Prior to the 1999-2000 season in the NBA, the league made several rule changes designed to increase scoring. The average number of points scored per game in the previous season had been 183.2. Let μ denote the mean number of points per game in the 1999-2000 NBA season.

a. If the rule change had no effect on scoring, what value would μ have? Is this the null or alternative hypothesis?

b. If the rule change had the desired effect on scoring, what would be true about the value of μ? Is this a null or alternate hypothesis?

c. Based on your answers to part a and b clearly sate H_oand H_a using the proper notation.

As a process executes, it changes states. Explain what are ready state, running state, and waiting state. Also, describe when a process moves between these three states

Please summarize this article in 250-300 words.

The economy has changed, and with these changes our communities must adapt themselves to some new realities.

Traditionally, economic development, rooted in the post-World War II era, attempted to build our export base by subsidizing firms to locate manufacturing employment in our communities. This was fueled by cheap inputs—land and labor, national-scale competition, and low-skilled workers. Recruitment of industry received the most resources based on the potential to have significant impacts on the local economy.

To a lesser degree, some communities also established programs to work with the existing business base to retain and expand what was already in place. Finally, to a limited extent, some communities supported local small business startups, primarily spin-offs and ventures from the existing business sector. Overall, this model is characterized as fiercely competitive locally as well as across the country.

By contrast, a contemporary strategy builds a solid foundation of entrepreneurship. Long ignored because the impacts were small, diffuse, and incremental, entrepreneurship has been characterized as economic “gardening” as opposed to “hunting.” Think of it as tending to the seedbed in one’s own back yard as opposed to going out to bag that one trophy animal.

Business growth, and sustaining the health of existing businesses, is also important in this model. More than a simple effort to retain and expand businesses, this strategy respects that business survival means maintaining a competitive edge regardless of size. The goal is supporting the existing business community in sustaining a viable enterprise by constantly seeking one’s competitive advantage.

Finally, the attraction strategy in the new model is broad and contemporary. It applies to attracting new enterprises, both goods-producing and knowledge-based. It also includes attracting different “business anchors” such as senior housing, educational enterprises, and visitors and retirees. These are less traditional but effective, ways of increasing the flow of resources into the economy from outside. This model recognizes that the success of one’s neighbors spillover into one’s own borders.

Cheap land and labor are no longer what is being sold. Rather it is knowledge workers and a culture of innovation and creativity. This model also acknowledges that few places possess enough assets on their own to compete for and support new, existing, and emerging businesses. It’s about regions, networks, clusters and innovation. Its about entrepreneurship!

13. Epigenetics basically refers to changes in gene activity without a change in base content of DNA. Think of a multicellular eukaryotic organism such as a human. Please write down 2 different genomic events in humans that may be associated with epigenetic regulation.

Actuary and trustee reports indicate the following changes in the PBO and plan assets of Douglas-Roberts Industries during 2018:

  
Required:
1-a. Determine Douglas-Roberts' pension expense for 2018.
1.b, 2. to 4. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the pension expense, to record any 2018 gains and losses, to record the cash contribution to plan assets and to record retiree benefits.

Is Walgreens’ rapid growth strategy realistic? Why or why not?

How will changes in U.S. health care policy affect Walgreens? Explain.

Case 2: Walgreens

Walgreens was founded in 1901 and incorporated in 1909 in Chicago. Like other drugstores in the early 20th century, Walgreens emphasized a soda fountain and a lunch counter. By 1929, the firm had amassed 394 stores and $47 million in revenues. By the 1950s, Walgreens had begun a shift to self-service stores, but rapid growth did not occur until the late 1970s and early 1980s. Walgreens passed the 1,000-store milestone in 1984 and continued to grow steadily.

Today, Walgreens is the leading drugstore chain in the United States, operating almost 8,000 stores throughout the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The firm also operates two mail service facilities and 13 distribution centers throughout the country.

Prescriptions account for about 65% of company sales, with the rest coming from OTC medications, cosmetics, toiletries, photo processing, and grocery items. Approximately 90% of prescriptions are paid by insurance companies or other third parties. Most stores offer drive-thru pharmacies and almost all offer in-store photo processing. Walgreens’ closest rival is CVS, although competition from pharmacies in grocery stores and discount retailers such as Wal-Mart has intensified.

More consumers are using health insurance to pay for prescription drugs. Retailers receive the same payment from insurers for a given drug and consumers pay the same co-pay regardless of pharmacy. As a result, convenience appears to have replaced price as the most important factor in the pharmacy side of the business. In this regard, “convenience” includes such factors as the acceptance of a given insurance plan, store hours, waiting periods, options for telephone and Internet refills, and the availability of grocery or other items that a consumer might wish to purchase while picking up a prescription.

Walgreens has responded to this emphasis on convenience by developing highly visible and accessible freestanding stores in high-traffic locations. Many of the stores are open 24 hours a day. As such, Walgreens continues to emphasize building new stores rather than acquiring them from smaller rivals.

Walgreens has benefited from constant increases in U.S. expenditures on prescription drugs, a trend that is projected to continue well into the future. The effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (and any subsequent revisions) on Walgreens remain unclear.

Write an application with three buttons labeled “Red”, “Green”, and “Blue” that changes the background color of a panel in the center of the frame to red, green, or blue.

Add icons to the buttons of Exercise E19.1. Use a JButton constructor with an Icon argument and supply an ImageIcon.

this is the code that I already wrote that I need to do the above to.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

public class backgroundColor extends JFrame
{

   private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 500;
   private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 500;
   private JPanel colorPanel;
  
   public backgroundColor()
   {
       setTitle("Colored Buttons");
       createColorBackground();
       setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
       setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
       setVisible(true);
   }
  
   private void createColorBackground()
   {
       colorPanel = new JPanel();
       add(colorPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
       buttonColors();
   }
  
   private void buttonColors()
   {
       JPanel buttonsPanel = createButtons();
       add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
   }
  
   private JPanel createButtons()
   {
       JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3, 1));
       buttonsPanel.add(createButton("Red", Color.RED));
       buttonsPanel.add(createButton("Green", Color.GREEN));
       buttonsPanel.add(createButton("Blue", Color.BLUE));
       return buttonsPanel;
   }
  
   private JButton createButton(String label, final Color color)
   {
       JButton button = new JButton(label);
       ActionListener listener = new backgroundColorListener();
       button.addActionListener(listener);
       return button;
   }
  
   class backgroundColorListener
   implements ActionListener
   {
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent action)
       {
           if(action.getActionCommand().contentEquals("Red"))
               colorPanel.setBackground(Color.red);
           else
               if(action.getActionCommand().contentEquals("Green"))
                   colorPanel.setBackground(Color.green);
               else
                   if(action.getActionCommand().contentEquals("Blue"))
                       colorPanel.setBackground(Color.blue);
       }
   }
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
       new backgroundColor();
   }
}

Compare the changes in percent hemoglobin saturation that would occur in the two following situations: I. The blood PO2 drops from 100 mm Hg to 80 mm Hg. II. The blood PO2 drops from 40 mm Hg to 20 mm Hg. Select one: a. In both situations, the percent hemoglobin saturation would decrease by 20%. b. There would be very little reduction in percent hemoglobin saturation in situation I but a large reduction in situation II. c. There would be a large reduction in percent hemoglobin saturation in situation I but very little reduction in situation II. d. In both situations, the percent hemoglobin saturation would increase.