Why are 401(k) (and the related 403(b)) plans increasing in number while traditional defined benefit plans are not? How do the questions of commitment to future income and financial risks in the plan relate to these changes? For which type of plan (defined benefit or defined contribution) does PBGC play a role? What is the status/outlook of PBGC?

Thermodynamic driving forces for ligand association 1 page (min 300 words). Describe the various components of the Gibbs free energy and how these changes upon binding. Discuss who favors binding and which prevent binding. Describe the intermolecular interactions that may contribute to ∆Gbind. The information can be retrieved from books or similar sources.

Assume in Question 1 that the 90% confidence interval is .33<.42<.51. Interpret this interval.

5. Explain why a confidence interval should always accompany a point estimate.  
6. Describe how changes in sample size change the size of confidence intervals?
7. Describe how a 95% and an 85% confidence interval affects the width of the above 90% interval.

Over the past year, M. D. Ryngaert & Co. had an increase in its current ratio and a decline in its total assets turnover ratio. However, the company’s sales, cash and equivalents, DSO, and fixed assets turnover ratio remained constant. What balance sheet accounts must have changed to produce the indicated changes?

What is total surplus? Explain the following statement: net (social) benefits = total surplus – total costs. Keep in mind that a loss in either consumer or producer surplus is a social welfare loss. Net change in social welfare is measured by changes to CS or PS or both. Total surplus (i.e., net benefits) is maximized at the efficiency point.

1. Explain how venture capital (VC) funds finance private businesses, as well as how they exit from the participation.
2. How do you think accounting irregularities affect the pricing of corporate stock in general? From an investor’s viewpoint, how do you think the information used to price stocks changes in response to accounting irregularities?

Think about your current situation and what happens when prices increase generally. There are several methods that can be used to measure changes in prices but one of the most commonly used method is the CPI.

1. Describe how is the CPI derived and what purpose does it serve?

2. What is the difference between the CPI and the GDP Deflator?

a. What has happened to union membership rate in the U.S. over the past 100 years?

b. What are the various channels through which changes in union membership rate in the U.S. can affect income inequality?

c. Are there peculiar aspects of collective bargaining in the US which makes the change in membership more important for affecting wages?

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How would you define income inequality? How is income inequality measured? What has happened to income inequality in the United States since the end of the Second World War in 1945? What evidence can you provide to support your answer? What are the reasons for the changes in income inequality since 1945.

-Describe the process of gel electrophoresis. How would the distance that each DNA fragment travelled on your gel change if you were to make the gel using a higher percentage of agarose (for example 3%)? Explain

-Describe the steps involved in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR), including the changes in temperature that are performed by the thermocycler and the purpose of each temperature change.