Why is insurance often portrayed in the same ways on television or in stories, and how does this compare to your own thoughts on it?

Write a discussion board response about where you combine your newfound knowledge of Life Insurance from Learning Objective 9.4 with your love of television, movies, or books. Find a story, show, film, song, or other form of media that addresses life insurance (or disability insurance, but that’s a lot more obscure), and analyze the example. Did the show (or whatever) address life insurance realistically or fantastically? Did it involve legal drama, or criminal charges? Was life insurance part of a scam, a crime, or a political maneuver? Or was it depicted as something normal, benign, or beneficial? Talk about your own assumptions about life and disability insurance; did going through this chapter change your opinion on it? Why is insurance often portrayed in the same ways on television or in stories, and how does this compare to your own thoughts on it?

Describe how a Winogradsky column is made in your own words.

Select any ONE of the topics below to develop your paper:Topic Area 1: Microbiologists use Winogradsky Columns to Study Microbial Ecology in the Laboratory. These columns contain distinct zones of bacterial communities found in aerobic and anaerobic regions of the soil. Sergei Winogradsky also learned a lot about how microbes utilize elements such as sulfur, nitrogen, carbon, or phosphorous. In your report include the following points in an easy to read format (paragraph or numbered bullet points are fine): 1)Describe how a Winogradsky column is made in your own words.2)Provide any 2 examples of where microbes and materials can originate from for a Winogradsky column. Consider that there are many sources of materials to make these columns so discuss any 2 examples of particular interest to you.3)Describe the key zones that can develop in these columnsa.Discuss the type of microbes found in each zoneb.Describe the type of microbial metabolism found in each zone4)Describe any 2 advantages of using a Winogradsky column as compared to isolating and culturing microbes in broth or agar plates.5)Discuss how well you think this type of column simulates the actual environment from which the microbes originated from.6)Relate your findings with any two key concepts in other topics in microbiology. Topic Area 2: Food and drink can undergo microbial progression upon spoiling OR when microbes are intentionally added to a food or drink to give it distinctly desirable characteristics. This microbial progression demonstrates a variety of ecosystems that can emerge within a food or drink as it spoils or ages. In your report include the following points in an easy to read format (paragraph or numbered bullet points are fine): 1)Describe your food or drink of interest and note whether the progression is related to spoiling or aging/maturing (desirable effects).2)Describe the microbes found at the start of progression and explain how they change over timea.Relate to changes in pH of the food/drinkb.Relate to changes of key nutrients within the food that lead to progressionc.Relate to antimicrobial properties of species and how these chemicals may influence progression (if applicable)3)Describe food or drink preparation factors that could influence how microbial progression proceeds in your particular food/drink ecosystem.a.Describe how food/drink manufacturers control these particular factors.4)Describe any additional experiments that you would like to do/see done to help you understand this microbial progression more precisely.5)Relate your findings with any two key concepts in other topics in microbiology. Topic Area 3: Numerous crop blights have occurred over time. Farmers and scientists have worked together to determine the microbial causes of blights as well as the environmental factors that contribute to the growth and spread of the infectious agents that lead to blight. In your report include the following points in an easy to read format (paragraph or numbered bullet points are fine):1)Describe your particular blight of interest and when and where it occurred/occurs. 2)Describe the signs of blight in the plants and how this impacted the farmer.3)Describe the causative agent of the blight and how this agent gets past defenses of the plants.4)Describe how the infectious agent interferes with the lifecycle of the plant and/or functions of the plant structures.5)Describe strategies that farmers have developed to deal with such blights.6)Describe solutions that scientists have developed to help farmers prevent, recognize, or treat the blight.7)Relate your findings with any two key concepts in other topics in microbiology. Topic Area 4: There is a lot of concern about the health of coral reefs. Many people attribute the decline of health of coral reefs to warming of the water or acidification of the oceans. There may also be a biological connection that cannot be seen by the typical SCUBA diver. Scientists have starting to compare microbe populations found in healthy versus less-healthy coral reefs. In your report include the following points in an easy to read format (paragraph or numbered bullet points are fine): 1)Describe the overall structure of a coral reef system in your own words and describe what parts of the coral reef system are susceptible to ill health 2)Describe any 2 roles that bacterial species may play in the maintenance of the health of the coral reef system.3)Discuss any research results that compare the microbiome of a healthier coral reef system with that of a less healthy coral reef system4)Describe any virulence factors that bacterial species may have in a less healthy coral reef system5)Describe what measures are being taken to improve the microbiome and health of a susceptible coral reef system.

Discuss valid research supporting your position analyzing and discussing the importance of the research

•Identify the issue being addressed clearly identifying the position you are arguing•Discuss valid research supporting your position analyzing and discussing the importance of the research•Persuasively argues your position with convincing and strong evidence•Effectively integrate 4 course concepts into arguments which may include strategies for resolving disputes; negotiation and conflict management strategies, ethics; and/or persuasion methods

Write a 1000-word (about 4 pages double-spaced) essay that critically examines an argument in an editorialon an issue related to something that interest you.

Write a 1000-word (about 4 pages double-spaced) essay that critically examines an argument in an editorialon an issue related to something that interest you. Find an editorial from a major newspaper or magazine.Make sure that it is a fairly long editorial. Isolate the major premises of the author’s argument. Assess thequality of the premises. Is there suppressed evidence? Are the premises true? Do the premises logically leadto the editorial’s conclusion? How does the author use language to persuade or mislead the reader?

Discuss the implications of these differences in terms of gender.

Preliminaries:In this hypothetical exericse, you are going to look at two tools that might be included in your medical practice’s CDS ecosystem:EPSS (Electronic Preventative Services Selector) at https://epss.ahrq.gov/ePSS/search.jsp (Links to an external site.)Medscape Drug Interactions Checker at https://reference.medscape.com/drug-interactionchecker (Links to an external site.)In EPSS, you will perform a check for recommended medical tests and procedures for both a male and a female 16 year old just as a clinician may do during a real office visit. Make note of some of the differences in recommendations between the two genders as well as between sexually active teenagers and those who are not. In Medscape, you will check a set of drug interactions to ensure there are no conflicts that may affect your patient. Interrogate the interactions in the following order:atorvastatin (for high cholesterol) and metformin (for diabetes)add lisinopril (for high blood pressure)add st. john’s wort (as many people believe this non-FDA approved supplement helps brain function)if there is another supplement that you or someone you know takes, you may want to check its interactions as well.By Day 6 (Saturday):Post in the Discussion Forum, using a meaningful subject line, the following:In your first paragraph, a summary of the differences you observed in the recommended tests provided through EPSS.Discuss the implications of these differences in terms of gender. In particular, what do these variations in the recommendations potentially indicate about overall health care issues and gender. In your second paragraph, a summary of the interactions observed between the various drugs in the Medscape interaction checker.Given what you observed in the interactions, what advice would you give to your friends and family about reporting the use of all drugs and supplements to medical providers?In your third paragraph, a recommendation on whether to include one or both tools in your CDS ecosystem.