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Health policymaking happens at all levels of government and for a wide variety of topics. The private sector also plays a considerable role in the process. This assignment will give you the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of how policymaking happens in government and the roles of various entities as well as the numerous stakeholders

please address the following questions in an essay :

• Compare and contrast policymaking at the federal, state, and local levels. How are they similar? How are they different?
• What is the role of the private sector in policymaking?
• Identify the various stakeholders in health policymaking. Why is it important to seek input from all involved?

Discuss the limitations and weaknesses of firewalls. please discuss some methods to manage those limitations to enhance firewall performance. Also, discuss the benefits of having a firewall in response posts.

1) Viewpoint in 100 words of this post (Comment) Choose any of the questions asked by Hans Peter Broedel in the Doing History section of “The Medieval Period” chapter, and answer it, tying your response to other areas of The Medieval Period chapter. 2) Viewpoint in 100 words of this post (Comment) Describe the agricultural technology used by Medieval Europeans and West Africans. Explore the technological responses to differing soil types. Use examples from Carney and Broedel to support your answer.

1. What’s an attribute? What’s a data instance?

1. What’s noise? How can noise be reduced in a dataset?
2. Define outlier. Describe 2 different approaches to detect outliers in a dataset.
3. Describe 3 different techniques to deal with missing values in a dataset. Explain when each of these techniques would be most appropriate.
4. Given a sample dataset with missing values, apply an appropriate technique to deal with them.
5. Give 2 examples in which aggregation is useful.
6. Given a sample dataset, apply aggregation of data values.
7. What’s sampling?
8. What’s simple random sampling? Is it possible to sample data instances using a distribution different from the uniform distribution? If so, give an example of a probability distribution of the data instances that is different from uniform (i.e., equal probability).
9. What’s stratified sampling?
10. What’s “the curse of dimensionality”?
11. Provide a brief description of what Principal Components Analysis (PCA) does. [Hint: See Appendix A and your lecture notes.] State what’s the input and what the output of PCA is.
12. What’s the difference between dimensionality reduction and feature selection?
13. Describe in detail 2 different techniques for feature selection.
14. Given a sample dataset (represented by a set of attributes, a correlation matrix,a co-variance matrix, …), apply feature selection techniques to select the best attributes to keep (or equivalently, the best attributes to remove).
15. What’s the difference between feature selection and feature extraction?
16. Give two examples of data in which feature extraction would be useful.
17. Given a sample dataset, apply feature extraction.
18. What’s data discretization and when is it needed?
19. What’s the difference between supervised and unsupervised discretization?

1. Given a sample dataset, apply unsupervised (e.g., equal width, equal frequency) discretization, or supervised discretization (e.g., using entropy).
2. Describe 2 approaches to handle nominal attributes with too many values.
3. Given a dataset, apply variable transformation: Either a simple given function, normalization, or standardization.
4. Definition of Correlation and Covariance, and how to use them in data pre-processing.

A fundamental issue established at the outset of this course is the fact that becoming involved in terrorist activities is a process, where numerous factors can affect the mindset and actions of an individual. We have covered many of these issues and influences, so concerning this matter,compare and contrast at least two different radicalization models that explain terrorist motivations in a 4 page paper. In this research paper also summarize behavioral and psychological factors associated with disengaging from terrorism and describe what efforts or programs are most effective in countering radicalization and why.

The aim of this assignment is for you to think about the appropriateness of different kinds of conceptual models that have been designed for similar physical and digital information artifacts; Compare the following:  A paperback book and an eBook;  A paper-based map and a smart phone map Answer the following questions: (a) What are the main concepts and metaphors that have been used for each (think about the way time is conceptualized for each of them)? (b) How do they differ? (c) What aspects of the paper-based artifacts have informed the digital app? (d) What is the new functionality? (e) Are any aspects of the conceptual model confusing? (f) What are the pros and cons?

What is the relationship between words and meaning? -As always, your thought piece should be.. your thoughts. Please summarize the material as needed but focus on your own ideas and questions when possible. Incorporate material from videos when appropriate.

Executive Summary In this assignment, you will propose a quality improvement initiative from your place of employment that could easily be implemented if approved. Assume you are presenting this program to the board for approval of funding. Write an executive summary to present to the board, from which the board will make its decision to fund your program or project. Include the following: The purpose of the quality improvement initiative. The target population or audience. The benefits of the quality improvement initiative. The interprofessional collaboration that would be required to implement the quality improvement initiative. The cost or budget justification. The basis upon which the quality improvement initiative will be evaluated.

Juan’s dad has been in the military for many years. Juan is ten years old but, due to multiple deployments, Juan’s family moved three times before he was eight. Each time it has become harder for Juan to adjust to new schools, friends and neighbors.

• Prior to the last move, Juan was very attached to his teachers and friends at his last school.
• He excelled academically and was very active in after-school activities.
• Since the last move, Juan has had difficulty sleeping and completing homework.
• He is withdrawn and does not want to attend school anymore.
• He is afraid to make friends or get close to his new teachers for fear he will “just have to leave them as well.”
• His father, Samuel, sustained a traumatic brain injury while on his last deployment and his behavior and personality has changed. Juan feels like he does not recognize his father’s behavior.
• Samuel currently drinks to excess and often argues with Juan’s mother, Eileen.
• Sometimes, Samuel leaves the house and disappears for several days at a time.
• Samuel has threatened to kill himself or Eileen.
• Juan has witnessed Samuel knocking his mother to the ground on several occasions.

Now you have a meeting with Juan’s teacher and school administrators to decide how to help him to succeed academically and socially and how the family could be helped.

Case Questions to answer based upon your role:

1. Briefly discuss two strategies Juan’s teachers and school can use to help him master coping skills and build resiliency.
2. Name one service or program that child welfare can provide to Juan’s family that will help stabilize the family.
3. Explain your choices.

As you grow into a leadership or management position, you are not only responsible for your behavior, but also the behavior of your team members. It is especially important that you and your team are exposed to the idea of failure and how it relates directly to leadership.

Many people avoid situations in which they might fail. Other individuals fear failure so much they will not take a risk or have an opinion other than what the group wants. There is an old adage that says, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”

Select a leader in business, sports, management, or government and plan a short 20-minute interview. The interview may be over the phone or in person.

Suggested interview questions:

• What can be learned by failing?
• You seem pretty confident and successful. Have you ever exposed your team to the idea of failure to prepare them for consequences if the wrong choices are made?
• What can be learned by failing?
• In what ways does failure affect success?
• What do you think is the value of failure?
• How can having a failure change the way you make decisions or do business in the future? How?
• Some leaders seem to always make the right decisions and therefore experience a lot of success. How can too much success interfere with creativity?
• What if we could design a controlled failure system for work that could tap creativity without causing fear or stress?

(Note: Guidelines for Interview Assignments at Strayer University:

(1)  Before students engage in an interview assignment, they must adhere to these Guidelines for Interview Assignments at Strayer University:

(a)   The purpose of the assignment is to train students in interview / research methods, not to develop or contribute to research that can be applied to situations beyond that studied or that is created to share with others beyond the local setting.

(b)   No publication of projects containing the results of or information from the interviews is allowed, including publication in social media, blogs or the Internet generally. The interview findings may only be shared in the class.

(2)   When presenting the results of their interviews to their instructor and / or classmates, students may not disclose personally identifiable information about an interviewee, unless they have received written permission from the interviewee as verified by their instructor.

(3)   All interviewees must be at least 18 years old.)

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Propose two (2) ways that you can use a failure in your life or career to improve your vision as a leader.
2. Examine the key traits and characteristics that transformational leaders possess. Predict the impact that a transformational leader’s response to a failure would have on performance and behavior in his or her employees. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Determine whether or not you believe that failure is an integral part of life that contributes to leadership effectiveness. Provide two (2) examples to support your response.
4. Create a list of five (5) best practices for leaders to follow in order to be effective after a failure in the workplace. Support each practice with examples from your interview.
5. Determine the manner in which experiences with failure and leadership affect the risk taking and decision making behaviors of an individual on a leadership track. Provide a rationale for your response.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine how leadership influences organizational performance.
• Determine key leadership qualities that contribute to leadership effectiveness.
• Analyze the impact of leadership styles on performance and behavior.
• Write clearly and concisely about leadership strategies using proper writing mechanics.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in leadership strategies.