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Discussion: Blockchain

Word count: 300+

The vast majority of the population associates Blockchain with cryptocurrency Bitcoin; however, there are many other uses of blockchain; such as Litecoin, Ether, and other currencies. In this discussion, please describe at least two cryptocurrencies with applicable examples. Discuss some similarities and differences. Lastly, discuss if you have any experience using any cryptocurrencies.

Things to be included in the discussion:

In this discussion, please describe at least two cryptocurrencies with applicable examples. Discuss some similarities and differences. Lastly, discuss if you have any experience using any cryptocurrencies.

Provide extensive additional information on the topic

Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail

Share an applicable personal experience

Provide an outside source that applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic or the source (please cite properly in APA)

At least one scholarly source should be used in the initial discussion thread. Be sure to use information from your readings and other sources. Use proper citations and references in your post.

Reading resources:

Stoyanovich, M., & Tanz, F. E. (2019). Coming to Grips with Blockchain. Benefits Magazine, 56(5), 20-25. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=f5h&AN=135900272&site=eds-live

Waldo, J. (2019). A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain Universe. Communications of the ACM, 62(3), 38–42. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1145/3303868

Burns, S. (2019). Blockchain: Hype Vs Reality. Computer Weekly, 21-24. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=f5h&AN=138564674&site=eds-live

Textbook: Managing and Using Information Systems, Keri E. Pearlson, Carol S. Saunders, Dennis F. Galletta. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Evaluate three threats to health information systems and explain their impact on patient health information.

Minimum 400 words with 3 scholarly references

Each student will conduct a search online Library resources to find 1 recent peer reviewed article (within the past 3 years) that closely relates to Building Rapport in Negotiation. Your submission must include the following information in the following format:

Key Term:

• Building Rapport in Negotiation

DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the term; this does not count in the word requirement.

SUMMARY: Summarize the article in your own words- this should be in the 150-200 word range. Be sure to note the article’s author, note their credentials and why we should put any weight behind his/her opinions, research or findings regarding the key term.

ANALYSIS: Using 300-350 words, write a brief analysis, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected chapter Key Term. An analysis is not rehashing what was already stated in the article, but the opportunity for you to add value by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. This is the most important part of the assignment.

REFERENCES: All references must be listed at the bottom of the submission–in APA format. 

Be sure to use the headers in your submission to ensure that all aspects of the assignment are completed as required.

Any form of plagiarism, including cutting and pasting, will result in zero points for the entire assignment.

You should incorporate these topics into your analysis section. If you do, then the chances of earning a high grade are GREATLY increased, in fact, this is the FIRST thing I look for when grading your papers. 

1. Explain why you selected this particular article among all the articles you could have chosen on your selected term.

2. Explain why you agree or disagree with the author’s key positions in the article. 

3. Explain how the article was easy or difficult to understand and why? 

4. What did the author do well in your opinion? Explain.

5. Describe what you believe the author could have done better in your opinion?

6. What else should the author have included in the article and would the article benefit from a different perspective (such as from a different nationality or different industry or experience perspective). Explain. 

7. What other sources or methods could the author have used to improve the research in the article?  (Hint: look up the types of qualitative and types of quantitative research methods). 

8. What information / in-depth study / or further research should the author focus on as a follow up to this article and why? 

9. Explain what audience would gain the most benefit from your selected article and how they could apply it in their professional lives. 

10. What did you personally gain from this article and how has it shaped your thinking on the topic?  

11. What are the conflicting or alternative viewpoints of the author’s position? Or  What additional research backs up and confirms or adds to the author’s position?  (Hint: this will require you to find another peer-reviewed article that challenges, confirms, or adds to, or provides a different perspective to your chosen article.)

Next,  I look for the summary, writing quality, and formatting. 

I am typically very lenient on the writing because I am more focused on your content, but I will also point out how the paper could be better written. I only heavily penalize poorly written papers when there are excessive writing problems.

Why do I grade papers in this class this way?  

One of the key differences in a Bachelor’s vs Master’s level is critical thinking. Bachelor’s level basically challenges direct knowledge and recall of information. The Master’s level is more about analysis and critical thinking and defending your position in a scholarly way. The analysis section of these papers is your opportunity to exercise critical thinking (that’s why I call this portion of your papers critiques). 

Recalling or simply explaining the journal articles is a bachelor’s level task. When I see this in your papers I give the paper an automatic C. If the paper is poorly written it also gets an F. 

To get a B or an A – you must provide a critique of the paper and the author and how well the author did and what you think of the article. The questions listed above do this properly.  

I do not want to read your version of the journal article. I may as well read the journal article for myself.  Just briefly describe the article in your summary section  – but the analysis section is where you put in your personal critique – in other words, address the questions listed above and even add in additional thoughts based on your own creativity. 

Write a 6-8 page paper (deliverable length does not include the title and reference pages)

• Why are organizations interested in fostering good business ethics?
• What approach can you take to ensure ethical decision making?
• What trends have increased the risk of using information technology in an unethical manner?

Provide three articles to substantiate the above three questions.

Using the APA format provide a citation for each of the articles you read

Suggestion: Use a search engine (Google) and keywords

Research on Amazon company:

1. Amazon company Resources and vendors

2. Provide a plan for evaluating the information systems used in the Amazon

Also please add one PPT slide for each of the above question by summarizing the points.  (Total 2 slides for the above 2 questions)

;; Towards a Scheme Interpreter for the Lambda Calculus — Part 1: Syntax

;; 5 points

;; , and pre-requisite for all subsequent parts of the project

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;; All programming is to be carried out using the pure functional sublanguage of R5RS Scheme.

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;; You might want to have a look at http://www.cs.unc.edu/~stotts/723/Lambda/overview.html

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;; 1. The lambda calculus is a particularly simple programming language consisting only of

;; variable references, lambda expressions with a single formal parameter, and function

;; applications.  A BNF definition of lambda calculus expressions is

;; ::= | (lambda ( ) )  |  ( )

;; Design a data type for the lambda calculus, with constructors, selectors, and classifiers.

;; For concrete representation, use Scheme, as follows:  an identifier should be represented as

;; a quoted Scheme variable, a lambda expression (lambda (x) E) as the quoted 3-element list

;; ‘(lambda (x) [list representing E]), and an application  (E1 E2) as the quoted 2-element list

;; ‘([list representing E1]  [list representing E2])

;; 2.  In (lambda () ), we say that is a binder that

;; binds all occurrences of that variable in the body, , unless some intervening

;; binder of the same variable occurs. Thus in (lambda (x) (x (lambda (x) x))),

;; the first occurrence of x binds the second occurrence of x, but not

;; the fourth.  The third occurrence of x binds the fourth occurrence of x.

;; A variable x occurs free in an expression E if there is some occurrence of x which is not

;; bound by any binder of x in E.  A variable x occurs bound in an expression E if it is

;; not free in E.  Thus x occurs free in (lambda (y) x), bound in (lambda (x) x), and both

;; free and bound in (lambda (y) (x (lambda (x) x))).

;; As a consequence of this definition, we can say that a variable x occurs free in a

;; lambda calculus expression E iff one of the following holds:

;;   (i) E = x

;;   (ii) E = (lambda (y) E’), where x is distinct from y and x occurs free in E’

;;   (iii) E = (E’ E”) and x occurs free in E’ or x occurs free in E”

;; Observe that this is an inductive definition, exploiting the structure of lambda calculus

;; expressions.

;; Similarly, a variable x occurs bound in a lambda calculus expression E iff one of the

;; following holds:

;;   (i) E = (lambda (x) E’) and x occurs free in E’

;;   (ii) E = (lambda (y) E’), and x occurs bound in E’: here, y may be x, or distinct from x

;;   (iii) E = (E1 E2) and x occurs bound in either E1 or E2

;; Develop and prove correct a procedure free-vars that inputs a list representing a lambda calculus

;; expression E and outputs a list without repetitions (that is, a set) of the variables occurring

;; free in E.

;; Develop and prove correct a procedure bound-vars that inputs a list representing a lambda calculus

;; expression E and outputs the set of variables which occur bound in E.

;; 3.  Define a function all-ids which returns the set of all symbols — free or bound variables,

;; as well as the lambda identifiers for which there are no bound occurrences — which occur in

;; a lambda calculus expression E.  

1) You are the web master of a college website. You share a server with other school departments such as accounting and HR.Based on this chapter, create at least five security-related rules for staff members who are adding web pages being added to your site. Include a justification and explanation for each rule. Rules should relate to college, staff and student, and system information security. your own work and use your own words.  Write min of 300 words.

2) Read this Time article and view the video explaining how Russian trolls spread fake news.  Discuss in 500 words whether the government should regulate Facebook more closely.  Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. Discuss in 500 words your opinion, Use at least three sources. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library, not Google. Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosing the copied words in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list. Example: “words you copied” (citation) These quotes should be one full sentence not altered or paraphrased. Cite your sources using APA format. Use the quotes in your paragraph.

3) Answer below questions, each of these questions in a paragraph with at least five to six sentences.Include the question and number your responses accordingly. Min 1 citation for EVERY question and it needs to be referenced. References & citations should be less than 6 years old. They also need to be an academic source something from the library or scholar Google not just any random website. It must be a peer reviewed academic source or an industry recognized type reference. Make sure your citations and your references use proper APA formatting if you are unsure consult the OWL website. 

1. Should society help workers dislocated when technology, like the Internet, elimlnates their jobs in a process called ‘Creative Destruction‘?

2. are we working more and earning less?

3. Would you want a telecommuting job? Why or why not? 

4. Does the gig economy appeal to you? Why or why not?

5. How is an employee differentiated from a contracter under US law? 

6. Why have some municipalities put restrictions on innovations in the sharing economy and in on-demand services?

7. What has been the effect on the US economy of outsourcing (or offshoring) technical and professional jobs? 

8. How much monitoring of employee activities at work is appropriate? 

9. Should an employer be able to discipline or terminate an employee for on-line behavior in his/her own time? 

10. What is the relationship betwee BYOD (bring your own device) and shadow IT. 

11. What is cyberloafing?

Create a simple PHP login page which will allow to create a new username and password and then log in as that username and password.  

Submit:  1. SQL script to create table that will store usernames and passwords 

2. PHP script with embedded SQL performing the task above

2 pages for each research paper

Research fixed and growth mindsets in scholarly peer reviewed journals. Write 500 words explaining what each is.  Evaluate yourself, do you think you have a growth mindset or fixed?  This assignment allows you to use first person.  You can say things like “I have a fixed mindset because I focus on grades rather than on mastering the material.” If you find that you are in a fixed mindset, what can you do to shift to a growth mindset?

For all paragraphs that do not include your opinion, self-assessment, or steps that you plan to take to shift your mindset, you must use references and citations.

Ensure you use citations and references to avoid plagiarism. Do use any sources other than those which you include in your references.  Ensure that all references are cited. 

Use APA 7th edition.

Be aware that if you plagiarize during this assignment it will be dealt with as outlined in UC’s policies.