2016

Cassandra C. is a 17-year-old girl who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Cassandra C. refused treatment for her cancer with the full support of her mother, Jackie Fortin, and their decisions pitted them against Cassandra’s doctors, the lower court system, and eventually the Connecticut Supreme Court (Macklin, 2015). This paper discusses the ethical dilemma posed by Cassandra’s case and will include the ethical principles of patient autonomy, which means “that individuals have the right to…

2a. The computer based innovation represented by my computational artifact is called Myris. Myris is a biometric security system that scans one’s iris to algorithmically process video images of the user’s eye signing them into secure websites, devices and other personal profiles. The intended purpose of Myris is to eliminate the utilization of standard passwords and to create a secure and foolproof method for accessing personal data. Simply put, “It lets anyone sign into accounts on websites or…

inundated the internet with information – some more reliable and verifiable than others. The 2016 presidential election in the United States between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton highlighted a new focus of the web: fake news. This fabricated information is the latest dysfunction of distributed news, where everyone can participate and insert factual or non-factual pieces of news into the public (Steen, 2016). The lack of editorial and gatekeeping rules online are different from the common view…

Ireland. Since graduating, she has worked in Public Relations, as well as writing for Fitness Magazine and Well + Good, where she is currently working. At Well + Good, Maguire works as the Associate Editor, a title that she has held since September 2016. Well + Good is an online lifestyle…

In the late summer of 2015, I needed a career change and wanted to do something that would be rewarding, meaningful, and challenging. In November 2015, I was invited for a trial and interview in the clinical imaging department at West Middlesex Hospital for an assistant administration role. I did not get the position, but I learned a lot from it as I worked a day filing the pending forms into the RMS system. I found it interesting that each scan had a different code. It was also good to find…

In week 3, we read a blog article that was published by The Logic of Science from August 2016, called “Are scientists arrogant, close-minded, and dismissive?” This article discusses the occurrence of complaints filed against scientists, and provides logical and rational objections to those claims. It is interesting to note that the author does not identify himself due to the endless assaults toward the provided information in the blog, but strives to teach critical thinking skills to defend…

As a Telemetry Volunteer in the extremely busy Telemetry Department of Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, La Jolla, CA, I contributed over 300-hours to evening shifts in support of Telemetry Technicians, hospital staff, cardiovascular patients, stroke patients, and family members. More specifically, when not checking EKG monitors for malfunctioning telemetry boxes, batteries or leads, I delivered, in accordance with hospital protocols, extra care by: Maintaining, organizing and…

new users to sign up. Spotify is still a leading music streaming service in the world and has confirmed that it has over 100 million active users in June 2016. Once Spotify hit 10 million, it took only one year to reach 20 million paid subscribers. Both streaming services are adding over 1 million subscribers per month on average. As of July 2016, Spotify has 30 million paid subscribers worldwide while Apple Music has 15 million and Pandora has 3.9 million paid subscribers (Exhibit 3 The…

share more. GroupMy discussions were often dominated by half of the class while the other half listened and sometimes provided input as noted by a peer, “It would have been nice if everyone participated more equally” (Student E, Journal 13, 5, December 2016). I believe that if I would have worked to get everyone to share more openly I would have…

ebscohost.com.libdb.ppcc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&an=2w62015920459&site=ehost-live. “Safety Belts.” Q&As, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, June 2016, www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/safety-belts/qanda. Teigen, Anne. “Occupant Protection: Safety (Seat) Belts and Child Passengers.” National Conference of State Legislatures, 3 Mar. 2016, www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/occupant-protection-safety-belts-and-child-passen.aspx. ---. “State Seat Belt Laws.” NCSL.org, National Conference…