Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

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1. When OSHA does not have a standard that applies to a specific industry hazard it is not uncommon for OSHA to cite the General Duty Clause in issuing a citation against a given employer. In doing this, OSHA often uses existing consensus or industry standards as evidence of hazard recognition and feasible hazard abatement. Please discuss the appropriateness of this approach. Use examples and/or sources to support your arguments.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

2. Discuss the various types of air contaminants, specifically particulates and gases, which you or other employees are exposed to on a daily basis, and what types of engineering control measures have been implemented to reduce or eliminate these exposures. (Example: welding fumes-zinc, iron oxide, etc. are controlled by local exhaust).
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary

3. Discuss the various types of sources of radiation that you are or may be exposed to on a daily basis in the workplace. If you do not think you are exposed, discuss potential exposures in other workplaces. Make sure to involve topics such as the types of exposures, noticeable shielding, and other protective devices, including PPE and various sources (i.e., x-ray machines, laboratory equipment with radioactive sources, non-destructive equipment, lasers, microwaves, etc.).
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

4. Everyone has known someone (e.g., a relative, a co-worker, or maybe even yourself), who has experienced some level of significant hearing loss, either as a result of birth, aging, or work place exposures. Discuss the significant impacts that you know or believe to have on that person’s life, including the impacts to family members.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary

5. Have you experienced an environment which posed potential thermal stressors? Describe an example (i.e., fictitious or actual) of an environment posing potential thermal stressors. Then, share a few thoughts about how you could prevent injuries from occurring in that environment.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

6. What areas in your current work environment involve the use of hydrostatics or hydraulics to make the systems work? If you are not employed, nor have a work environment, use your home or past employment environment to discuss this topic.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

7. Take a look around your work area, your home, or another structure and identify the various types of fire protection and prevention equipment available. Pay particular attention to smoke detectors, heat detectors, fire extinguishers, sprinkler heads, and fire hydrants.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

8. Take a look around your place of employment or home and identify potential ergonomic issues. What is an object or a task affecting someone’s well-being? A few examples you may encounter as a safety manager include electricians twisting wires, cooks opening jars, manufacturing workers lifting materials, and office professionals using computer monitors. What is an example you have observed, and how would you maintain the well-being of the people around the object or the task?
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Discuss the various types of air contaminants, specifically particulates and gases, which you or other employees are exposed to on a daily basis,

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1. When OSHA does not have a standard that applies to a specific industry hazard it is not uncommon for OSHA to cite the General Duty Clause in issuing a citation against a given employer. In doing this, OSHA often uses existing consensus or industry standards as evidence of hazard recognition and feasible hazard abatement. Please discuss the appropriateness of this approach. Use examples and/or sources to support your arguments.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

2. Discuss the various types of air contaminants, specifically particulates and gases, which you or other employees are exposed to on a daily basis, and what types of engineering control measures have been implemented to reduce or eliminate these exposures. (Example: welding fumes-zinc, iron oxide, etc. are controlled by local exhaust).
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary

3. Discuss the various types of sources of radiation that you are or may be exposed to on a daily basis in the workplace. If you do not think you are exposed, discuss potential exposures in other workplaces. Make sure to involve topics such as the types of exposures, noticeable shielding, and other protective devices, including PPE and various sources (i.e., x-ray machines, laboratory equipment with radioactive sources, non-destructive equipment, lasers, microwaves, etc.).
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

4. Everyone has known someone (e.g., a relative, a co-worker, or maybe even yourself), who has experienced some level of significant hearing loss, either as a result of birth, aging, or work place exposures. Discuss the significant impacts that you know or believe to have on that person’s life, including the impacts to family members.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary

5. Have you experienced an environment which posed potential thermal stressors? Describe an example (i.e., fictitious or actual) of an environment posing potential thermal stressors. Then, share a few thoughts about how you could prevent injuries from occurring in that environment.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

6. What areas in your current work environment involve the use of hydrostatics or hydraulics to make the systems work? If you are not employed, nor have a work environment, use your home or past employment environment to discuss this topic.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

7. Take a look around your work area, your home, or another structure and identify the various types of fire protection and prevention equipment available. Pay particular attention to smoke detectors, heat detectors, fire extinguishers, sprinkler heads, and fire hydrants.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

8. Take a look around your place of employment or home and identify potential ergonomic issues. What is an object or a task affecting someone’s well-being? A few examples you may encounter as a safety manager include electricians twisting wires, cooks opening jars, manufacturing workers lifting materials, and office professionals using computer monitors. What is an example you have observed, and how would you maintain the well-being of the people around the object or the task?
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

What is the difference between an unintentional injury and an accident?

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 What is the difference between an unintentional injury and an accident? Why is it important to make the distinction? Discuss some strategies for highlighting the difference between accidents and injuries.

When a galaxy forms, gravity pulls all of the material toward the center of the mass distribution.

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When a galaxy forms, gravity pulls all of the material toward the center of the mass distribution.

Conservation of angular momentum – one consequence of this is that if a rotating object’s volume is decreased the object will rotate faster.

 

Remember the discussion about randomness. While the material that will make up the galaxy is collapsing, the individual molecules still have some random motion. The way to think about this is that there is a bulk motion (gravitational collapse) and a random motion (particles moving individually) and the combination of this determines the outcome.

 

In this random motion, it is expected that roughly (but not exactly) half of the material is rotating clockwise and half of the material is rotating counterclockwise. Combining these thoughts means that as the bulk motion causes the material to collapse, an overall rotation will become significant.

 

Now consider our solar system. The planets that are further from the Sun are in a weaker gravitational field. This means that they orbit around the Sun more slowly.

 

As the material collapses to form a galaxy, much of it will gain an orbital speed that is high enough to keep it from moving inward further. In other words, the gravity pulling the material together is not strong enough to pull in material with significant rotation. The result of this is that the majority of the material forms a supermassive black hole at the center and the remainder creates a debris field around it.

Initially, this debris field will have a spherical distribution. Eventually, it will flatten out into a disk. This forms our spiral galaxy. The debris in the disk eventually forms the stars, planets, etc.

 

 

Stars form basically the same way as a galaxy. Gravity pulls together material to form the star. There is a debris field around the star which becomes planets, asteroids, comets, etc.

 

Solar vs Stellar … Solar refers to our Sun while stellar refers to stars in general. The name of our sun is Sol.

 

Stars form from molecular clouds. Are the molecules within the molecular clouds moving or at rest? They must be moving fast enough to keep the cloud from collapsing due to gravity. They must also be moving slow enough to keep the cloud from dispersing.

 

What is an arbitrary volume? It is a defined region of space that does not have any physical boundaries and is used to describe the behavior in that region.

Consider an arbitrary volume in the molecular cloud. The motion of the individual molecules leads to density fluctuations within this volume.

How do the density fluctuations affect the gravitational field within the arbitrary volume? Remember that gravity is determined by mass and separation. This means that at low density the gravitational field is weaker. This is because there are fewer molecules (less mass) and on average the molecules are further apart. Conversely, at high density the gravitational field is stronger.

 

In order for a star to form, an arbitrary volume with enough mass (an amount of mass equal to the mass of a star) must reach a high enough density that the gravitational field is strong enough to collapse just the arbitrary volume in question.

 

After the first star forms, the outward flow of energy through the cavity left behind triggers more star formation. The majority of the material in the molecular cloud eventually becomes either part of a star or the stellar system around it.

 

As the material is collapsing the density, temperature, and pressure are all increasing. The increasing temperature leads to the formation of a plasma core. This plasma core will eventually sustain nuclear fusion and at this point you have a newly formed star.

 

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At low enough temperature, water is a solid. The molecules are held together in a lattice structure and there is minimal motion. When enough energy is added that the water melts, it is now in liquid form and the molecules clump together due to surface tension.

Continuing to add energy will lead to the liquid evaporating to form a gas. Now the molecules are completely dissociated from one another.

What happens when the gas continues to be heated (more energy is continually added to the gas)? At significant temperature the molecular bonds begin to break and now there are isolated hydrogen and oxygen molecules instead of water molecules.

The final stage in the generation of the plasma is collisions that can strip the electrons away from their respective nuclei. The end result is protons (hydrogen nuclei), oxygen nuclei, and individual electrons. This means that the constituents are now ionized (electrons are negative and the nuclei are positive).

 

Assuming that the Big Bang Theory is correct, the universe began as roughly 75 percent hydrogen and 25 percent helium with trace amounts of other material. Observations today suggest that the universe is 70 percent hydrogen, 25 percent helium, and 5 percent other stuff.

 

A consequence of this is that molecular clouds will be roughly 70 percent hydrogen. This means that when a star forms inside a molecular cloud its plasma core will be roughly 70 percent protons (hydrogen nuclei). This means that once a star forms, it and all other stars will evolve through the same process.

What is nuclear fusion?

1) Nuclear – pertaining to the nucleus (mostly to the protons).

2) Fusion – to combine

3) Nuclear fusion is the combining of protons to form heavier elements.

Individual protons will repel one another. In order to have them fuse they need to be traveling at very high speeds (they need to be in a high temperature environment). After two protons fuse together they will be highly unstable due to the repulsive force between them.

 

One of two things is going to happen. Either the protons are going to rip back apart or something must happen to remove the repulsion. The answer is that one of the protons becomes a neutron and the repulsive force disappears.

The model for this is that protons and neutrons are made up of quarks. For now, the agitation in the protons after they fuse causes one of the quarks to change its properties. This causes the proton containing that quark to change from being a proton to being a neutron.

 

 

 

 

 

In physics we assume that the total amount of energy in the universe is constant. This means that energy can’t be created from nothing and it won’t just magically disappear.

 

In physics the work-energy theorem says that the change in energy is equal to the amount of work done.

 

 

The initial fusion process in any star (regardless of mass) is going to be hydrogen fusion. Specifically this is the proton-proton chain.

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The first of three parts for the proton-proton chain is the fusion of two individual protons to form deuterium. Remember that deuterium is one of the isotopes of hydrogen. A deuterium nucleus has one proton and one neutron.

The second part is where a third proton is added and a helium-3 nucleus is made. Now this is an isotope of helium

The third part is where two helium-3 nuclei fuse together and form a helium-4 nucleus. This is the most stable isotope of helium.

The overall result is that after a star forms and develops a significant plasma core, hydrogen fusion begins and produces both helium-4 and excess energy (in the form of photons). The star holds on to the helium that was made and releases the excess energy into the environment.

 

Does the star have an infinite amount of hydrogen (fuel)? No

This means that eventually the core will no longer be able to sustain hydrogen fusion in this way. This means that one of three things must happen:

1) More hydrogen is added to the core

2) The fusion relocates to where there is more hydrogen

3) The fusion ceases

For the purposes of this class (and most astrophysics) a star is considered to be a sphere that is spherically symmetric.

 

An object that is spherically symmetric can be considered as a collection of infinitely thin spherical shells that are concentric.

A consequence of this is that the only variation in the star’s parameters are based on changes in distance from the center (radius).

 

Given this, once the core can no longer support hydrogen fusion, the fusion relocates to where there is more hydrogen. It moves outward because that is where the hydrogen fusion can take place efficiently.

 

 

 

Why does our sun stay the same size?

Gravity is always trying to make everything smaller. The energy being released by fusion is counteracting this and trying to make the star bigger. Think about this as a continuous outward flow of energy. The reason the star stays the same size is because these two effects are balanced and the star is in equilibrium.

 

Moving the hydrogen fusion outward means that it is taking place on a larger surface. The fusion process is the same, but there is more of the process occurring. This means that the outward pressure goes up. Gravity has not changed. The end result is that the star gets bigger because it is no longer in equilibrium and the outward pressure is greater than gravity’s ability to try and make the star smaller.

 

Now that the fusion is making energy and helium, but this fusion is no longer taking place at the core, where does the helium go? The helium is heavier than its surroundings so it migrates toward the core and begins to stockpile

Step 1: Describe the social issue, background, purpose, and focus of your social campaign

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Step 1: Describe the social issue, background, purpose, and focus of your social campaign

· Briefly identify the social issue, sometimes referred to as the “wicked problem,” your plan will be addressing (e.g., tobacco use, air pollution, water contamination, literacy, homelessness, etc.).

· Identify any sponsoring organizations you plan to collaborate with in developing and implementing your campaign. These may be local or national organizations.

· Summarize key background information leading to the development of this plan, ideally using reliable statistics (e.g., percent of unplanned teen pregnancies)

· What is the campaign purpose, the intended impact (e.g., reduced teen pregnancies by 25% by 2020)?

· What is the campaign focus, the approach you will be using to contribute to your plan’s purpose? Areas of focus may be behavior-related, population-related, or product-related strategies.

 

Step 2: Conduct a situational analysis (SWOT)

· What organizational strengths will your plan maximize?

· What organizational weaknesses will your plan minimize?

· What environmental opportunities will your plan take advantage of?

· What environmental threats will your plan prepare for?

· What prior and similar campaign efforts are noteworthy?

 

 

Steps 1-5 of your social marketing plan needs to be completed & uploaded onto Canvas. Expected length is 3-4 pages.

Using the example of hurricanes

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Using the example of hurricanes, support the statement (from page 84) that “most hazards fall in between natural and anthropogenic.”
To what degree are your perceptions of risk similar to, or different from, those of the culture around you? Support your answer with some specific examples.
Residents and governments of Europe have been much more critical of genetically modified crops and foods than have residents and governments of the United States. To what degree is this a cultural difference? (Bonus: Supplement your answer using political economy.)
Why do toxic waste dumps usually represent examples of environmental injustice? (Think: Who chooses to live near a toxic-waste dump?)
5Examine the list of precautions and risks on the label of an over-the-counter insecticide or herbicide (check one out at your local home and garden shop if you do not have any at home). How would this list differ in the absence of governmental regulations? To what degree do you believe this information impacts consumer and user decisions? Why?

 

6Visit the World Resources Institute “Aqueduct” page, where risks of water stress are mapped in an interactive digital atlas (http://insights.wri.org/aqueduct/atlas). Explore the global maps they provide there. Spcifically compare two different global maps: 1) the map of “Baseline Water Stress” (a map of the degree to which freshwater availability is an ongoing concern) and 2) the map of “Three Year Socioeconomic Drought” (a map of areas where available freshwater supplies are insufficient to support normal water withdrawals over a three-year period). To what degree is the risk of socioeconomic drought a close match to basic underlying water stress and scarcity? Where is the risk of drought less than underlying stress and where is it equal to or greater than basic stress? What might account for the differences you see here? What might cause drought risks to be higher or lower than basic scarcity of water? What might this tell you about environmental risks more generally? To what degree are they determined by basic environmental conditions and to what degree are they influenced by human factors?

Course Syllabus

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Course Syllabus

Course Description

Provides a framework for conducting and evaluating independent research in the fire service by examining the basic principles and methodology for analyzing current fire- related research.

Course Textbook(s)

Kumar, R. (2014). Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners (4th ed.). London, United Kingdom: Sage.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Locate, evaluate, and analyze fire-related research. 2. Demonstrate the application of fire research to a research problem. 3. Conduct a literature review of current research on a fire-related topic. 4. Determine the appropriate use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies within a research project. 5. Draft a fire-related research proposal. 6. Write a fire-related research report.

Prerequisite(s)

No prerequisite courses are required for enrollment in this course.

Credits

Upon completion of this course, the students will earn 3 hours of college credit.

Course Structure

1. Study Guide: Course units contain a Study Guide that provides students with the learning outcomes, unit lesson, required reading assignments, and supplemental resources.

2. Learning Outcomes: Each unit contains Learning Outcomes that specify the measurable skills and knowledge students should gain upon completion of the unit.

3. Unit Lesson: Unit Lessons, which are located in the Study Guide, discuss lesson material. 4. Reading Assignments: Units contain Reading Assignments from one or more chapters from the textbook and/or

outside resources. 5. Suggested Reading: Suggested Readings are listed within the Study Guide. Students are encouraged to read the

resources listed if the opportunity arises, but they will not be tested on their knowledge of the Suggested Readings. 6. Discussion Boards: Students are required to submit Discussion Board posts in Units I-VIII. Discussion Boards

provide students the opportunity for student-to-student and professor-to-student interaction based on relevant course concepts and ideas. Specific information about accessing the Discussion Board rubric is provided below.

7. Unit Assignments: Students are required to submit for grading Unit Assignments. Specific information and instructions regarding these assignments are provided below. Grading rubrics are included with each assignment. Specific information about accessing these rubrics is provided below.

8. Ask the Professor: This communication forum provides students with an opportunity to ask their professor general

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questions or questions related to course content. 9. Student Break Room: This communication forum allows for casual conversation with other classmates.

CSU Online Library

The CSU Online Library is available to support your courses and programs. The online library includes databases, journals, e-books, and research guides. These resources are always accessible and can be reached through the library web page. To access the library, log into the myCSU Student Portal, and click on “CSU Online Library.” You can also access the CSU Online Library from the “My Library” button on the course menu for each course in Blackboard.

The CSU Online Library offers several reference services. E-mail (library@columbiasouthern.edu) and telephone (1.877.268.8046) assistance is available Monday – Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The library’s chat reference service, Ask a Librarian, is available 24/7; look for the chat box on the online library page.

Librarians can help you develop your research plan or assist you in finding relevant, appropriate, and timely information. Reference requests can include customized keyword search strategies, links to articles, database help, and other services.

Unit Assignments

Unit I Article Review

For this assignment, use the CSU Online Library databases to locate a peer-reviewed article that is in some way related to the principles of fire chemistry and fire dynamics as well as their effects on emergency situations. You can select any article of interest dealing with this broad topic, which should give you plenty from which to choose. Some examples are reports analyzing a fire or other articles that research what took place at a fire incident. You may also find an appropriate article on the National Fire Protection Association, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States Fire Administration websites. Be sure to select a full-length article. Letters to the editor, editorials, roundtable discussions, blog postings, or press releases made to look like articles are not acceptable for this assignment. This assignment is to give you practice reviewing articles that contribute to the industry.

The article you choose must meet the following requirements:

be peer-reviewed or scholarly in nature; relate to the concepts within this course and, if possible, to your research proposal topic; and be at least eight pages in length.

The article review you submit must meet the following requirements:

be at least two full double-spaced pages in length not including the title page or reference page; identify the main topic/question; critique the article and share your thoughts on what appears to be valid or invalid; and include your thoughts on whether you agree with the author’s position, and why, or why not?

Be sure to summarize, paraphrase, and cite the information. Do not copy directly from the textbook or from any other source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and entries in the reference section. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit II Scholarly Activity

Developing the Research Problem and Question

Developing the research question can be one of the most challenging parts of the whole process. A well-defined research question should be narrow in scope and should be a question to which the answer is not already known through other published material. After all, if the answer is already known, there is no need to create a research study to answer that same question again.

This assignment focuses on developing your research problem, the purpose statement, and research question.

First, discuss your research problem. Be sure to support your points with scholarly material. For example, do not simply assert that health and wellness is a problem in the fire service. Demonstrate this by supporting your point with scholarly material. Include a few solid paragraphs of description.

Next, include the purpose statement. This should be a sentence that clearly tells the reader what you intend to accomplish by creating the study.

Finally, create a research question you would like to investigate for your project. Remember that the question needs to be unique. One way to accomplish this is to make the question specific to a particular department or jurisdiction.

This activity should be at least one page in length. Be sure to summarize, paraphrase, and cite the information. Do not copy directly from the textbook or from any other source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and entries in the reference section. All references and

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citations used must be in APA style.

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit III Scholarly Activity

United States Fire Statistics

The United States Fire Administration (USFA) collects fire-related data to provide information and analysis on the fire problem in the United States. Fire departments may use this information in multiple ways, including creating a baseline for evaluating programs, increasing awareness, and targeting public education programs.

For this assignment, access the USFA fire statistics page at the following link: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/data/statistics/. Select any one of the topics for which the site provides statistics, including:

trends, causes, where fires occur, who fire affects, and firefighters and fire departments.

In a paper of no fewer than three full double-spaced pages not including the title page or reference page, analyze the information on the USFA fire statistics page under the topic you selected, and explain how the data may be applied to community risk reduction methods in your community. For example, your department may be looking for data to support a public outreach program related to the causes of fire or any of the other topics listed. How can the data presented on the USFA fire statistics page be used to accomplish this? Once you have discussed how the data could support a public outreach program, explain how you would design a study for the community based on those data.

Be sure to summarize, paraphrase, and cite the information. Do not copy directly from the textbook or from any other source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and entries in the reference section. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit IV Annotated Bibliography

Develop an annotated bibliography of at least three scholarly sources excluding the course textbook that utilize empirical studies for your final paper topic. The purpose of this assignment is to help you prepare for the final research proposal due in Unit VII.

The annotated bibliography submission should include:

Summaries for each source should include the following information: A brief explanation/summary of the source. (Identify what the article is about or explain what the author tested, etc.) Do not copy and paste the abstract or the summary from the article to your paper. Paraphrase and summarize the information in your own words. The whole summary may not be one long quotation. A brief explanation of how this source will contribute to your final paper.

The following are NOT acceptable for academic research and referencing: Encyclopedias Dictionaries Wikipedia, other wikis, or blogs Ehow.com, Ask.com, About.com, Howthingswork.com, or any similar site Websites and other sources that do not provide quality researched materials or that do not use credible sources to support the information in the document.

Each summary should be at least 100 words in length. Your document must use proper APA elements such as a title page, running head, and more. Click here to access the annotated bibliography template.

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit V Scholarly Activity

Developing the Methodology

Selecting the right research method for the project is essential. The wrong research design can result in information that does not answer the research question or data that are not helpful to the researcher. It is important to carefully select the methodology that best suits the research question.

For this assignment, select the most appropriate research method to test the research question for your research report. Begin by explaining whether your research question is asking for quantitative or qualitative data. Then, consider which type of research design you would select if you were actually going to conduct the study. Remember that you will design the study but not actually do the data collection portion for the final paper. This means you can carefully design the most appropriate study for your project without worrying about time constraints that would normally play a role in the data collection step. Which research design is most appropriate? Which design will provide you with results to directly address your research problem?

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In no fewer than two full double-spaced pages, include at least the following for this assignment:

List the most current version of your research problem at the top of the page. Include the most current version of the purpose of your research report next. Explain whether you are designing a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods study, and what constitutes such a study. Be sure to support your points with scholarly material. Include the following information to clearly describe your research design:

participants; instruments, if any; design; and procedure.

Explain why this research method is the best fit for your study. Include a specific design in your response. Support your research method choice with scholarly material from at least three outside sources. At least two of those sources must come from the CSU Online Library.

Remember, this assignment is designed to help you work toward your research proposal.

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VI Outline

Developing the Outline

Develop a thesis and detailed outline for your final paper topic. The purpose of this assignment is to help you prepare for the research proposal due in Unit VII.

Include at least the following elements in your outline:

an APA formatted title page, a thesis for the introduction, the purpose of your paper with support for your points from scholarly material taking into consideration the benefits and ethical issues associated with the purpose, research question or questions, at least five main section headings for the body of the document, sub-sections to each of those main sections, and recommendations and conclusions.

Click here to utilize the template for this assignment. Be sure to replace template headings with your own content.

Your outline should be at least one page in length. Remember to use in-text citations throughout to show from where information came and to support your points with scholarly material. Include an APA style reference section at the end.

Be sure to summarize, paraphrase, and cite the information. Do not copy directly from the textbook or from any other source. Sites such as Wikipedia, e-how.com, history.com, howthingswork.com, and other similar sources are not scholarly in nature and may not be used for this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and entries in the reference section. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VII Research Proposal

The research proposal in this course is designed to allow you to discover, analyze, and interpret a fire-related research problem. A problem is not necessarily a troublesome area but an area of desired improvement. In other words, something may be performing well, yet someone still wants to see it perform even better. That is what a lot of research is all about— how can we do it better?

Include at least the following elements in your research proposal:

a title page; a table of contents; an introduction; the purpose of the research with support for your points from scholarly material; a literature review, which is different from the annotated bibliography, a hypothesis; a description of the research method, what you would do if you were to carry out the study; conclusions and recommendations; and a reference page.

Click here to view the short video for more guidance concerning the proposal assignment. Click here for a transcript of the video.

The proposal should be 10 full double-spaced pages not including the title page, references, abstract, or any appendices. You proposal should provide 12 sources that include empirical studies.

Be sure to summarize, paraphrase, and cite the information. Do not copy directly from the textbook or from any other source. Websites such as Wikipedia, e-how.com, history.com, howthingswork.com, and other similar sources are not

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scholarly in nature and may not be used for this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and entries in the reference section. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VIII PowerPoint Presentation

Reviewing the Eight-Step Model

Our textbook presented eight steps to completing a research report. While your final paper in the previous unit went through the research proposal step, it is still important to be familiar with the final steps in the process for future endeavors. For this assignment, take on the role of instructor, and design a PowerPoint assignment explaining each of the eight steps in the process. Do not simply paste information from the textbook or any other source. Use text sparingly on each slide and use the Notes section to further explain the bullet point material you have included on each slide. Please do not paste paragraphs of small font onto the slides. Include at least one slide for each of the eight steps.

Remember to support your points with scholarly material and include citations where needed to show from where the information came. Include a full APA style reference slide at the end. Do not forget to include a title slide with your name on it.

For guidance in creating an effective PowerPoint presentation, review the following resource created by the CSU Writing Center.

http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/powerpointbestpractices/

For a simple guide on inserting speaker notes into your presentation, click here to view the document PowerPoint Speaker Notes.

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

APA Guidelines

The application of the APA writing style shall be practical, functional, and appropriate to each academic level, with the primary purpose being the documentation (citation) of sources. CSU requires that students use APA style for certain papers and projects. Students should always carefully read and follow assignment directions and review the associated grading rubric when available. Students can find The CSU Citation Guide by clicking here. This document includes examples and sample papers and provides information on how to contact the CSU Writing Center.

Grading Rubrics

This course utilizes analytic grading rubrics as tools for your professor in assigning grades for all learning activities. Each rubric serves as a guide that communicates the expectations of the learning activity and describes the criteria for each level of achievement. In addition, a rubric is a reference tool that lists evaluation criteria and can help you organize your efforts to meet the requirements of that learning activity. It is imperative for you to familiarize yourself with these rubrics because these are the primary tools your professor uses for assessing learning activities.

Rubric categories include (1) Discussion Board, (2) Assessment (Written Response), and (3) Assignment. However, it is possible that not all of the listed rubric types will be used in a single course (e.g., some courses may not have Assessments).

The Discussion Board rubric can be found within Unit I’s Discussion Board submission instructions.

The Assessment (Written Response) rubric can be found embedded in a link within the directions for each Unit Assessment. However, these rubrics will only be used when written-response questions appear within the Assessment.

Each Assignment type (e.g., article critique, case study, research paper) will have its own rubric. The Assignment rubrics are built into Blackboard, allowing students to review them prior to beginning the Assignment and again once the Assignment has been scored. This rubric can be accessed via the Assignment link located within the unit where it is to be submitted. Students may also access the rubric through the course menu by selecting “Tools” and then “My Grades.”

Again, it is vitally important for you to become familiar with these rubrics because their application to your Discussion Boards, Assessments, and Assignments is the method by which your instructor assigns all grades.

Communication Forums

These are non-graded discussion forums that allow you to communicate with your professor and other students. Participation in these discussion forums is encouraged but not required. You can access these forums with the buttons in the Course Menu.

Click here for instructions on how to subscribe/unsubscribe and post to the Communication Forums.

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Ask the Professor

This communication forum provides you with an opportunity to ask your professor general or course content questions. Questions may focus on Blackboard locations of online course components, textbook or course content elaboration, additional guidance on assessment requirements, or general advice from other students.

Questions that are specific in nature, such as inquiries regarding assessment/assignment grades or personal accommodation requests, are NOT to be posted on this forum. If you have questions, comments, or concerns of a non- public nature, please feel free to e-mail your professor. Responses to your post will be addressed or e-mailed by the professor within 48 hours.

Before posting, please ensure that you have read all relevant course documentation, including the syllabus, assessment/assignment instructions, faculty feedback, and other important information.

Student Break Room

This communication forum allows for casual conversation with your classmates. Communication on this forum should always maintain a standard of appropriateness and respect for your fellow classmates. This forum should NOT be used to share assessment answers.

Schedule/Grading

The following pages contain a printable Course Schedule to assist you through this course. By following this schedule, you will be assured that you will complete the course within the time allotted.

Unit I Introduction to the Research Process [ Weight: 12% ]

Read/View: Unit I Study Guide Chapter 1: Research: a way of thinking Chapter 2: The research process: a quick glance Chapter 3: Reviewing the literature

Discuss: Unit I Discussion Board 2%

Submit: Unit I Article Review 10%

Unit II Developing the Research Problem [ Weight: 12% ]

Read/View: Unit II Study Guide Chapter 4: Formulating a research problem Chapter 5: Identifying variables Chapter 6: Constructing hypotheses

Discuss: Unit II Discussion Board 2%

Submit: Unit II Scholarly Activity 10%

Unit III The Research Design [ Weight: 12% ]

Read/View: Unit III Study Guide Chapter 7: The research design Chapter 8: Selecting a study design

Discuss: Unit III Discussion Board 2%

Submit: Unit III Scholarly Activity 10%

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Unit IV Selecting a Methodology [ Weight: 12% ]

Read/View: Unit IV Study Guide Chapter 9: Selecting a method of data collection Chapter 10: Collecting data using attitudinal scales

Discuss: Unit IV Discussion Board 2%

Submit: Unit IV Annotated Bibliography 10%

Unit V Sample Selection [ Weight: 12% ]

Read/View: Unit V Study Guide Chapter 11: Establishing the validity and reliability of a research instrument Chapter 12: Selecting a sample

Discuss: Unit V Discussion Board 2%

Submit: Unit V Scholarly Activity 10%

Unit VI Considering Ethical Issues [ Weight: 12% ]

Read/View: Unit VI Study Guide Chapter 14: Considering ethical issues in data collection

Discuss: Unit VI Discussion Board 2%

Submit: Unit VI Outline 10%

Unit VII The Research Proposal [ Weight: 16% ]

Read/View: Unit VII Study Guide Chapter 13: Writing a research proposal

Discuss: Unit VII Discussion Board 2%

Submit: Unit VII Research Proposal 14%

Unit VIII The Eight-Step Model [ Weight: 12% ]

Read/View: Unit VIII Study Guide Chapter 17: Writing a research report

Discuss: Unit VIII Discussion Board 2%

Submit: Unit VIII PowerPoint Presentation 10%

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  • FIR 4308, Applications in Fire Research
  • Course Syllabus
    • Course Description
    • Course Textbook(s)
    • Course Learning Outcomes
    • Prerequisite(s)
    • Credits
    • Course Structure
    • CSU Online Library
    • Unit Assignments
      • Unit I Article Review
      • Unit II Scholarly Activity
      • Unit III Scholarly Activity
      • Unit IV Annotated Bibliography
      • Unit V Scholarly Activity
      • Unit VI Outline
      • Unit VII Research Proposal
      • Unit VIII PowerPoint Presentation
    • APA Guidelines
    • Grading Rubrics
    • Communication Forums

Discuss the relationships between RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, and EPCRA. Why do you think there are so many different laws governing hazardous materials and hazardous waste?

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BOS 3125 Unit #1 Question 1-6 Answer

Question 1

Discuss the relationships between RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, and EPCRA. Why do you think there are so many different laws governing hazardous materials and hazardous waste?

Your response must be at least 150 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 2

Discuss three waste minimization strategies that could be used by a small business classified as a small quantity generator. Provide examples for each strategy.

Your response must be at least 150 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 3

Explain the concept of Risk-Based Corrective Action (RCBA). Why is this concept used in hazardous waste remediation?

Your response must be at least 150 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 4

Discuss the major differences between a conditionally exempt small quantity generator (CESQG) and a small generator (SQG). What are some of the possible problems when classifying your organization as a CESQG?

Your response must be at least 150 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 5

A research lab uses acetone as a solvent for cleaning glassware. The spent solvent is consolidated into containers for disposal. Use the decision chart in Figure 1 (p. 6 of your textbook) to determine if this disposal is subject to RCRA Subtitle C regulations. Explain how you reached your decision.

Your response must be at least 300 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 6

What are some important considerations for selecting a transfer, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF)? Which ones should be first on the list when conducting an audit of a TSDF? Explain your choices.

Your response must be at least 300 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Your response should be at least 250 words in length for each question.  APA formatting using one reference per question.

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Your response should be at least 250 words in length for each question.  APA formatting using one reference per question.

Unit1

#1 The Limits to Growth model examines five major trends across the globe: accelerating industrial development, rapid population growth, widespread malnutrition, depletion of nonrenewable resources, and a deteriorating environment. Choose one of these trends, and discuss how a shift to sustainable development would affect this trend.

#2 How does consumption relate to the Limits to Growth model? Is it more important for us to address global attitudes towards population or consumption when it comes to decreasing our resource consumption? Explain your position?

Unit 1 Essay  genetically modified organisms,

You are required to use at least four sources to support your essay. CSU requires that students use the APA format in writing course papers. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Title page and reference page are not included in the page-length requirement.  Write a one-page essay that addresses the following points: Describe the topic or issue. Why there is controversy surrounding it? What is your opinion on the efficacy of applying the precautionary principle in attempts to solve your chosen issue? Would you side with Khourey or Adler? Discuss your reasoning behind siding with Khourey or Adler.

Part A: You are the Environmental Coordinator at a nuclear facility.

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Question 1

  1. Part A: You are the Environmental Coordinator at a nuclear facility. You are tasked with the compliant and safe transport of radioactive waste off site to the disposal facility. Identify the proper placarding, labeling, and shipping documentation of the transport vehicle as required by the DOT.

    Part B: The vehicle that was transporting the radioactive waste in Part A has been struck by another vehicle. Fuel is leaking at the scene of the accident. Identify the radioactive material that could be involved, and describe the chemical interaction that could be occurring as a result of the collision between the two vehicles. What immediate action should the EHS and FS responders take to protect human health and the environment?

    Your response should consist of at least 200 words.