1. E. coli DNA polymerase V has the ability to bypass thymine dimers. However, Pol V tends to incorporate G rather than A opposite the dam-aged T bases. Would you expect Pol V to be more or less processive than Pol III? Explain.
2. Explain why base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, and mismatch repair—which all require nucleases to excise damaged DNA—require DNA ligase.
3. Why are there no Pol I mutants that completely lack 5′ → 3′ exo-nuclease activity?
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Taxes are the way our government generates income. Although the richest Io/o of the people in our country pay 39% of the taxes and the bottom 50% combined pay only 2.9% combined, everyone wants things from the government. They want roads and bridges and schools and an army and welfare and Medicaid and concerts and ]..... To provide these things our government has to raise money and cut expenses. Which of the following laws help raise money? Which help cut expenses?
1)Deduction for contribution to the church
2) American Opportunity Credit for attending San Jacinto College
3) Deduction for gift to the American Red Cross
4) Child credit
5) Deduction for mortgage interest
6) Deduction for home equity loan
7) Deduction for savings bond interest used for higher education (2 things)
8) Deduction for health savings account
9) Deduction for student loan interest
10) Adoption credit
11) Earned Income credit
12) IRA deduction
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BCS was a C Corporation in 2016 and an S Corporation in 2017. Net income for 2016 was $80,000; net income for 2017 was $500,000. For 2016, the three shareholders of BCS were each allocated ordinary business income of zero, as well as separately stated items of zero. Why?
In: Accounting
C++.This program extends the earlier "Online shopping cart" program. (Consider first saving your earlier program).
(1) Extend the ItemToPurchase class per the following specifications:
Ex. of PrintItemCost() output:
Bottled Water 10 @ $1 = $10
Ex. of PrintItemDescription() output:
Bottled Water: Deer Park, 12 oz.
(2) Create three new files:
Build the ShoppingCart class with the following specifications. Note: Some can be function stubs (empty functions) initially, to be completed in later steps.
Ex. of PrintTotal() output:
John Doe's Shopping Cart - February 1, 2016
Number of Items: 8
Nike Romaleos 2 @ $189 = $378
Total: $
Ex. of PrintDescriptions() output:
John Doe's Shopping Cart - February 1, 2016
Item Descriptions
Nike Romaleos: Volt color, Weightlifting shoes
Chocolate Chips: Semi-sweet
Powerbeats 2 Headphones: Bluetooth headphones
(3) In main(), prompt the user for a customer's name and today's
date. Output the name and date. Create an object of type
ShoppingCart. (1 pt)
(4) Implement the PrintMenu() function. PrintMenu() has a
ShoppingCart parameter, and outputs a menu of options to manipulate
the shopping cart. Each option is represented by a single
character. Build and output the menu within the function.
If the an invalid character is entered, continue to prompt for a
valid choice. Hint: Implement Quit before implementing other
options. Call PrintMenu() in the main() function. Continue to
execute the menu until the user enters q to Quit. (3 pts)
Ex:
MENU
a - Add item to cart
d - Remove item from cart
c - Change item quantity
i - Output items' descriptions
o - Output shopping cart
q - Quit
Choose an option:
(5) Implement Output shopping cart menu option. (3 pts)
Ex:
OUTPUT SHOPPING CART
John Doe's Shopping Cart - February 1, 2016
Number of Items: 8
Nike Romaleos 2 @ $189 = $378
Total:
(6) Implement Output item's description menu option. (2 pts)
Ex.
OUTPUT ITEMS' DESCRIPTIONS
John Doe's Shopping Cart - February 1, 2016
Item Descriptions
Nike Romaleos: Volt color, Weightlifting shoes
Chocolate Chips: Semi-sweet
Powerbeats 2 Headphones: Bluetooth headphones
(7) Implement Add item to cart menu option. (3 pts)
Ex:
ADD ITEM TO CART
Enter the item name:
Nike Romaleos
Enter the item description:
Volt color, Weightlifting shoes
Enter the item price:
189
Enter the item quantity:
2
(8) Implement remove item menu option. (4 pts)
Ex:
REMOVE ITEM FROM CART
Enter name of item to remove:
Chocolate Chips
(9) Implement Change item quantity menu option. Hint: Make new
ItemToPurchase object and use ItemToPurchase modifiers before using
ModifyItem() function. (5 pts)
Ex:
CHANGE ITEM QUANTITY
Enter the item name:
Nike Romaleos
Enter the new quantity:
3
In: Computer Science
BFI had $100 of office supplies at January 1, 2016 and purchased $2,000 of office supplies during 2016. BFI has $750 of office supplies on the shelf at December 31, 2016. How much office supplies expense should BFI recognize in the Income Statement for the year ended December 31, 2016? 1. $1,350 2. $750 3. $2,100 4. $0 5. None of the above 2.5 points QUESTION 26 On June 1, 2016, BFI paid $4,000 for a 24-month insurance policy effective July 1, 2016. What is the effect of the necessary adjusting journal entry? 1. Prepaid Insurance will decrease by $2,000. 2. Prepaid Insurance will decrease by $1,000. 3. Prepaid Insurance will increase by $2,000. 4. Prepaid Insurance will increase by $1,000. 5. Cash will decrease by $1,000.
In: Accounting
Sheffield Corp. has three notes payable outstanding on December 31, 2016, as follows:
1. A six-year, 6%, $120,000 note payable issued on March 31, 2016. Sheffield Corp. is required to pay $20,000 plus interest on March 31 each year starting in 2017.
2. A seven-month, 4%, $60,000 note payable issued on July 1, 2016. Interest and principal are payable at maturity.
3. A 30-month, 5%, $240,000 note payable issued on September 1, 2016. Sheffield Corp. is required to pay $8,000 plus interest on the first day of each month starting on October 1, 2016. All payments are up to date.
* Calculate the current portion of each note payable.
* Calculate the non-current portion of each note payable.
* Calculate any interest payable at December 31, 2016.
In: Accounting
Find Forecast Cisco's sales, NOPAT, and NOA for years 2017 through 2020 and the terminal period using the following assumptions:
Sales for 2016- $ 49247
Nopat 2016 - $ 10382.8
NOA 2016- $ 26476.88
Sales growth 2017 2% , Sales growth 2018-2020 3% , Terminal growth 1% [Net operating profit margin 2016 rate rounded to three decimal places Net operating asset turnover 2016 rate rounded to three decimal places]
Assume a discount rate (WACC) of 10%, common shares outstanding of 5,029 million, and net nonoperating obligations (NNO) of $(37,113) million (NNO is negative which means that Cisco has net nonoperating investments). (f) Estimate the value of a share of Cisco common stock as of July 30, 2016 using the discounted cash flow (DCF) model and sales, NOPAT and NOA forecast in the sum above
In: Accounting
| ($ Millions) | JetBlue Airways | Southwest Airlines |
| Total liabilities, 2017 | $ 4,947 | $ 13,973 |
| Total current liabilities, 2017 | $ 2,395 | $ 6,905 |
| Total liabilities, 2016 | $ 5,310 | $ 14,845 |
| Total current liabilities, 2016 | $ 2,214 | $ 6,844 |
| Total assets, 2017 | $ 9,781 | $ 25,110 |
| Total current assets, 2017 | $ 1,206 | $ 4,815 |
| Total assets, 2016 | $ 9,323 | $ 23,386 |
| Total current assets, 2016 | $ 1,403 | $ 4,498 |
| Revenue, 2017 | $ 7,015 | $ 21,171 |
| Net income, 2017 | $ 1,147 | $ 3,488 |
(Please show work so I can learn how to do it)
c.) For each company, compute net income as a percentage of revenue in 2017.
d.) For each company, calculate working capital and current ratio for 2017 and 2016. How did they change from 2016 to 2017 (improve or worsen)? What may have caused those changes?
In: Accounting
A. In 2016 were foreign-born workers a bigger share of the U.S. labor force than in 2006? Explain, presenting and interpreting the relevant statistical evidence.
B. In 2016 who exhibited a higher labor force participation rate in the U.S., native- or foreign-born women? How does the evidence for 2016 compare with 2006, before the Great Recession? Present all relevant statistical evidence and interpret.
C. In 2016 who exhibited greater joblessness in the U.S., native- or foreign-born men? How does the evidence for 2016 compare with 2006, before the Great Recession? Present all relevant statistical evidence and interpret.
D. In 2016 who was more likely to have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher in the U.S., foreign- or native-born workers? Present and interpret relevant statistical evidence. Should you be “surprised” by your findings? Explain, using appropriate economic analysis.
In: Economics
s7-2 comparing financial information refer to the financial statement of the home depot in appendix a and lowes in appendix b at the end of this book (note: fiscal 2016 for the home depot runs from February 1, 2016, to January 29, 2017. Fiscal for 2016 for Lowe's runs from January 30, 2016, to February 3, 2017.)
1. does lowes hold more or less inventory than home depot at the end of fiscal 2016?
2. what method does lowes use to determine the cost of the majority of its inventory? comment on how this affects comparisons you might make between lowes and the home depot inventory turnover ratio.
3. compute to one decimal place lowes inventory turnover ratio and days to sell for fiscal 2016 and compare to the home depots. what does this analysis suggest to you?
In: Accounting