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Defense counsel has made a motion to preclude evidence of the Defendant’s DWI conviction because it is a misdemeanor. We need to
submit a brief to the court in opposition to the Defendant’s motion.
In our brief we need to argue why the Defendant’s DWI conviction
is relevant and admissible. With all of the other trial preparation to be done, the Managing Partner has assigned you this task.

Prepare a trial brief to the court in which you make our case for
admission of the Defendant’s DWI conviction regarding the accident that has given rise to this litigation.
Your memo must have a cover page with the appropriate case caption and title “Trial Brief in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Preclude.” You also must have the case caption on the first page of the brief, itself. The brief must be at least 500 words in length and must contain references to at least two (2) primary sources of law from New York state and/or the Federal Rules of Evidence properly cited pursuant to The Bluebook.

Your memo
must be divided into the following four sections:
1.Introduction
2.Statement of Facts
3.Argument
4.Conclusion

Purpose: To examine the issue of polypharmacy in the geriatric population. Drug therapy in the elderly presents a special challenge as older patients are more sensitive to drugs and demonstrate wider individual responses.

CONTENT REQUIREMENTS:

Introduction: Student is to address current demographics of the geriatric population (numbers by age group over 50 years of age, gender, marital status, ethnicity, household income, educational level, etc. Address any demographic information you believe impacts or influences an elderly persons participation in a medication regimen.

Section I: Discuss specific physiologic changes that occur with aging and how those changes affect absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs.

Section 2: Delineate factors that predispose older patients to adverse drug reactions.

Section 3: 1. Select two of the following classes of medications (analgesics, antidepressants)

2. Identify 3 commonly prescribed medications in each class – discuss the mechanism of action of each of the medications

3. Identify 3 commonly used nonprescriptive medications from the same class as those meds discussed in Section 3.2() – discuss the mechanism of action of each of the three nonprescription medications (Example: Acetaminophen, Aspirin, Ibuprofen)

4. Identify 3 alternative or complimentary therapies advertised to address the same physiologic needs as the classes of medications identified in Section 3.2. Discuss the mechanism of action of each of the three complimentary therapies.

Section 4: Based on the mechanism of action of each of the classes of medications discussed, describe potential drug interactions about which the NP should question or assess the patient.

Conclusion: Summarize comments

References: Students must include citations from a MINIMUM of 5 peer-reviewed professional nursing journals. Research articles may be included, required textbook is not to be counted as reference. APA format required. Minimum of 10 pages, excluding title page and references.

1. Thoroughly read the section on the models of career choice. Based on your self-awareness, explain which three (3) Holland themes (based on personality orientations) best fit you. Then identify the Super developmental stage that is the best fit for your current career development. Explain why in 2-3 sentences, using at least 5 key terms from Chapter 13.

2. Use the following link, read the instructions, follow the prompts and complete the Interactive Holland’s Assessment (RIASEC Codes). The Holland codes are related to the six themes identified in the textbook. http://personality-testing.info/tests/RIASEC.php (Links to an external site.)

3. After completing the assessment, review your results (which will look like the image on the attached document), and tell what your Holland RIASEC code is, then explain what it means using terms from Chapter 13. Compare the codes your results showed to those that you identified in the first portion of this assignment (above). Discuss how this relates to the current Super developmental stage you identified for yourself, and how the next stages might be affected by your identified Holland codes. You should use at least 10 terms from Chapter 13.

***Make sure to highlight, underline, or make bold all of the key terms.

Part 2:

For part II of the assignment, read the required articles and then write a 3-5 page paper answering the Kokubu case study questions. Be sure your discussion demonstrates that you understand the meanings and differences between data, information, and knowledge. In your discussion, give a real-world example of data, knowledge, and information in the context of the Kokubu Food Company.

Kokubu management has asked you to be the company consultant and prepare a management analysis of the business to help assess the firm’s current situation and future plans. To familiarize yourself with Kokubu’s background, you should review the corporate information, functions and business, and social and environmental conservation activities in the website. Particular attention must be given to the functions and business link to appreciate how IT supports Kokubu operations and knowledge management activities within the company.

Review the Kokubu website at http://www.kokubu.co.jp/english/business/ and after finding the answers to the Case questions, prepare a summary in 3-5 pages analyzing the following questions.

What kind of organizational trends are evident in the Kokubu case when we consider the business environment, management, and technology?
Discuss the IT applications to the company operations as discussed in the website.
Why is the company considered to be customer focused?
The CEO said his company “created a culture where people are addicted to data, information, and knowledge.” What does he mean by that, and what are the benefits and drawbacks of such a culture?
As a reminder, you must have at least two outside scholarly references when you write cases.

Directions: Please answer all questions!! Doesn’t have to be a certain length, just answer questions throughout. NO COPY AND PASTE,, IF YOU USE INFORMATION FROM A SITE,, PLEASE CITE THE SOURCE!!\”Off-Balance Sheet Financing\” Please respond to the following:Based on your review of the current requirements of the SEC and FASB, assess the adequacy of the guidelines for ensuring the transparency of off-balance-sheet transactions to investors, indicating where improvements may still be needed. Provide support for your rationale.As a CFO of a publically traded company, evaluate the pros and cons of using off-balance-sheet financing, including a recommendation as to whether or not you support using these types of arrangements. Provide support for your recommendation.\”Impairment of Long-Lived Asset Investments\” Please respond to the following:Based on the information found in the e-Activity, assess the key differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS reporting for the testing of asset impairment and the requirement to write down the asset value. Indicate whether or not you support the U.S. GAAP or IFRS approach. Provide support for your position.As an investor, recommend a strategy for evaluating long-lived asset values contained on the balance sheet of a publically traded company so as to minimize the risk to the investor. Provide support for your strategy. Search the Internet databases for the most recent guidelines or proposals for the reporting of off-balance sheet financing transactions by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Search the Internet databases for the current GAAP and IFRS reporting requirements of long-lived assets. \”Fair Market Accounting\” Please respond to the following:Create an argument for the use of Fair Market Accounting as opposed to historical cost. Provide support for your argument.Evaluate the effectiveness of the accounting principle guidelines for determining the market value of an asset, indicating improvements to these guidelines. Provide support for your recommendations.\”Accounting for Derivatives\” Please respond to the following:Assess the risks associated with derivatives instruments, indicating how these risks may be minimized for a publically traded company. Provide support for your rationale.As an investor, assess the potential financial concerns to be raised when reviewing the financial statements of a publically traded company containing derivative instruments providing a recommendation for how the concerns may be identified and addressed.\”Accounting Quality\” Please respond to the following:The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act was created with the intent of improving the quality of accounting, reliability of financial statements to investors, and providing oversight to accounting professionals through the creation of a new federal agency, Public Accounting Company Oversight Board (PACOB). Create an argument supporting whether SOX achieved these goals, and whether financial data reported today is more accurate and reliable than prior to the Act. Provide support for your rationale.Assess the impact to the Public Accounting Profession with the creation of the PACOB and the inability of the profession to be self-regulated. Indicate your level of support for the federal regulation of the profession. Provide a rationale for your response.\”Restated Financial Data\” Please respond to the following:Assess the impact to public trust when a publically traded company restates its financial data, indicating how negative impressions may be minimized. Provide support for your rationale.

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday, and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.Review the following articles:Based on the religious discrimination lawsuits outlined in the articles, imagine that you work for a retail store, and you were asked to develop training for employees and managers on reducing harassment and avoiding discrimination. In your presentation, address the following:DelPo, A. (2014). . Retrieved from the NOLO Web site: Pledger, M. (2011, November 25). . Retrieved from The Huffington Post Web site: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.).  Retrieved from

Discussion 1:  Reducing oil use This week you read the issue of fuel efficiency in the United States. The United States is very dependent on foreign countries for oil, and Americans have been buying cars that require more and more gasoline. For your discussion assignment this week, share with other class members some actions that you can take to reduce your dependence on oil and the gasoline derived from it. Which of these actions do you actually plan to take? 1 to 2 paragraphs, cited Discussion 2:  Selection and Retention Globally Visit either the FedEx or UPS website to examine their approaches to selection and retention in different regions of the world.How can this company (FedEx or UPS) be effective in selecting the right people to make sure their personal goals are compatible with organizational goals to improve retention? How does a company transfer tacit knowledge from workers in one country to others? References, you may also use your own: 1 to 2 paragraphs, cited   

         Write a 4–5-page paper in Word format. Use scholarly resources, including your textbook, to support your ideas. Your paper must be in Word format and include a title page and reference page in addition to the 4-5-pages of content. Apply APA 6th edition standards to the format of the paper, and the citation of sources   

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review sections 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 of Chapter 1 in the text. In addition, read the e-book sections by Glanz (n.d.) and Saucier and Srivastava (2015). The major assignment for this course is the development of your personal Integrative Personality Theory.  In this paper, you will select one concept from each of the seven models covered in this course to include in your theory.  Note that this is not meant to be an overview of each model, and the paper cannot focus on just one model.  Rather, you are to select a specific concept from a theory in each model, and you must include one concept from each of the seven models in your final paper.  Click here for examples of some of the main concepts from the In this week’s assignment, you will begin work on the final paper.  You will complete the specific secions of the paper that are indicated below.  This allows you to begin work on this major assignment and receive formative feedback from your instructor in order to improve final submission. Please visit the Ashford Writing Center for guidance on how to format headings in APA Style. Instructions for the week three required sections:  Provide a general introduction to the topic of theories of personality. Explain what you plan to cover and describe the direction your paper will take. Note: This section will not feature a heading. In this section, you will present the seven specific concepts identified from the seven models you think best apply to the study of personality in distinct subheadings.  For each concept, identify the major personality model from which the concept was taken as well as the theorist associated with that model.  Each concept section should be approximately 3-4 paragraphs.    Click here for an example of how to structure your discussion of each .  In this section, present the concepts you have chosen to exclude in your theory of personality development.  Reflect on the basic assumptions that define personality and identify three specific excluded concepts from any of the theories studied in the course.  For each of the excluded concepts, provide a rationale explaining the various aspects of the concept that make it unsuitable for your use and compare and contrast it with the concepts you have chosen to include.  Each concept will be approximately 2-3 paragraphs.  Describe the basic differences between healthy and unhealthy personality, based on the concepts that you have chosen to include and exclude from your theory.  This section will be approximately two to four paragraphs.  Provide your analysis of the roles heredity, the environment, and epigenetics play in the development of personality.  Discuss how heredity and the environment might affect personality disorders.  This section will be approximately three to five paragraphs.  In this section of the paper, review the self-reflection you wrote in Week One of this class and describe how and in what ways your views have or have not changed.  Analyze your Week One self-assessment using the concepts that you have included in your integrative theory and describe how your theory explains your personality.  This section will be approximately four to six paragraphs.  There is no requirement in week three for this-the section must be completed by week five. Research a minimum of four of the eight scholarly sources related to these concepts in the Ashford University Library to support your statements in the paper.  Popular websites and your textbook may augment, but they will not count toward the minimum number of sources needed for the paper.  

In a paper, analyze how the scope of an assigned project relates to Earned Value Management. How must a project manager integrate both of these concepts for effective project progression? Your paper should also include the following:Support your paper with a minimum of three (3) external resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.Length: 6 pages not including title and reference pagesYour paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.