1. Currently FMT can only be used to treat C. difficile infections if a hospital is enrolled in a clinical trial. Fecal transplants have been proposed to treat Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis (an autoimmune disease), obesity, and a host of other diseases. Discuss the appropriateness of this therapy for these diseases

2. When babies are born by Caesarean section, they do not get exposed to the same microbes as babies delivered by vaginal birth. Research suggests there may be negative consequences to this and studies are now being conducted where babies born by C-section are smeared with gauze incubated in their mother’s "lady part" to pick up the microbes that would colonize a baby born by vaginal birth. What are your thoughts on this? Are there any potential negative consequences to this

3. Companies such as Ubiome allow you to send in samples from various parts of your body and they will send you an analysis of your microbiome for a fee. Is this information valuable

The final question reads: "What do you think it would change to begin to extend the moral calculus to other animals in this way?"

This question means,

1. If we acknowledge that animals can experience pleasure and pain, happiness and suffering--and if we then include their experience in our moral thinking--what would we have to change in our lives? What current practices would have to be changed, and why?

Also discuss:

2. Do you agree that we should include animal experience in our moral thinking? Why or why not? And if so, what should we be willing to change about our actions to show moral concern for animals? Be specific.

Answer both questions in detail.

Meet the Marcottes, Martin and Luz Marcotte that is. Martin is a successful graphics designer who is 38 years old, while Luz is a counseling psychologist, 35 years old and is working at a State facility in Kansas. They have a 10 year old daughter Paloma, who is in the first grade, and a three year old son Joel, who goes to the nearby daycare center. The Marcottes will be facing numerous challenges as the financial planning topics progress, which will require you to practice sound financial decision making, and in other instances where there is a sufficient time horizon, some prudent financial planning.

Currently, Luz is finishing her doctoral program in Psychology, while maintaining a parttime status at the Habilitation Center where she works. The Marcottes own a home, two cars, have approximately $10,000 saved up in various savings and investment accounts, and own some assets around the house. They are also vested in their 401ks that they maintain at their respective places of employment. Presently, there are some financial issues facing this couple, they have not addressed. Although, they both have jobs where they make decent salaries, they have not really thought about their children’s educational needs. Inflation in the cost of college education is a reality for most parents, which has to be kept in mind when planning for the future. Moreover, Martin’s mom who is in her late seventies, has been facing declining health, and will not be able to live by herself, like she has been, for very long. Luz, who is originally from Peru, also sends regular amounts of money to her family, but her folks are also aging and may need some financial assistance in the future.

Lastly, since they lead a fairly hectic lifestyle, they have not given much thought to their own retirements, or the possibility of how they would handle a layoff from work. Consider the situation where Martin has been told by his boss that due to lower sales the company is anticipating layoffs. After getting the word Martin came home and talked to his wife and the kids.

They decided to make up a list of 3 things.(1) bills they have to pay each month (2) areas where they can reduce the spending and (3) sources of funds to help them pay current expenses. Each family member has several ideas on how to cope with the impending financial situation.

Currently the Marcottes monthly take-home pay is $3165. Each month, the money broadly goes for the following items: Rent $880 Utilities $180 Food $560 Auto Expenses $480 Clothing $300 Insurance $280 Savings $250 Personal Items $225

After Martin is laid off, the monthly income will drop to $1550 from his wife’s income and his unemployment benefits. The Marcottes have $12,000 in various savings and investments accounts for the children’s education. Besides this they have about $24,000 in their retirement accounts and investments.

Q1: What items might the Marcottes consider reducing to cope with their financial difficulties? Please explain the detail. What alternative actions can they take to reduce some of their expenses?

Q2: How should the Marcottes use their savings and retirement funds during the financial crisis? Analyze and list in detail.

Q3: What additional sources of funds might be available to them during their time of employment? (think out of the box)

Q4: What other current and future financial actions would you recommend to the Marcottes?

Q5: Based on the information above, how should the Marcottes have in an emergency fund? What steps should they take to reach that amount?

My question is on sexual Harassment prevention. Briefly describe what training you selected and what it entails. Explain why this type of training is relevant to the healthcare industry. Based on what you know about the healthcare industry, is there any special training that you would mandate your staff to participate in if you wer

e a manager? If so, why?

Study the roots of the nonlinear equation f(x) = cos(x) + (1 /(1 + e^2x)) both theoretically and numerically. (a) Plot f(x) on the interval x ∈ [−15, 15] and describe the overall behaviour of the function as well as the number and location of its roots. Use the “zoom” feature of Matlab’s plotting window (or change the axis limits) in order to ensure that you are identifying all roots – you may have to increase your plotting point density in order to see sufficient detail!

Please provide MATLAB code as well.

1. Suppose X has a mean 5 and standard deviation 2. Let Y= 4x-3. Determine the mean and standard deviation of Y.

2. From an urn containing 6 red and 4 white marbles, 3 are drawn with replacement. Let X be the number of red marbles selected. Define Y as the square of the number of red marbles selected. Determine E(Y) and V(Y).

3.An examiner contains 10 multiple choice questions, each with five choices. If a student guesses the answer to each question what is the probability the students exam grade is a) at least 60%, b) at least 80& c) 50% or less d) what is the students expected grade?

4.A fair pair of dice are tossed. a) determine the probability the fifth sum of seven occurs on the 15th toss. b) How many tosses of the dice are needed to obtain the fifth sum of seven and with what standard deviation.

Describe a THEORETICAL scenario (in detail) in which you may encounter child abuse as a nurse in your future career.

describe in. detail the similartities and the differences between the IS-LM and AD-AS model . write in your own words there is no page limit.

Suppose you have collected the following sample data from twenty-six randomly selected Dallas area families regarding their Weekly Expenditures on Video Rentals and Weekly Expenditures on Dining Out:

Explain your answers below in detail (use analytical tools such as correlation and regression when necessary)

Q1: What is the relationship between weekly expenditures of video rentals and dining out?

Q2: If you were to reach out to these households, what other data would you be interested in collecting in order to understand their consumption behavior?

Q3: What other types of products do you think these families would be interested in?

Explain your return on educational investment. Consider what you will pay for your program, how much you'll borrow, and estimated future salary over the length of your career.