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.

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Explain why the NPV of a relatively long-term project, defined as one for which a high percentage of its cash flows are expected in the distant future, is more sensitive to changes in the required rate of return than is the NPV of a short-term project. In addition, please provide an example to better demonstrate your explanation.

You have just negotiated a 3-year mortgage on 500,000 amortized over 25 years at rate fo 6%. Assuming after three years the mortgage rate changes to 5%, what will your new monthly payments? (Hint: Canadian banks quote mortgage rates as a rate per year compounded semi-annually.)

Suppose that there’s a 7% 5-year coupon (paid annually) bond with F = $1000 and yield to maturity 7.5%.
a. What is the bond’s modified duration?
b. What is the percent change in value of this bond using duration only if rates change +/- 2
percentage points?
c. How do these calculations compare to the actual percent price changes?

9.         Discuss the mechanism(s) by which heart rate and strength of contraction are impacted by sympathetic activation (6 pts)?

10. Discuss the reflex that regulates changes in blood pressure through the activation of baroreceptors (8 pts).

12.       Compare and contrast action potentials in myocardial cells and P cells with respect to mechanism and function (12 points).

Successful new product creation is a collective achievement that requires the energy and commitment of multiple functions in the organization. Describe the Kano Model and explain how the Kano Model works to create new B2B products and services. Explain how, overtime, the model requires changes to new features/products. Include at least two examples of B2B products and/or services.

Your audit client, a manufacturer of surgical gloves, wants to increase the value of its inventory even though it has not experienced any changes in manufacturing costs. Your client explains that it wants the value of its inventory to reflect the fact that it can now charge a higher price for these high demand items. Is this permissible under U.S. GAAP?