY: Active Labor: Susan Wong 

Mrs. Wong, a first-time mother, is admitted to the birthing suite in early labor after spontaneous rupture of membranes at home. She is at 38 weeks of gestation with a history of abnormal alpha-fetoprotein levels at 16 weeks of pregnancy. She was scheduled for ultrasonography to visualize the fetus to rule out an open spinal defect or Down syndrome, but never followed through. Mrs. Wong and her husband disagreed about what to do (keep or terminate the pregnancy) if the ultrasonography indicated a spinal problem, so they felt they did not want this information. 

Reflective Questions 

1. As the nurse, what priority data would you collect from this couple to help define relevant interventions to meet their needs? 

2. How can you help this couple if they experience a negative outcome in the birthing suite? What are your personal views on terminating or continuing a pregnancy with a risk of a potential anomaly? What factors may influence your views? 

3. With the influence of the recent Human Genome Project and the possibility of predicting open spinal defects earlier in pregnancy, how will maternity care change in the future?

Discussion 2: Decision Making

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Would you flip a coin for the chance of winning two dollars? What if you were given a dollar and offered the chance to flip a coin to either gain a second dollar or lose the first? Which wager seems more appealing—the first or the second?

Far more people choose the first wager than the second. Both scenarios have exactly the same probability of outcomes: a 50% chance of ending up with nothing, and a 50% chance of ending up with two dollars. Why might the first wager appeal to people? Do we always make the best possible decision?

Impediments are factors that can hinder decision-making. While they often vary by situation, common impediments exist that might influence decision-making in general.

In this Discussion, you explain a difficult decision you have made. You also describe impediments that you faced when making this decision, as well as common decision-making impediments.

With these thoughts in mind:

 

Post a brief description of a recent difficult decision you made between two or more alternatives. Then explain the nature of two impediments that you faced in making the decision. Finally, describe two common impediments to optimal decision making.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

Need someone good expert in scheme programming

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 Domino Loops in Scheme Dominoes are small rectangular game tiles with dots embossed at both ends. They are used to play a variety of games involving patterns on a tabletop. A standard “doublesix” domino set has 28 tiles: one for each possible pair of values from (0 . 0) to (6 . 6). In general, a “double-N” domino set would consist of (???? + 1)(???? + 2)/2 tiles. One possible pattern to make with dominos is a loop, in which the tiles are laid in a circle, end-to-end, with identical numbers of spots on all adjacent ends. In a doubletwo domino set, with six tiles, ((0 . 0) (0 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 0)) is a domino loop. You are to write a program in Scheme that prints all domino loops in a double-N domino set. Specifically, you are to flesh out the following program: (define domino-loops (lambda (n) (filter loop? (permutations (dominoes n))) ) ) (define filter (lambda (f L) ; return list of those elements in L which pass through filter f (if (null? L) L (let ((N (f (car L)))) (if (null? N) (filter f (cdr L)) (cons N (filter f (cdr L))) ) ) ) ) ) The expression (domino-loops 2) would evaluate to (((2 . 2) (2 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 2)) ((2 . 2) (2 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 2)) ((2 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 2) (2 . 2)) ((2 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 2) (2 . 2)) ((1 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 1) (1 . 1)) ((1 . 1) (1 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 1)) ((1 . 1) (1 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 1)) ((1 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 1) (1 . 1)) ((0 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 0) (0 . 0)) ((0 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 0) (0 . 0)) ((0 . 0) (0 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 0)) ((0 . 0) (0 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 2) (2 . 2) (2 . 0))) (NB: order in this list doesn’t matter. If your code prints the loops in a different order that’s fine.) For larger values of N, where N is even, the number of loops grows exponentially. Note, however, that there are no domino loops when N is odd. There are many possible ways to write your program. Perhaps the simplest (but not the fastest) is to generate all permutations of a list of the tiles in the domino set, and check to see which are loops. You are required to adopt this approach, as described in more detail below. You can implement a more efficient solution for extra credit. Note that the number of permutations of a double-N domino set is ((???? + 1)(???? + 2)/2)!. For N=6 (the standard number), this is about 3.05×1029 . Clearly you can’t afford to construct a data structure of that size. My own (slow) solution to the assignment generates the double-2 loops quite quickly. It takes a couple minutes to determine that there are no double-3 loops. When asked for double-4 loops it thrashes. Requirements You must begin with the code shown above. These three sub-functions will be tested individually, giving partial credit for the ones that work correctly: 1. (dominoes N) returns a list containing the (N+1)(N+2)/2 tiles in a double-N domino set, with each tile represented as a dotted pair (an improper list). Order doesn’t matter. (dominoes 2) ==> ((2 . 2) (2 . 1) (2 . 0) (1 . 1) (1 . 0) (0 . 0)) 2. (permutations L) given a list L as argument, generates all permutations of the elements of the list, and returns these as a list of lists. (permutations ‘(a b c)) ==> ((a b c) (b a c) (b c a) (a c b) (c a b) (c b a)) (Again, order doesn’t matter, though obviously all permutations must be present.) Hint: if you know all the permutations of a list of (N-1) items, you can create a permutation of N items by inserting the additional item somewhere into one of the shorter permutations: at the beginning, at the end, or in-between two other elements. 3. (loop? L) given a list L as argument, where the elements of L are dotted pairs, returns L if it is a domino loop; else returns the empty list. Note that the first and last dominoes in the list must match, just like the ones in the middle of the list. Also note that a straightforward implementation of your permutations function will give you lists that should be considered loops, but in which you need to “flip” certain dominoes in order to make all the ends match up. For example, in a double-2 domino set, ((0 . 0) (0 . 1) (1 . 1) (1 . 2) (2 . 2) (0 . 2)) should be considered a domino loop, even though the last tile needs to be flipped. Important: ⚫ You are required to use only the functional features of Scheme; functions with an exclamation point in their names (e.g. set!) and input/output mechanisms other than load and the regular read-eval-print loop are not allowed. ⚫ Output function may not be needed. Returning the result list is sufficient. ⚫ Defining any helper function(list) is allowed, but modifying the interface of three functions isn’t. ⚫ Make sure your scheme program is workable in different PC. (Test it on your friend’s PC) 10 points deducted for the inexecutable program. 

Stakeholder Communications – Crisis Communications

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Background: 

You are a member of the Corporate Communications Department for QuantaCare, a major pharmaceutical company. One of your company’s most profitable products is a rescue inhaler called BreatheEZ. Your product is used by asthmatics to treat their condition in the event of a life-threatening asthma attack. This product is well-established and has great brand recognition—the public can easily identify your product’s logo and considers it to be a trusted brand for their family. 

Problem:

It’s 6:00 am on a Friday morning. Your CEO just called your boss and said, “We have a crisis. Check the news and have your team meet me in the War Room ASAP.” The Associated Press and Reuters are running the headline, “Defective BreatheEZ asthma rescue inhaler linked to hospitalization of 21-year-old male.”

Facts you’ve confirmed by 8:00 am:

  • 21 year-old asthmatic male attempted to use his BreatheEZ      inhaler during an asthma attack. The product failed to work. 911 was      called and emergency personal were able to stabilize the patient who is      now in stable condition at a local hospital.
  • The Chief Resident at the local hospital called your customer      complaint department late last night to report that the patient’s BreatheEZ      inhaler did not appear to have contained the active ingredient.
  • The local news is picking up the story and will air it shortly;      news is already breaking on social media.

9:00 a.m.

  • Your team gathers in the War Room. Your CEO tells you to develop      crisis communications for all necessary stakeholders. This needs to get      out ASAP.

TASK 1: Spend the next 15 minutes listing who you feel are the important stakeholders you need to reach out to.

  

TASK 2: Now that you’ve identified the people you need to contact, Use the Audience Analysis Worksheet for this step. 

  

TASK 3: Now that you know to whom you want to communicate and you’ve thought about their needs and how this news will affect them, determine what form of communication you are going to use to reach out to them.

  

TASK 4: Keep in mind the type of communication you are writing (internal memo, external press release, letter, etc.). Format your document in the appropriate way. 

who can complete this psychology paper no later than 4pm 5/14?

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Take at least two of the personality tests mentioned in this module:

Step 2: Analyze Your Results.  

Compare and contrast the two assessments you completed. Discuss the results with at least one other person who knows you (preferably someone who knows you well) and decide if you believe the results accurately describe who you are. 

Step 3. Write and Reflect. 

Write a 3-5 page summary of the results of the personality test and discuss whether or not you agree with them. Be sure to address the following in your paper: 

  • The two assessments you selected and why
  • The results from each of the assessments
  • Your analysis of the results and whether you believe the two tests (or personality assessments in general) to be accurate
  • The connection between the two assessments and personality theories as discussed in the text
  • The pros and cons of personality assessment and whether they are overall advantageous 

 //  VI.  Mutators:

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Topic: The inequalities of social classes in the penelopiad

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1) You are expected to provide specific reference from The Penelopiad and at least 2 primary sources of your choice. You can cite sources with author’s last name and page number (when appropriate) in parenthesis.

a. Analysis is the most important part of this, and should be woven in with the summary of the sources. In other words, whenever you summarize, you should also be making an argument for why the source in question is important with only minimal summary.

2) You will be expected to use at least 2 sources other than The Penelopiad  that you have read from class to support your argument.

a. The secondary essays in your collection of text may be used, but do not count towards the sources

b. All sources should be cited in parentheses with author’s last name and page number. If there is no author, the title is fine. If there are no page numbers, provide any distinction there is (ex: part, book, etc.). If there are no distinctions, you can just put author’s name or title.

3) All margins should be 1”

4) Text should be 12 point font, double spaced, with standard spacing between punctuation, etc.

a. No long headers  – identifying material does not count for page requirements

b. Do not add extra space between paragraphs

5) Paper should be 3-4 pages long

6) No bibliography or works cited is needed.

7) I will review outlines, or rough drafts, for content (not grammar, etc.) submitted before Friday, October 9th.

Topic: The inequalities of social classes in the penelopiad 

American History, Civil War Paper

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Directions

This paper should be an essay of 8-10 pages in length, and consist of original research and analysis. The final paper will be graded out of 100 possible points, and it will constitute 30% of your final grade.

Your paper will take a position on a pre-circulated topic prompt, you will create your own argument to answer the prompt, and you will support that argument with primary- and secondary-source evidence compiled from your own research.

High-quality papers should:

  • meet the 8-page minimum length (title page, bibliography page(s), and restated prompt are not considered part of the 8-page minimum);
  • have an introduction;
  • be double-spaced and written in 12-point, Times New Roman font;
  • have a clear thesis statement at the end of the introduction;
  • provide supporting evidence in the form of well-chosen and concise direct quotes;
  • provide proper Chicago Style footnote (notes-bibliography) (Links to an external site.) citations for all quoted and paraphrased evidence;
  • avoid plagiarizing the work(s) of others;
  • and, end with a solid conclusion that restates your thesis (albeit in a paraphrased form) and addresses some of the broader implications of the topic;
  • Optional (but strongly encouraged): a bibliography.

History Writing Tutoring:

**Remember: You receive five bonus points (5%, or half of a letter grade) for attending a history tutoring session for your final paper, while also improving your paper’s quality for a better grade.**

Prompt

The institution of slavery proved a critical force in the creation and development of the United States during the first half of the long nineteenth century, and the racial elements would continue to influence American society long after slavery’s abolition in 1865. It defined the states’ geographical and political boundaries, shaped the society and economy of the Early Republic and Antebellum eras, and brought Americans to blows (both ideologically and militarily). It also determined along racial lines who was entitled to citizenship and liberty within the United States. For this final paper, you are asked to examine the role of slavery, race, and rights in American society during the Early Republic and Antebellum periods. 

Some questions to think about in preparing your paper:

– How did slavery shape perceptions of free and unfree black persons in the United States between 1787 and 1860?

– How did these perceptions become intertwined with race?

– How did free black persons assert their claims to rights and citizenship in the United States?

– How were a free black person’s rights limited, curtailed, and/or undermined?

– In what ways did black persons assert their agency (e.g. free will, personhood) in society? What means did they use to do so (i.e. courts, religion, petitions, protests, careers, etc.)? How successful were they?

– In what ways did pro-slavery advocates deny black people’s agency, and undermine their claims to rights and citizenship?

– In what ways did Abolitionists and anti-slavery crusaders promote black rights? Were there limitations to this advocacy?

Case Scenario/ Study for sinus infection.

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Practicum Case Scenario/ Study The following outlines general instructions for a case scenario/study submission. Please remember not to include any HIPPA information. Concerns and questions related to care should be included. Include references to treatment plans using APA format You can use https://nurseslabs.com/ or your choice. Completion of the case study counts toward the practicum experience. Case studies are expected to be a minimum of 500 words, detailed and comprehensive. 

In this case, this patient is seeking care for a (sinus infection). The patient came into the clinic due to severe seasonal allergies, sore throat, pressure headache, and sinus pressure does not resolve for the last 2 days with over the counted medication. Please include ICD-10 Diagnosis for the related symptoms and diagnosis. 

Please follow the outline as below when submitting your case study:

NURSING 2021 Case Scenario/Study

Student Name: 

Submission Date: 

Case Study:

Patient Initials, Age, Gender

Subjective information from the patient (History of Present Illness/Symptoms)

Current Medications 

Medical History – Medical Problems

Objective findings from physical examination

Vital Signs, Weight, Height, BMI

Focused examination findings based on diagnoses being addressed.

Assessment

ICD-10 Diagnosis (include ICD-10 code) for contact dermatitis. 

Nursing Diagnoses https://nurse.org/resources/nursing-diagnosis-guide/

Or  https://nurseslabs.com/

Plan

Care Plan based on the diagnosis.

Include specific nursing care planning for patients to include.

Potential issues with achieving quality, comprehensive care.

Information on best practice care considerations.

Care outcomes from current treatment

Possible side effects of medications or treatments

Patient education planning/instructions

Care outcomes

Plans for a follow-up to review response to treatment.

References: APA format must be within the last 5 years.