1. What is assimilation according to sociologists?

2. Identify two advantages of assimilation to the USA. Explain why these are advantageous t US society

3. Identify two disadvantages of assimilation to US society. Explain why these are disadvantageous t US society

4. In what way is the Internal Colonialism Theory applicable to Native Americans? Explain fully drawing examples from Native Americans.

5. Summarize the Caste Theory. In what way is it applicable to the experiences of African Americans?  

for the company RITE AID add all calculation

1. Prepare a horizontal analysis of your company's Income Statement over the past two years.

2. Calculate the following ratios for the most recent two years and comment on the results of your ratio analysis. How do the results for your company compare to industry averages?

a. Accounts receivable turnover: Note: Since credit sales information will not be available in the 10-K reports for the accounts receivable turnover, we will be using sales/net sales or similar account instead of credit sales. Also, be sure to use the average accounts receivable.

b. Profit margin

c. Return on assets: Be sure to use the average total assets.

d. Times interest earned = (income before taxes + interest expense)/interest expense. Note that income (or earnings) before interest & taxes has the abreviation EBIT. Also, EBIT is sometimes referred to as "Income from Operations."

only question 2 and information used from 2020 10k filing.

1.

Arsema is in her late twenties. She is still single so her consumption behavior is different from that of her same-aged friends who have already married and had children. This suggests that ___________________________________.

2.

The Swedish ice cream brand Nick's is using a unique packaging and marketing campaign to influence how the brand will be perceived in the US. This would be part of the ________________ strategy for the brand.

In 2017, the first baby was born in the U.S. to a mother who had received a uterus transplant,

meaning a uterus donated by another human female was implanted into the mother and this

a transplanted uterus was the site of implantation, and development of the fetus to term. Obviously, this type of medical procedure is not without challenges and risks. Briefly describe three possible challenges of uterus transplantation (anywhere from initial surgery to childbirth) - one challenge must relate to the immune system, one challenge must relate to the reproductive system, and one challenge must relate to development. Your answers do not necessarily need to be medically perfect (none of us have medical degrees, yet) but they should reflect your understanding of the three systems, supported by details of the structures and processes that might be involved in the challenges you identify.

1. Discuss speech sound disorders(SSD) What are the 2 categories of SSD and thoroughly describe the differences between them. Finally discuss specific evaluation measures we may employ when assessing a client with SSD.

2. What are the 5 levels of the language rule system (list and define) Discuss developing language skills in children from birth to age 5 and how we can assess these skills (formal and informal testing) What does a screening for written language typically include? If a comprehensive assessment is warranted, who else besides the SLP should collaborate?

3. What are Cultural competence(CC) and Inter-professional Practice(IPP)? Why are they important to us and what specific elements of CC and IPP must we consider when performing evaluations and assessments?

Use the Stolper-Samuelson theorem to predict whether the following groups would prefer free trade or protection from imports (you will need to make assumptions about factor endowments and factor intensities). Provide the logic behind your prediction. For this one, you could answer in several ways — as long as your logic is consistent with Stolper-Samuelson.

A) Owners of steel manufacturing firms in Jamaica.

Jamaica is relatively capital-scarce, so owners of steel manufacturing firms in Jamaica (the people who own the physical capital to make steel) would likely [position] free trade, given that the production of steel is capital-intensive.

a)Oppose

b) Support

c) Be indifferent towards

B) Australian wheat farmers.

C) Mexican textile workers.

D) Owners of US aircraft manufacturing firms

Identify and describe the conditions you observed for Luxottica corporation which operates in Monopolistic Competition or a Differentiated Oligopoly who differentiates their product. You should also provide brief market analysis including the state of the market before and after the differentiation, as well as the observed changes that resulted. Specifically, the following questions should be addressed:

1. What type of market structure was the product or service in when the differentiation occurred?
2. What is the differentiation? Describe specifically what the differentiation was and tell us what that means for rational business price and production decisions.
3. What was the observed change in the equilibrium price in the market?
4. Evaluate the result of the observed change from perspectives of efficiency and equity drawing upon price/cost margins for your explanation.
5. Evaluate whether the decision to differentiate the product was a good move for that business at that time.

You are a construction manager for You can Do It Construction, and have been given an 135,000 square foot, 6-story, medical office and laboratory building project in Santa Fe to manage. The project is located at the southeast quadrant of US 599 and Airport Rd, which is just NW of I-40. The building itself is in the EAST corner of the parcel.

The plans call for a structural steel framework with exterior walls of imported Italian marble. The plans, which were done by a firm in North Dakota, also call for two stories of underground parking constructed with precast concrete components trucked in from Amarillo, Tx.

Write 3 paragraphs on what you’d consider when laying out the jobsite and who you might consult with. Be thorough and concise.

Secret Life of the Brain Episode 4 – The Adult Brain

1. It was long believed that the brain was divided into two parts: _______________ & ______________ but this has been proven untrue. The two work together.
2. The tiny almond-shaped _______________ is the first to respond to an emotional event.
3. ______________________________ is a critical mechanism that allow us to stay alive.
4. The purpose of a _________ emotional response is to place the organism out of danger.
5. _________________ is a condition of extreme fear response from a past traumatic event. People with this condition have an overly sensitive amygdala.
6. Emotion helps to form self-______________.
7. There is no definitive cause or pathology for ______________________________.
8. In the brain of a depressed person, stress triggers too much of the hormone_______________, for too long.
9. Talk __________________ works because it works on the brain, it changes the physical structure of our brain – synaptic connections, processing information differently.
10. Our lives are governed by ______________. That’s who are we are, we’re ___________ people.