Applied Science

Create a new thread. As indicated above, select two tools described in chapter 7 from different categories, and describe how these tools could be used to develop a policy for optimizing bus and local train schedules to minimize energy use and passenger wait times in a SmartCity environment.tools Visualization Argumentation participation Opinion mining SimulationSerious games Tools specifically designed for policy makes persuasive Social network analysis (SNA) Big data analytics Semantics and linked data

Decision making is a function relegated to department officers of rank who are empowered with the authority to make decisions that affect many other emergency response personnel. Discuss the concepts and importance of CRM and The 2&7 Tool as both are applied to the fire service. Include details of each element of both managerial decision-making applications.

Explain the three different types of factors for multi-factor authentication. Remember to cite at least one scholarly peer-reviewed article. All citations should be in APA format.

Imagine that you work for an organization that has no Internet use policy; employees use the Internet in whatever way they want using company-owned personal computers (PCs). Could this cause a problem for the organization? Explain the importance of information security policies and the role they play in ensuring sound and secure business information. Discuss the following IT security policies and the level of protection each policy provides in the context of the scenario: Internet use policy, External device use policy, Employee identity (ID) policy, Computer use policy. How would each policy help the situation described in the scenario? How might each policy hinder the situation described in your assigned scenario? Include your rationale for whether each policy helps or hinders the situation in your assigned scenario. Submit your initial post (minimum 250 words) by Thursday and at least two (2) responses (minimum 100 words each) to others’ initial posts by Sunday.

If you have you been involved with a company doing a redesign of business processes, discuss what went right during the redesign and what went wrong from your perspective. Additionally, provide a discussion on what could have been done better to minimize the risk of failure. If you have not yet been involved with a business process redesign, research a company that has recently completed one and discuss what went wrong, what went right, and how the company could have done a better job minimizing the risk of failure.

Cite from the Sources for the Cultures of the West reader any work of literature from chapters 19-23 and answer the below question in at least 150 words. Remember: proper syntax and two replies of the same length are required for full credit.What role did religion play in the modern world leading up to the beginning of the Twentieth Century? Was it as relevant in pushing the narrative of Western Civilization as it was during the Renaissance and Enlightenment? Did it win or lose most of its ideological battles during this time? Why? How does your selected source show this?I will send you chapter readings in Few hours…And students post in few hours… you need to reply to 2 students..

Please answer any five questions from the list below using a short essay format. Your answers should be around 300-500 words and should ideally use materials from the Slides as well as ideas from the lecture and readings (no citation necessary).1.What were some of the major causes of the break-up of Yugoslavia? (List and briefly explain at least three.) Which cause do you find most convincing and why?2.What is cultural syncretism and how is it reflected in Balkan music and culture? In what ways has cultural syncretism been historically denied in this region and why?3.How does punk challenge “respectable” and “normative” presentation of femininity and masculinity? What symbolic resources did early British and American punk use to challenge gender and sexual norms and forms of public presentation? Do you find similar strains of “queer” and “feminist” punk in 1980s Yugoslavia? Provide at least two examples from songs/music videos referenced in the readings or the slides.4.What can album covers of Yugoslav punk and rock bands tell us about Yugoslav punk and its historical context? Provide at least two examples.5.How did punk and rock bands engage or challenge issues of unified Yugoslav identity and authoritarian nature of the socialist state during the 1980s? Provide at least two examples from songs/music videos referenced in the readings or the slides.6.With what sort of values/ideologies and communities was turbo-folk associated in 1990s Serbia? Is Eric Gordy in his article, “The Destruction of Musical Alternatives,” arguing that turbo-folk is inherently violent and backward? Why or why not?7.How has turbo-folk transformed since the 1990s vis-a-vis representations of national identity and gender? Provide at least two examples from songs/music videos referenced in the readings or the slides.8.What was the role of popular music in Croatia in the 1990s during the Yugoslav breakup and the Croatian War of Independence? How did Croatian popular music try to represent a unique Croatian cultural identity and what were some of the features of that identity?

The backlash against the fallen woman films of the late 1920s and 1930s was representative of a larger social panic over changing sexual mores and Hollywood’s role in glamorizing female aggressiveness, delinquency, and prostitution.We often hereabout “cancel culture” mostly in relation to sexual misconduct or racist behavior, does “cancel culture” affect men more than women?Compare and/or contrast the social panic about “fallen women” films to more recent ones in your lifetime (ex: the “wardrobe malfunction” of Janet Jackson during halftime of the 2004 Super Bowl).How are these events indicative of much larger concerns and anxieties circulating in society?

Initial prompt: Research common rocks and minerals in your region. In your 200-400 word initial post, describe at least 3 rocks that are found in your region, including their classification (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary), the minerals that compose each rock, and the type of location that each rock can be found (near ocean, mountain, valley, etc).

the impact of video  game on behavior