a. You are in the market for a new refrigerator for your company’s lounge, and you have narrowed the search down to two models. The energy-efficient model sells for ¢1,700 and will save you ¢45 in electricity costs at the end of each of the next five years. The standard model has features similar to the energy-efficient model but provides no future saving in electricity costs. It is priced at only ¢1,500. Assuming your opportunity cost of funds is 6 percent, which refrigerator should you purchase? b. You are the human resources manager for a famous retailer and are trying to convince the president of the company to change the structure of employee compensation. Currently, the company’s retail sales staff is paid a flat hourly wage of ¢20 per hour for each eight-hour shift worked. You propose a new pay structure whereby each sales- person in a store would be compensated ¢10 per hour, plus 1 percent of that store’s daily profits. Assume that, when run efficiently, each store’s maximum daily profits are ¢25,000. Outline the arguments that support your proposed plan.

True/False

1. ________Growth is the progressive change in the child toward maturity or maturation.

2. ________Nutritional habits and patterns are established during the adolescent years and these patterns are then carried into adulthood.

3. ________Divorce can be traumatic for children but may be better than the household environment the child has been living in.

4. ________Some of the body systems of the child are present at birth; other body systems develop shortly after birth.

5. ________Communication includes spoken and written words as well as body language, facial expressions, voice intonations, and emotions behind the words.

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1. The pattern of growth starting with the head and moving downward is referred to as________________________.

2. In the pattern of growth referred to as _____________________________, growth starts in the center and progresses toward the periphery or outside.

3. The combination of all of an individual’s characteristics, the way the person thinks, behaves, and reacts to

something that happens in his or her environment is referred to as a person’s _____________________________.

4. A _____________________________ child is one who comes home to an empty house after school each day because the family caregivers are at work.

5. Erik Erikson described and formulated human psychosocial development as a series of eight developmental

____________________________________.

89. According to the acceleration principle: (a) a relatively small increase in consumer spending results in a relatively larger increase in inflation; (b) a relatively small increase in consumer spending perceived to be permanent results in a relatively larger increase in investment; (c) a relatively small decrease in the federal budget deficit results in an even LARGER increase in capital spending (due to momentum); (d) the faster interest rates decline, the faster investment spending declines.

90. In the early stages of an economic boom, a borrower’s risk is likely to be: (a) related to deflation; (b) due to sub-par food in the cafeteria; (c) due mainly to the solvency of the lender; (d) relatively low.

91. According to the permanent income hypothesis, current consumption is a function of: (a) current income; (b) expected income over a three-year time horizon; (c) wealth, including human capital; (d) all of the above.

92. A school of thought that advocates government management of aggregate demand would be most similar to: (a) supply side economics; (b) classical economics; (c) Keynesian economics; (d) rational expectations theory.

A quote from the article: “Zolgensma is designed to address the genetic root cause of SMA [spinal muscular atrophy] by providing a functional copy of the human SMN gene to halt disease progression through sustained SMN protein expression with a single, one-time IV infusion.”

2. A quote from the article: “AveXis has an exclusive, worldwide license with Nationwide Children's Hospital to both the intravenous and intrathecal delivery of AAV9 gene therapy for the treatment of all types of SMA; has an exclusive, worldwide license from REGENXBIO for any recombinant AAV vector in its intellectual property portfolio for the in vivo gene therapy treatment of SMA in humans; an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Genethon for in vivo delivery of AAV9 vector into the central nervous system for the treatment of SMA; and a non-exclusive, worldwide license agreement with AskBio for the use of its self-complementary DNA technology for the treatment of SMA.”

Based on your knowledge of biotechnology patents, explain why AveXis (a Novartis company) has acquired exclusive licenses to use several different patented methods or materials for their gene therapy system.

4. One of the great science fiction movies so far this century was Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men (2006), in which infertility threatens humanity with extinction.

(a) P-element hybrid dysgenesis in the fruit fly Drosophila is a frightening illustration of a mechanism by which this might happen in an animal species. Do some background research on this phenomenon in order to explain its molecular basis.

(b) Xenotransplantation has been suggested as a temporary solution of the problem of getting sufficient replacement organs to meet current needs. Pigs have been suggested as a potential source of organs, but most research was halted due to worries about potential risks to not just organ recipients, but to the human species as a whole from porcine endogenous retroviruses. What are endogenous retroviruses, and why do these pose a potential risk to humans.

(c) The CRISPR-Cas system for gene editing has been used to remove all known copies of porcine endogenous retroviruses from a pig cell genome. Does this suggest that xenotransplantation should now proceed (a moratorium on research was in effect until recently)? Explain your reasoning.

[a] From Socrates’ “Apology” - How did Socrates go about trying to disprove the Oracle of the god about who was the wisest person in Athens, and what do you think this shows about the nature of wisdom in Socrates’ philosophy? What does it mean to be wise? Have you ever known someone you considered wise? If so, what were they like? If not, why do you think such persons are rare?
[b] From Socrates’ “Apology” - What are two of Socrates several opposing arguments about death not being something that he should fear? Why do you think so many people fear death? Do any of Socrates arguments help you think differently about death?
[c] From Plato’s “Republic: The Allegory of the Cave” - Explain how the Allegory of the Cave can be understood as a picture of Socrates’ life and death, as well as a picture of our human situation. What is the difference between people who won’t let go of their cave-wall-shadows and those who won’t let go of their screened technology?

Male gametes are called .......... The process of forming these gametes is ................
In the gonad (testes in humans), the diploid reproductive cell that is destined to become a gamete is a(n) .....................
This cell goes through mitosis and produces a differentiated diploid cell called a .....................
Those cells go through Meiosis I and produce haploid cells called ................. ......................
Those cells go through Meiosis Ii and produce a total of .................(number)........... (cells), which then differentiate to change shape and grow a flagellum in order to become sperm.

Female gametes are called ............. The process of forming these gametes is .........................
In the female gonad (ovary in humans), the diploid reproductive cell that is destined to become a gamete is a(n) ...................... A human female is born with all of these cells that she will ever produce. Once a month after puberty, one of these cells enlarges and produces a differentiated diploid cell called a ............................... .............................
Those cells go through Meiosis I and produce a functional haploid cell called ....................... ................... and a nonfunctional, smaller haploid cell called a ................... ..............
The secondary oocyte is ovulated and Meiosis II will only continue if ............... occurs.
At the end of oogenesis, a total of .................(number) ova are produced.
The polar bodies are nonfunctional and ...........................

Business Process Costing

For this assignment, you will explain managerial concepts as they pertain to business process costing. You will select a business process, describe the inputs and outputs, and define the job roles. In your paper, you will evaluate the current process effectiveness, estimate the cost of the process, and propose any improvements for management’s consideration. Be sure you have reviewed the assigned chapters and required unit resources on business process management.

Instructions:

Consider a business process using a firm with which you are familiar. Business processes include the following tasks:

• developing and managing products and services,
• marketing and selling products and services,
• managing customer service,
• developing and managing human capital, and
• managing information technology.

Once you have identified the firm and business process, select, describe, and discuss the business process by elaborating on the following information:

• what starts and what ends the process (inputs and outputs),
• what roles (jobs) participate in the process (map them),
• the effectiveness of the current process,
• the cost of the process (document any assumptions), and
• any improvements for management consideration.

Identify each of the following experimental occurrences as contributing to systematic error “S”, random error “R”, both types of error “B”, or neither (does not cause error) “N” Write the code letters S, R, B or N, as appropriate, in the space beside the phrase.

____ reading a meniscus from above the plane of the calibration mark

____ reading a meniscus in the plane of the calibration mark, but with limits of human visual acuity

____ transferring analyte solution from one vessel to another, to varying degrees of completeness

____ loss of varying amounts of analyte during transfer from sample vials to beakers

____ small up-and-down variations in room temperature during weighing and solution prep

____ weighing a sample directly from the oven without cooling it

____ incomplete drying of a primary standard, prior to weighing a sample

____ completely cooling a weigh bottle in a desiccator prior to weighing a sample

____ using a glove or a paper loop to handle a weigh bottle between the first and second weighings

____ incompletely dissolving the sample in a volumetric flask prior to removing an aliquot for analysis

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Scenario 7 Assume there is no seasonal affect on the birth of babies (humans). A member of a book club determines that of the 120 members, 35 were born in spring, 32 in summer, 28 in fall, and 25 in winter. This member wonders if in fact, human births are not uniform throughout the seasons. Questions 29 to 31 pertain to Scenario 7. Question 29 (1 point) Saved What is the expected number of births in each season - spring, summer, fall, winter - under the original assumption? Question 29 options: a) 35, 32, 28, 25 b) 30, 30, 30, 30 c) 32, 35, 25, 28 d) 32, 28, 28, 32 Question 30 (1 point) Saved What is (calculate) the chi-square statistic? Question 30 options: a) 1.833 b) 1.933 c) 2.033 d) 2.133 Question 31 (1 point) Saved How many degrees of freedom does the chi-square statistic have? Question 31 options: a) 2 b) 1 c) 4 d) 3