Complete and Submit your Final Product / Solution
Outcomes addressed in this activity:
Unit Outcomes:
Complete final product development tasks.
Effectively communicate to a wide variety of stakeholders about the project.
Course Outcomes:
IT499-1: Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
IT499-2: Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
Purpose
You have worked all this term to create a final solution for your client. For this assignment, you will finalize your work on your product, package up all the files related to your solution except the project management artifacts, and submit them to the Dropbox for the unit.
In this Assignment you will create/update a WBS – Schedule to include a detailed Final Project Task Tracking document and continue to develop your Final Project.
Assignment Instructions
Update and submit your WBS / Schedule to include any newly identified tasks and completed tasks; highlight past due tasks (Use and extend your pre-existing WBS / Schedule).
Finalize and Submit Your Final Product.
You will zip up all files related to your product and deliver them to the Unit 9 Dropbox. Programming and website products should be deployed to a web application server so that the professor may test functionality. Provide the accessible URL and any login information for your deployed application/website. All related code files will need to be included in the final product .zip file. All design documents (for all product types) will have refined and professional-level formats and presentations. You will need to include a Table of contents document in the .zip file indicating the name of the document and type of document for all items in your .zip file.
Assignment Requirements
The project documents are shown to and referenced at the highest level of the organization. In order for your project to be successful, these documents will need to be formatted in a business professional manner. They will be complete, consistent, clear, and concise. You will need to include a table of contents document in the .zip file indicating the name of the document and type of document for all items in your .zip file.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is an act of academic dishonesty. It violates the University Honor Code, and the offense is subject to disciplinary action. You are expected to be the sole author of your work. Use of another person’s work or ideas must be accompanied by specific citations and references. Whether the action is intentional or not, it still constitutes plagiarism.
For more information on University’s Plagiarism policy, refer to the current University Catalog.
Directions for Submitting Your Assignment
Name your Assignment document according to this convention: IT499_Unit9_Assignment_yourname (use your own name of course). Submit your completed Assignment to the Dropbox for this unit by the deadline.
Review the rubric before beginning this activity.
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Analyze how the hospital can improve its current performance relative to individual benchmarks for each of the selected ratios.
From the definition of the ratios, explain why each of your selected ratios changed from 20X0 to 20X1. Be sure to indicate if the change noted is favorable or not and explain why.
Compare your selected ratios with the national industry benchmarks for Collingswood’s bed size using the data shown in Exhibit 4.16a on p. 185. Indicate whether or not Collingswood’s current performance on each of the selected ratios is better or worse than the corresponding industry benchmarks. Analyze how the hospital can improve its current performance relative to individual benchmarks for each of the selected ratios.
Discuss how federalism and the relationship between state governments and the national government has changed since the founding by identifying (3) significant historical events responsible for change (see Yale video and readings in Smith).
In a well-written, well-documented, well-organized essay of 7-9 double-spaced pages (excluding bibliography and notes), and based on course materials only, demonstrate your understanding of American federalism.
Be sure to address the following questions:
What were the founders trying to accomplish with the republican form of government they formulated and implemented (see especially Federalist Paper #10)?
Discuss how federalism and the relationship between state governments and the national government has changed since the founding by identifying (3) significant historical events responsible for change (see Yale video and readings in Smith).
Finally, conclude your essay by discussing in your own words and voice the most significant likely problem or issue defining state-federal relations in the next decade.Must watch video –States, Federalism, and Democracy—Alumni Weekend 2015
Title: States, Federalism, and Democracy—Alumni Weekend 2015
Description:
Moderator: Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists:
Jessica Bulman-Pozen ’07, Associate Professor, Columbia Law School
Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
David Schleicher, Associate Professor, Yale Law School
more » Video Language: English Duration: 01:11:28
What attitudes does your culture have toward sleep?
After reading the chapter, looking over the PowerPoint slides, and watching the YouTube videos below, please answer the following questions.
Think of a time in which you stayed up all night or lost several hours of sleep in one night. What were the effects of your sleep deprivation?
Were these effects consistent with the research presented in the text regarding sleep deprivation?
Biologically, humans are “preprogrammed” to have one major sleep cycle at night and another short one in mid-afternoon. In some cultures, a siesta is the norm; in other cultures, people are expected to remain awake all day. Other cultures may emphasize practices that lead to sleep deprivation, such as working long hours, socializing until late at night, and getting up early in the morning. What attitudes does your culture have toward sleep?
Reply to a minimum of two classmate
To receive full credit for this discussion you must:
Create an original post that meets the requirements asked of you for the specific discussion.
DO NOT number your responses based on the questions asked. Instead, write in paragraph form making sure to address all required prompts.
Respond to at least two fellow students. Your responses must be meaningful. Include a few sentences and maybe a question or two; not just agreeing or disagreeing, more than just “wow, that’s great!”
You will receive up to 5 points for your original post and 5 points for each response to a classmate.
The required work will help you. Who will you be in this debate? What character will you pick?
RULE FOR THE REPLY- To participate in the debate, you need to research both positions. The required work will help you. Who will you be in this debate? What character will you pick? It does not have to be an actual historical figure. You can be, for example, a white SNCC worker, or a Black Panther working in the breakfast program. Stay in character for your responses because each response is part of the debating. REPLY 150 WORDS MIN
RP-Group A will support SNCC and what evolved into the Black Power movement-
am Rasheed McCall a member of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party believes it is imperative for black communities to learn self-defense and empowerment. With all due respect, the SCLC’s nonviolent approach is insufficient to the systemic and violent oppression faced by Black people in America (Martin Luther King, Jr: Crash Course Black American History #36).
Our belief in self-defense is not about promoting violence but about ensuring the safety and security of our people (The Black Panther Party: Crash Course Black American History #39). For example, let’s look back in 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches where we saw peaceful demonstrators viciously attacked by the law enforcement. This event alone highlights the need for black communities to be able to defend themselves against this type of aggression. SCLC’s nonviolence philosophy which was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi shows proof that nonviolence cannot protect our communities from being met with lethal force.
Focusing on achieving civil rights through legislative changes and integration are important, but this does not address the economic disparities that cast a black cloud over black communities. Our programs in the Black Panther Party such as the Free Breakfast for Children Program and health clinics, provides outstanding benefits to our people. The Free Breakfast for Children Program provides thousands of children with meals that are nutritious, combating hunger and improvement in their academic performance. These programs had a positive impact on the lives of black families (The Black Panther Party: Crash Course Black American History #39). Legislative changes alone cannot achieve such an outcome. The programs also addressed the basic needs and fostering a sense of community and solidarity for black people.
Working within the existing political system to achieve change is a great strategy the SCLC uses. However, the system itself is heavily flawed and rooted in white supremacy.
The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program outlines our vision for systemic change, including demands for full employment, decent housing, education that teaches true history, and an end to police brutality (The Black Panther Party: Crash Course Black American History #39). The goal is to create a society where black people can thrive independently of oppression. We call for a more radical transformation of society, a society that destroys oppressive structures and builds a new system based on justice and equality.
The contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and of the SCLC does not go unnoticed but the Black Panther Party believes their approach is limited and, in the end, will not be liberating for black people.
AP- GROUP A
As a student council member supporting SNCC and the Black Power movement, my role is more than just organizing school events—I see myself as a leader in the fight for self-determination, justice, and empowerment for Black students and our communities. We have spent too long waiting for change through nonviolent appeals to a system that was never designed to serve us. While nonviolence has played a role in the movement, it is clear that simply asking for our rights is not enough. We need real power, real control over our futures, and that means embracing the principles of Black Power.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) has already shown us the power of grassroots activism. We, as young people, have organized sit-ins, voter registration drives, and direct actions to challenge injustice. But we have also learned that power concedes nothing without a demand, and too often, peaceful protest alone has been met with violence, imprisonment, and even death. That is why the evolution of SNCC toward a more militant stance, one that emphasizes self-defense, self-determination, and community control, is not just necessary—it is urgent.
The Black Panther Party has demonstrated what true empowerment looks like: community-led programs like free breakfast for children, health clinics, and neighborhood patrols to protect against police brutality. We don’t need to ask for change—we can create it ourselves. In our schools, that means demanding Black studies programs, an end to racist disciplinary policies, and student councils that have real power to advocate for Black students.
This is not about hate—it is about pride, dignity, and survival. Black Power means that we take our futures into our own hands, that we define our own identity, and that we refuse to be silent. The time for waiting is over. The time for action is now.
– Your Favorite Student Council Member
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Create a document that contains ten of the most interesting images, each with information about the model you used and the prompt that generated it.
Generate some AI art for your assigned fiction
using diffusion models. (See below for some options, but feel free to use others.) You may want to use some or all of this art in your final presentation, so try a bunch of different things – you might choose some scenes in the story to depict, or some scenes from the backstory, or the future of the story; you might generate a portrait of a character; you might generate background images for your slides, or a background for you to speak in front of.
Experiment with several different image generators, and with a variety of different styles – maybe different historical painting styles, digital art, animation, camera angles, lenses, and lighting. If your assigned fiction was a movie or TV show, try some versions where you try to imitate the visual style of the original (with or without mentioning it in the prompt) and some versions where you try to make it create a very different visual style.
Save these images in a folder on your computer so that you can use them when you are making your final presentation, and make a note of the prompts that you used to generate them.
Create a document that contains ten of the most interesting images, each with information about the model you used and the prompt that generated it. They might be interesting because the exact same prompt led to different results on different models, or because you think the image is beautiful, or because the model failed in some interesting way, or anything else. (You might need to add a couple sentences explaining what you found interesting about some of them.) Make sure that you include some that are very stylistically different from each other.
Image generators
Within LLMs – these give you less direct control over the image prompt, and only let you do a few per day, unless you have a paid account
ChatGPT can generate images using its built-in model Dall-E 3, if you ask it
Gemini can generate images using its built-in model Imagen 3, if you ask it
Gemini won’t generate images of people on a free account
Stable Diffusion – an open source model that gives you a lot of control
https://dreamstudio.ai/ the official online site run by Stability.ai, the company that developed Stable Diffusion
https://huggingface.co/spaces/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3.5-large-turbothe version hosted at HuggingFace, a site that hosts many open-source AI models
If you are very tech savvy, and have a powerful computer, you can go to https://stability.ai/ and install the full model on your computer – see this video for a setup guide
Flux – another open source model
https://flux-ai.io/ official site provides a few free image generations
MidJourney – the most powerful tool that doesn’t require installing your own AI system, but requires a subscription ($10/month or more)
Advice on prompts
In order to receive credit for these problems, you must show the process by which you arrived at your answers.
In order to receive credit for these problems, you must show the process by which you arrived at your answers.
Textbook attached:
Chapter 4: 8 (b-f), 50, 58 (a-d)*, 74
Chapter 5: 3, 12**
Note for 58(d) – when they speak of extreme 0.1% of birth weights, they mean both the largest and smallest
Notes for Problem 5.12:
For 5.12 (b) – While you can calculate the marginal PMF for x (you did the integral for part a), you should use the following for the marginal PMF of y (the integral required to find the marginal is not simple):
f subscriipt y left parenthesis y right parenthesis space equals fraction numerator 1 over denominator left parenthesis 1 plus y right parenthesis squared end fraction space f o r space y space greater or equal than space 0
for 5.12 (c) – set up but do not solve the required integral to obtain the probability.
Briefly discuss how you will assess the client’s work environment and assess how the relationship among his work, his mental well-being, and relationships impact his view of work. Also, state how you will integrate faith/spirituality into the counseling session(s).
Based on the assigned case study, provide the theory you would use to help the client, provide at least two career intervention strategies, and list a minimum of two assessments you would give the client to assess abilities and interests. Identify and discuss the processes or strategies for using career, educational, and labor market information resources and technology to help this client.
Briefly discuss how you will assess the client’s work environment and assess how the relationship among his work, his mental well-being, and relationships impact his view of work. Also, state how you will integrate faith/spirituality into the counseling session(s).
The paper will be a minimum of three-four pages, following APA7 format and style (title page, double-space, Times New Roman, 12 font size), and include at least two academic references beyond the textbook
Why is the definition of error (and what constitutes an error) so important in any high-risk occupation?
One of the key take-aways from looking at CRM history is how the philosophy has changed over the years, particularly as it relates to error management. After reflecting on the readings and class discussion, respond to the following prompts:
1. Why is the definition of error (and what constitutes an error) so important in any high-risk occupation?
2. What is normalization of deviance?
3. What is the connection between properly defining what is and is not an error, and normalization of deviance?
4. Take a step back and think about CRM; without trying to give a textbook answer, how would you describe CRM to someone who isn’t in our aviation field?
What do you think is important about what they’ve offered to the discussion board for this topic?
Part 1
Discussion Board: Buyer/Consumer Behavior
In this lesson you learned how cultural and social factors affect consumer decision-making process and buyer behavior.
Visit MSN Auto (Links to an external site.). This Web site provides a select list of cars/trucks, price points, and outside reviews of a variety of automobiles. Thus, the consumer can evaluate and suggest a set of behaviors, as opposed to reviewing information provided by a subjective source, such as a friend or the dealership. Answer the following questions and submit your response(s). After you answer each question, respond to a classmate’s posting.
How does the site assist consumers in the evaluation stage of choosing a new car?
Develop your own hypothetical evoked set of three vehicle models and present your comparisons.
Which motor vehicle attributes would be the most important in your purchase decision?
Do you think buyers’ behavior would be similar or different from yours and why?
DIRECTIONS
When you’re ready to post your discussion board, click “Reply” below to start a new post. Tell us your name then respond to the above-stated questions. Each question must be thoroughly addressed in your response. Be descriptive, and use specific examples.
Discussion board posts should be 350 words minimum in length for your discussion. After writing your post, be sure to review and edit before clicking “Submit.”
After posting your response, respond thoughtfully to at least one of your classmates to complete this assignment.
Note: You won’t be able to access your classmates’ posts until after you have submitted your response to the discussion board. At this point you can click “Reply” to a classmate’s post.
Choose at least one of the discussion board entries made by other students in the class and reply to their statement with 150-200 words in length. Share your thoughts with them about their ideas.
Why do you agree or disagree with their perspective?
What do you think is important about what they’ve offered to the discussion board for this topic?
What did they say that resonated with you or your experience and why?
Keep in mind that a simple response of “I agree” or “I disagree” without a thorough explanation is insufficient and may result in no credit given for those entries.
Instead, respond as you would if you were having an academic conversation with a fellow classmate in real-time (this would mean politely, of course.) Failure to follow the rule for polite discourse may also result in a zero on your own discussion board assignment.
Discussion boards should exhibit significant thought and include content with supporting data, references to the text and/or secondary information, articles/websites that relate to the content, cite current events that are relevant, post personal experiences, etc.
Part2:
Marketing Plan Project Part 2: Consumer Behavior, Target Marketing, BrandingThe goal of this assignment is to complete a comprehensive marketing plan and provide a structure for possible future opportunities in the student’s personal career. The project will require originality, creativity and understanding of the key concepts of marketing as we review and discuss these components throughout the course.
The student is to continue with the same new product or service that was approved at the beginning of this assignment. This product or service will continue to serve as the basis for the Marketing Plan the student will develop throughout the course in the remaining parts or stages.
Directions/Guidelines
This is the second part of your Marketing Plan (of 5 individual parts) due at intervals spaced throughout the course (following relevant assignments, unit content and text readings), culminating in a final PowerPoint presentation due at the end of the course. Individual parts submitted during the course will be graded and the instructor will provide the student with written feedback in addition to a scored rubric. The student should take into consideration written feedback for editing or revision of submitted parts and incorporate added ideas and content to be part of the final Part 6 PowerPoint Presentation.
The content on Part Two should follow previous class readings, assignments and discussions for content ideas and evidence of understanding of key marketing terms – and use of examples where relevant is important.
Directions
Project Part 2
State your product or service and describe the target market in detail. Include information on the geographic, demographic, psychographic and behavioral factors used to choose this market segment.
Identify the needs that cause the target market to buy.
Create a written positioning statement that identifies:
The organization’s product/service
The target market – Needs that cause the target market to buy including emotional and logical drivers – How the product or service solves the target market’s needs
What makes this organization different from its competition