These are another student post. Each post
needs to be responded in at least 100 words. This is a discussion board. Please
if you have any questions feel free to ask. This is basically giving feedback
and whether you agree or not.

Post 1

The terms sterilization and disinfection
are often times used in place of one another. There are major differences in
these terms though. Sterilization involves the killing or removing all living
cells from an object (Willey, Sherwood, & Woolverton, 2017, p. 173).
“Disinfection is the killing, inhibition, or removal of microorganisms that may
cause disease” (Willey, Sherwood, & Woolverton, 2017, p. 173). This leaves
many so called good bacteria living. Basically, sterilization kills or removes
all microorganisms, while disinfection only kills or removes harmful
microorganisms. Many antimicrobial chemical agents are disinfectants, because
sterilization is often very harmful to users. It requires very specific usage
in order to not be harmful to people (Willey, Sherwood, & Woolverton, 2017,
p. 183). Sterilization often requires prolonged exposure to the substance in
order to kill all microorganisms. This is often used on medical equipment and
in surgical rooms in order to reduce infection risk (Willey, Sherwood, &
Woolverton, 2017, p. 183). Many of these chemicals must be diluted in order for
safe use. There are several properties of an antimicrobial agent that make it a
good disinfectant. Disinfectants must be effective in destroying
microorganisms, but also safe to use. They should be able to be stored for long
term use, be effective in killing or removal of harmful microorganisms without
being harmful to the user. Disinfecting agents must also be cost effective.
They should also not have a overly strong or unpleasant smell (Willey,
Sherwood, & Woolverton, 2017, p. 180).

Post 2

Quorum sensing is like the communication for
one bacteria to another “cell-cell communication”. This communication between
cells is very important because the development of these organisms rely on it.
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria use quorum sensing communication
circuits to regulate the process of development of multicellular organisms.
These processes include symbiosis, virulence, antibiotic production, motility,
and biofilm formation. Gram-negative bacteria use acylated homoserine lactones
as autoinducers, and Gram-positive bacteria use processed oligo-peptides to
communicate. These new discoveries can help figure out which bacteria will
respond to the different drug treatments. Learning the way that these cells
communicate with on another will help build stronger drugs. Biofilm formation
puts treatments for infectious disease in a very challenging place. It allows
the cells to attach to many surfaces and is very resistant to most treatments.
The biofim formation created a better environment for bacteria to survive,
making them stronger and harder to get rid of.

Week 4September 16^th-September 22^nd

Buddhism

On each week continue after to the the next week after the reference page. No plagiarism….there is questions for each week but not all questions need to be answered.

week 4 read:Chapters 5inInvitation to World Religions

Chapter 5 Selected Readings from the World’s Religious Traditions

In Sacred Readings:

From the Paili Canon on Impurity

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.18.budd.html

Dhamapada – Verse 5

http://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=005

Answer any 3 of the following week 4 essays:

Prompts:

You may use any resources at your disposal. List your sources at the end of each essay. Most of the answers to these questions are directly addressed in your text. Suggested length is 2 or more pages per question (450 to 800 words).

1. What are some of the differences and similarities between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism?

2. Explain some of the key concepts in Buddhism such as: dharma, dukkha, Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, anicca, kamma, nirvana, sunyata, bodhisattvas, and the sangha. (You don’t have to write about every single one them).

3. Address the history and ideology of some of the specific schools within Mahayana Buddhism such as: Tibetan, Tantric, Zen, Nichiren and Pure Land. (You don’t have to write about all of them.)

4. Write about the importance of monasticism or meditation in Buddhist tradition.

5. Consider doing some research on the current Dalai Lama and presenting it in an essay.

6. Comment upon several of the Sacred Readings (links above). You may look at any of the selections you wish. Try doing some additional research on the works.

You might consider looking at the following video for help with your essays on Buddhism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJX9-gHv0IQ

Essays for weeks 4 through 7 are due by Monday October 15^th (11:59 p.m.)

You should send them directly to the professor through Blackboard. Please attach the 4 weeks of essays (10 total essays) in a single Microsoft Word file using the Assignment Submission tab within the Assignment section of the Blackboard menu. Be sure to number your questions, put them in order, and identify the week. Don’t forget to include your sources or bibliography.

Please submit all questions together in one attachment. Do not create an attachment or folder for each question or week. Number them, separate them by week and put them all in one single attachment.

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Week 5 September 23^rd -September 29^th

Daoism (Taoism)

Confucianism

for week 5 read: Chapter 8in Invitation to World Religions

Chapter 8 Selected Readings from the World’s Religious Traditions

Answer any 2 of the following week 5 essays:

1. Compare and contrast elements of Taoism with Confucianism. Be sure to include some of the following key concepts: yin & yang, chi, de (te), wu wei, tian, harmony, relationships, filial piety, jen (ren), shu, li, hsueh.

2. Explore on your own some of the Chinese scriptures such as: the Analects, Tao te Ching, Mencius, I Ching, Confucius’ Ethics and Politics, the works of Chuang Tzu. Share your thoughts on the particular readings you have chosen. (You will have to look outside your text for much of this information.)

3. Comment upon selected Taoist or Confucian scriptures from the Sacred Readings website or the readings with links above. How do the scriptures or reading you have selected (tell me specifically which ones you have chosen to write about) compare with the historical and theological information presented in the Invitation to World Religions text?

4. Answer Review Questions # 1, 3 and 4 from p. 292 of Invitation to World Religions (end of Chapter 8)

Essays for weeks 4 through 7 are due by Monday October 15^th (11:59 p.m.)

You should send them directly to the professor through Blackboard. Please attach the 4 weeks of essays (10 total essays) in a single Microsoft Word file using the Assignment Submission tab within the Assignment section of the blackboard menu. Be sure to number your questions, put them in order, and identify the week. Don’t forget to include your sources or bibliography.

Please submit the questions together in one attachment. Do not create an attachment or folder for each question or week. Number them, separate them by week and put them all in one single attachment.

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Week 6September 30^th -October 6^th

Jainism

Shinto

for week 5 read: Chapters6 & 9in Invitation to World Religions

Chapters 6 & 9 Selected Readings from the World’s Religious Traditions

Jainism – Acarangasutra, The Third Lesson

http://www.sacred-texts.com/jai/sbe22/sbe2222.htm

Shinto Rituals

http://sacred-texts.com/shi/yengi.htm

Answer 1 Jain question and 1 Shinto questionfrom the following week 6 essays:

1. How is ancient Chinese polytheism like Shinto? In what ways are they different? In what ways are Shinto unlike any other world religions? You might address things like ancestor worship, kami, divination, shrines, ritual, miko, Kojiki, I Ching, zoomorphism, roles of kings & emperors, shamans & priests.

2. Discuss Jainism along with its ideologies, scriptures and practices. Compare it to the Hindu culture from which it evolves. How is Jainism similar and dissimilar to Buddhism?

3. Answer Review Questions 2 and 4, and Further Reflection question # 3 (on page 214) at the end of the Invitation to World Religions chapter on Jainism.

4. Trace the evolution of the revival of Shinto in the modern period (19^th and 20^th centuries).

Essays for weeks 4 through 7 are due by Monday October 15^th (11:59 p.m.)

You should send them directly to the professor through Blackboard. Please attach the 4 weeks of essays (10 total essays) in a single Microsoft Word file using the Assignment Submission tab within the Assignment section of the blackboard menu. Be sure to number your questions, put them in order, and identify the week. Don’t forget to include your sources or bibliography.

Please submit all questions together in one attachment. Do not create an attachment or folder for each question or week. Number them, separate them by week and put them all in one single attachment.

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Week7October 7^th -October 13^th

Judaism

Zoroastrianism

for week 6read: Chapters 10 & 11in Invitation to World Religions

Chapters 10 & 11 Selected Readings from the World’s Religious Traditions

In Sacred Readings:

Look at and Listen to a few Zoroastrian Scriptures

http://www.avesta.org/ka/index.html

Jewish Rabbinic Text –Pirke Avot (The Sayings of the Fathers)

http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/sjf04.htm

Write2Jewish essays and 1Zoroastrianessay:

Prompts:

You may use any resources at your disposal. List your sources at the end of each essay.Not all the answers to these questions are directly addressed in your text. Appropriately cite any sources if you are quoting or closely borrowing from an author’s text (physical or electronic). Suggested length is 2 or more pages per question (450 to 800 words).

1.At what point can Jewish myths from the scriptural tradition be separated from Jewish history? Why is the scriptural tradition so important and why do you think it has been so enduring (its narrative directly integrated into the two largest religions in the world today, Christianity and Islam)?

2.Outline the significance of the notion of “Oral Torah” and later development of the Mishnah, Midrash, Hagaddah, Halakah and Talmud. Address the evolving role of the synagogue in Jewish history and tradition. Why do you think Judaism was comprised of so many movements or parties (Scribes, Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots, Herodians, Essenes) in the centuries surrounding the beginning of the Common Era (CE or AD) ?

3. How is Judaism transformed in the Medieval period and how have those changes effected the evolving shape of Judaism into the modern period?

4. Write about the significance of ceremony, tradition and scripture in modern Jewish practice.Describe some of the modern Jewish movements (Reform, Orthodox, Conservative, Hasidic, Reconstructionist).

5. Answer Review Questions 1, 2 & 5 at the end of Chapter 10 (page 348) in Invitation to World Religions.

6. What are some of the most important factors concerning the ancient origin and history of Zoroastrianism?

7. Discuss some of the Zoroastrian influences upon Judaism and Christianity.

8. Write an essay about Judaism in America.

Essays for weeks 4 through 7 are due by Monday October 15^th (11:59 p.m.)

You should send them directly to the professor through Blackboard. Please attach the 4 weeks of essays (10 total essays) in a single Microsoft Word file using the Assignment Submission tab within the Assignment section of the Blackboard menu. Be sure to number your questions, put them in order, and identify the week. Don’t forget to include your sources or bibliography.

Please submit all questions together in one attachment. Do not create an attachment or folder for each question or week. Number them, separate them by week and put them all in one single attachment.

Written Assignment 2: Digital Media Literacy

Written Assignment 2: Digital Media Literacy

For this paper you will draw on your knowledge of content pedagogy to assess how the following six factors associated with online reading could impact how you plan and teach lessons that utilize digital media literacy.

1. locating information with a search engine,
2. questioning credibility of information,
3.confirming credibility of information,
4. identifying main ideas from a single online resource
5. synthesizing information across multiple online resources,
6. communicating a justified, source-based position.

This paper must:
– Be at a minimum 3 double spaced pages and a reference page, Times New Roman, 12 pt font,
-Use the most recent APA format
– Reflect graduate-level language usage, conventions, and content
-Provide specific, and if necessary, cited research to support your assertations
– Adhere to any additional requirements set-forth by the course instructor

Here is the article that discusses the six factors in-depth: a link to the full text can also be found in the overview for this module.

Reading to learn from online information: Modeling the factor Structure. July 2018, Journal of Literacy Research

• DOI: 10.1177/1086296X18784640

http://journals.sagepub.com.library.esc.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/1086296X18784640

“Union Pacific Corporation” Please respond to the following:

• Perform
  an analysis of the social / demographic, technological, economic,
  environmental / geographic, and political/legal / governmental segments
  to understand the general environment facing Union Pacific. 
• Describe how Union Pacific will be affected by each of these external factors

“Five Forces of Competition Model” Please respond to the following:

• Research the industry of your choice in light of the Five Forces of Competition Model. The industry you selected using the Five Forces
  of Competition Model to determine the impact of each of the five
  forces.
• Based on your analysis, determine if the industry is attractive or unattractive. Explain your rationale

This assignment will involve exploring concepts in sensation and perception through a child’s book.

Directions

Read Chapter 4 in your textbook.

Have you ever wondered how we see or hear? How we get sensory information and make meaning of our world? The processes of sensation and perception help us to understand the biology and psychology behind our sensory systems. In this assignment, you are going to write a children’s book on the visual or auditory system.

You will research the auditory and visual systems. You will need to use your textbook as a reference. Additionally, you will need to find at least 2 other reputable sources. Note that some of the required topics listed below are not in the text and will require additional research (e.g. deafness, optical illusions).
You must choose which information from your research and the textbook is the most interesting and useful to include in your children’s book.

You will need to include the following about vision in your children’s book: light waves, pupil, iris, lens, retina, rods and cones, optic nerve and then can stop your explanation at the visual cortex. You must also explain color perception. Finally, you must provide examples of and fully explain 2 optical illusions.

You will need to include the following about hearing in your children’s book: sound waves, eardrum, middle ear, cochlea, basilar membrane, hair cells, auditory nerve and can stop your explanation at the auditory cortex. You must also explain pitch perception. Finally, you must explain conductive deafness and sensorineural deafness and then discuss the use of either sign language or cochlear implants.

Books must have a title and front cover, 12-18 “book” pages covering the require components listed above, and a reference page (of all sources used).

Be creative and be sure to use language and examples appropriate for a 6-year old child. You are strongly encouraged to include pictures/images to better illustrate your text, as well as make the book interesting for your audience. However, remember to give appropriate credit for any images or direct quotations.