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The following resources may be helpful when completing this assignment.

Dearden, A. (2008). User-Centered Design Considered Harmful
Norman, D. (2007–2010). Activity-Centered Design: Why I like my Harmony Remote Control

Computer applications that run on desktop and laptop computers have, for a long time, been designed to be driven by dragging and clicking a mouse. With the introduction of tablet personal computers, the trend has shifted toward using touch-based screens. We now have access to touch-based TVs, touch-based monitors, touch-based laptops and touch-based tablets. Touch and multi-touch devices provide end users with the ability to interact physically with an application much more naturally.

Imagine that you are the Information Technology Director of a major chain restaurant, and you have been assigned to design a menu ordering application that can run on all devices. Examine whether using a touch-screen monitor, a tablet, or using a mouse to select menu items to place an order would be most efficient. Speculate how employees would interact with these devices and the type of emotional reaction that customers and employees will experience while placing a beverage, appetizer or entrée order.

Write a paper in which you:

Differentiate between the interaction types and styles that apply to multi-touch screens and applications running on them.
Determine the conceptual model that you would use when designing a product for your restaurant.
Describe the key analogies and concepts these monitors expose to users, including the task-domain objects users manipulate on the screen.
Determine one (1) utility / tool in an application for touch-based and mouse-drive screens that should be designed with memory retention / recall. Provide a rationale for your response.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. You may use the resources above or others of your choosing.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe the relationship between the cognitive principles and their application to interfaces and products.
Explain the conceptual terms for analyzing human interaction with affordance, conceptual models, and feedback.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in human-computer interaction.
Write clearly and concisely about human-computer interaction topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

1. Do you think sports nutrition is applicable only to competitive athletes? Why or Why not? Defend your answer.

2. Josh has soccer practice each day from 6-8 am and weight training from 8-9 am. He struggles with what to consume before early morning practice and post work out prior to heading to class. Occasionally Josh skips breakfast or lunch due to lack of ideas for fuel and is short on time.

3. Sarah is a track and field long distance runner who typically runs 12-16 miles per week during practice. She states she has reduced the amount of carbohydrate in her diet because she is concerned carbs may cause weight gain. Sarah also complains of feeling tired most days and needing to take a nap. As her nutrition coach what are your recommendations for Sarah?

4. What type of diets have you noticed trending currently for average individuals and/or athletes in regards to carbohydrate? What is your take on these?

1) Provide demographic statistics to describe your sample. How many men and women? What is the mean age and standard deviation for each?
2) Using the appropriate t-test, compare the mean scores between men and women for the Sport Fandom Total Score. Is there a gender difference in these means?
3) For men and women separately, correlate the Sport Fandom scores with Pro Events Attended. You should have a total of 2 correlations (1 for the men and 1 for the women). Is the correlations larger or smaller for one gender compared to the other?
4) Last, using the appropriate chi-square test, compare the proportion (frequency) of men and women and their reasons for attending a professional sport event. Do men and women differ in their reasons for attending/not attending a game?

Just answer the following questions in paragraph form

1.What is “white privilege” and do you believe it still exists in the criminal justice system?

2.If so, how do whites and non-whites experience being labeled a criminal differently?

3. Why do you believe white privilege persists? Whom does it benefit most, and why?

4. African Americans and Latinos tend to have a more negative perception of police. In your opinion, is this warranted? Why or why not?

Mixed-methods consist of a combination of quantitative and qualitative research designs. You have explored the differences between these designs in prior modules, but in this module, you consider how these methods may complement one another. The studies in the Learning Resources are examples of mixed-methods research designs; they present the potential benefit of combining both qualitative and quantitative methods to produce a more valid study.

For this Discussion, you analyze a special education research question and apply a mixed-methods approach to answer that question.

To prepare:

Review the module Learning Resources, paying particular attention to the research questions addressed by the studies.
Identify a special education research question, preferably one that has emerged from your work setting or research area of interest, which might be addressed through a mixed-methods design.

By Day 7 of Week 8:

Post an explanation of the special education research question you selected. Then, explain how your question might be addressed appropriately by a mixed-methods design.

Support your response with specific reference to the Learning Resources, outside resources, as well as personal experience.

TV Series or Movie review: See drop box for due dates; In order to ensure you are improving your writing ability in this introductory course, a mini-paper is assigned.Textbooks should not be considered references, though they can be good sources for references. The topic of the mini-paper will be the treatment of the many corrections functions in a TV Series (or a collection of at least 3 shows) or Movie of your choosing. You will need to watch the series/movie and identify at least 5 events in which the corrections system was portrayed, referenced, or alluded to. Identify the time on the show or video as best you can (in minutes and seconds from the start of the show) and compare/contrast what was portrayed with what has been otherwise documented.

1. How do you describe the differences between managerial and financial accounting?

Explain how the selection of a particular business strategy determines the information that managers need to run an organization effectively.

What are the importance of ethical behavior in managerial accounting?

2. Response to below:

Todd Morgan did act in an ethical manner, initially. According to the IMA statement of ethical professional practice, credibility is one of the principles Todd most uphold with his actions to: “Provide all relevant information that could reasonably be expected to influence an intended user’s understanding of the reports, analyses, or recommendations.”

Although Todd’s company is not a public company, they may be one day, and so by not reporting financials accurately management is setting a precedence with their employees that it acceptable to “fudge the numbers”, and that the end justifies the means. To intentionally misstate assets and liabilities is to mislead potential investors by not representing financials accurately.

Todd did voice his objections to the president and senior management, but in the end he complied with the request. The IMA standards of ethical professional practice advise for resolving ethical issues that, “When faced with unethical issues, the member should follow the established policies of his or her organization, including use of an anonymous reporting system if available.” It is not known if Todd’s company has a code of ethics or anonymous reporting system in place. Even if they did, the fact that management at the top is requesting the dishonest act, there may not be anybody above the president to escalate Todd’s concerns to.

The fact remains that Todd did comply with an unethical request and even though he did not have an alternative except to resign, he still would be culpable for engaging in and supporting an activity that would discredit the profession which is described under IMA’s standards for integrity.

3. Imagine you are the accountant for Drive Write, a company that produces computer disk drives, and you are in charge of all accounting functions within the company. The president has informed you that if the company’s profits grow by 20 percent this year, you will receive a $20,000 bonus, and she will receive a $50,000 bonus. No bonuses will be awarded if profit growth is less than 20 percent. Because the company’s profits have grown 20 percent annually for the last 10 years, investors have come to expect significant growth from one year to the next. Near the end of this fiscal year, the president and you have the following conversation:

President:

We are awfully close to hitting our numbers and getting to the 20 percent target. With two weeks remaining, projections show we will come in at 18 percent for the year. What can we do on the accounting side to increase current year profits?

Accountant:

Well, I’m not sure there is anything we can do. Our accounting is squeaky clean, as confirmed by our independent auditors. Perhaps our sales will improve next year.

President:

There has to be something we can do I could sure use the bonus money, and our investors would appreciate an increase in their investment! I know we have a large customer order to be filled the first week of next year. Why not include that sale in this year’s numbers?

Accountant:

I’m not comfortable recording sales in the wrong fiscal year.

President:

We’re only talking about moving sales by a few days! I would like you to consider this carefully. If you can’t do this, I may have to find an accountant who can! Let’s talk about our options later this week.

Question: The situation at Drive Write creates a serious ethical dilemma. (The Drive Write example is based on a real company called MiniScribe Corporation, subsequently purchased by a competitor.) Companies are constantly under pressure to meet sales and profit goals. Employees who succeed in meeting these goals often reap huge monetary rewards; those who fail may be penalized with lower pay or may even lose their jobs.

What would you do if asked to record information in a way that distorts the company’s financial results?

4. Response to below:

Their are significant differences between managerial accounting and financial accounting. Managerial accounting is for in house use for the company and the word I keep hearing which is decision making for managers and higher ups. On the other hand, financial accounting is for outside use such as creditors and investors to monitor how the company is doing financially. Another difference is in how it is done. Their is no standards or rules when it comes to managerial accounting compared to financial accounting which has to follow GAAP under the SEC. Lastly another difference which really caught my eye was managerial accounting is all about the future and present in making the best decision for the company. Financial accounting is a screenshot of the past to see how it did last quarter or year for investors or creditors.

The importance of ethical behavior in managerial accounting is vital for the success of a company. If unethical behavior is allowed it can lead to inaccurate information to the decision makers in the company which means not making the best decisions for the company. Also unethical behavior leads to problems in financial accounting because the information is not accurate or right. Investors and creditors can be fooled and lied too which lead to the destruction of the company and government agencies getting involved. Overall ethical behavior keeps the company clean and trustworthy in the eyes of the costumers and investors.

In essay form, please address the following:
Describe how the things that are most important to you in your RN role have prepared you for the APRN role.
Describe a time when you had to approach another health care professional in regard to a sensitive/difficult issue. What was your approach and what was the outcome?
Describe how you have prepared to be successful in the graduate student role.
What preparations have you made for access to preceptors/clinical sites while in the APRN student role?
In your own words, please describe your vision of the role of the FNP in a primary healthcare setting.
Explain how your nursing experience has prepared you for the FNP role.

Please read the description of economic arrangements in the Pilgrim colonies in the Wall Street Journal (pdf)
description in the words of the colony’s governor William Bradford(http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch16s1.html)
After reading the descriptions, tell the class which of the 10 principles were observed in the situation described, and why
The U.S. economy today faces challenges, even if they are mostly different than the challenges faced by the Pilgrim settlers. Do you think that today’s economy would benefit from a better recognition of the principle(s) you identified above? Explain and give an example.

1. What is the purpose of the “hundred and twenty bowl-shaped excavations that resemble football stadiums” described on page 192?

2. How frequent are major (“exceptional”) debris flows along the San Gabriel foothills? Every year? Every decade? Every century? And why does this matter?

3. What do the locals call “Flood”? (NOTE: I am not asking the question, “What is a flood?”)

Longer questions

4. Why is Southern California, particularly its foothill communities, at such high risk to “mudslides” (debris flows)? What role does geology play? What role does climate play? What is the significance of chaparral vegetation and fire?

5. What happened to Bob and Jackie Genofile and their home? How sympathetic are you to their story? Why? More generally, who seems to be more at risk from these debris flows, wealthier people or poorer people? Does that influence your level of sympathy toward their situation, and your level of support for public (i.e., taxpayer-funded) flood-control efforts?