The topic has already been chosen. It is to be on Blue Fin Tuna, Atlantic and Pacific population. Primary focus of the paper is going to be the ecological cascades of what would happen if the Blue Fin Tuna went extinct and what is being done to protect them. Also hard data needs to be included on what the projections are for them being extinct if we keep fishing for them at the rate we are. Has to include 15 scholar references and can include graphics throughout the paper. I already have 15 sources with an annotated bibliography and will provide the instructions on how the paper will be broken down.

Hospitals and other health care settings will often implement Transmission-Based Precautions to prevent or help reduce the spread of infections to health care workers, as well other patients in their care. These Transmission-Based Precautions are designed to supplement standard precautions in patients/residents with documented or suspected infection/colonization of highly transmissible or epidemiologically important pathogens. The three categories of Transmission-Based Precautions include:

Contact Precautions
Droplet Precautions
Airborne Precautions
For your initial post, choose one of the Transmission based Precautions listed above to research. Include what the definition of the precaution is, when it would be implemented and what type of personal protective equipment (PPE) a health care worker would be required to wear when coming in contact with a patient under that particular precaution.

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How do Fuel Cells Work?
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Watch the video on how fuel cells work. Submit 1) an outline the presentation (50 points) 2) show the balanced chemical equation that was discussed in the video (50 points).

How to write an outline

An outline presents a picture of the main ideas and the subsidiary ideas of a subject. Some typical uses of outlining might be an essay, a term paper, a book review, or a speech. For any of these, an outline will show a basic overview and important details. It’s a good idea to make an outline for yourself even if it isn’t required by your professor, as the process can help put your ideas in order.

Some professors will have specific requirements, like requiring the outline to be in sentence form or have a “Discussion” section. A students first responsibility, of course, is to follow the requirements of the particular assignment. What follows illustrates only the basics of outlining.

Basic outline form
The main ideas take Roman numerals (I, II, …) and should be in all-caps. Sub-points under each main idea take capital letters (A, B, …) and are indented. Sub-points under the capital letters, if any, take Arabic numerals (1, 2, …) and are further indented. Sub-points under the numerals, if any, take lowercase letters (a, b, …) and are even further indented.

MAIN IDEA
Subsidiary idea or supporting idea to I
Subsidiary idea or supporting idea to I
Subsidiary idea to B
Subsidiary idea to B
Subsidiary idea to 2
Subsidiary idea to 2
MAIN IDEA
Subsidiary or supporting idea to II
Subsidiary idea to II
Subsidiary idea to II
MAIN IDEA

It is up to the writer to decide on how many main ideas and supporting ideas adequately describe the subject. However, traditional form dictates that if there is a I in the outline, there has to be a II; if there is an A, there has to be a B; and so forth.

Outline example
Suppose you are outlining a speech about gerrymandering, and these are some of the ideas you feel should be included: voter discrimination, “majority-minority” districts, the history of the term, and several Supreme Court cases.

To put these ideas into outline form, decide first on the main encompassing ideas. These might be: I. History of the term, II. Redistricting process, III. Racial aspects, IV. Current events.

Next, decide where the rest of the important ideas fit in. Are they part of the redistricting process, or do they belong under racial aspects? The complete outline might look like this:

Gerrymandering in the U.S.

HISTORY OF THE TERM
REDISTRICTING PROCESS
Responsibility of state legislatures
Census data
Preclearance
Partisan approaches
RACIAL ASPECTS
Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960)
Civil rights
Voter discrimination
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Majority-minority districts
CURRENT EVENTS
Effects of gerrymandering in 2012 and 2016 elections
Gill v. Whitford Supreme Court Case

It is only possible to make an outline if you have familiarity with the subject. As you do research, you may find it necessary to add, subtract or change the position of various ideas. If you change your outline, ensure that logical relationship among ideas is preserved.

Further reading
Tardiff, E., and Brizee, A. (2013). Developing an outline. In Purdue OWL. Look at all three sections. The third includes an example.

Lester, J.D., and Lester, Jr., J.D. (2010). Writing research papers: A complete guide (13th ed.). New York: Longman. Includes several models, including for a general-purpose academic paper.

Turabian, K.L. (2013). A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Unit III of the course is called Explanations How Did We Get Here? We took a tour of various explanations of how we got into this crisis (i.e. Malthusianism, TechnoOptimism, Capitalism, Culture, and the State). In this essay, you need to decide which explanation you find most convincing and develop an argument as to why your explanation is more convincing than the others. This will require you make a coherent thesis or argument statement in the introductory paragraph laying out which explanation you choose and why (I advise you make that sentence very clear by stating In this paper, I will argue). In your introduction, you also should include a roadmap or outline of how you will substantiate your argument.

Heres a proposed outline:

I. Introduction paragraph Summary of paper topic Thesis or argument statement (In this paper, I will argue) Roadmap lay out in 1-3 sentences how the paper is organized step by step. II. Body Paragraphs Defend why your chosen explanation is the most convincing using concepts covered in lecture. Then use readings, quotes, and examples from lecture to back up and illustrate your assertions. (1-2 paragraphs). Argue why other explanations are less convincing using concepts from those lectures. Then use readings, quotes, and examples from lecture to back up and illustrate your assertions. You do not need to cover all remaining four explanations, but at least two (2 paragraphs). III. Conclusion Summarize your argument. Speculate on the wider implications of your argument. Why does it matter for the environment, our society, and the world?

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the more prevalent nosocomial infections in health care faculties today. Any patient with a compromised immune system or open wound is susceptible to contracting MRSA from medical staff or even family members. Although MRSA is commonly connected to health care facilities, MRSA can be found anywhere.

For your initial post, discuss who you believe to be at the highest risk for MRSA outside the health care environment? Explain. Discuss the common fomites or transmission factors involved as well as the preventative measures the public can do to reduce or prevent MRSA infections.

Essay — Explain the difference between niche differentiation and character displacement.  Illustrate your discussion with an example of each. 

Essay — Explain how two species can be involved in an exploitative interaction.  Then, describe how population sizes of parasites and their hosts affect each other over time.  Finally, explain the difference between a parasite and a parasitoid. 

Essay — Explain how somatic effort and reproductive effort are important in the development and growth of organisms.  In your discussion, include the concept of allocation.  Additionally, explain how the concept of allocation is important in reproduction, especially with regard to offspring quality and quantity. 

Essay — Define the term “species richness”, and contrast this to the concept of “species evenness.”  Then, pick one of the following topics for discussion.  If you answer parts a) and b), only part a) will be graded. 
a) Explain how the presence of predators can increase the species richness of lower trophic levels.
b) Explain why species richness is thought to promote community stability. In your discussion, include examples of at least two real organisms.