1. Threat credibility assessment
Suppose a state threatens to assassinate another state’s leader if the other state fails to lower trade barriers. Assassinations are not looked upon favorably in the international community and so this threat may not be believed. In the following pairs of options, pick the one that most strengthens the credibility of this threat and gives one sentence explanation for your choice.
A . (a) or (b)? why? [2]
(a) Issuing a secret statement to the other state promising to
assassinate the leader
(b) Issuing a public statement directed at the other state
promising to assassinate the leader
B . (a) or (b)? why? [2]
(a) Issuing the threat from an anonymous Twitter account
(b) Issuing the threat from a known official at a filmed press
conference
C. (a) or (b)? why? [2]
(a) Having no past experience with assassination (b) Being tied to past assassinations
D. (a) or (b)? why? [2]
(a) Having a reputation for taking drastic actions (b) Having a reputation for pacifism
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3. Use both the TVM equations and a financial calculator to find
the following values. (Hint: If you are using a financial
calculator, you can enter the known values and then press the
appropriate key to find the unknown variable. Then, without
clearing the TVM register, you can "override" the variable that
changes by simply entering a new value for it and then pressing the
key for the unknown variable to obtain the second answer. This
procedure can be used in parts b and d, and in many other
situations, to see how changes in input variables affect the output
variable.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your
answers to the nearest cent.
a. An initial $400 compounded for 10 years at 4%.
b. An initial $400 compounded for 10 years at 8%.
c. The present value of $400 due in 10 years at a 4% discount rate.
d. The present value of $400 due in 10 years at an 8% discount rate.
In: Finance
what can we agree in the given statement, what role
should government play in Healthcare?
A competition that would exists in the health care
industry would be having multiple organization or entities being
able to perform an extended service and the cost is different. If
the providers are wanting to accept the job but cost more they may
make the adjustment of lowering their cost of service. The
advantage would be presented to the beneficiary of the service
because the organization or entity are willing to lower their
prices for you; while the disadvantage would belong to the facility
who lowered their prices more to accommodate the beneficiary.
Another example would have to place with private insurance
companies. Premiums differ from cost, accessibility to facilities
and services, and the overall coverage of the insurance provider.
In the second example the beneficiary is at the advantage because
their basically free agents and can sign up for the best insurance
policy that works for themselves or their family.
Kreidler, M. L. (2019). Economics of Medical Care. Salem Press
Encyclopedia
In: Nursing
Q1. Kwasi Manu (a 54-year-old man) examined by an
ophthalmologist was found to have a
bitemporal hemianopia. Radiologic and biochemical examinations
showed the pituitary gland to
be of normal size and function.
a) What visual pathway structure is responsible for the visual
field defect - bitemporal
hemianopia?
b) What other anatomic structure, if enlarged, might press on the
visual pathway structure
named in (i) above?
Q2. Dr Serwaa examined the fundi of a 30-year-old man by means of
an ophthalmoscope. Dr
Serwaa was experiencing difficulty distinguishing between retinal
arteries and veins. What are
the normal visible differences between retinal arteries and
veins?
Q3. An inflammation of the ciliary body and iris may
give rise to a so-called ciliary injection.
Describe the arteries that give rise to the ciliary injection.
Q4. What is the innervation of the sphincter and dilator pupillae muscles?
Q5. Corneal deturgescence is dependent upon:
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Lana, a ten-year old child, is run over by a car negligently driven by Mitchell. Lana, at the time of the accident, was acting reasonably and without negligence. Clark, a newspaper reporter, photographs Lana while she is lying in the street in great pain. Two years later, Perry, the publisher of a newspaper, prints Clark’s picture of Lana in his newspaper as a lead to an article concerning the negligence of children. The caption under the picture reads: “They ask to be killed.” Lana, who has recovered from the accident, brings suit against Clark and Perry. What is the result? Group of answer choices
A. Judgment for Lana against Clark for the tort of false light
B. Judgment for Lana against Clark for intentional infliction of emotional distress
C. Judgment for Lana against Perry for the tort of false light
D. Lana will not prevail because the press is privileged under the First Amendment
E. Judgment for Lana against Perry for appropriation and disparagement.
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This is not case analysis. There is no case to this. Please answer the following questions for the company Pfizer
1. Find a list of the members of the board of directors for your firm. How large is the board? How many independent (non-employee) members are on the board? Are any women or minorities on the board? Is the CEO also the chair of the board?
2. Who are the largest stockholders of your firm? Is there a high degree of employee ownership of the stock?
3. In reviewing press releases and news articles about your firm over the past year, can you find examples of any actions the firm has taken that, though legal, may be ethically questionable?
4. You have now completed 12 modular assignments about selected firm. You know a lot about its mission, strategies, competitive advantage, and organization. Is this a company you would like to work for? If you had $1,000 to invest in a firm, would you invest it in the stock of this firm? Why or why not?
In: Operations Management
1. Which is better to own during a period of declining interest rates in terms of reinvestment rate risk?
a. a zero coupon bond
b. a bond with a 13% coupon
c. a bond with a variable interest rate
d. a municipal bond
2. When receiving a 10% stock dividend, the owner of 427 shares of stock will receive
a. 4.27 shares.
b. 42.7 shares.
c. 43 shares.
d. 42 shares plus cash.
3. A $1,000 par bond with a closing price of 107 in the financial press has a dollar price of
a. $107.00.
b. $1,070.00.
c. $1,700.00.
d. $10,700.
4.
Sam is a 50 share shareholder in MOP Inc. that earned $2 million, had 100,000 shares outstanding and a price-earnings ratio of 18. What is the current market value of Sam s investment in MOP Inc.?
a. $1800
b. $360
c. $18,000
d. $15,000
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In: Computer Science
Write a program to simulate rolling a six-sided fair die. Allow the user to enter the
number of rolls.
Your program should use rand() to get the result of die rolling.
Compute the number of occurrences for each number roll.
Calculate the percentage for each number roll.
Out put the results in the following format.
Use a do while loop to allow the user to repeat the process.
Here is the sample run for your program:
Please enter the number of die rolls
25
Number Frequency Percentage
1 3 0.12
2 6 0.24
3 10 0.40
4 1 0.04
5 3 0.12
6 2 0.08
Do you want to continue rolling die another time? Press Y or N
Y
Please enter the number of die rolls
10
I want to be able to do it with a switch statement but am unsure
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1.
Standard Product Cost
Sana Rosa Furniture Company manufactures designer home furniture. Sana Rosa uses a standard cost system. The direct labor, direct materials, and factory overhead standards for an unfinished dining room table are as follows:
| Direct labor: | standard rate | $24.00 per hr. |
| standard time per unit | 4.00 hrs. | |
| Direct materials (oak): | standard price | $11.50 per bd. ft. |
| standard quantity | 17 bd. ft. | |
| Variable factory overhead: | standard rate | $2.40 per direct labor hr. |
| Fixed factory overhead: | standard rate | $1.20 per direct labor hr. |
a. Determine the standard cost per dining room
table. If required, round your answer to two decimal places.
$ per dining room table
b. A standard cost system provides Rosa Furniture management a cost control tool using the principle of . Using this principle, cost deviations from standards can be investigated and corrected.
2.
Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variances
At the beginning of June, Kimber Toy Company budgeted 17,000 toy action figures to be manufactured in June at standard direct materials and direct labor costs as follows:
| Direct materials | $12,750 |
| Direct labor | 9,180 |
| Total | $21,930 |
The standard materials price is $0.50 per pound. The standard direct labor rate is $9.00 per hour. At the end of June, the actual direct materials and direct labor costs were as follows:
| Actual direct materials | $12,000 |
| Actual direct labor | 8,600 |
| Total | $20,600 |
There were no direct materials price or direct labor rate variances for June. In addition, assume no changes in the direct materials inventory balances in June. Kimber Toy Company actually produced 15,500 units during June.
Determine the direct materials quantity and direct labor time variances. Round your per unit computations to two decimal places, if required. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
| Direct materials quantity variance | $ | |
| Direct labor time variance | $ |
3.
Flexible Overhead Budget
Leno Manufacturing Company prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Press Department for October of the current year, during which it expected to require 12,000 hours of productive capacity in the department:
| Variable overhead cost: | ||
| Indirect factory labor | $100,800 | |
| Power and light | 3,600 | |
| Indirect materials | 31,200 | |
| Total variable overhead cost | $135,600 | |
| Fixed overhead cost: | ||
| Supervisory salaries | $47,460 | |
| Depreciation of plant and equipment | 29,830 | |
| Insurance and property taxes | 18,980 | |
| Total fixed overhead cost | 96,270 | |
| Total factory overhead cost | $231,870 |
Assuming that the estimated costs for November are the same as for October, prepare a flexible factory overhead cost budget for the Press Department for November for 10,000, 12,000, and 14,000 hours of production. Round your interim computations to the nearest cent, if required. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.
| Leno Manufacturing Company | |||
| Factory Overhead Cost Budget-Press Department | |||
| For the Month Ended November 30 | |||
| Direct labor hours | 10,000 | 12,000 | 14,000 |
| Variable overhead cost: | |||
| Indirect factory labor | $ | $ | $ |
| Power and light | |||
| Indirect materials | |||
| Total variable factory overhead | $ | $ | $ |
| Fixed factory overhead cost: | |||
| Supervisory salaries | $ | $ | $ |
| Depreciation of plant and equipment | |||
| Insurance and property taxes | |||
| Total fixed factory overhead | $ | $ | $ |
| Total factory overhead cost | $ | $ | $ |
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