A Belgian chocolate maker, part of bigger multinational food company, is relying on third party ship-owners to import their cocoa from western Africa. The company executives hope a “vertical integration” (i.e. purchasing their own ship) will reduce the overall cost of their products by eliminating the middleman.
They are currently considering purchasing a small bulk carrier or a small general cargo ship. The latter would enable them to occasionally transport processed foodstuff belonging to the parent company on the return trip.
Your task is to produce a preliminary report in order to help the company executives decide which option is the most favourable.
You will have to consider the yearly costs for 2 handysize vessels (bulk & general) operating on the Abidjan-Antwerp route. A list of costs is available in Stopford’s Maritime Economics 3e (chapter 6); some of these costs can be quantified using Drewry’s Ship Operating Costs Annual Review and Forecast; both available from the university library. Other costs will have to be researched (e.g. port fees) or calculated (e.g. bunkering); when information is not available it must be forecast. You must provide adequate references and justify your calculations when data is not directly available.
You must remember that the company executives are not shipping specialists; you have to help them make an informed decision. Thus your report is expected to classify shipping costs employing appropriate management accounting methods, and to summarize them in a table spanning a single page, for easy and comprehensive comparison.
Based on this compilation of costs, as well as the capacity of each ship, you should determine the transportation cost per ton for each option. Your report is expected to conclude with a recommendation based on said cost comparison. Additional recommendations are of course welcome (provided adequate referencing/justification.
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Describe the development of conventional anti-schizophrenic drugs and how these drugs implicated dopamine in the mechanisms of schizophrenia.
Describe and discuss four classes of drugs that are used in the treatment of affective disorders. Compare their efficacy.
Describe the various anxiety disorders and the drugs that are used in their treatment. What have these drugs suggested about the mechanisms of anxiety disorders?
* important* Cite all sources you use in APA style and provide an APA-style reference list at the end of your post. use biosychology pinal and Barnes 2017 Ed. And use as cited in when using secondary source
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What can late medieval and Renaissance dissection practices tell us about attitudes to the body in this period? How did dissection practices change? Who performed dissections? And what kinds of knowledge were post-mortem dissections supposed to provide?
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.
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The final paper will consist of a comprehensive demonstration of the attitudes/values, skills, and knowledge of Human Services. In your text, An Introduction to Human Service Policy and Practice, 8th Edition by Betty Reid Mandell and Barbara Schramm, Table 4.1 reveals the list of competencies for the field of human services.
Final Paper Criteria:
Paper will focus on at least one competency for each of the three areas (attitudes/values, skills, and knowledge) listed on page ___ in the text.
Paper topic can be any subject or agency in the field of human services.
A presentation of the competencies chosen and how each was demonstrated throughout the course is expected. For example if a person chose to write on Child Abuse and the competencies picked were:
Open-mindedness (attitude/value)
Negotiating Contracts (skills)
The impact on society and culture (knowledge)
The paper might explore how professionals working at DHS Child Welfare were open-minded and then examples would be given. Next, the paper might explore what type of standards/treatment plans are expected in child welfare or what is expected in treatment for offenders. Finally the paper might explore how many agencies provide services for child abuse and how may be similar and/or different. This would be gleaned from agency reports/visits.
Paper will be double-spaced type with 12 point font.
Paper should be a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of six (not including bibliography or cover sheet)
A minimum of four reference materials will be used. These references must be from scholarly journals such as Social Work, Health and Social Work, JAMA, Child Welfare, American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Social Work Education, Human Services Education, etc.
Newspaper articles will not be accepted.
When using reference materials, please be cautious when citing other individuals’ ideas or thoughts.
Please reference material using APA style. If you fail to give appropriate credit to authors, this is plagiarism. Plagiarism will result in an automatic “zero” for the paper. Plagiarism is also a direct academic violation and may result in further academic disciplinary measures.
Please seek help if you have questions. It is best to work on this paper throughout the semester.
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How have American Indians from the twentieth century onward used treaty rights and tribal sovereignty to improve the lives of their communities?
Thesis statement:
Treaty rights and tribal sovereignty established local and independent government, a self sustaining economy that included land rights and the freedom to utilize natural resources and an education and healthcare system to improve the lives of those living in Native American Communities.
You can also use examples from the Treur book which are also summarized on the slides for this week.
Use at least three (3) quality references Note: Wikipedia and other related websites do not qualify as academic resources.
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.
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Will be a research paper (minimum of three FULL pages, not including the citation page) that will analyze our class umbrella topic of Latinos in the United States and their experience with social, political, economic, and/or cultural development of the various Latin Americans groups in the United States. These groups should include: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and/or other Caribbean, Central and South American groups that we have covered in class. You will utilize your annotated bibliography (the sources and your selected topic) to inform and shape your research paper analysis. The format of your paper should be in APA or MLA style format (consult Owl Purdue for format instructions and examples), 12 point font, Times New Roman Font, one inch margins, and double spaced.
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1. Explain the main features of ethics of care (maternal ethics) and power-focused (ethics of justice). Next, describe the three feminist positions on the relationship between these two, and a key argument supporting each. Finally, what is your view and why. (See readings on Feminist ethics listed in the Schedule)
2. Explain key features of Natural Law according to Aquinas and show how Martin Luther King Jr. in his Letter from the Birmingham Jail used them to justify breaking some laws while following others. (See readings on Natural Law in Schedule, consult lecture notes, MLK’s letter is pages 626-628 ethics in the Schedule)
3. Offering evidence from the text and lecture, discuss in what ways Marx’s features of capitalism (p 602) and his predictions (p 49) do or do not apply today. Explain and include his concept of alienated labor (p 47-48) in your answer.
4. Briefly define the welfare state and the minimal state, with the values each embrace, and what each would view as distributive injustice. Explain Rawls plans to update the social contract. Also include how he avoids the extremes of collectivism and individualism while integrating what he thinks are the best features of each. This requires treatment of his two principles of justice. (See readings on Rawls, distributive justice, spectrum of views listed in the Schedule)
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Using the prompts below, choose one and write an essay (approximately 1000 words). Read the grading rubric BEFORE writing so that you are sure to address all four elements of the grading rubric. Your essay MUST be submitted in one of the following formats (.doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf). Failure to do so will count as a NON-SUBMISSION. This also means that you cannot type the essay directly into ecampus. YOU MUST SAVE YOUR ESSAY IN ONE OF THOSE FORMATS AND ATTACH IT TO THE LINK ABOVE (Where the word “Essay” is underlined above.) If you do not know what this means or how to save your work as one of those files, see me or email me immediately. Not knowing how will not be an excuse to allow late work. The essay will go through software that will test for plagiarism. Be sure that when you write your essay you do not use material from other sources without citing them. Doing so is cheating and grounds for a 0.
Write your essay as if you are writing to a friend who missed class on the day this was discussed. There is no bibliography or works cited page required. You may write in first person or even write the essay as if it were a letter to your “friend” from class.
The essay should be double spaced and in a readable font (10pt. and 12pt. are best)
PROMPTS:
Are Sartre and Smullyan right that it is impossible for anything that is self-conscious not to have free will? Explain and evaluate your position.
Is it reasonable to believe something when you do not have sufficient evidence? Explain and evaluate your position.
More Ruberics:
#1: Describe, identify and explain two or more different philosophical positions and the relevant philosophical concepts.
As I grade, I will ask myself, “How well did you describe and explain both positions (either two different positions or an argument and counterargument)? How clear and accurate are your explanations and the use of the relevant philosophical terms/concepts?”
5 Provides clear, accurate and full explanations of each philosophical position.
4 Provides mostly clear, accurate and full explanations of each philosophical position.
3 (a) Provides a clear and accurate explanation of one position and a poor explanation of the second position or (b) provides explanations for both positions that are unclear and/or incomplete and/or inaccurate.
2 (a) Fails to provide an explanation for one of the two theories or (b) provides poor explanations of both positions.
1 (a) Fails to provide an explanation for one of the two theories and (b) provides a poor explanation for the other position.
0 The essay was not on the topic or there was no essay at all
#2: Apply critical thinking skills by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of philosophical positions or theories and by writing a clear and coherent essay. As I grade, I will ask myself, “Did you explain the issue to be considered? How well do you analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the theories or positions? And how clear and coherent is your overall presentation?”
5 Gives coherent and consistent reasoning throughout the essay and a clear and comprehensive explanation of the issue to be considered. Also provides a coherent analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the positions at issue.
4 Uses generally coherent and consistent reasoning throughout the essay and a clear, but not necessarily comprehensive, explanation of the issue to be considered. Also provides a coherent analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the positions at issue.
3 Uses some coherent and consistent reasoning that either contains clear weakness in reasoning or fails to explain the issue to be considered. Also fails to provide a coherent analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the positions at issue.
2 Uses some coherent and consistent reasoning that contains clear weakness in reasoning and fails to explain the issue to be considered. Also, fails to provide a coherent analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the positions at issue.
1 Uses incoherent and inconsistent reasoning that also fails to explain the issue to be considered. Also fails to provide the strengths and weaknesses of the positions at issue.
0 The essay was not on the topic or there was no essay at all
#3: Create an informed personal response to a philosophical issue by developing and defending a personal opinion to the selected philosophical problem. As I grade, I will ask myself, “Did you develop a personal opinion? How well did you defend why you believe what you believe? Have you explained a rational, but opposing view? Have you explained the assumptions behind your position (and that of the opposing view)? And how your position impacts your life and society?”
5 Provides a coherent and well-thought out personal position that is fully defended against a rational, but opposing, position. The assumptions behind your view, and the opposing view, are recognized and analyzed. The impact of your position on your personal life and on your society is explored.
4 Provides a personal position that is coherent and has some support, but needs a little more thought and is mostly defended against a rational, but opposing, position. The assumptions behind your position, and that of the opposing position, are identified but not analyzed. The impact of one’s position on your personal life and on society is explored.
3 Provides a personal position that is coherent but has very little support and needs a lot more depth and is not adequately defended against a rational, but opposing, position. The assumptions behind both views are be identified, but there is no analysis of these assumptions. There is very little attempt to explore the impact of one’s position on one’s life and society.
2 Provides a personal position that is (a) incoherent or has no support and is not defended against a rational, but opposing, position; or (b) does not identify assumptions behind the position or opposing position; or (c) there is no attempt to explore the impact of one’s position on one’s life and society.
1 Provides a personal position that has no support, is not defended against a rational, but opposing view, does not identify the assumptions behind the position, and does not make an attempt to explore the impact of one’s position on one’s own life and society.
0 The essay was not on the topic, there was no personal position or there was no essay at all
#4: Grammar. As I grade, I will ask myself, “How good is the grammar?”
5 Demonstrates graceful use of language by being free from most errors in grammar and mechanics. The essay is well organized and focused. The student uses credible sources to support and inform the content.
4 Demonstrates reasonable facility in the use of language by being free from most errors in grammar and mechanics, however the errors do not impede understanding of the content. The essay is mostly organized and focused. The student uses credible sources to support and inform the content.
3 Demonstrates adequate facility in the use of language by containing some errors in grammar and/or mechanics, some of which may be serious enough to impede meaning. Also the essay is generally organized and focused with some lapses or the student does not use credible sources to support and inform the content.
2 Demonstrates limited facility in the use of language by containing problems with vocabulary and several errors in grammar and mechanics which do impede understanding. The essay is not organized and contains lapses in focus. Additionally, the student did not use credible sources to support and inform the content.
1 Demonstrates little or no facility in the use of language by containing problems with vocabulary and an unacceptable number of errors in grammar and mechanics. The errors are clearly an impediment to understanding the essay This essay is poorly organized and demonstrates little or no focus and does not utilize credible sources to support and inform the content.
0 The essay was not on the topic or there was no essay at all
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Write an integrative summary of all the papers and explain how the papers are connected. This means that the papers your select must address the same theme or issues. For example, comparing the Medelin Cartel and the other organized drug dealing cartel for cocaine.
These papers may be from the academic literature or current news on drug controls, the drug war, history of illicit or psychoactive drugs or drug policies from anywhere in the world.
Finally, the documents you cite must include research papers, magazine articles, newspaper article (5 pages long) or government policy documents published during the last 10 years.
The bibliographical selection may address topics from the examples listed below:
Comparative international policies
Historical analysis of policies in different countries
Socio-Economic analysis of drug policies
Social and Psychological Issues of Drug Use and Policies
The Politics and Economics the War on Drugs
International Drug Cartels and their Activities / Violence and Corruption
European colonialism and the drug trade in history
The Professor will look at the following to determine grading:
Issue – Does the student state and explain the issue(s) or problem and explain all of the terms associated with the issue?
Evidence – Is the argument well supported by evidence? Is evidence used effectively – Does the student use examples and quotes from the text?
Context – Does the student explain the set of circumstances that surround the issue?
Student’s Position/Analysis – Does the student analyze the issue? Does the student provide a valid argument supporting their position and counterargument? Does the paper make an original contribution or insight?
Conclusion – The student restates the position they have taken according to the issue being discussed and explains why the audience should care by synthesizing the information already presented.
Organization – Is the paper structured in logical way?
Mechanics and style. Is the paper free of spelling and grammar errors? Is it clearly written?
Finally, he will give additional extra credit for students who produce an outline of your paper by Wednesday.
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For this paper, evaluate qualitative research questions in the following journal article- RESEARCH JOURNAL ARTICLE: Izumi-Taylor, S., Ito, Y., Lin, C. H., & Lee, Y.-Y. (2014). Pre-service teachers’ views of children’s and adults’ play in Japan, Taiwan, and the USA. Research in Comparative and International Education, 9(2), 213–226. Retrieved from http://rci.sagepub.com/content/9/2/213.short.
Consider the alignment of theory, problem, purpose, research questions, and design. Identify the type of qualitative research design the authors used and explain how it was implemented.
With these thoughts in mind,
Write: a critique of the research study in which you:
1- Evaluate the research questions using the Research Questions and Hypotheses Checklist as a guide (attached)
2- Identify the type of qualitative research approach used and explain how the researchers implemented the design
3- Analyze alignment among the theoretical or conceptual framework, problem, purpose, research questions, and design
4- Cite at least 6 references from 2013-2018 and appropriately reference them in APA within the paper and on a reference page.
Resources:
1)Babbie, E. (2017) Basics of social research (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. Chapter 10, “Qualitative Field Research”
5) Laureate Education (Producer). (2009c). Qualitative methods: An example [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
RESEARCH JOURNAL ARTICLE: Izumi-Taylor, S., Ito, Y., Lin, C. H., & Lee, Y.-Y. (2014). Pre-service teachers’ views of children’s and adults’ play in Japan, Taiwan, and the USA. Research in Comparative and International Education, 9(2), 213–226. Retrieved from http://rci.sagepub.com/content/9/2/213.short
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