This Discussion also has two parts. Please respond to both. 

Part 1: Evaluating Web Resources

As regular users of the World Wide Web, both for personal and instructional purposes, we all share a concern over the accuracy of information available on the Internet.  Indeed, one of the Internet’s most powerful and novel features (its ability to provide a world-wide forum for the ideas, opinions and beliefs of anyone with access to a server) can also be one of its biggest liabilities.

Many members of the scientific community have made statements to the effect that scientific information on the Web is often inaccurate, flawed or unreliable.  However, as scientists we are trained to be skeptical of generalizations until we have data to support them.

Many people would argue that a teacher’s most important role is to build/develop a student’s skills in CRITICAL THINKING and CRITICAL READING.  This creates a student who can teach themselves, enabling lifelong learning.

One of the Internet’s potential liabilities (its ability to provide false or inaccurate information at the click of a button) also creates an opportunity to build and reinforce skills in CRITICAL THINKING and CRITICAL READING.

For this week, I want you to do a little web research. Choose a topic, perhaps something like “Smoking and Cancer”. Limit your topics to the sciences. Use your favorite search engine and look at the first several items that come up. For “smoking and cancer” on Google the first item that comes up is a bunch of ads (unfortunately), then this –

Smoking and cancer | Cancer Research UK

www.cancerresearchuk.org/…cancer/…cancer/smoki…

Cancer Research UK

Smoking is the most preventable cause of cancer in the world. Smoking account for more than 1 in 4 UK cancer deaths. Quit smoking and reduce your risk.

‎How smoking causes cancer – ‎Smoking facts and evidence – ‎Passive smoking

On Bing, I get this, after the ads –

1. smoking causes cancer – National Cancer Institute
   www.cancer.gov › … › Causes and Prevention › Risk Factors › Tobacco
   A fact sheet that lists some of the cancer-causing chemicals in tobacco smoke and describes the health problems caused by cigarette smoking and the benefits of …

I want you to look at the article that comes up for your search and evaluate it for suitability of the reference. Use the following questions to guide your conference post.

• Look at the scope of the article (does it cover the subject appropriately)
• Who it the targeted to (is it a scholarly article, or is it written for a lay person)
• The timeliness of the article (is the information current)
• The authority of the article (who is writing it). 
• What about the documentation of the article (does it site other good references). 
• Finally, is the article objective.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html  This is the reference that inspired these questions and will provide an expanded explanation of the questions. This discussion was inspired by an article on evaluating the accuracy of scientific information on the internet by Dr. Jory Weintraub, as a matter of fact I pulled some of this discussion from Dr. Weintraub’s article.

Part 2: Discussion- Sexual Reproduction

During week 4, cellular division is described for organisms undergoing sexual and asexual reproduction. In addition, the concept of genetic inheritance through Mendel’s work and Morgan’s research on fruit fly are introduced. Answer the following questions on Mitosis, Meiosis, and genetic inheritance.

1. During the cell cycle, cell progression in that process is tightly regulated. Provide an example of a disorder resulting from errors in Meiosis. Is this disorder inherited? Explain.
2. There is a database summarizing all genetically inherited disorders. I encourage you to take a look at the database (https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition ). It is a great resource. As you browse the database, you may find that most disorders are recessive. Why do you think there are not many dominantly-inherited disorders? (Think about the individual with a dominantly inherited disorder).

Competency

Assess strategic planning approaches and models used to achieve organizational goals.

Student Success Criteria

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Scenario

Healthy Dynamics have been around for 25 years and has a company-wide strategy in place, but the old strategy has proven to be ineffective of late in generating new ideas and revenue streams. The current plan provides wellness strategies for their clients and a commitment from the staff of Healthy Dynamics to deliver high quality, effective customer service and comprehensive wellness strategies. Currently Healthy Dynamics offer its clients the following wellness program components: smoking cessation, health risk assessment, biometric screening, nutrition education, cooking demonstration, and chronic disease prevention education.

The company is considering either a merger or acquisition to prevent bankruptcy. Both options will result in layoffs, and your department will be affected with an anticipated 80% reduction in staff. You have been assigned to produce a strategic planning model to prevent either of these possibilities. Should Healthy Dynamics take a leap and dive into other healthcare services, such as medical equipment and digital health, or add new components to their wellness program offerings to make it more comprehensive for their clients? Your first steps are to figure out where you think the company should go (vision), what you are hoping to achieve (mission), and then identify how you will move forward (objectives).

Instructions

Compile a PowerPoint presentation using speaker notes and/or voiceover narration that includes:

• A well-defined vision and mission statements that advances your winning idea to increase revenue for the future and drive business success
• 3-4 Strategic Objectives (What action will you take to achieve the vision and mission?)
• Follow the “Verb + Adjective + Noun” format
• Create strategic objective statements. How will you achieve each objective “explaining the objective’s intent and meaning?” (2-3 sentences each)
• A PowerPoint presenting a minimum of 5-6 slides (excluding title and reference slides) that include speaker notes and/or voiceover narration

Your assignment should include a title page, a reference page, and a minimum of three scholarly sources, two of which must be retrieved from the Rasmussen Library.

Resources

• For information about creating a PowerPoint presentation, please visit the Rasmussen College Answers page.
• For information about adding speaker notes please visit the Rasmussen College Answers page.
• For information about creating a voiceover narration using Screencast-O-Matic, please visit the Rasmussen College Answers page.

Out of the 29 Healthy People 2010 objectives, a majority of those listed did not collect information specific to one’s sexual orientation and a companion document was later released to address the health needs of the LGBTQ community (http://www.glma.org/_data/n_0001/resources/live/HealthyCompanionDoc3.pdf). The Healthy People 2020 national plan now includes a section specific to LGBT health, however, only two objectives are listed for this section (http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicId=25). For this discussion board assignment, you will need to develop at least two additional national, logical objectives to be included as it relates to LGBT health. The objectives should be based in the principles addressed in the Fenway Training modules listed as a part of this week’s reading; therefore, the objectives should address at least two of the following areas: (1) better care for LGBT populations; (2) risk reduction counseling; (3) health promotion and disease prevention; (4) the health of LGBTQ youth; (5) promoting the health of LGBTQ families; (6) older LGBT adult health and (7) health issues faced by transgender individuals. Be sure to provide evidence to support the development of your objectives.

 I have a couple of takeaways about meeting the customer’s needs and expectations that I have learned fromt the  competition. The first one and probably my biggest takeaway is ensuring the prices we set are within the range of the different segments from there you want to be priced competitively customers typically look for the lowest price and if you can stay competitive the better you will do .Secondly,y ensure your production is meetingth  demand we had a hard time doing that throughout the competition. Although I think we were improving at the end of the competition you want to ensure your forecasting and production capacity is correct.