Research Paper

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1.) Why might a contaminated food make a child sick, but not affect an adult? Which populations are at highest risk of food-borne illness and explain why. 2.) List 3 methods for maintaining food preparation areas that are clean and germ-free.

Pathogens in Food Although the US has one of the safest food supplies in the world, Americans still suffer from foodborne illnesses.  According to the CDC, an estimated 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases each year in the United States. What causes foodborne illness? To get sick from a foodborne illness, we have to eat foods or beverages that are contaminated with harmful agents.  These are mostly caused by disease-causing microbes, or pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, or molds.  Think E. Coli, salmonella,  and norovirus (o...

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Psychology Week 9 Assignment

cf_your_career_in_aba_template1.docx Week 9 Assignment: Your Career in Applied Behavior Analysis PART 1: SMART Goals Using SMART goals, identify three goals you have for your career. Try to think beyond completion of this program and becoming certified. Below are some suggested goals that relate to a career in behavior analysis: networking, attending conferences, completing specific CEs on a new topic, publishing research, developing curriculum, etc. Smart Goal 1 Expand Specific: What exactly should I be doing to help me achieve my goal? Measurable: How do you...

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Discipline Based Literature Review

Analyze and describe the psychometric methodologies employed in the development and/or validation of the tests and/or assessment procedures associated with each of the three topics. Debate any relevant approaches to assessment of the constructs being evaluated by any tests and assessments you described.

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L&CP Week 3 Assignment: Instructions Respond to the following... | Psychology

Instructions Respond to the following questions. What is the importance, if any, of officer intent and motive in the "objective standard of reasonable force" under the current state of the law? Contrast the definition of probable cause with that of reasonable suspicion. Complete the following questions: Compare and contrast Fourth Amendment stops with full custodial arrests.  Explain four ways arrests are more invasive than stops. Identify the scope and time frame of "incident" to arrest. Describe the Robinson rule and the justification for it. According to the Supreme Court, how broad i...

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Sociology

Be sure to read Becoming a Master Student Chapter 2 "Time" and then complete and submit the following exercises on a separate document (Microsoft word, etc..).  The document will likely be multiple pages due to the number of exercises and your skills shot.  Submit them all to me at once in one file.  Complete the exercises and skills snapshots to receive full credit for this weeks exercises/snapshots (50 points).  Please List the questions and then answer them.

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Reply 2-1 cc

Reply to:   The naturalistic observation advantage is that you will be able to study multiple subjects simultaneously when they are in their "natural environment" like a coffee shop or a book store. The disadvantage of this approach is if the subjects know they are being observed for research purposes there is a chance they will alter their behavior so they can act the way the researcher wants them to. The multiple subjects also can cause a researcher to miss a behavior that might be important to the researcher. Phenomenological studies involve experience, a psychologist in this type of study...

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discussion 3 psychology

How will APA 6th edition in-text citations, reference page and the reference rules help you when researching and writing your literature review? Give three examples how each can help you improve your writing?

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Types of Groups

Compare one of the types of groups presented in the Group Counseling: Concepts and Procedures text to a traditional interpersonal psychotherapy group as described in the "The Interpersonal Model of Group Psychotherapy " article (each linked in Resources).

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mental health consultation

For this assignment, you will take on the role of a mental health professional providing a consultation to a colleague. Your colleague in this case happens to be a licensed clinical psychologist. Carefully review the PSY645 Fictional Mental Health Consultation Scenario (Links to an external site.) which provides information on your colleague’s patient and specific questions your colleague has posed to you as a consultant. Once you have reviewed the scenario, research a minimum of two peer-reviewed articles in the Ashford University Library related to the situation(s) presented in the scenario...