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Although some states and cities have passed laws to ban texting and using handheld phones while driving, there is no current law to ban all cell phone use while driving. However, according to the National Safety Council (2009), 28 percent of all crashes—1.6 million per year—are caused by cell phone use and texting by drivers. The mission of a new national nonprofit organization called FocusDriven, patterned after Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is to make phone use while driving as illegal and socially unacceptable as drunk driving. US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood supports FocusDriven and its efforts.According to the , LaHood said that this movement would become \”an army of people traveling the countryside\” to push for bans on cell-phone use and tough enforcement (Schmitz, 2010). As a political advocate interested in this issue, you will be writing a policy proposal that utilizes the current research to propose a solution to the issue and submitting it in .Before you can write this proposal research, you will need to conduct initial research on the science behind this initiative. For this assignment, use the Argosy University online library resources to locate research reports from peer-reviewed journals that discuss the effects of cell phone use on vision, attention, perception, or memory. In selecting at least five research reports from peer-reviewed journals relevant to the topic, make sure they address one or more of the following issues: Each annotation should consist of the APA reference entry followed by a paragraph-long summary of the articles. In your summary, provide answers for the questions below. For the last question, think about how the research results could be generalized to fit other environments or not be generalized.Your annotated bibliography should be at 3–4 pages in length. This document will help you complete your paper more successfully.Be sure to include a title page and reference page listing your articles.

Analysis of the “visual text”Your task is to choose one of the magazine advertisements available on Blackboard and to analyze it as a “visual text.” You must answer the questions “What does this ad mean?” and “How does it work?” You should make sure to identify the significant visual elements of the ad and discuss the ways these elements work together to evoke an image for a product, and to explain how this image works to sell a product to a specific audience. Your discussion will entail showing how the ad promotes a particular sense of identity or set of cultural or aesthetic values, in addition to the product that it sells. You should include a copy of the ad with you essay when you turn it in. You will want to consider some (but not necessarily all—it’s better to explore one concept in depth than just skim multiple ideas) of the following questions:  • An icon is a well-known image that represents a broader idea. For example, an eagle may be considered an icon of courage, independence, or foresightedness. What are the iconic images in the ad? How do these icons appeal to the ad’s audience? Does the ad make use of clichés or stereotypes, and why? • How do formal visual elements and text work in the ad? How does the ad use such design elements as color, line, framing, light and shadow, balance and symmetry, distance and perspective, repetition and rhythm, and empty space? • How does the identity or value being promoted by the ad relate to its intended audience? Is the value or identity exotic or familiar to the intended audience? How is this significant?  The learning objectives for this assignment are as follows:• Students will make convincing and logical arguments by drawing conclusions about a visual text from clear, specific, and concrete evidence. • Students will use clear and concise English prose, unambiguous and formal syntax and diction, and logically organized paragraphs. The paper will be evaluated according to the following criteria: 1) originality, thoroughness, nuance, and depth of textual analysis, 2) substantial and thoughtful support in the form of both reasoning and evidence, 3) organization, as manifested in the logic of how the argument is ordered, and, 4) clarity and lucidity of prose, diction, and style. The minimum length for this essay is 1200 words, and the maximum length is 1500 words. No paper of less than 1200 words will receive a passing grade. I will not accept essays whose pages are not secured with either a staple of a paper clip

Question 1 \”Who Helped You Reach That Finish Line?\”  Please respond to the following: Question #2 \”Do You “Like” Your Team Dynamics?\”  Please respond to the following:

I\’m looking to build an Excel Spreadsheet for my Sports Analyst Class.  For this particular exampe I will use the NBA as the specific sport.   The goal is to have a spreadsheet that can generate a lineup of 9 players optimized based off their respective salary and points per game projection.  Player point projections and statical averages change weekly so the Excel spreadsheet needs to be able to accept new data.  The data I will upload every week is in a specific format.  Attached is the format in which it will come.   Here are some more specific steps that need to be accomplished. 1.  Excel spreadsheet that I can easily insert weekly data and statistics. 2.  Functional Red button that says \”Start\” that will generate the lineup.3.  Lineup otimizer that compiles best lineup based off position and salary combination.4.  Salary Cap is $60K.5.  Roster combination of PG, PG, SG, SG, SF, SF, PF, PF, C. Watch this video.  The lineup optimizer here is using is what I\’m trying to recreate.

Punch cards, keyboards, bar code scanners—the trend is clear. Input devices have continued to promote faster and more accurate data entry. Key to this advance is capturing data at their source, and no tool does this better than radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. An RFID transmitter sends out a coded radio signal. An RFID tag changes and reflects this signal back to an antenna. The RFID system can read the reflection’s unique pattern and record it in a database.Depending on the system, this pattern may be associated with a product line, shipping palette, or even a person. Although an RFID system’s range is limited to a few dozen feet, this approach enables remarkable inventory tracking that doesn’t rely on a human to keyboard interaction or scan. Except for the presence of a 1-inch-square(5-cm-square) RFID tag, humans may have no idea an RFID system is in operation.Indeed, that may be part of the problem. Consumers have expressed concern that RFID chips attached to products they purchase may be used to track them. Others fear their government may require embedded RFID chips as a form of personal identification and tracking. What started as a new and improved input device has devolved into a matter of public policy.. How would you feel if your university used RFID tags embedded in student IDs to replace the magnetic swipe strip? On a campus, RFID tags might be used to control building access, manage computer access, or even automatically track class attendance.. Enter “RFID” into an Internet search engine and summarize the search results. Of the top 20 results, how many were positive, negative, or neutral?. Enter “RFID” and “privacy” into an Internet search engine, select a page expressing privacy concerns, and summarize them in a brief essay. Do you find these concerns compelling?

you are currently working at a doctor\’s office. You are approached by the office manager who asks you to develop an effective way of storing patient information. a 350- to 700-word summary to your office manager informing him or her of the advantages of using electronic health records (EHRs) to store patient information. Be clear and concise, use complete sentences, and use examples to support your responses. the following in your response:any outside sources. For additional information on how to properly cite your sources check out the resource in the Center for Writing Excellence.

Based on your experience with this course, and/or personal experience: What sound health topic, or topics, are you most interested in researching further? Please include both what and why.

, should hospitals expand into other services in order to strengthen their financial standing, or is this a method of \”self-referral,\” reaching out for income-producing areas that are outside the realm of the hospital\’s mission statement?In a 1-2 page paper, written in APA format, address the following:

Read the following case study.Ben Davis had just completed an intensive course in Statistical Thinking for Business Improvement, which was offered to all employees of a large health maintenance organization. There was no time to celebrate, however, because he was already under a lot of pressure. Ben works as a pharmacist\’s assistant in the HMO\’s pharmacy, and his manager, Juan de Pacotilla, was about to be fired. Juan\’s dismissal appeared to be imminent due to numerous complaints and even a few lawsuits over inaccurate prescriptions. Juan now was asking Ben for his assistance in trying to resolve the problem, preferably yesterday!\”Ben, I really need your help! If I can\’t show some major improvement or at least a solid plan by next month, I\’m history.\”\”I\’ll be glad to help, Juan, but what can I do? I\’m just a pharmacist\’s assistant.\”\”I don\’t care what your job title is; I think you\’re just the person who can get this done. I realize I\’ve been too far removed from day-to-day operations in the pharmacy, but you work there every day. You\’re in a much better position to find out how to fix the problem. Just tell me what to do, and I\’ll do it.\”\”But what about the statistical consultant you hired to analyze the data on inaccurate prescriptions?\”\”Ben, to be honest, I\’m really disappointed with that guy. He has spent two weeks trying to come up with a new modeling approach to predict weekly inaccurate prescriptions. I tried to explain to him that I don\’t want to predict the mistakes, I want to eliminate them! I don\’t think I got through, however, because he said we need a month of additional data to verify the model, and then he can apply a new method he just read about in a journal to identify \’change points in the time series,\’ whatever that means. But get this, he will only identify the change points and send me a list; he says it\’s my job to figure out what they mean and how to respond. I don\’t know much about statistics — the only thing I remember from my course in college is that it was the worst course I ever took– but I\’m becoming convinced that it actually doesn\’t have much to offer in solving real problems. You\’ve just gone through this statistical thinking course, though, so maybe you can see something I can\’t. To me, statistical thinking sounds like an oxymoron. I realize it\’s a long shot, but I was hoping you could use this as the project you need to officially complete the course.\”\”I see your point, Juan. I felt the same way, too. This course was interesting, though, because it didn\’t focus on crunching numbers. I have some ideas about how we can approach making improvements in prescription accuracy, and I think this would be a great project. We may not be able to solve it ourselves, however. As you know, there is a lot of finger-pointing going on; the pharmacists blame sloppy handwriting and incomplete instructions from doctors for the problem; doctors blame pharmacy assistants like me who actually do most of the computer entry of the prescriptions, claiming that we are incompetent; and the assistants tend to blame the pharmacists for assuming too much about our knowledge of medical terminology, brand names, known drug interactions, and so on.\”\”It sounds like there\’s no hope, Ben!\”\”I wouldn\’t say that at all, Juan. It\’s just that there may be no quick fix we can do by ourselves in the pharmacy. Let me explain how I\’m thinking about this and how I would propose attacking the problem using what I just learned in the statistical thinking course.\”Source: G. C. Britz, D. W. Emerling, L. B. Hare, R. W. Hoerl, & J. E. Shade. \”How to Teach Others to Apply Statistical Thinking.\” Quality Progress (June 1997): 67–80.Assuming the role of Ben Davis, write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you apply the approach discussed in the textbook to this problem. You\’ll have to make some assumptions about the processes used by the HMO pharmacy. Also, please use the Internet and / or Strayer LRC to research articles on common problems or errors that pharmacies face. Your paper should address the following points:Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: 

Can Science Be Trusted Without Government Regulation?Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Science, Technology, and Society Thomas Easton McGraw-Hill Education Unit 1 1.3 Can Science Be Trusted Without Government Regulation? Page 63 Critical Thinking and Reflection 3. Does publishing the full methods and results of the Fouchier and Kawaoka H5N1 studies seem likely to increase our ability to protect public health from future H5N1 pandemic?(Please read article on website below and pick a side to defend either for or against government regulation of science) (this is for a discussion so it just needs to be a good argument one way or the other 500 words)