As you have learned in your examination of Healthy People 2020, the population in the United States is growing in diversity. Within the context of diversity, nurses need to recognize that dominant and variant cultural patterns will exist within the society. Health disparities are closely linked with social, economic, and environmental disadvantage. When caring for patients, nurses need to be aware of similarities and differences among the diverse patient care population. Please answer the following questions.

1. Consider the ways in which culture and ethnicity affect health. Which factors are modifiable? For which factors can nurses have an impact?

2. In addition to poor access, health care providers frequently contribute to the problem of health disparities. How can nurses avoid contributing to these disparities?

Flexible Steel of the United States is considering expanding its business in Zaire. Under current law, 100% of foreign investor cash flow from depreciation and 50% of accounting income must be retained within Zaire until the investment is 5 years old. Blocked funds may be reinvested in treasury deposits at 5% per annum, tax free, and compounded annually. Flexible Steel is contemplating a new steel plant investment as follows. All cash flows will be valued if they occur on December 31. Thus the investment outlay occurs on December 31, 2020, and earnings are available for local currency dividend payments on December 31, 2021 through 2025. All blocked funds may be exchanged for dollars on December 31, 2025. Foreign exchange rates are expected to be as follows:

December 31, 2018: Z 4.0/$

December 31, 2019: Z 4.5/$

December 31, 2020: Z 5.0/$

December 31, 2021: Z 5.5/$

December 31, 2022: Z 6.0/$

December 31, 2023: Z 6.5/$

Other information includes the following: * Investment outlay will be $40,000,000 for plant and equipment and $4,000,000 for working capital. * Recovery for building and equipment will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over 5 years to a zero salvage value. Working capital will be fully recovered at the end of five years. * Sales are expected to be Z100,000,000 per year. Variable cash costs will be 30% of sales, and fixed cash costs will be Z3,000,000 annually. * Corporate income taxes are 30% in both Zaire and the United States. * Flexible Steel's weighted average cost of capital for projects of this type is 15%. In similar projects would be expected to earn 15%. Calculate the NPV of the project based on cash flows to the parent.

A)$16,285,500 loss

B) $11,673,700 loss
C) $20,349,300 loss

D) $18,432,400 loss

E) $14,196,800 loss

Mr. Charlie Brown has spent his entire career with the Peanuts Manufacturing Company. He is located in Sarnia, Ontario and started with the company as a production line manager. He has since moved up the ranks of the company, and most recently has been supervising the entire production department. In early 2020, Charlie was offered an opportunity to oversee the construction of a new manufacturing operation in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. If Mr. Brown takes the position, he would move to the United States on May 1, 2020 and when the facility is completed, Mr. Brown would remain as the senior vice president in charge of all of the Florida operations. Mr. Brown and his wife have 2 school age children who are enrolled at the local elementary school in grades 3 and 5. The Browns own a home in Sarnia and are involved in their community. They belong to their local church and a local recreational club where their children take swimming lessons and the family enjoys socializing. The Brown Family is considering the offer to move and is looking for advice on how their Canadian residency for tax purposes would be affected by this potential move. Mr. Brown has been told by the American payroll department that his tax rate will be lower if he is taxed in the United States. Mr. Brown would leave on May 1st, but the Browns are considering having Mrs. Brown and the children stay in Sarnia to finish out the school year which finishes at the end of June.

Required: Create a short (one page) memo explaining the tax policy to your client. Keep in mind that he will have limited understanding of income taxation, so you need to analyze the issue at a high level and then clearly describe the options available to Mr. Brown so that he can make an informed decision about his move and the tax consequences.

1. Suppose that under the terms of an international agreement, U.S. CO2 emissions are to be reduced by 200 million tons and those of Brazil by 50 million tons.

Here are the policy options that the United States and Brazil have to reduce their emissions:

United States:

Policy Options: Total Emissions Reduction: Cost:

A: Efficient Machinery 60 12

B: Reforestation 40 20

C: Replace coal-fueled power plants 120 30

Brazil:

A: Efficient Machinery 50 20

B: Reforestation 30 3

C: Replace coal-fueled power plants 40 8

A) which policies are most efficient for each country in meeting their reduction targets? How much will be reduced using each option, at which cost, if the two countries must operate independently? Assume that any of the policy options can be partially implemented at a constant marginal cost. For example, the United States could choose to reduce carbon emissions with efficient machinery by 10 million tons at a cost of $2 billion. (Hint: start by calculating the average cost of carbon reduction in dollars per ton for each of the six policies)

B) Suppose a market of transferable permits allow the United States and Brazil to trade permits to emit CO2. Who has an interest in buyng permits? Who has an interest in selling permits? What agreement can be reached between the United States and Brazil so that they can meet the overall emissions reduction target of 250 million tons at the least cost? Can you estimate a range for the price of a permit to emit one ton of carbon? (Hint: use your average cost calculations for the first part of the questions)

1:The 1929 New York bank insurance fund (“Safety Fund”) (a) would not have enough money to pay for all noteholders if things really went bad, then why would it increase the public’s confidence in banks? (b) What did it mean that the Fund represented the idea that “banking was a system... not just an aggregation of free agents?"

2:In the 1820s, two Massachusetts legal cases ruled in favor of defendants who caused economic damage to others while pursuing activities that helped their own businesses. Years later that same court ruled in favor a company whose employees were seriously injured at work. Briefly discuss how these cases could be explained as decisions which encouraged social change and economic progress.

3:In 1807, President Jefferson stopped all trade between the United States and Europe with the Embargo Act. (a) How did that Act help United States manufacturers? (b) Why did the Embargo Act particularly support the manufacturing of cotton goods (textiles) in the northeast United States?

4:Henry Clay and the Whig Party supported tariffs. (a) What were tariffs and how would they protect domestic industry? (b) How, in particular, would they protect “infant industries”? (c) What other important role did tariffs provide to the United States in the 19th century?

5:More than most other countries, the courts play a vital role in the evolution of law in the United States. How do courts do this (a) when there already exists written (statutory) law and (b) when there is no particular statute law regarding a particular issue, that is, what is “common law”?

Explain whether the grounding of the Boeing 737 max aircraft would affect the financial statements of airlines, such as Southwest, United and American Airline, that have acquired Boeing 737 max aircraft.

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Rosenberg Land Development (RLD) is a developer of condominium properties in the Southwest United States. RLD has recently acquired a 40.625 acre site outside Phoenix, Arizona. Zoning restrictions allow at most 8 units per acre. Three types of condominiums are planned: one-, two-, and three-bedroom units. The average construction costs for each type of unit are $450,000, $600,000 and $750,000, respectively. These units will generate a net profit of 10%. The company has equity and loans totaling $180 million dollars for this project. From prior development projects, senior managers have determined that there must be a minimum of 15% one-bedroom units, 25% two-bedroom units, and 25% three-bedroom units.

a. Develop a linear optimization model to determine how many of each type of unit the developer should build.

b. Find an optimal solution by Solver in Excel.

Alyssa states: “when capital per hour worked increases in the United States the Natural Unemployment rate increases but economic growth increases at an increasing rate.” Do you agree or disagree? Carefully Explain your answer.

Innocent until proven guilty? In Japanese criminal trials, about 95% of the defendants are found guilty. In the United States, about 60% of the defendants are found guilty in criminal trials. (Source: The Book of Risks, by Larry Laudan, John Wiley and Sons) Suppose you are a news reporter following four criminal trials. (For each answer, enter a number.)

(a)

If the trials were in Japan, what is the probability that all the defendants would be found guilty? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)


What is this probability if the trials were in the United States? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

(b)

Of the four trials, what is the expected number of guilty verdicts in Japan? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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What is the expected number in the United Sates? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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What is the standard deviation in Japan? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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What is the standard deviation in the United States? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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Since you are working on your MBA you have been asked to speak to the board of directors of your firm about various methods of analyzing the companies financial statements. One of the board members states she has heard about a technique called"common-size" financial statements, but knows nothing about it. She would like you to explain what they are, how they are prepared,how they differ from regular financial statements, and how they can help the board in its decision making. What your account say?