Food companies have often been accused of targeting children with adverts for unhealthy products such as fast food, confectionery and snacks. Assess the extent of advertising of ‘unhealthy food’ to children based on this evidence is it more or less than other products? Are children targeted more than adults?

Your Professional Experience assignment is to develop a promotional message. This can be an email, letter, info graphic, image, or any other relevant material that answers why should students take a Professional Communications course.

When analyzing a novel, it's critical to use _______ to support your interpretation. A. denotation B. figurative language C. evidence D. opinion

Please outline a brief research proposal to study the structure and function of a novel protein with known sequence but has never been investigated before.

Provide an explanation in support of or refuting the following statement: Humans would never develop natural immunity to a novel biological agent created in a laboratory

a. XYZ Inc. is accused of being a monopoly. The CEO claims that it’s not a monopoly, arguing that if XYZ were to raise its price it would lose sales. This is because consumers always have the option to spend their money on other goods. Is the CEO’s argument persuasive? Explain (6 pts.)

b. (Unrelated to the above) A monopoly firm is currently maximizing profit, earning economic profit of $10 million per year. It is now successfully sued by a former employee who is awarded $1 million. A manager of the firm argues that to recoup the lost $1 million, the firm needs to raise its price. Do you agree? Explain. (6 pts).

Access the article entitled “Biofeedback: Listen to the body” written by Alexander and Steefel (1995). After reading this informative article, answer any two of the following questions: Alexander & Steefel, 1995.pdf

• What are the seven uses of biofeedback training discussed in the article?
• What is an EMG, and what is it used for?
• What is the key to success in biofeedback training?
• Is it possible to control the blood flow in one’s finger?

Be sure to support your assertions and demonstrate the psychological relevance of your answers.

1. Problems and Applications Q1

A publisher faces the following demand schedule for the next novel from one of its popular authors:

The author is paid $800,000 to write the novel, and the marginal cost of publishing the novel is a constant $4 per copy.

Complete the second, fourth, and fifth columns of the following table by computing total revenue, total cost, and profit at each quantity.

Which of the following quantity–price combinations would a profit-maximizing publisher choose? (Note: If the publisher is indifferent between more than one choice, select all of the indifferent combinations.) Check all that apply.

150,000 copies at a price of $28

200,000 copies at a price of $24

250,000 copies at a price of $20

300,000 copies at a price of $16

Complete the third column of the previous table by computing marginal revenue. (Hint: Recall that MR=ΔTRΔQMR=ΔTRΔQ.)

True or False: At each quantity, marginal revenue is less than the price.

True

False

Use the black points (plus symbol) to graph the marginal revenue from the 50,000th, 100,000th, 150,000th, 200,000th, 250,000th, and 300,000th copy of the novel. Remember to plot from left to right and to plot between integers. For example, if the marginal revenue of increasing production from 50,000 copies to 100,000 copies were 10, then you would plot a point at (75, 10). Next use the orange line (square symbol) to graph the marginal-cost curve faced by the publisher. Finally, use the blue points (circle symbol) to graph demand at the following quantities (in thousands): 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, and 500.

Marginal RevenueMarginal CostDemandDeadweight Loss0501001502002503003504004505004036322824201612840-4PriceQuantity (Thousands of copies)200, 24Y-Intercept: 4Slope: 0

The marginal-revenue and marginal-cost curves intersect at a quantity of   copies.

On the previous graph, use the black triangle (plus symbols) to shade the area representing deadweight loss.

If the author were paid $1 million instead of $800,000 to write the book, the publisher would   the price it charges for a copy of the novel.

Suppose the publisher was not profit-maximizing but was concerned with maximizing economic efficiency, and the author of a novel was paid $800,000 to write the book.

In this case, the publisher would charge

for a copy of the novel and earn a profit of

. (Note: If the publisher experiences a loss, be sure to enter a negative number for profit.)

1. CSM Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $485,000 is estimated to result in $184,000 in Sales minus Costs. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class, and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $55,000. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $21,000, along with an additional $3,000 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. If the shop’s tax rate is 34 percent and its discount rate is 11 percent, should the company buy and install the machine press?