Barnes Company reports the following operating results for the month of August: sales $300,000 (units 5,000); variable costs $225,000; and fixed costs $71,400. Management is considering the following independent courses of action to increase net income.

Compute the net income to be earned under each alternative.

1. Increase selling price by 10% with no change in total variable costs or sales volume.

2. Reduce variable costs to 56% of sales.

3. Reduce fixed costs by $24,000.

Which course of action will produce the highest net income? select an Alternative that will produce the highest net income                                                           Alternative 2Alternative 3Alternative 1

What is the context of the article? (By context, we mean describing the social, political, etc. landscape that surrounds a topic or idea)

Provide 4 claim made in the following article. Give explanations and evidence to support the claim

What was the bias in the following article and explain it

Harmonizing nurse education with U.S. hurts Canada's edge

ADRIANA BARTON

PUBLISHED MAY 12, 2016

A push to "harmonize" nursing education in Canada and the United States may threaten Canada's high standards in nurse training, according to a spokesperson for the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. In a report released in March, Canadian nursing schools outperformed their U.S. counterparts in the QS World University Rankings published by Quacquarelli Symonds, a British company specializing in education and study abroad.

The University of Toronto's Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing placed third in the world, after the University of Pennsylvania in first place, followed by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. Relative to the number of institutions assessed on either side of the border, however, Canada had a greater proportion of nursing schools in the Top 50 list.

But Canada could lose that edge if Canadian regulators go ahead with a plan to bridge the differences in standards between the two countries, said Cynthia Baker, executive director of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. "Canadian nursing education is highly respected internationally and we should not be changing that to fit the needs of the U.S.," Baker said.

News of the plan to harmonize nursing education came in an article published in the spring edition of an online quarterly journal called Leader to Leader. The plan is part of a broader strategy to increase mobility among nursing graduates, according to a statement in the journal from a Canada-U.S. working group called the Harmonizing Education Regulatory Standards in Nursing. "Nurses often practice across borders, either by physical movement, distance education or telehealth," said the article, which was taken offline Wednesday in response to criticism. "Global consistency with nursing education regulatory approval standards would be beneficial for promoting more seamless mobility."

But according to Baker, Canada's nursing graduates are already at a disadvantage because of this strategy. Two years ago, Canada adopted a mandatory test called the NCLEX, developed in the United States to license graduates to practice nursing. In Canada, nursing schools in most provinces and territories were ill-prepared for the American test, which includes questions about care management that do not apply here, Baker said. In 2015, the pass rate for Canadians writing the test for the first time was 71 per cent. Among first-time francophone writers, the pass rate was only 27 per cent, "because the [French] translation was such a disaster," she said.

Canadian regulators adopted the U.S. licensing test without consulting non-regulatory nursing organizations in Canada. Canadian members of the harmonization team were drawn solely from provincial regulatory bodies, who are working with American partners without the knowledge of Canadian nursing educators or other professional nursing groups in Canada, Baker said.

Currently, Canadians (other than Quebeckers) must earn a bachelor of science in nursing to practice nursing in Canada, while Americans can practice with a BSN or an associate's degree in nursing or other diploma. Baker cited research evidence showing that a baccalaureate-prepared nursing work force provides significantly better and safer health care. "We believe this harmonization plan would have serious negative implications for health human resources and for the Canadian health-care system," Baker wrote in a letter to Canadian and American regulators on Friday. Leader to Leader subsequently removed the article.

Canada's success in the QS World University Rankings for nursing is based on global surveys of academic reputation, perceptions of graduate employers, research citations and measures of the global impact of scholarly publications. The 2015 rankings were the first to include nursing as a subject.

At the University of Toronto, researchers at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing include internationally recognized leaders in postnatal depression and maternal mental health, patient decision-making in response to genetic testing for breast cancer, and monitoring of equity and access to health-care systems.

"The research underpins the evidence-based-practice approach to helping students learn how to deliver care," said Linda Johnston, dean of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. In addition, students develop clinical expertise during placements at world-leading care facilities such as Sick Kids and Mount Sinai Hospital, said Johnston, who was previously employed at the University of Melbourne and Queen's University in Belfast.

Since research findings may not be appropriate for every patient, becoming a first-rate nurse requires a sound understanding of how to interpret the evidence in daily practice while considering the patient and family's decisions, Johnston said. "I've only been at the U of T for two years, but I am always astounded by the insights and critical thinking that our students display."

Like Baker, Johnston expressed concern over the Canada-U.S. harmonization plan. "It may not make sense," she said, noting that the United States has "a completely different model of care delivery."

An American-style system that licenses nurses to practice without requiring a university degree may not foster the academic career pathways that have made Canada a world leader in nursing education, Johnston said. "Academics are getting older," she pointed out. "Where is the succession planning?"

She added that preparing Canadian nursing students to operate in a U.S. environment may encourage them to move to the States for better career prospects. "That could lead to a nursing shortage [in Canada]," she said.

What statistical test should I run?

I ran multiple ECGs on three individuals over a series of 6 months. One individual had 8 tests, one individual had 7 tests, and one individual had 5 tests. Within each individual, variance between tests was very low. How can I compare variance between them?

I want to run an ANOVA but I am not sure if the conditions are met?

Condition 1: Independence of cases - cases are not normal, they come from the same individual.

Condition 2: Normality - the values are not in a normal bell curve, they are all very similar to each other because they are from the same individual

Condition 3: Homogeneity - I don't even know what this means

Lastly, for whatever test you recommend, can you please tell me how to interpret results?

Thank you!!!

Define the law of supply and the law of demand. Discuss how market supply differs from individual supply, and explain the difference between individual demand and market demand.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the marketing of a new chemical solution, Caridex, which disolves cavities. In a study conducted by dental researchers at Northwestern University, 21 of the 35 patients with cavities preffered treatment with Caridex to drilling (Gainesville Sun, Feb. 11, 1988). Find a 90% confidence interval for the true proportion of dental patients who prefer having cavities dissolved with Caridex rather than drilled.

1. Your client is a multinational corporation and is planning to manufacture certain products in a low tax international subsidiary that is 100% owned. The subsidiary would manufacture and sell the products to the US parent, and the parent would sell to unrelated customers.

a. Summarize the functions and risks that the company should consider in developing the transfer pricing documentation for this transaction.

b. What financial reporting and tax return matters should the company consider?

c. What information should you request from the client?

On January 1, 2018, the Stridewell Wholesale Shoe Company hired Sammy Sossa. Sammy is expected to work for 25 years before retirement on December 31, 2042. Annual retirement payments will be paid at the end of each year during his retire ment period, expected to be 20 years. The first payment will be on December 31, 2043 . During 2018 Sammy earned an annual retirement benefit estimated to be $2,500 per year. The company plans to contribute cash to a pension fund that will accumulate to an amount suffic ient to pay Sammy this benefit. Assuming that Stri dewell anticipates earning 6% on all funds invested in the pension plan, how much would the company have to contribute in 2018 to pay for pension benefits earned in 2018?

1. Which of the following is the normal variability in peak torque between right and left limbs in individuals with no previous or current injury, and not engaged in a unilateral sport, such as tennis?

Up to a 10-15% difference between limbs

Up to a 2% difference between limbs

Up to a 25-30% difference between limbs

Up to a 5% difference between limbs

2. What type of flow-volume loop would you expect in an individual with asthma who is experiencing bronchoconstriction?

Normal shape but lower maximal volume

Concave shape

Convex shape

Convex shape and lower maximal volume

3. Which of the following best describes the relationships between physical activity, physical fitness, and risk of premature mortality from all causes?

Increased physical activity reduces risk of premature mortality, but physical fitness does not affect risk of premature mortality.

Increased physical activity and/or increased physical fitness reduce risk of premature mortality.

Increased physical fitness reduces risk of premature mortality, but physical activity does not affect risk of premature mortality.

Neither physical activity nor physical fitness affect risk of premature mortality.

4. Which balance assessment would be most appropriate to assess fall risk for a healthy, 80 year-old individual who lives independently?

Y-balance test

None of the choices listed

Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale

Balance Error Scoring System (BESS)

Cash Budget

Khloe Company imports gift items from overseas and sells them to gift shops and department stores throughout the United States. Khloe Company provided the following information:

1. The October 31 balance in the cash account is $54,215.
2. All sales are on account. Sales in September were $1,000,000 and in October were $1,330,000.
3. November sales are expected to be $2,170,000.
4. In Khloe’s experience, 70 percent of sales are collected in the month of sale and 27 percent are collected in the month following sale. The remaining credit sales are uncollectible.
5. Khloe purchases all merchandise on account. Purchases in September were $715,000 and in October were $950,000. November purchases are expected to be $2,030,000 as Khloe prepares for the Christmas buying season. Fifteen percent of purchases are paid in the month of purchase, while the remainder is paid in the month following the purchase month.
6. Khloe Company has nine employees who are paid a total of $41,000 per month. Due to timing issues, about 90 percent of total wages are paid in the month earned and the remaining 10 percent are paid in the following month.
7. Rent for office and warehouse space is $12,200 paid monthly in cash.
8. Utilities average $6,400 per month and are paid in cash.
9. In November, Khloe expects to pay employment taxes of $6,650.
10. Since Khloe imports product from overseas, customs duty and shipping to the central location of 20 percent of current monthly purchase cost must be paid in the month of purchase.
11. Other cash expenses for November are expected to be $41,000.

Required:

Prepare a cash budget for Khloe Company for the month of November.

STAT 13_2:

Each of the individuals in a particular population are:
-Mature man in probability 3.0
-Mature woman in probability 0.3
-Youth child in probability 0.3

It is known that the probability that an individual has an iPhone is:
-Of the adult men 0.4
- Of the older women 0.3
-Also, the probability that an individual in the population has an iPhone is 0.25.

1. A Youth is randomly selected from the population. What is the probability of having an iPhone?
2. A randomly selected individual from the population and found to have an iPhone and not a youth. What is the probability that this individual is a mature woman?
3. Are the events "Selected Mature Woman" and "Selected iPhone Owner" independent events? Explain