How can polar bears adapt to changing environments?

Species Level Response to Climate Change   Directions: Polar bears are losing habitat rapidly as sea ice simply diminishes.  Read this short article for basic information about polar bears (http://assets.worldwildlife.org/publications/398/files/original/Effects_of_Climate_Change_on_Polar_Bears_fact_sheet.pdf?1345754206) and then research the current status of sea ice as the article was published years ago.  Do we have more or less sea ice now?  … Read more

The Impact of Bias

Consider the town hall meeting described in the week’s Introduction. In this example, bias may be impacting the community health assessment. Although some degree of bias is inevitable, as a public health professional, it is important that you employ strategies for mitigating bias. Although not addressed in this Discussion, it is also important for you … Read more

The Importance of Listening Skills

Listening is an important communication strategy in any field, but it is especially important in the field of public health. Why? Issues surrounding public health are high stakes. They sometimes involve life-and-death decisions or sensitive topics. Community members who are concerned about their own health and the health of those they care about may disengage … Read more

elements of effective and ineffective communication in the courtroom.

Application: Communication Strategies Effective testimony should impart accurate and unbiased information to the trier of fact (either a judge or jury) in a manner that can be readily understood. At times, this may include not only what is said, but how it is said. Both verbal and nonverbal communication is integral in the courtroom and … Read more

effect of globalization on the U.S. criminal justice system.-

Global Perspectives Assessment   Write a 1,100- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyze criminal justice from a global perspective.   Within In your analysis, examine the following:   •Assess the effect of globalization on the U.S. criminal justice system.-   •Compare and contrast international legal systems (Civil Law, Common law, Islamic law, Socialist law, … Read more

consider PTSD abnormal and a “disorder.”

your thoughts about the degree to which PTSD can be considered abnormal if it is an understandable reaction to external events. Be sure to consider in your response the discusion about the “the four D’s” from the first week of the course in determining whether or not it makes sense to consider PTSD abnormal and … Read more

Childhood Depression

To prepare for this assignment: Review the textbook’s coverage of unipolar depression in Chapter 8. Review the articles, “Assessment of Childhood Depression” and “Pediatric Antidepressant Use After the Black-Box Warning,” paying particular attention to the discussion of antidepressant use in children and adolescents, as well as associated risk factors and alternative treatment methods. Review the … Read more

Seven-Step Decision Model.

Mickey Mantle received a liver transplant in 1995. He was a Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder for the New York Yankees whose liver was failing because of cirrhosis and hepatitis. Although the waiting period for a liver transplant in the United States is about 130 days, it took only two days for the Baylor … Read more