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discrimination in the North

this discussion addresses the following outcomes:

In a post of at least 250 words consider the following:

  • Faced with discrimination in the North, Black leaders like Martin Delany called for a return to the African continent. So did some White abolitionists, who created what later became the country of Liberia in West Africa. Were such plans a realistic option for the majority of free Blacks in the United States?
  • Could many 19th-century free Blacks have moved to Africa and prospered, or was it merely, as Takaki dismissed it, “Nostalgia on the Niger,” based on a false vision of the realities of African life?
  • Support your answer with references to the readings.
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The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War had a profound impact on Americans’ views concerning war, peace, the Cold War, and politics. One way to investigate this impact further is to learn from someone who was, in some way, connected either directly to the conflict or to the Vietnam Era in general. By completing Project 1, you will do just this.
In a minimum of 750 words (approximately 3 pages), you will write a report and analysis of an interview that you conduct with a person with ties to the American Vietnam War. This person can be a veteran who served during Vietnam, a spouse or child of a veteran, a student during the war, or simply a person who was alive during the war.
***If you cannot, due to circumstances related to location, conduct a personal interview, you may select one of two alternative options. First, you may conduct an “asynchronous interview” via email with a person who meets the parameters described in the previous paragraph. The second option is to “interview” a person who meets the same parameters through an examination of a first-hand account written by the person (such essays are generally available online—for help finding such information, contact your instructor).***
Use the following guiding questions as you prepare to write the paper:

  • What was this person’s relationship to the Vietnam War?
  • What were the subject’s personal views of the Vietnam War during the Vietnam Era?
  • What is this person’s general view of the Vietnam War today?
  • How does the subject believe the Vietnam War impacted the evolution of the United States as a nation?
  • In the subject’s estimation, what is the “legacy” of the US-Vietnam War?
  • What is your personal reaction to the subject’s responses? Where they what you expected? Were you surprised by any responses?

Required Organization of the Interview Report and Analysis:

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Complete the spreadsheets

P13-3A  Perform ratio analysis, and discuss change in financial position and operating results
Condensed balance sheet and income statement data for Jernigan Corporation are presented here.
JERNIGAN CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
December 31
2014 2013 2012
Cash $30,000 $20,000 $18,000
Accounts receivable (net) 50,000 45,000 48,000
Other current assets 90,000 95,000 64,000
Investments 55,000 70,000 45,000
Plant and equipment (net) 500,000 370,000 358,000
$725,000 $600,000 $533,000
Current liabilities $85,000 $80,000 $70,000
Long-term debt 145,000 85,000 50,000
Common stock, $10 par 320,000 310,000 300,000
Retained Earnings 175,000 125,000 113,000
$725,000 $600,000 $533,000
JERNIGAN CORPORATION
Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31
2014 2013
Sales revenue $740,000 $600,000
Less: Sales return and allowances 40,000 30,000
Net sales 700,000 570,000
Cost of goods sold 425,000 350,000
Gross profit 275,000 220,000
Operating expenses (including income taxes) 180,000 150,000
Net income 95,000 70,000
Additional information:
1. The market price of Jernigan’s common stock was $7.00, $7.50, and $8.50 for 2012,
2013, and 2014, respectively.
2. You must compute dividends paid.  All dividends were paid in cash.
Instructions
(a) Compute the following ratios for 2013 and 2014.
(1)  Profit margin. 5. Price-earnings ratio.
(2)  Gross profit rate. 6. Payout ratio.
(3)  Asset turnover. 7. Debt to assets ratio.
(4)  Earnings per share.
(b) Based on the ratios calculated, discuss briefly the improvement or lack thereof in the
financial position and operating results from 2013 to 2014 of Jernigan Corporation.
NOTE:  Enter a number in cells requesting a value; enter either a number or a formula in cells with a “?” .
(a)(1) Profit margin
2014 2013
Net income
Net sales
Profit margin ? ?
(a)(2) Gross profit rate
2014 2013
Gross profit
Net sales
Gross profit rate ? ?
(a)(3) Asset turnover
2014 2013
Total assets, 2014 Value
Total assets, 2013 Value Value
Total assets, 2012 Value
Average total assets ? ?
2014 2013
Net sales Value Value
Average total assets Value Value
Asset turnover ? ?
(a)(4) Earnings per share
2014 2013
Common shares outstanding, 2014 Value
Common shares outstanding, 2013 Value Value
Common shares outstanding, 2012 Value
Average common shares outstanding ? ?
2014 2013
Net income – Pfd. Dividends Value Value
Average common shares outstanding Value Value
Earnings per share ? ?
(a)(5) Price-earnings ratio
2014 2013
Stock price per share Value Value
Earnings per share Value Value
Price-earnings ratio ? ?
(a)(6) Payout ratio
2014 2013
Prior year’s retained earnings Value Value
Plus: current year net income Value Value
Less: current year’s retained earnings Value Value
Cash dividends declared ? ?
2014 2013
Cash dividends declared (common) Value Value
Net income Value Value
Payout ratio ? ?
(a)(7) Debt to assets ratio
2014 2013
Current Liabilities Value
Long-term debt Value Value
Total liabilities ? ?
Total assets Value Value
Debt to assets ratio ? ?

 

E13-4   Prepare vertical analysis
Operating data for Jacobs Corporation are presented below.
2014 2013
Sales revenue $800,000 $600,000
Cost of goods sold 520,000 408,000
Selling expenses 120,000 72,000
Administrative expenses 60,000 48,000
Income tax expense 30,000 24,000
Net income 70,000 48,000
Instructions
Prepare a schedule showing a vertical analysis for 2014 and 2013.
NOTE:  Enter a number in cells requesting a value; enter either a number or a formula in cells with a “?” .
JACOBS CORPORATION
Condensed Income Statement
For the Years Ended December 31
2014 2013
Amount Percent Amount Percent
Sales Revenue ? ?
Cost of goods sold ? ?
Gross profit ? ?
Selling expenses ? ?
Administrative expenses ? ?
Total operating expenses ? ?
Income before income taxes ? ? ? ?
Income tax expense ? ?
Net income ? ?

 

E13-3   Prepare horizontal analysis
Here is financial information for Spangles, Inc.
December 31, 2014 December 31, 2013
Current assets $106,000 $90,000
Plant assets (net) 400,000 350,000
Current liabilities 99,000 65,000
Long-term liabilities 122,000 90,000
Common stock, $1 par 130,000 115,000
Reained earnings 155,000 170,000
Instructions
Prepare a schedule showing a horizontal analysis for 2014, using 2013 as the base year.
NOTE:  Enter a number in cells requesting a value; enter either a number or a formula in cells with a “?” .
Increase or (Decrease)
2014 2013 Amount Percentage
Assets
Current assets ?
Plant assets (net) ?
     Total assets ?
Liabilities
Current liabilities ?
Long-term liabilities ?
     Total liabilities ?
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $1 par ?
Retained earnings ?
    Total stockholders’ equity ?
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity ?

 

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Provider Incentives and Activity-Based Costing (ABC)

Discussion postings should be written in standard edited English and should follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific in-text citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources Refer to thePocket Guide to APA Style to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct. Initial postings must be 300–350 words (not including references).
Choose one of the following:

  1. Consider a healthcare organization with which you are familiar, and discuss how do a provider’s incentives differ when the provider moves from a fee-for-service to a capitated environment?
  2. Discus briefly the activity-based costing (ABC) concept and explain how ABC can differ from traditional costing approaches? Consider a healthcare organization with which you are familiar with and it uses ABC model.
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Summarize major perspectives and theories in psychology.

For this Assignment, you will watch all of the videos listed below, and then select one video to identify basic perspectives and theories used in psychology. After reviewing the video, you will complete the template, which will provide you with a connection between the major psychology studies and perspectives.
 
Watch the following:
The Bystander Effect
The Milgram Experiment
Learned Helplessness
The Stanford Prison Experiment
 
Then, complete the template in Course Documents answering the following questions:
Identify the study (video) you selected.
The Bystander Effect
The Milgram Experiment
Learned Helplessness
The Stanford Prison Experiment
 
Summarize the results of this study and what implications it has with regards to human behavior and mental processes that you’ve learned about in Units 4-5.
 
Discuss what is meant by the term states of consciousness and apply it to your research study, considering whether it impacted the behavior or mental processes of the subjects involved.
 
Consider whether or not you think this research could explain the development of psychological disorders? Explain your reasoning using reference to the study and the disorder(s).
 
Theories lead to hypotheses, which lead to research. Explain which theory you think may have been the influence for the research study that you chose. (For example: psychodynamic, humanistic, social cognitive, behaviorism, or trait theory) Explain your reasoning using reference to the study and the theory.
 
Writing Requirements and Guidelines
Your Assignment should be 4 pages, not including the Cover and Reference pages.
Your Assignment should include:
Cover page:  Provide your name, title of Assignment, course and unit number, and date
Body: Answer the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs.
Reference Page: Sources in APA format
 
USE ONLY ACADEMIC SOURCES: Use Google Scholar, JSTOR, textbooks, and/or .gov websites to keep the true academic sources in your papers. TURNITIN MUST BE UNDER 20%

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Assess Potential Risks for Businesses

You have been hired as a consultant to assess security needs for ABC Valve Plant. The company has formed a working hypothesis for potentially why the plant has been operating at a loss for a couple of years.
Use the attachment to review the case study on ABC Valve Plant.
After reviewing the case study, write a 3 to 5 page paper (excluding cover page and reference page) that assesses the potential risk to security and propose potential solutions.
Your assessment should address the working hypothesis as well as address additional areas for inquiry and investigation.

  • Assess the risks to security at the plant.
  • Propose three or more possible solutions.
  • Utilize data and a provide rationale to support each proposed solution.

In addition, your assessment should include the following:

  • Discuss additional inquiry and investigation that is needed.
  • Outline the steps that will need to occur to investigate security needs at the plant.
  • Discuss the data that will need to be collected to analyze security at the site.
  • Discuss how data will be collected (e.g., observation, interviews, analyze of purchasing records, etc.).
  • Identify at least two ethical concerns in how data is collected in assessing the risks of the plant.

(PLEASE NOTE: This essay will require outside research. Use at least three credible sources beyond the text material.)
 
USE ONLY ACADEMIC SOURCES: Use Google Scholar, JSTOR, textbooks, and/or .gov websites to keep the true academic sources in your papers. TURNITIN MUST BE UNDER 20%

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Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Clinical Settings

Some people consider the difference between the terms “quantitative” and “qualitative” to be similar to the difference between facts and feelings. These individuals might argue that quantitative approaches are better or more appropriate than qualitative approaches, particularly in health care. They might support this argument by saying that quantitative approaches are based on numbers and concrete evidence rather than on subjective observations and opinions.
Based on the information presented in this week’s Learning Resources and Media, do you think this an accurate way of distinguishing quantitative and qualitative methods of research? Is one method inherently superior to the other? How would you describe the difference between quantitative and qualitative research to someone who was completely unfamiliar with these concepts?
This Discussion explores the characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research methods as well as the application of each in the practice setting. You examine the suitability of each method to evidence-based practice. You are encouraged to make connections between general characteristics and abstract research concepts to realistic scenarios and actual experiences in your responses to this week’s Discussion prompts.
 
To prepare:
 

  • Review Dr. Shi’s comparison of the characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research presented in this week’s media presentation and in the “Overview of Qualitative Research Methods” tutorial.
  • Reflect on the Learning Resources focusing on the use of quantitative and qualitative research in health care.
  • With the two articles you reviewed in mind (one quantitative and one qualitative), think about how those types of research projects influence, or support, evidence-based nursing practice. Ask yourself: Which methodology is most appropriate for supporting evidence-based practice? What characteristics of that methodology support my conclusion? SEE ATTACHED FILES FOR ARTICLES

By Tomorrow 08/29/17, write a minimum of 550 words in APA format with a minimum of 3 references from the list below which include the level one headings as numbered below:
post a cohesive response that addresses the following:
1)     Analyze how quantitative and qualitative research projects can be applied to evidence-based nursing practice. (SEE ATTACHED FILES FOR ARTICLES)
2)     What characteristics of quantitative or qualitative research make it the most appropriate for addressing evidence-based practice problems? Support your position.
 
 
Required Media
 
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Research methods for evidence-based practice: Introduction to research and analysis. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Note:  The approximate length of this media piece is 10 minutes.
In this week’s video, the presenters discuss the use of research in health care and how health care professionals can select appropriate research topics. The video also discusses how to identify organizational sources of data for health care research.
 
Tutorials
 
Walden University. (n.d.). Overview of quantitative research methods. Retrieved August 1, 2011, from http://streaming.waldenu.edu/hdp/researchtutorials/qualitative/index.html
This tutorial provides an overview of qualitative research design and methods, including the key questions to consider when using a qualitative methodology.
 
Required Readings
 
Gray, J.R., Grove,  S.K., & Sutherland, S. (2017). Burns  and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (8th ed.). St.  Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.
Chapter 2, “Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based Nursing Practice”
This excerpt discusses methodologies for developing research evidence in nursing and compares quantitative and qualitative research methods. This section of Chapter 2 also introduces levels of evidence and how the various levels are used in evidence-based practice.
 
Chapter 3, “Introduction to Quantitative Research”
Chapter 3 provides an overview of quantitative research methods, including sampling and research settings. The chapter also outlines the steps of quantitative research from the formulation of a research project to communicating research findings.
 
Chapter 4, “Introduction to Qualitative Research”
Chapter 4 introduces qualitative research methods and examines the use of qualitative research in nursing.
 
Select and read one article that uses quantitative methodology and one article that uses qualitative methodology:
 
Bonner, L. M., Simons, C. E., Parker, L. E., Yano, E. M., & Kirchner, J. E. (2010). ‘To take care of the patients’: Qualitative analysis of Veterans Health Administration personnel experiences with a clinical informatics system. Implementation Science, 563–570. doi:10.1186/1748-5908-5-63
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database. [Qualitative]
This article presents a qualitative analysis of interview transcripts with Veteran Health Administration (VA) personnel and examines themes relating to participants’ interactions with and assessment of the VA electronic health record (EHR).
 
Fletcher, A., Cooper, J. R., Helms, P., Northington, L., & Winters, K. (2009). Stemming the tide of childhood obesity in an underserved urban African American population: A pilot study. ABNF Journal, 20(2), 44–48.
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database. [Quantitative]
This article presents the quantitative findings of a pilot weight control study performed by the Kids for Healthy Eating and Exercising (KHEE) club in Jackson, Mississippi. This program may be considered a model for successful methods of addressing the nationwide problem of childhood obesity.
 
Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Paquet, M., Duchesne, M., Santo, A., Gavrancic, A., Courcy, F., & Gagnon, S. (2010). Retaining nurses and other hospital workers: An intergenerational perspective of the work climate. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 42(4), 414–422. doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01370.x
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library using the CINAHL Plus with Full Text database. [Quantitative]
This article outlines a quantitative study on work climate perceptions and intentions to quit among health care workers belonging to three distinct generations: baby boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. The article offers suggestions for retention strategies based on the findings of this study: identifying areas of work climate improvement that are relevant to workers across the three generations in the study.
 
Watts, S., Gee, J., O’Day, M., Schaub, K., Lawrence, R., Aron, D., & Kirsh, S. (2009). Program evaluation. Nurse practitioner-led multidisciplinary teams to improve chronic illness care: The unique strengths of nurse practitioners applied to shared medical appointments/group visits. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 21(3), 167–172.
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library using the CINAHL Plus with Full Text database. [Qualitative]
 
This article offers a qualitative analysis of case studies of shared medical appointments (SMAs) or group visits for three different chronic diseases. Using the six criteria in a novel chronic care model (CCM), the article illustrates how nurse practitioners (NPs) play a variety of roles in the development, implementation, and sustainability of SMAs as a method of improving the quality of life and care for patients with chronic diseases.