Research Proposal Literature Review(My proposed research topic will be looking into the positive relationship between kangaroo care in the NICU and decreased mortality rate and improved developmental progression. My problem statement is: Does kangaroo care (skin-to-skin time) of mother and baby decrease mortality rate within the premature neonate community and improve future development? I chose this topic because I have been a NICU nurse for the past five years and feel that we do not do enough kangaroo care within our unit. In the past, I have done slight research on other countries that prioritize kangaroo care early on to help reduce the length of stay in the NICU. I would like to further my research to determine if, in fact, skin-to-skin care really does benefit the infant.)The literature review is one of the most important components, and often the most time-consuming part, of a good research proposal. Without the a solid foundation of a good literature review, it is difficult to make a strong research proposal.This week, you will work to develop your literature review. In week 7, you will submit a A well-polished literature review as part of your final research proposal.The following requirements should be met in your literature review:Include a minimum of six scholarly sourcesOrganize in logical sectionsInclude an overview of the literatureBe unbiased in your presentation of informationInclude sources and content relevant to your research questions and hypothesis; state the relevance in your literature reviewInclude a critical assessment of the sources. Do not simply include a summary of what you have readA strong introduction and conclusion, including further questions for researchProper APA formatting, citations, and references*** Your literature review should include three components: an introduction, a body and a conclusion. It is not a list like an annotated bibliography in which a summary of each source is listed one by one.Your introduction should give an outline of why you are writing a review, and why the topic is important and the scope of the review — what aspects of the topic will be discussedEach body paragraph should deal with a different theme that is relevant to your topic and show a clear connection between the various sources.Your conclusion should give a summary of the main agreements and disagreements in the literature, any gaps or areas for further research, and your overall perspective on the topic.Sample Paper:Cut and paste link into your browser: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/a…

DirectionsThis assignment assesses your ability to relate integrated marketing communications concepts to your product or service offering and the target market you selected. Here you will let your creative side shine as you think through how you would design the marketing communications for your product or service to effectively and efficiently communicate a clear, consistent and compelling message to your target market over the next year.You may want to refer to some additional references for more information on message design. A good one isPromotion: Integrated marketing communication (IMC). (n.d.). Lumen https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-introbusiness/chapter/promotion-integrated-marketing-communication-imc/Part 1Integrated Marketing Communications. Considering your new target market and any modifications, new product line extensions or new products you may have developed to serve the new target market needs, create your ‘Big Idea” to be the basis of the message strategy for all your marketing communications.Marketing communications objectives. In your Week 7 reading you learned about Message Strategies and the Organization’s promotion objectives (See, Section 11.5). Write at least three marketing communications objectives using the AIDA framework discussed in the reading. Each of your marketing communications objectives must be specific, measurable, realistic, and have a time limitation (i.e., be a SMART goal).Part 2Promotion mix. For each of the three marketing communications objectives written in number 2, discuss which of the promotion tools would be the best choice to reach each of the three marketing communications objective. One tool must be advertising (traditional or online) You may have more than one promotion mix tool for any given marketing communications objective. Consider and discuss whether you will be using digital marketing in general (email, mobile, social media, etc) or not to reach these goals. Why is this appropriate for this customer or not?Media strategy. Discuss at least two of your media choices that you believe will best reach your target market with your advertising. Be specific with your choices, e.g. HGTV, Rehab Addict, because the product or service is targeting a do-it-yourself target market, or Home Depot website banner ads for the same target market. Or Morning TV National News, Good Morning America and The Today Show, 1st hour because your target market is educated urban workers. If using social media, discuss which social media and how they will be used to accomplish which objective.

Read the following article that was published in May 2020. What is your opinion of this article. Make a comment, then respond to one other classmate.Aiming to thwart China, U.S. senator pushes rare earths funding billReuters (Links to an external site.)• May 12, 2020U.S. Senator Ted Cruz introduced legislation to help revive the U.S. rare earths industry with tax breaks for mine developers and manufacturers who buy their products, the latest attempt by Washington to break China’s control over the strategic sector.China is the largest global processor of rare earths, a group of 17 minerals used to make electronics, medical, and military equipment. The country has threatened to stop exporting the specialized minerals to the United States amid the ongoing trade war, prompting efforts by Washington to help revive its domestic rare earths industry.Cruz’s legislation, if approved, would let mining companies deduct from their tax bill the costs of building rare earths mines, processing facilities and equipment purchases.It would also let electronics manufacturers deduct 200 percent of the cost of U.S. rare earth products, including magnets, a measure designed to entice companies to buy fewer of the strategic minerals from China and more from the United States.I believe China is the most significant geopolitical threat to the United States for the next century,” Cruz, a Texas Republican, said in a statement.The bill would also require the Pentagon to use U.S.-derived rare earth products in all weaponry.Similar bills from other senators have yet to pass, though elements from them all could eventually be folded into broader U.S. military funding legislation, congressional staffers have said.Reuters reported last month that a Chinese company’s minority stake in the only U.S. rare earths mine has prompted concerns from scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Department of Defense decided to fund the mine’s owner, MP Materials in April.Australia-based Lynas Corp also received Pentagon rare earths funding.Two days after the Reuters report, Cruz and five other senators sent a letter to the Pentagon pushing it to only fund U.S. rare earth projects.Cruz’s legislation introduced on Tuesday also would provide $50 million in grants for rare earth pilot projects, with roughly a third allocated for minerals recycling from old mine waste, among other sources.USA Rare Earth is developing the Round Top rare earth mine in Texas with Texas Mineral Resources Corp.Alaska, Wyoming and California also contain large concentrations of rare earths.

Last Paper: How is Hamlet a Hero? . . . or isn’t he? Hamlet is obviously “the hero” of the play that bears his name. But there’s a problem: By the end of Act I, he has a straightforward job to do: avenge his father’s murder. It may not be simple—he is the King, after all—but Hamlet has a motive and, as we will find out, he also develops the means and the opportunity.But the play is five acts long, and Hamlet’s job isn’t finished until the end of that fifth act. Before he completes his task he will have done considerable damage to the lives of several other people—his mother, his girlfriend, his girlfriend’s dad, and several old pals—who, while not totally innocent, don’t deserve all the pain he puts them through.Your task, then, is to convince us that Hamlet is not only the hero of Hamlet but is also truly heroic. Using only evidence from the play itself—that’s all the evidence there is, really—shows how Hamlet really deserves to be considered a hero.Length : 800-1000 words Due : 11:59 PM Monday, May 3 Here are a few ways of thinking about the topic that may give you a kick-start: Reasons why Hamlet may be considered UNheroic: It takes him until the end of Act 5 to get the job done, and even then he only does it after the King has already brought about Hamlet’s own death. He himself is responsible for several other deaths, either indirectly (Ophelia, Gertrude) or directly (Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern, Laertes). None of these people really deserves to die, and very likely none of them would have if it hadn’t been for Hamlet. He publicly humiliates Ophelia and his mother in the Play scene, screams at both of them about what sluts they are and makes Ophelia’s funeral all about how upset HE is. He is mopey and self-dramatizing much of the time, and what does he even get by pretending to be crazy?Some possible approaches to the Hamlet prompt: 1. He really IS a hero because despite his [failures/drawbacks/flaws] he does something important; 2. He is a hero because of his truly heroic qualities; 3. He is a hero because he shows us the true meaning of heroism; 4. He’s not a hero, but not because of these obvious reasons; it’s because; 5. He’s not a hero because heroism is no longer possible in his world; 6. He’s not a hero but that doesn’t matter because he is [something just as good as or better than being a hero]. In other words, USE the prompt to think about heroism—how would Achilles or Aeneas or Beowulf have handled the situation he finds himself in? If they would have

ESSAY 2: RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY 
100 points (counts 20% of your course grade)

DUE:  Sunday, november  14, by 11:59 pm.
LENGTH:  3-4 full pages, not including Works Cited

PURPOSE OF ESSAY 2
Essay 2 will help you achieve this Student Learning Outcome for English 120: “Identify and analyze rhetorical and organizational strategies from a variety of texts and employ appropriate strategies to compose thesis-driven essays.”  Analyzing rhetoric helps you to understand how rhetorical strategies affect the audience, and this understanding can help you to create stronger arguments. 
Ted Talk TOPIC: There’s More to Life Than Being Happy
GUIDE FOR STRUCTURING ESSAY 2
Introduction (1 paragraph)

Use a hook to get the reader’s attention.
Identify the speaker and title of the TED Talk you are analyzing,
Identify the speaker’s audience, who the speaker is trying to persuade.
Identify the purpose of the TED Talk; in other words, what is the TED Talk trying to persuade the audience to believe, do, or change?
Summarize the thesis of the TED Talk; in other words, what is the speaker’s main point about the topic (the idea the speaker wants the audience to agree with)?
In your thesis statement, identify 3-4 rhetorical strategies you think the speaker uses to try and convince the audience.

Body (3-4 body paragraphs)
Include the following in each body paragraph:

Topic Sentence: State a topic sentence in the body paragraph and identify one rhetorical strategy (persuasive technique) that you think the speaker uses to try and convince the audience. (Refer to the list of rhetorical strategies if you need to.)
Examples: Incorporate examples from the Ted Talk that illustrate the rhetorical strategy (persuasive technique) you stated in your topic sentence. Use quotation marks around any direct quotations that you’ve incorporated from the Ted Talk, and place an in-text citation at the end of the quotations: (speaker’s last name and time where the quotation appears in the Ted Talk). 
Analysis: Explain the intended effect of the rhetorical strategy. To help you develop the analysis, use these questions:

Do you think the speaker intended for the rhetorical strategy to appeal to the audience’s interests, five senses, emotions, values or logic?
How might the rhetorical strategy affect the audience? And why might the strategy make the audience react this way?
How might the rhetorical strategy get the audience to agree with the speaker’s thesis?
How might the audience’s opinions or behavior change as a result of this rhetorical strategy?