Reflect on the knowledge you have gain in Advanced Pharmacology.
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Describe three (3) challenges in implementing the BSC.
1. Describe three (3) challenges in implementing the BSC.
Please provide a response to the following student:
The balanced scorecard is a very popular tool used by many organizations. It provides a framework for focusing on the organization’s
best assets that are usually best seen in their staff, network systems, and the way they create on a daily basis (Murby & Gould, 2005). It is a measuring tool that provides a view of many aspects of an organization at the same time (Walston, 2018). Each organization’s
success comes from accomplishing the objectives to reach goals and from learning from their mistakes. This tool is very useful for
facilitating success but can also create challenges when it is implemented. Some critics claim that there may be a lack of validity to the
process of how it tracks and measures the performance of the company (Murby & Gould, 2005). The systematic measurement of the
scorecard may also disregard the way strategies are linked to how well the company performs and financial formulas are not used to
measure financial progress (Murby & Gould, 2005). Another challenge occurs when management uses the scorecard as a checklist
instead of a comprehensive assessment of how the company has performed over a period of time. Organizations should do frequent
assessments but also improve on what has been done over a period of time so as not to repeat previous mistakes (Murby & Gould, 2005). It is often seen as an obstacle when organizations use the scorecard and each area of the organization is seen separately rather than
seen as a whole entity (Walston, 2018).
Murby, L., Gould, S. (2005). Effective Performance Management with the Balanced Scorecard Technical Report. The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Walston, S. L. (2018). Strategic Healthcare Management: Planning and Execution. Health Administration Press.
What societal, cultural, and/or global topic do you see repeated in various literature and to what extent do they explore Independent Reflection
Reflection Prompt: What societal, cultural, and/or global topic do you see repeated in various literature and to what extent do they explore Independent Reflection? Utilize POV, Perspective and/or Theme to facilitate your discussion.
House Taken Over https://www.shortstoryproject.com/stories/house-taken-over/
Harrison Bergeron: attached
Discuss some of the common problems that can be found in research reports as applied to counseling research?
Discuss some of the common problems that can be found in research reports as applied to counseling research?
Explain the following concepts: Asexual – sexual reproduction.
1. Explain the following concepts:
o Asexual – sexual reproduction.
o Mitosis – Meiosis
o Diploid – Haploid
o Gametes
o Fertilization
o Zygote
o Syngamy
o Blastocyst
o Implantation
o Gastrulation
o Embryo – Fetus
2. Explain fertilization process from cellular level to fetus (as per video time 1:08:00) BELOW
3. After learning about fertilization process, and according to nature and objectively, and scientifically speaking, when does human life begin? Why?
4. Read and summarize Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERD) PART FOUR Introduction. BELOW
Materials:
PART FOUR
Issues in Care for the Beginning of Life
Introduction
The Church’s commitment to human dignity inspires an abiding concern for the sanctity of human life from its very beginning, and with the dignity of marriage and of the marriage act by which human life is transmitted. The Church cannot approve medical practices that undermine the biological, psychological, and moral bonds on which the strength of marriage and the family depends.
Catholic health care ministry witnesses to the sanctity of life “from the moment of conception until death.” 20 The Church’s defense of life encompasses the unborn and the care of women and their children during and after pregnancy. The Church’s commitment to life is seen in its willingness to collaborate with others to alleviate the causes of the high infant mortality rate and to provide adequate health care to mothers and their children before and after birth.
The Church has the deepest respect for the family, for the marriage covenant, and for the love that binds a married couple together. This includes respect for the marriage act by which husband and wife express their love and cooperate with God in the creation of a new human being. The Second Vatican Council affirms:
This love is an eminently human one. . . . It involves the good of the whole person. . . . The actions within marriage by which the couple are united intimately and chastely are noble and worthy ones. Expressed in a manner which is truly human, these actions signify and promote that mutual self-giving by which spouses enrich each other with a joyful and a thankful will.21
Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the begetting and educating of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute very substantially to the welfare of their parents. . . . Parents should regard as their proper mission the task of transmitting human life and educating those to whom it has been transmitted. . . . They are thereby cooperators with the love of God the Creator, and are, so to speak, the interpreters of that love.22
For legitimate reasons of responsible parenthood, married couples may limit the number of their children by natural means. The Church cannot approve contraceptive interventions that “either in anticipation of the marital act, or in its accomplishment or in the development of its natural consequences, have the purpose, whether as an end or a means, to render procreation impossible.”23 Such interventions violate “the inseparable connection, willed by God . . . between the two meanings of the conjugal act: the unitive and procreative meaning.”24
With the advance of the biological and medical sciences, society has at its disposal new technologies for responding to the problem of infertility. While we rejoice in the potential for
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good inherent in many of these technologies, we cannot assume that what is technically possible is always morally right. Reproductive technologies that substitute for the marriage act are not consistent with human dignity. Just as the marriage act is joined naturally to procreation, so procreation is joined naturally to the marriage act. As Pope John XXIII observed:
The transmission of human life is entrusted by nature to a personal and conscious act and as such is subject to all the holy laws of God: the immutable and inviolable laws which must be recognized and observed. For this reason, one cannot use means and follow methods which could be licit in the transmission of the life of plants and animals.25
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Because the moral law is rooted in the whole of human nature, human persons, through intelligent reflection on their own spiritual destiny, can discover and cooperate in the plan of the Creator.26
Directives
38. When the marital act of sexual intercourse is not able to attain its procreative purpose, assistance that does not separate the unitive and procreative ends of the act, and does not substitute for the marital act itself, may be used to help married couples conceive.27
39. Those techniques of assisted conception that respect the unitive and procreative meanings of sexual intercourse and do not involve the destruction of human embryos, or their deliberate generation in such numbers that it is clearly envisaged that all cannot implant and some are simply being used to maximize the chances of others implanting, may be used as therapies for infertility.
40. Heterologous fertilization (that is, any technique used to achieve conception by the use of gametes coming from at least one donor other than the spouses) is prohibited because it is contrary to the covenant of marriage, the unity of the spouses, and the dignity proper to
parents and the child.28
41. Homologous artificial fertilization (that is, any technique used to achieve conception using the gametes of the two spouses joined in marriage) is prohibited when it separates procreation from the marital act in its unitive significance (e.g., any technique used to achieve extracorporeal conception).29
42. Because of the dignity of the child and of marriage, and because of the uniqueness of the mother-child relationship, participation in contracts or arrangements for surrogate motherhood is not permitted. Moreover, the commercialization of such surrogacy denigrates the dignity of women, especially the poor.30
43. A Catholic health care institution that provides treatment for infertility should offer not only technical assistance to infertile couples but also should help couples pursue other solutions (e.g., counseling, adoption).
44. A Catholic health care institution should provide prenatal, obstetric, and postnatal services for mothers and their children in a manner consonant with its mission.
45. Abortion (that is, the directly intended termination of pregnancy before viability or the directly intended destruction of a viable fetus) is never permitted. Every procedure whose sole immediate effect is the termination of pregnancy before viability is an abortion, which, in its moral context, includes the interval between conception and implantation of the embryo. Catholic health care institutions are not to provide abortion services, even based upon the principle of material cooperation. In this context, Catholic health care institutions need to be
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concerned about the danger of scandal in any association with abortion providers.
46. Catholic health care providers should be ready to offer compassionate physical, psychological, moral, and spiritual care to those persons who have suffered from the trauma of abortion.
47. Operations, treatments, and medications that have as their direct purpose the cure of a proportionately serious pathological condition of a pregnant woman are permitted when they cannot be safely postponed until the unborn child is viable, even if they will result in the death of the unborn child.
48. In case of extrauterine pregnancy, no intervention is morally licit which constitutes a direct abortion.31
49. For a proportionate reason, labor may be induced after the fetus is viable.
50. Prenatal diagnosis is permitted when the procedure does not threaten the life or physical integrity of the unborn child or the mother and does not subject them to disproportionate risks; when the diagnosis can provide information to guide preventative care for the mother or pre- or postnatal care for the child; and when the parents, or at least the mother, give free and informed consent. Prenatal diagnosis is not permitted when undertaken with the intention of aborting an unborn child with a serious defect.32
51. Nontherapeutic experiments on a living embryo or fetus are not permitted, even with the consent of the parents. Therapeutic experiments are permitted for a proportionate reason with the free and informed consent of the parents or, if the father cannot be contacted, at least of the mother. Medical research that will not harm the life or physical integrity of an
unborn child is permitted with parental consent.33
52. Catholic health institutions may not promote or condone contraceptive practices but should provide, for married couples and the medical staff who counsel them, instruction both about the Church’s teaching on responsible parenthood and in methods of natural family planning.
53. Direct sterilization of either men or women, whether permanent or temporary, is not permitted in a Catholic health care institution. Procedures that induce sterility are permitted when their direct effect is the cure or alleviation of a present and serious pathology and a simpler treatment is not available.34
54. Genetic counseling may be provided in order to promote responsible parenthood and to prepare for the proper treatment and care of children with genetic defects, in accordance with Catholic moral teaching and the intrinsic rights and obligations of married couples regarding the transmission of life.
Fertilization:
fertilization process from cellular level to fetus (as per video time 1:08:00)
gender violence
GENDERED VIOLENCE: Violence against women, and more generally, the devaluation of femininity, is a pressing issue that is evident in many socio-cultural contexts, including the military. Jackson Katz states that “We are raising generations of boys in a society that in many ways glorifies sexually aggressive masculinity and considers as normal the degradation and objectification of women.”
Using examples from at least TWO different course texts, discuss how military systems target or victimize women or girls with violence, and/or devalue femininity more generally (ex. with sexist language, objectification, sexual violence, etc.).
Compare 2 stories
Choosing two of the three short stories, you will compare them in regards to character, theme or perspective. You will be responsible for reading all three, but you should only compare two of the three in your mini-essay.
First, read the stories, then select two that you believe are comparable in some capacity. Most likely, theme, character, setting or perspective will be the focus of your response.
Once you’ve chosen the comparison point, track them throughout each of the stories you’ve chosen, using specific evidence from the text. You might want to write down specific quotes or passages from the text.
Then, write a mini-essay of about 550-600 words regarding the topic. You will want to include:
An introduction paragraph, no less than 2 comparison points/arguments, at least 4-5 different ‘proofs’ between the two stories (not each story, but 4-5 total) and a conclusion paragraph.
Your mini-essay may not have a ‘thesis’ in the introduction paragraph, as you are comparing the two stories chosen. Rather, if you wish, your conclusion paragraph may be where you put your ‘thesis’. What is your overall message and takeaways after comparing the two? What do you still wonder about or was not clear? Look at files for more instructions.
UNIT I cyber
This unit introduced network security and network security implementation. For this essay, you will explore a specific IT risk. Compose an essay on one of the following topics listed below:
end-user security issues
identity theft
instant messaging security
intrusion detection
security threats and vulnerabilities, and
wireless technology security.
In your essay, briefly describe the issue that you have selected. In addition, you should also include the following.
Discuss the fundamental concepts of network security as they relate to your chosen topic.
Explain how TCP/IP behavior and applications relate to your chosen topic.
Describe the legal sanctions that aim to reduce crime surrounding your chosen topic.
Discuss how cybersecurity professionals can manage the risk associated with your chosen topic.
Your essay must be at least two pages long, and you should include an introduction and conclusion section. You must use a minimum of two resources in your essay, one of which may be your textbook. You may also use resources from the CSU Online Library, government library, any other library, or any peer-reviewed or academic reference. You must cite and reference any information from your selected resources in APA format.
Write a THEORETICAL paper on International relations theory and conflict resolution theory.
Write a THEORETICAL paper on International relations theory and conflict resolution theory.
d) Finally, compare the two different analyses, paying particular attention to the assumptions, strengths and weaknesses of each of the two perspectives.
e) What can each perspective help us understand that the other can’t?
f) What does each miss?
Please use some papers from the list in the document.
Thank you!
Explain and examine the impact of globalization on a particular nation.
Write an six-page analysis of a country. The number of pages does not include the cover page, footnotes, and bibliography. The paper will conform to the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style and use Times New Roman twelve-point font. Explain and examine the impact of globalization on a particular nation. Use four themes (environment, population, culture, and economics) to assess the current status of the particular nation. Include policy recommendations based on an analysis of policies previously implemented by other nations within and outside of the region.
Nation – United States of America(USA)