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Required Practical Connection Assignment

Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study.

NOTE:  Do not submit a paper you wrote for another class.  This paper must be written specifically for this class.

NOTE:  Do not include a job description from your current or previous job.  This paper must be written to describe how this course would apply to your job.  

 

Please watch this video walk through for how to complete this assignment: Dietary Analysis Part II Overview

Step 1: Creating a Profile

1.  Go to the following website: https://cronometer.com/ IMPORTANT: Instructions below apply to the web-based Cronometer application. Do NOT use the mobile device App. 

2.  Click on Sign Up for Free in the middle of the screen.

• Create your profile by entering your school email and password (8 characters).
• Next, enter your sex, birth date, height, and weight.  For females, leave as normal unless you are pregnant or lactating, which can be selected from the drop down menu.
• Click the check box to agree to Terms of Service and click Create Account at the bottom of the screen.

3.  Once you have entered the Cronometer site, click on SETTINGS at the top of the screen. Once you open SETTINGS, go to ACCOUNT to confirm your email settings.  Under email, be sure to uncheck any checked boxes.  Leaving these boxes checked results in promotional emails from Cronometer.  Cronometer is not endorsed by UMGC, and we do not support any fad diet information that may be sent to you. 

4.  While in SETTINGS, go to the tab PROFILE + TARGETS to set your ACTIVITY LEVEL. Use the drop down menu to adjust your Activity Level to the appropriate selection based on your habits and lifestyle. Clicking on Activity Level can provide guidance on which activity level is appropriate for your lifestyle.

Note: for this project, do not link your Cronometer account with any fitness tracking devices as it may alter the accuracy of your results for this project.

Step 2: Using the Food Database

1.  To begin entering your foods for Day 1, ensure you are under the Diary tab at the top of the screen. 

2.  Select the appropriate calendar date.  It is highly recommended that you enter all three food diaries at once, using consecutive days on the Cronometer calendar (even if your log days were not consecutive), and use dates closest to today’s actual date.  Because we are using the free version of the site, reports can only be done for the last 7 days so you will be unable to get a report for the days you enter if they are more than 7 days away.  It’s not a problem to edit the dates in this way–it will not impact your results.

3.  Click on Add Food at the top of the screen. Type the first food from your food log into the search bar and click Search.  Select the food item that best matches the food you ate in the Search Results. 

4. Choose the amount that you consumed at the bottom of the search box.  Use the drop menu to select the most appropriate serving measurement and enter the number of servings.  If less than 1 serving, use a decimal to indicate the percentage of one serving consumed.  Click on Add Serving.

Note: Do not include any supplements into your food diary as you are doing an assessment of your dietary intake only.

5. If you need to delete a food item from your diary, simply right click on the food item and select Delete Selected Items.

6. Continue Steps 1-4 for all food items for your Day 1 Food Diary.

7.  After you have entered all food and drink items for the first day, click on the three vertical dots (ellipsis) found at the top right of the screen.  Select “Mark Day Complete”.

8.  Repeat for Days 2 and 3 by changing the date in the calendar. Again, ensure dates are consecutive in the Cronometer calendar; are within a 7-day window; and are as close to today’s date as possible.

Step 3: Obtaining Your Nutrition Report

1. Once you have entered all of your foods into the Diary for all three days and marked all three days as complete, you need to create your nutrition report to analyze your average intake of nutrients over the three days.  Click on the Trends tab at the top of the screen. Select Nutrition Report.

2.  At the top, select the parameters for your search [see screenshot below]. Ensure your 3 days are included in the last 7 days as the free version of this site only allows for averages from the last 7 days.

• Select include today only if one of your three days was entered on today’s date in the Cronometer calendar.
• From the drop down menu, select “Completed Days” instead of the default “All Days”.  This will ensure your report is accurate and includes values for only days in which food was entered.
• Do not include supplements in this report.

3.  After your report is generated, take a screen shot of your Nutrition Report to show all nutrient values from Nutrition Report, including dates at the top of the report and down to the last mineral Zinc.  You will likely need to take two screen shots in order to include the required data. [See sample screenshot below].   This step must be done as it is a requirement that you turn  in your full Nutrition Report for the three days with the analysis.

4. Open this file  to complete the rest of the assignment.  Using the Nutrition Report above, fill in the Average Eaten columns of Tables of 1 and 2 of the file you just opened.  To fill in Table 1, Energy and Macronutrients (percent of calories), use the top of the report as shown below.  You will need to hover over each macronutrient name to see percent of calories from each.  Do NOT use information from the sections that are crossed out on the image below.

For remaining macronutrient components and the micronutrients, use the Nutrition Report tables to obtain the information to fill remaining average intakes for Tables 1 and 2 .

Cronometer will give you two numbers for calories: Calories Burned and Energy

Energy: This is the amount of estimated calories consumed based on the foods you entered. 

Calories Burned: This is the amount of estimated calories your body used based on your height/weight/activity level. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE SIMPLY ESTIMATES BASED OFF OF A MATHEMATICAL EQUATION. 

These values are not an indicator of health or nutritional status– this is only a snapshot of one day, one meal and is not intended to diagnose any deficiencies. If you have concerns about your nutritional status, please feel free to contact me personally or another healthcare professional prior to making any drastic dietary changes or adding supplements.

For remaining macronutrient components and the micronutrients, use the Nutrition Report tables to obtain the information to fill remaining average intakes for Tables 1 and 2 .

Your Chronometer report will tell you the amounts consumed in grams, which then need to be converted into a percentage based on the average amount of calories (energy) consumed.

Keep in mind the following: 

Carbs = 4 grams/kcal

Fat = 9 grams/kcal

Protein = 4 grams/kcal

Example: 

My Chronometer report says that I consumed 1,500 calories and 200 grams of carbs. 

200 grams of carbs x 4 grams/kcal = 800 kcals.

(800 kcals worth of carbs divided by 1,500 kcals of energy) x 100 = 53.3%

You will find the % for each macronutrient using the above logic and corresponding grams/kcal for each macronutrient. 

Keep in mind that the target values in Table 1 are the AMDR ranges you have learned in class. 

Using the screenshot below as an example (vitamins in this case), you will use the 1st column values rather than the red/yellow/green bar values in the 2nd column.

5.  Finish Tables 1 and 2 in the document you downloaded by using the following resources for Target or RDA/AI Nutrient values.

Macronutrients: Use the values for the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) that you learned about in your textbook for Target values.  These can be found in their respective chapters/units in the textbook (Units 4, 5, and 6).

Micronutrients: Use the link below for RDA/AI values for all vitamins and minerals except Vitamins A and D. For Vitamins A and D, the units from Cronometer do not match the RDA/AI units found in the link below.  While this is the most recent publication for RDA/AIs, presently IUs are the preferable measurement for vitamins A and D. As a result, Cronometer provides their results in IUs for these two vitamins. Use the following reference:

            Vitamin A –     RDA 3000 IU for males

                                    RDA 2,333 IU for females

            Vitamin D –     RDA 600 IU for males and females

Here is the Dietary Reference Intakes DRI link to a detailed reference for Dietary Reference Intakes for all vitamins and macronutrients. The values at this link will benefit the analysis portion of your paper: DRI Values

Dietary Reference Intakes are provided by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of Health)  https://ods.od.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Dietary_Reference_Intakes.aspx

Step 4: Analysis Questions

1.  Answer Questions 1-9 in the file you downloaded above based on your results in Tables 1 and 2 . Use complete sentences and ensure proper grammar and spelling.

2. In order to calculate the Estimated Energy Requirement (EER) equation (question #2 on the Word document you have downloaded in order to complete this assignment), you will need your Physical Activity (PA) value .  Use the following PA levels for your equation based on your gender and activity level:

• Men
  • 1.0 for sedentary
  • 1.11 for low active
  • 1. 25 for active
  • 1.48 for very active
• Women
  • 1.0 for sedentary
  • 1.12 for low active
  • 1. 27 for active
  • 1.45 for very active

Step 5: Submission

The following should be submitted as attachments when you have completed this part of your project:

1. Nutrition Report screen shots (as .doc or .pdf file)

2. Completed Analysis to include tables and answers to diet analysis questions (found here) (as .doc or .pdf file; File extension .docm may not upload properly to Assignment folder)

  

1. What are Web services? How do Web services differ      from services provided by application service providers and traditional client/server      web-based applications? Describe with an example using in a business      transaction scenario where web service(s) play a role in exchanging data      between two disparate systems. 5pts.      + 5pts. + 5pts.
2. Why is a service description necessary for      representing Web Services? 5pts.
3. Describe the parts of the Web services      element.  5pts.
4. Can a single service contain multiple ports? What is      the implication? 5pts. + 5pts.
5. What is a and how does it describe      technical service information? 5pts.
6. What is the purpose of a WSDL to UDDI mapping model?  5pts.
7. What is REST? What are the constraints an application      needs to fulfill to become RESTful? In your own words (please use your own      words and not copy and paste from the internet) briefly describe each of      the constraints. 2pts. + 2pts. + 11pts.
8. In your own words, please describe the MVC (Model-View-Controller)      framework. What are the benefits of using the MVC framework?  10pts.
9. Describe how SOAP processes distributed applications. 10pts.

Write a 4 pages

• What are different types of inventory management software that could be used to track an organization’s assets?
• What are the defining features of these software programs?

 Purpose The purpose of this assignment is for students to create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation designed  to convey the information from the Microsoft Word Project to an audience. The audience for this  assignment is a group of your peers who are unfamiliar with the issue you are presenting. Please note  that students must complete the Microsoft Word Project Assignment before starting this project. Content Requirements This assignment will reuse much of the content created for the Microsoft Word Lab Assignment, but  shortened and formatted properly for a presentation. This presentation should:  contain a title slide including your full name, title of presentation (which may or may not be  different than the title of your paper for the Microsoft Word Project Assignment), course and  section number, instructor’s name, and the date  include at least ten slides of content (this does not include the title slide, bibliography slide, or  final closing slide of the presentation). This content should: o include one or more slides introducing the issue you wrote about in the Microsoft Word  Lab Assignment o include slides that describe all sides of the issue o follow good presentation design principles. Search the Web for credible resources that  identify guidelines for creating good presentations, and adhere to those guidelines.  o include at least one image (a photo or clipart) that helps explain a concept in your  presentation and add visual appeal. Please note that images should not be used to  replace information that should be conveyed in text format, but instead to help  supplement the text in your slides  include citations, where appropriate, for content you pull from other sources (please note that  Microsoft PowerPoint does not have a References tab, so you will need to enter the citations  manually)  include a Works Cited (or Bibliography) slide that lists your sources. These sources most likely  will be the same as your sources for the Microsoft Word Lab Assignment. In addition, you must cite the source you used to research good presentation design principles. Please note that  Microsoft PowerPoint does not have a References tab, so you will need to enter the information  on this slide manually. Do not copy and paste this information from your Word document.  include a final, closing slide in your presentation wrapping up the presentation. This should  appear as the last slide, after the Works Cited/Bibliography slide Technical Requirements In addition to meeting the content requirements for this assignment, you also will need to demonstrate  your proficiency of Microsoft PowerPoint by applying the following formatting:Page 2 of 4  Apply the Title Slide layout to the first (title) slide in your presentation  For the ten (or more) content slides, use a combination of at least three different slide layouts  (not including the Title Slide layout) for your content. All presentation content should be added  to the existing placeholders in the slides – blank slides should not be used.  Choose an appropriate Theme (from the Design tab) for this presentation. Do not use the  default Office Theme  Use the tools on the Design tab in PowerPoint to change the Theme Colors and Theme Fonts in  the presentation from the defaults  Display and use the Slide Master (use the VIEW tab) to change the default bullet style for the master slide and conform the bullets change for the entire presentation  Format all images in your presentation with an appropriate Picture Style. Also, add a Picture  Border to the image  Insert an additional clipart image (be sure to use clipart and not a picture from a file on your  hard disk) that applies to the content of your presentation. Use the Remove Background tool to  remove the background elements of the clipart, and only display what’s in the foreground.  Please note that you may have to use the tools on the Background Removal tab (which will show  when you select the image and enable the Remove Background tool) to perfect the background  removal. The background cannot be removed from all clipart; you should insert a photograph  from the Clipart gallery instead of an illustration, so that you will be able to remove the  background. An example (which you cannot use in your project) is shown here:  Copy and paste information from your Microsoft Word Lab Assignment document into the  Notes Pane in PowerPoint that will help you explain each slide (as if you were to present it). All  content slides should have related information from your Microsoft Word Lab Assignment in the  Notes Pane  Include the slide number and presentation title (hint: insert the presentation title as the Footer)  on every slide but the title slide image with  background  removed image without  background  removedPage 3 of 4  Include the fixed date (use the assignment due date as the fixed date) and presentation title  (hint: insert the presentation title as the Footer) for Notes and Handouts. Be sure the page  number is still selected.  All Web sites referenced throughout your presentation should be formatted as hyperlinks (you  will have at least two of these on your Works Cited / Bibliography slide)  Apply an appropriate slide transition to each slide in the presentation  Apply appropriate animation effects so that bulleted items display by 1st Level Paragraphs  Slides should advance and animations should display on mouse click only, and not automatically  (do not add any timings to your presentation)  Run a Spelling & Grammar check to make sure your presentation is free of spelling and  grammatical errors  In the Properties for this presentation, make sure your full name appears in the Author property  (if it does not, change it), and that the title of this presentation appears in the Title property Submission Guidelines It is important for students to pay close attention to the submission guidelines in order to receive full  credit for this assignment.  Save the file as PowerPointProjectLastNameFirstName.xlsx (where LastNameFirstName should  be replaced with your last and first name)  Close the file after saving it. Otherwise the file will not attach properly to the email message.  Submit the file to Blackboard. Important Notes  Start the assignment well in advance of the due date. Last minute problems on your end will not  be an excuse for missing a deadline  Do not use anyone else’s work. After we receive all assignments, we will run them through an  automated process to check for plagiarism. Any violations or any plagiarism will result in a zero  on this assignment and possible further disciplinary action by the College. It is better to miss  turning in an assignment (or to turn in an incomplete assignment) and receive a lower grade  than to risk going through a Student Conduct review process  Using a Mac version of Microsoft Office is entirely at your own risk. If the Mac version does not  allow you to perform certain steps outlined in this document, you will lose points for those steps 

 

Given the Spam data set for classifying an e-mail is either spam (label 1) or not (label 0). The dataset can be downloaded from https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/SpambaseLinks to an external site.. Compare three ML algorithms: logistic regression, decision tree, and random forest for this binary classification problem. Collect screenshots of critical parts for each question. Type all answers. Submit a pdf report. Use Databrick notebook. The final notebook should be fully documented and uploaded to Canvas as well as the pdf report.

1. (30 points) Find the best model for each ML algorithms. Compute precision, recall, and F1 scores based on ALL data points.  Identify the best ML algorithm based on the statistics computed.

2. (30 points) Use 5 fold (70/30) cross-validation method to find the best model for each ML algorithm using the default ROC criterion. Compare these three ML algorithms and pick the best overall model. Discuss how you reach this conclusion.

3. (20 points) Based on your best model in Q2, identify the most significant features. Discuss how you can take advantage of this finding. 

4. (10 points) Discuss why the best ML algorithm is better than the other two from a theoretical point of view. 

5. (10 points) Does the best model provide a satisfactory classification outcome? Explain. Is there another ML model that may be used to better this result? Discuss and provide the sources of your analysis.

  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other related field OR equivalent work experience.

5 + years of IT work experience completing application development in a distributed multi-tier environment.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to create excellent software development lifecycle documentation.

Ability to work on a variety of programming languages. Stays abreast of the development in area of professional competence.

General:

Visual C#

Angular JS 6.0 and above

• ASP.Net Core

Entity Framework

Web API’s

Team foundation server

• Telerik controls
• Visual Studio 2017

SQL server 2016

SharePoint a plus

DQ6: A useful tool to clearly depict the interrelationship between process and data
models is the CRUD matrix. The CRUD (create, read, update, delete) matrix is a
table that depicts how the system’s processes use the data within the system. It is
helpful to develop the CRUD matrix on the basis of the logical process and data
models and then revise it later in the design phase. The matrix also provides important
information for program specifications, because it shows exactly how data are
created and used by the major processes in the system.

• Explain how use case descriptions and UML diagrams work together to define functional requirements?  
• What are the differences between the logical and physical Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)?
• What are the two most important factors in determining the type of data storage format that should be adopted for a system? Why are these factors so important?

Assigned Readings:Chapter 11. Advanced Topics in Planning and Scheduling: Agile and Critical ChainInitial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. What are the practical implications internally (in terms of team motivation) and externally (for the customer) of making overly optimistic project delivery promises?

[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!]  [Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]

Text-

Title: Project Management 

ISBN: 9780134730332 

Authors: Pinto 

Publisher: Pearson 

Edition: 5TH 19

 Please do some research.

1. What is the difference between Tor, VPN, and proxy servers?
2. How might you perform digital forensics against each one of these three areas if you are asked to identify data of interest?
3. For each of these areas, what do you feel is important for an investigator to know?

Knowing this distinction will help you. Please provide several paragraphs for each question.