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Imagine the CEO of a software house asks you to make a system that automates the...

Imagine the CEO of a software house asks you to make a system that automates the SDLC
process. Based on the initial requirements, you were successfully able to make a prototype that
captures almost 40$-50% functionalities. You presented the demo to the CEO and now CEO is very
impressed with the work. The CEO has ordered you to add some new features in the prototype and
release the product as soon as possible. Being the lead developer of the project, do you think this is a
good idea? If yes, provide your reason? If no, write a reasoning report for the CEO to explain why it is
not a good idea to add more features in the prototype and put it in the release.

In: Mechanical Engineering

(8 pts) Endotoxin is a major cause of septic shock. Describe (2 pts) where endotoxin comes...

  1. (8 pts) Endotoxin is a major cause of septic shock. Describe
    1. (2 pts) where endotoxin comes from,

  1. (4 pts) the specific steps the innate and acquired immune system takes to respond to endotoxin in the blood stream. Explain the steps from the recognition of endotoxin by the innate immune system to the response by the acquired immune system.
  1. (2 pts) how the immune system response leads to septic shock.

In: Biology

Wiley Coyote Company placed an order to purchase 10,000 rocket packs from Acme Company on December...

Wiley Coyote Company placed an order to purchase 10,000 rocket packs from Acme Company on December 28, 2019. Acme shipped the rocket packs on December 29, 2019 and they arrived at Wiley Coyote’s plant on January 3, 2020. Discuss which company would include these materials in its ending inventory at December 31, 2019, based on whether the shipping terms were FOB Shipping Point or FOB Destination.   Be sure to explain why your answer might differ based on the shipping terms.

In: Accounting

passage require analysis and breakdown A budget is a detailed plan, expressed in quantitative terms, that...

passage require analysis and breakdown







A budget is a detailed plan, expressed in quantitative terms, that specifies how resources will be acquired and used during a specified period (Hilton, 2016).
My current company is in the service industry. The following few budgets are prepared and maintained in the company on a quarterly basis: cash budget, operating budget, and human resources budget. For each line of service, a separate budget is prepared to decide the number of members for each team. Since each team member is to be paid salary for the work, therefore a limited number of personnel can be employed keeping in consideration the cost.
Cash budget details the company’s inflows and outflows during the quarter. It helps in prioritizing payments in the budget period. Its primary purpose is to provide the status of the company’s cash position at any given time. The cash budget plays a critical role in planning the firm’s cash needs. Not only does it summarize the various cash inflows and outflows from operations, as represented in the cash receipts and cash disbursements budgets discussed above, but it also incorporates nonoperational cash flows and addresses financing issues (Hilton, 2016).
Revenues and associated expenses are monitored with the operating budgets to keep the daily expenses within the limits and achieve the targeted revenues.
Human resources budget includes recruiting and hiring, training and development, employee safety and wellness, etc. Timing of the budgeting process begins 4 to 6 months before the start of the financial year and is monitored on a financial basis against the actuals.
Our company is small and even though budgets and forecast are implemented, based on Hilton’s steps on developing and implementing a budget, our company can benefit by implementing or improving in some areas. The informality of the ways its run leaves us with some flexibility in the budgeting process, but we can incorporate new ways to improve the outcomes.

In: Operations Management

After graduating from QCCUNY, you recently joined as a staff accountant in the controller’s office at...

After graduating from QCCUNY, you recently joined as a staff accountant in the controller’s office at Klax Company that provides warehousing services for companies in several Midwestern cities. The location, Dubuque, Iowa, has not been performing well due to increased competition and loss of several customers that have recently gone out of business. Your controller suspect that the plant and equipment may be impaired and wonder those assets should be written down. Given the company’s prior success, this issue has never arisen in the past, you have been asked to conduct some research on this issue with respect to the following by May 18, 2020. You believe this is a great opportunity for you to impress her with the knowledge of asset impairment that you acquired in your intermediate accounting course, and make your alma-mater and the professor proud of you by doing a great job and providing codification references for your responses.
1. What is the definition of impairment and what is the authoritative guidance for asset impairment? Briefly describe the scope of the standards (i.e., explain what types of transactions to which the standards applies).
2. Give several examples of events that would cause an asset to be tested for impairment.
3. Does it appear that Klax should perform impairment test? Explain.
4. What is the recoverable amount and what is the best evidence of fair value? Describe the alternative methods of estimating fair value.

In: Accounting

Saleh Corporation is a 90%-owned subsidiary of Parent Corporation, acquired for $270,000 on 1/1/X5. Investment cost...

Saleh Corporation is a 90%-owned subsidiary of Parent Corporation, acquired for $270,000 on 1/1/X5. Investment cost was equal to book value and fair value. Saleh’s net income in 20X5 was $80,000, and Parent’s income, excluding its income from Saleh, was $90,000. Saleh’s income includes a $10,000 unrealized gain on land that cost $50,000 and was sold to Parent for $60,000.

Assume that Saleh sold the land in 20X7. Parent adjusts for this transaction in the equity accounts.

Required:

1. What entries would Parent make in 20X5 and 20X7?

2. Prepare the consolidation entries at 12/31/X5, 12/31/X6, and 12/31/X7.

3. Determination of exchange rates depends on factors causing fluctuations.

a. Explain why and its effect on US dollar

b. Distinguish between DER & IER.

4. Explain the differences between translation and re-measurement and its process.

In: Accounting

Q.1. The CQI process began in A. Great Britain. B. the US. C. China. D. Japan....

Q.1. The CQI process began in

A.

Great Britain.

B.

the US.

C.

China.

D.

Japan.

Q.2. Which is paid more attention to as part of TQM than CQI for healthcare?

A.

Nursing staff support

B.

Application of the Scientific Method

C.

Time per unit production

D.

Personnel training

Q.3. Which would be an addition to the structure of CQI?

A.

Developing a multidisciplinary approach

B.

Relying on top-down design

C.

Understanding and adapting to the external environment

D.

Empowering managers and clinicians to analyze and improve processes

Q.4. True or False? An MRSA infection acquired in a local hospital which could have been avoided will not be compensated by an insurer as a never event.

True

False

Q.5. Profound knowledge in management requires

A.

personalization.

B.

spending 25% or more of one's time on nursing practice.

C.

instructions from above in the organizational chart.

D.

knowledge about variation.

In: Nursing

The University of Kentucky Builds with Bonds Every year, hundreds of colleges around the country build...

The University of Kentucky Builds with Bonds

Every year, hundreds of colleges around the country build new buildings. Where do most schools get the money for these expensive projects? From long-term bonds.   

The University of Kentucky (UK) has issued “revenue” bonds to build buildings on the 23,000 student Lexington campus, and on 14 community colleges throughout the state. These bonds pledge the school’s revenues as collateral to guarantee payment of the bonds. At one time the outstanding debt on the Lexington campus buildings was $137 million. The total debt on the community college buildings equaled $121 million. The bonds generally have maturities ranging from 10 to 20 years.

Additional “guarantees” for bond purchasers are the ratings given the bonds by professional rating agencies.   Their bonds are rated “AA-“ by Standard & Poor’s Corporation, which is well above investment grade. Thee is always a very good market for the bonds.

People in Kentucky identify very closely with the university. Even though the bonds are rated “AA-” they trade at AAA (the top bond rating) because they are so easy to sell.  

One advantage for investors: the bonds’ interest revenue id exempt from federal income tax and from state tax for in-state investors. So, an issue offering 6% is the equivalent of 10% to those individuals in the top tax bracket. Many investors feel very confident in buying the bonds, because it is inconceivable to them that there would ever e a default.  

1) The University of Kentucky’s bonds are rated “AA-“ by Standard & Poor’s and A1 by Moody’s Investor Service. Why is it important to the University of Kentucky that its bonds have a high bond rating?

2) Why does the state use bonds to finance the buildings rather than taking the funds out of general revenues?

3) Explain the meaning to the tax-exempt status of the University of Kentucky bonds. What does it mean to say that “a recent issue offering 6% is the equivalent of 10% to those individuals in the top tax bracket?”

In: Finance

The once-fringe fantasy of a return to the gold standard is creeping back into the mainstream....

The once-fringe fantasy of a return to the gold standard is creeping back into the mainstream. It has long been dismissed as a fool’s errand, on par with abandoning the Federal Reserve and other trappings of the modern economy. Mainstream economists deride it almost without exception. Reintroducing the gold standard would “be a disaster for any large advanced economy,” says the University of Chicago’s Anil Kashyap, who connects enthusiasm for it with “macroeconomic illiteracy.” His colleague, Nobel laureate Richard Thaler, struggles with its very underlying principle: “Why tie to gold? Why not 1982 Bordeaux?” (Quartz, July 2019) Briefly, why are economists cool to the idea of the US returning to the gold standard?

In: Economics

These are stressful days in general. Final exams coming up, a lot of studying to do,...

These are stressful days in general. Final exams coming up, a lot of studying to do, all the news around us, …….. A large university conducted a study of their undergraduate students to find out how stressful they feel and recorded their gender as well below is the table that shows how each of the gender felt when asked about if they felt stressed (5 points) Felt Stressed Gender YES NO Male 244 495 Female 282 480 a. Find out if there is a difference between males and females with regards to feeling stressed out. Use the 0.05 significance level for testing b. what is the p value and interpret its meaning in the context of the problem above

In: Statistics and Probability