Privacy Bounded with Surveillance and Security.

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Hi, need to submit a 1500 words paper on the topic Privacy Bounded with Surveillance and Security.

One should note that surveillance in different forms existed from the very dawn of civilization, when specially hired people collected information by listening to conversations, intercepting letters and watching people through small holes. It is quite obvious that nowadays the government has developed newer ways to perform surveillance. Indeed, at the present moment, the population is being tracked with the help of different devices. For example, the all expression “to blend in with the crowd” has almost lost its meaning as it is possible to track the route of a particular person when one is using public transportation.

Thus, the cards that people are using in the subway send data to the center where this information is accumulated and all this allows other people to reconstruct a daily route of a person. In other words, public transportation is no longer a means to travel secretly: it is being monitored by cameras and computers. In addition to that, driving a personal car also may not be considered to be a more private way of traveling. Thus, the development of technology contributed to the emergence of Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems which are able to identify the number plate of a car with great accuracy, regardless of the speed that the car is moving at (Lyon 2001, p. 18). Keeping in might that a lot of roads are equipped with this kind of system, one should note that all this forms a widely spread framework when the movement of a personal car is being closely monitored so a person can hardly go off the radar, so to speak.

What is more important, the iconic devices of the modern world, namely smartphones, may also be monitored by the government. There is a legal framework that requires providers of communication services to record personal conversations and store them. moreover, the subject whose conversations are recorded may not be notified. (Bryant 2014, p. 183). Finally, the most popular platform for social interaction nowadays, namely the Internet, is being watched by the government too. For example, service provides are able&nbsp.to collect information about the websites a person visited and one’s search inquires so that this data would later be handed to the government.

Assignment: Schizophrenia Over Time: Experiences Living With the Illness

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Experiences of schizophrenia are not homogeneous; there is wide variety in onset, course of illness, and combinations of symptoms. Social workers need to be able to understand the different manifestations and pathways of the illness to plan interventions. Social work services play a key role in stabilizing crises, supporting family coping, and influencing overall quality of life and outcomes of individuals with schizophrenia. In this Assignment, you practice applying this necessary individualization.To prepare: In the Learning Resources, focus on the associated features, development, and course of the illnesses in the schizophrenia spectrum. Also focus on descriptions of the disorder and the way it develops for different individuals.Choose two articles from the list in the Learning Resources that apply to treatment support and interventions for the schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders chapter in the DSM 5. Choose either Saks or McGough to focus on for this assignment.Submit a 3- to 4-page paper, supported by at least 4 scholarly resources (not including DSM-5), in which you address the following:Describe Saks’s or McGough’s experiences with schizophrenia. Identify onset, associated features (specifically referencing the positive and negative symptoms), development, and course.Explain how you would use the Clinician Rated Dimensions of Psychosis Symptom Severity measure and the WHODAS to help confirm your diagnosis.Explain how you would plan treatment and individualize it for Saks or McGough. Support your response with references to scholarly resources. In your explanation, consider the following questions:What are the long-term challenges for someone living with the illness?What social, family, vocational, and medical supports are needed for long-term stabilization?Briefly explain how race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, or other identity characteristics may influence an individual’s experience with schizophrenia.Required ReadingsMorrison, J. (2014). Diagnosis made easier (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.Chapter 5, “Coping with Uncertainty” (pp. 43–56)Chapter 13, “Diagnosing Psychosis” (pp. 185–215)American Psychiatric Association. (2013p). Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author. doi:10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.dsm02American Psychiatric Association. (2013b). Assessment measures. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author. doi:10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.AssessmentMeasuresRequired MediaTED Conferences, LLC (Producer). (2012). A tale of mental illness—from the inside [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illnessTEDx Talks. (2017, March 27). I am not a monster: Schizophrenia | Cecilia McGough | TEDxPSU [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/xbagFzcyNiMOsmosis. (2016, March 8). Schizophrenia: Causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment & pathology [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/PURvJV2SMsoArticle Choices for AssignmentSelect at least 2 articles from the following list for the Assignment.Atadokht, A., Ebrahimzadeh, S., & Mikaeeli, N. (2019). The effectiveness of humor skills training on positive and negative symptoms of chronic schizophrenia spectrum. Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery, 29(1), 15-21.Breitborde, N. J. K., Moe, A. M., Ered, A., Ellman, L. M., & Bell, E. K. (2017). Optimizing psychosocial interventions in first-episode psychosis: Current perspectives and future directions. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 10, 119–127. doi:10.2147/PRBM.S111593Cohen, A. N., Hamilton, A. B., Saks, E. R., Glover, D. L., Glynn, S. M., Brekke, J. S., & Marder, S. R. (2017). How occupationally high-achieving individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia manage their symptoms. Psychiatric Services, 68(4), 324–329. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201600031Hernandez, M., Barrio, C., & Yamada, A.-M. (2013). Hope and burden among Latino families of adults with schizophrenia. Family Process, 52(4), 697–708. doi:10.1111/famp.12042Kung, W. (2016). Tangible needs and external stressors faced by Chinese American families with a member having schizophrenia. Social Work Research, 40(1), 53–63. doi:10.1093/swr/svv047Mueser, K. T., Penn, D. L., Addington, J., Brunette, M. F., Gingerich, S., Glynn, S. M., … Kane, J. M. (2015). The NAVIGATE program for first-episode psychosis: Rationale, overview, and description of psychosocial components. Psychiatric Services, 66(7), 680–690. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201400413Velthorst, E., Fett, A.-K. J., Reichenberg, A., Perlman, G., van Os, J., Bronet, E. J., & Kotov, R. (2017). The 20-year longitudinal trajectories of social functioning in individuals with psychotic disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(11), 1075–1085.  doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15111419Walsh, J., Hochbrueckner, R., Corcoran, J., & Spence, R. (2016). The lived experience of schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-synthesis. Social Work in Mental Health, 14(6), 607–624. doi:10.1080/15332985.2015.1100153White, C., & Unruh, A. (2013). Unheard voices: Mothers of adult children with schizophrenia speak up. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 32(3), 10

It is now time to showcase your completed class project representing your selected public agency or nonprofit organization. The presentation will be reviewed

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It is now time to showcase your completed class project representing your selected public agency or nonprofit organization. The presentation will be reviewed by VP of Public Services. Attendance will also consist of client support, as well as the leaders of the agency for which you are working. Part of your presentation goal will be to provoke curiosity and evoke concern.

Instructions

For this assignment, you will create a presentation with 6–8 content slides that summarize the key attributes of your agency research during the course, plus make the additional slides indicated in the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS) PowerPoint/SlideShow Checklist.The Strayer University Library provides a SWS Sample Slideshow and SWS Slideshow Template. Title each slide to agree with the content of the slide, and make sure your slides follow the design guidelines in the Strayer Writing Standards.Your presentation should include the following:

  1. Introduction: Provide detailed background information about the agency, the mission, and the goals.
  2. Current Events: Describe three recent newsworthy events and their effect on agency public perceptions.
  3. Leadership Influences: Assess the organizational leadership, including the impact on organizational success or failure. Assessment should be focused and detailed.
  4. Human Resources Processes: Describe plans for hiring and retaining a diversified and inclusive workforce, with appropriate explanation.
  5. Budget Request and Recommendations: Recommend three ways to improve the budget for the next fiscal year.
  6. Conclusion (Looking Ahead): Recommend three ways to improve agency effectiveness.  Recommendations made should be detailed and appropriate for this agency.
  7. References: Use at least four quality sources to support your ideas/work when required. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate.
  8. Writing Quality: Produce writing that is clear and well organized and applies appropriate SWS style. Writing contains accurate grammar, mechanics, and spelling.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Evaluate the overall success of an agency.

An Identity That Rises from the Ashes.

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Hi, need to submit a 1500 words paper on the topic An Identity That Rises from the Ashes. He surveyed literature that wrote about Roman identity, specifically those that pertained to culture, class/ status, and gender identity. Under cultural identity, it was explained that a group of people with similar culture recognizes their differences with other groups in terms of “acting and being… the possession of similar cultural traits, such as language, styles of dress, personal adornment, material objects and particular ways of behaving” (Pitts: 695). It was evident from Pitt’s comparison of literature that sociocultural change in the Roman period is punctuated by a great diversity of cultural identity rather than a convergence of one Roman culture. Studying such diversity enriches one’s understanding of Roman identity, however, Pitts argues that there is danger in this approach in that one can look for diversity for diversity’s sake instead of seeing how the diversity played within the context of the Roman empire (696). Although this was only a warning, it pre-empts an individual’s intention to go deeper in learning about diversity. Pitt’s contention of “looking for diversity for diversity’s sake” is quite shallow and underestimates a reader’s capacity to see the whole picture.

In the category of class and status, the positioning of individuals in the Roman social hierarchy is studied. Most of the literature surveyed was dominated by topics on elites and state institutions such as the military. However, this category has triggered interest in material culture identified with certain social segments. For example, the higher echelons of society generated material culture related to epigraphy, monumentality, literature, and art while those pertaining to small finds and pottery had more distinct differences in terms of design and use by the high and low-status social spheres. &nbsp.It is actually interesting to learn what things were used by people and how this represented their status in society, and how such us reflected the culture of the times.&nbsp. However, one should have adequate knowledge about the diversity of Roman culture to explain such material culture and correlate it with the period it was used.

Pitts explains that the category of gender identity was not discussed much in the literature, although in recent years, there was more interest in this area of Roman culture.&nbsp. The lack of knowledge regarding gender differences or how each gender was regarded gives a lopsided study on Roman culture. The emphasis on cultural or ethnic identities should be balanced with the investigation of class, status, and gender in Roman culture (698).