The greatest source of sodium in the American diet comes from the salt added:

Which form of iron is more easily absorbed?

1. Which of the following minerals is involved with insulin production and glucose utilization? It is currently being researched for use in diabetic treatment, but it has also been marketed by the supplement industry (without substantiated evidence with human subjects) as being able to build muscle and melt fat.

   		Selenium
   		Chromium
   		Copper
   		Potassium

2. This mineral functions as an antioxidant in the body and protects the body from free radicals and their damage. It works in conjunction with Vitamin E and protects against chronic diseases, such as cancer. Which mineral is described?

   		Selenium
   		Chromium
   		Sodium
   		Calcium

3. The thyroid gland becomes enlarged during a deficiency of this mineral, as the gland cells attempt to trap and store the dwindling supply of iodine. This condition is known as:

   		Gout
   		Arthritis
   		Goiter
   		Pernicious anemia

4. An excess of which mineral may be consumed if a person is a regular user of laxatives and antacids, such as milk of magnesia?

   		Biotin
   		Iodine
   		Selenium
   		Magnesium

5. Compounds in tea and coffee, which bind iron and impair absorption, are called:

   		Electrolytes
   		Tannins
   		Buffers
   		Fluorapatites

6. Compounds in greens have been found to bind calcium interfering with its absorption. These compounds are known as:

   		Oxalates
   		Antioxidants
   		Tannins
   		Iron

7. A reduction of the bone mass (associated with reduction of calcium stores) in older persons leads to fragile bones and a condition known as:

   		Goiter
   		Anemia
   		Osteoporosis
   		Cretinism

8. Which of the following minerals is part of the digestive acid that maintains the low pH of the stomach?

   		Heme
   		Chromium
   		Copper
   		Chloride

Introduction:

Social contract theorists say that morality consists of a set of rules governing how people should treat one another that rational beings will agree to accept for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others agree to follow these rules as well.

Hobbes runs the logic like this in the form of a logical syllogism:

1. We are all self-interested.
2. Each of us needs to have a peaceful and cooperative social order to pursue our interests.
3. We need moral rules in order to establish and maintain a cooperative social order.
4. Therefore, self-interest motivates us to establish moral rules.

Hobbes looked to the past to observe a primitive “State of Nature” in which there is no such thing as morality, and that this self-interested human nature was "nasty, brutish, and short" – a kind of perpetual state of warfare.

Locke disagreed, and set forth the view that the state exists to preserve the natural rights of its citizens. When governments fail in that task, citizens have the right – and sometimes the duty – to withdraw their support and even to rebel. Locke addressed Hobbes's claim that the state of nature was the state of war, though he attribute this claim to "some men" not to Hobbes. He refuted it by pointing to existing and real historical examples of people in a state of nature. For this purpose he regarded any people who are not subject to a common judge to resolve disputes, people who may legitimately take action themselves to punish wrong doers, as in a state of nature.

Instructions:

• Which philosophy do you espouse?
• How much authority should be granted to governments (e.g., the right to kill (death penalty/capital punishment/use of deadly force)? How much would you give up in return for safety?
• If you side with Hobbes, do you support at any point recourse if the government violates its own contract (if so, you probably have a bit of Locke in your thinking)?

Research Scenario: The following scenario is based loosely on an actual study conducted in 2013 by Ahn, Kim, and Aggarwal– please note that methods and data have been modified for educational purposes.

Do you turn off the light when you leave the room? South Korean researchers wondered how they could increase the number of people who do by use of posters (Ahn, Kim, & Aggarwal, 2013). In one, an image of a light bulb was anthropomorphized by giving it eyes, nose, and a mouth, as well as adding the words, “I’m burning hot, turn me off when you leave!”. In a second, there were no human features on the light bulb and the text simply said, “Our bulbs are burning hot, turn the lights off when you leave!”.

They compared how people would respond to the two posters by having each displayed in separate coffee rooms for two weeks. Although the coffee rooms were different, they were matched as closely as possible on as many parameters as possible (similar business, # of employees, et cet) such that this is a correlated groups design. Percent likelihood of someone turning off the light upon exiting was calculated every day and is presented below. Select and conduct the most appropriate statistical test based on the premise that all assumptions are met for a parametric test and this is a correlated groups design. Determine whether there is a difference in likelihood of turning off the light based on the poster campaign.

If the assumptions had been violated, what would the most appropriate statistical test be?

Andrew (52) and Kristin (46) are the married parents of two young children (ages 8 and 9). Andrew is employed as a biologist for a start-up medical firm with a stable annual salary of $200,000. Kristin works part time as a pharmacist making $125,000/year. Andrew and Kristin have different levels of risk tolerance. Andrew tends to be a riskier investor and Kristin is by far more conservative. The family has no outstanding debt outside of a mortgage on their primary residence. The outstanding mortgage balance totals $280,000 against a fair market value of the home of $520,000. Their liquid assets consist of jointly held bank deposits ($10,000), mutual fund ($78,000) and combined retirement assets of $500,000. The only life insurance they own is a one-year term policy on John through his employer that covers 2x his base salary. Kristin does not carry any life insurance. The family spends roughly 37% their combined base salaries on taxes, with the remainder used to provide for their family. They plan to retire at age 67. Assume a 5% opportunity cost in any analysis. The couple’s goals are to provide enough life insurance in the event of their premature death to provide for their children to age 18 and to provide some funds for their college education ($200,000 in total for both kids).Please complete the following:1) Determine the “family type” Andrew and Kristin represent and discuss the level of need for life insurance given this family type. 2) Calculate the amount of insurance (on one or both) they should obtain given their personal information and goals as noted above using the multiple approach, the needs approach, the capital retention approach and human life value 3) Finally, what type of life insurance would you recommend they obtain and why?

In this second case you will modify the simulation to make it more realistic. In the natural environment, not all genotypes have the same rate of survival; that is, the environment might favor some genotypes while selecting against others. An example is the human condition sickle-cell anemia. It is a condition caused by a mutation on one allele, in which a homozygous recessive does not survive to reproduce. For this simulation you will assume that the homozygous recessive (ff) individuals never survive while heterozygous (Ff) and homozygous dominant (FF) individuals always survive.

Create a second data chart similar to Chart 2. Start again with your initial genotype and produce your "offspring" as in Case 1. This time, however, there is one important difference. Every time your offspring is ff it does not reproduce. Because we want to maintain a constant population size, the same two parents must try again until they produce two surviving offspring. Repeat the procedure 49 more times. In other words, every time you pull an ff combination, do not record it. Put it back and pull again.

Before you begin, make a prediction about what you expect to observe regarding this population's allele frequency over several generations. Record your hypothesis in your lab report.

Record your results as you did in Case Study 1. Replenish your bag according to the previous draw for the remainder of the four draws.

Now that you have collected data on your own, be sure to share with your partner(s) to compile within the lab report.

Chart 2 (example data chart)

Sybil, as the global team manager, was hired to manage some new global teams for Alternating Energy Inc. (AEI), an alternative-energy company implementing wind and solar-generated energy systems throughout the globe. Sybil had worked previously for a gas exploration company in North America, so she simply hired many of her previous company’s employees who had worked for her at the gas exploration company. Sybil deployed the teams along with their families to work with Indian nationals and clients in India. Since India is such a large country, although there is some autonomy for the teams, all decisions were made by Sybil and then subsequently communicated with the teams.

After 6 months in the field, the teams are not performing well. The team members are frustrated by what they term as internal conflicts and “the clients’ lack of cooperation,” and their families seem to be unhappy in the new environment. The AEI executive management team is beginning to ask questions not only regarding the teams’ performance but also regarding the hiring process used. AEI has an employee handbook saying that the company hires people based on abilities from a diverse pool of candidates that also represent their diversity of global clients.

After completing the reading and reviewing the Learning Activities regarding culture and global human resource management (HRM), address the following checklist items.

Checklist:

● Describe the problems you discern in this situation from the brief facts provided.
● Describe how the global teams in India are managed versus how they should be managed.
● Apply global HRM concepts from your reading to the hiring of the teams.
● If you had been Sybil, how would you have applied all of the cultural acclimatization concepts from the Reading and Learning Activities areas that would fit this scenario at the outset to help the team members and their families successfully adjust to India?

Q1:What is the difference between X and Xc? How do they relate to the brain and the mind. Discuss 2 design implications of X and Xc.

Q2:Define Human Information Processing. Provide one example of how it effects systems interaction.

Q3:What are the characteristics of working memory? What is the difference between working memory and short term memory? How does working memory relate to mental workload?

Q4:Dr. Jones was recently awarded for her successful Cancer Treatment clinic. She is known to be able to accurately detect breast cancer from mammograms about 80% of the time. After receiving her award, Dr. Jones really wants to increase her accuracy rate even more, because she wants her clinic to be recognized again next year. According to SDT, if the true rate of cancer and her patient population remained the same, what is most likely to happen to Dr. Jones’ diagnoses:

Billingham Packaging is considering expanding its production capacity by purchasing a new​ machine, the​ XC-750. The cost of the​ XC-750 is $2.68 million. Unfortunately, installing this machine will take several months and will partially disrupt production. The firm has just completed a $46,000 feasibility study to analyze the decision to buy the​ XC-750, resulting in the following​ estimates:

• ​Marketing: Once the​ XC-750 is operating next​ year, the extra capacity is expected to generate $10.05 million per year in additional​ sales, which will continue for the​ ten-year life of the machine.

• ​Operations: The disruption caused by the installation will decrease sales by $4.93 million this year. As with​ Billingham's existing​ products, the cost of goods for the products produced by the​ XC-750 is expected to be 71 % of their sale price. The increased production will also require an increased inventory on hand of $ 1.07 million during the life of the project. The increased production will require an additional inventory of $ 1.07 ​million, to be added in year 0 and depleted in year 10.

• Human​ Resources: The expansion will require additional sales and administrative personnel at a cost of $2 million per year.

• ​Accounting: The​ XC-750 will be depreciated via the​ straight-line method in years​ 1?10. Receivables are expected to be 15 % of revenues and payables to be

11% of the cost of goods sold.​ Billingham's marginal corporate tax rate is 15%.

a. Determine the incremental earning from the purchase of the XC-750

b. Determine the free cash flow from the purchase of the XC-750

c. If the appropriate cost of capital for the expansion is 10.3%, compute the NPV of the purchase                 

d. While the expected new sales will be $10.05 million per year from $7.95 to $12.15 million. What is the NPV in the worst case? In the best case?     

If all possible can you solve using excel showing formulas Thanks!

Classifying Costs

The following is a list of costs that were incurred in the production and sale of large commercial airplanes:

Classify each cost as either a product cost or a period cost. Indicate whether each product cost is a direct materials cost, a direct labor cost, or a factory overhead cost. Indicate whether each period cost is a selling expense or an administrative expense.

*ratings for typed answers ONLY*

Answer the following question: How would your results differ if you performed the experiment on Mars? with the given information below!

Using the slope of your T² versus L plot, determine the acceleration due to gravity.

The slope of the graph = 0.042924

Acceleration due to gravity 39.47/0.042924=939,761

Acceleration due to gravity = 9.39 m/s²

Based on your results, please answer the following questions:

1. How close is your experimentally determined gravitational acceleration to 9.81 m/s²? What are potential sources for error in the experiment?

Based on our calculus, our result equals 9.39 m/s2 is close to the value of 9.81 m/s2. The explanation for the small difference is represented by potential errors that took place during the experiment. In most cases, this is due to human error. This can include parallax error that took place when the measurement of lengths was done or a mistake in recording the period of time.

2. For small angles, does the pendulum's period of oscillation depend on the initial angular displacement from equilibrium? Explain.

It is important to understand that the period T is dependent on the length of the string. As we can see, the higher the length is, the longer the value of T is. Because of that, the period T won't be dependent on the mass of the initial angular displacement.

3. Why is it a good idea to use a relatively heavy mass in this experiment? What would you say to a colleague that wanted to use only one washer as the pendulum mass?

An important thing during this experiment is to keep the string as straight as possible during the entire period of motion. In order to do that, it needs to use a relatively high mass to straighten the line. Using only one washer can lead to an incorrect result. This is because one washer represents a small weight, and the air resistance will be more effective.