...Daniel Calderon SCI 110 Intro to Physical Science Strayer University Dr. Jack Crawford 03/09/2015 Scientific Method The scientific method is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments. The steps of the scientific method are to: 1. Ask a question 2. Do background research 3.Construct a hypothesis. 4.Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment 5. Analyze your data and draw a conclusion. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. A "fair test" occurs when you change only one factor (variable) and keep all other conditions the same. While scientists study how nature works, engineers create new things, such as products, websites, environments, and experiences. Hypothesis For my job as a police officer we do follow a similar course of action with the scientific method. I will break it down following the similar steps we use. In my example I will process a simple shoplifting to make it easier to understand. The first step would be to ask the question did the suspect shoplift. The second step do background research would consist of reviewing the video of the crime and determine if the suspect meet the requirements for the shoplifting. Did the suspect take an item, conceal it and then not render payment for the item? If the suspect did all three on video then you can use that as evidence. You can get eyewitness testimony from the loss prevention personnel and or others that witnessed the suspect select...
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...Lab Research Report 1: Procedures in the Physical Sciences Robert Hugee Professor Brian McCann SCI110024VA016-1134-001: Introduction To Physical Science April 25, 2013 One of the underlying challenges in astronomy measurement is the determination of precise distances. Without a knowledge of its distance, the size of an observed object in space would remain nothing more than an angular diameter, and the brightness of a star could not be converted into its true radiated power, or luminosity .astronomy. (2013). Direct measurement of the wavefunction had also long been deemed impossible because of the key tenet of the uncertainty principle. University of Rochester (2013, March 3). Getting around the uncertainty principle: Physicists make first direct measurements of polarization states of light. ScienceDaily. Large-scale surveying & mapping problems are also key challenges in making direct Measurements in astronomy. Pogge R.(2006) One of the indirect forms that the scientists have used is to resort to GEOMETRY to find the Distance. Parallax is one of the indirect methods where astronomers can measure the position of a nearby star very carefully with respect to more distant stars behind it, then measuring those distances again six months later when the Earth is on the opposite side of its orbit. Allen J.,Boyd P. (1997,April 15) The limitation of parallax is that it just gives distances to stars tp up to a few thousand light Years and beyond those...
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...Introduction Enzymes are biological catalysts. Catalysts are substances that increase the rate of chemical reactions without being used up themselves. Enzymes are also proteins. They all have different and complex shapes that allow smaller molecules to fit into them. The place where these substrate molecules fit is called the active site. The shape of an enzyme can change; its active site may no longer work. It is said the enzyme is denatured. They can be denatured by high temperatures or extremes of pH. Like all other proteins, enzymes are made of amino acids. Each enzyme is made of between 100 to 1 million amino acids placed like pearls on a string. Each amino acid is bonded to the next by chemical bonds. Some enzymes can be made from 20 different kinds of amino acids. No two enzymes are alike. Each enzyme has its own unique sequence of amino acids, which is determined by the genes in the cells. Enzymes consist of millions of amino acids placed one after the other, however, do not look like a long string of amino acids. In most enzymes the string is coiled and folded thousands of times to form a highly complex three-dimensional structure. It is the chemical interactions between the amino acids that force the enzymes into their three-dimensional structure, which is held together by the many different links between the different amino acids. Each enzyme has its own unique three-dimensional structure that determines the function of the enzyme. The three-dimensional structure...
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...The Super Cola Company must decide whether or not to introduce a new diet soft drink. Management feels that if it does introduce the diet soda it will yield a profit of $ 1 million if sales are around 100 million a profit of $ 200,000 if sales are around 50 million, or it will lose $ 2 million if sales are only around 1 million bottles. If Super Cola does not market the new diet soda, it will suffer a loss of $ 400,000. a. Construct a payoff table for this problem. Decisions @ 100 M sales @ 50 M sales @ 1 M sales GO 1 M 200,000 - 2 M NO GO -400,000 -400,000 -400,000 b. Construct a regret table for this problem. Decisions @ 100 M @ 50 M @ 1 M Worse Return Go 1,000,000 200,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 No GO -400,000 -400,000 -400,000 -400,000 Best Return 1,000,000 200,000 -400,000 Regret Table @ 100 M @ 50 M @ 1 M Worse Regret Go 0 0 -1,600,000 -1,600,000 No GO -1,400,000 -600,000 0 -1,400,000 Therefore, using a mini-max choice based on regret, the best choice would be “No Go”, ensuring a regret of no worse than $ -1, 4000,000. c. Should Super Cola introduce the soda if the company: 1. Conservative approach (pessimistic). Decisions @ 100 M @ 50 M @ 1 M Minimum Payoff Go 1,000,000 200,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 No GO -400,000 -400,000 -400,000 -400,000 The decision should be “No Go” at a maxi-min payoff of $ -400,000 2. Optimistic approach Decisions @ 100 M @ 50 M @ 1 M Maximum Payoff Go 1,000,000 200,000 -2,000,000 1,000,000 No GO -400,000 -400,000...
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...Unit 1 : Many Planets, One Earth Overview Astronomers have discovered dozens of planets orbiting other stars, and space probes have explored many parts of our solar system, but so far scientists have only discovered one place in the universe where conditions are suitable for complex life forms: Earth. In this unit, examine the unique characteristics that make our planet habitable and learn how these conditions were created. Surfaces of Mars, Moon, Venus, Earth. Source: NASA Sections: 1. Introduction 2. Many Planets, One Earth 3. Reading Geologic Records 4. Carbon Cycling and Earth's Climate 5. Testing the Thermostat: Snowball Earth 6. Atmospheric Oxygen 7. Early Life: Single-Celled Organisms 8. The Cambrian Explosion and the Diversification of Animals 9. The Age of Mammals 10. Further Reading Unit 1 : Many Planets, One Earth -1- www.learner.org 1. Introduction Earth's long history tells a story of constant environmental change and of close connections between physical and biological environments. It also demonstrates the robustness of life. Simple organisms first appeared on Earth some 3.8 billion years ago, and complex life forms emerged approximately 2 billion years ago. Life on Earth has endured through many intense stresses, including ice ages, warm episodes, high and low oxygen levels, mass extinctions, huge volcanic eruptions, and meteorite impacts. Untold numbers of species have come and gone, but life has survived even the most extreme fluxes. To...
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...TYPE YOUR FULL NAME: Clarence Loveless TYPE YOUR FULL NAME: Clarence Loveless UMUC Physical Science 101/103 Lab 1: Introduction to Science INSTRUCTIONS: * On your own and without assistance, complete this Lab 1 Answer Form and submit it via the Assignments Folder by the date listed on your Course Schedule (under Syllabus). * To conduct your laboratory exercises, use the Laboratory Manual that is available in the classroom. Laboratory exercises on your CD may not be updated. * Save your Lab 1 Answer Form in the following format: LastName_Lab1 (e.g., Smith_Lab1). * Submit your document in a Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) for best compatibility. Exercise 1: Data Interpretation Table 1: Water Quality vs. Fish Population Dissolved Oxygen | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | Number of Fish Observed | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 1. What patterns do you observe based on the information in Table 1? One pattern I observe was in the number of increments. ie….0,1,1,4,4,3,3,4,4,5. The increments would stay the same between for two observation periods with the exception of the 1st and last observation period. 2. Develop a hypothesis relating to the amount of dissolved oxygen measured in the water sample and the number of fish observed in the body of water. If the amount of dissolved oxygen increases in water then the amount of fish will also increase. 3. What would your experimental approach...
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...9:30 - 11:0 MW 7072 01266 MACRO ECONOMICS D 11:0 - 12:30 ST 7072 01267 MACRO ECONOMICS E 12:30 - 2:0 MW 7072 01268 MACRO ECONOMICS F 2:0 - 3:30 ST 7072 01269 MACRO ECONOMICS G 3:30 - 5:0 MW 7072 01270 MACRO ECONOMICS H 5:0 - 6:30 ST 7072 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 00783 INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE A 3:30 - 5:0 MW 154 00784 INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE B 5:0 - 6:30 ST 154 00785 INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE D 9:30 - 11:0 ST 154 00787 INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE E 11:0 - 12:30 MW 154 00788 INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE F 12:30 - 2:0 ST 154 00789 INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE G 2:0 - 3:30 MW 154 00790 INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE H 3:30 - 5:0 ST 154 00791 INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE I 5:0 - 6:30 MW 154 INTRO TO PROGRAMMING 00030 INTRO TO PROGRAMMING (BBA) A 8:0 - 10:0 S 432 LABORATORY 8:0 - 11:0 T CL7...
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...General Education and Arts & Sciences Req. Communications (9 cr.) Done: ENGL 1010 Crit Read and Expository Writing ENGL 1020 Crit Thinking and Argument Take one of the following (one of these must be taken and will count as the speech req, but not an Oral Intensive. If an additional one is taken it will count as Oral Intensive): SPCH 1300 General Speech SPCH 2300 Public Speaking SPCH 2320 Arg & Debate (meets A&S req) History (6 cr.) Done: HIST 2010 The United States to 1877 HIST 2020 The United States Since 1877 Using Information Technology (3 cr.) Done: CSCI 1100 or pass exam (schedule exam at: http://www.cs.etsu.edu/academics/signup) Science (8 cr.) Done: A sequence of 2 courses in the same field is required by A&S (e.g., biology). Psychology requires at least one biology course. Students can take two biology courses or two other lab courses and one biology. Take two of these BIOL or two other lab sciences in the same discipline and one of these BIOL: BIOL 1010-1011 Biology for Non-majors I BIOL 1020-1021 Biology for Non-majors I BIOL 1110-1111 Bio for majors I BIOL 1120-1121 Bio for majors II BIOL 1130-31 Bio for majors III Other lab science: Other lab science: Literature (3 cr.) Done: Take one of the following: ENGL 2030 Literary Heritage ENGL 2110 American Literature I ENGL 2120 American Literature II ENGL 2210 British Literature...
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...102, SPE 103 (All 3 Courses) Area B-Mathematics MAT 140(Core), and MAT 143 or, MAT 180 OR MAT 250 (2 Courses) Area C- Science One course from life science w/lab and one course from Physical Science (2 Courses) Area D- Social and Behavioral Sciences ECO 201 and ECO 202 One more class of choice from list (3 courses) Area E- Humanities and Fine arts Class of your choice from list (3 courses) Area F-Contemporary Global Studies Class of your choice from list (1 course) Total must add to approx. 40 Credits Electives- ANY OF YOUR CHOICE BUT THESE ARE RECOMNEDED FOR BACHELORS Accounting- ACC 153 and ACC 154 Business- BUS 101 and BUS 221 or BUS 225 Computer Science- CIS 101 or another accepted by University Mathematics- MAT 190 Total must add up to approx. 20 Credits Total to graduate min. 60 credits List of classes I still need that I can take from Core List Area C Life Sciences BIO 101 Intro to life Science w/lab, or BIO 104 w/o lab Human genetics Physical Sciences CHM 101 Intro to General Chemistry (preq. MAT 070 OR 114) or CHM 105 Elements of chemistry (same Preq.) PHY 115 w/o lab Descriptive astronomy, PHY 131 college Physics (Preq. MAT 122 or currently enrolled in MAT 122) or PHY 221 General Physics (Preq. MAT 250 with C or better) EAS 100 Intro Earth Science, EAS 101 Physical Geology, EAS 105 w/o lab Intro Weather and Climate or EAS 121 w/o Physical Geography Area E- Classes with bullet points will apply to both area E and F...
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...A selection of questions to be discussed: * Scientists: are they discovering or are they making it up? * Do the facts dictate our theories? * Is there any secure basis for our future expectations? -- or is it just a matter of crossing our fingers and hoping for the best? * Does science explain -- does it help us to understand anything? or does it merely describe? ------- * Is everything relative, or is there always something absolute behind what is relative? ------- * How do or should scientific revolutions affect our view of science? * Scientific theory choice: is it objective? Or does it depend on cultural, historical, or subjective factors? * If historical factors do play a role, can science still be a search for truth? Texts: 1. T. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 2. C. G. Hempel, Philosophy of Natural Science 3. Course Packet #1: Lecture Outline (Includes examples, diagrams, and background material as well as the weekly schedule of readings) 4. Course Packet #2 : additional readings, needed in addition to the textbooks 5. Books on Reserve in Firestone (A list is included with this syllabus) Course Packets are available at Print-It, 15 Witherspoon St. [Go back to top of this course syllabus] COURSE REQUIREMENTS: NOTE 1: Revising your work in response to comments will be central to the requirements. The first and second assignments each consist of two parts: an initial version and...
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...employee’s motivation at work. 3. Why is team-working considered important in modern organisations and what are the problems that may be encountered when trying to introduce such an approach? 4. (Brooks, 2006) states that “an intimate knowledge and awareness of culture should improve our ability to analyse organisational behaviour and to manage and lead” Explain why knowledge of organisational culture is important and how may such knowledge improve our ability to manage and lead? 5. Discuss, with reference to leadership theory, the assertion that it is not always the case that the manager has to be the leader but the style which managers adopt is more important than their leadership qualities. 6. Is management more of a science or an art? Explain your answer. 7. What are the...
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...least 1 course from each box, 7-9 total credit hours 2 different course codes, at least 1 with a lab Life Sciences (3-4 credit hours) BIO 100* Biological Sciences for Educators (lab) BIO 101 Biology in Your World BIO 111* Understanding Bio Sys Through Inq. (lab only) BIO 121* General Biology I (lab) BMS 100 Concepts & Issues in the Life Sciences BMS 105 Concepts & Lab in the Life Sciences (lab) BMS 110* Intro to Biomedical Sciences (lab) BMS 111* Intro to Lab in Biomedical Sci (lab only) GLG 115 Life of the Past Physical Sciences (3-5 credit hours) AST 113 Modern Astronomy AST 114 Survey of Astronomy AST 115 Basic Astronomy (lab) CHM 107 Chemistry for the Citizen CHM 108* Chemistry for the Citizen Lab CHM 116* Fundamentals of Chemistry CHM 117* Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab GLG 110 Principles of Geology (lab) GLG 171 Environmental Geology GRY 135 Principles of Weather & Climate (lab) GRY 142 Introductory Physical Geography (lab) PHY 100 Survey of Physics (lab) PHY 101* Physics by Inquiry for Educators (lab) PHY 123* Introduction to Physics I (lab) PHY 203* Foundations of Physics I (lab) 4(3-3) 3(3-0) 1(0-2) 4(3-3) 4(4-0) 4(3-2) 4(3-2) 1(0-2) 3(3-0) 3(3-0) 4(4-0) 4(3-2) 3(3-0) 1(0-2) 4(4-0) 1(0-2) 4(3-2) 3(3-0) 4(3-2) 4(3-2) 4(3-2) 4(2-6) 4(3-2) 5(4-2) GEC 107 (no lab) GEC 106 (lab) HUMAN CULTURES 4 different course codes from these boxes Social & Behavioral Sciences (choose two, 6 credit hours) AGR 100 Food Security 3 ANT 125 Exploring Our Human Ancestry 3 CFD 155 Principles...
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...Curriculum Information Curriculum: Bachelors of Science in Nursing and a Master’s of Science in Nursing. Freshman 1st Semester(15 hrs)*Summer 1st Year (6 hrs) GOV310L (TX/US) American History Core Course | Rhetoric & Writing Principles of Chemistry I Data Analysis for Health Science UGS 302 or UGS 303 (First-Year Signature Courses) Visual – Performing Arts | Freshman 2nd Semester (15 hrs) | Introductory Biology I Fundamentals of Nutrition Introduction to Psychology Global Health Masterworks of Literature or E316L, E316M, E316N or E316P | Sophomore 1st Semester (16-17 hrs | Human Microscopy & Gross Anatomy Intro to Medical Microbiology or American History Core Course Communication in Health Care Settings | Sophomore 2nd Semester (16 hrs) | Intro to Patient-Centered Nursing Care Health Assessment Skills Clinical Nursing Skills I Practicum Ethics of Health Care Vertebrate Physiology II Systems Physiology Lab II GOV312L, 312P, 312R (US) | Junior 1st Semester (13 hrs) | Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan Problems in Mental Health Nursing Adult Health Nursing I Adult Health Nursing I Practicum Nursing Research | Junior 2nd Semester (15 hrs) | Nursing Care of Childbearing Families Nursing Care of Childbearing Families Practicum Adult Health Nursing II Clinical Nursing Skills II Practicum Genetics in Health Care Contemporary Nursing Pharmacology | Senior 1st Semester (15 hrs)(Continued…) | Nursing Care of Child & Families Nursing Care of Child &...
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...York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor) written between 1947 and 1954 to see how these events were covered by the media. Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper about anticommunism and McCarthyism during this period, including examples or quotes from each of the three articles you located. You should also take any course readings into account. You _must_ use APA citations to cite any _ideas_ or quotes that aren't yours. Address the following: *The differences between anticommunism and McCarthyism *The perspective from which the media covered anticommunism and McCarthyism *American foreign policy decisions impacted by anticommunists *How Americans’ lives changed because of the Red Scare *Format your paper according to APA standards. **You must find one overall theme that ties anticommunism to all of these things--this theme should be defined in terms of a _single word_; that word, obviously, cannot be "anticommunism." Point out your theme in the first sentence with a statement similar to (or exactly to) "The overall theme that describes anticommunism during this period is [theme]." If you don't point out this one theme and argue how this theme ties all of these things together, you cannot receive an A on this paper. You will summarize your theme and explain how your theme ties all of these together in your intro paragraph. Your intro paragraph must demonstrate how your theme ties into the rest of your paper (in summary)...
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