Category: Computer science : Information Technology (IT)

Power BI diagnostic. The diagnostic involves creating a visualization application based on a Test Scenario instruction guide. You will use data from two Excel workbooks and follow a provided solution. Please review the test scenario and instructions attached to build the application.  Once finished, download the application.

Manufacturer Weighs Converting to Internet of Things
You are a member of the plant information systems group for a small manufacturer of all-natural ingredient cosmetics. Your firm promotes itself as adhering to the highest standards of compliance and quality. Manufacturing is rigorously monitored via sensors and computer controls throughout the entire process, and automated temperature controls ensure complete stability in the manufacturing environment. Sensor tracking is performed from the moment that raw materials enter your facility, throughout the manufacturing process, packaging, and on to distribution. The sensors and computer controls were installed when the plant was built in the 1990s and use proprietary communications protocols and are not Internet enabled. Data from these sensors is monitored by a group of three technicians in the computer control room. Twelve workers are required to staff the control room 24/7, including weekends and most holidays.
Your company has just purchased a plant previously owned by one of your competitors in a nearby state. Your group has been asked to look at the feasibility of upgrading the sensors used in both plants to Internet-enabled sensors connected to the Internet of Things. This would make it possible for technicians in one control room to monitor the operation of both plants. Plant staffing could be reduced by 12 workers saving $1.2 million in labor expenses per year. It is estimated that the cost of replacing the existing sensors and converting to the Internet of Things is in the vicinity of $1.5 million.
1.     [2 points] Why is it necessary to replace the existing sensors to implement an IoT network?
 
2.     [2 points] What additional benefits may arise from converting the plants to the Internet of Things?
3.     [3 points] What new risks are raised by placing the new system of sensors on the Internet of Things?
4.     [3 points] What actions could be taken to reduce these risks?
Cloud Helps Fight Cancer
Each minute one person in the United States dies from cancer—over half a million deaths per year. Thousands of scientists and physicians are working around the clock to fight cancer where it starts—in our DNA.
DNA is a molecule present in our cells that carries most of the genetic instructions used in the development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms. The information in DNA is stored as a code made up of four chemical bases adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). Human DNA consists of about 3 billion bases, and more than 99 percent of those bases are the same in all people. The complete set of DNA instructions is called your genome, and it comes packaged into two sets of chromosomes, one set from your mother and one set from your father. Sometimes those instructions are miscoded or misread, which can cause cells to malfunction and grow out of control—resulting in cancer.
Doctors now routinely use patient genetic data along with personal data and health factors to design highly personalized treatments for cancer patients. However, genome sequencing is a highly complex effort—it takes about 100 gigabytes of data to represent just a single human genome. Only a few years ago, it was not even feasible to analyze an entire human genome. The Human Genome Project (HGP) was the international, collaborative research program whose goal was the complete mapping and understanding of all the genes of human beings. The HGP took over 15 years and cost in the neighborhood of $3 billion, but the result was the ability to read the complete genetic blueprint for humans.
It takes a computer with powerful processing power and prodigious amounts of storage capacity to process all the patient data required to sequence their genome. Most researchers simply do not have the in-house computing facilities equal to the challenge. As a result, they turn to cloud computing solutions, such as the Amazon Web Services public cloud system. Thanks to cloud computing and other technical advances, sequencing of a human genome can now be done in about 40 hours at a cost of under $5000.
Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio invented Churchill, a software application that analyzes gene sequences very efficiently. Using cloud computing and this new algorithm, researchers at the hospital are now able to analyze a thousand individual genomes over the period of a week. Not only does this technology enable the hospital to help individual patients, it also helps large-scale research efforts exploring the genetic mutations that cause diseases.
Using the cloud also enables doctors and researchers worldwide to share information and collaborate more easily. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a research program supported by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute, whose goal is to identify genomic changes in more than 20 different types of human cancer. TCGA researchers compare the DNA samples of normal tissue with cancer tissue taken from the same patient to identify changes specific to that cancer. The researchers hope to analyze hundreds of samples for each type of cancer from many different patients to better understand what makes one cancer different from another cancer. This is critical because two patients with the same type of cancer can experience very different outcomes and respond very differently to the same treatment. Researchers hope to develop more effective, individualized treatments for each patient by connecting specific genomic changes with specific outcomes.
1.     What advantages does cloud computing offer physicians and researchers in their fight against cancer?
2.     Estimate the amount of data required to analyze the human genome of 100 patients for each of 20 different types of cancer.
3.     Physicians must abide by HIPAA regulations when transmitting data back and forth to the cloud. The penalties for noncompliance are based on the level of negligence and can range from $100 to $50,000 per violation (or per record). Violations can also carry criminal charges, resulting in jail time. What measures can be taken when using cloud computing to ensure that patient confidentiality will not be violated?

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. **There are 3 student posts I included, you only have to respond to 2*****
Due Day 3
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Forms are found on many websites and used for a variety of purposes.
Identify a website you’ve recently used that contains a form with multiple fields.
Describe the purpose of the form and the ease of use in completing the form.
What are some ways to improve user experience with the form?
Include the URL of the website in your post.

You have been employed in the supply chain management organization of Coles for the past two years. You are very excited when you are asked to join a team being formed to address serious inventory management problems often associated with the introduction of new products. Too often, customers who make a trip to Coles to purchase a highly advertised new product are disappointed to find the store is out of stock of that particular item. Such stockouts result in lost sales for both Coles and the product supplier and the potential loss of customers as shoppers look elsewhere to find the new product. The resulting loss of customer goodwill can have a long-term effect on sales. Solving this problem will require a balancing act; the company needs to carry sufficient inventory of new products to meet customer demand while avoiding excessive inventory levels that increase costs.
The team you have joined consists of nine people representing the finance, marketing, and supply chain management organizations at both Coles and two of Coles’ largest suppliers. The team is charged with looking at a wide range of solutions, including improved analytics and forecasting systems, customer-loyalty analysis tools to provide insights into customer buying patterns, and improved distribution methods to cut costs and delivery times.
The leader of the team has asked that each member share a brief personal background paragraph that outlines the individual’s knowledge and experience relevant to solving this problem. Create a paragraph for a team member who is a well-qualified, but relatively inexperienced representative of the Coles’ supply chain management organization.

1. For your classwork assignment, please upload the InDesign file. You can include a pdf file as well (optional). 2. The assignment has two parts:    a) Create a cover page with the following elements:            – Your name and profession title (of the product or service you created)                – Your created logo. You can use your initials as an illustration.                – An image photograph of your product being used or service performed.            b) Create a 2-page spread with the following elements:            – A background photograph image that bleeds off the page edge (extends to the edges of the pages).                – The image can be lightened so the text placed on top is readable. Remember to use contrasts such as light background and dark text or dark background and light text.                – A text link from one text box page to another so that the text goes from one column and continues to the next column.                – Text of your:                    1) Background (about your history as the creator of the product or service provider)                        2) Creative inspiration (what inspired or motivated you to create or do it?)                        3) Tech usage (what tech is used? Is it battery operated? Software? Equipment?)                    – A photograph image of you (professional profile photo) and/or product placed on a shelf, in a home, computer lab, desktop, or with a customer using it. Pay attention to the background of your photo.

Instructions
Having developed a research or project question and conducted a literature review, the next step is to apply an appropriate research methodology to address the research or project question. When choosing a research methodology or Capstone project technique, it is essential that the researcher chooses a methodology or technique that matches the research or project question.
For clarity, learners completing a dissertation use the terms “research question” and “research method.” Learners completing a Capstone Project use the terms “project question” and “project technique.”
Use your readings and research to determine which method would be best for your topic. Review the format of the methodology section by comparing it to others you examined. For your methodology section:
Describe methods, populations, and ethics for the system and application security issue.
The approved qualitative method or technique is generic qualitative inquiry.
The approved quantitative method or technique is quantitative regression.
Synthesize the current best quantitative or qualitative methodological approach for your system and application security issue.
For quantitative regression method or technique, identify which instrument will be used for operational or measuring variables; for qualitative research, what interview questions will be asked.
Describe the population chosen and how participants are contacted.
Describe how sampling is performed.
Review the specific documents from your program on research methodology.
Your writing should demonstrate critical thinking skills, a writing style in which sentences are clear, concise, and direct, and provide a well-supported analysis using appropriately formatted references.
Refer to the helpful links in Resources as you prepare your assignment.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Number of resources: At least 20 current scholarly and/or professional resources.
Formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA guidelines.
Length: 4–6 double-spaced pages of content plus title and reference pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

As a biologist, electrical engineer, or financial expert, you will work with radicals of numbers to solve problems.   
 
Every radical can be rewritten as a rational exponent, which means that radicals are just exponents that are not necessarily integers.  
 
Respond to the following:  
Find or create an example where the exponent in the example is not necessarily an integer. Here’s one example: .
Next, look up the golden ratio and explain how and where it shows up in nature and construction. 
Finally, provide some information regarding the relationship between radicals and elements of music, including scales and melodies. 
Response RequirementsBy Thursday, respond to the prompt above in a minimum of 175 words. 
By Monday, post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. 

Instructions
You will complete your proof of concept and submit the report. This is the final report to management before the actual cloud deployment process begins.
Use the Proof-of-Concept Report Template to prepare a report that shows the steps and results for the proof of concept. In the template, you will see specific instructions. Delete the instruction text before you submit the project.
Your report should:
Be between five to seven pages (plus an appendix for screenshots, cover page, and table of contents)
Address the topics listed in the Proof-of-Concept Report Template
Include the following screenshots from the “Build a Virtual Private Cloud and Launch a Web Server” activity:
Start Lab page
AWS Management Console Name with your name visible from user drop-down
Task 1: Create Your VPC
Task 2: Create Additional Subnets
Task 3: Create a VPC Security Group
Task 4: Launch a Web Server Instance

Instructions
You will complete your proof of concept and submit the report. This is the final report to management before the actual cloud deployment process begins.
Use the Proof-of-Concept Report Template to prepare a report that shows the steps and results for the proof of concept. In the template, you will see specific instructions. Delete the instruction text before you submit the project.
Your report should:
Be between five to seven pages (plus an appendix for screenshots, cover page, and table of contents)
Address the topics listed in the Proof-of-Concept Report Template
Include the following screenshots from the “Build a Virtual Private Cloud and Launch a Web Server” activity:
Start Lab page
AWS Management Console Name with your name visible from user drop-down
Task 1: Create Your VPC
Task 2: Create Additional Subnets
Task 3: Create a VPC Security Group
Task 4: Launch a Web Server Instance

This week’s module covered some of the cloud monitoring and autoscaling techniques. You were able to use CloudWatch, one of the AWS cloud monitoring tools.
Think about how you might use CloudWatch in your deployment as you answer the following questions.
Pick a resource and data set that CloudWatch monitors and collects. How would the use of CloudWatch make a difference in your cloud maintenance? How will you use the data gathered by CloudWatch?
Will you recommend CloudWatch as an added feature to your cloud deployment? Why or why not?