What if a highly lethal pathogen with a short incubation period had never even been encountered before? · How long would it take public health officials to develop a new diagnostic test and write a case definition? · What if some pathogen could produce a localized outbreak then render itself harmless?
write a response to the following: In this chapter, we learned the Jason group warned of many risks that are now possible today in Biotechnology. With that in mind, consider the following questions:
· What if a highly lethal pathogen with a short incubation period had never even been encountered before?
· How long would it take public health officials to develop a new diagnostic test and write a case definition?
· What if some pathogen could produce a localized outbreak then render itself harmless?
· Conversely, what if a pathogen could continually alter itself in such a way as to evade treatment?
RUBRIC BELOW
Wk 8: Written Assignment Rubric
14 points
20 points
Content
Response thoughtful and fairly well written; most opinions supported with facts
The response to the assigned topic was thorough and well written, with varied sentence structure and vocabulary; opinions were always supported with facts.
Idea Development
Good reliance upon examples and details to illustrate and develop ideas and opinions.
Excellent use of examples and details to explore and develop ideas and opinions.
Organization
Contains an introduction, some development of ideas, and a conclusion.
Very logically organized; contains an introduction; development of the main idea (or ideas), and conclusion.
Mechanics
Few or no spelling errors; some minor punctuation mistakes.
Flawless spelling and punctuation.
Citations
Citations included in proper format with few or no errors, or no citations needed
Citations included in proper format with no errors or no citations needed
HSE430Wk8QADiscussionForum.docx
HSE 430 Wk 8 Q&A Discussion Forum
Reforms in Intelligence
Discuss needed reforms in intelligence and the connection between intelligence and information technology. Explore lessons learned in the intelligence following the attacks on September 11th and the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Discuss how intelligence services in the United States works with foreign intelligence services.
Discussion forum participation will be graded using the following criteria:
3 points
4 points
5 points
Engagement / Interaction
engaged in a meaningful and relevant dialog with at least one peers
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
engaged in a meaningful and relevant dialog with
two or more peers
Participation
participated on one days=
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
participated on
two or more days
Content / Topic Relevance
discussion forum contributions sometimes addressed the main topic
discussion forum contributions very often addressed the main topic
discussion forum contributions always addressed the main topic
Timeliness
responded to main topic one day after the first post due date
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
responded to main topic the day of the first post due date
Content / Topic Knowledge
displays a good understanding of the material
displays a very good understanding of the material
displays an excellent understanding of the material
HSE304Week8Essay.docx
HSE 304 Week 8 Essay (500 word)
After reading the required assignment, Ethics: Professional Ethics for Volunteers, write an essay of at least 500 words on the importance of ethics within the volunteer models, especially as it pertains to human resources and managers.
The essay should be written in APA 7th Edition with cited resources. The assignment will be graded pursuant to the rubric provided.
Wk8 Essay Rubric
20 points
15 points
10 points
Logic & Organization
Develops ideas cogently, organizes them logically with paragraphs and connects them with effective transitions. Clear and specific introduction and conclusion.
Develops unified and coherent ideas within paragraphs with generally adequate transitions; clear overall organization relating most ideas together, good introduction and conclusion.
Develops and organizes ideas in paragraphs that are not necessarily connected. Some overall organization, but some ideas seem illogical and/or unrelated, unfocused introduction or conclusions.
Language
Employs words with fluency, develops concise standard English sentences, balances a variety of sentence structures effectively.
Word forms are correct, sentence structure is effective. Presence of a few errors is not distracting.
Word forms and sentence structures are adequate to convey basic meaning. Errors cause noticeable distraction.
Spelling and Grammar
The writing is essential error-free in terms of spelling and grammar.
While there may be minor errors, the writing follows normal conventions of spelling and grammar throughout and has been carefully proofread.
Frequent errors in spelling and grammar distract the reader.
Development of Ideas
Explores ideas vigorously, supports points fully using a balance of subjective and objective evidence, reasons effectively making useful distinctions.
Supports most ideas with effective examples, references, and details, makes key distinctions.
Presents ideas in general terms, support for ideas is inconsistent, some distinctions need clarification, reasoning unclear.
Purpose
The writers decision about focus, organization, style, and content fully elucidate the purpose and keep the purpose at the center of the piece.
The writer has made good decisions about focus, organization, style, and content so as to achieve the purpose of the writing.
The writers decisions about focus, organization, style, and content sometimes interfere with the purpose of the writing.
FinalProject.docx
Final Project
For your final project, you will submit your final two scenarios from the discussion forums in Week 6 and 8. You should add these two scenarios to your other project submission that you uploaded in Week 6 so that there are now 6 total scenarios in your final project submission.
The two new scenarios should be edited to include any suggestions or tactics that you might have discovered after making your initial post. You should also ensure that you have used appropriate punctuation and grammar for this submission, as it is part of your overall project.
You will see a template in this week’s announcement. Use the template to keep your scenarios organized.
As a part of your final project submission, you will also need to write at least 1 or 2 paragraphs to summarize what you think are the most challenging obstacles to creating an Emergency Action Plan as a Homeland Security Professional.
RUBRIC BELOW
5 points
10 points
20 points
Does the project demonstrate an understanding an action plan and the various applications for each scenario?
Presented a moderate understanding of the action plan and applications for each scenario.
Presented an understanding of the action plan and applications for each scenario by effectively using examples and evidence.
Presented and analyzed the individualized scenarios and applications by effectively using examples and evidence.
Does the project demonstrate that the author has critically evaluated and analyzed the topic, incorporating guidance from the discussion forums?
Presented relevant information relating to topic but failed to add guidance and tactics from the discussion forums.
Presented relevant information relating to the topic by providing data and adding needed information from the discussion forums.
Presented relevant information relating to the topic by providing data and adding needed information from the discussion forums with applicable knowledge and comparisons.
Submission of Scenarios
Presented and explained, in detail, only 1 scenario for the action plan.
Presented and explained, in detail, only 2-3 scenarios for the action plan.
Presented and explained, in detail, all 4 scenarios for the action plan.
Integration of Knowledge
The project did not demonstrate that the author fully understood the concepts learned in the course.
The project somewhat demonstrated that the author understood and applied the concepts learned in the course.
The project demonstrated and supported the concepts learned in the course.
Overall Mechanics/Professionalism
The author’s writing contained many grammatical, spelling, and/or punctuation errors, demonstrating a lack of professionalism.
The author’s writing included some grammatical, spelling, and/or punctuation errors, distracting from professionalism.
The author’s writing was mostly free of grammatical, spelling, and/or punctuation errors, demonstrating professionalism
HSE420WK8DP.docx
HSE 420 WK 8 DP
Select one of the following prompts to answer:
Prompt 1: What can be done to mitigate the threat of unregulated laboratories conducting research using synthetic biology procedures and services?
Prompt 2: Dr. Jim Davis stated that the three most likely bioweapons scenarios that the United States and its allies might face in the future are the following:
1. An agroterrorist event against the United States
2. A bioweapons attack on U.S. and allied troops in the Middle East
3. A bioterrorist attack against a large population center in the United States or an allied state.
Based on what you know now and the current world situation, are these three possibilities still valid? What has changed since 2002 to make these three scenarios more or less likely?
Prompt 3: What is the most likely reason for biosecurity programs to increase in scope and complexity
Resource: Chapter 14 PowerPoint
Book: Ryan, J. (2016). Biosecurity and Bioterrorism (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann.
RUBRIC BELOW
1. Discussion Forum
Discussion forum participation will be graded using the following criteria:
2 points
3 points
4 points
5 points
Engagement / Interaction
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
engaged in a meaningful and relevant dialog with at least one peers
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
engaged in a meaningful and relevant dialog with
two or more peers
Participation
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
participated on one days=
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
participated on
two or more days
Content / Topic Relevance
discussion forum contributions rarely addressed the main topic
discussion forum contributions sometimes addressed the main topic
discussion forum contributions very often addressed the main topic
discussion forum contributions always addressed the main topic
Timeliness
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
responded to main topic one day after the first post due date
N/A – no points are available for this criterion
responded to main topic the day of the first post due date
Content / Topic Knowledge
displays a fair understanding of the material
displays a good understanding of the material
displays a very good understanding of the material
displays an excellent understanding of the material
HSE304ProfessionalEthicsinVolunteerAdministration-2006.pdf
