300 word post

In recent decades, the difference between the income going to the richest and poorest segments of the US population has been increasing.  

Since 1979, the after-tax income of the top 1% has increased by more than 250% while those among the bottom 20% have only seen an 11% increase. (Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2010)

Does it matter if some groups have seen their income increase more rapidly than others?

Should the government impose higher taxes on the top 1% to try to shrink the "gap?"

Why or why not?

This chapter discusses the different types of research design and you have read about them as well. For this entry, conduct a PubMed search and find two abstracts of studies both using a cross sectional design. The abstracts may be on any topic you chose-and they do not all have to be on the same topic. In your post, include each abstract and write about the distinguishing factors of the design used, and comment on whether or not you feel there was any other way this study could have been designed. In addition comment on next steps for the topic given the findings.

Health Epideomlogy

need 2 abtracts

Application of the A&P of the Animal & Plant Cell: Relate the structures of the cell (animal or plant) to parts of some other concrete or abstract structure and explain how each structure connects.
Example: Gas to a car is to the mitochondria of the cell. Explanation: Without gas a car would have no means of energy for power to move. Just as the mitochondria "powerhouse" provides energy for the cell.
* Whatever structure chosen to compare the cell to that structure must be used throughout the entire comparison. . * There should be approximately thirteen (13) comparisons. One for each part of the cell. Please number each part in your comparison.

Python question

Write a function

int(lofi, alofi)

that consumes two sorted lists of distinct integers lofi and alofi, and returns a sorted list that contains only elements common to both lists.

You must obey the following restrictions:

• No recursion or abstract list functions,
• intersect must run in O(n) where n is the combined length of the two parameters.
• sort function is not allowed as well as list comprehensions
• math is the only library that can be imported

Example:

 int([4, 13, 10, 8, 15], [2, 3, 6, 13, 11, 12, 8]) => [8, 13]

*OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING*

*JAVA PROGRAMMING*

Create a program that simulates a race between several vehicles.

Details don't matter code must just have the following:

• Design and implement an inheritance hierarchy that includes Vehicle as an abstract superclass and several subclasses.
  • Include a document containing a UML diagram describing your inheritance hierarchy.
• Include at least one interface that contains at least one method that implementing classes must implement.
• Include functionality to write the results of the race to a file; this will require Exception handling.
• Utilize threads to ensure that all race vehicles are moving in turn.

in java language.

There are three classes for the project, and two inner classes defined in the Cuboid class.

Create the following classes:

•   Shape. It’s an abstract class with two abstract methods, area and perimeter.
•   Rectangle. It’s a concrete class that extends Shape. Implement area() and perimeter(). Implement the compareTo(object) method to sort rectangles by area in ascending order.
•   Cuboid. It’s a concrete class that extends Rectangle. A cuboid is a 3D rectangle. The shape has a third dimension, Depth. Override the area() method to compute the surface area of the object and implement new method volume(). The perimeter method is invalid in this context. The best way to handle this is to throw an exception called “UnsupportedOperationException”. If perimeter() is called, throw this exception.
•   SortByArea and SortByVolume are two classes defined as attributes of the Cuboid class. If you want to sort, the easiest way is to implement the compareto() method. If you want to sort more than one way, you must implement multiple comparators. Implement these methods so they are sorting by area in ascending order and volume in ascending order.

Complete the following unit tests:
•   Rectangle
o   Test Construction
o   Test getter / setter methods
o   Test area()
o   Test perimeter
o   Test compareTo(Object), ensuring rectangles are being sorted correctly (2x2 sorts < 4x6, for example)
•   Cuboid
o   Test Construction
o   Test getter / setter methods.
o   Test area()
o   Test perimeter
o   Test SortByArea
o   Test SortByVolume

Download the Unit 5 Programming Assignment When you're finished, upload the following to the Programming Assignment submission area: Upload the following for your Programming Assignment submission. Question.java TrueFalseQuestion.java MultipleChoiceQuestion.java Quiz.java A screenshot showing a dialog box asking a true/false question Your assignment will be graded by your peers using the following criteria. Does the submission include a file that defines the class "Quiz" with a main method? Does the submission include a file that defines the abstract class "Question" with instance method "check", class method "showResults", and abstract method "ask"? Does the submission include a file that defines the class "MultipleChoiceQuestion" as a subclass of "Question" with an implementation of "ask" method? Does the submission include a file that defines the class "TrueFalseQuestion" as a subclass of "Question" with an implementation of the "ask" method? Does the class "TrueFalseQuestion" implement the method "ask" to keep asking its question until it receives an answer of "f", "false", "n", "no", "t", "true", "y", or "yes" in any combination of upper and lower case? Does the class "TrueFalseQuestion" implement the method "ask" to return only "TRUE" or "FALSE"? Does the class "TrueFalseQuestion" have a constructor that initializes the question and correct answer using its parameters, where the correct answer is initialized to only "TRUE" or "FALSE"? Does the main method in class "Quiz" use the "check" method with both "MultipleChoiceQuestion" and "TrueFalseQuestion" objects? Does the main method in class "Quiz" report correct results using the "showResults" method from class "Question"?

CASE MATERIALS: THE CLASSIC PEN COMPANY CASE

Case Abstract

The case is designed to help you develop an understanding of how to build an activity-based-costing model and why activity-based-costing may be more appropriate in practice than functional unit-based overhead cost allocation methods. The case requirements ask you to apply overhead and calculate product costs and gross profit using traditional plant-wide overhead allocation methods, assess the accuracy of the costing methodology given the operational environment, apply activity-based-costing concepts to recalculate the product costs and gross profit, and then effectively communicate the results of your analysis, evaluation, and recommendations in the form of a professional written memo.

Case Narrative

Jane Dempsey, controller of the Classic Pen Company, was concerned about the recent financial trends in operating results. Classic Pen had been the low-cost producer of traditional blue pens and black pens. Profit margins were over 20% of sales.

Several years earlier, Dennis Selmor, the sales manager, had seen opportunities to expand the business by extending the product line into new products that offered premium selling prices over the traditional blue and black pens. As a result, five years ago, red pens were introduced. Red pens required the same basic production technology but could be sold at a 3% premium. Last year, purple pens were introduced because of the 10% premium in selling price they could command.

Jane reviewed the financial results for the most recent year and was keenly disappointed. While the new red and purple pens seemed to be more profitable than the blue and black pens, the overall profits were down and none of the product lines were earning profits at the level that the blue and black pens had earned in the past. She is wondering if more specialty pens selling at higher margins should be introduced to boost profits.

The production manager, Jeffrey Donald, was concerned about this approach. “Five years ago, life was a lot simpler. We produced just blue and black pens in long production runs, and everything went smoothly. Difficulties started when the red pens were introduced and we had to make more changeovers. To product red pens, we have to stop production; empty the vats, clean out all remnants of the previous color, and then start production of red pens. Making black pens was easy. We didn’t even have to clean out the residual blue ink from the previous run. It was absorbed in the darker black ink. However, even small traces of either blue or black ink caused quality problems with the red pens and to a lesser extent, with the purple pens.” Jeffrey also reported that the new pens caused more time to be spent on purchasing, scheduling, and tracking.

Operations

Classic produces pens in a single factory. The major task was preparing and mixing the ink for different colored pens. The ink was inserted into the pens in a semi automated process. A final packing and shipping stage was performed manually.

Each product had a bill of materials that identified the quantity and cost of direct materials required for the product. A routing sheet identified the sequence of operations required for each manufacturing process. The information was used to calculate the labor expenses for each of the four products. All of the plant’s indirect expenses were aggregated at the plant level and allocated to products based on direct labor cost. Labor is paid at the rate of $10 per hour.

Indirect costs were estimated as follows:

Fringe benefits were 40% of direct and indirect labor.

About half of the indirect labor resulted from scheduling production runs, which includes scheduling orders, purchasing, preparing, and releasing material for each run. Approximately 40% of the indirect labor was required for the physical changeover from one color pen to another. As noted previously, the changeover from blue to black ink was relatively short (1 hour) while the changeover for the other color pens was much more extensive, particularly for red pens. The remaining 10% of indirect labor was for time spent maintaining records on the four products. This activity was essentially equal for each product.

Most of the computer expense was used to scheduling production runs in the factory and to order and pay for the materials required in each production run. Since each production run was specific to a single customer, the computer time required to prepare shipping documents and to invoice and collect from a customer was also included in this activity. In total, about 80% of the computer resource was involved in the production run activity. The remaining time was used to keep records on the four products, which was essentially equal.

The remaining three categories of overhead expenses were incurred to supply machine capacity to produce the pens. The machines had a practical capability of 10,000 hours of productive time.

Sales and production information for the four product lines is as follows:

Case Requirements

1. Calculate a plant-wide predetermined overhead allocation rate based on direct labor cost and apply overhead to the four product lines. Calculate total product costs for the four lines using the plant-wide allocation rate and show the gross profit rate and unit cost for each.

2. What assumptions are implicit in this company’s method of allocating overhead costs to the product lines? Do you believe these assumptions are supported by the operational procedures described in this case? Discuss.

3. Identify the main activities performed in the production process. Perform a first stage cost allocation and calculate allocation rates for each activity. Comment on your results with respect to the current allocation method. Do you believe that the costs as currently calculated are accurate? Why or why not?

4. Determine the estimated cost of each product line using activity-based-costing and the gross profit rate for each. What can you conclude about the cost accuracy of the two methods? Were costs distorted using a single allocation rate method?

5. As a result of the new cost information calculated, what actions can management take to make this company more profitable? Be explicit.

[1] This case is an adaptation of a Harvard Business School Case 9/17/98.

Answer the following questions to complete Homework

1. Use PubMed or another abstract database  to find an academic journal article on a health topic of interest to you. Read the article to find the answers to these questions: (a) What was the main study question? (b) Who participated in the study, where did it take place, and when was it conducted? (c) What study design was used? and (d) What was the answer to the main study question?

2. Find a recent news story from the popular press about a newly released health research report. Look up and read the scientific article on which the news report was based. Was the news story accurate? Did it leave out any critical information?

3. Do you identify with a particular ethnic group? Do you know of any health conditions that you are at special risk for because of your ethnic background? Are these conditions genetic? Are they related to health behaviors?

4. What are some of the conditions related to poverty that increase the risk of infectious diseases? Noncommunicable disease? Neuropsychiatric disorders? Injuries?