Overview

The United Nations (UN) has hired you as a consultant, and your task is to assess the impact that global warming is expected to have on population growth and the ability of societies in the developing world to ensure the adequate security of their food supplies.

Case Assessment

As the world’s population nears 10 billion by 2050, the effects of global warming are stripping some natural resources from the environment. As they diminish in number, developing countries will face mounting obstacles to improving the livelihoods of their citizens and stabilizing their access to enough food. The reason these governments are struggling even now is that our climate influences their economic health and the consequent diminishing living standards of their peoples. Climate changes are responsible for the current loss of biodiversity as well as the physical access to some critical farming regions. As such, these changes in global weather patterns diminish agricultural output and the distribution of food to local and international markets. These difficulties will become even more significant for these countries as the Earth’s climate changes for the worse. Temperatures are already increasing incrementally, and polar ice caps are melting, so the salient question is: what does this suggest for developing societies?

The issue before the developing world is not its lack of food, but rather how to gain access to food. Simply put, changes in our climate are affecting the global food chain, and hence, the living standards of entire populations. Added to this is the fact that food is not getting to where it is needed in time to prevent hunger or starvation. In many developing countries, shortages are due to governments’ control over distribution networks rather than an insufficient supply of food itself. In effect, these governments are weaponizing food by favoring certain ethnic or religious groups over others. When added to dramatic climate changes that we are experiencing even now, the future for billions of poor people looks increasingly dim.

Instructions

You are to write a minimum of a 5 page persuasive paper for the UN that addresses the following questions about the relationship between atmospheric weather patterns and food security in the developing world:

1. Climate change and global warming are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same phenomenon. What are the differences between the two concepts and what leads to the confusion between them?
2. In 1900, the average global temperature was about 13.7° Celsius (56.7° Fahrenheit) (Osborn, 2021), but as of 2020, the temperature has risen another 1.2°C to 14.9°C (58.9°F). According to the Earth and climate science community, if the Earth’s surface temperature rises another 2°C (3.6°F), we will suffer catastrophic weather patterns that, among other things, will raise sea levels, cause widespread droughts and wildfires, result in plant, insect, and animal extinctions, and reduce agricultural productivity throughout the world (Mastroianni, 2015 and Lindsey & Dahlman, 2020). How much credibility do you place in these projections? Why?
3. There is no question that the Earth’s food sources are threatened by changes in its weather patterns, but what specific challenges does climate change pose to the food security of people in the developing world?
4. There is currently a debate among some multinational lending agencies like the International Monetary Fund, UNICEF, and AID over the financial support for food security has been misused by recipient government officials. On the other hand, U.S. authorities insist that misuse of its assistance is not occurring because it has strict monitoring oversight in place. What is your position on this matter? Is there evidence that financial assistance to developing governments is being widely misused by government officials?

There are many different web-service APIs that can be used in order to create interactive Android applications. Research and discuss three web-service APIs and identify the features associated which each. Integrate support for your research into your initial post and provide the sources in a reference list in APA format at the end of your post. 

Week 2: Discussion

End of chapter 2, Page 61, Case 2.1: Island Shades

Answer questions 1-3 below directly into Canvas.

1. Analyze Terry’s goal and plan based on the concept you learned in this chapter. Are there additional key performance areas that Terry could identify for action? Is her goal realistic? Why or why not?

2. Do you agree with Terry’s view that Island Shades will be successful? Why or why not?

3. Would you recommend any changes or modifications to her goal or plan? Discuss.

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You are required to make at least two comments on the responses posted by your classmates with a minimum of 50 words. Make sure you design your response with your own words. Your responses to your classmates must be of substance; not just “I agree” or “Good Post.” The purpose of the responses is to convert the discussion forum into a quality academic environment through which you improve your knowledge and understanding. Read and review all assigned course materials and chapters before you start working on your assignments.

 Project 4: Human Resources Insider Threat Guidelines
Step 14: Document Findings in a Presentation

You now have all of the information needed to develop the slide presentation that provides information to the San Francisco City office to avert situations similar to the Childs case.

Develop a narrated slide presentation of 10-15 slides that shows your findings. Include all of the information you gathered from your previous research, summaries, and reports.

Before you submit your assignment, review the competencies below, which your instructor will use to evaluate your work. A good practice would be to use each competency as a self-check to confirm you have incorporated all of them. To view the complete grading rubric, click My Tools, select Assignments from the drop-down menu, and then click the project title.

• 1.7: Create neat and professional looking documents appropriate for the project or presentation.
• 2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration.
• 6.3: Integrate the human aspect of cybersecurity into an organization’s cybersecurity policy.

A ping message can be used to test the reachability of a host (such as Google with IP address 8.8.8.8) on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. List the steps a ping message takes to get to a host and what layer of the network communication process each step relates to.

PING and the OSI Layers

Do a bit of research on penetration testing techniques. Investigate and document the following

• Five network penetration testing techniques
• Advantages and disadvantages of each
• One notable social engineering test
• Possible negative implications of penetration testing

Please write between 200 and 300 words

Marshall, D. R., Davis, W. D., Dibrell, C., & Ammeter, A. P. (2019). Learning off the job: Examining part-time entrepreneurs as innovative employees. Journal of Management, 45(8), 3091-3113.

For the above mentioned article, Please create the following-

Cover page

• The cover page will include:
  • Articles Title and Author (s)
  • Name of Journal (s)
  • Date of publication
  • Your name

Executive Summary

• Summarize the significant aspects of the entire article, including:
  • The overall purpose and general area of study of the article.
  • The specific problem being addressed in the study.
  • The main findings of the article.

Literature Review

• Briefly summarize the overall themes presented in the Literature Review.
  • Was the literature review applicable to the study, current and thorough?
  • Were there gaps in the literature review?

Data Analysis

• Identify the methodology used: qualitative, quantitative, mixed? Was the chosen methodology appropriate for the study? Why or why not?
• Did the data analysis prove or disprove the research questions? Explain.

 Results/Conclusion

• In this section, you will address the following:
  • Describe the article’s relevance to the field of knowledge.
  • Outline the strengths and weaknesses of the article. Be specific.
  • Based on the article, what future research do you think needs to be accomplished in this area?
  • What are your key points and takeaways after analyzing the article?

Proper APA in-text citation must be used. The review is to be word-processed double spaced, not less than two pages, and no more than five pages in length.

Paper and Powerpoint needed!!! Instruction attached

Powerpoint 12 slides based off of paper 

COMP 220 Lab 3
Inheritance: Baseball Player and Pitcher Classes

Objectives:

· Develop and apply an appropriate and useful inheritance hierarchy.

· Use multiple cpp and header files effectively to develop modular code.

Background

Assume that all baseball players, regardless of their position, have these two important statistics:

· rbi – runs batted in, a whole number (so you must data type int)

· batting average – real number percentage of hits per at-bat (a real number, so you must use data type double)

Pitchers are baseball players with an additional statistic, era (earned run average), a real number for earned runs per nine innings pitched (so you must use data type double).

Developing the Class Hierarchy

A logical class hierarchy for these two types of objects would use aPlayer class as a parent (base) class for a derived (child) Pitcherclass. The Pitcher class would include all the members of the Player class and have an additional (private) era data member, and, of course, appropriate (public) accessor, mutator and constructor methods.

This relationship is sometimes called a tree, but is also called a hierarchy, more particularly in this case, a class hierarchy. Note that the arrow points from derived (child) class to parent (base) class, which indicates the search path for executing member methods; if the method is not found in the Pitcher class, the compiler looks back to the parent class, Player, to find it.

File Organization (Class Header and Implementation Files, etc.)

Each class (in this case Player and Pitcher) will have its own header (.h) and implementation (.cpp) file, and, of course, there needs to be an executable file that actually uses the class (an application .cpp file with a main function). As with the classes previously developed in the course, the application will be a“driver” program that executes each member function at least once with an arbitrary, but specifictest case data set.

Requirements

Use the given Player class as a base class for Pitcher and add to the BaseballPlayerDriver file code to test the class with the data specified below.

Player class requirements:

1. Create with separate header (Player.h) and implementation (Player.cpp) files.

2. Two private data members, rbi and battingAverage.

3. A parameterized constructor that receives and sets the initial values for both rbi and battingAverage.

4. Two accessor (get) methods that return the values of the data members: getRbi and getBattingAverage.

5. Two mutator methods:

5.1. setRbi that receives a whole number and writes it to the rbi data member.

5.2. setBattingAverage that receives a real number and writes it to the battingAverage data member.

6. showAll accessor method that displays the values of both data members as shown here for an arbitrary test case for a player who has 10 rbi and batting average 0.1234:

rbi = 10
batting average = 123

Note that the battingAverage variable will be a floating point number (double), but it must be rounded and display as a digit integer.

Pitcher class requirements:

1. Pitcher class must be derived from Player class.

2. Create with separate header (Pitcher.h) and implementation (Pitcher.cpp) files.

3. One private data member, era.

4. A parameterized constructor that receives and sets the initial values for all three data members, rbi, battingAverage and era.

5. getEra accessor method that returns the value of era.

6. setEra mutator method that receives a real number and writes it to the era data member.

7. showAll function toover-ride the base class’s showAll function and do the following: call the base class’s showAll function to display the inherited data members’ values and, in addition, output the additional value, the pitcher’s era, as shown for an arbitrary test casefor a pitcher who has 10 rbi, batting average 0.1234 and era of 3.456:

rbi = 10
batting average = 123

era = 3.46

Note that the era variable will be a floating point number (double), but it must be rounded and display to decimal places.

BaseballPlayerDriver class requirements:

1. Tell the user you’re creating a Pitcher with 10 rbi, batting average 0.1234 and era 3.456.

2. Use the parameterized constructor to create to instantiate a Pitcher variable, p1 with initial values 10 rbi, batting average 0.1234 and era 3.456.

3. Tell the user you’re using the get methods to display the values of the data members.

4. Use cout and the three get methods to display the values.

5. Tell the user you’re using the showAll method to display the values of the data members.

6. Call the showAll method.

7. Tell the user you’re using setRbi to change it to 9.

8. Use setRbito change it to 9.

9. UseshowAllto display the data values.

10. Tell the user you’re using setBattingAverage to change it to 0.2345.

11. Use setBattingAverage to change it to 0.2345.

12. Use showAll to display the data values.

13. Tell the user you’re using setEra to change it to 5.678.

14. Use setEra to change it to 5.678.

15. Use showAll to display the data values.

Additional Requirement:

Use the const modifier for member functions that do not write to a data member to guarantee the data members are protected.

Report

Put all five files (Player.h, Player.cpp, Pitcher.h, Pitcher.cpp andBaseballPlayerDriver.cpp ) in a folder called FirstNameLastNameLab3Pitcher, zip it into a file named FirstNameLastNameLab3Pitcher.zip and submit it to the Week 3 Drop Box by the deadline.

 Assigned Readings:Chapter 9: Risk response and Treatment OptionsChapter 10: Risk Monitoring and ControlProject Quality Conference Paper:  https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/practice-three-project-quality-management-7198Project Quality Conferecne Paper:  https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/developing-grading-system-project-quality-6731Six Sigma Conference Paper:  https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/quality-commitment-six-sigma-initiatives-4801Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

• What is TQM?
• What must a Project Quality Plan address?
• What does the cost of quality refer to?
• What is Six Sigma?
• Compare and contrast Quality Control and Quality Assurance.
• Please research and provide a two page, referenced discussion on the logic of identifying and eliminating risk for a project and be sure to include an explanation on how an organization comes to conclusions as to how much revenue and time to commit to this process.

Text

Title: Managing Project Risks; 464 Pages

ISBN: 978-1-119-48975-7

Authors: Peter J. Edwards, Paulo Vaz Serra, Michael Edwards

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2019