As inventor claims that there is a steady flow device which can process an ideal gas...

As inventor claims that there is a steady flow device which can process an ideal gas at constant temperature and pressure and produce useful work. Would you believe this claim??

In: Chemistry

Management Decision Cultural Backlash in India As you look at the latest quarterly earnings report of...

Management Decision
Cultural Backlash in India
As you look at the latest quarterly earnings report of your clothing and accessories company, you congratulate yourself. It was your idea to move manufacturing to India last year, and it was your idea to partner with a local retail chain to get your products to Indian consumers. So even though your U.S. sales fell 5 percent, much in part due to the recession, your company’s profits actually rose 35 percent, thanks to all the money you made in India. Almost every day, you walk through the city, and you see young, affluent Indians wearing your jeans, clutching your purses, donning your sunglasses, and you are unbelievably glad that you decided to come into this dynamic, fast-growing market that really likes Western fashion.
There are many people, however, who aren’t so fond of your styles, and of Western culture in general. Various religious and political conservative groups have recently been protesting the growing influence of Western culture in India, sometimes in quite violent ways. Recently, on Valentine’s Day, a group of men publicly beat young couples who were holding hands or having a romantic dinner. In another city, a group of people attacked women who were at bars and dance clubs. And just the other day, you saw a crowd of people throwing your jeans, purses, and sunglasses into a big bonfire as a statement against Western fashion. Even businesses are getting into the anti-American sentiment; a local beverage company announced that it would take on the popularity of Coke and Pepsi by selling a beverage based on cow urine, which is considered a holy, medicinal drink by Hindus.
When you came up with the idea of expanding into India, you certainly didn’t think that you would find yourself in the middle of a cultural clash. “I’m just here to sell jeans,” you think, “not to tell people how to live.” But clearly, many people view companies like yours as a threat to their culture and heritage.
Questions
1. How would you, as the manager of this company, deal with the risk associated with doing business in countries that feel threatened by American culture?
2. How might your company use an alliance with local companies to adapt to local concerns about American culture?

In: Economics

As a facilities supervisor, you would like to be able to estimate maintenance costs using machine...

As a facilities supervisor, you would like to be able to estimate maintenance costs using machine hours as the cost driver. To do this, you perform a linear regression with machine hours as the independent (X) variable, and maintenance costs as the dependent (Y) variable. This results in the following output:

SUMMARY OUTPUT

Regression Statistics

Multiple R

0.908881

R Square

0.894012

Standard Error

752.6137

Observations

28

ANOVA

df

SS

MS

F

Significance F

Regression

1

69942828

69942828

123.4807

2.26E-11

Residual

26

14727112

566427.4

Total

27

84669940

Coefficients

Standard Error

t Stat

P-value

Lower 95%

Upper 95%

Lower 95.0%

Upper 95.0%

Intercept

980.635

435.8579

2.892274

0.007632

364.7019

2156.539

364.7019

2156.539

Machine Hours

17.360

1.339521

11.11219

2.26E-11

12.13158

17.63842

12.13158

17.63842

A. What percentage of the variation in maintenance costs can be explained by machine hours?

B. How much maintenance cost should we expect if a factory has zero (0) machine hours?

C. By how much should we estimate maintenance costs to increase for every one hour increase in machine hours?

Label and place your final answer for A-C.

In: Accounting

"Free Trade Can Lift Labor Standards Abroad" By Layna Mosley and"Everything We Knew About Sweatshops Was...

"Free Trade Can Lift Labor Standards Abroad" By Layna Mosley and"Everything We Knew About Sweatshops Was Wrong." By Christopher Blattman and Stefan can you please share what you thInk of these article? Also can you tell me which article is more convincing?

In: Economics

Create a class diagram based on the following system. At least 3 entities with 4+ properties...

  1. Create a class diagram based on the following system. At least 3 entities with 4+ properties apiece, 3 operations and at least 2 relationships between entities:

    A banking system that tracks accounts, account owners and transactions

In: Computer Science

1. Express 2.5M NaCl as a percent solution. What is the molar concentration of a 10%...

1. Express 2.5M NaCl as a percent solution.

What is the molar concentration of a 10% NaCl solution?

2. from a 1M Tris solution, how is a 400ml of 0.2M Tris is prepared?

3. What is the molarity of a solution of sucrose that has a density of 1.24 g/ml and a molecular weight of 342.3 g/mol.

4. Forty micoliters of a stock solution of RNA is diluted with water to give a final volume of 1000 microliters. The diluted sample has an absorbance at 260nm of 0.142. What is the concentration of the concerntration of the RNA stock solution in micro grams/milliliter.

5. from a small culture, you have purified the DNA of a rocombinant plasmid. You have resuspended the DNA in a volume of 50 microliter. You dilute 20 of the purified DNA sample into a total volume of 1000 microliter distilled water. You measre the absorbance of this diluted sample at 260 nm and 280 nm and obtain the following readings.

A260=0.550

A280=0.324

a. What is the DNA concentration of the 50microliter plasmid prep?

b. How much total DNA was purified by the plasmid preparation?

c. What is the A260/A280 ratio of the purified DNA?

In: Chemistry

Use the bond D and S curves graphs to explain the effect on interest rates of...

Use the bond D and S curves graphs to explain the effect on interest rates of events such as a rise in expected inflation, a fall in expected inflation, a larger budget deficit.

In: Economics

a) Balance the following molecular equations for these reactions. b) write the ionic equation for the...


a) Balance the following molecular equations for these reactions.
b) write the ionic equation for the reactions.
c)write the net ionic equation for the reactions.

a) La2(CO3)3 (s) + HCl (aq) --> LaCl3 (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)

b) K2S2 (aq) + Bi(NO3)3 --> Bi2(S2)3 (s) + KNO3 (aq)

In: Chemistry

1. Explain in your own words why regulation is important. I would like you to use...

1. Explain in your own words why regulation is important. I would like you to use 2 examples, one from human communities and one from the human body in your explanation. Make sure to include how regulation is enabled in each case (i.e. how is communication occurring?).

I will give you an example, so that you know what I am looking for. When you drive a car and approach an intersection, you will receive a signal (communication) that tells you if it is okay to proceed or you must stop. At a lighted intersection, we all know that green means go and red means stop. If you ignore the signal or if there is no signal, cars would be crashing into each other and people could be injured or die. If there was no regulation of intersections throughout a city, chaos would ensue. Here is an interesting thing to consider in this situation: if you were unable to tell red from green (red/green colorblindness) and the red and green lights were randomly placed in the vertical sequence on the semaphore, imagine how confusing the incoming information could be!

For your example of regulation in the human body, describe what would happen if the receiving cell couldn't appropriately receive a signal or the sending cell couldn't appropriately send a signal. These problems lead to disease/homeostatic imbalance.

2. In order for an effector to respond to a command via either of the endocrine or nervous system, it must be able to respond to a chemical (hormone or neurotransmitter). Explain how the effector is able to respond to these chemical signals (i.e. what must it have either in its membrane or inside its cells). Describe how this process of intercellular communication exemplifies the relationship between structure and function.

In: Anatomy and Physiology

Consider the following Galvanic Cell : Al (s) | Al +3 (0.010M) || Fe +2(0.10M) |...

Consider the following Galvanic Cell : Al (s) | Al +3 (0.010M) || Fe +2(0.10M) | Fe(s) where,

Al+3 + 3e > Al(s) E = -1.662 V

Fe+2 + 2e > Fe (s) E -.440 V

A. What is potential of the above voltaic cell at 25C ?
B.) Calculate Delta G of the above cell at 25C ?

In: Chemistry

Use the principles of supply and demand to address a predetermined goal. Be clear on what...

Use the principles of supply and demand to address a predetermined goal. Be clear on what the current market indicates and why and what your future goal is.

In: Economics

regardless if weather it is neutral or hormonal pathway the target cell must have the appropriate

regardless if weather it is neutral or hormonal pathway the target cell must have the appropriate

In: Anatomy and Physiology

What is a conductor? How is the conductivity relatd to resistance? How does conductivity of a...

What is a conductor? How is the conductivity relatd to resistance? How does conductivity of a regular conductor (like a copper wire) change with temperature? Why? (Hint: think about how electrons collide with vibrating atoms.) (please write the answer clear and with a good handwriting thanks!)

In: Physics

Calculate [OH -] and pH for each of the following solutions. (a) 0.0062 M LiOH [OH-]...

Calculate [OH -] and pH for each of the following solutions.



(a) 0.0062 M LiOH

[OH-] = M pH =




(b) 0.0431 g of LiOH in 480.0 mL of solution

[OH -] = M pH =




(c) 13.7 mL of 0.00220 M Sr(OH)2 diluted to 600 mL

[OH -] = M pH =




(d) A solution formed by mixing 15.0 mL of 0.000560 M Sr(OH)2 with 89.0 mL of 1.2 x 10-3 M LiOH

[OH -] = M pH =

In: Chemistry

A sodium vapor lamp has a power output of 300 W. If 590 nm is the...

A sodium vapor lamp has a power output of 300 W. If 590 nm is the average wavelength of the photons, about how many photons are emitted per second?

In: Physics