...MENTAL ILLNESS October 2001, just after September 11, he started acting and behaving erratically. He was not the same man we have known as Uncle Dan for the past few years. What has happened to him? Has he suffered from some type of mental illness? According to Canadian Health Association “mental illnesses can take many forms, just as physical illnesses do” (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2009). Uncle Dan was born and raised in a small town named Quesnel, located in the South Western part of Canada. Although his parents were not wealthy, they were not financially restricted either, due to the abundance of lumber mills in this region. They had pushed and financed their children education, for they knew that it was an investment into the future. Even though Uncle Dan’s parent never received a formal education, they were fully aware of the importance of going to college. As an honor graduate from the local High school, Uncle Dan received a scholarship from the province university, BC University, to continue his education. That year, he had met Julia, my mother’s younger sister, whom he married a year later. Shortly afterward, Dan dropped out of the University and returned home to work in a local mill. The only explanation that was given to his parents was “College is not meant for people like me.” While this was not the extent of Uncle Dan’s transformation, it was not enough of a significant warning sign that Uncle Dan had a mental issue. In fact, it was not until that...
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...Assignment 2: Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners 1.0 The Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners The treatment of mentally ill inmates has been not only a public concern, but has also been identified by Canada’s Correctional Investigator, Howard Sapers as an issue of concern in his 2014 report to parliament. Between 1997 and 2007, offenders entering the prison system with a mental disorder grew 71% in men and 61% in women (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2012). The problem at hand is that correctional institutes and their staff are not widely trained to deal with inmates who suffer from mental disorders. The result then, is that use-of-force interventions, and placement in solitary confinement, often for extended periods of time, are used as methods of dealing with unruly behaviours exhibited by these mentally ill offenders. While there are various issues surrounding mental health in the Canadian judicial system, for the purpose of this report, the discussion will be focused around inadequate methods for dealing with behaviours presented by these inmates, namely by use-of-force and solitary confinement 1.1 Use-Of-Force Techniques In Sapers 2014 report, it is reported that “28% of all use of force interventions involved an offender with a mental health concern as identified by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)” (Ministry of Public Safety, 2014). This is likely due to the fact that mentally ill inmates are more likely to self-harm, have unpredictable behaviour...
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...Computer Organization and Architecture CHAPTER 01: Basic Concepts of Architecture and Assembly Language CONTENTS: CHAPTER 1.1: Basic Concepts of Computer Architecture Computer Organization and Architecture CHAPTER 1.2: Basic Hardware Components of a Computer System John Vee MI P. Martinez, CSIT Instructor College of Information and Computing Sciences KING’S COLLEGE OF THE PHILIPPINES CHAPTER 1.3: Assembly Language CHAPTER 1.4: Programmer's View of a Computer System Computer Organization and Architecture CHAPTER 1.1: Basic Concepts of Computer Architecture Instructor: John Vee MI P. Martinez CHAPTER 1.1: Basic Concepts of Computer Architecture ASSIGNMENT #01: LEARNING OUTCOME #01: Next Learning Outcome: After engaging in each topic, students should have: 1) Differentiate Computer Organization and Computer Architecture? ¼ Yellow Paper, to be submitted next meeting. LO-01: Distinguished the difference between Computer Architecture and Computer Organization, and discussed the different types of architecture. 1) 2) Computer Organization and Architecture Instructor: John Vee MI P. Martinez Computer Architecture vs. Computer Organization Types of Architecture Computer Organization and Architecture Instructor: John Vee MI P. Martinez LO 1.1 – Computer Architecture vs. Computer Organization LO 1.1 – Computer Architecture vs. Computer Organization COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE: COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE: ...
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...ACSC41 23/10/03 5:42 PM Page 88 41 Pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction Start here Macrophages and T-lymphocytes Stunned myocardium Fibrous cap 24 h Lipid core Plaque rupture, platelet aggregation Mainly dead myocytes and neutrophils Transmural necrosed zone Infarct appears pale, most cells dead, neutrophils present— coagulation necrosis Granulation tissue moves inward and replaces dead tissue with scar tissue 2h 5–7 days Subendocardial necrosed zone Cellular damage progressing, but still partially reversible with reperfusion Thrombus propagates into and along coronary artery Endocardium Cross-section of ventricular wall served by thrombosed artery Scar thin firm grey Mixture of living and dead myocytes; substrate for re-entrant arrhythmias 0h > 3 months Finish here 41.1 Infarction is tissue death caused by ischaemia. Acute myocardial infarction (MI) occurs when localized myocardial ischaemia causes the development of a defined region of necrosis. MI is most often caused by rupture of an atherosclerotic lesion in a coronary artery. This causes the formation of a thrombus that plugs the artery, stopping it from supplying blood to the region of the heart that it supplies. Role of thrombosis in MI Pivotal studies by DeWood and colleagues showed that coronary thrombosis is the critical event resulting in MI. Of patients presenting within 4 h of symptom onset with ECG evidence of transmural...
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...2/15/2013 MGMT 2006 Module 1 Introduction to MIS Objective • By the end of this module you will be able to: • answer the question "What is an MIS?“ • answer the question "Why MIS?“ • distinguish between data, information, knowledge and wisdom • differentiate between Information Technology and • Information Systems • describe systems in use in typical organizations • relate information systems to strategy and • competitive advantage. What is an MIS? • An Information Systems is a system that captures, stores and processes data, transforming it into useful information. • The Information Systems exist in the context of the organization, which in turn exists within the winder environment. • Data is captured from events in and out of the organization. Information is disseminated in and out of the organization 1 2/15/2013 What is an MIS? Data • Data refers to raw facts lacking in context. – Bar code – Student ID number – Price – Telephone number – Etc. • Often times, raw data is not very useful for decision making. Data • A listing of students registered for MIS this semester . • The list only provides me with raw data. 2 2/15/2013 Information • Information can be produced from data by summarizing, categorizing, sorting and by adding context. Input Process Output Information Female Male Information Global Oil Production 3 2/15/2013 Knowledge “Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something, which can include information, facts, descriptions, and/or skills acquired...
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...D.Min. Project Prospectus Sharon L. Smith I. Title: Bridging the Gap: A Pilot Project Aimed at Mutually Equipping Church and Business Leaders for Kingdom Impact II. The Context: Followers of Jesus Christ who possess a divine calling, talents, and gifts to work and serve God through specific voluntary or paid vocations in the workplace face daily opportunities to impact the Kingdom of God. When believers walk by faith and obedience in the revelation that God’s divine presence and purpose is with them daily in their work lives, God empowers them to lead change that can transform lives, businesses, and even nations. Believers clearly see this truth in the lives of Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, and Nehemiah. The Great Commission (Matt. 28) commands believers to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every person. This directive includes Holy Spirit-empowered witness in the marketplace with signs, wonders, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit in operation. As His priests (1 Pet. 2:5; Rom. 12:1-2), God calls believers ordained for the twenty-first century workplace to worship and serve Him through their actions, words, and works. God’s Word calls for excellence in whatever a person does (Col. 3:17). Fruitfulness follows when believers root biblical ethics in excellence, and practice it in relationships and business decisions. Anthropologists and missiologists are observing major global shifts causing leaders to revise their understanding of the notion of culture...
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...Chapter 01 Description of Eastern Bank limited Description of Eastern Bank limited 1.1 Business Name: Our selected organization is Eastern Bank Ltd. It is intends to be a unique organization in Bangladesh. It intends to be a knowledge-based organization where the Eastern Bank professionals learn continuously from their customer and colleagues worldwide to add value. With a vision to become the bank of choice and to be the most valuable financial brand in Bangladesh, Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) began its journey in 1992. Over the years EBL has established itself as a leading private commercial bank in the country with undisputed leadership in Corporate Banking and a strong Consumer and SME growth engines. EBL's ambition is to be the number one financial services provider, creating lasting value for its clientele, shareholder, employees and above all for the community it operates in. Prior to 1992 EBL operated as BCCI bank Ltd which transformed into Eastern Bank Limited 1.2 Location/ Address: |EBL Offices | | | | | | ...
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...Chapter Four Managing Marketing Information to Gain Customer Insights Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 4- slide 1 Learning Objectives Topic Outline • • • • • • • Marketing Information and Customer Insights Assessing Marketing Information Needs Developing Marketing Information Marketing Research Analyzing Marketing Information Distributing and Using Marketing Information Other Marketing Information Considerations Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 4- slide 2 Marketing Information and Customer Insights Customer Insights are: • Fresh and deep insights into customers needs and wants • Difficult to obtain – Not obvious – Customer’s unsure of their behavior • Not derived from more information but better information and more effective use of existing information Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 4- slide 3 Marketing Information and Customer Insights Customer Insights • Companies are forming customer insights teams – Include all company functional areas – Use insights to create more value for their customers – Customer controlled could be a problem Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 4- slide 4 Marketing Information and Customer Insights Marketing Information Systems (MIS) Marketing information system (MIS) consists of people and procedures for: – – – Assessing the information needs Developing needed...
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...Computer Networks Transaction Processing, Functional applications, CRM and integration Concepts of Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning Microsoft Excel RDBMS and Data warehousing, Decisions Support Systems Management Information Systems Term Project Objective: Objective of this course is to help student understand: * Role of IT in organizations and the value derived from IT * Leveraging IT for competitive advantage * Common IT applications in collaborative, global Business * Usage of MS Access and MS-Excel and its application * Importance of Decision Support Systems( DSS) in business * Managing global projects and systems Text Book: Laudon Kenneth and Laudon Jane, MIS-Managing The Digital...
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...Preparing for College Physics David Murdock TTU October 11, 2000 2 Preface! To the Instructors: This booklet is free. You may download, copy and distribute it as you wish. . . if you find it to be of any value. It can be gotten from the URL: http://iweb.tntech.edu/murdock/books/PreSci.pdf so you will need the (equally free) Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it and print it. This piece of software is on many institutional computer systems, and if you don’t have it on your machine, go get it at http://w1000.mv.us.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html The pages are in a format which looks best when printed double-sided. I’m giving it away to anyone in the same situation as me: You have many students in your introductory science courses who don’t have adequate preparation in basic mathematics, and you want to give them something simple and friendly to read. Preferably something that gets right to the point and which costs no more than the paper it’s printed on. I didn’t know where I could get a document like this, so I wrote one. You’ll notice that “significant figures” have not been rigidly observed in the numerical examples. That’s because this book is directed at students who need help in getting any correct numbers to round off. If you find this booklet to be useful or else worth exactly what it costs and/or have any suggestions, please write to me at murdock@tntech.edu To the Students: Your college science courses may very well require you to do some mathematics (algebra...
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...Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems 2.1 © 2010 by Prentice Hall Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Define and describe business processes and their relationship to information systems. • Evaluate the role played by systems serving the various levels of management in a business and their relationship to each other. • Explain how enterprise applications, collaboration and communication systems, and intranets improve organizational performance. 2.2 © 2010 by Prentice Hall Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems LEARNING OBJECTIVES (Continued) • Explain the difference between e-business, ecommerce, and e-government. • Assess the role of the information systems function in a business. 2.3 © 2010 by Prentice Hall Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems The Tata Nano Makes History Using Digital Manufacturing • Problem: Outdated manufacturing processes, timeconsuming manual labor. • Solutions: Digital manufacturing systems allowed Tata to create a $2,500 car without sacrificing safety or value. • Dassault Systems’ Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application drastically reduced development cycle. • Demonstrates IT’s role in fostering innovation and improving efficiency. • Illustrates...
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...Chapter 1 Introduction to Information Technology Investment Decision-Making Learning Objectives After completing this chapter, you should be able to: • • • • • Describe different types of IT investment decisions manager face. Briefly describe some of the methodologies that are used in IT investment decision-making. Explain why IT investment decision-making is important as a subject to study. Explain some of the limitations that should be considered when using IT investment methodologies. Explain the role of IT investment decision-making within organizational planning. Prologue Information technology (IT) investment decision-making impacts all industries but sometimes in different ways. For example, Karadag et al. (2009) explored the importance of IT investment decision-making methodology in lodging industry. The research found that evaluation activities for hotel IT investments have not been performed widely and consistently and that some types of hotels tend to use more financial and non-financial IT evaluation methods, since all investments are expected to show a positive return on investment. The research findings highlight the importance of the use of IT investment evaluation techniques and the 3 4 Information Technology Investment: Decision-Making Methodology major differences in their use require a substantial need for understanding a wide variety of IT investment methodologies to satisfy decision-making needs. To provide useful decision-making in IT...
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...MIS 301 Introduction to Information Technology Management FALL 2010 - Unique Numbers: 03905, 03910, 03915 Instructor tructorBin Gu – bin.gu@mccombs.utexas.edu Dr. Information, Risk, & Operations Management (IROM) Dept. Office CBA 5.228 Office Hours MW 4:00-5:00 pm or by appointment Qian Tang - qian.tang@phd.mccombs.utexas.edu Teaching Assistant CBA 1.308B Office TBD Office Hours Course Description Information technology (IT) has transformed all aspects of 21st century business and everyday life. New IT investments continue to be staggering. Worldwide, over $2.5 trillion is invested in IT. In the U.S., over 50% of capital expenditures are related to IT. Information systems influence business processes, organizational structures, and the ways people do business, work, and communicate. Emerging technologies have triggered new forms of organization and business process innovation; they have also impacted organizational structure, culture, politics, decision making, and society as a whole. IT is transforming how physical products are designed, how services are bundled with products, and how individuals interact with businesses and with other individuals. A silent transformation is occurring as more and more physical products use embedded IT to improve customer experience and product performance. The pervasiveness of IT is expanding global trade and changing how and where work is performed. It is vital that future managers—in every area of business—have a...
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...Laudon New York University f Jane P. Laudon Azimuth Information Systems PEARSON feerttifie tall Pearson Education International Brief Contents Part One Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Part One Project Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterprise 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems 38 Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy 80 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems 124 Analyzing Business Processes for an Enterprise System 165 Part Two Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Part Two Project Information Technology Infrastructure 167 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies 168 Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management 222 Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology 260 Securing Information Systems 312 Creating a New Internet Business 351 Part Three Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Part Three Project Key System Applications for the Digital Age 353 Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy: Enterprise Applications 354 E-Commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods 388 Managing Knowledge 428 Enhancing Decision Making 470 Designing an Enterprise Information Portal 508 Part Four Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Part Four Project Building and Managing Systems 509 Building Systems 510 Project Management: Establishing the Business Value of Systems and Managing Change 552...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE INFORMATION AGE IN WHICH YOU LIVE: CHANGING THE FACE OF BUSINESS JUMP TO THE SUPPORT YOU WANT • Lecture Outline • Modules, Projects, and Data Files • Slide Reviews • Closing Cases • Short-Answer Questions • Assignments and Exercises • Discussion Questions • Industry & Global Perspectives • Additional Assignments and Exercises CONTACT INFORMATION: Stephen Haag (shaag@du.edu) STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Define management information systems (MIS) and describe the three important organizational resources within it – people, information, and information technology. 2. Describe how to use break-even analysis to assess the financial impact of information technology. 3. Describe how to use Porter’s Five Forces Model to evaluate the relative attractiveness of and competitive pressures in an industry. 4. Compare and contrast Porter’s three generic strategies and the run-grow-transform framework as approaches to the development of business strategy. CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter serves two primary purposes. First the chapter introduces your students to the broad notion of management information systems within an organization and the three key resources on which MIS focuses – people, information, and information technology. Second, the chapter jumps right into the process of appropriately selecting which technologies to use based on the industry in which your organization operates, the identified...
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