Population Health Legislation

Essay Assignment One Instructions: From the assigned readings in Mason et al. and the assigned topical readings:

Identify a vulnerable group and select 2 theoretical explanations linking specific social determinants to health inequity in this population.

Identify at least 2 interventions that can mitgate poor health attributed to social determinants. How do these interventions differ from your usual primary prevention strategies?

Viewing literature through a particular “lens” or interpretive frame often serves to provide deeper insight into the literary text. To that end, I am asking that you discuss one of the three short stories we’ve read (Machado’s “The Husband Stitch”, Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, and Jemisin’s “The Ones Who Stay and Fight”) in relation to one of the framing texts listed below. How does the framing text deepen or shift your understanding of what Machado, Le Guin, or Jemisin are examining in their work?

Paper #2
Viewing literature through a particular “lens” or interpretive frame often serves to provide deeper insight into the literary text. To that end, I am asking that you discuss one of the three short stories we’ve read (Machado’s “The Husband Stitch”, Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, and Jemisin’s “The Ones Who Stay and Fight”) in relation to one of the framing texts listed below. How does the framing text deepen or shift your understanding of what Machado, Le Guin, or Jemisin are examining in their work?
Possible Pairings:

Utopia: “Post-Utopia: The Long View” by David Konstan. Is Le Guin’s Omelas OR Jemisin’s Um-Helat a utopia? Why or why not? (Only choose one short story to discuss here – EITHER “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” OR “The Ones Who Stay and Fight”.)
Afrofuturism: “Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture. Chapter One: Evolution of a Space Cadet” by Ytasha Womack. (pp.3 – 25). Gipson. How is “The Ones Who Stay and Fight” an example of Afrofuturism?
Urban Legends: “Modern Legends and Rumor Theory” by Patrick B. Mullen. How does Machado use urban legends and folklore in her story “The Husband Stitch?”
Instructions:
1) Your essay should open with your thesis, which should be a strong critical argument that goes beyond surface-level observations. You are presenting an ARGUMENT that answers the question paired with the framing text above. Introduce the texts the paper will analyze – which authors and written works are you going to discuss in your paper?
*Tip 1: Identify the texts (titles and authors) you are analyzing and explain the argument you’re in this piece. Make sure the impact or consequences of your argument are clear to your readers. Be careful to avoid generalizations!

2) The following body paragraphs (at least 3!) should analyze specific passages from your chosen texts to support your argument.
*Tip 2: Analyze, don’t summarize! Provide enough context that the quotes make sense, but make sure to discuss why this quote relates to your thesis. Make points throughout the paper that relate to your argument using keywords from your opening paragraph.

3) You will need to incorporate direct quotations from the texts you analyze. These quotes MUST follow MLA citation style. For information on citations, you can use the MLA Cheat Sheet on Blackboard or visit the Purdue OWL (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/).
*Tip 3: Do not allow quotations to overwhelm your essay! For any direct quotation you include, make sure to write an ANALYSIS of the passage that is roughly double the length of the quotation itself.

4) A Works Cited page is required. Please consult the MLA Cheat Sheet or the Purdue OWL for instructions and formatting.
*The Works Cited page is NOT included in your word minimum.

5) Your essay should be no less than 1000 words long. Double space, use 12-point Times New Roman font. Be sure to include a header with your name, class section, and date, and don’t forget to include page numbers. Proofread your essay paying attention to sentence mechanics, consistent syntax, style, and grammar.

In this unit you were introduced to the mesolimbic dopamine pathway and how the dopamine pathway is involved in behavioral motivation and reward.

The Dopamine Pathway

In this unit you were introduced to the mesolimbic dopamine pathway and how the dopamine pathway is involved in behavioral motivation and reward.

For this discussion, you will need to find an article discussing the role of the dopamine pathway in the regulation of behavior.

(I have attached an article but if you find a better article, please use that)

Summarize the main points from the article you find, and address the following as part of your post:

1. How might the dopamine pathway be implicated in behavioral problems?
2. What role does the dopamine pathway play in emotion?
3. How do you think knowledge of the dopamine pathway could be used to help someone with a problem involving compulsive behavior?

US History Contemporary 1950s

What is your favorite contemporary song (1950s-the present) and explain why it is your favorite song.
This assignment focus on a favorite contemporary song. It doesn’t have to be rock ‘n’ roll. Almost all
modern music is fine: rock ‘n’ roll, country, contemporary Christian, rap, hip-hop, etc. because it all
wouldn’t exist today without what happened in the 1950s. Should be in two paragraphs.

Agriculture and Food Safety

Overview
Debates about how to feed our growing human population can be antagonistic and factious. This week we will be discussing approaches to agriculture to accommodate our growing population.
First post due THURSDAY.
Comment to a colleague due FRIDAY.
Discussion Prompts
Address these prompts in your post:
Do you agree with the first article and its discussion of how anti-GMO activism threatens food security? Support your position with evidence. You will have to go outside of this discussion to find evidence. Make sure you evaluate sources and cite all sources.
For the second article, do you agree with the 5-step plan? What would you add or take away? Or change? Again, supply evidence.
Make a thoughtful reply to a colleague.
Further expectations
I expect you to use outside sources for evidence to support your arguments / thoughts. Make sure these are well cites and you are not plagiarizing.
Make sure you view the rubric before starting the assignment.
Netiquette
Please practice “netiquette (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.” in all your communications.
Be kind and respectful to others.
Avoid jargon and acronyms.
Use language that supports others.

Curriculum approaches and documentation

• Describe two (2) early childhood curriculum approaches (choose from the approaches in the subject guide or approved by your academic).
• Demonstrate how each curriculum approach relates to educational theories.
• Explain how each curriculum approach influences pedagogical practices (teaching, learning and assessment).
• Critique each curriculum approach highlighting the strengths and potential limitations of each approach.

SMB Digital Transformation Case Study

Overview directions: Read the Small Medium Business case- Rock Solid Industrial Parts in detail and prepare a case analysis on a digital transformation for the company. Detailed directions are uploaded in. Please be sure to read thoroughly, as the professor is very detail oriented. I have alredy attached an outline that I created, you can follow along with that outline and fill it in.

Additional notes/ instructions:
– Please first read the case “SMB case- Rock Solid Industrial Parts” many times so you have a THOROUGH understanding of the case. The professor is extremely detailed in his directions.
– I have included my essay outline attached as well. Please use this as an outline for the case study essay. Just make sure to fix the formatting according to the guidance and example file.
– Pay close attention to page 7 of the SMB case- there are specific questions and topics that need to be addressed in the written case
– PS this is an information design choice.
– The file titled “Written Case Analysis Expectations and Guidelines is important! It shows the exact format the professor wants the case in including citations, endnotes, titles, images, etc Please read it carefully and follow those guidelines!
– Citations and sources are one of the most important factors in determining the grade for this paper. Professor has stated in his words “I can tell by the citations what the grade of a paper will be. Do not bullshit because I can tell.” Please make sure to use reliable sources
– I have a very rough draft of the intro and sales portion, please edit and revise heavily.
– Do not include CRM name or specific software in the processes section. I would like to use Zoho for most of the software, but it should not be listed as a solution until the software component of the paper. Make sure to be extremely detailed in that part, and chunk appropriately. Each department solution should have its own paragraph in software. And as needed in hardware.
– In total the whole paper should be about 15 pages long. With the cover and my sales portion already accounted for, I will need 12 pages written, not including citations. Thank you so much! Please let me know if you have any questions at all.

What is the meaning of the quote with reference to the main argument or claims made by the author?

1) Take home exercise 1 (1,250 words)

Read through the following ten quotations* and select four for your assessment response. You must write four separate quote responses of about 300 words each. In each response you must answer the following questions:

Who is the author of the quote and what is the title of the text in which the quote appears?
What is the meaning of the quote with reference to the main argument or claims made by the author?
What is the contribution and significance of the reading?
Do you agree with the author’s argument? Provide reasons for your stance.
Do not include these questions in your response. The responses must be written in argument form, and in your own words.

Make sure that for each quote response you identify the selected quote by copying the number and text of the quote into your submission. Each response should immediately follow the copied quote.

You must demonstrate your skills in critical reading and summarising through accurate representation and comprehension of the relevant texts.

Use APA 7th edition referencing style (in-text references, page numbers for direct quotations and a reference list). Avoid using lengthy direct quotations in your response. The reference list is not included in the overall word count. Your reference list should appear at the end of the document and list all the texts you referred to in your text, including the source of each quote to which you have responded.

1. Documenting our lived experiences and sharing them with others transforms our experiences of the everyday. As we chronicle quotidian events and activities, we engage in a social process. As we document everyday activities, media accounting transforms them into ritualized performances.(in week1 sharing the everyday, p.45, like oaoacharissi…)
2. In other words, while some memes are just trendy pictures or videos that get passed around verbatim, others encourage a type of iteration, imitation, parody, and satire that can spawn literally thousands of variants. Memes, then, can become raw material for creativity. (In week4 Memes, p.13)
3. Identity scholars such as Goffman (1959) have long argued that the self plays multiple roles in everyday life and cannot be understood adequately as a single unified entity. Rather than there being One True Self, variations of which are inherently false, contemporary scholars have come to see the self as flexible and mutable, taking different incarnations in different situations. (In week2 new relationship,p.106)
4. Identity in social media is often expressed through customization. People who create blogs, homepages, and online profiles can use a variety of digital tokens such as pictures, avatars, icons, nicknames, fonts, music, and video to represent themselves. (In week2 online identity, p.358)
5. Every participant in a communicative act has an imagined audience. Audiences are not discrete; when we talk, we think we are speaking only to the people in front of us or on the other end of the telephone, but this is in many ways a fantasy. (In week 3 I tweet honestly, p.115)
6. The affordances of networked publics introduce new dynamics with which participants must contend. Many of these dynamics are not new, but they were never so generally experienced. ( in week3 social network sites, p.49)
7. People practicing microcelebrity must uneasily navigate between revealing personal information to seem truthful and real to their fans and revealing something that could harm them personally and professionally. (Week2 online identity, p.361)
8. First, memes may best be understood as pieces of cultural information that pass along from person to person, but gradually scale into a shared social phenomenon. Although they spread on a micro basis, their impact is on the macro level: memes shape the mindsets, forms of behavior, and actions of social groups. (Week4, when memes go digital, p.18)
9. In an era marked by “network individualism,” people use memes to simultaneously express both their uniqueness and their connectivity. (Week4, when memes go digital, p.30)
10. The network is therefore a collaborator in the identity and content presented by the speaker, and the imagined audience becomes visible when it influences the information Twitter users choose to broadcast.
(Week3 I tweet honestly ,p.130)