Life Stages Nutrition Presentation

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Create a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation discussing the nutritional needs during a person’s different life stages (childhood, adulthood, pregnancy, lactation, and such). Include the following in your presentation:

  • Define nutrient, energy, and fluid needs during each life stage.
  • Describe nutrients of concern or special concerns during each life stage.
  • Identify physical activity recommendations during each life stage.
  • Discuss the following topics for the specified stages of life:
  • Pregnancy – weight gain recommendations
  • Lactation – benefits of breastfeeding
  • Infancy – growth rate
  • Childhood – helping kids develop healthy eating habits and bodies
  • Adolescence – helping teens meet nutrient needs
  • Adulthood – aging and factors that affect it

Include speaker notes that detail the implications of each slide.

Include a reference slide with citations in APA format.

Business Intelligence And Data Warehouses

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Assignment 3: Business Intelligence and Data Warehouses

Due Week 9 and worth 100 points

Businesses today are extremely reliant on large amounts of data for making intelligent business decisions. Likewise, the data warehouses are often structured in a manner that optimizes processing large amounts of data.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Outline the main differences between the structure of a relational database optimized for online transactions versus a data warehouse optimized for processing and summarizing large amounts of data.
  2. Outline the main differences between database requirements for operational data and for decision support data.
  3. Describe three (3) examples in which databases could be used to support decision making in a large organizational environment.
  4. Describe three (3) examples in which data warehouses and data mining could be used to support data processing and trend analysis in large organizational environment.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Describe the role of databases and database management systems in managing organizational data and information.
  • Distinguish the role of databases and database management systems in the context of enterprise systems.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in database systems.
  • Write clearly and concisely about relational database management systems using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Identifying Potential Malicious Attacks, Threats And Vulnerabilities

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Assignment 1: Identifying Potential Malicious Attacks, Threats and Vulnerabilities

 

Due Week 4 and worth 75 points

 

You have just been hired as an Information Security Engineer for a videogame development company. The organization network structure is identified in the below network diagram and specifically contains:

 

1) 2 – Firewalls 5) 2 – Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Domain Controllers (DC)
2) 1 – Web / FTP server 6) 3 – File servers
3) 1 – Microsoft Exchange Email server 7) 1 – Wireless access point (WAP)
4) 1 – Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) 8) 100 – Desktop / Laptop computers
  9) VoIP telephone system

 

 

 

The CIO has seen reports of malicious activity being on the rise and has become extremely concerned with the protection of the intellectual property and highly sensitive data maintained by your organization. As one of your first tasks with the organization, the CIO requested you identify and draft a report identifying potential malicious attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities specific to your organization. Further, the CIO would like you to briefly explain each item and the potential impact it could have on the organization.

 

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

 

  1. Analyze three (3) specific potential malicious attacks and / or threats that could be carried out against the network and organization.
  2. Explain in detail the potential impact of the three (3) selected malicious attacks.
  3. Propose the security controls that you would consider implementing in order to protect against the selected potential malicious attacks.
  4. Analyze three (3) potential concerns for data loss and data theft that may exist in the documented network.
  5. Explicate the potential impact of the three (3) selected concerns for data loss and data theft.
  6. Propose the security controls that you would consider implementing in order to protect against the selected concerns for data loss and data theft.
  7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment (no more than 2-3 years old) from material outside the textbook. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

  • Explain the concepts of information systems security as applied to an IT infrastructure.
  • Describe the principles of risk management, common response techniques, and issues related to recovery of IT systems.
  • Describe how malicious attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities impact an IT infrastructure.
  • Explain the means attackers use to compromise systems and networks, and defenses used by organizations.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems security.
  • Write clearly and concisely about network security topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Business Strategy

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Due Week 4 and worth 240 points

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Assignment 3: Business Intelligence and Data Warehouses

Due Week 9 and worth 100 points

Businesses today are extremely reliant on large amounts of data for making intelligent business decisions. Likewise, the data warehouses are often structured in a manner that optimizes processing large amounts of data.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Outline the main differences between the structure of a relational database optimized for online transactions versus a data warehouse optimized for processing and summarizing large amounts of data.
Outline the main differences between database requirements for operational data and for decision support data.
Describe three (3) examples in which databases could be used to support decision making in a large organizational environment.
Describe three (3) examples in which data warehouses and data mining could be used to support data processing and trend analysis in large organizational environment.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe the role of databases and database management systems in managing organizational data and information.
Distinguish the role of databases and database management systems in the context of enterprise systems.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in database systems.
Write clearly and concisely about relational database management systems using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.that you visit often (e.g., coffee shop, bookstore, sporting goods store, etc.). Write a 6-8 page paper in which you:

  1. Craft a brief (1-2 pages) strategy for a business concept that would directly compete with the small business you selected. Explain the rationale for the strategy in detail.
  2. Determine if it would make more sense to open the new business you describe or to purchase the existing business you selected. Explain your reasoning.
  3. Discuss the most appropriate form of ownership for your new business (assuming your current financial situation).
  4. Outline a business plan for your business. Visit http://www.sba.gov for tools and templates.
  5. Include at least two (2) references outside the textbook.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze the nature of entrepreneurship, business ethics, and social responsibility in managing a successful small business.
  • Analyze a business strategy and supporting business plan for a small business concept
  • Describe and analyze the necessary activities and key decisions to start a small business.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in small business management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about small business management using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills.