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Write a research paper on the Effects CTE can have on your brain and health.

What is the role of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in securing trade in maritime ports?What is the agency’s “current” maritime challenges? Additionally, how did the Homeland Security Act of 2002 change the structure of CBP?Be specific?
What over-arching approach to security strategy is the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) of 2002 employing? (This is not a straight cut and paste answer from the law. It will require your critical analysis of the Act and its’ applications/requirements. What is the over-arching purpose of the act?
How do you see the Global Maritime Transportation system changing in the next decade? With this change what single security issue will be of universal concern and why? Think globally with your response and NOT just within the US.

Write an essay on issue analysis reflection on whether the US should adopt a Single-Price Health Care.

Prepare a paper in which you analyze late adulthood and the death of an individual as a culmination of the life span developmental process. Be sure to address the following items in your paper.

– Examine ageism and stereotypes associated with late adulthood.
– Describe the changes that occur physically, cognitively, and socioemotionally during late adulthood.
– Analyze late adulthood and death of an individual as a culmination of the life span developmental process.
– Evaluate how individuals can promote health and wellness into late adulthood and mitigate the negative effects of aging.
– Analyze the importance of relationships and social interactions as an individual nears end of life.
– Identify cultural and personal attitudes about death and dignity in late adulthood.

Describe Benito Mussolini’s revival of European Imperialism in North Africa and how he came to be Adolf Hitler’s ally.

As a newly assigned project manager for the Ohio Department of Human Services, you are excited about working with technology projects throughout the state. The Ohio Department of Human Services’ (ODHS) Office of Network Support (ONS) is responsible for managing the network and software applications for over 15,000 state and county agency employees throughout Ohio’s 88 counties. The office coordinates software upgrades and network modifications from an operations center located in the capital, Columbus, with assistance from local technology employees in each of the county seats.

The position is not without its challenges, however. The network infrastructure throughout the state ranges from high quality, high-bandwidth connections in major population centers to older, partially working connections in the poorer, more regional counties. Additionally, budget and resources are a constant issue, with a high turnover rate among existing employees and an emphasis on outsourcing the labor force to several vendors to accomplish the myriad of support and project tasks. Your initial assignment is to examine the viability and costs associated with upgrading the existing e-mail, with the objective of developing the implementation project for the organization. ODHS had adopted the e-mail software called Globalupgrades (a Worldviewupgrades product) as its e-mail standard in 1994 and executed minor upgrades since then. However, the latest version of Globalupgrades, Version 9.0, contains significant enhancements desired by the ODHS user base, and the existing Version 7.0’s support will be phased out in the next year by Worldviewupgrades. The Worldviewupgrades sales representatives have been offering discounts for a Version 9.0 license, but the costs are approximately 20% more than previous licenses. Additionally, several other e-mail product vendors are lobbying state officials for business, some of them offering significant incentives. Generally, these products are viewed as less robust than Globalupgrades, but there are some segments of the user community that are supportive of these other options.

You are reviewing the existing documentation on the current state of the e-mail system, including license agreements and the Worldviewupgrades Globalupgrades 9.0 preliminary proposal. You are also examining the staffing structure and developing ideas on how to accomplish this task. In two weeks, you will need to brief the ONS Director on your planned approach to completing this effort.

Assignment

Develop a high-level project charter for the E-Mail Upgrade Project described in the scenario. Also, prepare and submit a statement of work, identification of a project management methodology and project team, and a baseline schedule. While the scenario does not contain enough specifics to completely fill out the charter, you can use the project team member list below to creatively provide the missing detail by making the necessary assumptions.

Use the following guidelines to complete this assignment:

The statement of work should define the project objective.
The project management methodology section should explain the project management model that will be used to manage the project.
The project team section should explain the relationship among the team members and amplify their role based on your understanding of the methodology.
The baseline schedule should identify the key milestones and deliverables of the project and may be presented in a basic Gantt chart or other graphical format, including a table.
Project Team List Candidates & Roles

PART 1

Using the Library and Web Resources, compare and contrast the functional project management model, the projectized project management model, and the hybrid project management model.
• What are the substantively different terms for the identical component?
• What are the differences and commonality among the three models?

PART 2

Discuss PERT, CPM and Gantt based on the following action items:
1. What are the purposes of each tool and circumstances for using each tool? Also consider whether these tools can be used independently or if they should ideally be used together.
2. What are the differences and similarities between the activity-on-node and activity-on-arrow (or activity-on-arc) diagramming techniques?
3. Propose and describe in text form a sample project that you would theoretically develop into a PERT diagram and Gantt chart. For example, “Building a car would consist of the following steps…”(briefly outline the steps as task statements). Postulate the critical path of your sample hypothetical project: What would be the critical path sequence?

PART 3

Review these scenarios:
• Your boss owns 2,000 shares of stock of one of the vendors, his wife works for another vendor, and he is on the procurement selection committee for the project.
• A third vendor in contention for this project has offered everyone on your team tickets to the hockey game this weekend in the company box with dinner included.
• Your stock broker is recommending the purchase of a technology mutual fund that contains stock belonging to several of the vendors in contention.
In your opinion, are there any ethics violations in these three scenarios? For each scenario, is there a way to avoid the ethics conflict? What do you see as the legal ramifications of your alternatives on the effectiveness of the project? Will the alternatives positively or negatively affect the effort?

PART 4

Briefly compare and contrast the various quality management processes and standards, such as Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, and ISO 9000. Your response should consider the following questions:
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of each quality management technique or standard?
• Which technique or standard, if any, is the best one to use?
• What are the potential drawbacks or negative consequences of implementing one of the quality management systems of your choice?
• Why is the measurement of quality critical to overall project success?

PART 5

Review the following articles:
Click to read 7 Tips for Rating and Evaluating Your Suppliers and Vendors
http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/12/7-tips-to-rate-and-evaluate-your-suppliers-and-vendors.html
Click to read Vendor Management Tips: Building Relationships
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2569487/it-management/vendor-management-tips–building-relationships.html
Answer the following questions:
• In your opinion, which of the identified criteria discussed in these articles are the most important? Rank/order the criteria according to the order of importance.
• What are the other criteria not listed in the article that you consider important and why?
• Is a scale a good method for scoring the criteria? If so, what kind of scale?
• What methods would you use for evaluating your listed criteria in a project management context?

Why do some people reject the notion that biological theories should not be studied? Why are they necessary to study?

What makes you passionate about your workplace or the work you do? How can you use your passion to drive organizational performance to solve organizational problems?