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Historically the USA and Silicon Valley have
been at the heart of global innovation. The attached article argues why it
might no longer be the case. You are an entrepreneur and a hopeful leader of a
new company. You have an idea and some of your funding. You have been offered a
Green Card to the USA but you are not sure whether you should stay in your home
country, move to the USA or look for another country. Do an analysis of the attached
article (or the link is below) and then make a recommendation to yourself based
on your knowledge of other locales or just your home market on whether or not
you would move to the USA to start the business. Explain why.

Article Link: https://hbr.org/2012/03/the-looming-challenge-to-us-competitiveness

Before
you start working on your paper, you should thoroughly explore the separate grading rubric at the end of this
instruction and clearly identify key elements based on which your paper will be
assessed.
Requirements:
· Write the paper using APA
style with 2-3 references, in addition to the textbook. All sources must have: authors,
publication dates, and publishers. “Anonymous” authors and sources without
dates or publishers will not be accepted as valid sources and marks will
be deducted.
· The paper should be at least 1500 words and should exhibit good writing and
analytical skills – review the grading rubric.
· Submit your paper via Turnitin
before the due date (Monday, June 21 2100hrs) Late submissions are not accepted.

DQ1
Create a simple 0, 1 integer model for a situation or problem you face in your life. Is there an optimal solution for your problem? What type of model would you use to create an optimal solution? Explain.
DQ2
Think about your own retirement investment portfolio or find an example of one online. Discuss how you might use a model to create the optimum portfolio allocation for your risk level.

Patricia response

Re: Topic 6 DQ 1
A real-life issue that can easily be modeled through the use of an integer modeling is the knapsack problem. This in context is the issue that relates to the combinational optimization. To demystify more on this, provide a set of items, each of the items having a given weight and value, it will be necessary to determine every item that will have to be included in the collection so as the total weight will be less than or equal to a particular limit and total value is as big as possible. It acquires its name from the issue that is encountered by an individual who is limited with a fixed size of knapsack and ought to fill it using the most valuable items (Feng et al. 2017). The popular knapsack issue is the binary (0-1) in which the person who is making the decision is required to either select (1) o not to select (0) of the item. That is to mean that such a particular item cannot be divided.
The solution to this given problem is that all the subsets of the items will have to be considered and then the total weight calculated and the values of all the different subsets. It is vital to consider the only subsets where their total weight is below that of W (Feng et al. 2017). The next step is that from the subsets, it is advisable that a person should pick the maximum value subset.
The greedy method model can be used to create an optimal solution to the knapsack problem. This method works through the creation of option A that is constructed through the selection of each element Ai of A until the end. For every Ai, there will need to select Ai optimally.
Reference
Feng, Y., Wang, G. G., Deb, S., Lu, M., & Zhao, X. J. (2017). Solving 0–1 knapsack problem by a novel binary monarch butterfly optimization. Neural computing and applications, 28(7), 1619-1634.

Select a Fortune 500 company and research their Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) tactics. Select at least one traditional and one digital venue to research the IMC tactics. In a two to four-page paper, analyze whether or not the tactics are effective and why. Describe any recommendations for improvement.

Your CEO wants to review the benchmarking data used to compare Choice Hospital with other hospitals in the same geographic region. The Board of Directors is looking at expanding the Emergency Department or adding more in-patient beds. The CEO needs to know how Choice Hospital compares with other hospitals in the region to be part of the discussion and inform decisions on expansion in these areas.

As you assume the role the HCA at Choice Hospital, provide the data and analysis requested by your CEO as described below. In this exercise, assume that Choice Hospital is located in Colorado, and use these dataprovided by the Colorado Hospital Association for Colorado hospitals. If you wish to find data for your own state of residence, you may do that and start your search at your state’s Department of Health Web site.

For comparison of Choice Hospital to others in the state of Colorado of comparable size, you will use the specific data points requested, perform the calculations, and prepare the presentation of the data as follows:
You will first review the data available and summarize the data points as specified for this presentation by placing them in an Excel spreadsheet.
Calculate descriptive statistics for the data, as specified below.
Prepare an Excel spreadsheet of the data.
Review the data in the spreadsheet, and prepare a discussion of the data for Colorado hospitals compared to the data for Choice Hospital.
The table below includes the data for Choice Hospital:
Hospital Licensed Beds Total Discharges Total Patient Days Inpatient Surgeries Births Inpatient Admissions for Emergency Departments Emergency Department Visits Total Outpatient Visits
Choice Hospital
300
15,279
70,283
4,012
256
4,781
13,342
98,993
From these data, calculate the average length of stay (ALOS) for Choice Hospital.
Now look at the data for Colorado Hospitals at the link provided. Because Choice Hospital is a 300-bed facility, identify the hospitals that have between 200 and 400 licensed beds. Those are the hospitals that you will use for your comparison to Choice Hospital. In your Excel spreadsheet, do the following:
List the hospitals that have 200–400 licensed beds in the first column, with 1 hospital listed per row.
Next, for each of those hospitals, enter the data in separate columns for Total Patient Days and Total Discharges.
In the next column, enter your calculation for ALOS using the data for Total Patient Days and Total Discharges.
At the bottom of the column for ALOS, calculate the mean and standard deviation for the average length of stay for all of the hospitals.
Enter the mean and standard deviation in the cells below in that column, and be sure to identify which value is the mean and which is the standard deviation.
You will submit your Excel spreadsheet along with your 600-800 word summary.

Now that you have the data on ALOS for your comparison hospitals, write 600-800 word summary, not including the title page or reference page, and discuss the following:
Consider the average length of stay for Choice Hospital that you calculated using the data for Choice Hospital. How does that compare to the ALOS on average for the hospitals in Colorado with similar numbers of licensed beds from your calculation?
Identify the range of ALOS for the hospitals, and consider the standard deviation value.
Did you calculate the standard deviation of a sample or of the entire population?
What is the difference?
Explain why you chose the one that you did.
Research the ALOS for the United States, and find a statistic that is within the last 5 years. The ALOS may be an overall average or based on the number of beds.
State the ALOS for the United States that you found in your research, and be sure to cite the reference source.
How does the ALOS for Choice Hospital compare to the national average?

Assess how branding has increased in the last few decades. Think of a brand; analyze how the organization developed its brand equity. Assess the influence of branding on an organization’s IMC.
The Concept of Branding paper

Background: For this assignment, you will be writing an analysis of the play A Doll’s House by Ibsen. Thinking about the deeper meaning of the play is required. You’re NOT writing about whether or not you personally liked the play, nor are you simply offering a summary of the play’s plot. You may be creative with your interpretation, but you must demonstrate that you are engaging with the course materials and the primary source (the play) by including specific examples from the performance to support your assertions and by following proper MLA citation procedures. You must also read chapters 12 and 16 from the textbook on the philosophical concepts of happiness and freedom.
Students may find the Supplementary Material on A Doll’s House useful.
Please review the difference between plot summary and analysis here: Literary Analysis vs. Plot Summary vs. Plot Interpretation
Grading: Review the rubric attached to the dropbox before completing your work.
Required Word Count: This assignment requires a minimum of 650 words, excluding any quoted material. An accurate word count must be included in the heading. Please note, to successfully complete this assignment, you will need extensive direct evidence from the play (performance/text) and supporting evidence from chapters 12 and/or 16; this means you’ll need quotations, so you’re total word count (including your words and your evidence) should exceed 750 words.
Materials: Students will need to screen A Doll’s House by Ibsen (see link above) before completing the assignment. Students will also need to complete their reading of Chapter 7, as well as their reading Chapters 12 and 16 in the textbook to complete this assignment. Students will need to make direct reference to the production they screened in order to successfully complete the assignment. I expect to see specific examples from production referenced in you paper.
Preparation: Before beginning, be sure you’ve completed all the required readings (chs 7, 12, & 16) and screened A Doll’s House.
Prompt: At the end of A Doll’s House, Nora leaves her family because she realizes she does not know herself as an individual. In your textbook, Chapter 12 deals with the concept of happiness, and chapter 16 deals with the concept of freedom. For this assignment you will compose an essay in which you answer the following question: Does Nora leave to find happiness, freedom, or both? In your essay you must integrate the following in your analysis:
You must define happiness and/or freedom using one of the theories discussed in either chapter 12 or 16.
If you discuss freedom, you must address whether or not any of the other characters in play are free or explain how they restrained.
If you discuss happiness, you must address whether or not any of the other characters in the play are happy or explain what it would mean in the context of the play for the characters to be happy?
Formatting and structure: Your essay should follow the general outline found here and include the following:
An introduction that ends with your thesis statement making an interpretative claim about the short story. Please note, a statement must end in a period. Do not ask a rhetorical question. You can review thesis statements here. Your thesis should be a direct response to the prompt: “Does Nora leave to find happiness, freedom, or both?”
An organized discussion that is developed clearly and thoroughly throughout the essay using well crafted body paragraphs (as many as you need). You can review paragraph construction here and here.
Specific examples, which are cited properly, from the production of the play, the text of the play, and the relevant textbook materials to support your assertions.
Refer to the “performance” or “production” of the play and NOT “the movie.”
A conclusion that summarizes the ideas presented in your essay.
Use of Examples: In your discussion, you must draw on your readings from the textbook as well as the performance of the play itself.
You’re analyzing A Doll’s House as a piece of theater and not as drama. I expect to see examples that reference elements such as set design, costuming, performance, lighting, sound design, etc. that support your answer to the prompt (does Nora leave to find happiness, freedom, or both?).
You must make direct reference to the production you were required to screen. Failure to do so will result in earning no more than a 70% on the essay.

Mr. CY, age 71, has
had significant emphysema for six years. He has reduced his cigarette smoking
since mild congestive heart failure was diagnosed (right-sided heart failure;
refer to Chapter 12). He has been admitted to the hospital with a suspected
closed pneumothorax and respiratory failure.
Describe the pathophysiologic
changes in the lungs with emphysema and explain how these affect oxygen
and carbon dioxide levels in the blood.
Explain how emphysema can lead
to heart failure. What signs and symptoms would you expect to develop in
Mr. CY? Classify each as a subjective or objective finding.
Explain how a pneumothorax has
probably occurred in the presence of emphysema.
Explain how a pneumothorax can
cause respiratory failure. Describe the pathophysiologic effects on lung
function and gas exchange in your answer. Include the criteria for respiratory
failure.
Explain why caution must be
exercised in administering oxygen to Mr. CY.
The impaired respiration Mr. CY
experiences as a result of his emphysema causes immobility. Immobility can
lead to other respiratory complications. Identify two of these conditions
and describe preventative measures for each.
Describe several respiratory
therapy interventions that might help Mr. CY return his body to a more
homeostatic state.
Emphysema, as experienced by
this patient, is an obstructive pulmonary disease, which is different than
restrictive pulmonary diseases. Compare and contrast the pathophysiology,
manifestations, and interventions to help return to homeostasis for
obstructive and restrictive respiratory disorders.

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PLEASE WATCH THE ABOVE VIDEO LINK

Reflection Essay: Reaction to Documentary Gender Revolution
Write down your reactions to the video Gender Revolution as you watch it and answer the following questions:
What was your reaction to the documentary? Did it change any thoughts or perceptions that you had (ok if it didn’t)?
How do you think being a transgender person might affect that person’s health?
What do you think are some of the health disparities affecting transgender people?
(1-2 pages, double spaced, using APA format)
Grading Criteria
Reflect on personal reaction to the video 2 pts
Identify health issues and health disparities
affecting transgender people 2 pts
Utilize at least 2 sources* & correct APA format 1 pts

Identify and discuss two advantages, and two disadvantages of the use of computers in the social and behavioral sciences. Please post your response (150-200 words) by June 15th and briefly (but meaningfully) comment (100-150 words) on at least one other student’s post/response by June 21st.
NOTE: While much relevant information can be found searching via www.google.com, please use only peer-reviewed/scientific information from journals or other authoritative sources. Also, all references (at least 3 different sources) must be detailed at the end, and cited in the body of your work, for example (Hassad, 2007).

IF YOU CAN ONLY PROVIDE A SUMMARY PLEASE DONT EXCPET THE TASK!!
Introduction:
Introduce issue and context
Give the title of the essay/article you are analyzing, and the full name of the authorState your working thesis on the issue
State the thesis or major claim of the article (and relation to your own thesis)
State your analysis thesis: What makes this author’s argument effective?
Analysis of Weaknesses – brief summary of counter arguments that it is not effective
1. What objections do you or other readers have to the claims or the evidence in the article?
2. Does the author effectively answer any of these objections in the article?
3. Explain and give examples.
Analysis of Strengths: Give a multi-paragraph, detailed analysis of the rhetorical strategies (including STAR evaluation of evidence) which make the argument effective:
What kind of evidence is provided? Is it more objective ( facts, results of scientific experiments and studies, logical reasoning, expert testimony) or more subjective (biased testimony, personal experience, unsupported opinions)? Is this the best kind of evidence available on this issue? Is it used reasonably and fairly?
What kind of rhetorical strategies are used? Discuss at least three (logic, values, authority, humor, tone, organization, style, audience awareness, etc.) Why did the author use these strategies? Do the rhetorical strategies seem effective and appropriate for this argument and issue? Why or why not? Give examples with short quotes and explanations.
Conclusion: Your overall evaluation of the argument and its relevance to your own research topic. Would this article be useful to your
research? Explain.
https://www.politico.eu/article/data-at-risk-amazon-security-threat/amp/
THIS IS THE ARTICLE .