Before completing this graded discussion. You should have a full understanding of the concepts below, if you don’t please use the textbook and review them first.

• Opportunity Cost, Scarcity, Market Failures, Government Regulation, Taxes, Tax Revenues, Public Goods, Government Spending.   

Instructions and Steps:

1. View the following TED Talk (video presentation). As you watch the video, take notes of any relevant information.

• What Government Can Learn From Baseball | Daniel Koh  

2. Answer the following question;

• As you are aware from reading chapters 4 & 10, Governments intervene in markets to solve market failures like pollution, and to provide for public goods, but to achieve this, they need funding, which they accomplish by collecting taxes. Jean-Baptiste Colbert a French politician who served as the Minister of Finances of France from 1665 to 1683, once famously said: “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest [number] of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.” Implying that taxes should be as high as people are willing to pay without complaining too much. Based on what you read in chapter 10, and the information from this TED Talk, should governments focus more on becoming more efficient with the use of tax revenues hence reducing the cost of delivering for their citizens, or should they focus more on trying to increase tax revenues? Explain why. 
   

3. Produce a post of at least 300 words in which you explain your position. Your post must contain at least the following elements:

• It must state your stance to the question posted
• It must state the reason why
  • Your reason must be explicitly connected to one of the concepts listed above, which means that must use at least of the concepts in your explanation 
• It must use information, or data from the TED Talk to support your argument. 

Your grade will be based on how clear, precise, accurate, relevant and logical your post is and if it was turned in on time. Things such as the name of the video, the name of the presenter, your name, the questions, citation, and date do not count towards the word count.  

 

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Video Discussion 1 – Opportunity Cost

 

Before completing this graded discussion. You should have full understanding of the concepts below, if you don’t please use the textbook and review them first.

• Opportunity Cost, Scarcity, Production Efficiency, Allocative Efficiency, Incentives, Human Capital, Specialization, and Comparative Advantage

Instructions and Steps:

1. View the following 3 TED Talks (video presentations). As you watch the videos, take notes of any relevant information.

• Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban  
• The habits of highly boring people | Chris Sauve
• The Art of Letting Go | The Minimalists

2. Decide which of the 3 TED Talks best responds to this question;

• How can identifying your opportunity costs, help you make better choices?
   

3. Produce a Post of at least 300 words in which you explain your position. Your post must contain at least the following elements:

• It must state the title and the author of the chosen TED Talk.
• It must state the reason why believe that TED Talk best answers the question.
• It must explicitly explain the relationship, connection, or link between the ideas provided in the TED Talk and the concept of Opportunity Cost. 

Your grade will be based on how clear, precise, accurate, relevant and logical your post is and if it was turned in on time. Things such as the name of the video, the name of the presenter, your name, the questions, citation, and date do not count towards the word count.  

You must start a thread before you can read and reply to other threads 

 

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Question 1 :

Media Split On Kaci Hickox’s Quarantine . Newsy. Accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc2Eb9ksrFk on September 14, 2016.

The Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has already claimed thousands of lives and health organizations around the world fear that the number will only continue to rise. Kaci Hickox, a U.S. nurse who worked for Doctors Without Borders treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone for several days in 2014. When she returned to the US, she was detained and quarantined, despite showing no symptoms of Ebola.

Research the effects and symptoms of Ebola, then address the following questions in your initial post:

1. Do you think the restrictive measures imposed on Ms. Hickox were justified?
2. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of imposing these measures to guard against spreading potentially contagious diseases?

What ethical considerations should be taken into account in making decisions about when to impose these kinds of restrictive measures?

Question 2 :

• Which topics and concepts in this course have been most interesting to you?
• Which class activities or assignments helped you learn the most?
• Which activities did you find the most challenging?
• Describe how you improved your knowledge, skills, abilities, and yourself through this course.
• Evaluate the work you did during the session for the class and explain ways you could have performed better.
• Identify topics you did not understand or successfully implemented and suggest how to improve the course material on those topics.
• Do you feel you achieved the course outcomes? Why or why not?

 

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Module 4 – SLP

MICROBIAL APPLICATIONS AND VIROLOGY

Bioremediation is the use of organisms like bacteria, archea or fungi to metabolize pollutants. Instead of simply collecting the pollutant, bioremediation relies on living organisms to consume and break down the compound, turning it into a natural, harmless product. This technique is often used to help clean up major oil spills. Watch the following video and article link to learn more:

Oil-Eating Bacteria Could Be a Solution to Spill Cleanups. National Geographic. Accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPgLJrk0sGQ on September 14, 2016.

Prokaryotes and Environmental Bioremediation. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/trident-boundless-microbiology

Address the following questions in essay format:

Research a microbe that can be used in bioremediation and provide the following information:

1) Provide the scientific name and identification of the bacteria that is used in bioremediation. How is it classified? Give a brief description of your bacteria. What is it’s normal environment?

2) Which biogeochemical cycle does the bacterium participate in (Carbon, nitrogen, or phosphorus cycling)? How is this important to its role in bioremediation?

3) How are bacteria as a whole being genetically modified to improve bioremediation?

3) What are some limitations to using bacteria for bioremediation? 

SLP Assignment Expectations

Page Length: 2 to 3 pages

Format            

TUI encourages all students to comply with APA style and format guidelines for proper citation of references.  Use the formatting in your Background page as a model for citing sources from the SLP assignment.

Scholarly Content                   

Your case assignments are considered scholarly works. Your final work should include peer reviewed (scholarly) sources. 

Please keep in mind that you should not use sources such as “Answers.com” or “Wikipedia” or “Wikianswers.”  None of these are scholarly sources and they can be “modified” by any registered user which makes them unreliable. Upload your final word document to the SLP dropbox.

 

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 For the middle-aged adult, exercise can reduce the risk of various health problems. Choose two at-risk health issues that regular physical exercise and activity can help prevent and manage. Discuss the prevalence of each of these health problems in society today. Describe measures that you would take as a nurse to assist clients with health promotion measures to incorporate exercise and physical activity into their lives. Include the kind of activities you would recommend, the amount of exercise, and the approach you would use to gain cooperation from the client. Support your response with evidence-based literature 

 

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