Best Writer

Working in a team can be difficult. Sometimes, we may face uncomfortable situations with our teammates. For this assignment, you will write a paper with your responses to different team scenarios from the perspective of a team leader.
Instructions:
• Please read through the following scenarios:
o You are in a course and have been assigned to a team project. As a team you are responsible for defining a topic, researching for materials, collecting data, developing a report, developing a PPT presentation, and presenting your project to the class. However, one member of the team consistently does not deliver on his commitments. He does not attend some meetings, comes late to others and often delivers his action items late. When he does show up he’s usually texting or on Facebook. He’s popular and a very good talker. When questioned about his behavior, he says that his first priority is to address his full time job, then his family. He will get to school work when time allows. Finally, another teammate, Sue, cannot take it anymore. She explodes and rips into him, ranting “If you don’t want to be here why don’t you just drop the course?!” She goes on about his being late, lack of any effort, and the fact that everyone on the team will have their grade affected by his lack of effort. At this point another team member, Joe, jumps in and tells Sue to “Just calm down, let him get back to his work”. The rest of the group falls so silent you can hear a mouse walking across cotton.

• As a team leader, consider the following:
o What do you think is the fundamental problem here?
o What are some possible solutions?
o What solution would you recommend?
o What are some of the “people skills” you would employ, and how?
o If you had a chance to start this team over again, what would you do
differently to avoid this problem?

References:

Kappel, M. (2017). How to handle conflict at your business. Forbes.
Ury, W. (2010). The walk from “no” to “yes.” [Video file]. TED.
Ackerman, C. 2020. How to improve emotional intelligence in the workplace. Positive Psychology.

Non-performing Employees

You have been promoted to the role of office manager of a healthcare administration company. Prior to your assuming this role, you learn that the previous manager was lackluster and allowed employee morale and performance to go downhill. In your first few days on the job, you notice this behavior first hand; there are a number of unproductive and non-performing employees.

Some employees perform their job functions slowly and inefficiently, while others perform as little work as possible. Some come in late to work, or take long breaks and lunches. There is no system of accountability, nor are there rewards in place for excellent performance. The overall culture of the department has become sour and lazy.

What steps would you take to attempt to turn office morale and employee performance around? Be sure to discuss opportunities for employee education and training, and how the promotion of lifelong learning in the workplace for both you and your employees could bring about a positive change. Write in a response to each case scenario. Your Journal entry should be at least 500 words.

Describe common characteristics of resilience

Describe your worldview. Some of the constructs from the BWVI are relevant and may
help you think through your worldview.
 Is evolutionary psychology compatible with your worldview?
 What are the strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary psychology

Discuss the values, attitudes, knowledge, and skills that will contribute to your success in an APN role and how you can break from your peer relationships in order to form new ones.
Provide 2 peer-reviewed references that are under 5 years old and from a professional advanced practice journal for your initial post.

Question 1 (10 points)
It’s pretty simple to extract DNA (even proteins) from cells. Scientists have been doing so for nearly 200 years.
(1) So what was the point of Hershey and Chase choosing to use radioactive labels for the DNA and cellular proteins in their work? Why did they need to do it, and what were they doing that was different than what had been done before?
(2) What did it allow them to discover or confirm?
NOTE: All answers must be detailed and fully address the questions asked, and must incorporate and reference, at minimum, the course materials. Brief and/or insufficient answers that do not reflect rigorous academic effort and college-level critical thought on the part of the student will receive little to no credit.
*If the question above presents questions in list (i.e. numbered) form, you MUST clearly label your answer in the given list form (i.e. use the same numbers provided) and address each question separately in order to receive credit.

Mendel described inheritance as being “particulate.”
(1) Explain what he meant by this.
(2) Explain how his ideas were different than the “blended inheritance” theory at the time.
(3) Give a simple analogy for each of these models that illustrate their differences. The analogies should be capable of being understood by even a non-science student.

Question 3 (10 points)
Discuss the controversy surrounding Rosalind Franklin and her impact on the discovery of DNA structure. What was her role? Why did she receive no recognition? In your opinion, was what happened to her fair? Why or why not? This may require you to do some additional research beyond the course materials.

Question 4 (10 points)
Refer to the structure of DNA presented in the course materials.
(1) What are the defining characteristics of this molecular structure?
(2) Which are the most important in terms of DNA replication?
(3) Which are most important to “Central Dogma”?
(4) Which part, exactly, did Hershey and Chase radioactively label?
(5) Why are DNA molecules that contain more A-T base pairs easier to separate than those with more G-C base pairs?

Question 5 (10 points)
Sometimes when a mutation occurs, it results in the loss of activity in a specific enzyme. Can we then conclude that there was no protein produced by the mutated gene? Explain your answer.

Question 6 (10 points)
The bread mold Neurospora gets its orange color (O) from a specific enzymatic reaction as shown below. The compounds that cause the coloration (W, Y, O) are not necessary for the mold’s life cycle, but orange is the wild-type color due to this biochemical pathway (W = white, Y = yellow, O = orange). Using the reaction below, complete the table with the correct colors for each cell culture.
Format your answer like this (i.e., copy/paste this into the textbook and provide the appropriate colors):
Row 1 (left to right): [color], [color], [color]
Row 2 (left to right): [color], [color], [color]
Row 3 (left to right): [color], [color], [color]
Row 4 (left to right): [color], [color], [color]
NOTE: You MUST clearly label your answer in the given list form (i.e. use the same numbers and format provided) and address each question separately in order to receive credit.
Question 6 options:
Paragraph

Question 7 (10 points)
A trio of APUS genetics students created a mutant strain of E. coli that, unlike the normal strain, cannot synthesize methionine (i.e. it is auxotrophic for MET). MET therefore must be present in its growth medium. This is kind of a big deal, since MET corresponds to the start codon in DNA transcription. Each of the 3 students built plasmid DNA libraries from the wild-type parental (normal) strain. They each used different restriction enzymes to clone the fragments, and then transformed the mutant (auxotrophic) strain with their own library. Their chosen restriction enzyme and their results are as follows:
Student 1: used EcoR1 ; lots of prototrophic colonies in very little medium
Student 2: used HINDIII ; no colonies
Student 3: Xhol ; no colonies
Their experimental control suggests that the actual transformation process worked fine, so how can these results be explained? (HINT: Think about how restriction enzymes work, their degree of precision, etc.)

Question 8 (10 points)
Figure 27 in the course textbook illustrates a transformation rescue. In this case, it shows the use of a plasmid carrying an a+ gene to rescue an a- strain. The product of the a+ strain is Enzyme A. Could you rescue a- using growth medium containing Enzyme A? What about growth medium containing the product of Enzyme A?

Question 9 (10 points)
Does all DNA have a function? Is all of the DNA in your genome, for example, part of a gene? Explain (be specific).

Question 10 (10 points)
When RNA molecules are transcribed, do they always end up being mRNA transcripts? Explain (be specific).

Instructions:
Watch the commercial in the “multimedia” folder in “files.”
Watch it at least three times and take notes in response to these questions each time as you watch.
You should end up with one full page of notes (typed, 12 point regular, times-like font, single spaced).
Respond to these questions:
What sense, or mood do you get from this media object? In other words, what affect does it produce?
What are some of the key aesthetic techniques that make this media text operate to convey meaning, to stir-up emotion/affect in the manner it does?
What are the key signifiers?
How are clusters working to frame how we read the key signifiers?
What are the connoted meanings to which those signifiers might point?
Name 2 ideologies that this media object plays into /helps foster/ is perpetuating.
Do you think you are being interpellated by this ad? What kind of subject(s) are you being interpellated as?
How does the gaze operate in this video?

Answer the following questions using the files attached. These should be well developed. Give me examples, discussion and details. Respond to each part of the question! Stay on topic. You do not need to write out each question in the paper. Just number each question. Make sure you are only using the textbook images in the files attached. Absolutely NO outside resources, the textbook covers all information

1. Why do you think African Americans are overrepresented in crime statistics? Is it because they commit more crimes or is it due to greater police presence in their environment?

3. Do you think the criminal justice system is racist toward African Americans or does it show that individual people within the system discriminate against African Americans?

4. What role does the media play in assessing the importance of race and the criminal justice system?

Part 1: Introduction (2 pages)
In your Introduction to your critical analysis, include the following:
Introduce the research you selected (title, authors)
Describe the study (i.e., purpose of the study)
Describe the problem addressed in the study as well as the research question
Part 2: Methods and Design (2 pages)
Describe the overall design of the study you selected
Describe the type of methodology used (i.e., qualitative, quantitative, or mixed method)
Describe any ethical considerations within the study you selected. If none mentioned, explain any potential ethical issues the researcher(s) might have needed to consider.
Part 3: Culture within Research (4 pages)
This portion of your assessment is your analysis of how the researchers incorporated culture into their research. Include the following:
How did the researcher(s) incorporate the nature of culture within their study?
Are there aspects of the study where researcher(s) could have better incorporated the influence of culture in the sample, methods, analyses or conclusion and how?
If the researcher(s) were given an opportunity to improve on their research, what would you suggest? Be specific.
How would your suggestion facilitate positive social change?

The report must be answering the following question:1) What are the causes and effects of bullying, as illustrated in the novel, in reference to both Victor and Bull. It must have an introduction, a development and a conclusion. don’T make it to complicated. and for gods sakes read the whole book.