Question 1 A) Give an example: 1) parasite 2) predation 3) commensalism 4) mutualism, mutualistic symbiosis...

Question 1

A) Give an example:

1) parasite

2) predation

3) commensalism

4) mutualism, mutualistic symbiosis

5) competition

B) Give an examples of each interaction :

1) parasite

2) predation

3) commensalism

4) mutualism, mutualistic symbiosis

5) competition

In: Biology

Employees of Harvin & Co. are divided among the three divisons: Management and Administration, Machine Operations,...

Employees of Harvin & Co. are divided among the three divisons: Management and Administration, Machine Operations, and Maintenance. The following table shows the number of employees in each division, classified by gender.

                                                    Female           Male           Total

Mgmt & Administration           20                   11                   31

Machine Operators                    75                 125                 200

Maintenance                                  4                   16                    20

Total                                            99                 152                  251

Let A = a randomly chosen employee is a female,

      B = a randomly chosen employee is a male,

      C = a randomly chosen employee works in Management & Administration,

      D = a randomly chosen employee is a machine operator.

What is the approximate probability that a randomly chosen employee is a machine operator given that this person is a female?   

In: Math

Horizontal Analysis of the Income Statement Income statement data for Boone Company for two recent years...

Horizontal Analysis of the Income Statement

Income statement data for Boone Company for two recent years ended December 31, are as follows:

    Current Year     Previous Year
Sales $486,400 $380,000
Cost of goods sold 415,800 330,000
Gross profit $70,600 $50,000
Selling expenses $21,240 $18,000
Administrative expenses 18,900 15,000
Total operating expenses $40,140 $33,000
Income before income tax $30,460 $17,000
Income tax expenses 12,200 6,800
Net income $18,260 $10,200

a. Prepare a comparative income statement with horizontal analysis, indicating the increase (decrease) for the current year when compared with the previous year. If required, round to one decimal place.

Boone Company
Comparative Income Statement
For the Years Ended December 31
Current year Amount Previous year Amount Increase (Decrease) Amount Increase (Decrease) Percent
Sales $486,400 $380,000 $ %
Cost of goods sold 415,800 330,000 %
Gross profit $70,600 $50,000 $ %
Selling expenses 21,240 18,000 %
Administrative expenses 18,900 15,000 %
Total operating expenses $40,140 $33,000 $ %
Income before income tax $30,460 $17,000 $ %
Income tax expense 12,200 6,800 %
Net income $18,260 $10,200 $ %

b. The net income for Boone Company increased by 79% between years. This increase was the combined result of an   in sales of 28% and   percentage   in cost of goods sold. The cost of goods sold increased at a   rate than the increase in sales, thus causing the percentage increase in gross profit to be   than the percentage increase in sales.

In: Accounting

Describe the roles of the World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Trade Organization...

Describe the roles of the World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Trade Organization (WTO) in the acceleration of globalization.

In: Economics

Calculate the pressure exerted by 2.64 moles of CO2 confined in a volume of 4.09 L...

Calculate the pressure exerted by 2.64 moles of CO2 confined in a volume of 4.09 L at 454 K. What pressure is predicted by the ideal gas equation? The van der Waals constants for CO2 are a = 3.59 atm · L2/mol2 and b = 0.0427 L/mol.



van der Waals equation:


Ideal gas equation:

In: Chemistry

Please answer questions 1 and 2 at the bottom. About Your Signature Assignment Signature/Benchmark Assignments are...

Please answer questions 1 and 2 at the bottom.

About Your Signature Assignment

Signature/Benchmark Assignments are designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree.

Signature/Benchmark Assignments are graded with a grading guide or an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for course/program improvements.

Read Case 3, Charitable Contributions and Debt: A Comparison of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/ALSAC and Universal Health Services in the Mastery of the Financial Accounting Research System (FARS) Through Cases book.

Write a response of 700 to 1,050 words in which you address the following questions from Case 3, Charitable Contributions and Debt: A Comparison of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/ALSAC and Universal Health Services:

  • Requirement A, 1-4.
  • Requirement B, 1-2.
  • How would your answers to Requirements A and B differ if the government owned and operated the hospital?

    Requirement B: Revenue Mix (Strategy-Related Considerations)

    The 10-K filing of Universal Health Services, Inc. describes the mix of revenue sources, as depicted in Table 5.3-3.

    Table 5.3-3: Patient Revenue Mix

    PERCENTAGE OF NET PATIENT REVENUES

    2000

    1999

    1998

    1997

    1996

    N/A-Not available (Source: 10-K filed 3/28/2001)

    Third Party Payors

    Medicare

    32.3%

    33.5%

    34.3%

    35.6%

    35.6%

    Medicaid

    11.5%

    12.6%

    11.3%

    14.5%

    15.3%

    Managed Care (HMOs and PPOs)

    34.5%

    31.5%

    27.2%

    19.1%

    N/A

    Other Sources

    21.7%

    22.4%

    27.2%

    30.8%

    49.1%

    Total

    100%

    100%

    100%

    100%

    100%

  • 1. How does this revenue mix compare with the revenue blend of the not-for-profit entity, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (ALSAC)? Access the latest SEC filing and compare the reported revenue mix; has it changed?
  • 2. What does that imply as to the strategies of investor-owned hospitals in managing risk and ensuring adequate capital relative to not-for-profit entities? An opportunity exists to explore the greater social and political questions that are frequently debated about the compatibility of profit-oriented entities and quality of health care, relative to not-for-profit entities. As background, identify what the latest SEC filings report concerning charity care.

In: Accounting

What is accrual accounting basis? Support your answer with examples What is cash basis accounting?     Support...

  1. What is accrual accounting basis? Support your answer with examples
  2. What is cash basis accounting?     Support your answer with examples

In: Accounting

What is the function of bile salts in digestion?

What is the function of bile salts in digestion?

In: Chemistry

Which of the following redox reactions do you expect to occur spontaneously in the reverse direction?...

Which of the following redox reactions do you expect to occur spontaneously in the reverse direction? (Hint: The reactions are occurring under standard conditions (1 M for the aqueous ions).)

Check all that apply.

2Ag+(aq)+Ni(s) ? 2Ag(s)+Ni2+(aq)
Ca2+(aq)+Zn(s) ? Ca(s)+Zn2+(aq)
2Al(s)+3Pb2+(aq) ? 2Al3+(aq)+3Pb(s)
Fe(s)+Cr3+(aq) ? Fe3+(aq)+Cr(s)

In: Chemistry

2(a) A typical metallic particle has a rest mass (i.e. mass when the particle is not...

2(a) A typical metallic particle has a rest mass (i.e. mass when the particle is not moving) of 0.5x10-24Kg and an energy of 10 eV (Electron Volt). (i) What would be the wavelength and momentum of the associated wave for this particle? -- (5) (ii) Assuming the uncertainty principle and a spherical particle, estimate the diameter of this particle? Is it a nanoparticle ? ----------------------------------------- (5) (iii) This particle passes through an inter-lattice spacing of 1nm along the x axis. What would be the spread of the particle in the y-axis, 10microns from this interlattice spacing ------- (5) 2. (b) The primitive translation vectors of the hexagonal space lattice may be taken as z ccy a xaby a xaa     ; ) 2 () 4 3 (;) 2 () 4 3 ( (a) Calculate the volume of the primitive unit cell ------ (5) (b) What is its atomic packing fraction ? ----- (5)

In: Physics

In 500 words minimum: Evaluate when dividends are taxable, who they are taxable to, and the...

In 500 words minimum: Evaluate when dividends are taxable, who they are taxable to, and the related tax consequences or benefits.

In: Accounting

4. How might the researchers approach the measurement of validity? 5. What can the researchers do...

4. How might the researchers approach the measurement of validity?
5. What can the researchers do to demonstrate construct validity?
6. Do you see this scale as having value to marketing researchers? Why or why not?

In: Operations Management

Quick Answers. ty _____. 27. Environmental scanning is an important activity for an organization, it represents...

Quick Answers. ty

_____. 27. Environmental scanning is an important activity for an organization, it represents external and internal factors, that can represented by SWOT. Which of the following is not considered an internal factor:

a.Human resource

b.Customers

c.Technology

d.Markets

e.None of the above

_____. 28. Environmental scanning is an important activity for an organization, it represents external and internal factors, that can represented by SWOT. Which of the following is not considered an external factor:

a.Economic

b.Political

c.Technology

d.Financial resource

e.None of the above

_____. 29. When Jollibee decided that they need to have a self -service ordering system just like the one’s that McDonalds launched, what type of strategy they may have used:

a.Agile operations

b.Quality-based strategy

c.Time-based strategy

d. Balanced scorecard strategy

e.None of the above

_____. 30. The late entry of Kia into the PH market, where Toyota and Honda are the front runners, their best strategy to use to be able to catch up is:

a.Agile operations

b.Quality-based strategy

c.Time-based strategy

d. Balanced scorecard strategy

e.None of the above

In: Operations Management

The following tables form a Library database held in an RDBMS: Borrower (card_no , last_name ,...

The following tables form a Library database held in an RDBMS:

Borrower (card_no , last_name , first_name , address , city , state , zip )
Books (ISBN, title, pub_date , pub_id , list_price, category_id, pub_id)
Categories (category_id, category_desc)
Author (author_id , last_name , first_name)
Bookauthor (ISBN, author_id)
Publisher (pub_id, name, contact, phone)
Bookloans (ISBN, branch_id, card_no , date_out, due_date)
Bookcopies (ISBN, branch_id , no_of_copies)
Branch (branch_id, branch_name, city)


Please use the standard join method, no implicit method allowed.


Write SQL statements to perform the following queries:
1. Display the title of each book and the name and phone number of the contact at the publisher’s office for reordering each book.

2. Which books were written by an author with the last name Steven? Perform the search using the author name.

3. Identify the authors of the books Leila Smith borrowed Perform the search using the borrower last name.

4. Display the most recent publication date of all books.

5. Display the list price of the least expensive book in the Computer Science category.

6. What’s the list price of the most expensive book written by Carlos Tim?

7. Display how many times each book title has been borrowed.

8. How many times has the book with ISBN “0401140733” been borrowed?

In: Computer Science

Create a html page to convert miles into kilometers, the page should have four buttons using...

Create a html page to convert miles into kilometers, the page should have four buttons using FOR loop to convert values from 1-25, 25-50, 50-75, and 75-100

Upon clicking any of the four button, output should display the range miles to kilometers in table cell.

In: Computer Science