Summarize and critically appraise a selected article. In addition to a one-page executive summary, include a completed critical appraisal tool in your submission.IntroductionEvidence-based practice (EBP) is the process of searching for, appraising, and integrating the most relevant, best research evidence to answer a clinical question or address a health care challenge. This best research evidence is weighed along with patient preferences and values, organizational data, and professional expertise. Because of this, doctoral professionals must develop a working knowledge of how to critically appraise research studies and the evidence they provide. Qualitative studies often provide the best evidence and are becoming more and more important in the realm of EBP. Professional literature provides tools to assist in developing this skill.Demonstration of ProficiencyBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:Competency 1: Apply the steps of the evidence-based practice process to a health care challenge.Compose a PICOT question that the researcher might have used as a foundation for the study.Competency 2: Evaluate qualitative research methods and results as they relate to evidence-based practice.Summarize the study by describing its purpose, method, design, and results.Evaluate a qualitative study by applying a critical appraisal tool.Competency 5: Apply knowledge of your own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations.Explain how health care professionals in multiple roles could use the study findings to work together to provide care, promote health, and prevent disease.Competency 6: Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.PreparationSearch the Capella library for a tool that guides the critical appraisal of a qualitative study. The Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Health Sciences has suggestions, or you may choose a different tool.Choose and read one of these three qualitative studies:Howson, A., Turell, W., & Roc, A. (2018). Perceived self-efficacy in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas: Qualitative outcomes in patient-directed education. Health Education Journal, 77(4), 430–443.Koffer Miller, K., Mathew, M., Nonnemacher, S., & Shea, L. (2018). Program experiences of adults with autism, their families, and providers: Findings from a focus group study. Autism, 22(3), 345–356.Masupe, T. K., Ndayi, K., Tsolekile, L., Delobelle, P., & Puoane, T. (2018). Redefining diabetes and the concept of self-management from a patient’s perspective: Implications for disease risk factor management. Health Education Research, 33(1), 40–54.InstructionsWrite an executive summary, including the following:Identify PICOT components and compose a PICOT question that the researcher might have used as a foundation for the health care challenge addressed by the study.Summarize the study by describing its purpose, design, methods, and results.Following your executive summary, create a table or other organized format to record your answers to the critical appraisal tool you selected. Include at least two resources from additional research to support your answers to the appraisal. Provide citations and references for all resources used. This portion of the assessment will be graded on the following criterion:Evaluate a qualitative study by applying a critical appraisal tool.After completing the appraisal, return to the executive summary. Add explanation to meet the following criterion:Explain how health care professionals in multiple roles could use the study findings to work together to improve care, promote health, and prevent disease.Additional RequirementsPage length: Include 3–4 pages, including the executive summary and the appraisal table.References: Provide APA citations and references for the article and the critical appraisal tool you select, as well as other resources used.Writing: Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.

ScenarioYou work for a company that is results-driven and dedicated to motivating employees to surpass expectations. Your company is team-oriented, and employees work together during long hours and sometimes even weekends to get the job done. All new employees go through a six-month onboarding period during which they shadow and complete tasks for the manager. After the six-month period, new employees join a team and are offered incentives such as bonuses, commission, and professional development opportunities.Your manager has asked you to sit in during an interview for a potential new employee at your company. Your manager is a firm believer in “hire for culture, train for everything else.” Since your manager knows that you are an experienced member of the organization and well-versed in behavior theory, they asked you to evaluate the candidate and the candidate’s interview responses to inform how to best support a new employee within the organization. The following are your notes from the interview:The candidate’s values and goals perfectly align with the company’s mission and vision. Although this individual is coming to the company from a completely different industry, they seem to be a good fit for the company’s culture. They stated, “I am extremely interested in learning and growing as a professional. Although I do not have direct experience in this field, I am a go-getter! I have the ability and drive to accomplish any task I am given.”This individual has vast experience working in teams. “I was a project manager at my previous company, so I have relevant experience leading and collaborating in a team.” This individual lives far away from the office, will need to take two children to school on the way to work every morning, and will require a flexible schedule.Due to a health condition, the individual also needs to frequently have a private space available to check their blood sugar and needs to have access to snacks and water. With these concerns clearly stated in the interview, the individual stated, “I’ve held many positions, so I know how to manage my time and maintain a healthy work-life balance.”DirectionsAnalysis: Following the interview, your manager asks you to use your notes about the candidate to write a report. You will need to provide context to your manager on organizational behavior and how it impacts the organization. Your manager has asked you to provide a holistic view of what motivates the candidate. You choose two behavior theories to apply in order to meet the expectations of your manager. Be sure to explicitly state which two theories you chose to apply in your report.Specifically, your manager asks you to address the following:Describe in detail your process for applying each behavior theory as it relates to the candidate.Determine the anticipated outcomes or challenges at each level of the organization for each behavior theory that you applied. Consider how the individual, group, and organization are motivated and what behavioral changes are likely to occur by hiring the candidate.Proposal: Your manager is quite confident that they will hire this candidate and needs your help to create a plan for onboarding the new employee. You will need to consider how the individual, team members, and organization will be affected by hiring this person. Propose strategies that your manager should implement to effectively support each level of the organization during this transition.Specifically, your manager asks you to address the following in your report:Recommend interventions to ensure new-hire and organizational success for each behavior theory you applied. Consider the following:How can your manager motivate and support the candidate and team members?What emerging trends currently exist in organizational behavior management?Describe the limitations, risks, and ethical considerations of applying behavior theory to inform decisions.Explain how recommending interventions impacts organizational performance. Consider the concept of an open system.What to Submit For this project, you must submit the following:Organizational Behavior ReportYour report should include an analysis and proposal. The report must be 750 to 1,250 words in length (plus a cover page and references). Cite all sources appropriately.

Writing Assignment On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles who committed murder could not be sentenced to life in prison because it violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Elena Kagan, writing for the majority, stated that “Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile precludes consideration of his chronological age and its hallmark features—among them, immaturity, impetuosity, and failure to appreciate risks and consequences. It prevents taking into account the family and home environment that surrounds him— and from which he cannot usually extricate himself—no matter how brutal or dysfunctional.” However, four justices strongly disagreed, arguing that mandatory sentences reflected the will of American society that heinous crimes committed by juveniles should always be punished with a sentence to life in prison. Justice Alito noted that otherwise, “Even a 17 ½-year-old who sets off a bomb in a crowded mall or guns down a dozen students and teachers is a ‘child’ and must be given a chance to persuade a judge to permit his release into society…” Write an essay analyzing the issues raised by these arguments. Be sure to indicate which side you most strongly agree with. Support your position, providing reasons and examples from your own experience and observations, discussions you have participated in, and texts you have read for this module. Your essay should be as clearly focused, well organized, and carefully written as you can make it. Questions such as the ones below will help you plan what you want to say before you begin to draft your essay. Do you agree with the majority of Supreme Court justices who argued to abolish mandatory life in prison for juveniles who commit murder or with the minority who argued to retain it? Guidelines for Developing Thesis Statements A thesis reflects the writer’s position on a question that has more than one side. After reading the thesis, the reader should be able to explain what the issue is and what side of the argument the writer is on. Develop a thesis statement that makes the topic and your opinion or position on the topic clear to your reader. Choose one side of the issue if your topic requires it, but you may qualify your position. If the topic asks “to what extent” you agree or disagree with a statement, be sure to explain how strongly you agree or disagree. You may include a “because” statement, but you do not need to list all the reasons for your position. Neither a factual statement nor a question makes an effective thesis because they do not reflect the writer’s position on the issue. Using the Words of Others One of the most important features of academic writing is the use of words and ideas from written sources to support the writer’s own points. Presented here are five ways to incorporate words and ideas from sources: 1. Direct quotation. According to Paul Thompson, brain researchers have discovered to their surprise that, “a massive loss of brain tissue occurs in the teen years.” 2. Paraphrase. In “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains,” Thompson notes that young people actually lose a large amount of brain tissue during their teen years. 3. Summary. In “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains,” Thompson summarizes recent research that shows teenagers actually lose a large amount of brain tissue, a finding that may explain their impulsive and violent behavior. Such changes in the brain do not mean that teens are not responsible for their violent behavior, but Thompson believes they should not be treated as adults in the criminal justice system. 4. Source within another text. Garinger cites the Supreme Court ruling in 2005 which asserted that juvenile offenders, “are less mature, more vulnerable to peer pressure, cannot escape from dangerous environments, and their characters are still in formation.” 5. Explaining the significance. Concurring with Thompson, Garinger observes that brain research shows that “the regions of the adolescent brain responsible for controlling thoughts, action and emotions are not fully developed.” It is clear thatthey should have a chance as adults to make the case that they have matured and become law-abiding citizens who deserve to be released from prison.

Instructions
Before beginning this assignment review the guidance on “Writing an Article Review”
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is for you to show your understanding of peer-reviewed empirical articles through: 1) reviewing original research; 2) evaluating claims, methods, and conclusions; and 3) communicating your analysis in a way that translates scientific information into common terms for a general audience. In writing an article review, you gain skills in summarizing key points and findings, interpreting results, evaluating the validity of the methods used and results reported, and communicating information to an audience in ways they understand.
Step 1: Read the tips from the UMGC library on “Finding Experimental (Empirical) Research Articles.” Pay special attention to the sections on “Scholarly Research Articles” the “Structure of An Experimental Article”
Step 2: Using the UMGC Library electronic databases, find an article published in the last seven (7) years in an academic, peer-reviewed journal related to the biological basis of psychology, sensation and perception, or memory and cognition (e.g., Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, & Economics; Behavioral Neuroscience). The article should describe, specifically, an experiment or empirical study by the researchers. This means that the researchers conducted a study that contains easily identifiable independent and dependent variables. (Do not select meta-analyses, summaries, editorials, or theoretical articles.  It is your responsibility to make sure that the journal article you select is appropriate. If you are unsure about the relevance of your article, contact your instructor for approval.).
Step 3: Read the article starting with the Title and Abstract, which will give you a quick preview of the purpose and results of the article.
Step 4: Read the Introduction. Highlight the purpose of the article and the author’s hypothesis (e.g., what was studied, what did the author predicted, and why did they find the topic worthy of study). Pay attention to the context provided for the research (i.e., what research has been done previously in the field? what issue or problem is this study trying to address?).
Step 5: Read the Methods section. Note the description of the participants and any tests, surveys, questionnaires, apparatus, or other materials that were used. Pay particular attention to the details involved in the experimental procedure. How were the variables manipulated or measured? Recall that the Independent Variable (IV) is the variable that is manipulated by the research (i.e., whether the room is hot or cold (if that is the variable of interest) or whether participants are given a placebo, shown any type of media or other stimuli, given talk therapy, or instructed to take medication (if that is the variable of interest). Remember that the Independent Variable is what was different about the experiences of the different groups. Recall also that the Dependent Variable (DV) is that variable that is measured, or, the outcome of the study.
Step 6: Read the Results. Try not to get intimidated by complex statistical analysis. Instead of focusing on the numbers, focus on the short descriptions that accompany the findings explaining what the researchers found (i.e., Did the researchers find evidence that supports their hypothesis?)
Step 7: Read the Discussion. Pay special attention here to what the authors say about the importance of their findings or the lack of findings. Think about other things you could do to look at this issue.
Step 8: Prepare a 1-2 page summary of the article in your own words.  Be sure to address the following questions in your summary:

What is the purpose of the research? (Address specifics regarding the overall purpose of the research in question.)
What hypothesis is tested? (Provide a clear statement of the researchers’ prediction.)
How did the researchers investigate their research question? (Provide details regarding the study methodology.)
What are the pertinent results of the manipulation? (What were the findings and conclusions drawn?)
What is your personal opinion of the study conducted? Should it be repeated?  What could be improved?
What is your overall impression of the work? What are the implications of the study?

Research an organization or brand  that you feel is a monopoly. Discuss the organization or brand giving  your classmates a few details about why you feel it is a monopoly and  determine if the monopoly is a regulated natural monopoly and why?
A monopoly refers to an individual or an organization that solely supplies a commodity, and it may therefore have certain benefits over the others. The government controls a regulated monopoly to protect the customers from things such as high pricing. One of the ways through which the government may regulate monopolies is through price capping, where it hinders the monopoly from increasing the price further to protect the customers. The duration monopoly is frequently utilized to characterize an element that possesses estimate or near-total supervision of a demand.
A market might retain a monopoly because it comprises all the fundamental reserves occupied by an isolated corporation. The administration provides an isolated business the limited freedom to generate some fortune, or the taxes of creation create an isolated inventor further productive than an enormous number of originators. Monopolies can be contemplated an outcome of free-market capitalism in that, missing any regulation or constraints, a solitary firm or committee evolves enormously sufficiently to inhabit all or virtually all of the demand welfares, allowances, properties, infrastructure, and assets for a specific category of merchandise or employment (Huang2019).
An example of a monopoly is Luxottica, which is Italian based Company (Narayanan, 2005). I feel that the company is a monopoly because it is the world’s largest eyewear company and produces about 70% of all named brand eyewear, including Prada, Ray-Ban, Burberry, Gucci, and many more. Luxottica mainly dominates the market price in the eyewear products, which helps the buyers decide the lower-priced ones with better-quality products. Even though it has minor branches or retail stores like Sunglass hut and all, it significantly impacts the industry (Nicholson et al., n.d.).
Luxottica usually holds the sunglasses with an average price of $140 and sold about 30Million sunglasses in the year 2019. Since it is the largest producer of sunglasses, it made a minimum of $40 profit on an average by selling each pair. Moreover, it holds 78.3% of Sunglasses in the world and stands as a Monopoly in the industry.
 
Monopoly is referred to as the product which has a sector for a certain company. The term which has the market products can be defined as the industry value. The absence of the result can be associated with the larger scale in terms of product and services. The restrictions include the market for the company. The constructions that have the product for the monopoly can be defined as the sector with illustrations of market free space on the control with certain products that include the area which in the cost can be determined with business sectors (Roesler, & Szentes, 2017).
There is the law of supply for any product demand that influences prices—the cost of production influences prices for storage capacity. The direction of interest rates is less impactful and also affects the commodity price. Monopoly is defined as the service for choosing a fixed price. The expression can be forced on the asserts can have a business company which equipment of related laws including the market shares on the related industry. The barrier largely prevents the sources from securing the services that can illustrate the products and competitive prices on the server. The prices that can have monopoly competitions can acquire the prices demanded on the result of makers—the scale has the company to have the number of products and services for network shipping. The company has close market cooperations with oligopoly for entering the significant in the company. The sellers in certain markets can be produced with applicable software that was corrupted in the operating system (Cowan, 2018). The competition, which is mainly applicable for the company market, costs services in a monopoly. The goods offered for the company are barriers to efforts of market shares which return to consumer stores. Monopoly can be developed under the natural monopoly with various costs in the startup industry.