Quintin Middleton

Question 1 (70 marks)In Week 5, you learned about adders and the Manchester carry chain (MC2), which is used to speed up the propagation of the carry signal in the carry-bypass and carry-select adders. For this question, you will analyze the design of an adder/subtractor that takes as inputs two 128-bit signed integers (A and B) and generates an output that is 129-bit wide (128 sum bits plus the final carry-out). For this question, assume that:  i) Complementary signals are available fo...

Purpose and Imagery in FDR's First Fireside ChatDirections Read the postings of your peers in the "Rhetorical Devices Analysis" Discussion Board. Select at least TWO postings to respond to. In each response, address the two points your peer wrote about and offer your perspective on their ideas (about 150 words per each response). Post each response as a REPLY to your peers' postings in the Discussion titled "Rhetorical Devices Analysis." 1, My two chosen rhetorical devices: imagery and purpos...

Body: Idea DevelopmentResearch Project IntroductionA good introduction should be well written and to the point. It will have the following components:An interesting, concise introduction to the topic.A statement of the rationale and purpose of the paper. Body: Idea Development The topic will relate back to the cultural value dimensions discussed in class and any other relevant theory or concept.  Links back to class discussions, readings, presentations etc are intertwined throughout...

Part I: Revising and Identifying the Common Ground for a Convincing ArgumentIn this unit’s assignment, you will develop ideas to support the persuasive thesis statement you worked on in the Units 3 and 4 Discussion Boards. This thesis statement advocates a solution to a problem in your community, and you will consider the various stakeholders, common ground you share with your audience, possible rival hypotheses, and ways you can use the logical appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos to conv...

Defining Democracy and Examining Evidence for and Against the Claim That the United States is a DemocracyWhile there are many different definitions of the term “democracy,” most of them include some reference to "the people" (meaning average citizens rather than political elites) being able to control their government by choosing leaders who will represent the people's preferences and values. Many definitions of democracy will claim that “free and fair elections" are the exp...

Social Media and MisinformationPlease read the following article carefully and answer the question below. You must follow rules of formal writing. You should have a clear topic sentence that answers the question, at least two supporting points organized in PPA style with in-text citations, and a concluding sentence.Question: In the article "Social Media Remains A Source For News And A Breeding Ground For Pandemic Conspiracies," Daniel Anstandig, CEO of Futuri Media states, "There has been a t...

Fitness AssessmentThe athlete is a 14 year old male youth triathlete competing in the British Triathlon Youth Super Series. The first event takes place in April 2022. 1. Describe in detail key concepts and principles underpinning the study of strength and conditioning. 3. Identify and review the strength and conditioning requirements for a long term periodised training programme. 4. Critically evaluate emerging themes in the strength and conditioning literature regarding their practical ap...

Importance of Analyzing TextsIdentifying claims and forming arguments of a text through analysis: When approaching any reading material it is important to be able to deeply analyze the text and to draw your own conclusions about what the material means. Analyzing texts is as important to do when reading a newspaper (to discover if there is any bias being presented), as it is a poem or fiction piece (that may have underlying themes that can open up a whole new layer of discussion). For...

TaskThis Assignment assesses the following module Learning Outcomes (from Definitive Module Document):   1. Have a knowledge and deep understanding of a variety of AL techniques and methods applicable across domains ranging from molecular computational biology and evolution of agents to behaviour-oriented and social robotics. In this project you must program a simulated robot in Unity to autonomously navigate a track with a range of obstacles. You will be provided with a comp...

Goals–Students will read and write from and into binary files. –Students will calculate the CRC32 value of a sequence of bytes. Create a working directory for the lab activities. Copy the source files from /home/lib3780/project/src/4get data/ folder into this working folder. Examine the contents of file create file.cc. Understand the code, then compile it and execute it. A binary file with the name one.bin should be created. Open the binary file using the command hexdum...