Use a ven-diagram to compare and contrast asphalt cutbacks and emulsions. Be sure to address what they’re made of, how they work, the types of applications they’re used for, safety, environmental concerns, and cost. Section 9.1, 9.72 and 9.73 in your book may be helpful for this question.
Cutbacks and Emulsions
In: Civil Engineering
Explain the normal business process in the inventory and warehousing cycle. As part of your explanation, state which documents firms would normally use to record activities in that cycle.
2. Describe the control procedures that firms commonly use for inventory. Explain which controls and tests of controls would be appropriate for each of the specific controls that you mentioned.
3. Describe common substantive analytical procedures that would be used for account balances related to inventory.
In: Accounting
Discuss three roles of the Government in Financial
Markets. In your discussion
provide specific examples this role within the Ghanaian context
with appropriate
references where necessary.
2. Discuss three functions of financial Institutions and explain
how financial institutions
can promote economic growth in Ghana.
3. State and briefly describe three major types of insurance.
4. State two differences and similarities between Savings and Loans
companies and
Credit unions in Ghana.
5. Discuss three functions of the money market.
6. Describe three of functions of mutual funds.
7. Discuss three roles of capital markets in an economy. In your
discussion, explain the
key differences between debt and equity.
8. There are a number of financial instruments used in financial
markets. Mention and
explain 5 of them with key distinctions regarding the issuer, the
maturity, risk, cost
etc.
9. Download any interest rate from the Bank of Ghana website for at
least five (5) years
and plot it graphically. What can you can about the term
structure?
10. Briefly describe different scenarios in which any three
derivatives may be used and
how they will be used.
In: Finance
1. Pretend you are working for a policy maker and your task is to explain the concept of moral hazard. Use the space below to formulate your explanation.
2. Economist disagree about the likely extent of moral hazard in the health care system. What are 2 arguments/evidence to suggest that moral hazard does exist? What are 2 arguments/evidence to suggest that moral hazard does not exist?
In: Economics
4. A 36-year-old patient is dying from acute lymphocytic leukemia. He is a home hospice patient, and 6 hours ago his family brought him to the emergency room for pain and intractable vomiting. He’s now resting comfortably after receiving medications and hydration. His family, however, is concerned because they’ve noticed that his extremities look mottled. He also rouses less easily. His blood pressure is 80/40 and his pulse is 150, with occasional skipped beats. The family reviews his DNR status and informs you that the patient wishes to die at home, surrounded by his extended family. Their house is located in another state, about 3 hours from the hospital. They tell you that the patient can recline in their van for the trip home, and that they wish to take his IVs and morphine pump. As his nurse, how will you handle this situation? Explain in detail.
5. How would the nurse ask a family to donate organs after their 23-year-old son has just been mortally injured? What are the processes for the organ retrieval?
In: Nursing
What are the pros and cons of using ANOVA testing versus Factorial Designs?
What exactly is the objective of performing Repeated-Measures Designs? Explain in detail.
In: Statistics and Probability
In: Operations Management
1. What is the balance sheet equation and how does it relate to the balance sheet of a business? (Minimum 50 words)
2. You have been studying the most recent financial statements of Auckland International Airport Limited. The equity section of Auckland International Airport Limited contains two main accounts: share capital and retained earnings. Explain how these two accounts are different from each other. (Minimum 60 words)
3. From the scenario described below, indicate (giving your reasons) the most appropriate business form Connor and Ella likely to take — sole trader, partnership or company.
Connor and Ella wish to start an internet business, marketing cosmetics. They are concerned about the legal issues (for example, their personal liabilities) for this business once they start trading. (Minimum 60 words)
In: Accounting
Asha is travelling to rural Texas to speak with shipping
managers of a new bar-coding system to track contents for
deliveries. She will be speaking to managers who will then share
the information with staff, and then she will move to the next
shipping building. Asha is nervous and calls superior, you, and
asks how she can help ensure her message is effective and taken
positively.
Consider what you know about AIM analysis; provide insight on
things Asha needs to consider when developing her message. Answers
should be broken down as follows:
a) Suggestions on starting with “A”
b) How she can be effective with “I”
c) And considerations for “M”.
d) Finally, after your AIM analysis, explain which section you feel
is the MOST SIGNIFICANT part of AIM (minimum three-sentence
explanation).
In: Operations Management
Gas prices fluctuate often and in both directions. In your initial post, respond to the following: How responsive do you think consumers will be to the price change when these fluctuations occur due to changes in supply? Why? Use the various determinants of elasticity to explain your answer. How does the price elasticity of demand for gasoline impact the effectiveness of taxes on gasoline aimed at correcting a negative externality? Consider incorporating the supply-and-demand model to demonstrate the elasticity of demand for gas and to show the effects of tax on the market for gas. In your response posts to peers, describe in detail how your own actions reflect the ideas shared in the discussion, and relate that to the concept of elasticity.
In: Economics