14. Examples of primates, hominids, hominoids, prosimians, anthropoids, monkeys, and apes

15. Understand the differences between ancestral (primitive) and modified (derived) traits

16. Know examples and differences between the two types of dating methods used

17. Identify deliberate vs. autonomic communication of nonhuman primates

18. What are affiliative nonhuman primate behaviors?

19. What are the different Primate locomotion modes? ( be able to give corresponding examples & corresponding bone proportions)

20. What are the steps of the scientific method?

21. What trends define the Order of Primates?

22. Does the environment have an influence on growth and development?

23. Define exons vs. introns, homologous chromosomes, sister chromatids, recombination

24. When did the diversification of mammals occur?

25. Why was H. habilis identified as a different genus than the Australopithecines?

26. What are the differences between the “robust” and “gracile” australopithecines (cranial features, teeth, diet)

27. Traditionally, what is the name of the 1st species to move out of Africa?

28. Be able to describe the Nariokotome fossil find

29. Be familiar with the general geographic areas H. erectus fossils were discovered

30. What do the Dmanisi fossils indicate

31. The term Homo ergaster refers to fossils found where?

32. What are the contributions of Alfred Russel Wallace, Gregor Mendel, Thomas Malthus,

John Ray, Charles Darwin, and Carolus Linnaeus

33. Be familiar with the culture of Neandertals (hunting, symbolic behavior)

34. Describe the morphological features of Neandertals fossils-- (cranial & postcranial features)

35. Where are Neandertal fossils found?

36. Be able to differentiate between the three models used to explain the presence of modern Homo sapiens

Salmons Stores operates a national chain of women's apparel stores. Five thousand copies of an expensive four-color sales catalog have been printed, and each catalog includes a coupon that provides a $50 discount on purchases of $200 or more. Salmons would like to send the catalogs only to customers who have the highest probability of using the coupon. The DATAile Salmons contains data from an earlier promotional campaign. For each of 1,000 Salmons customers, three variables are tracked: last year's total spending at Salmons, whether they have a Salmons store credit card, and whether they used the promotional coupon they were sent.

Create a standard partition of the data with all the tracked variables and 50% of observations in the training set, 30% in the validation set, and 20% in the test set. Use logistic regression to classify observations as a promotion-responder or not by using Spending and Card as input variables and Coupon as the output variable. Perform Variable Selection with the best subsets procedure with the number of best subsets equal to two.

Click on the datafile logo to reference the data.

1) Following are three different situations with respect to the audit of accounts receivable and sales. For each, specify the evidence mix that you would use (tests of control, substantive tests, type of confirmation/timing), and explain why.

C) Big Department Store Finance Corporation has fifty staff in the accounting department, a sophisticated software package, and about $250 million in accounts receivable. The corporation manages the department store's credit cards. About 100 000 credit card customers have balances less than $300 on their accounts, while the balances for the remaining customers range up to a maximum of $5000.

>> Club Med case study.

Club Méditerranée or Club Med is a French company founded in 1950 by Gérard Blitz and Gilbert Trigano with the objective of offering holidays to customers With an innovative "all-inclusive" formula. The idea of happiness was at the heart of the concept. Today, Club Med has 72 resorts in more than 30 countries, including the Mediterranean, the tropics. and even the snow-covered Alps. In 2013, more than 1.5 million customers Chose Club Med for their holidays. Club Med has revolutionized holidays with its all inclusive formula. At the time of its creation, the company aimed to give people a sense of freedom through nature and sports that allowed them to be happy and one with the others. Club Med proposed a new social link that was more festive and less binding on the client. It wanted to reconcile individual liberty and social life. At that time, in the holiday villages, customers could do what they wanted without the concept of money being present. Upon arival, customers were provided with necklaces made out of beads that allowed customers to pay for their drinks (Which would later be patented). Big tables allowed customers to share their meals and get acquainted with each other. The notions of freedom and equality were and still remain fundamental to the culture of Club Med. Since its creation, Club Med has never ceased to innovate. New and unknown destinations were added to the portfolio Tahiti in 1955 and Leysin in Switzerland in 1956. In 1967, Club Med created the first mini clubs for children. In the years 1980-1990, deciline of the attractiveness of the concept of holiday homes and the sharp rise of competition at lower prices weakened Club Meds posi-tion. The company's strategy at that point was unclear-it was neither a volume nor a value strategy. In addition, the economic crisis of 1993, a result of the Gulf war, and the events of September 2001 severely affected Club Med in the same way it affected all kinds of tourism. In 2004, Club Med decided to redirect to a value strategy in order to target an international clientele that wanted comfort, elegance, service, and customization. The holiday package offer was therefore repositioned with the closure of entry-level vacation villages (classified 2 trident), renovation of other villages in 4 trident to 5 trident, and the creation of a new range of luxury 5 trident (villages, villas, and chalets). Club Med now offers an all-inclusive premium with a high range of services and an extension of the à la carte services that come with gourmet food and high quality drinks. Starting at 4 trident, all clubs offer a spa in partnership with a famous brand. The shows in the resorts are all designed by specialized companies. Clubs for children have dedicated spaces with an emphasis on nature and local culture. The sports schools offer up to 10 different disciplines with qualified coaches and quality equipment. For its 5 trident resorts, Club Med chooses sites of exception in the most beautiful destinations of the World, such as Cancun in Mexico, Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, and Kani in the Maldives. The development of these resorts is entrusted to renowned architects and designers. The services developed are high-end with all-day room service, a concierge service, and champagne offered after 6 p.m. Private villas come with a butler. In the 5 trident resorts in the Maldives, the villas are placed on stilts; clients have private access to the sea, and can observe marine life through a transparent floor in the room. This repositioning to the high-end has also necessitated a change in the relationship between customers, called Gentle Members, and staff, called Gentle Organizers. Club Med has 15,000 Gentle Organizers of 100 different nationalities to meet the requirements of its international clientele. They are qualified in various fields and specialize in cooking, sport, amusement, and client servicing. Trainings to inculcate precision and a sense of premium service have been developed. A resort school has even been created in Vittel, France; it welcomes 10,000 trainees every year. Club Med is always looking to recruit real talent and unique personalities. The organization's customer relationship has also evolved through the development of customer relationship management tools for a finer segmentation of customers. In some agencies, a concept of sale side-by-side has been developed to allow clients to customize their holiday packages along with the sellers.Club Med's communication campaign "and what's your idea of happiness?" highlights this upmarket strategy. This campaign has been deployed in 47 countries and in 22 languages. The positioning of Club Med's resorts, from 3 trident to 5 trident, allows for a broader coverage of the competition field-from standardization, and luxury services to all-inclusive offers. No other company offers this. Club Med's 4 trident resorts are in competition with the Swiss Mövenpick (69 hotels in 23 countries) and the Jamaican Sandals (12 resorts in Jamaica and the Bahamas). Club Med's 5 trident resorts compete with the Singaporean Banyan Tree (30 hotels and 60 spas all over the world). Finally, the Club Med luxury villas are in competition with the villas of the Mauritius company Beachcomber that works on the philosophy "dream is a serious thing" (9 hotels, resorts, and luxury villas), Aman Resorts (25 hotels in 15 countries), and the Ritz-Carlton (80 hotels in 27 countries). With the range and quality of its service, Club Med turns holidays into a one-of-a-kind experience. The focus on a globalized customer strategy helped Club Med grow and ensured its unique positioning in the market. As of January 2015, the proposed takeover of Club Med by the Chinese investor Fosun will help accelerate the internationalization of the brand and its development in Asia.

Questions

1, How did Club Med reach an upscale positioning and achieve excellence in the quality of service ?

2. Was Club Med's upmarket positioning the only one viable strategy?

3. Do you think that Club Med takes a risk by not in specializing in a particular range level, such as 4 trident or 5 trident?

Which of the following is NOT associated with (or does not contribute to) business risk?

A. Sales price variability B. The extent to which interest rates on the firm's debt fluctuate. C. The extent to which operating costs are fixed. D. Demand variability E. Input price variability

Discuss factors that contribute to the changes in the myocardium and show an image of the changes. (PLEASE TYPE YOUR RESPONSE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S HANDWRITING IS DIFFERENT AND SOMETIMES HARD TO READ)

a. Use an appropriate test to evaluate whether position in the batting order and bat speed contribute to the number of home runs (HR) hit per season. Keep in mind that we would like to be able to make inferences about the influence of bat speed across the entire range observed within Major League Baseball, not just the random bat speeds that we tested.

b. Make a single plot of the mean responses at each level of both factors and evaluate.

1) State all relevant hypotheses (nulls and alternatives).

2) State which test was used and why you used it.

3) State conclusions after completing your analyses.

Jenny Higgins, a 27-year-old female, develops achy joints, disrupted bowel activity and skin rashes over the course of 7 months. Although mild at first, the symptoms get worse over this time period, and while her GP did not initially suspect an autoimmune disease, Jenny is eventually diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) a classic systemic autoimmune disease. Answer the following sub-questions separately.

1) Name some common autoantibody responses present in patients with SLE? (1 mark)

2) Briefly describe how these autoantibodies contribute to symptoms of the disease.

3) Patients with SLE often have delayed clearance of apoptotic cells. Explain why this delay may result in an increased risk of autoreactivity to internal cellular components such as the nucleus.

4) If self-proteins or tissue components in the joints are not targeted directly in SLE, why do patients develop inflammation of joints?

5) Briefly describe a 2 stage (2 different drugs, and why you have chosen these) anti- inflammatory treatment regime designed to quickly bring inflammation under control, but moving to long term treatment more readily tolerated by the patient.

Lindsay is 27 years old and has a new job in web development. She wants to make sure that she is financially sound by the age of 55, so she plans to invest the same amount into a retirement account at the end of every year for the next 28 years.

Jenny Higgins, a 27-year-old female, develops achy joints, disrupted bowel activity and skin rashes over the course of 7 months. Although mild at first, the symptoms get worse over this time period, and while her GP did not initially suspect an autoimmune disease, Jenny is eventually diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) a classic systemic autoimmune disease. Answer the following sub-questions separately.

1) Name some common autoantibody responses present in patients with SLE? (1 mark)

2) Briefly describe how these autoantibodies contribute to symptoms of the disease.

3) Patients with SLE often have delayed clearance of apoptotic cells. Explain why this delay may result in an increased risk of autoreactivity to internal cellular components such as the nucleus.

4) If self-proteins or tissue components in the joints are not targeted directly in SLE, why do patients develop inflammation of joints?

5) Briefly describe a 2 stage (2 different drugs, and why you have chosen these) anti- inflammatory treatment regime designed to quickly bring inflammation under control, but moving to long term treatment more readily tolerated by the patient.