Instructions

In this unit, we summarized all of the concepts you learned throughout the course, tying everything together.

For this assignment, you will write an essay in which you will apply safety and health-related theory and technology to address environmental issues. Please include the components listed below in your essay.

• Discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Technology Verification Program as discussed in the assigned article by Ashley, Waits, Hartzell, and Harten (2005). Discuss ammonia and mercury monitoring specifically.
• Provide an equation used for computing water flow rate from pipe diameter. Describe the application and variables in the equation.
• Explain two methods for treating water.
• Explain two features of a solid waste landfill.
• Describe two hazardous waste onsite remediation technologies.
• Explain the purpose of an electrostatic precipitator and the air pollutants that it removes, and show an equation used to determine its efficiency.
• Provide the equation used to compute SPL (in dB) from sound pressure in µbars. If a bulldozer emits a sound level of 90 dBA, what is the sound level (dBA) of two bulldozers next to each other?
• Discuss your favorite part of the course.

Your essay should flow smoothly from topic to topic with thoughtful transitions. Your essay should be at least four pages in length, not counting the references page; a title page is optional.

Support your essay with at least two peer-reviewed articles from the CSU Online Library. The articles should be no more than 20 years old. Feel free to use the textbook and other sources as references in addition to your two CSU Online Library sources. Be sure to properly cite and reference all sources, and use APA format.

 

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For this assignment, you will write

• Discuss the sources and beneficial uses of municipal solid waste.
• Describe the differences between garbage, rubbish, and trash.
• Elaborate on the four characteristics of optimum routing of MSW collection trucks.
• Explain the purpose of transfer stations.
• Provide two positive and two negative aspects of incinerators.
• Describe the purpose of composting.
• Discuss four differences between dumps and landfills.
• Address the following question: If each person in a city of 20,000 people generates 5 pounds per day of MSW, how many pounds of MSW are generated in a year in the city?
• Address the following question: In a different city, if the landfill volume required per year is 300,000 m3, and the average fill depth is 15 m, what is the required landfill area (m2) per year?

3 pages

 

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Essay Written Responses:

Unless otherwise indicated, there is a 200 word minimum essay response required.

·         Credible reference materials, including your course textbook(s), may be used to complete the assessment.

o    If you have questions regarding the credibility of your reference, please contact your professor.

·         APA Information

o    In-text and reference citations are required for all written responses.

o    REQUIRED FOR UPLOADED ASSIGNMENTS ONLY: title page, margins, header, double spacing, and hanging indentation

o    For questions concerning APA formatting, please refer to the APA

Text Book APA Citation:

 

Robertson, J.C. (2010). Introduction to fire prevention (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

 

 

Unit III Reflection Paper

 

For this assignment, you are asked to prepare a Reflection Paper. After you finish the reading assignment for this unit, reflect on the concepts, choose one, and write about it. Consider the concepts that you may not fully understand; what did not quite make sense? The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to reflect on the material covered in this course and to expand upon those thoughts. If you are unclear about a concept, either read it again, or ask

your professor about it.

 

This is not a summary. A Reflection Paper is an opportunity for you to express your thoughts about the material by writing about them.

 

The writing you submit must meet the following requirements:

 

·         Be at least one page in length

·         Include one historical change or event that had an impact on the current fire prevention practices.

·         Include your thoughts about the concepts from this unit’s Reading Assignment

·         Optional—through this Reflection Paper, consider brainstorming ideas about how you would increase the public’s awareness about the importance of reacting to a fire. Use your creative ability and consider ideas other than what the textbook has to offer.

 

 

Format your Reflection Paper using APA style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism.

 

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2. Topic: Polio and Surveillance

Each thread must be not less than 500 words and support your assertions with at least 2 citations besides the course texts and the Bible.

 

The last case of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949. A worldwide campaign to find new cases followed. Case clusters persisted into the 1960s and 70s. The last case was finally diagnosed in Somalia in 1977. The disease was declared eradicated by the WHO 2 years later and by 1980 the routine administration of the vaccine ended throughout the world.

Polio has been targeted as the next viral disease to be eliminated; however, many challenges continue. In the 1940s and early 1950s, an average of more than 35,000 cases per year occurred in the United States. With the advent of the Salk, inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and the live Sabin, oral polio vaccine (OPV) naturally occurring paralytic polio cases rapidly diminished in the United States. The last outbreak occurred in the Midwest among the Amish community in 1979. The last imported case of wild-strain polio in the US was diagnosed in 1993. An additional 154 cases related to the use of the live OPV were seen between 1980 and 1999. Since 2000 the US has abandoned the use of OPV in favor of the inactivated vaccine (IPV) as a safer vaccine given the elimination of wild-virus disease in the US.

Globally the efforts to eradicate paralytic polio persist. The disease continues to be endemic in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria, and to cause periodic outbreaks in other countries in sub-Sahara Africa. In these areas, the live OPV is the vaccine of choice.

Unfortunately OPV still poses a small risk of vaccine-related polio, or of transmission of vaccine-derived polio virus infection (VDPV). In fact, several cases of imported VDPV have occurred in the US since 2005 despite the use of IPV.

 

1. Why did OPV remain the vaccine of choice in endemic areas?
2. Did the US make the right decision to switch from OPV to IPV?
3. Why is VDPV being seen in the US?
4. What should be the global policy for the use of polio vaccines?

 

Can the eradication of a disease-causing organism be justified scripturally? Cite Old and/or New Testament passages to support your position.

 

 

 

3. Topic: Dietary Laws

Each thread must be not less than 500 words and support your assertions with at least 2 citations besides the course texts and the Bible.

 

Infectious diseases, including many covered in the last 2 modules/weeks, can often be prevented through simple educational measures. Many of these diseases are related to food consumption. Some people believe the dietary laws of the Old Testament are merely a collection of restrictions based on crude human observations of disease causation prior to the discovery of the biology of parasitic diseases. Read Deuteronomy 14:3-21. Identify a disease associated with clean animals and a disease associated with unclean animals in the list. Before making a pledge to become a vegetarian, find a parasitic disease associated with vegetables.

Now, using the 3 diseases you have identified, create your own protocol to control spread of these diseases. Take full advantage of modern science as you make your recommendations but bear in mind not everyone has equal availability of all technologies.

Finally, render an opinion about the purpose of the dietary laws in Deuteronomy. Cite scripture to validate your opinion.

 

 

 

4.Topic: West Nile Encephalitis as an Emerging Disease

Each thread must be not less than 500 words and support your assertions with at least 2 citations besides the course texts and the Bible.

 

Since the appearance of HIV/AIDS as a disease entity in the last quarter of the 20th century a growing number of emerging infectious diseases have been identified. Some of these diseases are “new” and some are old nemeses returning with new epidemiologic features. For the purpose of discussion, consider West Nile Encephalitis.

 

1. What are the environmental forces behind the emergence of West Nile Encephalitis in the United States?
2. What are the social and behavioral factors of West Nile Encephalitis epidemiology?
3. What types of control measures have been used to manage this disease?
4. Are there any environmental or humanitarian concerns about any of the control measures?

 

What scriptural principles could be applied to the control of disease outbreaks? Provide references for your ideas.

 

 

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1. Choose a common but sophisticated household appliance such as a refrigerator, a television set, or a washing machine. In 150 words Describe the life stages of the appliance, including identifying who is primarily responsible for the environmental concerns at each life stage. (include reference)

 

2. You are the leader of a project to design and manufacture a super-lightweight, high-performance bicycle. It will be made largely from honeycomb aluminum and carbon fiber and will be marketed in various sizes to fit children from age six up to adults. What are the principal challenges you anticipate at each step of the product realization process? Do this in 150 words ( include reference)

 

3. Select a wrench or other simple hand tool and, to the degree possible, evaluate it qualitatively for each of its “Design for X” features. In 150 Words including reference if any

 

4. Discuss in 150 words options for packaging of the following consumer products: motor oil, grapefruit juice, toothpaste, magazines, shirts, decongestant tablets.include reference

 

5. Review the LEED Project Checklist. In 200 words Which five of the items seem most important to you? Defend your choices.

 

6. You are the engineer in charge of two office building designs–one in the American Southwest, where there is very little rain and hot temperatures for much of the year, and one in British Columbia, where it is frequently rainy and foggy, and winter, the longest season, is quite cold. How good is the guidance provided by the LEED green building standards in each case? How could you make this better? In 150 words

 

7.Research the stages of the process life cycle, recycling, and infrastructure based on your chosen industrial sector. Oil and Gas

 

Write a 200 words introduction that addresses issues relevant to the stages of the process life cycle, design for recycling, and types of infrastructure as it pertains to your chosen industry.

 

Include a detailed narrative of the following:

· The stages of the process life cycle

· The approaches for reuse and recycling used in your chosen area

· The effectiveness of each reuse and recycling approach

· Differing types of infrastructure within the sector

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

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