As a response to the economic slowdown following the financial crisis, the Fed cut the Federal funds rate to near 0 by the end of 2008, and tried to provide further monetary stimulus through “unconventional” policies. In a short paragraph, describe some of these unconventional tools that were used by the Fed during this period, and explain how these tools could increase demand even when the Fed funds rate stays constant at zero.
In: Economics
Please create a PESTEL analysis for Kirkland's, Inc. Home Decor. Answer How, for instance, is the current political environment of your organization affecting it? (Consider everything from local to national politics!) How may various changes in the political environment in the future (both the near future and further out) affect it? Repeat and answer these two questions for the economy, society and culture, technology, natural environment, and the legal and regulatory milieu.
In: Operations Management
Draw something interesting with JavaFX. The drawing must be something coherent - random shapes on the canvas will not receive near full marks. Your drawing must make use of at least the following:
1) a compound object generated by a for loop
2) each of a rectangle, arc, circle, ellipse, line,
3) at least 15 shapes overall
4) 5 different colours
5) the use of translation, rotation, and scaling
In: Computer Science
An alloy of magnesium and lead is 50% lead by weight. A) convert this alloy to an equivalent atomic percentage. B) Convert this alloy to an equivalent volume percentage
In: Mechanical Engineering
CASE STUDY 6.1 IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR AN UNDERAGE DRINKING
INTERVENTION
Dr. Smith works for a local university, and has been approached by a local health department about a project pertaining to high alcohol consumption among high school students. According to local statistics produced by the health department, 35% of adolescents in the community have never had alcohol and do not plan to have it in the near future, 35% of adolescents have never had alcohol but are planning to try it or are willing to try it in the near future, 25% of adolescents have consumed alcohol at least once in the last 30 days, and 5% of adolescents have consumed alcohol at least 5 times in the last 30 days. The local health department wants to create an intervention to reduce underage drinking in the community but is unsure about what to target, whom to target, and how to implement the program.
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
1. In a comprehensive intervention, which levels of prevention would be relevant?
2. How could the ecological model be used to help identify factors associated with underage drinking? Brainstorm various factors in the ecological model that could be associated with underage drinking.
In: Nursing
Exhibit 20-1
You have two metal spheres on insulating stands. You bring them each in turn near the ball of a positively charged electroscope. In each case the deflction of the leaves is reduced slightly. You then bring them each in turn near the ball of a negatively charged electroscope and find that sphere A causes the deflection to increase, whereas sphere B causes it to decrease.
7.Refer to Exhibit 20-1. Sphere A is
a. positively charged.
b. negatively charged.
c. neutral.
d. There is not enough information to determine this.
8.Refer to Exhibit 20-1. Sphere B is
a. positively charged.
b. negatively charged.
c. neutral.
d. There is not enough information to determine this.
9.A metal sphere on an insulating stand has a charge of 16 nC. A second metal sphere, also on an insulating stand, is initially uncharged. The two spheres are briefly touched together. The second sphere is then grounded. After this procedure, the charge on the original sphere is
a. 16 nC
b. 8 nC
c. 4 nC
d. 0 nC
e. more than 16 nC
f. There is not enough information to determine this
In: Physics
1. Which of the following statements are IMPOSSIBLE? Choose all that apply.
A perfectly functioning hydraulic had a pressure of 38 psi in the fluid near the small piston and a pressure of 38 psi in the fluid near the big piston.
A 25 L container displaced 25 L of orange juice when fully submerged.
A substance underwent condensation during which its temperature remained constant at 45 °C.
A 37 N brick was fully submerged in water. The buoyant force on the brick was 37 N. As a direct result, the brick sank.
Last Tuesday, the Sun heated the Moon via conduction.
The temperature inside a physics laboratory chamber was measured to be 5 °F.
2. Which one of the following statements describes an object moving at a CONSTANT VELOCITY?
A spaceship traveled at a constant speed while making a right turn
The truck accelerated while making a u-turn.
A moped traveled at a constant speed along a straight line path.
A car slowed down while making a left turn.
The motorcycle sped up from 45 mph to 61 mph while moving in a straight line.
In: Physics
my bacteria is streptococcus pyogenes
Culture Requirements:
Culture Requirements:
Biochemical Test Reactions: [include photos of these in your wiki]
Interesting or Unusual Characteristics:
Infections / Disease Associations:
Mode(s) of Transmission:
Treatment:
References:
Biochemical Test Reactions: [include photos of these in your wiki]
Interesting or Unusual Characteristics:
Infections / Disease Associations:
Mode(s) of Transmission:
Treatment:
References:
In: Biology
A small businessman is planning on opening a new retail location. Three locations are available, and he is interested in the annual income of families near each location. A random sample of 4 families is selected near each location, and the results are shown below (in thousands of dollars). Use this data to test the hypothesis that mean income is the same in all three areas.
| Location 1 | Location 2 | Location 3 |
| 66 | 65 | 71 |
| 65 | 69 | 72 |
| 66 | 63 | 62 |
| 64 | 70 | 78 |
a) What is the critical value at the 0.01
significance level?
For full marks your answer should be accurate to at least two
decimal places.
Critical value: 0
b) What is the F statistic?
For full marks your answer should be accurate to at least two
decimal places.
F statistic: 0
| c) | Can we conclude there is a difference in mean annual income?
|
In: Statistics and Probability
Fluid Mechanics: A water tank is a cylinder 4 m in height and 2 meters in diameter. The tank is full at time to. The tank sits on a platform 12 m tall. A water tap is located at the bottom center of the tank. The tap, when actuated, opens to a pipe 5 cm in radius.
a. Write down Bernoulli’s equation. Identify the Pressure, Kinetic and Potential Energy terms. Show that each has the units of an energy density (Joules/Volume).
b. Use Bernoulli’s equation to compare the difference in pressure between the surface of the water and the bottom of the tank near the edge? Assume the fluid is motionless near the edge.
c. When a tap is opened water rushes in to a pipe 5 cm in radius. The pipe is straight and drops 12 m to ground level, but along the way slowly in radius to 2 cm. What is the speed of the water as it emerges from the pipe?
d. Use the continuity equation to find the speed of the water as it enters the pipe 12 m above, i.e. bottom of the tank.
e. What is the volume and mass flow rate of the stream of water?
f. What is the pressure of the fluid as it enters the pipe, again at the bottom of the tank.
In: Physics