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What are the factors that affect how the stock market performs?Where do you see the stock market going over the next three months? One year? Three years?

Securities, Market Functions, and Performance Evaluation

This week you will provide an overview of the stock market and evaluate its past performance. Your discussion should include:
General
• The structure of the stock market and how it operates

• How transactions are conducted in the stock market

• Securities that could be bought or sold in the stock market

• Other available financial instruments besides stocks

• How they are used
Evaluation of Overall Stock Market Performance Using the Main Indexes:

• Compare and contrast the three major stock market indexes (i.e. Dow Jones Industrial Average, SP 500, and NASDAQ Composite).

• Graph the performance of indexes from 1996 to present.

• Analyze the trends and explain the major events from 1996.

• Discuss the overall economic outlook and analysts’ forecast of the stock market.

• What are the factors that affect how the stock market performs?

• Where do you see the stock market going over the next three months? One year? Three years?

Describe the pathophysiology of bronchiolitis and identify the most common organism causing this infection. What laboratory testing can confirm your suspicion?

Apply the foundations of pediatric nursing when caring for clients with health alterations.

This assignment will help to identify the normal growth and development by topic for each age group.

In the final column of the assignment you need to observe a child and apply the information you gathered and document your findings in comparison by the particular age of that child.

Competency

Apply the foundations of pediatric nursing when caring for clients with health alterations.

Scenario

You are working in a large urban pediatric clinic after-hours.

A mother brings her 6-month-old daughter, Vivi Mitchell, to the clinic for rhinorrhea, congestion, fever, and cough. Upon assessment, you identify the child has wheezing upon auscultation and on inspection, you identify retractions.

The child is in less than 10th percentile of weight and has a cardiac history of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA).

Born at 36 weeks gestation.

Mother states this child doesn’t go to day care but her two other children ages 2 and 3 do attend daycare.

T- 102.1 HR 140 RR 40 BP 83/58 Pulse ox 96%

A swab for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is positive.

Doctor orders – Nasal bulb suction and saline drops PRN, Tylenol 15mg/kg Q4 PRN for fever, Albuterol nebulizer in office and push po fluids as tolerated.

After the albuterol neb treatment, respirations are 36 and oxygen saturation is 100%.

Wheezing has diminished. Mom is an ER nurse and the doctor feels comfortable that she has a nebulizer at home and can return to pediatric afterhours or ER if needed.

Client is discharged with these orders:

methylprednisolone 0.4 mg/kg oral BID for 3

Albuterol Q4 hours for 24 hours, then Q 6 hours for 24 hours, and Q6 as needed.

Call if needed prior to the Q4 dose.

Manage fever with Tylenol and continue hydration and nasal bulb suction Q6 while awake.

Return for re-evaluation in 3 days

Instructions

In a two to three-page APA formatted paper, provide reponses for these questions and requests for information:

Criteria:

Describe the pathophysiology of bronchiolitis and identify the most common organism causing this infection. What laboratory testing can confirm your suspicion?

Describe the pathophysiology of PDA and why the history of PDA is significant in this scenario.

What risk factors place Vivi Mitchell at a greater risk for the development of bronchiolitis?

What are the characteristic signs/symptoms of bronchiolitis?

Vivi Mitchell been prescribed the following medications; acetaminophen, albuterol nebulizer, corticosteroids.

Provide the rationale for why each medication has been included as part of her medical management and explain any potential contraindications related to these medications.

You are designing Vivi Mitchell’s plan of care. Identify two priority nursing diagnoses to include in your plan.

For each nursing diagnosis, identify two SMART goals, and two interventions for each goal.

What short and long-term possible complications should the nurse anticipate?

What client education is appropriate for Vivi Mitchell as she is discharged from the after-care clinic?

Include a minimum of 2 scholarly sources

Write an in depth analysis of the issue within a single religious tradition or compare two traditions.Include discussion and references to two primary sacred texts and three additional scholarly sources.

Use any of the three options

• For your final writing assignment you will be asked to write an essay on a theme from this course. Chose ONE of the following prompts. (2,500 words)

• Pick a contemporary issue: Violence, terrorism, feminism, sexism, religious nationalism, LGBTQ+ issues, environmentalism, atheism, consumerism/capitalism, decolonization/reconciliation, religion and science, religion in the media.

Write an in depth analysis of the issue within a single religious tradition or compare two traditions.Include discussion and references to two primary sacred texts and three additional scholarly sources.

• Write a case study on an important sacred site from one of the world’s major religious traditions located anywhere in the world.

It should be focused on one of the traditions covered in this course, it should be in use today, and it should not be a site that belongs to your own tradition, if you claim one. No archeological sites from historical or extinct traditions, e.g., Angkor Wat.

An excellent case study will include: The religious, historical and cultural background of the site in its geographical context; a description of its architectural features, significance and style. It should contain an analysis of the current significance of the site to the faithful in light of the concepts covered in class. Finally, discuss in detail core/major rituals, practices and/or festivals that regularly occur here.

• Write a complete case study of a New Religious Movement. Include serious reflection on the origins, founder(s), core concepts, current status, demographics, any public controversy and any sacred sites of the religion. Include discussion and references to two primary (sacred) texts and three additional scholarly sources.

 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the involvement of private commercial companies in the delivery of criminal justice services in England and Wales?

 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System

Essay titles 2021 (in place of unseen exam)

Choose one essay title from the selection below:

1. Using evidence in support of rehabilitation, can it be argued that ‘prison is just an expensive way of making bad people worse’?

2. While lessons have been learnt from the past, is there still discrimination in the criminal justice system of England and Wales? Using current evidence in support, evaluate this question in terms of ethnicity and/or gender.

3. In what ways have social scientists identified that the news reporting of crime, criminal justice and victims is distorted?

4. Using examples and relevant legislation describe and evaluate the surveillance powers now available to the various agencies of the state.

5. Supported by evidence, critically evaluate primary, secondary and tertiary crime prevention strategies in England and Wales.

6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of data collected from both the Crime Survey of England and Wales and official police crime statistics?

7. Compare and contrast some of the differences between the adversarial system of criminal justice of England and Wales and the inquisitorial system of criminal justice of the European Union.

8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the involvement of private commercial companies in the delivery of criminal justice services in England and Wales?

9. What measures has the criminal justice system introduced in recent years to support victims of crime in England and Wales?

This work must be written in essay format only in sentences and paragraphs with no bullet points, headings or graphs.

Ensure that you reference clearly and accurately using the Harvard system and include an appropriately presented bibliography.

To pass this assessment, you must use in-text referencing and academic sources and provide a bibliography of the in-text sources you have used as your last page.

What type of sampling technique was used (for example, stratified, clustered, random, convenience, or systematic)? Why was this technique used? How were the subjects contacted? Was this method appropriate?

Evaluating studies

Review a variety of polls on the site.

Choose a poll to report on that closely aligns to your field of study or area of professional interest.

Review the information in the Survey Methods section of the article. This section details how the study was conducted. Also, study all information contained in additional links at the bottom of this section. You will use this information to complete your assessment.

Then, answer the following questions about the Gallup poll you selected:

What was the purpose of the poll? Write a brief summary. Include the title and link to the article within your summary.

What were the population and sample? Why is this sample appropriate for the population? What was the sample size? Was the sample size large enough to reflect the opinions of the population?

Were the results parameters or statistics? Why?

What type of sampling technique was used (for example, stratified, clustered, random, convenience, or systematic)? Why was this technique used? How were the subjects contacted? Was this method appropriate?

What was the confidence interval and margin of error? Interpret what the confidence interval means as it relates to the context of the survey.

What were the exact questions asked? Do you think the wording of the questions influenced the participants’ responses?

Did you find any evidence of bias in the poll? If so, describe the source of the bias. If not, how was bias avoided?

Write a 2000-word individual report to describe, and discuss how you would develop a coherent funding strategy for the venture, which has the following characteristics:

Raising finance

You have agreed to act as an advisor to ‘ELITE PRO’, a promising early stage technology venture based in the UK. They wish to develop a funding strategy for the next 48 months, at which point they should have achieved break-even.

Write a 2000-word individual report to describe, and discuss how you would develop a coherent funding strategy for the venture, which has the following characteristics:

• Stage – Currently pre-seed, no MVP or evidence (yet) of customer traction

• Team – Two full time co-founders (CEO and CTO) who can survive for 6 months without income.

• Industry – Sports wearables

• Market – B2C, initially targeting competitive cyclists and rowers (assume a SOM of £50m in EU and US combined, CAGR 5%)

• Competitors – No direct competition at present. Substitutes exist but are more expensive.

• I.P. – Yes, 2 patents pending

• Margins – Gross margin 60%, Net margin 25%

• Time to break-even – 48 months

• Total funding required to break even – £1.8m

Specifically, you have been asked to outline suitable funding options and to suggest a timeline together with milestones.

Analyze the below scenario from Chapter 13 of the Whisenand textbook. You will then write and submit a memorandum, using the document template attached for content and format.

problem anyalysis and response memo

You will analyze the below scenario from Chapter 13 of the Whisenand textbook. You will then write and submit a memorandum, using the document template attached for content and format.

Scenario:

A local restaurant/bar in your area started featuring live amateur rock bands on weekends and the bands draw large crowds of young people.

Over the past two months, noise complaints have tripled in the area; citizens have called in and mailed in complaints of excessive trash, drunken bar patrons urinating in their yards, drug use in the area, fights in the street, speeding vehicles, and an increase in property damage. Drunken driving arrests have increased and have been linked to the bar. Also, two of the band’s staff members were arrested for possession of firearms.

The restaurant owner has ample security/bouncers and has done all he can do to mitigate problems, but he is making a lot of money and is in compliance with all the city’s requirements in terms of zoning, permits, business license, and so on. As a police manager, what steps would you take using the COP/POP philosophy to ensure this problem was solved?

Scenario two home Sweet home Several large shelters for the homelss

You are acting on behalf of the plaintiff. Prepare a Statement of Claim against the Defendant(s)

Civil Procedure and dispute resolution Victoria

ASSIGNMENT
You are acting on behalf of the plaintiff. Prepare a Statement of Claim against the Defendant(s) (15 marks).

You are acting on behalf of the defendant. Draft a defence which includes all available defences.(15 marks)

Critically analyse the company’s current digital marketing strategy, using the SOSTAC planning framework.

Digital Marketing Discussion Paper

Mock Assignment

This task is similar to the assignment you will be required to complete for your final assessment. By completing this exercise, you will gain valuable experience in applying your knowledge in an assessment format.

You will see some generic feedback posted by “LSBF Task Feedback” in the top response in the forum below.

After you have posted your own response, read through this feedback carefully, think about how it applies to your own work, and how you might make improvements or alter your approach next time.

You have been appointed as the new Marketing Manager for the international airline Lufthansa ( (Links to an external site.)).

Your first assignment from the CEO is to develop a new digital marketing strategy.

The primary aim of the new strategy should be to boost profit margins by increasing the return on marketing investment ratio.

You are required to present a comprehensive plan detailing your strategy.

The report must be no longer than 1500 words, and must include the following chapters:

Introduction: Briefly introduce the organisation, the market environment it is operating in, and clearly and logically set out the aim of the report. [15 marks]

Critical review of literature: Critically evaluate and properly reference prominent theories and models explaining key benefits of digital marketing compared to traditional marketing, characteristics of digital media compared to traditional media, e-marketing communication tools, digital channel performance, and social media marketing. Make sure an evaluation is carried out rather than a description of the literature. [30 marks]

Findings/Results: Critically analyse the company’s current digital marketing strategy, using the SOSTAC planning framework. [30 marks]

Conclusions/recommendations: Based on the above analysis, draw conclusions on the digital strategy of your company and make specific recommendations as to how it could be improved. [25 marks]

Explain and analyse the main environmental factors that might affect a new product launch and the role of the sales force in ensuring that the launch and its rollout programme is a success.

Strategic Sales Management Discussion Paper

Mock Assignment

The activity below is similar to what you are asked to do in your final assessment for this module.

By completing this exercise, you will be getting good practice ahead of that assessment.

You will see some generic feedback posted by “LSBF Task Feedback” in the top response in the forum below. After you have posted your own response, read through this feedback and think about how it applies to your own work.

Task

You have been asked to observe, advise, and act as a consultant to the sales director of a medium-sized company operating in the pharmaceutical sector of the UK economy.

The company is about to launch a new product that it hopes will soon become a market leader in its particular niche.

As a consequence, the sales force (both management and field personnel) will face major challenges over the launch period and subsequent sell-in.

Write a business report (1000 words +/- 10%) where you will:

Explain and analyse the main environmental factors that might affect a new product launch and the role of the sales force in ensuring that the launch and its rollout programme is a success. [50 marks]

Explain how the sales team can benefit from a full review of training, both in sales technique and new product knowledge. [50 marks]