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What were the strategies that the political elites used to develop Latin America? How did these strategies change over time?

Read the article : Nationalism and Development An Overview.

Using that article and any outside sources write an essay answering the question:

What were the strategies that the political elites used to develop Latin America? How did these strategies change over time?

Also using evidence why do you think there is so much inequality in Latin America today?

Give five examples to detail your points.

Does democracy require equality of income or wealth?Discuss why democracy might make a country more or less egalitarian.

Description

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 1 ,2, 3

Lesson

Minimum of 1 scholarly source (can include your textbook)

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:

Option 1: Does democracy require equality of income or wealth?

Discuss why democracy might make a country more or less egalitarian?

Writing Requirements

Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source)

APA format for in-text citations and list of references

Select an issue from modules 5 – 7.Present the advantages and disadvantages of the issue.

Research Paper Assignment

Your assignment:
For this assignment you will need to select an issue from modules 5 – 7. You will need to complete a research paper on the topic you select so be sure it is one that interests you.

It will be wise to research sample research papers and formatting outlines to obtain an idea of what a research paper looks like. It would also be best to start looking for research on the topic before finalizing which issue you will select for your paper to make sure you are able to find enough current reliable data.

A good research paper includes enough information on an issue without a biased approach. You will need to summarize the thoughts of the authors, as well as tie the essay back to other current research that you have found.

You will need to cite a minimum of three sources, in addition to your textbook. You should use the research you find to present the readers with a general idea or background on the issue, as well as to validate or disprove the writings in the text.

You should also present the advantages and disadvantages of the issue. Keep in mind, this is not a persuasive assignment so you will not need to pick one side and argue for it. You are simply informing your reader on the issue for this assignment.

You will not need to include an abstract but you will be required to include a cover page in APA format.

Limit your paper to 1500-1600 words. You must use APA style; use appropriate grammar and organizational elements to submit your analysis.

You must use a MINIMUM OF THREE outside sources in addition your textbook and cite in APA. Third person and short concise sentences are expected. (the outside sources can come from the internet but academic ones are preferred)

This research paper requires that you gather data published by experts in the field and present your findings in the form of a research paper.

Failure to do so will result in penalties because not giving credit to original authors can be considered a form of plagiarism.

Points regarding citing your sources and giving credit to original authors:

• If you do not have a reference page attached, your paper will not be accepted.

• If you have a reference page attached but ALL of the sources listed are not referenced in your paper at least one time, your paper will not be accepted.

• If you include a reference page but either do not utilize the number of sources required, or do not refer to all the sources on your reference page, there will be a minimum of a 20 pt penalty, or more, or your paper will possibly still not be accepted.

Explain the key benefits of international and global expansion for domestic businesses, providing specific examples and using supporting evidence.

Overview

Blogs, LinkedIn articles, and other online publications are channels of communication through which people can share their experience, perspectives, and expertise directly with readers and readers can respond via electronic comments.

While these electronic channels are usually not as credible as scholarly publications, they are a great way for readers to learn about new topics and for writers to share their insight and expertise with a virtual audience. They are also often supported with references to case studies, reports, and other research.

In this assignment, you will share your knowledge of what globalization is and why organizations consider global expansion by writing an article intended for a virtual, professional audience.

Prompt

Create an article that could be shared online that defines key terms, explains fundamental concepts, and shares relevant examples as to why domestic businesses should consider expansion into global markets.

The article should have a brief introduction that explains what readers will gain from the post, a body that provides content supported with textual evidence from the course resources, and a conclusion that summarizes key takeaways for the reader.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Types of Business Environments:

Differentiate between domestic and international business environments by defining and providing key characteristics of each type, using supporting evidence.

Example Organizations:

Identify examples of domestic and international organizations and explain how they meet the criteria for each type of organization, using supporting evidence.

Benefits of Expansion:

Explain the key benefits of international and global expansion for domestic businesses, providing specific examples and using supporting evidence.

Ethical Considerations:

Explain the role of ethics in making business decisions regarding expansion to a new market and how ethical decision-making frameworks can be used to help make these decisions. Use supporting evidence as appropriate.

Guidelines for Submission

Submit your article as a Word document between 350 and 500 words in length. Use APA formatting and cite your sources according to APA style.

How do differing cultural conceptions of health and illness shape the health care interactions between the Hmong community and the American health care providers?Explain

During the past few weeks of class, we explored various cultural conceptions of health and illness.

We identified how such conceptions have been influenced by the history of Western medicine (e.g., the emergence of the biomedical model, the emphasis on verifiability, the separation of the mind from the body in medicine as a result of Descartes’ notion of mind-bodydualism, the biopsychosocial model, etc.). We also discussed the idea that, over time, our society has become more “medicalized” (i.e., Zola’s writing about the medicalizing of society).

We discussed the factors that influence intercultural health communication interactions (i.e., source, message, and channel factors) as well as the ways in which gender, ethnicity, race, age, sexual identity, and socioeconomic status and other identity characteristics predispose certain populations to better or worse health and health care experiences (i.e., health disparities).

Central to our discussions about health, illness, and health care is an understanding that people who claim certain identities and/or experience certain illnesses and conditions are likely to encounter social stigma and bear the burden of the resultant prejudice and discrimination.

The purpose of this paper is to apply your understanding of these central themes. Your task is to read the select chapters (3 and 6) from Anne Fadiman’s (1997) book, The spirit catches you and you fall down: A Hmong child, her American doctors,and the collision of two cultures.

The selected chapters provide a brief overview of the Fadiman’s exploration of the Hmong community’s health care experiences in the Merced Community Medical Center (MCMM) in Central Valley, CA, during the early 1980s.

Although the book details the experiences of baby girl Lia Lee, whose family along with hundreds of other refugee families arrived in central CA after fleeing war-torn Laos, the author describes the conflicts between the Hmong community and their American health care providers in the American health care system.

Carefully read the select chapters and answer the following, using evidence from the texts to support your ideas.

1. How do differing cultural conceptions of health and illness shape the health care interactions between the Hmong community and the American health care providers?

2. How do the health care experiences described in these chapters illustrate the importance of source, message, and channel factors in health communication interactions at MCMM?

3. How might social stigma influence the Hmong community’s health care experiences and what are the possible consequences of such stigma?

4. What might help to improve the health care interactions between the Hmong community and American healthcare providers?
Paper Requirements

5. The paper is worth 40 points.

6. Your paper should have a cover page formatted according to APA (7th edition) style conventions.

7. Your paper should have a references page, using APA format.

8. Your paper should be double-spaced with 12-point font.

9. The length of the paper should be no less than 1250 words (somewhere between 5 and 6 double-spaced pages, excluding the title and reference pages).

 

Compare and contrast AC and DC current. Explain why AC rather than DC current is used in homes to supply electricity.

Circuit diagrams Circuit diagrams

Draw a circuit diagram for the descriptions below. Remember to use the proper symbols and ensure that your diagrams have a rectangular shape. You do not have to put in the arrows showing the flow of electrons.

1. a) Three cells in parallel, two light bulbs (loads) in series, with one switch

b) Three cells in series and three light bulbs in parallel, with each light bulb being Three cells in parallel, two light bulbs (loads) in series, with one switch. able to be switched on independently.

c) Two cells in series, a light bulb in series with one switch, and two light bulbs in parallel.

d) Two cells in series, parallel to another two cells in series, and two bulbs in parallel and another two bulbs in series. There is one switch.

2. In circuit (a), assume the voltage in the circuit is 1.5 V in total. How much voltage is passing through each light bulb?

3. In circuit (b), assume the cells produce 4.5 V in total. How much voltage is passing through each light bulb?

Task 2: Problem solving

1. A 14 V battery powers the headlights of a car. What is the resistance of the headlights if they draw 3.0 A of current when turned on?

2. A toaster has a resistance of 28 Ω and is plugged into a 110 V circuit. Using the GRASS method, what current is measured?

3. A microwave oven draws 12 A of current on a 110 V household circuit. What is its power rating?

4. What current is drawn by a 90 W light bulb on a 110 V household circuit?

Task 3: AC and DC current

Compare and contrast AC and DC current. Explain why AC rather than DC current is used in homes to supply electricity.

Examine the benefits, drawbacks, and key considerations for your organization to enter one of the global markets below, and to summarize your findings in a business brief for leadership.

Overview

Over the past two modules, you have explored the fundamentals of global business, such as key drivers for expansion of domestic business and cultural considerations. In this milestone, you will complete the first part of your course project by explaining what you have learned about global business thus far.

Scenario

You are a business analyst working at a small domestic organization that produces high-quality baseball bats. Your organization has begun to see its sales flatten in the domestic market. While the organization is not losing money, leadership would like to explore options to continue to grow. One option that leadership has noticed competitors attempting is entering international markets.

You have been asked to examine the benefits, drawbacks, and key considerations for your organization to enter one of the global markets below, and to summarize your findings in a business brief for leadership.

Select one of the following international markets to use for your course project:

Republic of Korea
Canada
Germany

If you would like to use another country for your course project, please reach out to your instructor.

Prompt

In this milestone, you will complete Section One of the Business Brief Template (located in the Guidelines for Submission section of this document).

Drivers for Global Entry:

Develop the first section of the Business Brief Template that explains the purpose of global expansion, business impacts of global business, societal impacts of global business, and cultural considerations using evidence from course and outside resources to support your explanations. Make sure to use evidence from course resources to support your responses.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Country Selection: State the country you have selected to use for your course project.

Purpose of Global Expansion:

Explain key benefits of successful global expansion for domestic organizations.

Business Impacts of Global Business:

Explain how global expansion of a domestic organization can impact business operations such as strategic planning, marketing, supply-chain management, human resources, and so on.

Societal Impacts of Global Business:

Explain how the global expansion of organizations has impacted society, citing specific examples regarding culture, transportation, employment, infrastructure, and environmental climate.

Cultural Considerations for Global Business:

Explain the importance of researching the culture of a potential global market prior to market entry, as well as key cultural considerations to explore to inform expansion decisions.

Guidelines for Submission

Template: Business Brief

Submit Section One: Drivers for Global Entry of this template as a 350- to 500-word Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Prepare a Socratic seminar styled response to the analysis written by natalia perez .

Article:

Why are Blacks dying at higher rates from COVID-19?

Response by Natalia Perez

Rashawn Ray’s article, “Why are Blacks dying at higher rates from Covid-19,” explains and demonstrates the causes of why black community is dying from Covid-19 in a higher rate than any other race. The main cause of these higher rates are health disparities which can be based on how communities are raised by.

In which I mean that the black community has “less” resources such as “healthy food options, green spaces, recreational facilities, lighting, and safety.” In addition, many black people do have jobs, such as Ray states, where they can be janitors, food services, bus drivers, retail stores, etc. The aftermath of when the lockdown started caused many of them to lose jobs and having to work through the pandemic to gain some money.

As read from Golash-Boza’s reading, institutional racism is a form of racism where there is any racial inequalities in any institution/organization. It can be shown/set through any political, educational, economical, health, and any more kind of institutions.

In Dr.Ray’s article, he states that criminalization is one of the causes of health disparities which can also be seen as an example of institutional racism. There is a huge imbalance in the criminal system in black communities. It is extremely horrible. Dr.Ray explains a situation where currently, during a pandemic, black men are “coincidentally” getting stopped because they look suspicious from wearing masks. There was even a case where a police officer started to cough on a black person just for their pleasure.

It has been seen many times where police are racially profiling a black person and being rude to them in any kind of way. The criminal system has been a disappointment to the black community as seen throughout the years.

When reading Dr.Ray’s article, the sentence that I think summarized the article was when he stated, “I argue structural conditions that inform pre-existing conditions and health disparities are the main culprit for the epidemic within the pandemic which is ravaging Black communities across the U.S.”

He explains the cause in why the Black community is dying which is all these health disparities because of race and how the different communities are brought up. Because of all these differences such as resources and the health inequalities, it is causing the death rates from Covid-19 in the black community to be so high.

Covid-19 caused a worldwide lockdown which sadly took away jobs that caused chaos in the working class and lower class because it was their source of income. Many of these people are parents or have a family in which they are part of the family’s source of money.

Now, many of these people are having hard times to pay rent or even pay for groceries. Thankfully some of these people got stimulus checks but for some it was not enough to pay for simple things. Many people even got to the point of being close to homelessness because they had no money to pay rent. On the other hand, there are still some people who thankfully still have a job but they had to go through the dangers from Covid-19.

They never knew if they would get Covid or not but they had to get through to have some money as support for themselves or families. Although, compared to wealth people, I would think they had it easier because many would have money saved and still have their jobs and would work from home which is a different complete story for the lower class.

In my experience, as someone who is part of the working-class or lower middle class, Covid-19 has had a huge impact in our family. Although we were not left jobless, my parents are working more than usual (overtime everyday). I was scared that my parents would get Covid-19 but they had to go to work to support the family because if they did not work, we would sadly not be where we are now.

Prepare a Socratic seminar styled response to the analysis written by natalia perez .

Explain in what ways the Court's decision has had an impact on the judicial system. Why did you choose these cases – why are they significant?

Judicial Process U.S. Supreme Court Highlights

Research, prepare and record a 3 to 5-minute video presentation of yourself sharing the following information about the cases you choose: ( just do the presentation part)

1.Why did you choose these cases – why are they significant?

2.Present the basic facts and explain the Supreme Court’s holding (what was the outcome)?

3.Explain the new legal rule/standard for future cases?

4.

Table of Cases:

Stack v. Boyle

United States v. Salerno

Coleman v. Alabama

Barker v. Wingo

Mapp v. Ohio

Terry v. Ohio

Coolidge v. New Hampshire

Miranda v. Arizona

Orozco v. Texas

New York v. Quarles

Duncan v. Louisiana

Batson v. Kentucky

Sheppard v. Maxwell

Gregg v. Georgia

Payne v. Tennessee