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The Science of Nutrition, Third Edition, Thompson JL, Manore MM, Vaughan LA, 2012, Pearson/Benjamin Cummings (2nd edition is acceptable.)

Part 1(this part is already done by me):
Keep a food record for 4 Days and enter data into the diet analysis program of your choice.Keep written 4 day food record with at least one weekend day. A 4-day record of food intake will give you an average that is a more accurate reflection of nutrient status than a single day. Keep an accurate food record and include the foods, the portion sizes, the time of day meals and snacks are eaten and any other patterns you notice about your eating routine. It would be best to make your entries at least once a day if not 2 or 3 times a day. Do Not try to improvise!
After you have established a profile you are ready to enter your 4 day food record. Select “Day 1” and enter the data, then “Day 2”, and enter then “Day 3” etc. and enter. (The Super Tracker asks for dates.) Make sure you enter foods into specific days or dates. Also, be sure to organize them according to breakfast, lunch etc. Enter your “helping size” by using the portion sizes available to you as you enter the foods (in Tbls, cups, ounces etc.) Enter the real amount of food that you ate. Be precise to get the most accurate assessment. (Hint: Most students underestimate the amount of food they eat. Be accurate.) Refresh your memory about portion sizes by reading Chapter 2 from your text book The Science of Food or visit mypyramid.gov for portion size information.
Part 2:
Use the “Reports” to analyze your dietary intake.

For this assignment you will use a combination of food AND nutrient analysis reports: From MyDietAnalysis you will need the “Actual Intake VS Recommended Intake”(file:///C:/Users/Adina/Downloads/Actual_Intakes_-vs-_Recommended_Intakes_Report.html), “The Plate”(the USDA plate guideline), “Meal Assessment Report”(file:///C:/Users/Adina/Downloads/Meal_Assessment_Report.html), “Calorie Distribution”(file:///C:/Users/Adina/Downloads/Calorie_Assessment_Report.html) and “All Nutrients Spreadsheet”(file:///C:/Users/Adina/Downloads/All_Nutrients_Spreadsheet_Report.html).
Write a comprehensive assessment of your nutrient intake in narrative form. This section should take up at least 1-2 pages. Do NOT outline information from the reports but rather comment on the content of the reports. Address the following topics:
Actual VS Recommended for macronutrients: Compares your intake levels to the “Recommended Intake ” (DRIs). You need to report on : calories, protein, carbohydrate, fat, saturated fat, fiber. You must include examples of the foods that contributed the most of these nutrients to your intake (check the Nutrient Spreadsheet for these details.) If you choose weight loss address how much lower your caloric recommendation is for your profile.
Actual VS Recommended for micronutrients: Discuss any nutrient that was significantly greater or less than the recommendation according to the DRI’s (25 % more or less). YOU NEED TO ADDRESS the following nutrients regardless: Vit. A, Vit. C, Vit. D, Vit. E, folate, iron, calcium, sodium and potassium. Refer to the Nutrient Spreadsheet to determine what foods contribute to these levels. You MUST include examples of the foods that contribute to these nutrient levels. If levels are low, what foods would increase them? If they are high, address what foods contributed to those levels? Explain any pattern you see.
AMDR (Calorie Distribution, % of calories from fat, carbohydrate and protein): Compare your macronutrient distribution with the AMDR for Carbohydrate, Protein and Fat. Explain how well your intake falls into these categories. Be careful not to confuse the AMDR with the “Actual VS Recommended” percent measures. They are different measures.
The Plate Diagram: How does your food intake compare to the USDA Plate guideline? Discuss the food groups in excess and short of the target number of servings and again use examples from your own dietary intake.
Explain whether the “Plate” is predictable or not based on your nutrient status from the nutrient report. This is a little tricky but helps you understand that the food pyramid is not always a reliable tool for assessing nutrient levels. Example 1: Your Vitamin C levels exceed the recommendations but your fruit and vegetable intake were both considerably lower than the target. You notice in the All Nutrient’s Spreadsheet or the Food Details report that the green peppers in your beef/pepper stir fry gave you all the vitamin C you need for one day. Example 2: If your fiber levels are low according to the nutrient report you would expect your fruit and vegetable levels to be low in the Plate Report or Food Groups report. If your fruit level is high in this case it may well be from excessive amount of juice. You could find this out by using the All Nutrient’s Spreadsheet or the Food Details report.
Meal Assessment : Discuss any patterns you see in nutrient or food intake. What meal gives you the most calories/least calories? How about the most nutrient density? Explain any other patterns that you noticed from your own notes about your food intake, i.e. did you eat more/less on the weekend day? Did you tend to eat more regular meals on the weekdays…etc. Analyze why these patterns may exist. This part will depend on how well you took notes about your eating habits. It will include an explanation about your style of eating (why you make your food choices…convenience, cost, cultural, taste preference, nutritional, etc….)

 

Part 3: What will you do with this information?
Based on the above analysis of your food and nutrient intake AND based on what you have learned about nutrition and health, specifically address the changes you would make to improve your nutrient and food intake. This section should take up close to a full page. Refer back to your assessment and explain how current nutrient levels may impact your health if continued on a regular basis. Use your textbook and outline the types of health issues you might face if you don’t make changes. Example: Saturated fat levels are 25% above the recommended. You would describe the health consequences you could face if you continue to eat and excess of foods high in saturated fat. State the foods that contribute to these levels and what realistic dietary changes you can make to decrease saturated fat in your diet.

If you choose to lose or gain weight in your profile, explain how your dietary changes will affect caloric intake, what physical activity you will add to your daily routine, and how those 2 changes together will impact weight. Finally address how this assignment has helped you: Did you gain some practical information that will be useful to you? What has been most eye-opening for you?

Include examples…include examples…include examples~! What foods you ate; what you will eat or will avoid to better meet your needs…BE SPECIFIC and realistic. Students miss points only because they do not include real food examples (You need to say more than “ I will eat fruits and vegetables more often”…state what kind and what nutrients they will provide.

 

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Abstracted from an unpublished paper by Mel Hall-Crawford in Rothman (2005) From the front lines: Student cases in social work ethics. Boston: Allyn and Bacon p.125
Young woman working on a computer with a supervisor standing beside her.Employee assistance programs (EAP’s) are increasingly being utilized in both the private and public sector with the general goal of addressing employee problems that impact on work performance and conduct, on their attendance, and on other issues that affect their ability to perform their assigned tasks in an optimal manner. Programs are generally available to employees through self-referrals or through either formal or informal referrals by supervisors. They are generally unlimited in terms of the types of problems that may be addressed.

Elena, a Japanese-American woman, is a self-referred employee in a large corporation, who asks for assistance from the employee assistance program due to the great deal of difficulty she is experiencing in performing her duties as a policy analyst. She recently separated from her husband and describes their relationship as filled with anger and mistrust. However, since he has left, she has become very frightened of being alone, and she feels very isolated, both at work and in her personal life. Her job is her sole source of support, and, beyond that, her sole opportunity to interact with others.

Elena feels that she has been assigned an impossible task of creating a database, a project she has been working on for over two years. She is frustrated by the lack of clarity from her supervisor regarding expectations and expresses concern that her job is in jeopardy. Elena says she stares at a blank computer screen in her office hour after hour, getting almost nothing done, and has actually curled up on the floor and cried on occasion.

Though Elena repeatedly refuses suggestions of involving her supervisor in these discussions, the worker feels that this is advisable in order to determine (1) if things are as bad as Elena describes them (2) if perhaps the supervisor could clarify what was expected of Elena so her job performance could improve. However, the worker is also concerned that bringing this situation out in the open might further jeopardize Elena’s job security in that such a meeting would spotlight Elena’s job performance and force the supervisor to examine the severity of the situation. Elena reluctantly consents to involve her supervisor.

During the meeting, her supervisor indicates that she wants to be supportive of Elena, but she also acknowledges that Elena’s emotional state is indeed affecting her work performance. Elena breaks down in tears at this, but finally it is agreed that the supervisor will work with her to help her gain a better sense of how to proceed with her assignment and will also give her other intervening projects that would give Elena a sense of closure and accomplishment in her job. The worker agrees to help Elena deal with the larger issue of her depression and emotional problems by exploring other treatment options and by continuing counseling.

Following this meeting, Elena receives an informal performance appraisal rating her work as “satisfactory”, a decline from prior ratings of “excellent” and a bad rating by general corporation standards. She believes that her job is in jeopardy and that a bad rating would make it difficult, if not impossible, for her to find another position.

The worker feels an obligation to protect Elena’s best interest, but she is unsure whether she should continue to try to resolve Elena’s work situation without involving the supervisor or to urge that the supervisor be brought into the process to gain needed perspective and clarification. There is also a concern about whether the worker’s urging Elena to give her consent to supervisory involvement infringes on her self-determination. Because Elena’s job appears to be in greater jeopardy since the involvement of her supervisor, the worker feels responsible.

However, the worker is also concerned about the larger ethical dilemma. What is her obligation to her client and to the larger employer of both Elena and herself? What if her obligation to her employer (to support and maintain optimum job performance for employees, which in this case might mean terminating Elena) and her obligation to her client (to keep her in a stable job situation, through which she is able to support herself) conflict?

Go back to the ethical framework you devised for yourself in Module Three. Resolve the Elena dilemma based on the ethical framework you created. Your paper should use specific elements of your chosen framework to address the Elena case in reference to your responsibility to:

Yourself
Those who are close to you (your own family, friends, etc.)
All of your potential clients (including individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities)
Elena as your specific client
Elena’s supervisor
Other colleagues
Your employer
Society as a whole.
Your paper should conclude with a summary of the steps you plan to use in addressing the Elena case and reflection on your greatest struggle in addressing this case.

 

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I have numbered the posts 1-2-3-4-5. Can you please write at least 100 words or little over relevant content to these posts in your with own words. If you find any research with references and citations, it will be great also. These are discussion post , perhaps you do not need to answer each line just follow important context from the post to make comments, your own thoughts, own knowledge and probing question that move the conversation forward. Thanks!!!
(1) Reliability refers to the consistency or stability of test/measure scores. Reliability means dependability or trustworthiness. In quantitative research, measures must be reliable in order to claim for the validity of the findings. All measures contain errors, so the more errors in the data, the less valid for claims or generalization. Reliability can be measured in several ways through correlation: Test-retest, Equivalent forms, Internal consistency, Intra-scorer, Inter-scorer reliability. Validity refers to the fact that the instrument actually measures what it claims to measure. The concept of validity is that the validity for whom or for what. Validity is only evaluated in terms of purpose and is categorized in several different types: content, construct, concurrent, and predictable validates.
(2) Data is only good if they are true reflections of what you are trying to measure. So making sure that the way you are collecting data helps with this goal. For instance, if your method or your instruments or scales are unworthy or poorly designed, then others cannot really trust the data you have collected. So in addition to making sure that your data collection method is scientifically justifiable, you must also ensure that your instruments are both valid and reliable. You need to know the difference of these two terms. Valid means that the scale you are using is truly measuring what you purport to be measuring, and reliable means that the data collection will be true over time, so you compare the data collected over time, and if the scale is reliable, there will be no significant changes over time (that is why we collect multiple times to ensure that there are no significant changes.
(3) One of the aspects in looking at the outcomes of a research report is determining if the researcher analyzed the data accurately and did not make a Type I or Type II error in their statistical analysis. In addition, looking at the source of the tools that were used in the research. Did the researcher explore to ensure that the tool used in their research is based on a reliable and valid tool from previous research on the tool. This is another aspect of looking at the reliability and validity of quantitative research. Any thoughts?
(4) The data collections tools validity is a great example of determining whether the data is reliable within a quantitative study. Without establishing tools that will produce valid data the research is viewed more of an opinion of the population in question. For example, if I were to ask a neighborhood which ice cream was the best and base that data on the neighborhood as a whole my research is not valid. I do not have the support of my proposal that coffee flavored will be the best if my research is based solely on the opinions of my participants. I would need financial data stating which flavor is purchased more often, those who eat ice cream, age groups, season and so on.
(5) Quantitative research is research that uses numerical analysis. In essence, this approach reduces the data into numbers. The researcher knows in advance what he/she is looking for and all aspects of the study are carefully designed before the data is collected. The objective of quantitative research is to develop and employ mathematical models, theories and/or hypotheses pertaining to phenomena. Validity is the extent to which an instrument measures what it is supposed to measure and performs as it is designed to perform. It is rare, if nearly impossible, that an instrument be 100% valid, so validity is generally measured in degrees. As a process, validation involves collecting and analyzing data to assess the accuracy of an instrument. There are numerous statistical tests and measures to assess the validity of quantitative instruments, which generally involves pilot testing.

 

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Read the Novella Siddhartha. Write a 400-500 word summary on it. No more than 500 words. The first paragraph will cover setting and the main character description. The first sentence must contain author, title and setting, and nothing else. The next 3-4 sentences must describe the main character. The second paragraph must tell the plot. The first/second sentences must give an overview of the novel. The next 5-7 sentences must tell the stages in the story and then the concluding action. In the next section, you must explain the motives in the story in detail. And you should briefly discuss the issues and meanings in the novella. That is probably two paragraphs. Arial font.

 

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Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act has led to a tremendous amount of litigation, including lawsuits against fire departments. Assume that a firefighter/paramedic learns he has Type II diabetes. You are his station Captain and you learn through the “rumor mill” that he has a medical problem. You become increasingly concerned about his health, and about his ability to perform his duties. He is gaining lots of weight, falls asleep during paramedic training, is not working out with the other on-duty personnel, and you are getting feedback from his crew members that he is having performance issues on ALS runs
Given the situation and conditions, include your opinion of the following when completing this written assignment:
Render your opinion as to whether this firefighter is considered “disabled” under the ADA.
List what steps the department might take to “reasonably accommodate” him.
Determine whether or not lawful authority exists for the department to require a medical evaluation to confirm he is healthy enough to perform the essential functions of the job.
Determine whether the department can ultimately suspend or terminate him if he can not adequately perform his job duties.
You can find additional information on the ADA here: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
General Instructions for Written Assignmentsbar
Your written assignment is intended to test your understanding of important concepts and sharpen your intellectual skills of analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and application. The intent of the written assignment is to provide an opportunity to more fully describe, explain, and analyze the books and other sources.
There are three main resources that will enable you to successfully complete written assignments:
Writing Resource Center- link here for access to writing resources developed by Empire State College and the Genesee Valley Center Writing Program.
Hamilton College’s Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center- link here for general writing advice.
Empire State College’s Writer’s Complex – link here for writing tips and assistance.

 

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These questions from certificate course in cognitive behavioural therapy, my language is not English ,,so would like to written by simple language and don’t wanted to look like exactly essay because its reflective journal

 

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My topic is "are university graduates more successful in their careers than those that have not been to university?". I would like to have an essay which will not be too broad, it would be better to do an accent on group of people with different opinions. Also instead of 10 pages of essay, I wrote 14 and I would like to have this 4 extra pages written as my personal journal, about how i made this work , with kind of my thoughts and explanations. Also in the beginning of this work I would like to have something like a "research proposal", which will contain: -Title, – Introduction, -Aim, – Literature review, -Methodology, -Time scale, -References.

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The Committee system in the Scottish Parliament is a much better model for debating and scrutinising draft legislation than its equivalent at Westminster.? Discuss

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Section 1:
Title, Rationale, Aims and Objectives
A.The title should reflect the project content
E.g.: ‘The demand for dark tourism in Prague’
B.The Rationale should outline the background to the project and make reference to
some relevant literature. Set out a reasoned case as to why your research is
needed/worthwhile and how your work builds on what literature/research exists
already. The background section should lead smoothly into a statement of the
research questions and aims and objective.
C.Aim
–state clearly what you are trying to achieve overall
Overall aim: to explore the dark tourism in Prague
D.Objectives
-state precisely. Identify clear goals for the research; indicate what your
intended purposes are.
You should choose the title of this project and it must be related in Dark tourism in Prague.
You should include general tourist information linked to your project…
The Reference list should include ONLY books and article without any internet sources !

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Reflection Paper Guidelines – Paper # 1 The two goals of the Reflection Papers are 1) to give you an opportunity to pause and reflect on what you are learning about being an effective communicator and team member and 2) to tie the concepts, ideas, and terms from the textbook to your group experiences in an academic and informed way.
A great way to do this is to go somewhere different
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a place where you can sit quietly, and have space to pause, think, consider, and reflect. If you are keeping a journal of your observations and personal/team learning, bring it along to use as a reference, or to jot down more notes as they arise.
Students will submit two (2) reflection papers
during the semester, utilizing concepts from the chapter readings. Topics for each paper will be assigned by the instructor
(see pg. 2)
and will be relevant to the course materials and group process dynamics. In each paper the student will reflect on the assigned topic, relate it to personal and classroom experience, reference the chapter readings, relate it to their group project work and discuss how these concepts can be incorporated into their personal or professional development.
Choose two concepts, one from Chapter 1
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Group and Team Principles and Practices and one from Chapter 4
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Preparing to Collaborate. 2.

In addition to the above two concepts, you will include one concept from Chapter 12
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Enhancing Creativity in Groups & Teams, OR Chapter 3
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Group Formation,
for a total of three concepts per paper.
3.

Write about how you and your team have been
impacted
by the concept. Be sure to include specific stories and examples that support the concepts. Think about how you connect with these concepts in your final project/chapter presentation teams. Given your experiences, how would you apply these concepts in future teams? What action steps would you take to ensure effective/positive team outcomes? Be sure to apply the tools/skills
you’v
e learned throughout the course

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