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Instructions on how to write your essay. 

The paper has to meet the following criteria:

The text should be a review of minimal 1500 and maximal 2500 words, covering the topic of synaptic plasticity.

The review should include the following sections:   introduction, main part of text , conclusion, and references.

1. The first part is the introduction. Start with a heading: Introduction.  The introduction outlines the overall background of the topic, provides relevant information and logically leads to the aim of the paper, which should be at the end of this section.  No further text should follow the aim of the paper. The introduction is limited to max 300 words.
2. The second section of the paper, the main text, starts without a general heading like Results or Discussion. You should organize the main text by using headings and subheadings that help the reader to a structured reading and make it easy to grasp the logic of your review paper.
3. The main text is followed by a section for which you use the heading: Conclusion. In this section you describe the main conclusions of the paper. This section should not include further discussion of the data and should not include references.
4.  At the end of your paper, you should provide a list of references (Note: The list is not included in the word count). Use the heading: References for this part. Use Vancouver style.

i. Citations in the reference list are listed in the order they appear in the text, starting with number 1 (see also ii) Use abbreviated journal names as provided in PubMed.

In case of journal publications use the following format:

1. Author A, Author B, Author, C (2010) Writing of a scientific essay. J Imaginat.  5:57-63.

In case of a book chapter or a book:

2. Author A (2010) Writing of a scientific essay. In: How to write and publish a paper. A. Author, B. Author, editors. Publisher, city, country, pp 5-11.

3. Author B (2010) How to write and publish a paper. Publisher, city, country.

ii. In your text, refer to a publication by using a number in super script, in the order they appear in the paper.  For example:

Introduction

The development of the entorhinal-hippocampal region continues well into postnatal life. While entorhinal-hippocampal principal neurons and interconnections are present during the late embryonic stages of development in the rat^1-5, over 80% of the granule cells in the dentate gyrus are born postnatally² and interneurons generally reach their final position only at the end of the second postnatal week⁶. Hippocampal dendrites continue to arborize and form synapses for several weeks after birth^3,7-9, GABAergic synapses remain excitatory for about two weeks^10,11, and the rhythmic network activity typical of the adult hippocampus appears only at the end of the second week¹².

Chapter 7

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APA style

Please comment on the following statement regarding our current educational system and examples of practices:

“Itis a cardinal precept of the newer school of education that thebeginning of instruction shall be made with the experience learnersalready have; that this experience and the capacities that have beendeveloped during its course provide the starting point for all further 

learning” (Dewey, 1938, p. 88).

 (one page- deadline will be Friday 

Find a mentor or colleague and ask them to review and provide feedback on the resume you created in Week 4.

Write a 350- to 700- word summary of the feedback you received. How will you incorporate this feedback into a revision of your resume?

The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act of 2010

With the passing of the P.P.A.C.A., the government has taken a step towards reshaping the U.S. health care system. In your paper, you should describe the key characteristics of the act, review some of the major historical developments that resulted in its passage, and explain the major influences that shaped its creation. In addition, you will compare and contrast information about the act from a popular lay media report (like a website or newspaper/magazine article) with other official information available from academic research and/or governmental sources. Based on what you read, you will take a position on what you think some of the biggest pros and cons of the act are. Finally, you should analyze how the act will affect the U.S. health care system in terms of cost, quality, access, and the provision of services.

You must use the Ashford library to conduct the research necessary to complete this assignment. Prior to beginning this assignment, you are strongly encouraged to complete the Research Tutorial (specifically, units 2-3 and 5-8), which is available through the Ashford University Library.

In a three to four page double-spaced paper (excluding title and reference page), respond to the following:

1. Describe the purpose and history of the act. What issues in the U.S. health care system was the act intended to address? How did those issues develop historically? Provide examples that illustrate the historical development of the act.
2. Describe the key features of the P.P.A.C.A.? How will the act impact the U.S. health care system?
3. Compare and contrast the lay media report(s) with what scholarly sources say about the act. What do the popular lay media say about the P.P.A.C.A.? How do popular lay media reports compare to official (governmental or academic research) information available about the P.P.A.C.A.?
4. Describe your personal opinion about the act. What is your opinion about the P.P.A.C.A. overall? What do you believe are some of the pros and cons of the act? How did you develop that opinion?
5. Analyze the expected effect of the act in terms of cost, quality, access and the provision of services. Which features of the P.P.A.C.A. do you think will have the biggest effect (positive or negative) on our health care system?

Your paper must utilize three sources, including one “lay” media source (like a website, television broadcast, or print media article) and two scholarly sources. One of the two scholarly sources must be obtained from an academic journal accessed through the Ashford Online Library and the other may be an academic reference or a governmental or professional website taken from the Health Care Administration Subject Guide (located in the Ashford Library). All sources must be documented in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.