Choose an FDA-approved prescription medication and discuss the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the medication, including any differences that would be expected based on the patient’s age, a condition of pregnancy, or lactation. Address any adverse effects the medication may have based on age, pregnancy, or lactation.
PSY625: Biological Bases of Behavior- Psychology Grant Proposal
Grant Proposal Guidelines – Final Project
Instructions: This assignment involves preparing a grant proposal requesting support for a 12-month research project. The total amount of support you may request is $60,000 (including direct and indirect costs). You will choose a specific topic in neuroscience or neuropsychology and develop a grant proposal based on a review of the literature and identification of a research hypothesis. The grant proposal must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title page, references list, and appendix), 12- point font, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You must use at least 15 peer-reviewed sources in addition to the text.
The components of your proposal are outlined below. View the Sample Grant Proposal to see an example of a completed proposal in APA format. Use the Grant Proposal Template to create your grant proposal.
NOTE: All titles should be centered and all content should be formatted as in the Grant Proposal Template and the Sample Grant Proposal, not as outlined below in this guidelines document.
Title Page (1 page): • Title of your grant proposal • Your full name • Course name and number • Instructor’s name • Date submitted
Specific Aims: (1 page)
Clearly and concisely state the goals of your grant proposal. Summarize the expected outcome(s), including the impact that the results of the proposed research will exert on the research field(s) involved. List the specific objectives of your grant proposal (e.g., to test a stated hypothesis, create a novel design, solve a specific problem, challenge an existing paradigm or clinical practice, address a critical barrier to progress in the field, or develop new technology). Background: (6 – 8 pages for Background, Significance, Proposed Study, and Budget Justification sections)
The goal of this section is to provide a well-developed literature review that provides the basis for the research problem and illustrates to the reader that you are knowledgeable about the scope of the theory. Research as many studies pertaining to the theory as possible, and summarize them in a succinct manner.
In most respects, this section is precisely what you do when you write the introduction section to a research paper. Your background section should clearly state the rationale for the topic you have chosen. It includes the literature review you conducted to identify an area of neuroscience or neuropsychology that has not yet been studied. At the end of this section, you should clearly specify your research hypotheses. Significance:
Explain the importance of the problem or critical barriers to progress in the field that the proposed project addresses. Explain how the proposed project will improve scientific knowledge, technical capability, and/or clinical practice in one or more broad fields. Describe how the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services, or preventative interventions that drive this field will be changed if the proposed aims are achieved.
PSY625: Biological Bases of Behavior Ashford University
Instructions: This assignment involves preparing a grant proposal requesting support for a 12-month research project. The total amount of support you may request is $60,000 (including direct and indirect costs). You will choose a specific topic in neuroscience or neuropsychology and develop a grant proposal based on a review of the literature and identification of a research hypothesis. The grant proposal must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title page, references list, and appendix), 12- point font, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You must use at least 15 peer-reviewed sources in addition to the text.
The components of your proposal are outlined below. View the Sample Grant Proposal to see an example of a completed proposal in APA format. Use the Grant Proposal Template to create your grant proposal.
NOTE: All titles should be centered and all content should be formatted as in the Grant Proposal Template and the Sample Grant Proposal, not as outlined below in this guidelines document.
Title Page (1 page): • Title of your grant proposal • Your full name • Course name and number • Instructor’s name • Date submitted
Specific Aims: (1 page)
Clearly and concisely state the goals of your grant proposal. Summarize the expected outcome(s), including the impact that the results of the proposed research will exert on the research field(s) involved. List the specific objectives of your grant proposal (e.g., to test a stated hypothesis, create a novel design, solve a specific problem, challenge an existing paradigm or clinical practice, address a critical barrier to progress in the field, or develop new technology). Background: (6 – 8 pages for Background, Significance, Proposed Study, and Budget Justification sections)
The goal of this section is to provide a well-developed literature review that provides the basis for the research problem and illustrates to the reader that you are knowledgeable about the scope of the theory. Research as many studies pertaining to the theory as possible, and summarize them in a succinct manner.
In most respects, this section is precisely what you do when you write the introduction section to a research paper. Your background section should clearly state the rationale for the topic you have chosen. It includes the literature review you conducted to identify an area of neuroscience or neuropsychology that has not yet been studied. At the end of this section, you should clearly specify your research hypotheses. Significance:
Explain the importance of the problem or critical barriers to progress in the field that the proposed project addresses. Explain how the proposed project will improve scientific knowledge, technical capability, and/or clinical practice in one or more broad fields. Describe how the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services, or preventative interventions that drive this field will be changed if the proposed aims are achieved.
PSY625: Biological Bases of Behavior Ashford University
Grant Proposal Guidelines
Proposed Study:
This section will very much resemble a typical methods section like the one you would write in an empirical paper (except that the data have not yet been collected). You should describe the study that you are proposing to conduct to test your hypothesis. This section should include the following subsections:
• Participants: include a description of the population that will be used for the study. Point out any procedures, situations, or materials that may be hazardous to personnel and precautions to be exercised.
• Procedures: include a description of how the study will be conducted including any instruments that will be used and how the data will be collected.
• Hypotheses and Analysis: state hypotheses of the proposed study and general outline of how data will be collected and used to accomplish the specific aims of the project.
Budget Justification:
Provide a brief summary justifying your budget and the needs for the items listed in Appendix A: Budget. The actual numbers will be listed in Appendix A. The budget for this proposal is limited to $60,000.
References:
Cite a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed articles from the Ashford University Library or PubMed Central (PMC). All sources must be current (published within the 10 years unless it’s a seminal work) and relevant to your topic. Format all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Appendix A: Budget: (see Grant Proposal Template, Appendix A)
A typical grant proposal has a very detailed budget. For our purposes here, you should include an appendix with a completed budget. Your figures are just an estimate so feel free to make up the budget numbers and figures. Use the template called Summary Proposal Budget in the Grant Proposal Template, Appendix A to create your budget. There is also an optional Budget Calculation Spreadsheet to help you calculate your figures. The goal of this exercise is for you to spend time thinking about the costs of conducting research. Here are some examples of expenses you could include:
Direct Costs:
• Personnel: o Graduate research assistant salary – 20-hours per week for 12 months is roughly $25,000
(this covers salary, tuition, and fringe benefits). o Principal Investigator Salary – make-up your annual salary and divide it by 12, then
multiple this number by the number of months of salary you wish to pay yourself (this can range from 1-12 months; and from 10% to 100% effort).
• Equipment: o List major purchases (greater than $5000) that will be necessary to complete your project
(e.g., computers, video equipment, physiological measures, expensive software, etc.) and costs.
• Travel o Conference Travel o Other (e.g., travel for research assistant if needed for study)
• Participant Support o Costs for subject participation (e.g., reimbursement for time, travel, etc.)
• Other o Computers or other equipment less than $5000 o Miscellaneous Expenses (e.g., postage, phone bills, photocopying, etc.)
PSY625: Biological Bases of Behavior Ashford University
Proposed Study:
This section will very much resemble a typical methods section like the one you would write in an empirical paper (except that the data have not yet been collected). You should describe the study that you are proposing to conduct to test your hypothesis. This section should include the following subsections:
• Participants: include a description of the population that will be used for the study. Point out any procedures, situations, or materials that may be hazardous to personnel and precautions to be exercised.
• Procedures: include a description of how the study will be conducted including any instruments that will be used and how the data will be collected.
• Hypotheses and Analysis: state hypotheses of the proposed study and general outline of how data will be collected and used to accomplish the specific aims of the project.
Budget Justification:
Provide a brief summary justifying your budget and the needs for the items listed in Appendix A: Budget. The actual numbers will be listed in Appendix A. The budget for this proposal is limited to $60,000.
References:
Cite a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed articles from the Ashford University Library or PubMed Central (PMC). All sources must be current (published within the 10 years unless it’s a seminal work) and relevant to your topic. Format all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Appendix A: Budget: (see Grant Proposal Template, Appendix A)
A typical grant proposal has a very detailed budget. For our purposes here, you should include an appendix with a completed budget. Your figures are just an estimate so feel free to make up the budget numbers and figures. Use the template called Summary Proposal Budget in the Grant Proposal Template, Appendix A to create your budget. There is also an optional Budget Calculation Spreadsheet to help you calculate your figures. The goal of this exercise is for you to spend time thinking about the costs of conducting research. Here are some examples of expenses you could include:
Direct Costs:
• Personnel: o Graduate research assistant salary – 20-hours per week for 12 months is roughly $25,000
(this covers salary, tuition, and fringe benefits). o Principal Investigator Salary – make-up your annual salary and divide it by 12, then
multiple this number by the number of months of salary you wish to pay yourself (this can range from 1-12 months; and from 10% to 100% effort).
• Equipment: o List major purchases (greater than $5000) that will be necessary to complete your project
(e.g., computers, video equipment, physiological measures, expensive software, etc.) and costs.
• Travel o Conference Travel o Other (e.g., travel for research assistant if needed for study)
• Participant Support o Costs for subject participation (e.g., reimbursement for time, travel, etc.)
• Other o Computers or other equipment less than $5000 o Miscellaneous Expenses (e.g., postage, phone bills, photocopying, etc.)
PSY625: Biological Bases of Behavior Ashford University
how is social wellbeing measured at a national level and what policies could be enacted to improve overall social quality approach variables (SQA)
Provide an in-depth analysis to social wellbeing, how is social wellbeing measured at a national level and what policies could be enacted to improve overall social quality approach variables (SQA). Build on SQA and provide a good explanation of the conditional factors for your country. Integrate environmental aspects, consider van der Maesen (2013), and Bucher (2016) from your readings. You can also consider other environmental variables, more specific to Jamiaca. This part of the paper should be around 20 pages in length.
It’s the information that is in week 3
What is the economic meaning of a recession?
Please note that a minimum of 700 words for your essay is required. Your paper should be structured as follows 1. Cover page with a running head 2. Introduction: What is the economic meaning of a recession? ·
Genesis Energy Cash Position Analysis
Assignment 2: Genesis Energy Cash Position Analysis
The Genesis Energy operations management team is now preparing to implement the operating expansion plan. Previously, the firm’s cash position did not pose a challenge. However, the planned foreign expansion requires Genesis Energy to have a reliable source of funds for both short-term and long-term needs.
One of Genesis Energy’s potential lenders tells the team that in order to be considered as a viable customer, Genesis Energy must prepare and submit a monthly cash budget for the current year and a monthly cash budget for the subsequent year. The lender will review the cash budget and determine whether or not Genesis Energy can meet the loan repayment terms. Genesis Energy’s ability to repay the loan depends not only on sales and expenses but also on how quickly the company can collect payment from customers and how well it manages its supplier terms and other operating expenses. The Genesis Energy team members agreed that being fully prepared with factual data would allow them to maximize their position as well as negotiate favorable financing terms.
The Genesis Energy management team held a brainstorming session to chart a plan of action, which is detailed here.
- Evaluate historical data and prepare assumptions that will drive the planning process.
- Produce a detailed 2 year cash budget that summarizes cash inflow, outflow, and financing needs.
- Identify and compare interest rates, both short-term and long-term, using debt and equity.
- Analyze the financing mix (short/long) and the cost associated with the recommendation.
Since this expansion is critical to Genesis Energy expanding into new overseas markets, the operations management team has been asked to prepare an executive summary with supporting details for Genesis Energy’s senior executives.
Working over a weekend, the management team developed realistic assumptions to construct a working capital budget.
- Sales: The marketing expert and the newly created customer service personnel developed sales projections based on historical data and forecast research. Please use the sales projections provided in the template. See “Download” in item 1 below.
- Other cash receipt: Rental income $15,000 per month for Y1 and 20,000 for Y2.
- Production material: The production manager forecasted material cost based on cost quotes from reliable vendors, the average of which is 45 percent of sales
- Other production cost: Based on historical cost data, this cost on an average is 30 percent of the material cost and occurs in the month after material purchase
- Selling and marketing expense: Six percent of sales
- General and administrative expense: 18 percent of sales
- Interest payments: $10,000—Payable in December Y1 and $0 payable in December Y2.
- Tax payments: $15,000—Quarterly due on 1st of April, July, October, and January
- Minimum cash balance desired: $25,000 per month
- Cash balance start of month (December): $10,000
- Available short-term annual interest rate is 8 percent, long-term debt rate is 9 percent, and long-term equity is 10 percent. All funds would be available the first month when the firm encounters a deficit
- Dividend payment: None
Based on this information, do the following:
- Using the Cash Budget spreadsheet, calculate detailed company cash budgets for the forthcoming and subsequent year. Summarize the sources and uses of cash, and identify the external financing needs for both the forthcoming and subsequent years.
Download this Excel spreadsheet to view the company’s cash budget. You will calculate the company’s monthly cash budget for the forthcoming year and quarterly budget for the subsequent year using this information. - In an executive-level report, summarize the company’s financing needs for the forecast period and provide your recommendations for financing the planned activities. Be sure to comment on the following:
- Your recommended financing solution and cost to the firm: If Genesis Energy needs operating cash, how should it fund this need? Are there internal policy changes with regard to collections or payables management you would recommend? What types of external financing are available?
- Your concerns associated with the firm’s cash budget. Is this a sign of weak sales performance or poor cost control? Why or why not?
Write a 7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.
By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum PointsCalculation of a detailed company cash budget for the upcoming year is complete and correct.
All inflow and outflow calculations are correct.
Summary of the sources and uses of cash, and identification of the external financing needs for the upcoming year is complete and correct.48Explanation how the assumed budget of this project will effect dividends for shareholders is clear, specific, and complete. The explanation includes all factors that the firm considers in dividend-decision making.32Recommended financing solution and cost to the firm are clear, complete, and correct. Financing solution includes short-term debt, long-term debt, or even equity.44Explanation of concerns associated with the firm’s cash budget and if it is a sign of weak sales performance or poor cost control is clear, complete, and correct.48Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.28Total:200
A detective arriving to a crime scene
directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) pages in length; refer to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.
This assignment is comprised of four different parts that will show your learning of various course objectives from Lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4.
You are a detective called to the scene of a homicide in an apartment building. The deceased is a young male who has been stabbed numerous times. The roommate of the deceased man is present in the room, his shirt is covered with blood, and there is a knife on the floor. Uniformed officers are guarding the doors and the roommate. There are four (4) important actions you must take; discuss each of these fully including how the actions should be taken, their importance, and consequences of not taking the actions.
Key Performance Indicators
“Key Performance Indicators.” Please respond to the following:
Continue to consider the scenario in discussion Question 11 at the end of Chapter 4.
Select three (3) of the deliverables to included in your WBS and for each, produce and discuss with the class three (3) key performance indicators that would be useful.
11. Your family (you, your spouse, and five-year-old child) are planning a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Representatives from upper management (your spouse and child) have specified that the trip will entail travel to Orlando, a four- night stay, and three days spent in Disney World itself. You and your spouse have allocated about $5,000 from your annual budget for this project. a. Develop a WBS for this project and submit your work in mind map and outline form. You should have at least 30 work packages as the lowest level. b. Select three of the deliverables included in your WBS and, for each, list three key performance indicators.
Within the WBS there are three deliverables that I would like to create key performance indicators for.
1. Create daily meal budget: A simple KPI for this task is to measure whether or not the meal budget was met or exceeded on daily and total vacation package. Early attention to this metric will allow the team to make modifications as needed to ensure that the team does not go over budget for the project.
2. Purchase park tickets: A good KPI here would be cost per use. How much did you pay for access to each park, compared to how many times you visited that park? If you spent $99 per day for access to Epcot Center, but you only entered the part once over three days, that would be a higher cost per use. This would allow the team to determine whether or not the costs was worth the experience for the project team.
3. Hotel Accommodations: One KPI that could be used for hotel would be a survey of overall satisfaction of the hotel for team members. This could consider whether the price point met the expected needs, if breakfast was included, closeness to the park, even comfort of the bed. This would allow the team to have a clear understanding of what needs should be met when selecting the hotel, as well as the effectiveness of the research done by the project team.
The struggle for equal rights for women has been similar in many ways to the struggle for equal rights for racial and ethnic minorities–but it gained traction about 50 years later. As you imagine what life will be like 50 years from now, what additional gains in equal rights can you envision?
1.
The struggle for equal rights for women has been similar in many ways to the struggle for equal
rights for racial and ethnic minorities–but it gained traction about 50 years later. As you imagine
what life will be like 50 years from now, what additional gains in equal rights can you envision?
2.
How will the growth of racial and ethnic minority populations affect their place in American society?
3. Are traditional views of morality an appropriate consideration for the courts?
4.
Are traditional views of morality an appropriate consideration for the courts? This is a question that drives much of the law presented in the chapter/s.
How has this played out in relation to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights?
5. Is it ethical for human service workers to assist immigrants who they know are in the country without proper authorization?
HP Product Variety Management” case study assignment
Read the “HP Product Variety Management” case study. Consider the scenario below and respond to the prompts presented.
Scenario:
Kathy Chou, vice president of sales at HP, has asked Deborah-Anna Reznek (business consultant) and Julie Ward (business optimization) to analyze the post-launch products. Kathy’s priorities are to maximize total revenue and revenue per unit. She provided the data in Exhibit 1 in the case study. Kathy has asked that each product be assigned to one of the following categories: global core product, extended product offering, or candidate for elimination. Also, Kathy has asked for recommendations on how to prioritize products in the portfolio.
- Classify each product into one of the three categories referenced above. Show your classifications in a table or chart.
- Assign a priority to each product in the portfolio. Show your priorities in a table or chart.
- Explain the method you used to determine the product priorities.
Group Therapy for Addiction
Group Therapy for Addiction
Consider the following scenario:
The psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner is working for a community health clinic that offers state mandated “intensive outpatient rehabilitation” services for individuals who face incarceration for driving while under the influence. Mr. Smith, a 24-year-old male patient, shows up for his initial intake appointment and says, “Look, this sounds like it’s going to be an AA meeting. Can’t I just go there? I only had a couple of drinks. I don’t know why the judge was such a jerk.”
Clients with addictive disorders may present for therapy for various reasons. Some, like Mr. Smith, attend because it is court mandated. Some attend because family or friends have pushed them to do so, while others may attend because life has become unmanageable. Regardless of clients’ reasons for presenting for therapy, to reach these clients and effectively treat them, you must be able to break down barriers, establish relationships, and help them see the benefits of this therapeutic approach.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO REVIEW THE ATTACHED 7 VIDEO TRANSCRIPTS BEFORE DOING THE ASSIGNMENT, and to include a title page, introduction, summary, and references
The Assignment
In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:
· Identify the psychotherapeutic approach that the group facilitator is using and
explain why she might be using this approach.
· Determine whether or not you would use the same psychotherapeutic approach
if you were the counselor facilitating this group and justify your decision.
· Identify an alternative approach to group therapy for addiction and explain why
it is an appropriate option.
· Support your position with evidence-based literature.