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Module 1 Discussion The personal values of the target audience (or society, in the whole) are expressed or commented upon in the arts of that location and time. For example, the Greeks wrote plays about their gods and heroes in which the beliefs of the Greek people of that time were addressed. Looking at the theatre, film, or television fiction (not reality TV since this is supposedly not scripted), what does our art indicate about us? Focus on the values being presented in the play, movie, or TV series. Two hundred years from now, what will people think about our society? Which values will they associate with the people of the 20 th and 21 st centuries in America? ...
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You should complete the homework over these units before beginning the quiz.
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Thursday, November 12.
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Multiply or divide as indicated. Write your answer in factored form.
1) x22 - 9x + 14 · xx22 -- 1618x x ++ 4877 1)
2)
x
-
12
x
+
32
Simplify the complex rational expression.
4
x
2
-
4
x
-
32
-
1
x
-
8
2)
1 + 1 x + 4
Find the difference quotient for the function and simplify it.
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4)
g(z)
=
16
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z
2
4)
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5) 5)
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7)
(
g
H
h)(x) with g(x)
=
x
+
5
and h(x)
=
8
x
+
7
7)
Compute
f(x
+
h)
-
f(x)
h
(h
J
0) for the given function
.
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9)
f(x)
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5
x
2
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9
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use the attachment to describe each hip hop dance move
.
CA4Leading TeamsAre we a teamHi, my name is Jenny .docx
CA4:
Leading Teams
Are we a team?
Hi, my name is Jenny McConnell. I am the newly appointed CIO of a medium-sized technology company. Our company recruits top graduates from schools of business and engineering. Talent, intellect, creativity – it’s all there. If you lined up this crowd for a group photo, credentials in hand, the “wow” factor would be there.
Our company is spread over a dozen states, mostly in the Northwest. The talent pool is amazing across the board, both in IT and in the rest of the company. But when the CEO hired me, he said that we are performing nowhere near our potential. On the surface, the company is doing fine. But we should be a
Fortune 500
organization. With this much talent, we should be growing at a much faster rate. The CEO also said that I was inheriting “a super team with disappointing performance.” His task for me was to pull the IT stars into a cohesive team that would meet company needs for new IT systems and services much faster and more effectively.
Without making our superstars feel that they were being critiqued and second-guessed, or indicating “there’s a real problem here,” I wanted to gather as much information and feedback as possible from the 14 team members (regional CIOs and department heads) who report to me. I held one-on-one meetings in order to give a voice to each person, allowing each individual to provide an honest assessment of the team as well as areas for improvement and a vision for the future of team efforts.
I was surprised by the consistency of remarks and opinions. For example, a picture emerged of the previous CIO, who was obviously awed by the talent level of the team members. Comments such as “Bob pretty much let us do what we wanted” and “Bob would start the meeting and then just fade into the background, as if he found us intimidating” were typical. The more disturbing comment, “Bob always agree with
me
,” was expressed by most of the team members at some point in our conversation. It was as if the regional heads believed that the CIO wanted them to succeed by doing as they thought best for themselves.
I queried members about the level of cooperation during meetings and uncovered areas of concern, including the complaint that others at the table were constantly checking their iPads and smartphones during meetings. One department head told me, “You could turn off the sound while watching one of our meetings, and just by the body language and level of attention, tell who is aligned with whom and who wishes the speaker would just shup up. It would be comical if it weren’t so distressing.”
Such remarks were indicative of a lack of trust and respect and a breakdown of genuine communication. One team member told me, “I recently encountered a problem that a department head from another region had successfully solved, but the information was never shared, so here I am reinventing the wheel and wasting valuable time.” It was apparent that these so-called high performers were .
C7-1 CASE STUDY 7 DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION AT GUARDI.docx
Guardian Life, a large life insurance company, has undertaken two major data center consolidation initiatives. The first in the early 2000s consolidated 4 data centers into 2 locations and reduced servers by 40% while cutting staff by 60%. A second initiative in 2010 consolidated the remaining 6 data centers into a primary owned center and leased modular pod, while moving applications to cloud services. This reduced costs while improving business continuity and efficiency.
C9-1 CASE STUDY 9 ST. LUKES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Hospitals have been .docx
C9-1 CASE STUDY 9 ST. LUKE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Hospitals have been some of the earliest adopters of wireless local area networks (WLANs). The clinician user population is typically mobile and spread out across a number of buildings, with a need to enter and access data in real time. St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston, Texas (www.stlukestexas.com) is a good example of a hospital that has made effective use wireless technologies to streamline clinical work processes. Their wireless network is distributed throughout several hospital buildings and is used in many different applications. The majority of the St. Luke’s staff uses wireless devices to access data in real-time, 24 hours a day. Examples include the following: • Diagnosing patients and charting their progress: Doctors and nurses use wireless laptops and tablet PCs to track and chart patient care data. • Prescriptions: Medications are dispensed from a cart that is wheeled from room to room. Clinician uses a wireless scanner to scan the patient's ID bracelet. If a prescription order has been changed or cancelled, the clinician will know immediately because the mobile device displays current patient data. C9-2 • Critical care units: These areas use the WLAN because running hard wires would mean moving ceiling panels. The dust and microbes that such work stirs up would pose a threat to patients. • Case management: The case managers in the Utilization Management Department use the WLAN to document patient reviews, insurance calls/authorization information, and denial information. The wireless session enables real time access to information that ensures the correct level of care for a patient and/or timely discharge. • Blood management: Blood management is a complex process that involves monitoring both patients and blood products during all stages of a treatment process. To ensure that blood products and patients are matched correctly, St. Luke’s uses a wireless bar code scanning process that involves scanning both patient and blood product bar codes during the infusion process. This enables clinicians to confirm patient and blood product identification before proceeding with treatment. • Nutrition and diet: Dietary service representatives collect patient menus at each nursing unit and enter them as they go. This allows more menus to be submitted before the cutoff time, giving more patients more choice. The dietitian can also see current patient information, such as supplement or tube feeding data, and view what the patient actually received for a certain meal. • Mobile x-ray and neurologic units: St. Luke’s has implemented the wireless network infrastructure necessary to enable doctors and clinicians to use mobile x-ray and neurologic scanning units. This makes it possible to take x-rays or to perform neurological studies in patient rooms. This minimizes the need to schedule patients for neurology or radiology lab visits. The mobile units also enable equipment to be brought to t.
C9-1 CASE STUDY 9 ST. LUKES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM .docx
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CASE STUDY 9
ST. LUKE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Hospitals have been some of the earliest adopters of wireless local area
networks (WLANs). The clinician user population is typically mobile and
spread out across a number of buildings, with a need to enter and access
data in real time. St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston, Texas
(www.stlukestexas.com) is a good example of a hospital that has made
effective use wireless technologies to streamline clinical work processes.
Their wireless network is distributed throughout several hospital buildings
and is used in many different applications. The majority of the St. Luke’s
staff uses wireless devices to access data in real-time, 24 hours a day.
Examples include the following:
• Diagnosing patients and charting their progress: Doctors and
nurses use wireless laptops and tablet PCs to track and chart patient
care data.
• Prescriptions: Medications are dispensed from a cart that is wheeled
from room to room. Clinician uses a wireless scanner to scan the
patient's ID bracelet. If a prescription order has been changed or
cancelled, the clinician will know immediately because the mobile device
displays current patient data.
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• Critical care units: These areas use the WLAN because running hard
wires would mean moving ceiling panels. The dust and microbes that
such work stirs up would pose a threat to patients.
• Case management: The case managers in the Utilization Management
Department use the WLAN to document patient reviews, insurance
calls/authorization information, and denial information. The wireless
session enables real time access to information that ensures the correct
level of care for a patient and/or timely discharge.
• Blood management: Blood management is a complex process that
involves monitoring both patients and blood products during all stages of
a treatment process. To ensure that blood products and patients are
matched correctly, St. Luke’s uses a wireless bar code scanning process
that involves scanning both patient and blood product bar codes during
the infusion process. This enables clinicians to confirm patient and blood
product identification before proceeding with treatment.
• Nutrition and diet: Dietary service representatives collect patient
menus at each nursing unit and enter them as they go. This allows more
menus to be submitted before the cutoff time, giving more patients
more choice. The dietitian can also see current patient information, such
as supplement or tube feeding data, and view what the patient actually
received for a certain meal.
• Mobile x-ray and neurologic units: St. Luke’s has implemented the
wireless network infrastructure necessary to enable doctors and
clinicians to use mobile x-ray and neurologic scanning units. This makes
it possible to take x-rays or to perform neurological studies in patient
rooms. This min.
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C361 TASK 2 2
C361 TASK 2 2
C361 Task 2
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Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
C361
Eve Butler
July 28, 2019
Running head: C361 TASK 2 2
C361 Task 2
A.1 Healthcare problem
Worldwide estimates have shown that greater than 1.4 million patients have acquired nosocomial infections. Adherence to hand hygiene policies are shown to be the most effective way to help prevent these healthcare-associated infections; sadly research shows that healthcare workers have suboptimal compliance with their facilities hand hygiene policies due to lack of education and compliance monitoring. Patients in our healthcare settings are under the assumption that we are doing our best to promote their healing when in fact 7% of them will be subjected to a nosocomial infection with that rate climbing to 10% in developing countries (Finco et al., 2018).
A.2 Significance of the problem
The cost of care that is associated with nosocomial infections is estimated to be over ten billion dollars putting a burden on both patients and health organizations alike. It is estimated that 38% of all infections are caused by cross-contamination due to noncompliance with hand hygiene policies. These infections lead to approximately 99,000 deaths a year in the United States alone (Sickbert-Bennett et al., 2016).
A.3 Current healthcare practices related to the problem
Most healthcare facilities have an educational program that simply teaches how to achieve proper hand hygiene and use the WHO five moments of hand hygiene as their standard. However, this does not educate the healthcare workers on why it is important, nor does it address the far-reaching consequences for noncompliance. Along with the lack of foundational education, most facilities do not monitor for compliance.
A.4 How the problem affects the organization and patients’ cultural background
Inadequate hand hygiene leading to nosocomial infections can affect the organization's cultural background by leading to dissatisfaction in the workplace as staff becomes frustrated by their feelings of inadequacy and helplessness in dealing with patients getting sicker instead of better. The staff may also be feeling stress in the burden of caring for sicker patients. The patient's cultural background may be affected as they may be feeling despair or depression at their inability to get better, and some may feel it is punishment according to their cultural or religious beliefs.
B. Two research evidence sources and two non-research evidence sources considered
In searching for my research evidence sources, I start with the Western Governors University Library online. Once in the library, a boolean phrase was used, which allowed me to search for research articles that contain more than one topic in the same paper. Phrases I used in this search were “nosocomial infections,” “hand hygiene compliance,” and “ hand hygiene education.” With these phrases, thousands of articles were available to peruse.
One of the res.
C6-1 CASE STUDY 6 CHEVRON’S INFRASTRUCTURE EVOLUT.docx
C6-1
CASE STUDY 6
CHEVRON’S INFRASTRUCTURE
EVOLUTION
Chevron Corporation (www.chevron.com) is one of the world’s leading
energy companies. Chevron’s headquarters are in San Ramon, California.
The company has more than 62,000 employees and produces more than
700,000 barrels of oil per day. It has 19,500 retail sites in 84 countries. In
2012, Chevron was number three on the Fortune 500 list and had more than
$244 billion in revenue in 2011 [STAT12].
IT infrastructure is very important to Chevron and to better support all
facets of its global operations, the company is always focused on improving
its infrastructure [GALL12]. Chevron faces new challenges from increased
global demand for its traditional hydrocarbon products and the need to
develop IT support for new value chains for liquid natural gas (LNG) and the
extraction of gas and oil from shale. Huge investments are being made
around the world, particularly in Australia and Angola on massive projects of
unprecedented scale. Modeling and analytics are more important than ever
to help Chevron exploit deep water drilling and hydrocarbon extraction in
areas with challenging geographies. For example, advanced seismic imaging
tools are used by Chevron to reveal possible oil or natural gas reservoirs
beneath the earth’s surface. Chevron’s proprietary seismic imaging
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technology contributed to it achieving a 69% discovery rate in
2011[CHEV12].
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Systems
Chevron refineries are continually collecting data from sensors spread
throughout the facilities to maintain safe operations and to alert operators to
potential safety issues before they ever become safety issues. Data from the
sensors is also used to optimize the way the refineries work and to identify
opportunities of greater efficiency. IT controls 60,000 valves at Chevron’s
Pascagoula, Mississippi refinery; the efficiency and safety of its end-to-end
operations are dependent on advanced sensors, supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) systems, and other digital industrial control systems
[GALL12].
SCADA systems are typically centralized systems that monitor and
control entire sites and/or complexes of systems that are spread out over
large areas such as an entire manufacturing, fabrication, power generation,
or refining facility. The key components of SCADA systems include:
Programmable logic units (PLCs) that and remote terminal units (RTUs)
connected to sensors that convert sensor signals to digital data and
send it to the supervisory system
A supervisory computer system that acquires data about the process
and sends control commands to the process
A human-machine interface (HMI) that presents process to the human
operators that monitor and control the process.
Process meters and process analysis instruments
Communication infrastructure connecting.
C125C126 FORMAL LAB REPORTFORMAL LAB REPORT, GeneralA f.docx
C125/C126 FORMAL LAB REPORT
FORMAL LAB REPORT, General
A formal lab report is required in conjunction with some of the experiments in each chemistry course. It is your chance to demonstrate to your professor or TA how well you understand the experiment and the chemical principles involved. A formal report is different than a term paper. It should be written in a scientific style, which is not the same style used for English or philosophy papers.
The keys to effective technical writing are organization, brevity, clarity, and an appreciation of the needs of the reader. You must write clearly and be thorough, but concise. Do not ramble. The best way to avoid rambling is to first prepare an outline of the report and stick to it. Always use complete sentences. Bulleted lists are okay in a lab notebook but are unacceptable in a formal report. Formal reports must be typed. Use 1.5 line spacing, 1-inch margins, 12 pt font and 8.5x11 inch paper. Only use third person, past tense. Also, proofread well.
The general structure of a formal lab report follows that of a scientific paper. It is:
Title and Author (s)
Introduction
Experimental Information
Data and Calculation
Results and Discussion
Conclusion
References
Results and discussion sections are combined into one single section. Different instructors may have specific formats that they want you to follow. You should always defer to the instructions given to you by your course. Presented here are general guidelines for writing formal lab reports and scientific papers.
Before writing your first report, visit the library and examine several journal articles. Pay close attention to the style of the prose and the contents of each particular section. Several common journals to investigate are:
The Journal of the American Chemical Society
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Initialed and dated laboratory notebook pages of the experiment must be submitted. While report sheets may be a joint effort, formal reports must be individually written. A schedule of reports and dates on which they are due is given in the course laboratory schedule. We highly recommend that reports be completed prior to the day of submission to allow time to proofread, and thus avoiding loss of points due to last minute problems. Lost data or the inability to print reports is not acceptable excuses for incomplete or missing reports. You will be informed when notebook pages will be collected before the report is due.
FORMAL LAB REPORT - Title and Author(s)
State the title of the experiment, your name, the date and your laboratory section number, if applicable. Also state the name of your lab partner(s). This information should be at the top of the first page.
FORMAL LAB REPORT – Introduction
The Introduction states the purpose of the study and introduces the reader with new ideas and topics. It also provides any background necessary to acquaint the read.
C10-1 CASE STUDY 10 CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL .docx
C10-1
CASE STUDY 10
CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL
Within the hospitality industry, there has traditionally been a division
between networks that serve guest functions and those that serve
operations and administration, both with respect to data transmission and
voice transmission. In recent years, most hotel and motel chains have
moved in the direction of consolidating multiple functions on networks that
used to be dedicated to one use. Tighter integration of voice and data and of
guest and operations/administration networking is a fast-growing trend.
Choice Hotels International (www.choice.com) is a good example of this
trend.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest and most
successful lodging companies in the world. It franchises more than 6,100
hotels, representing more than 490,000 rooms, in the United States and
more than 30 countries and territories. The company's best known brands
include Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria
Suites, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, Econo Lodge and
Rodeway Inn.
In-House Networking Functions
Choice supports two distinct networking functions. A central Web site
enables customers to reserve rooms at any Choice franchise
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accommodation. The central reservation system, known as Profit Manager,
automatically finds the most appropriate hotel based on location, price
range, or standard. Individual hotels also take bookings, so there needs to
be a way for hotels and the central system to remain synchronized.
Choice networks also support its franchisees. Choice is in fact a
relatively small company in terms of personnel (about 2000 employees) and
does not own or operate any hotels. All of the establishments under its brand
names are independently owned and pay Choice licensing fees and a royalty
on all sales. In return, they receive a variety of services, including
marketing, quality control, and inventory management. Many of these
services are offered via network, such as allowing managers to order
supplies online and check booking status. This support network is similar to a
corporate intranet but has a higher reliability requirement. The 6100 hotel
managers are, in effect, Choice's customers, not employees. Thus, the
standards for reliability and performance of the network are high.
In the late 1990s, Choice began to focus on providing a state-of-the-art
global reservation system. At this point, the synchronization of local and
online reservations was done manually. Each hotel provided Choice with a
fixed block of inventory to sell over the central reservation system, with an
average of 30% of capacity. Once that 30% was sold, Profit Manager listed
the hotel as fully booked, even though there might be plenty of rooms
available from the other 70%. The reverse problem also occurred: If the
local reservation system had so.
C11-1 CASE STUDY 11 CLOUD COMPUTING (IN)SECURITY .docx
This document discusses security issues and concerns regarding cloud computing. It outlines how cloud computing allows businesses to access applications and infrastructure over the internet as utility services. However, migrating systems to the cloud raises security risks around unauthorized access, data loss, and availability. The document recommends that businesses research cloud providers' security mechanisms like encryption, authentication, and virtualization to protect data before moving critical systems to the cloud. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines also provide best practices for selecting cloud providers that can adequately address security risks.
C1-1 CASE STUDY 1 UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AT BOEING .docx
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CASE STUDY 1
UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AT BOEING
The Boeing Company (http://www.boeing.com/), headquartered in Chicago,
Illinois, is the world’s largest manufacturer of military aircraft and
commercial jetliners. Boeing has more than 159,000 employees working in
70 different countries who require effective communication to develop and
build some of the world’s most complex products using components from
more than 22,000 global suppliers.
The company’s workforce is one of the most highly educated in the
world. Most employees hold a college degree and many hold advanced
degrees. Collectively Boeing employees have very broad and deep
knowledge that can be harnessed to solve problems and design next
generation products.
Like many major corporations, Boeing has experienced an uptick in the
number of employees who work remotely or travel the majority of each work
week. Boeing’s engineers number in the thousands and are purposely
scattered worldwide to support the company’s global operations.
Boeing organizes its employees into work and project teams. Given the
company’s size and geographic footprint, many of Boeing work’s teams
include globally dispersed members. Engineers on the same team may be
separated by multiple time zones and thousands of miles. Time zone
differences and distance frequently present teams with communication
challenges when they are faced with time sensitive issues that must be
resolved quickly.
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Additional communication issues are associated with the sheer breadth
and depth of Boeing’s knowledge base. When faced with questions about a
particular part included in one of Boeing’s new airliners, an engineer can be
challenged to identify the right person in the company to contact for
answers.
Collaboration Technologies
Boeing knows that continual innovation is important to its long term success.
It also recognizes that effective communication among its employees,
customers, and suppliers is an important enabler of continual innovation.
Boeing has traditionally relied on a variety of systems to facilitate
collaboration among its employees and business partners. As illustrated in
Figure C1-1a, Web conferencing, audio conferencing, desktop sharing, and
mobile voice and data services have been used by Boeing employees to
facilitate communication among geographically dispersed team members.
Historically, these capabilities have been provided by different third-party
providers who were selected on the basis of their ability to provide high-
quality communication services at competitive rates.
By the mid-2000s, Boeing had begun its migration toward unified
messaging and unified communications. At that time, instant messaging (IM)
was one of the more popular messaging services used Boeing employees. At
Boeing, IM has traditionally been supplemented by Web and audio
conferencing services as well as by de.
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IT leader who had just been hired and would be focused on developing a long-term IT
strategy for the company.
This chapter shows how to develop a strategy for your IT organization and avoid
getting overwhelmed with day-to-day issues. Many CIOs get caught up in tactical
issues and never take the time to establish a future strategy for the organization. The
process is not new or difficult, but many CIOs fail to devote the time to this area and
end up like Fred.
OVERVIEW
Developing an IT strategy is critical for IT leaders. Unless your organization has
developed an understanding of your future goals and objectives, you will not be
successful in leading it forward. In the same manner that you must first decide where
you want to live and build your dream house before engaging the architect and building
contractors, you need to develop a future strategy in order to successfully build your
IT organization.
This chapter is written for someone who has never developed an IT strategy in the
past or needs to revise an existing strategy to align with the company’s future direction.
We first review the methodology you can use to develop your strategy and then go
through the actual steps necessary to complete the strategy. It is important to note that
this is a collaborative process between the IT organization and its business partners. You
must actively engage them during the process and solicit their input during the
development of the strategy. The IT strategy should be considered a component of
an effective business strategy. Finally, we recommend that your strategy is a living
document that is updated on a regular basis to support the evolving nature of your
business. If you decide to enter a new market, offer new products or services, or change
your business model, the IT strategy must be revised to support the business.
IT STRATEGY METHODOLOGY
The methodology for creating your IT strategy consists of three steps, and development
of your improvement road map encompasses three critical elements, as shown in
Figure 9.1.
The first step is to understand the current state of the IT organization. Key questions
for determining current state include:
& Has the organization been successful in meeting the needs of the business?
& Are the relations between the IT organization and its business partners collaborative?
& Does the business feel that investments in the IT organization are providing the
desired benefits?
It is important to take an objective view of how the organization is operating today
and not assume that things are going great.
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C H A P T E R
5
Privacy and Cyberspace
Of all the ethical issues associated with the use of cybertechnology, perhaps none has
received more media attention than concern about the loss of personal privacy. In this
chapter, we examine issues involving privacy and cybertechnology by asking the
following questions:
� How are privacy concerns generated by the use of cybertechnology different from
privacy issues raised by earlier technologies?
� What, exactly, is personal privacy, and why is it valued?
� How do computerized techniques used to gather and collect information, such as
Internet “cookies” and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, raise
concerns for personal privacy?
� How do the transfer and exchange of personal information across and between
databases, carried out in computerized merging and matching operations,
threaten personal privacy?
� How do tools used to “mine” personal data exacerbate existing privacy concerns
involving cybertechnology?
� Can personal information we disclose to friends in social networking services
(SNS), such as Facebook and Twitter, be used in ways that threaten our privacy?
� How do the use of Internet search engines and the availability of online public
records contribute to the problem of protecting “privacy in public”?
� Do privacy-enhancing tools provide Internet users with adequate protection for
their online personal information?
� Are current privacy laws and data protection schemes adequate?
Concerns about privacy can affect many aspects of an individual’s life—from
commerce to healthcare to work to recreation. For example, we speak of consumer
privacy, medical and healthcare privacy, employee and workplace privacy, and so forth.
Unfortunately, we cannot examine all of these categories of privacy in a single chapter. So
we will have to postpone our analysis of certain kinds of privacy issues until later chapters
in the book. For example, we will examine some ways that medical/genetic privacy issues
are aggravated by cybertechnology in our discussion of bioinformatics in Chapter 12, and
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we will examine some particular employee/workplace privacy issues affected by the use
of cybertechnology in our discussion of workplace surveillance and employee mon-
itoring in Chapter 10. Some cyber-related privacy concerns that conflict with cyberse-
curity issues and national security interests will be examined in Chapter 6, where
privacy-related concerns affecting “cloud computing” are also considered. In our
discussion of emerging and converging technologies in Chapter 12, we examine
some issues that affect a relatively new category of privacy called “location privacy,”
which arise because of the use of embedded chips, RFID technology, and global
positioning systems (GPS).
Although some cyber-related privacy concerns are specific to one or more spheres or
sectors—i.e., employment, healthcare, and so f.
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Chapter 4: Decisions & Loops1Using Comparison Operatorscomparison-operator.htmlcomparison-operator.js2Using Comparison Operators Continuedcomparison-operator-continued.htmlcomparison-operator-continued.js3Using Logical Andlogical-and.htmllogical-and.js4Using Logical Or and Logical Notlogical-or-logical-not.htmllogical-or-logical-not.js5aUsing If Statementsif-statement.htmlif-statement.js5bIf Statement with Functionif-statement-with-function.htmlif-statement-with-function.js6Using If... Else Statementsif-else-statement.htmlif-else-statement.js7Using Switch Statementsswitch-statement.htmlswitch-statement.js8Using For Loopsfor-loop.htmlfor-loop.js9Using While Loopswhile-loop.htmlwhile-loop.js10Using Do While Loopsdo-while-loop.htmldo-while-loop.js11Exampleexample.htmlexample.js
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var pass = 50; // Pass mark
var score = 90; // Score
// Check if the user has passed
var hasPassed = score >= pass;
// Write the message into the page
var el = document.getElementById('answer');
el.innerHTML = 'Level passed: ' + hasPassed;
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var score1 = 90; // Round 1 score
var score2 = 95; // Round 2 score
var highScore1 = 75; // Round 1 high score
var highScore2 = 95; // Round 2 high score
// Check if scores are higher than current high scores
var comparison = (score1 + score2) > (highScore1 + highScore2);
// Write the message into the page
var el = document.getElementById('answer');
el.innerHTML = 'New high score: ' + comparison;
c04/js/do-while-loop.js
var i = 1; // Set counter to 1
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C.2. Risk and Risk Assessments HCA 402
Risk and Community Risk Assessment: From the case below, complete the risk assessment with the information provided in the case below regarding Duval County M. tuberculosis.
CDC, Notes from the Field: Tuberculosis Cluster Associated with Homelessness — Duval County, Florida, 2004–2012. Notes from the Field: Tuberculosis Cluster Associated with Homelessness — Duval County, Florida, 2004–2012. July 20, 2012 / 61(28); 539-540
This module you begin your second skills assessment, i.e., a community risk assessment. The next two pages of this document are a case study and then the assessment survey form makes up the remaining pages of the document. You will use the Duval Case and assume you are from Duval County, FL. There is a lot of information available from the TB surveillance and epidemiological field work completed in this county on the Internet. Assume your facility is the Golden Retreat Assisted-Living Facility and you are part of the risk management team that is responsible for performing the risk assessment surveys.
Example: In November 2008, the local health department discovered an outbreak of tuberculosis in a Jacksonville assisted-living facility, Golden Retreat. The CDC was called in to assist the health department and found 18 active cases of TB (Jacksonville.com, 2012).
A suggestion regarding work flow is to print out the two pages of the case, and use it and the supplemental links below to fill in the survey form. Know that you need to fill it out to the best of your ability based on the case information available. You may not have information for every box on the survey form. However, you may make some logical assumptions when filling it out based on what you find (in other words, abstract and report as the information found will allow). The goal here is to learn what type of information is in the various risk assessment surveys.
If you need help finding Duval County, FL statistics, here are some links:
LINK:LINK:LINK:
Article on Golden Retreat Assisted-Living Facility Palm Beach County. (2012). Center of TB outbreak often cited, rarely punished.
Tuberculosis Cluster Associated with Homelessness — Duval County, Florida, 2004–2012
Despite a decrease in incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Duval County, Florida, from 102 cases (11.2 per 100,000 population) in 2008 to 71 cases (8.2 per 100,000) in 2011,* analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotyping data revealed a substantial increase in the percentage of TB cases with the same genotype.† That percentage increased from 27% (10 of 37) of genotyped cases in 2008 to 51% (30 of 59) of genotyped cases in 2011 (Florida Department of Health, unpublished data, 2012). During this period, the percentage of patients with this genotype who were homeless or who abused substances also increased. Because of concern over potential ongoing TB transmission involving these hard-to-reach populations, the Duval County Health Department, Florida Departme.
C.W.In her poem Oxygen, Mary Oliver uses denotations and conno.docx
C.W.
In her poem "Oxygen", Mary Oliver uses denotations and connotations to symbolize the meaning of oxygen. In this short poem, there are words and phrases that uses connation and denotation. The title "Oxygen", contains connotations with life because everything needs oxygen in order to survive. Meanwhile, the author uses denotation by looking at different aspects of the poem. The author uses strong connotations that represents life. When Oliver describes her life, we are introduced to different words that relates back to her life. Oliver believes that oxygen is "the soul" (line 2). The soul is the part of you that will live on after death. It lives on in heaven and becomes immortal. This provides depth to the poem because this is associated with a person's life. Another word that is associated with life is "Knife" (line 16), A "knife is a word that suggests a sharp and painful injury to any area of the body. This pain could be felt as a harmful way to Oliver's life. This "knife could be a symbol, as she thinks that he life is harsh, and could be damaged emotionally. We can also admit that a knife is the meaning that signifies death, a sacrifice made, and liberation, and relates to a symbolic meaning of both words. Mary Oliver chooses these words very carefully as she decides what would be best to show her dedication to life itself. The words I have chosen adds reasonable meanings to the narrators dedication and gratitude towards her life, which is mentioned at the end of the poem. The gratitude and dedication was seen throughout the poem with the powerful word choices that resembles the authors life as her oxygen.
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In her poem "The Pond" Amy Lowell uses imagery to show the tranquility surrounding the pond. We start with talking about the leaves on the pond. The leaves are "Floating on moss-colored water" (line 2). The peace of being surrounded on the pond of these trees gives a sense of peace like no one is there. But there's wildlife surrounding as she introduces "croaking of frogs" (line 3). There is nothing here to disturb the peace of this pond. The pond is peaceful through the "twilight" (line 4) of the night.
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C. Wright Mills discusses the path the power elite takes in the Unit.docx
C. Wright Mills discusses the path the power elite takes in the United States: they attend the prestigious universities, belong to elite university clubs (Skull and Crossbones, etc) and work in the military, government or corporations and these jobs often overlap. Instead of discussing an elite based upon inherited wealth and status, Mill examines the ways in which the elite utilize institutions to create wealth. Does a power elite exist in the US currently? Who occupies these positions of power (give specific examples)? Do positions of power overlap between corporations, the government and the military? If they do, is this problematic? How does the idea of the power elite relate to current class struggles, like the Occupy movement?
4 paragraphs 1 for each question
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C-208 CASE 28 JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION GETTING OVER THE BLUES.docx
C-208 CASE 28 JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION: GETTING OVER THE “BLUES”? *
In 2017 JetBlue faced challenges that included rising fuel prices, troubling technical disruptions, and declining quality of the flying experience. Since the beginning of 2016, JetBlue had enjoyed low fuel prices that helped increase their earnings about 18 percent during the second quarter of 2016,1 but the company experienced technical issues that caused booking problems and resulted in delays, as well as bad publicity. In order to cope with the likelihood of a rise in future fuel prices, JetBlue undertook massive cost reductions by investing in cabin restyling, for instance, adding more seats to JetBlue’s A320 airplanes. However, the shrinking legroom that accompanied the cabin restyling was despised by passengers, which posed a problem for an airline that had once offered customers a captivating (as opposed to a captive) flying experience. To meet the challenges, new CEO Robin Hayes orchestrated various initiatives that the company planned to take through 2017. Those initiatives included wider fare options, enhanced Mint services, cabin restyling, new lines of JetBlue credit cards, and partnerships with other airlines.2 The founding CEO of JetBlue, David Neeleman, had been ousted by the board of directors after a notorious event when an ice storm severely disrupted the airline’s operations.3 In 2007, Dave Barger, an employee since the inception of JetBlue in 1998, became the second CEO of the company. Ultimately Barger was pressured to step down amid constantly depressed stock prices. In February 2015, Robin Hayes took charge of the company as its third chief executive. Hayes was the executive vice president of British Airways for the Americas before joining JetBlue in August 2008. Having worked for about 25 years and having extensive experience in the airline industry, Hayes was considered an optimal choice to become the third chief executive of Jet Blue.
The U.S. Airline Industry
The U.S. airline industry consists of three primary segments: major airlines, regional airlines, and low-fare airlines. Major U.S. airlines, as defined by the Department of Transportation, are those with annual revenues of over $1 billion. Most major airlines utilize the hub-and-spoke route system. In this system, the operations are concentrated in a limited number of hub cities, while other destinations are served by providing one-stop or connecting service through the hub. Scheduled flights serve most large cities within the United States and abroad and also serve numerous smaller cities. Regional airlines typically operate smaller aircraft on lower-volume routes than do major airlines. They typically enter into relationships with major airlines and carry their passengers on the “spoke”—that is, between a hub or larger city and a smaller city. Unlike the low-fare airlines, the regional airlines do not have an independent route system. Deregulation of the U.S. airline industry in 1978 ushe.
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This document presents a concept analysis of clinical reasoning in nursing. It defines clinical reasoning as a complex cognitive process that uses cognition, metacognition, and discipline-specific knowledge to gather and analyze patient information, evaluate its significance, and weigh alternative actions. The analysis reviews literature on related concepts like decision-making and problem-solving. It identifies attributes of clinical reasoning like the use of heuristics and how clinical reasoning abilities develop with increased experience and knowledge. Further research is needed to better understand and measure clinical reasoning.
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2 IS IT ALL RELATIVE?
Noting that what one society deems morally wrong, another deems right, ethical
relativists conclude that morals are like manners or style of dress. The ancient
Greek historian Herodotus, quoting the poet Pindar, long ago announced the rela-
tivist principle when he said, “Custom is king.”
Ethical relativism became popular in the nineteenth century when European
social scientists traveled the world and discovered a bewildering variety of moral
norms and practices. Anthropologists like Ruth Benedict and sociologists like Wil-
liam Graham Sumner embraced ethical relativism and gave it the cachet of science.
Ethical relativism is a tempting doctrine because it appeals to our desire to be
tolerant of other societies. However, it has not found much favor among profes-
sional philosophers, who point out that while tolerance is a virtue, indifference
to suffering is a vice. Several of the philosophers and moralists included in this
chapter—Loretta M. Kopelman, Louis Pojman, R. M. MacIver, and Martin Luther
King, Jr.—believe that while much morality is indeed a matter of local custom,
some objectively valid moral principles apply to everyone. For them, tolerance
ends when a practice or custom violates a universal human right. Lawrence
Lengbeyer tries to work out a compromise between relativism and absolutism.
Recently a number of anthropologists have joined philosophers and theologians
in rejecting relativism. They challenge the idea that social scientists must always be
neutral bystanders. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban struggles with the problem of whether
to condemn or to refrain from condemning the societies she studies. In the end she
finds herself unable to retain the neutral “scientific” stance. Thomas Nagel argues
that the Golden Rule in its negative form—not to do unto others what you would
not have them do unto you—provides an objective nonrelativistic basis for
morality.
Finally, when a relativist like Benedict or Sumner points to the diversity of vil-
lages, and thus of norms, those who believe in universal moral standards can point
to the newly emerging “global village.” Universal ethical principles are already fully
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and the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Women. These declarations
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C o n st r u c t i o n Est i m a t i ng C h e c k l i st.docx
C o n st r u c t i o n Est i m a t i ng C h e c k l i st
Direct Overhead Costs
(Project Overhead)
Personnel
Superintendent
Project manager (if for that project only)
Field engineer (if for that project only)
Cost engineer (if for that project only)
Scheduler
Warehouse personnel (if for that project only)
Watchman/guard dogs
Tool room keeper (if for that project only)
Tool room keeper (if for that project only)
Timekeeper (if for that project only)
Foreman (if for that project only)
Site safety manager
Indirect Costs
(Main O�ce Overhead)
Salaries
President
Executives
Secretaries/reception
Estimators/schedulers
Project managers
Construction manager
Cost engineers
Purchasing agent
Cost/bookkeeping
Engineers
Other o�ce personnel
Yard personnel
Tool manager
Mechanics/maintenance
Drivers
Equipment operators
Bonds
Surety
Bid
Payment
Performance
Miscellaneous
Vehicles
Permits
Licenses
Tools and equipment
Photographs
Surveying
Testing
Job signs
Pumping
Dust control
Sca�olding
Lifting /hoisting
Cleanup (periodic)
Final cleanup
Damage/repair to adjoining buildings
and/or public ways
Temporar y Facilities
Field o�ce expense
Set-up and removal
Light
Water
Telephone/internet
Supplies
Equipment
Fax machine
Copy machine
Blueprint machine
Co�ee machine
Computers/software
Temporary light and power
Temporary heat
Temporary water
Cell phones/radios
Toilet facilities
Enclosures
Storage trailers
Fencing
Barricades and signals
Construction road
Project sign
O�ce
Rent/cost of ownership
Electricity
Gas
Water
Sewer
Telephone
Internet
Postage
O�ce equipment
Furniture/furnishings
O�ce supplies
Advertising
Literature
Club/association dues
Professional Ser vices
Legal
Accounting
Architectural
Engineering
Vehicles
Cars/trucks
Cost of operation
Mileage expenses
Insurance
Fire
Property damage
Vehicles
Public liability
Windstorm
Workers’ compensation
Unemployment
Social security
Flood
Theft
Elevator
C o n st r u c t i o n Est i m a t i ng C h e c k l i st
Discussion Questions
1. Are computers tools changing the way construction estimating has been done in the past?
2. Discuss why we need to differentiate between direct and indirect overheads in construction?
Discussion Responses
SJ
Are computers tools changing the way construction estimating has been done in the past?
Computers are definitely changing the way estimating is done. In the old days, estimators would have to break out pages of paper and calculations, along with books of updated cost data, and estimate by hand. Through the use of new technology such as computer programs and spreadsheets, data can be implemented and automatically calculated based upon projected hours, materials, and so forth. Computers can reduce the amount of errors, increase speed of estimation, and provide the estimating team the ability to make easy changes that translate to the bottom line price in the process.
Respond
2. Discuss why we need to differentiate between direct and indirect o.
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FORMAL LAB REPORT, General
A formal lab report is required in conjunction with some of the experiments in each chemistry course. It is your chance to demonstrate to your professor or TA how well you understand the experiment and the chemical principles involved. A formal report is different than a term paper. It should be written in a scientific style, which is not the same style used for English or philosophy papers.
The keys to effective technical writing are organization, brevity, clarity, and an appreciation of the needs of the reader. You must write clearly and be thorough, but concise. Do not ramble. The best way to avoid rambling is to first prepare an outline of the report and stick to it. Always use complete sentences. Bulleted lists are okay in a lab notebook but are unacceptable in a formal report. Formal reports must be typed. Use 1.5 line spacing, 1-inch margins, 12 pt font and 8.5x11 inch paper. Only use third person, past tense. Also, proofread well.
The general structure of a formal lab report follows that of a scientific paper. It is:
Title and Author (s)
Introduction
Experimental Information
Data and Calculation
Results and Discussion
Conclusion
References
Results and discussion sections are combined into one single section. Different instructors may have specific formats that they want you to follow. You should always defer to the instructions given to you by your course. Presented here are general guidelines for writing formal lab reports and scientific papers.
Before writing your first report, visit the library and examine several journal articles. Pay close attention to the style of the prose and the contents of each particular section. Several common journals to investigate are:
The Journal of the American Chemical Society
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Initialed and dated laboratory notebook pages of the experiment must be submitted. While report sheets may be a joint effort, formal reports must be individually written. A schedule of reports and dates on which they are due is given in the course laboratory schedule. We highly recommend that reports be completed prior to the day of submission to allow time to proofread, and thus avoiding loss of points due to last minute problems. Lost data or the inability to print reports is not acceptable excuses for incomplete or missing reports. You will be informed when notebook pages will be collected before the report is due.
FORMAL LAB REPORT - Title and Author(s)
State the title of the experiment, your name, the date and your laboratory section number, if applicable. Also state the name of your lab partner(s). This information should be at the top of the first page.
FORMAL LAB REPORT – Introduction
The Introduction states the purpose of the study and introduces the reader with new ideas and topics. It also provides any background necessary to acquaint the read.
C10-1 CASE STUDY 10 CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL .docx
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CASE STUDY 10
CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL
Within the hospitality industry, there has traditionally been a division
between networks that serve guest functions and those that serve
operations and administration, both with respect to data transmission and
voice transmission. In recent years, most hotel and motel chains have
moved in the direction of consolidating multiple functions on networks that
used to be dedicated to one use. Tighter integration of voice and data and of
guest and operations/administration networking is a fast-growing trend.
Choice Hotels International (www.choice.com) is a good example of this
trend.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest and most
successful lodging companies in the world. It franchises more than 6,100
hotels, representing more than 490,000 rooms, in the United States and
more than 30 countries and territories. The company's best known brands
include Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria
Suites, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, Econo Lodge and
Rodeway Inn.
In-House Networking Functions
Choice supports two distinct networking functions. A central Web site
enables customers to reserve rooms at any Choice franchise
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accommodation. The central reservation system, known as Profit Manager,
automatically finds the most appropriate hotel based on location, price
range, or standard. Individual hotels also take bookings, so there needs to
be a way for hotels and the central system to remain synchronized.
Choice networks also support its franchisees. Choice is in fact a
relatively small company in terms of personnel (about 2000 employees) and
does not own or operate any hotels. All of the establishments under its brand
names are independently owned and pay Choice licensing fees and a royalty
on all sales. In return, they receive a variety of services, including
marketing, quality control, and inventory management. Many of these
services are offered via network, such as allowing managers to order
supplies online and check booking status. This support network is similar to a
corporate intranet but has a higher reliability requirement. The 6100 hotel
managers are, in effect, Choice's customers, not employees. Thus, the
standards for reliability and performance of the network are high.
In the late 1990s, Choice began to focus on providing a state-of-the-art
global reservation system. At this point, the synchronization of local and
online reservations was done manually. Each hotel provided Choice with a
fixed block of inventory to sell over the central reservation system, with an
average of 30% of capacity. Once that 30% was sold, Profit Manager listed
the hotel as fully booked, even though there might be plenty of rooms
available from the other 70%. The reverse problem also occurred: If the
local reservation system had so.
C11-1 CASE STUDY 11 CLOUD COMPUTING (IN)SECURITY .docx
This document discusses security issues and concerns regarding cloud computing. It outlines how cloud computing allows businesses to access applications and infrastructure over the internet as utility services. However, migrating systems to the cloud raises security risks around unauthorized access, data loss, and availability. The document recommends that businesses research cloud providers' security mechanisms like encryption, authentication, and virtualization to protect data before moving critical systems to the cloud. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines also provide best practices for selecting cloud providers that can adequately address security risks.
C1-1 CASE STUDY 1 UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AT BOEING .docx
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CASE STUDY 1
UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AT BOEING
The Boeing Company (http://www.boeing.com/), headquartered in Chicago,
Illinois, is the world’s largest manufacturer of military aircraft and
commercial jetliners. Boeing has more than 159,000 employees working in
70 different countries who require effective communication to develop and
build some of the world’s most complex products using components from
more than 22,000 global suppliers.
The company’s workforce is one of the most highly educated in the
world. Most employees hold a college degree and many hold advanced
degrees. Collectively Boeing employees have very broad and deep
knowledge that can be harnessed to solve problems and design next
generation products.
Like many major corporations, Boeing has experienced an uptick in the
number of employees who work remotely or travel the majority of each work
week. Boeing’s engineers number in the thousands and are purposely
scattered worldwide to support the company’s global operations.
Boeing organizes its employees into work and project teams. Given the
company’s size and geographic footprint, many of Boeing work’s teams
include globally dispersed members. Engineers on the same team may be
separated by multiple time zones and thousands of miles. Time zone
differences and distance frequently present teams with communication
challenges when they are faced with time sensitive issues that must be
resolved quickly.
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Additional communication issues are associated with the sheer breadth
and depth of Boeing’s knowledge base. When faced with questions about a
particular part included in one of Boeing’s new airliners, an engineer can be
challenged to identify the right person in the company to contact for
answers.
Collaboration Technologies
Boeing knows that continual innovation is important to its long term success.
It also recognizes that effective communication among its employees,
customers, and suppliers is an important enabler of continual innovation.
Boeing has traditionally relied on a variety of systems to facilitate
collaboration among its employees and business partners. As illustrated in
Figure C1-1a, Web conferencing, audio conferencing, desktop sharing, and
mobile voice and data services have been used by Boeing employees to
facilitate communication among geographically dispersed team members.
Historically, these capabilities have been provided by different third-party
providers who were selected on the basis of their ability to provide high-
quality communication services at competitive rates.
By the mid-2000s, Boeing had begun its migration toward unified
messaging and unified communications. At that time, instant messaging (IM)
was one of the more popular messaging services used Boeing employees. At
Boeing, IM has traditionally been supplemented by Web and audio
conferencing services as well as by de.
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IT leader who had just been hired and would be focused on developing a long-term IT
strategy for the company.
This chapter shows how to develop a strategy for your IT organization and avoid
getting overwhelmed with day-to-day issues. Many CIOs get caught up in tactical
issues and never take the time to establish a future strategy for the organization. The
process is not new or difficult, but many CIOs fail to devote the time to this area and
end up like Fred.
OVERVIEW
Developing an IT strategy is critical for IT leaders. Unless your organization has
developed an understanding of your future goals and objectives, you will not be
successful in leading it forward. In the same manner that you must first decide where
you want to live and build your dream house before engaging the architect and building
contractors, you need to develop a future strategy in order to successfully build your
IT organization.
This chapter is written for someone who has never developed an IT strategy in the
past or needs to revise an existing strategy to align with the company’s future direction.
We first review the methodology you can use to develop your strategy and then go
through the actual steps necessary to complete the strategy. It is important to note that
this is a collaborative process between the IT organization and its business partners. You
must actively engage them during the process and solicit their input during the
development of the strategy. The IT strategy should be considered a component of
an effective business strategy. Finally, we recommend that your strategy is a living
document that is updated on a regular basis to support the evolving nature of your
business. If you decide to enter a new market, offer new products or services, or change
your business model, the IT strategy must be revised to support the business.
IT STRATEGY METHODOLOGY
The methodology for creating your IT strategy consists of three steps, and development
of your improvement road map encompasses three critical elements, as shown in
Figure 9.1.
The first step is to understand the current state of the IT organization. Key questions
for determining current state include:
& Has the organization been successful in meeting the needs of the business?
& Are the relations between the IT organization and its business partners collaborative?
& Does the business feel that investments in the IT organization are providing the
desired benefits?
It is important to take an objective view of how the organization is operating today
and not assume that things are going great.
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5
Privacy and Cyberspace
Of all the ethical issues associated with the use of cybertechnology, perhaps none has
received more media attention than concern about the loss of personal privacy. In this
chapter, we examine issues involving privacy and cybertechnology by asking the
following questions:
� How are privacy concerns generated by the use of cybertechnology different from
privacy issues raised by earlier technologies?
� What, exactly, is personal privacy, and why is it valued?
� How do computerized techniques used to gather and collect information, such as
Internet “cookies” and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, raise
concerns for personal privacy?
� How do the transfer and exchange of personal information across and between
databases, carried out in computerized merging and matching operations,
threaten personal privacy?
� How do tools used to “mine” personal data exacerbate existing privacy concerns
involving cybertechnology?
� Can personal information we disclose to friends in social networking services
(SNS), such as Facebook and Twitter, be used in ways that threaten our privacy?
� How do the use of Internet search engines and the availability of online public
records contribute to the problem of protecting “privacy in public”?
� Do privacy-enhancing tools provide Internet users with adequate protection for
their online personal information?
� Are current privacy laws and data protection schemes adequate?
Concerns about privacy can affect many aspects of an individual’s life—from
commerce to healthcare to work to recreation. For example, we speak of consumer
privacy, medical and healthcare privacy, employee and workplace privacy, and so forth.
Unfortunately, we cannot examine all of these categories of privacy in a single chapter. So
we will have to postpone our analysis of certain kinds of privacy issues until later chapters
in the book. For example, we will examine some ways that medical/genetic privacy issues
are aggravated by cybertechnology in our discussion of bioinformatics in Chapter 12, and
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we will examine some particular employee/workplace privacy issues affected by the use
of cybertechnology in our discussion of workplace surveillance and employee mon-
itoring in Chapter 10. Some cyber-related privacy concerns that conflict with cyberse-
curity issues and national security interests will be examined in Chapter 6, where
privacy-related concerns affecting “cloud computing” are also considered. In our
discussion of emerging and converging technologies in Chapter 12, we examine
some issues that affect a relatively new category of privacy called “location privacy,”
which arise because of the use of embedded chips, RFID technology, and global
positioning systems (GPS).
Although some cyber-related privacy concerns are specific to one or more spheres or
sectors—i.e., employment, healthcare, and so f.
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C.2. Risk and Risk Assessments HCA 402Risk and Community Risk .docx
C.2. Risk and Risk Assessments HCA 402
Risk and Community Risk Assessment: From the case below, complete the risk assessment with the information provided in the case below regarding Duval County M. tuberculosis.
CDC, Notes from the Field: Tuberculosis Cluster Associated with Homelessness — Duval County, Florida, 2004–2012. Notes from the Field: Tuberculosis Cluster Associated with Homelessness — Duval County, Florida, 2004–2012. July 20, 2012 / 61(28); 539-540
This module you begin your second skills assessment, i.e., a community risk assessment. The next two pages of this document are a case study and then the assessment survey form makes up the remaining pages of the document. You will use the Duval Case and assume you are from Duval County, FL. There is a lot of information available from the TB surveillance and epidemiological field work completed in this county on the Internet. Assume your facility is the Golden Retreat Assisted-Living Facility and you are part of the risk management team that is responsible for performing the risk assessment surveys.
Example: In November 2008, the local health department discovered an outbreak of tuberculosis in a Jacksonville assisted-living facility, Golden Retreat. The CDC was called in to assist the health department and found 18 active cases of TB (Jacksonville.com, 2012).
A suggestion regarding work flow is to print out the two pages of the case, and use it and the supplemental links below to fill in the survey form. Know that you need to fill it out to the best of your ability based on the case information available. You may not have information for every box on the survey form. However, you may make some logical assumptions when filling it out based on what you find (in other words, abstract and report as the information found will allow). The goal here is to learn what type of information is in the various risk assessment surveys.
If you need help finding Duval County, FL statistics, here are some links:
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Article on Golden Retreat Assisted-Living Facility Palm Beach County. (2012). Center of TB outbreak often cited, rarely punished.
Tuberculosis Cluster Associated with Homelessness — Duval County, Florida, 2004–2012
Despite a decrease in incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Duval County, Florida, from 102 cases (11.2 per 100,000 population) in 2008 to 71 cases (8.2 per 100,000) in 2011,* analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotyping data revealed a substantial increase in the percentage of TB cases with the same genotype.† That percentage increased from 27% (10 of 37) of genotyped cases in 2008 to 51% (30 of 59) of genotyped cases in 2011 (Florida Department of Health, unpublished data, 2012). During this period, the percentage of patients with this genotype who were homeless or who abused substances also increased. Because of concern over potential ongoing TB transmission involving these hard-to-reach populations, the Duval County Health Department, Florida Departme.
C.W.In her poem Oxygen, Mary Oliver uses denotations and conno.docx
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In her poem "Oxygen", Mary Oliver uses denotations and connotations to symbolize the meaning of oxygen. In this short poem, there are words and phrases that uses connation and denotation. The title "Oxygen", contains connotations with life because everything needs oxygen in order to survive. Meanwhile, the author uses denotation by looking at different aspects of the poem. The author uses strong connotations that represents life. When Oliver describes her life, we are introduced to different words that relates back to her life. Oliver believes that oxygen is "the soul" (line 2). The soul is the part of you that will live on after death. It lives on in heaven and becomes immortal. This provides depth to the poem because this is associated with a person's life. Another word that is associated with life is "Knife" (line 16), A "knife is a word that suggests a sharp and painful injury to any area of the body. This pain could be felt as a harmful way to Oliver's life. This "knife could be a symbol, as she thinks that he life is harsh, and could be damaged emotionally. We can also admit that a knife is the meaning that signifies death, a sacrifice made, and liberation, and relates to a symbolic meaning of both words. Mary Oliver chooses these words very carefully as she decides what would be best to show her dedication to life itself. The words I have chosen adds reasonable meanings to the narrators dedication and gratitude towards her life, which is mentioned at the end of the poem. The gratitude and dedication was seen throughout the poem with the powerful word choices that resembles the authors life as her oxygen.
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In her poem "The Pond" Amy Lowell uses imagery to show the tranquility surrounding the pond. We start with talking about the leaves on the pond. The leaves are "Floating on moss-colored water" (line 2). The peace of being surrounded on the pond of these trees gives a sense of peace like no one is there. But there's wildlife surrounding as she introduces "croaking of frogs" (line 3). There is nothing here to disturb the peace of this pond. The pond is peaceful through the "twilight" (line 4) of the night.
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C. Wright Mills discusses the path the power elite takes in the Unit.docx
C. Wright Mills discusses the path the power elite takes in the United States: they attend the prestigious universities, belong to elite university clubs (Skull and Crossbones, etc) and work in the military, government or corporations and these jobs often overlap. Instead of discussing an elite based upon inherited wealth and status, Mill examines the ways in which the elite utilize institutions to create wealth. Does a power elite exist in the US currently? Who occupies these positions of power (give specific examples)? Do positions of power overlap between corporations, the government and the military? If they do, is this problematic? How does the idea of the power elite relate to current class struggles, like the Occupy movement?
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C-208 CASE 28 JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION GETTING OVER THE BLUES.docx
C-208 CASE 28 JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION: GETTING OVER THE “BLUES”? *
In 2017 JetBlue faced challenges that included rising fuel prices, troubling technical disruptions, and declining quality of the flying experience. Since the beginning of 2016, JetBlue had enjoyed low fuel prices that helped increase their earnings about 18 percent during the second quarter of 2016,1 but the company experienced technical issues that caused booking problems and resulted in delays, as well as bad publicity. In order to cope with the likelihood of a rise in future fuel prices, JetBlue undertook massive cost reductions by investing in cabin restyling, for instance, adding more seats to JetBlue’s A320 airplanes. However, the shrinking legroom that accompanied the cabin restyling was despised by passengers, which posed a problem for an airline that had once offered customers a captivating (as opposed to a captive) flying experience. To meet the challenges, new CEO Robin Hayes orchestrated various initiatives that the company planned to take through 2017. Those initiatives included wider fare options, enhanced Mint services, cabin restyling, new lines of JetBlue credit cards, and partnerships with other airlines.2 The founding CEO of JetBlue, David Neeleman, had been ousted by the board of directors after a notorious event when an ice storm severely disrupted the airline’s operations.3 In 2007, Dave Barger, an employee since the inception of JetBlue in 1998, became the second CEO of the company. Ultimately Barger was pressured to step down amid constantly depressed stock prices. In February 2015, Robin Hayes took charge of the company as its third chief executive. Hayes was the executive vice president of British Airways for the Americas before joining JetBlue in August 2008. Having worked for about 25 years and having extensive experience in the airline industry, Hayes was considered an optimal choice to become the third chief executive of Jet Blue.
The U.S. Airline Industry
The U.S. airline industry consists of three primary segments: major airlines, regional airlines, and low-fare airlines. Major U.S. airlines, as defined by the Department of Transportation, are those with annual revenues of over $1 billion. Most major airlines utilize the hub-and-spoke route system. In this system, the operations are concentrated in a limited number of hub cities, while other destinations are served by providing one-stop or connecting service through the hub. Scheduled flights serve most large cities within the United States and abroad and also serve numerous smaller cities. Regional airlines typically operate smaller aircraft on lower-volume routes than do major airlines. They typically enter into relationships with major airlines and carry their passengers on the “spoke”—that is, between a hub or larger city and a smaller city. Unlike the low-fare airlines, the regional airlines do not have an independent route system. Deregulation of the U.S. airline industry in 1978 ushe.
C O N C E P T A N A L Y S I SClinical reasoning concept a.docx
This document presents a concept analysis of clinical reasoning in nursing. It defines clinical reasoning as a complex cognitive process that uses cognition, metacognition, and discipline-specific knowledge to gather and analyze patient information, evaluate its significance, and weigh alternative actions. The analysis reviews literature on related concepts like decision-making and problem-solving. It identifies attributes of clinical reasoning like the use of heuristics and how clinical reasoning abilities develop with increased experience and knowledge. Further research is needed to better understand and measure clinical reasoning.
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Noting that what one society deems morally wrong, another deems right, ethical
relativists conclude that morals are like manners or style of dress. The ancient
Greek historian Herodotus, quoting the poet Pindar, long ago announced the rela-
tivist principle when he said, “Custom is king.”
Ethical relativism became popular in the nineteenth century when European
social scientists traveled the world and discovered a bewildering variety of moral
norms and practices. Anthropologists like Ruth Benedict and sociologists like Wil-
liam Graham Sumner embraced ethical relativism and gave it the cachet of science.
Ethical relativism is a tempting doctrine because it appeals to our desire to be
tolerant of other societies. However, it has not found much favor among profes-
sional philosophers, who point out that while tolerance is a virtue, indifference
to suffering is a vice. Several of the philosophers and moralists included in this
chapter—Loretta M. Kopelman, Louis Pojman, R. M. MacIver, and Martin Luther
King, Jr.—believe that while much morality is indeed a matter of local custom,
some objectively valid moral principles apply to everyone. For them, tolerance
ends when a practice or custom violates a universal human right. Lawrence
Lengbeyer tries to work out a compromise between relativism and absolutism.
Recently a number of anthropologists have joined philosophers and theologians
in rejecting relativism. They challenge the idea that social scientists must always be
neutral bystanders. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban struggles with the problem of whether
to condemn or to refrain from condemning the societies she studies. In the end she
finds herself unable to retain the neutral “scientific” stance. Thomas Nagel argues
that the Golden Rule in its negative form—not to do unto others what you would
not have them do unto you—provides an objective nonrelativistic basis for
morality.
Finally, when a relativist like Benedict or Sumner points to the diversity of vil-
lages, and thus of norms, those who believe in universal moral standards can point
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Tool room keeper (if for that project only)
Tool room keeper (if for that project only)
Timekeeper (if for that project only)
Foreman (if for that project only)
Site safety manager
Indirect Costs
(Main O�ce Overhead)
Salaries
President
Executives
Secretaries/reception
Estimators/schedulers
Project managers
Construction manager
Cost engineers
Purchasing agent
Cost/bookkeeping
Engineers
Other o�ce personnel
Yard personnel
Tool manager
Mechanics/maintenance
Drivers
Equipment operators
Bonds
Surety
Bid
Payment
Performance
Miscellaneous
Vehicles
Permits
Licenses
Tools and equipment
Photographs
Surveying
Testing
Job signs
Pumping
Dust control
Sca�olding
Lifting /hoisting
Cleanup (periodic)
Final cleanup
Damage/repair to adjoining buildings
and/or public ways
Temporar y Facilities
Field o�ce expense
Set-up and removal
Light
Water
Telephone/internet
Supplies
Equipment
Fax machine
Copy machine
Blueprint machine
Co�ee machine
Computers/software
Temporary light and power
Temporary heat
Temporary water
Cell phones/radios
Toilet facilities
Enclosures
Storage trailers
Fencing
Barricades and signals
Construction road
Project sign
O�ce
Rent/cost of ownership
Electricity
Gas
Water
Sewer
Telephone
Internet
Postage
O�ce equipment
Furniture/furnishings
O�ce supplies
Advertising
Literature
Club/association dues
Professional Ser vices
Legal
Accounting
Architectural
Engineering
Vehicles
Cars/trucks
Cost of operation
Mileage expenses
Insurance
Fire
Property damage
Vehicles
Public liability
Windstorm
Workers’ compensation
Unemployment
Social security
Flood
Theft
Elevator
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Discussion Questions
1. Are computers tools changing the way construction estimating has been done in the past?
2. Discuss why we need to differentiate between direct and indirect overheads in construction?
Discussion Responses
SJ
Are computers tools changing the way construction estimating has been done in the past?
Computers are definitely changing the way estimating is done. In the old days, estimators would have to break out pages of paper and calculations, along with books of updated cost data, and estimate by hand. Through the use of new technology such as computer programs and spreadsheets, data can be implemented and automatically calculated based upon projected hours, materials, and so forth. Computers can reduce the amount of errors, increase speed of estimation, and provide the estimating team the ability to make easy changes that translate to the bottom line price in the process.
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2. Discuss why we need to differentiate between direct and indirect o.
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