Describe the characteristics of the ill employees to determine trends and risk factors.

Salmonella Outbreak Investigation On February 7, 2018, a nurse employed at the Flinn Corporation noticed an increase in the number of employees who were sick. She was concerned that there may be a Salmonella outbreak at the company. She has interviewed each of the employees at the corporation. She has taken samples and sent them out for testing but has not received the results. She asks you, the local epidemiologist, to investigate to see if an outbreak exists and if so what the source of the outbreak is. You follow the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s steps in outbreak investigation (https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson6/section1.html) and report your findings to her. Please note that we will not address all outbreak investigation steps in this assignment. Use the attached Excel worksheet to produce graphs and statistics to answer the questions below. Submit your report as a Word doc (or PDF) and include figures and tables you generate. The report should be easy to follow and interpret and should be written as an academic paper in proper APA formatting. 1. Look at the Excel Spreadsheet attached. There are 3 worksheets (see tabs on bottom of page – “Nurse’s Interview”, “Epi Curve”, “Retrospective Cohort Study”). The first sheet “Nurse’s Interview” has a line list of employees who work at Flinn Corporation. This sheet represents the data the nurse has collected from those employees in an interview. Do you think that an outbreak exists? Why would you recommend to further investigate? Discuss your reasoning. (Step 2: Establish outbreak). 2. Research salmonellosis using academic sources. Are the symptoms that the ill employees exhibit consistent with salmonellosis? Provide a brief summary (1-2 paragraphs) of the disease and discuss the chain of infection for this disease. Use in-text citations in proper APA format and include all sources in your reference section. (Step 3: Verify diagnosis) 3. Identify the percentage of ill employees with each symptom. For example, 1 out of 12 ill employees had blood in stool (Bs) = 8.3%. (Step 4: Working case definition) 4. Conduct descriptive epidemiology (Step 6). Describe the characteristics of the ill employees to determine trends and risk factors. a. Person – Calculate the percentage of ill employees that are male/female. Determine the mean age of the ill employees. b. Place – What percentage of ill employees ate at the cafeteria? What percentage of well employees ate at the cafeteria? c. Time – Using the data collected in the Nurse’s Interview, fill in the column “# of cases” in the “Epi Curve” worksheet. Use 0 if there are no cases. As you fill in the data, the graph will automatically generate. Choose an appropriate title for the graph. Copy and paste graph into your report. What type of epidemic curve is it? (Hint: read https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson6/section2.html#step6) 5. Based on the information you have gathered, you have developed an hypothesis that there is a food being served at the cafeteria that is causing the employees to become ill. You need to further test this hypothesis by conducting a retrospective cohort study (Step 8). Use the worksheet “Retrospective Cohort Study” to calculate attack rates and risk ratios. The first food item Baked Chicken is done for you. You can also consult https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson6/section2.html#step8 for help. Report the Risk ratio for each food item. Based on risk ratios, which is food is most likely to be the source of the illness? Explain. 6. Based on your findings, what would you recommend for prevention and control measures? Apply food safety principles from academic sources to discuss further prevention of Salmonella outbreaks in the cafeteria. (Step 11) Use in-text citations and include sources in reference section.

Discuss behavioral factors that are relevant to the application you selected; identify some ways in which behavioral factors influence overall activity in the area you discuss.

For your final paper, please write a paper discussing the following: 1) Select ONE of the following: A) Valuation of “new” goods or goods not tradeable in markets B) Financial Markets C) Other economic topic of your choice (Please discuss with me before submitting) 2) Discuss behavioral factors that are relevant to the application you selected; identify some ways in which behavioral factors influence overall activity in the area you discuss. Among the questions you should try to address: Do these behavior patterns violate any of the “standard assumptions” of economics? (For instance, do you think that people involved in these economic tasks behave irrationally?) Do you think that the behavior patterns suggest market inefficiency or some kind of systematic policy failure – Why or why not? 3) What measures would you suggest to mitigate any inefficiencies or failures associated with the issues discussed in (2); or, alternatively, what if any measures might you suggest to improve on the outcomes? (These may be regulations, policy reforms, survey design choices…be as specific as possible here!) Why would the measures you suggest be likely to address any problems? In this part, it will probably be helpful to discuss the ways in which the measures you recommend help address some of the issues associated with “System 1 – System 2” thinking. You should strongly consider drawing on at least some materials outside the texts used in the course. For example, if you decide to write about financial markets, you might look at some newspaper reports about day-to-day activity in financial markets and identify behavioral influences (The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are good resources for this). If you take option A), you might examine an academic journal article or two. Please feel free to approach me with any questions you may have about outside sources. All formatting rules are the same as for the short papers. ____________________________________________________ Sourcing, Citation and Bibliography: Include a full works cited/bibliography section. Your bibliography style should be consistent and comprehensible, but the precise format you use does not matter. If you use direct quotation from any text or source, include an inline citation with author name and page number(s). For example: “[Quoted Material Here]” (Thaler p. 37). Grading Rubric: Style and Mechanics: 10%. Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Writing flows well (‘readability’). If outside sources are used, citation should be thorough and comprehensible. Paragraphs and Organization: 15%. A clear overall structure and a logical sequencing of topics discussed. Paragraphs internally well-organized and focused. Transitions between topics should be smooth and logical. Use and Synthesis of Sources: 15%. Brought in relevant outside material. Appropriately linked ideas in course with sources. Thesis and Focus: 20%. Clearly stated in appropriate place(s), easily identifiable, and thoughtful. Arguments and evidence throughout are clearly connected to the thesis statement. Argument, Theory, & Evidence: 40%. Demonstrates an understanding of the important theoretical ideas. Uses understanding of ideas from the course to develop a coherent, thoughtful argument. Where appropriate, discusses how a particular piece of evidence tends to corroborate or refute a particular theory.

Assuming the role of defense counsel, prepare a counter-offer, following the same structure as outlined above.

Your essay should include the following two offers: Assuming the role of a prosecutor prepare a plea offer for Mario. Assume he was charged with possession of methamphetamine and with DUI (with a blood alcohol content of .08/.09). Assuming the role of defense counsel, prepare a counter-offer, following the same structure as outlined above. You can be creative with realistic details that you provide, consistent with the parameters of the facts above, but each offer should be persuasive. Write an essay of 750-1,000 words in which you: Explain what you would offer the opposing side. Describe what factors you would consider in your offer. Include a paragraph justifying your offer. Use the GCU Library to locate three to five relevant, scholarly sources in support of your content.

Explain the history behind Native American Boarding Schools and the experience (Assimilation, Education, Violations, Boarding School Environment, Code Talkers, Carlisle School)

Explain the history behind Native American Boarding Schools and the experience (Assimilation, Education, Violations, Boarding School Environment, Code Talkers, Carlisle School)

Write a report on “How To Lie With Statistics” and the form for you to fill out for your journal article examination.

Book report on “How To Lie With Statistics” and the form for you to fill out for your journal article examination. Firstly, read ‘How To Lie With Statistics’, here is a free on-line version – https://www.horace.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/How-to-Lie-With-Statistics-1954-Huff.pdf Write a paper, – recapping ‘How to Lie with Statistics’ using real life examples, including your take or opinion.