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Q1

Read the information on viatical insurance at Pros And Cons Of Viatical Settlements. Take a position on whether you support or oppose viatical insurance. What is the role of courts in being a referee for activities related to viatical insurance?

Q2

Be sure to complete this week's readings on Loose Parts prior to reflecting on the questions below. 

· Who originated the idea of "loose parts?"

· Look up and share additional information on "loose parts" and in particular the use of this practice as part of therapeutic play.

· Discuss the reasons why "loose parts" is a valuable technique to use with children in health care settings.

Q3

Topic 1: Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR WPANs) A wireless personal area network (WPAN) is a personal area network for interconnecting devices centered around an individual's workspace. A Wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) uses two kinds of wireless technologies,  Bluetooth, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) and Zigbee. List the different WPAN standards and their applications and explain how each work

Topic 2: High Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (HR WPANs) High-rate wireless personal area networks (WPANs) operate in the 2.4 GHz band supporting data speeds ranging from 11 Mbps to 55 Mbps. The high-data rates provide wireless connectivity of multimedia-capable wireless devices. Describe the characteristics required by 802.15.3 applications.

Q4

The following "attributes of friendship" are found prevalent in research: Respect, trust, responsiveness, capitalization, social comparison, and social support.  On page 89 in the Dwyer readings for this week, there are five types of relationship power identified. Think of the significant friendships you have experienced in your life.

· Which of these attributes are most important in your friendships and why?

· Are the attributes you have chosen as most important now the same as those you would have chosen earlier in your life?

· Please describe how relationship power works in your personal friendships.  

Q5

1. From the viewpoint of your organization, discuss the concept of demand as it applies to your organization. 

2. Next, choose a resource or activity that is forecast in your organization and address why achieving results significantly different than the forecast can be a potential problem for your organization.

3. How does (or should) your organization measure forecast accuracy?  What would you do differently to improve forecast accuracy in your organization. 

Q6

 Supplier selection is among the most critical in managing supply chains. Our discussion will guide us in developing tools which monitor the financial health of a supplier. Our text discusses the Z score in Chap 6. What does the Z score do? Please conduct some Internet research and support your comments with a brief overview of supplier bankruptcies in the news. Were there red flags that were not seen before a supplier went out of business?

 While supplier risk is often the most concerning, what about demand risk or process risk? Consider examples of demand risk on Table 7.2 and process risks on Table 7.3. Select at least two, but no more than three examples from each and offer your perspectives on ways to mitigate their negative impact.

Q7 Topic: impact of social media on mental health in teenagers

Read through the following to understand what to do in your post: •    When including borrowed information, always cite the VERY FIRST piece of information from the reference, usually the author's name. •    References: See the rules explained here: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_electronic_sources.html •    Writing a Reference: *List as many of the elements you have in this order (APA Style):      Author (Last name, first initial) or Name of Organization if no author(s).     (Publication date)*The Date Always Comes SECOND    “Title of Article or Web Page”, in quotation marks     Name of Website, Journal or Book, italicized     Publisher     Web address – give an actual web address •    Now write a signal phrase for your source following this model: . According to ________________, name your source, the author's name, if there is one; then follow with a direct quote from your source, "______________________" (end with the publication date in parenthesis).  *If you name the source again, which is not necessary, the signal phrase and citation should be the same! •    The signal phrase serves as your citation. ***ALWAYS NAME THE FIRST PIECE OF INFORMATION FROM YOUR REFERENCE IN YOUR SIGNAL PHRASE AND CITATION. •    Now write a Reference for this source in lines, as modeled below, and include as many of the following elements from the list : 

Ahmed, S. (2012). On being included: Racism and diversity in institutional life. Duke UP. •    Lastly, post any questions you have here about citing.