How was 20th century art after World War II impacted by new processes, techniques, and/or materials? You may choose a work of sculpture, painting, or architecture, but you must

Q1 (A dvais)

How was 20th century art after World War II impacted by new processes, techniques, and/or materials? You may choose a work of sculpture, painting, or architecture, but you must make sure you explain your choice. Support your discussion with fully identified visual evidence (images). Make sure that the images are inserted in your response. Images should be visible in the post and not need to be downloaded!

Q2 (cmithcell)

In the Homeland Security field, one aspect of analysis involves conducting security assessments on behalf of government agencies and private companies.

An important component of a security assessment involves qualitative documentation. This is a simple concept but can be very effective for conveying the extent to which a vulnerability exists for an organization. One form of qualitative documentation is first-hand, photographic documentation.

 

This week’s graded discussion involves two steps:

First, go out into your community and take at least three pictures of a Transportation-related security issue that corresponds with the one of the Chapter 9 areas (highway, railroad, subway, maritime, airport, etc.). If the location has one, provide the name of the place you are writing about. Give the physical location and provide its address. If the address isn’t apparent, write directions on how to reach the area you are writing about.

Second, type your observations and share them

Q3

1. Artifact: Provide a concise summary of the news article, focusing on the racial disparities highlighted, any statistical data provided, and the specific examples or cases discussed.

2. Think: Critically evaluate the article’s perspective and its implications for the justice system.  Consider at least one of the following:

• Racial Threat Hypothesis: Does the article reflect the theory that as minority populations grow, policies become stricter, leading to higher incarceration rates among people of color?
• Disparity vs. Discrimination: Does the article discuss or imply whether the disparities are due to systemic discrimination or other factors, such as different rates of offending or higher policing in certain communities?
• Incarceration Rates: How does the article’s portrayal of incarceration rates compare to the statistics and trends discussed in the chapter?
• Consequences: Does the article touch on the social and political impacts of these disparities, such as disenfranchisement or community disruption?

 

3. Opinion:  Do you believe that the reasons presented for racial disparities in corrections are valid or supported by the chapter’s material? What reforms, if any, do you think could address these disparities? Reflect on whether understanding the historical context of policies, like the War on Drugs, changes your perception of current disparities.

Q4 (ferebee)

• What are the biggest takeaways from understanding our audiences?
• Who will be the next audience group to watch for our social media practices, and how do we find them?

Q5

How was 20th century art after World War II impacted by new processes, techniques, and/or materials? Use at least two fully identified examples from  You may choose a work of sculpture, painting, or architecture, but you must make sure you explain your choice. Support your discussion with fully identified visual evidence (images). Make sure that the images are inserted in your response. Images should be visible in the post and not need to be downloaded!

Q6

Explain how and why the pilgrimage routes had an effect on the development of Christian religious architecture during the Romanesque period. Use at least two fully identified examples from Chapter 12 to support your discussion. Support your discussion with fully identified visual evidence (images),  Make sure that the images are inserted in your response. Images should be visible in the post and not need to be downloaded!

Q7 (mika)

Option 1: Present an argument, with research, that the government should or should not stop all spying on anyone who is a confirmed citizen by birth or naturalization. If you chose “should not,” be sure to explain under what circumstances and by what theory such spying is morally justified.

 

Q8

1)     Which of these major sociological perspectives: conflict theory, functionalist theory, interactionist theory, or feminist theory, is the most effective for understanding our system of education? Defend your choice by incorporating an example from real life

Q9

1. Choose and identify one of the sociology-related careers below.
2. Utilizing the most current government data available, determine and describe the distribution for your occupation based on at least one socio-demographic characteristic (e.g.. age, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, SES). In order to do this, you will need to access the Statistical Abstract of the United States
    What proportion of the occupation is women? Men?
3. For your chosen occupation, determine the difference in median weekly earnings between people based on your previously chosen socio-demographic characteristic (i.e. women and men who are full-time wage and salary workers.)
4. Summarize the job responsibilities and career outlook for your chosen occupation. Is this in line with what you expected to find? Why, why not? How will this fit into your current life and experience?

List of Occupations: 

1. Politics (Campaigns and Elections and Interest Groups)
2. Public Administration
3. Social Services
4. Community Organizing
5. General Business
6. Corrections
7. Colleges and Universities
8. Secondary Schools
9. Health Services
10. Publishing
11. Journalism
12. Advertising and Public Relations

 

Q10

Topic 1: Wireless Data Transmission

A wireless network functions by the use non-physical media. Wired network use cables (e.g., CAT5 or fiber-optic), while most wireless network communicates using radio waves. Discuss and explain the two types of wireless transmissions

Topic 2: Understanding Radio Frequency Communications

Regardless if we are talking about a cell phone, a cordless phone or any one of the thousands of other wireless technologies, they all use radio waves to communicate. Describes the various of components of a radio system, including filters, mixers, amplifiers, and antennas.

Q11

The Culinary Institute of America reading discusses the use of material that has been trimmed from the ingredient. For your discussion here, provide an example of what usable trim is and how it might be used.

The segment is located in chapter 2 under “recipe calculations”. 

To start, identify an ingredient you may use [preferably related to the recipe you presented in week 1]. Then, provide an estimated cost for purchasing that ingredient as well as an estimated yield percentage and waste [trim]. Estimates can be found online or you can measure your own usage for a recipe at home. Following that and for the focus of the discussion, determine an alternative use for the trim and evaluate the value of the usable “waste” or trim for that alternative usage.

 

 

Q12

1) Discuss in detail how computer databases and information networks may be useful in criminal investigations.

2) Discuss in detail how crime analysis (crime mapping and geospatial technology) may be useful as a tool in criminal investigations, e.g., home burglary, auto theft, or other crimes.

Q13

1. Design a lesson plan for a one day training plan that includes a 10 minute – 2 activity warmup, 1 SAQ exercise, and 1 Resistance Training Exercise. 
2. Using your team/athlete choose a specific periodization cycle when this lesson will take place.  Identify the appropriate OPT model Phase that your Team/athlete will be training in during your chosen periodization cycle.  Ensure all acute variables are based on appropriate protocols, see Tables 12.15 – 12.27 in PES 2nd Edition Chapter 12.pdf.  
3. Attach your formal lesson plan, use any format within a word document that you would like to create.                                                

Part 2:  (Due Sunday @ 11:59pm of week 6)

Teach the Lesson and film your instruction. Post your video.
#1 How to Record and Embed a Video in the classroom#2 How To Upload and Embed a previously recorded video

1. Film yourself teaching this lesson to your athletes. They do not have to be present, you can teach to the camera. Be creative.
2. The video should be between 2-5 minutes in length. (Gather several takes, and select the best one).
3. Embed your video into the discussion board.

Q14

A town official claims that the average vehicle in their area sells for more than the 40^th percentile of your data set. Using the data, you obtained in week 1, as well as the summary statistics you found for the original data set (excluding the super car outlier), run a hypothesis test to determine if the claim can be supported.  Make sure you state all the important values, so your fellow classmates can use them to run a hypothesis test as well.  Use the descriptive statistics you found during Week 2 NOT the new SD you found during Week 4.  Because again, we are using the original 10 sample data set NOT a new smaller sample size.  Use alpha = .05 to test your claim.

(Note: You will want to use the function =PERCENTILE.INC  in Excel to find the 40^th percentile of your data set.  Hopefully this Excel function looks familiar to you from Week 2.)

First determine if you are using a z or t-test and explain why. Then conduct a four-step hypothesis test including a sentence at the end justifying the support or lack of support for the claim and why you made that choice.

I encourage you to review the Week 6 Hypothesis Testing PDF at the bottom of the discussion.  This will give you a step by step example on how to calculate and run a hypothesis test using Excel. I DO NOT recommend doing this by hand.  Let Excel do the heavy lifting for you.  You can also use this PDF in Quizzes section.

There were 5 additional PDFs that were created to help you with the Homework, Lessons and Tests in Quizzes section.  While they won’t be used to answer the questions in the discussion, they are just as useful and beneficial.  I encourage you to review these ASAP!  These PDFs are also located at the bottom of the discussion.

Once you have posted your initial discussion, you must reply to at least two other learner’s post. Each post must be a different topic. So, you will have your initial post from one topic, your first follow-up post from a different topic, and your second follow-up post from one of the other topics. Of course, you are more than welcome to respond to more than two learners.”

Instructions: Make sure you include your data set in your initial post as well.  You must also respond to at least 2 other students. Responses may include direct questions.

In your first peer response post, look at the hypothesis test results of one of your classmates and explain what a type 1 error would mean in a practical sense. Looking at your classmate’s outcome, is a type 1 error likely or not? What specific values indicated this?

In your second peer response post, using your classmate’s values, run another hypothesis test using this scenario:  A town official claims that the average vehicle in their area Does Not sell for 80^th percentile of your data set.  Conduct a four-step hypothesis test including a sentence at the end justifying the support or lack of support for the claim and why you made that choice.  Note: this test will be different than the initial post, starting with the hypothesis scenario. Use alpha = .05 to test your claim.

Initial Post Due: Thursday, by 11:59 p.m., ET
Responses Due: Sunday, by 11:59 p.m., ET

Week 6 Hypothesis Testing .pdf

Week 6 Hypothesis Testing Proportions 1-sample.pdf

Week 6 2-sample Hypothesis Testing and CI Proportions.pdf

Week 6 2-sample Hypothesis Testing and CI Unknown SD.pdf

Week 6 2-sample Hypothesis Testing and CI Known S.pdf

Week 6 2-sample Hypothesis Testing and CI matched or paired.pdf

Q15

1)     After reviewing the investigation report, what are your thoughts about what happened at Abu Ghraib? What are 2-3 key observations or lessoned learned? https://irp.fas.org/agency/dod/taguba.pdf 

Q16

Using the Richard G. Trefry Library or another credible source, locate and read a quality article regarding digital privacy or security. Be sure to provide attribution for your source in the forum. As you are formulating your initial post consider the following questions:

• What is the issue? Tell us about it as if we know nothing on the topic.
• What are the pros and cons of the issue?
• Why is the issue important?
• How might the issue impact your life?

Q17

1. Conduct research and summarize a criminal case involving an internet predator. Choose a case other than Jordan James Kirby. Be sure and address the typology of the sexual offender involved in the case you chose. 

2. What are some of the investigative challenges faced when attempting to capture internet predators? Consider issues you may face as the crime scene investigator collecting physical evidence containing digital evidence (i.e. computer, cellphone) as well as challenges the digital forensics expert working a case may face.

 

Q18

1.  Briefly summarize the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment. Are the implications of the results still current today?  Should they be relied on to make patrol allocation and distribution decisions in modern cities and communities?  Why or why not?  Fully explain your position.

The complete study may be found here but should not be used as one of your references.

2.  In 1982, Kelling and Wilson proposed the famous “Broken Windows” theory that resulted in many changes in police patrol emphasis.  Recent studies have resulted in some professional disagreement with the original theory.  Again, using recent academic references, briefly discuss the theory and whether you believe it should be considered valid for police resource utilization.

Q19

Data integration can be a very complex process as it involves the communication of various technologies, platforms, and networks. This complexity is amplified in organizations that handle sensitive or personal information, such as healthcare. In your discussion post, explain the significance of data integration and its role as a critical element in data analytics. Provide an example to support your thoughts.

Instructions: In your initial post, address the following points:

1. Define and explain the concept of data integration in the context of healthcare. Discuss why data integration is important for healthcare organizations in terms of improving operational efficiency, enhancing decision-making, and delivering quality patient care.
2.  Provide an example that illustrates the importance of data integration in healthcare. Choose a scenario where integrating data from multiple sources leads to valuable insights or improved healthcare outcomes. Explain how the integration of various data elements enhances the understanding of the situation and enables evidence-based decision-making.

Q20

Obtain the mission, values, and vision statements of a local healthcare facility and that of a similar facility in another state. 

• Describe the similarities and differences between the two documents. 
• How has the history of the institutions evolved over time and influenced the context of the statements? 
• Show how the ethical principles of beneficence, autonomy and justice are demonstrated in the mission, values, and vision statements.

Q21

1. How is prostitution like other crimes? How does it differ? As part of this Discussion response please include whether or not you think prostitution should be legalized or not…and specifically why. Please be sure to full support your view on this topic with scholarly data and or referenced real life examples.

2. Should marijuana be legalized in the U.S.? Why or why not? Please keep in mind that we are looking for scholarly/thorough support for your view on this Discussion, that is, not just an opinion.

 

Q22

1)     What is the nature and scope of the alcohol and/or drug abuse problem in the United States today? For example, is this problem more significant today than it was in the past? Include current data (no more than 36 months old) and the reference to support whether rates have decreased or increased over time.