Part I: Explain why any cell in the body can become any cell type of the body. Cancer occurs when the cell cycle becomes unregulated and grows out of control. Why do you think there are so many different types of cancer?

Part II: The practice of buying and selling gametes, particularly eggs from fertile women, is becoming increasingly common in the United States and some other industrialized countries.

• Describe how gametes are produced using Meiosis.
• Discuss some of the problems and ethical issues with the practice of buying and selling gametes. Do you have any objections to this type of transaction? Would you be willing to sell your gametes at any price? Do you believe that other people should be restricted from doing so?

Provide specific examples and references to the video in your response.

Post your initial discussion response to the Discussion Forum by Wednesday Week 5.

Respond to two (2) other classmates’ posts by Friday Week 5. If possible, please respond to a post that has not yet received a response from a classmate.

environmental fate of medications medications can enter wastewater management systems either ... Question: Environmental fate of medications Medications can enter wastewater management systems either thro... (1 bookmark) Environmental fate of medications Medications can enter wastewater management systems either through human excretions or through improper disposal. Many medications are not effectively treated by current wastewater management processes and therefore are discharged by wastewater treatment plants. Antidepressants are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States, and many antidepressants are not effectively managed by wastewater treatment plants. a. A wastewater treatment plant discharges to Boulder Creek in Colorado at a rate of 64 million L/day, and the stream flow, upstream of the wastewater discharge point, is 1110 L/s. If the concentration of the antidepressant venlafaxine (Effexor) measured in the creek water is 10 ng/L, what is the mass discharged per day from the wastewater treatment plant, assuming that there are no sources other than the wastewater treatment plant, and assuming that the drug rapidly equilibrates among sediment, fish, and water? What is the concentration of the medication in the wastewater treatment plant effluent?

he National Science Foundation collects data on the research and development spending by universities and colleges in the United States. Here is the data for the years 2008 - 2011:

(a) Draw a scatterplot that shows the increase in research and development spending over time. Try to be as accurate as you can with your scatterplot. You may use Excel to help guide you. Does the pattern suggest that the spending is increasing linearly over time?

(b) Find the equation of the least-squares regression line for predicting spending from year. Use Excel to help you. Add this line to your scatterplot.

(c) For each of the four years, find the residual.

(d) Write the regression model for this setting. What are your estimates for the slope and y-intercept in this model?

(e) Use the least-squares regression equation to predict research and development spending for the year 2013 (assume year 2008 is​ x = 1 , year 2009 is x = 2 , etc.). The actual spending for 2013 was $63.4 billion. Add this point to your plot, and comment on why your equation performed so poorly.

Suppose the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen is initially ¥90/$. According to purchasing-power parity, if the price of traded goods rises by 5 percent in the United States and by 15 percent in Japan, what will be the expected exchange rate?

If Mexico dollarizes its currency, it essentially

__________ is a currency basket, defined by the International Monetary Fund, to which some nations peg their currencies

If Japan has floating rate, a depreciation in the value of Japanese yen over time will result in Japanese

1. How many photons at 586 nm must be absorbed to melt 6.55 × 10² g of ice?
(It takes 334 J to melt 1 g of ice at 0° C. On average, how many H₂O molecules does one photon convert from ice to water?

2. The highest speed limit in the United States is 85.0 mph on an isolated stretch of rural interstate in Texas. What is the speed limit in kilometers per hour? (1 mi = 1609 m). Report your answer as a whole number.

3. A piece of metal with a mass of 22.1 g was dropped into a graduated cylinder containing 16.00 mL of water. The graduated cylinder after the addition of the metal is shown. Determine the density of the metal.

4. A lead sphere has a mass of 1.24 × 10⁴g, and its volume is 1.10 ×10³ cm³. Calculate its density.

5. Calculate the percent error for the following measurements: (a) The density of alcohol (ethanol) is found to be 0.8044 g/mL (true value = 0.7980 g/mL).  %(b) The mass of gold in an earring is analyzed to be 0.8455 g (true value = 0.8644 g).%

1-Sukriti is a 35 year old Northern Indian woman, who has recently (6-12 months ago) immigrated with her husband and two children to the United States.  She is from a more affluent family and speaks English fluently, although she dresses in a more traditional Indian way.  She was recently referred to you because she is overweight and has pre-diabetes (high blood sugar).  Her husband accompanies her to your visit.

What are some things you might assume about Sukriti based on this description? (re: family, education, religion, food preferences)

2-How would you greet Sukriti and her husband?

3-What are (likely) some of Sukriti’s traditional foods?

4-What are (likely) her typical cooking or meal patterns?

5-Sukriti reports that she consumes the following diet daily: roti in the morning, stuffed with potatoes and cheese with coffee and milk, samosas during the day, pickles, fried chickpeas, and a balanced meal for dinner.  What are some suggestions you might make to help her improve her health?

In FY 2007, what Lovallo & Sibony counter-balancing practice did the Blockbuster Board deploy? What cognitive bias was the practice intended to address? What is Blockbuster's value proposition and what L&S cognitive bias best describes it? Select the single best available answer from those presented below.

A) Shaking things up by firing Mr. Antioco and hiring Mr Keyes as CEO; Anchoring and insufficient adjust bias; a value-priced entertainment experience, combining the broad product depth of a specialty retailer with local neighborhood convenience; inappropriate attachment.

B) Purchased MovieLink, LLC; Champion bias; a value-priced entertainment experience, combining the broad product depth of a specialty retailer with local neighborhood convenience; inappropriate attachment.

C) Shaking things up by firing Mr. Antioco and hiring Mr Keyes as CEO; Anchoring and insufficient adjust bias; 4,855 stores in the United States; Overconfidence.

D) Purchased MovieLink, LLC; Excessive Optimism; a value-priced entertainment experience, combining the broad product depth of a specialty retailer with local neighborhood convenience; inappropriate attachment.