Please read the background information and answer the following questions

Background: Country Table Potato Chip Company is a small, privately owned company that produces a limited line of snack foods sold in a three-state range including most of Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. The company has been in business for 57 years and was started by Franklin Brewster. Frank developed a faithful following for his chips as a result of a cooking process that sealed in flavor. The brand name is well respected in the region. The company was run by George Brewster (third generation) for the past 31 years until his recent death. The company has been handed over to the fourth generation of the Brewster family, Ms. Emily Brewster. Emily has a financial background and has worked in the company in the accounting department for the past eight years.

She wants to take the company in a new direction, knowing from her accounting knowledge of the company that some changes need to be made. She admittedly understands the “bottom line”, but little else about running a business. She has brought in a new team to assist her. You have been hired as the marketing team member to develop the new direction for the company.

From background interviews, you have learned the basics of the company’s history. The company has been regional since its inception. There was some interest in a potential buyout of the company by Frito-Lay five years ago, but the negotiations stalled and Frito-Lay lost interest. Emily has expressed interest for some sort of merger of the company in the future.

The company’s product line consists of six types of potato chips (regular, barbeque, and cheddar cheese flavors all in a thin chip and ruffled chip texture). In addition, the company has regular and cheese flavored popcorn, pretzels, and peanuts. All potato chip products are fried in peanut oil while the other products are baked. Ten products in all, with no change to the product line in the past eight years. Products are packaged in “family sized” bags of seven to ten ounces, depending upon the product.

Years ago, Country Table chips were seen as a “premium” product and priced above other competitors. In the last five years, retail prices to consumers have decreased in response to competition and to the large grocery chains pushing for lower prices to them. Originally, the company sourced their potatoes from a premium supplier in Idaho. Those potatoes were part of the original “flavor formula” that gave their chips a distinctive taste. A few years ago, George Brewster decided to source potatoes from a co-op in order to lower costs. These potatoes were indeed cheaper, but the quality and flavor profile were not as good.

All products are made in five factories, spread out across the three states mentioned above. All distribution is done through a fleet of company owned trucks and delivery vehicles working out of a total of 27 regional offices. Frank Brewster relied on “word of mouth” advertising based on the company’s brand. Also, their fleet of company trucks acted as rolling billboards for the products. Country Table has concentrated on placing their products in grocery store chains and larger convenience stores.

The company is “old school” in that very little has been done to keep up with technology. The company does have a website and offers customers a way to suggest improvements. One consistent theme from customers is a need to expand the flavors of potato chips to keep up with competitor product offerings.

Overall, the industry for snack foods has been increasing. In the past five years, industry sales have increased at a rate of 3% per year. However, the mix of product lines has been shifting. Traditional fried chip products have seen an annual decrease of 4% over the same period. Other new, more healthy snack products have seen a growth rate of over 6% a year.

Country Tables’ unit sales have been essentially flat for the past three years. Profits have been decreasing about 3% per year as a result of higher costs and lower prices. Lower prices have been offered in order to offset competitive efforts to take sales away from Country Table.

Questions:

• If you proposed any new products in the product section, what promotional activities would you recommend for those new products?
• Emily has a financial background. What stage(s) of the product development process do you think she would be most interested in?
• If you proposed new products in the product section, what impact does that addition have on distribution?
• Are there any packaging changes you would recommend?

Research should be memo and  should include the following five sections:

(1) Facts, (2) Issue, (3) Authorities, (4) Conclusion, and (5) Analysis.

Scenario. Mary and John were married during the years at issue (i.e., years 2014, 2015, and 2016). They separated in 2016 and divorced in 2017 after nearly 20 years of marriage. At the time Mary filed her petition, she resided in Maryland. She holds a high school diploma and attended the University of Delaware for six months, taking noncredit courses in the data processing. While married, Mary and John owned the marital home, two rental properties and a farm. As having a large blended family, they owned a large van in addition to two pickup trucks and an Oldsmobile Cutlass, which John described as a "classic car". They took family vacations each year, including trips to Bermuda and Mexico. They enjoyed camping, and throughout the years they purchased several campers, which they used on family camping trips every few months. John owned VIP Builders, which was the primary source of the family's income. Established in the early 1990s, VIP Builders is a home improvement company focusing on residential remodeling. A carpenter by trade, John operated the business, but he did not have the bookkeeping background to maintain the company's records. He hired Mary to be the company's bookkeeper and office manager. Their relationship blossomed, and they eventually wed. Mary was VIP Builders' bookkeeper/office manager for approximately 20 years, including the years at issue. She developed and maintained the accounting program used by the business. Her duties included: (1) managing the company's financial records, bank accounts, and American Express credit card account; (2) managing the company's "end of the month check run", which reconciled all charge accounts that VIP Builders had from its vendors, roofing suppliers, lumber yards, plumbing supply houses, and other subcontractors; (3) reconciling the company's bank and credit card statements; (4) managing the accounts payable and accounts receivable; (5) tracking inventory; and (6) managing the company's payroll. To these ends, Mary had the authority to write and sign checks on behalf of VIP Builders, deposit money into the company's accounts, and prepare checks and receipts for the business. Mary was familiar with VIP Builders' clients and knew, or at least could have learned, the amounts they paid the company. Before becoming VIP Builders' bookkeeper, she had other experience in accounting. When Mary managed VIP Builders' finances, her duties included the end-of-year accounting for the company. She reviewed the company's books and provided information and documents to the company's certified public accountant (C.P.A.), Joe Taigi, who prepared Mary and John's joint tax returns. Mary also met and interacted with Mr. Taigi during the years involved. She admitted to "booking things wrong" for VIP Builders and was advised that she had done so by Mr. Taigi. 2 For 2014 Mary and John's joint returns underreported income attributable to VIP Builders; for 2015 the returns underreported income and overstated expenses attributable to VIP Builders. The IRS made no adjustments with respect to VIP Builders for 2016. In addition to working for VIP Builders, Mary operated a horse care and boarding business on the farm that she and John owned. She exclusively controlled the business, and under her stewardship, the business' income for each of the years involved was underreported. All adjustments made by the IRS for 2016 were due to underreported income with respect to the horse care and boarding business. Mary wrote checks drawn on VIP Builders' bank account to herself, and she used the VIP Builders' American Express credit card to pay horse care and boarding business and household expenses. Mary was given the joint income tax returns for 2014, 2015, and 2016 before they were filed, but she did not review them before signing them. Mary was not a victim of spousal abuse or domestic violence during the years involved. The IRS tries to collect the joint tax liabilities of years 2014-2016 from Mary. Instruction: Provide your advice to Mary who is appealing the case.

A firm is pondering over the introduction of a new good with a profit contribution of $70 per unit. Each unit of the good uses 2 units of input A and 3 units of input B. The shadow price of A is $10, and the shadow price of input B is $15. Which of the following statements is true?

A poll is given, showing 75% are in favor of a new building project. If 138 people are chosen at random, answer the following. What is the probability that exactly 103 of them are in favor of a new building project? What is the probability that less than 103 of them are in favor of a new building project? What is the probability that more than 103 of them are in favor of a new building project? What is the probability that exactly 110 of them are in favor of a new building project? What is the probability that at least 110 of them are in favor of a new building project?

This assessment task aims to develop your ability to apply the first three phases of the clinical reasoning process, at an introductory level, to the patient scenario below.

You are a student nurse working with a school nurse (registered nurse) in a secondary school. You and your mentor are supervising a bubble soccer match this afternoon (26^th March) which commenced at 1400 hrs. The match goes for 40 minutes with a 5-minute break in between the two halves. It is a hot and sunny day, the air temperature is 32 ^oC and the humidity is 45%.

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After the match, your mentor asks you to perform a range of health assessments to make sure the students are fit to go home.

Jessie Lin is 16 years old and in Year 11.

It is now 1450 hours. You assess Jessie's vital signs and record the following results:

• Temperature (tympanic) 38.5 ^oC
• Pulse rate 140 beats/min
• Respiratory rate (RR) 29 breaths/min
• Blood pressure (BP) 130/70 mmHg

Jessie has flushed skin (see picture above) and her t-shirt is soaked. Her past medical history has not yet been documented in the school record as she is a new student and only enrolled in the school last week after moving from another state. She informs you that her mother is waiting for her in the car park, but she feels very hot and that her heart feels like it is beating very fast. She asks you for a bottle of cold water and a chair.

Jessie's previous observation records (on a clinical chart) are:

What you need to do in your clinical reasoning report

• Provide a concise summary of Jessie's situation as an introduction to your report (approximately 50 words) - what pertinent information would someone reading your report need to know about who Jessie is and the context of this scenario?
• List the objective and subjective data (cues) that you have gathered from reviewing the information provided above (approx. 50 words)
• Analyze and interpret the identified cues and explain the assessment findings in relation to Jessie's context (approx. 450 words)
  
  To do this successfully, you should:
  
  • categorize the cues and identify what elements are normal or abnormal, and
  • compare the current situation and vital signs with previous health information known about Jessie, and
  • recall and apply knowledge of anatomy and principles of physiology (including concepts of homeostasis and the body's responses to physical activity) to explain her vital signs and other cues.
• Then propose what further cues you want to collect and explain why these are relevant and important to the situation (approx. 450 words)
  
  To do this successfully, you will need to form a logical opinion about what the further cues should be, when you would undertake the assessments to collect these cues (e.g. after some immediate actions for Jessie) and why these cues should be assessed. Relate your justification to Jessie's situation AND to the principles of anatomy and normal physiology (focusing on homeostasis).
  

Suggestions for structuring your clinical reasoning report

There is no set template for how you have to structure your report as long as the sequence of the information that you present flows logically and the reader can follow your clinical reasoning as it unfolds.

The following suggestions are based on answers to frequently asked questions:

• Section headings can be a helpful signpost for how you have applied the clinical reasoning process.
  You may choose to use some of the keywords from the phases of the clinical reasoning cycle (e.g. Patient Situation, Cue Collection and Processing Information, Further Cue Collection) or any other headings are also fine.
• You may use a table to present the objective and subjective cues that you have gathered and which elements are normal or abnormal if you wish. In this particular assignment, information included in a table will contribute to the overall word count.
• The majority of your report will need to be sentences organised into paragraphs, not just a list of dot points. When explaining something, such as the assessment findings, you need to make the reasons for how they came to be the way they are clear to the reader. Paragraphs will allow you to make the relationships between things evident, whereas a dot point format can sometimes appear as a list of facts without the necessary connections for explaining something.
• As you are the student nurse in the scenario, you may write your report using 'first person' tense. This would be useful in the section of your report where you propose what further cues you want to collect and when you would undertake the assessments e.g. "I would ask Jessie...". Writing in first person is not mandatory so if you are more comfortable writing objectively in the 'third person' (removing personal pronouns from your writing), then you can do so as long as it flows logically!
• You may use accepted clinical abbreviations in your report, but be sure to introduce all abbreviations the first time that you use them e.g. blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR)  

Criterion 1: Apply a beginner’s level of clinical reasoning to assess and interpret health information in relation to the patient’s context.

Criterion 2: Apply knowledge of anatomy and principles of physiology to explain assessment findings in relation to the patient’s context.

Criterion 3: Apply a beginner’s level of clinical reasoning to propose and justify further cues that are to be collected in relation to the patient’s context

Criterion 4: Communicate using academic writing conventions with references to scholarly sources of information that conform to the Harvard referencing style.

Your written report should be approximately 1000 words (+/- 10%)

Cobargo Go Karts have been trading for over 10 years and operates in a small regional town in NSW. There are very few attractions and activities for the local community, but one thing is certainly popular, it is the Cobargo Go Karts. They operate both 125cc and 250cc Go Karts in an open track which is basically a converted former paddock. The track might best be described as made from bitumen (the same type of surface used on roads). There is evidence of lots of bumps and repairs of the surface.

There is full time counter staff of between 1 to 3 persons, and 8-10 persons who supervise and control the running of the go kart races, depending on the time and day of the week. Most of the track supervisors who manage races are young teenagers themselves and receive very little (sometimes no) induction training. There are no Operating or Safety Procedures or policies in place, and while the go karts are regularly serviced (to remain functional) very little else is attended too, especially the track and maintenance of the piles of rubber tyres used as barriers on the edge of the track.

The track is especially popular on weekends and the local high school even takes students to the track once a week on a Tuesday as part of sport. The operators of the track recently spent over $30,000 on an electronic device system, which times, and displays the results of each race on a large LED display board. This adds to the competitive nature of participants and most users try to either beat the ‘best time’ of the track for the week or beat they’re our ‘personal best-time).

Late last Saturday afternoon, during one of the events, Mary O’Connor, a girl aged 15 years suffered a terrible injury. Mary had very long hair which was of a length which reached half-way down her back. While she was wearing a helmet (supplied to each rider), but her hair was not secured sufficiently within the helmet. During one of the races, her hair became loose from under the helmet and flowed freely out the back for at least one full lap of the course. Then, there was a pile up of five go karts and Mary’s go kart was caught amongst it. Her long hair somehow got caught in the motor mechanisms of one of the Go Karts and as a result, large portions of Mary’s hair was ripped from her head and severe damage, requiring surgery occurred.

Mary was rushed to hospital and hospitalized for over a week, suffering damage to her scalp which include permanent scaring. Moreover, she was traumatized over the incident and is requiring ongoing psychological counselling.

Mary’s parents are considering suing the owners and operators of the Cobargo Go Kart track for one-million dollars, for pain, loss, and suffering, including medical expenses and have come to you for advice.

On closer review of the operation of the go kart track, it was found that approval to operate as a Go Kart track had never been granted Council Approval by Cobargo Local Council. Moreover, this is not the first instance where users of the track have been injured, especially from collisions and where drivers have run off the track and heavily hit the barrier walls. Although no records of injury or incidents have been kept, it has been suggested by users of the go kart track that they know of at least six other incidents resulting in injury and hospitalization.

Question: Regarding a possible claim for negligence, advise Mary’s parents of her legal position to seek remedy. Fully explain each element of a claim for negligence relevant in this case.  

Answer should be approximately 800-900 words. Use of the IRAC system of case analysis is Must

3. For this week’s assignment, you are asked to modify the above Java program to include the following: - When the user clicks on the help menu, a drop-down list will appear with an item called About, then when the user clicks on it, the window will show some instructions about the functionality of the menu, e.g, what the edit menu does, etc. - When the user clicks on the File menu, a drop-down list will appear with one item called Show Picture, and when the user clicks on it, a picture of your choice will appear

only 2 questions

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As part of a long-term study of individuals 65 years of age or older, sociologists and physicians at the Wentworth Medical Center in upstate New York investigated the relationship between geographic location, gender and depression. A sample of 60 individuals, all in reasonably good health, was selected; 20 individuals were residents of Florida, 20 were residents of New York, and 20 were residents of North Carolina. Each of the individuals sampled was given a standardized test to measure depression. The data collected follow; higher test scores indicate higher levels of depression.

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h) Is there any significant difference of the mean of depression value due to geographic location? Use a 0.05 level of significance.

i) Give point estimates for the proportion of individuals according to their gender.

Jessica is a 13 yr old student who lives with her parents and younger brother Jonathon in a middle-class neighborhood. Jessica has had diabetes type 1 since the age of 7, which has been well controlled by morning and evening injections of NPH insulin, diet and exercise. Recently, she has been staying up later in the evenings studying and is also the pitcher on her school softball team, which is playing in the semi-finals. Her schedule has contributed to a change in eating and sleeping patterns.

Situation:

Jessica developed a cough, nasal congestion and a low-grade fever 3 days ago but told her parents she was well enough to go to school and softball practice. Today she felt worse so her mother called their pediatrician and brought her in to the office. The physician, Dr. Jones, noted that Jessica’s pulse and respiratory rate were elevated and her breath smelled fruity. A blood glucose level with the clinic glucometer showed an elevated blood sugar. Dr. Jones referred the family to the emergency room.

The emergency room diagnostic findings were as follows:

Questions

• Discuss your impression of Jessica’s situation. (Short and sweet -what's happening?)

• What data indicates that Jessica’s lungs are attempting to compensate for her present condition?

• After Jessica has received 2 L of intravenous fluids and her blood glucose level decreases to 240 mg/dL, the doctor prescribes IVF with 5% dextrose as the insulin is being titrated. Are you comfortable implementing this order? Why or why not? Give your rationale with reference.

• What are your teaching priorities for Jessica and her parents prior to discharge?