Nora is an RN who has been asked to present the topic of puberty to a fourth grade health class at the local elementary school.

1. What should she know about the physiology of puberty?

2. What are common changes noted by both sexes in puberty?

3. What are common psychosocial changes in puberty?

4. What health education in addition to the physiologic and social aspects of puberty would be appropriate?

5. One of the parents who came to pick up her child takes the nurse aside and confides that she is very concerned about her daughter, who just turned 9 years old and already has had her period for a few months. She states her daughter is very unhappy with her appearance and cries when she gets her period. How can the nurse advise this mother?

In this discussion, you will examine ways in which pay decisions and benefits are affected by labor market and product market forces and the effect of regulation on the ways in which employee pay and benefits are designed and administered.

Begin by describing the impact the labor and product market forces have on pay and benefit decisions. Include in your description the changes you have seen in your own industry when changes occur in each of these markets and its impact on your own wages and benefits.

Additionally, describe the ways in which regulation impacts employee pay and benefits and the way in which they are designed and administered.

For example, consider the impact of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and its impact on part-time and full-time employment, costs associated with insurance premiums to employers and employees, etc..

Finally, what are some communication techniques employers can use to ensure employees realize the value of benefits?

. We have discussed how abiotic and biotic factors influence the composition and persistence of organisms in different communities over time.   Depending upon the organisms involved, the dynamics can vary dramatically.

a) One example of community change over time occurs during primary succession. Explain how abiotic and biotic factors influence community composition and changes, using examples of your choice. Address relevant environmental characteristics, ecological interactions, and life-history strategies in your answer.

2. The make-up of a community might instead change dramatically in response to a biological invasion. Using an example of your choice, explain how abiotic and biotic factors influence community composition and changes in response to the invasive species. Once again, address relevant environmental characteristics, ecological interactions, and life-history strategies in your answer.

Draw two graphs side-by-side that show the market equilibrium price for soy beans as $3
per pound. The second graph is for Sally the soy bean farmer whose profit maximizing output is 80 pounds of soybeans. Show on your graph Sally making a profit of $140 at the market price of $3. Label all curves you draw and
clearly indicate the profit region.

1. What effect will these long run changes have on either the supply or demand curve in the U.S. Soy bean market?

2. What effect will these long run soy bean market changes have on Sally the soy bean farmer?

3. What happens in the long run to soy bean prices?

4. What happens in the long run to the quantity of soy beans produced in the market?

5. What happens in the long run to the quantity of soy beans produced by Sally?

Q1-Return to the case of the two oil change producers Oil Can Henry’s (OCH) and Jiffy Lube (JL). Recall the inverse market demand for oil changes: P = 100 – 2Q

where quantity is measured in thousands of oil changes per year, representing the combined production of O and G; Q = q_O + q_G; and price is measured in dollars per change. OCH has a marginal cost of $12 per change, and JL has a marginal cost of $20.

Answer the following questions:

a-Suppose the market is a Stackelberg oligopoly and OCH is the first mover. How much does each firm produce? What will the market price be? How much profit does each firm earn?

b-Now suppose JL is the first mover. How much will each firm produce, and what is the market price? How much profit does each firm earn?

1. All else equal, if Canada raises its interest rates,

A) the dollar depreciates.

B) the U.S. demand for Canadian dollars increases.

C) the Canadian supply of Canadian dollars increases.

D) Both A and B.

E) Both A and C.

2. Suppose the exchange rates between the United States and Canada are in long-run equilibrium as defined by the idea of purchasing power parity. If the law of one price holds perfectly, then differences between U.S. and Canadian rates of inflation would

A) have no effect on nominal exchange rates.

B) be completely offset by changes in the real exchange rate.

C) be completely offset by changes in the nominal exchange rate.

D) violate the conditions for the law of one price.

E) lead to a change in the real purchasing power of each country's currency when it is converted to the other country's currency

Question 1-3. Assume the following options are currently available for British pounds (₤):

•Call option premium on British pounds = $.04 per unit

•Put option premium on British pounds = $.03 per unit

•Call option strike price = $1.56

•Put option strike price = $1.53

•One option contract represents ₤31,250.

1. At a long strangle position, what is your profit (loss) when spot exchange rate changes to $1.40

1. -$0.04
2. +$0.14
3. +$0.10
4. +$0.06
5. -$0.06

2. What is the profit (loss) you earn from the Call option in the long strangle position, when spot exchange rate changes to $ 1.53

1. -$0.04
2. -$0.03
3. +$0.03
4. +$0.01
5. -$0.01

3. Determine the break-event point (s) for the long strangle

1. $1.53 and $1.56
2. $1.46 and $ 1.56
3. $1.46 and $ 1,63
4. $1.49 and $1.63
5. $1.48 and $ 1.63

Consider a monopolist facing a constant elasticity demand curve ?(?) = 12? ^−3 .

a) Assume that the total cost function is ??(?) = 5 + 4?. Use the inverse elasticity pricing rule (IEPR) to obtain the profit maximizing price that this monopolist should charge.

b) How would your result in part (a) change if the demand curve changes to ?(?) = 12? ^−5 , but still assuming the same cost function as in part (a)? Interpret your answer.

c) Consider a monopolist facing a constant elasticity demand curve ?(?) = 12? ^−3 . Assume that the total cost function is ??(?) = 5 + 2?^ 2 . Use the inverse elasticity pricing rule (IEPR) to obtain the profit-maximizing price that this monopolist should charge.

d) How would your result in part (c) change if the demand curve changes to ?(?) = 12?^ −5 , but still assuming the same cost function as in part (c)? Interpret your answer.

Consider a monopolist facing a constant elasticity demand curve ?(?) = 12? −3 .

a) Assume that the total cost function is ??(?) = 5 + 4?. Use the inverse elasticity pricing rule (IEPR) to obtain the profit maximizing price that this monopolist should charge.

b) How would your result in part (a) change if the demand curve changes to ?(?) = 12? −5 , but still assuming the same cost function as in part (a)? Interpret your answer.

c) Consider a monopolist facing a constant elasticity demand curve ?(?) = 12? −3 . Assume that the total cost function is ??(?) = 5 + 2? 2 . Use the inverse elasticity pricing rule (IEPR) to obtain the profit-maximizing price that this monopolist should charge.

d) How would your result in part (c) change if the demand curve changes to ?(?) = 12? −5 , but still assuming the same cost function as in part (c)? Interpret your answer.