The template will be attached. Please use the attached form. Complete sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 and 2.2 The topic is listed below. No sources older than  5 years. A sample has been listed as a guide for quality of work. 

1.1 Capstone Topic (2 paragraphs)
 

  

Topic:  Responding to a community crisis need: Improving and/or updating Haven’s ability to access long term housing. 

Problem: Finding adequate and appropriate housings is one of the biggest service-related challenges that the Haven faces. The Haven explores a variety of options through local resources and needs of the victims.
 

Clearly describe the topic of the  Capstone Project. 

This section should include: 

 FIRST PARAGRAPH:  State the topic of the capstone project. The topic   statement should include the problem or opportunity for improvement in the   project. The concepts of the topic   must be clear and focused and well supported in the literature. 

o Begin   this paragraph with, “The topic is…” 

 SECOND PARAGRAPH: Describe the significance of   this topic to Human Services AND the specialization within your program. Include   a statement about the practical implications of the project by describing the impact   of this Capstone Project on the organization or   community of interest.

Example – The   topic of this capstone project is the effectiveness of a transitional summer   program, Helping Others, Inc., on middle school students’ chance of success   (graduation) in high school. 

The topic should be correctly   formed:

 The topic should be appropriate for the   specialization.

 The topic should use appropriate language for   key concepts/phenomena.

 The type of action proposed should be clearly   specified.

 The community of interest/organization/program   or community and target population should be named.

 The concepts should be appropriately focused.

 The topic should be supported by at least ten   (10) citations. 

 The topic should be in alignment with   current literature and the DHS Programs of Professional Practice.

Use current   (within 5 years ), scholarly, PRIMARY resources to support statements. Textbooks   are not primary resources. Theses and dissertations are not considered   peer-reviewed published articles. Use   APA style in citing all resources.

 

 

1.2 Research Problem (2 Paragraphs)

Write a brief statement of   the problem or need for improvement at the capstone site or program. Clearly describe   the gap in current practice, service, process, policy, and/or the identified   outcome. Identify the performance gap you wish to close and the potential   root causes of the problem.

This section should   include:

 FIRST   PARAGRAPH: Write a brief statement that fully describes the problem being addressed. This   paragraph introduces the problem that is informing the research and warrants   the need for this study. 

o Begin this paragraph with the statement, “The problem   is…”  

Example: The problem is that Helping Others, Inc’s transitional   summer program has not consistently improved high school graduation rates.

 SECOND   PARAGRAPH: Identify   the need for the study. The need should be directly   related to the   problem presented in the first paragraph. It   must clearly identify a gap in current practice, service, process, policy, or   programs. It must   clearly identify the need for the research and the desired outcome. 

Example: This study is needed because high school graduation rates   are decreasing in the service community where Helping Others Inc. provides   its transitional summer program.  Decreased   graduation rates have negatively affected the unemployment rate in the area. 

Use current (within 5 years),   scholarly, PRIMARY resources to support statements. Textbooks are not primary   resources. Theses and dissertations are not considered peer-reviewed   published articles. Use APA style in citing all resources.

   

2.1 Capstone Project Problem Background

This section should further expound on the research problem and will include a brief SUMMARY of the review and synthesis of the research literature on the topic. This should include citations from at least 15 articles but should indicate that you have performed a full review of the literature on the topic. 

This section should include:

 A statement about the body of existing literature on the topic.

 A summary of recent research findings on the topic that highlights the most relevant findings of the proposed study.

 A demonstration of how the proposed research could add to the existing literature on the topic. 

Be sure to provide appropriate in text citations and include references in the reference section. 

Use current (within 5 years), scholarly, PRIMARY resources to support statements. Textbooks are not primary resources. Theses and dissertations are not considered peer-reviewed published articles. Use APA style in citing all resources.

  

2.2 Need for the Project and Evidence to Make Change 

Provide a rationale supported by current information regarding the need for this Capstone Project. 

This section should include: 

 The results of a needs assessment or an analysis for the project. 

 A description of issues identified in the workplace, project, or community. 

 Any relevant population and organizational demographics and statistics related to the proposed Capstone Project. 

 A description of why the study is important.

 A description of whom the study will benefit.

Use current (within 5 years), scholarly, PRIMARY resources to support statements. Textbooks are not primary resources. Theses and dissertations are not considered peer-reviewed published articles. Use APA style in citing all resources.

Complete your Research Project 1 in a Word document, APA formatted, and then submit it in the Assignment section of the classroom by midnight, EST, Day 7.
The instructions concerning this assignment as well as the grading rubric are reproduced below.

Pricing strategy varies significantly across different market structures. The pricing guidelines in a monopoly market are relatively straightforward. Since the company is the only producer offering the product, it can mark-up the price as far as the customer can bear. The pricing strategies for a producer operating in a perfect competition structure are also fairly intuitive. They are price takers, and hence price is set at the marginal cost of the product. This is due to the fact that there are many firms offering nearly identical products. However, there is optimal pricing for the market structures offering differentiated products with many competitors (monopolistic competition) or a few producers (oligopoly). These are much more complex and involved. It has been stated that differentiation in products that creates differences in customer valuation is the most prevalent type of competition. In such markets pricing strategies may include the three C’s of cost, competition, and customer.

Develop a paper detailing an analysis of market structures and relating pricing strategies that are suitable for each of these structures. Furthermore, include a real world example of pricing strategy for a specific company by identifying its market structure.

Your paper should be around 10 double spaced pages, in APA Format and structured as follows:

Cover page with a running head 

Abstract

1. Perfect Competition

1.1. Description

1.2. Pricing Strategies

2. Monopolistic competition

2.1. Description

2.2. Pricing Strategies

3. Oligopoly 

3.1. Description

3.2. Pricing Strategies

4. Monopoly

4.1. Description

4.2. Pricing Strategies

5. Case Study

6. Conclusion

References

Your paper needs to include at least three scholarly sources, i.e. peer reviewed articles. I strongly recommend the use of the APUS library for these sources, as most acceptable resources can only be found in protected databases.

 Purpose

This project is an in depth investigation of a health condition. It will allow for the expansion of knowledge and the ability to generalize larger concepts to a variety of health conditions.  

 Course outcomes:

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: 1.Explain the pathophysiologic processes of select health conditions. (PO 1)2.Predict clinical manifestations and complications of select disease processes. (PO 1, 8)3.Correlate lifestyle, environmental, and other influences with changes in levels of wellness. (PO 1, 7 )

 Total points possible: 100 points

Preparing the  assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

1)Select a disease process that interests you.

2)Obtain approval of the selected disease process from the course faculty.a.Faculty will share how to submit your topic choice for approval.

3)Write a 2-3 page paper (excluding title and reference pages).

4)Include the following sections about the selected disease process (detailed criteria listed below and in the GradingRubric)

.a.Introduction of disease – 20 points/20%

 •One paragraph (approximately 200 words)

•Includes disease description

•Includes epidemiology of disease

b.Etiology and risk factors – 20 points/20%

•Common causes of the disease or condition

•Risk factors for the disease or condition

•Impact of age

•Prevalence based on gender

,•Influence of environment

•Genetic basis of disease

•Lifestyle influences

•All information supported by current literature

c.Pathophysiological processes – 20 points/20%

•Describes changes occurring at the cellular, tissue, and/or organ level that contribute to the disease process.

•Describes adaptation of the cells and body in response to the disease.

•Relates disease processes to manifested signs and symptoms.

d.Clinical manifestations and complications – 20 points/20%

•Describes the physical signs and symptoms that are important in considering the presence of the disease.

•Identifies signs that contribute to diagnosis of the condition

•Identifies symptoms that contribute to diagnosis of the condition.

•Identifies complications of the disease.

•Discusses the implications to the patient when complications are left untreated.

e.Diagnostics – 10 points/10%

•Includes list of common laboratory and diagnostic tests used to determine the presence of the disease.

 •Discusses the significance of test findings in relation to the disease process.

f.APA Style and Organization – 10 points/10%•References are submitted with assignment.

•Uses appropriate APA format (7th ed.) and is free of errors.

•Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.

•Paper is 2-3 pages, excluding title and reference pages

•At least two (2) scholarly, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook, are provided

 

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapters 5
• Lesson
• APA style manual
• Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
• Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
• How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)
• Two additional sources beyond those provided

Instructions
Research the background of your Congressional representatives based on your address listed with CU – two senators and a member of the House of Representatives. Find out about their previous occupation(s), political experience, family, income, education, and other relevant demographics. What percentage of the vote did they receive to win in their last election? What are two policy issues areas they are interested in? How do these areas reflect their ideologies?

Here is a link to get your started:

• https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Write an essay. Start by identifying all three of your representatives. Then, pick the representative you are most interested in and explain why they interest you. Present the information you found in your research required above in the essay.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 4 full pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources beyond those provided)
• Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
• Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
• How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab

 

 

Micah Smith 

Purpose:

It is advisable to acquire a company within the European Union (EU) because there are several benefits that would help the company be strategically placed for success.   The EU has a significant foothold in helping to develop positive collaboration, communication and development of goods/service markets to increase the quality of living for consumers.   It encourages peace, diversity, economic and social solidarity among the countries that are included in its circle of reach.  For example, there have been several treaties since 1952 that have helped to build a democratic basis for participation within the EU for countries that is built upon the law that could be implemented as a common thread of understanding for EU members.  The implication is that exclusive competences such as competition rules for internal market and monetary policy for correlation to the Euro can be established.   Also, shared competences such as social, territorial and economic cohesion can occur.  A third benefit of supporting competence such as protection of culture, tourism, and disaster prevention can be supplemented with more ease.   For MNCs, investing in financial markets outside of their own country could produce the ability to use technological advances to their benefit, improve efficiency, minimize costs and gain competitive advantage by reaching more consumers on a global scale (Shantanu, Suil & Brewer, 2018).  This will be discussed in more detail in the discussion section.

Process:

EU countries are comprised of a group of countries that have common interests, want to work together for stability and share in making decisions that alignment with interactions/business in multi-countries that they all with align and abide to work in an agreeable environment that is beneficial for them all (Zeitlin, Nicoli, & Laffan, 2019).  MNCs are organizations that produces and/or delivers services in more than one country on a global level (Shantanu, Suil & Brewer, 2018).  They make products abroad, are considered large with an emphasis on intellectual capital, deals/interacts with large amount of consumers and competitors and have a structured way of decision making. MNCs fall into three main categories:  horizontal integration, vertical integration or diversified.  EU countries have and concern/issue/idea, it goes to commission, then parliament, then national/local authorities, and the final comment for implementation when passed.  The EU banks works independently of government interference which helps in price stability and the supply/demand of money interest rates.

Discussion:

Security and stability are two significant factors for not having a company that works within the EU.   The main idea is that navigating rules and international law would be more strenuous, particularly for companies that are not knowledgeable of what is acceptable in terms of social and economic resources that are available for businesses.  Also, if a natural disaster occurs, there would not be a support system in place to help with recovery efforts.  A second benefit is that EU countries have a mutual understanding and agreement regarding common values and initiatives which makes collaboration of corporate social responsibility easier to do.  For example, if two EU countries are trying to do something to save the environment (i.e-water pollution or saving the rain forest) they can collaborate on research and share data.  Disadvantages of not being a part of EU can reveal itself as inefficiency of policies, less democratic efforts and more bureaucracy in securing business adventures, and the costs of business may be higher.  For the choice of being included, the disadvantage to this would be loss of economic ties should those companies in countries not in EU are not able to work with my company since it would be a part of the EU.  Also, loss of independent monetary policies since being a part of the EU would mean adopting their policies for the company.

With MNCs and working with outside financial markets can open opportunities for lower interest rates which help with transportation costs (Zhang, Jiang & Cantwell, 2019).   It can also help in building an international brand with name recognition.  The benefit is in increasing career/job opportunities, training people in new skills that help raise financial stability for those employed and generates more money being put into the community.  The implication is increased incomes and higher standard of living which benefits sales of goods/services provided.  This also holds true for many other financial institutions who provide credit outside their home country.  It allows for them to take advantage of incentives that normally would not be available to them.  

Findings:

To summarize, being a part of the EU is more beneficial than not being in it.  MNCs have incentives and benefits from investing funds in financial markets outside of their own country and other financial institutions can benefit from incentives and efficiency of funds by providing credit to financial markets outside of their own country that can possibly result in lower tax rates, incentive packages that benefit the organization and the employees and a higher rate of return for loans.  Consumers benefit from less checks at customs for purchases between EU countries.  EU is the biggest contributor to development aid when compared to Japan and the United States (Zeitlin, Nicoli, & Laffan, 2019).  The implication is that being a part of the EU helps in securing funding faster.

  

Peggy Taylor

European Commission authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for use in the Eu

KEY POINTS

The European Commission on Monday authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for conditional use, opening the door to an inoculation program across the European Union. Europe is on track to start vaccinations within a week, regulators said. Vaccine authorizations are picking up pace just as European countries tighten.

Writing an executive summary for a proposal

Step 1: Start with an attention-grabbing opening.

Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending articles commenting Pfizer spend months working to extract sixth dose from vitals as vaccine production shortfalls loomed.

Step 2: Define the problem of Pfizer

Safety is a key concern among health officials and expert participants in both the Pfizer-BioNTech  and Moderma trials experienced side effects after vaccination, including injection-site pain-fever, chills, headaches, muscle aches and joint pain.

Pfizer face a growing number of lawsuits in 2018 involving some of its popular drugs. In the past, courts dismissed thousand of lawsuits against Pfizer. The company also agreed to settle cases over illegal marketing and health care fraud Pfizer settlement and fine.

Step 3: Describe the solution and expected outcome

Pfizer will supply the US with 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, 2 months sooner than expected because of ‘extra doses extractable from vials.

Step 4: Provide evidence that Pfizer can deliver

Pfizer to deliver U.S. vaccine doses faster than expected. By Jan. 6, 2021 the work paid off. Pfizer won approval from the Food and Drug Administration to say its vials contained six doses, instead of the five the agency had approved less than a month earlier with its Dec. 11 emergency authorization of the vaccine. In the United States, Pfizer has committed to distributing 120 million doses before the end of March; another 100 million that was expected by the end on June will now be available by the end of May, according to the company.

The addition of 20 percent more vaccine per vial will allow Pfizer to accelerate distribution in Europe and the United States.

 

Latezie Walker

Hello class,

     I am fascinated with the Golden Supreme Rainbow stove kit. The kit is available at Golden Supreme, Sally Beauty Supply, House of Beauty, and Hair World. The ad caught my attention because of the ample array of items available in one organizational kit. The kit is available in a multitude of colors. The particular advertisement that caught my attention was at Sally Beauty Supply. Sally Beauty Supply is a reputable company.

     Sally Beauty Supply retails the Golden Supreme Rainbow stove kit for $429. They have a location near me. If I decide to order, I can avoid shipping and handling fees if I ship the kit to Sally Beauty Supply and pick it up from their company. I took notice of the ad because of there location convenience. Sally Beauty Supply has many locations in town therefore, if the color I prefer is not available at a particular store, I can easily locate another Sally location to purchase the Golden Supreme Rainbow stove kit color I want. 

     I prospected the Golden Supreme Rainbow stove kit online. The use of the search engine delivered exceptional response. There were retailers offering the kit at a lower value, but I assumed by the time tax and shipping and handling is calculated I will pay more than what I anticipate to pay at Sally. There were not very many kit options to choose from that are endorsed under a different name brand available for viewing at Sally Beauty Supply. The limited selection of kits increases the likelihood to purchase the Golden Supreme Rainbow stove kit.

  

Brenda Allen

I love Manuka Honey Drops – I found these by doing a search for organic cough drops and they came up on different websites such as Amazon, iHerb, Walmart, CVS Pharmacy and the Vitamin Shoppe, I choose Amazon.  The Manuka Honey Drops were advertised in a bright Green Box – Manuka, Eucalyptus and Bee Propolis; Yellow Box – Manuka, Lemon and Bee Propolis and Red Box –Manuka, Ginger with Echinacea.

Amazon sells the Manuka Honey Drops for $8.66 on their website which is cheaper than on other websites and stores and if you have Amazon Prime you get them in two days, I have received them as early as the next day.   I choose the bright green box – it tastes like a mixture of honey, eucalyptus and mint.  The texture is real smooth reminding me of old school candies, but very low in sugar, with medicinal effects.