If the American Founders established a constitutional republic designed not to include political parties, then why have parties played such an important role since the administration of President Washington to the present? What are some important insights about the dynamics of American politics that can be gained by understanding the changes and adaptations that parties have made throughout American political development? Lastly, compare and contrast any two political party realignments, discussing the similarities and differences between the two in terms of critical elections, presidential leadership, cleavage issues, and partisan shifts within the electorate?

Ethics question for a Computer Science person or Engineer

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (list all that applies)

A. ensures that a consumer can sue doctors and hospitals for medical malpractice.

B. attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient.

C. ensures that a consumer can keep the same health care provider even when he or she changes employers.

d. ensures that doctors and hospitals can counter sue patients who file frivolous medical malpractice claims.

If you graph the function y = 3^x  and y = 3 ^–x  the graphs create a reflection about the y-axis.  Explain why this occurs.

Now, if you graph the function y = 3^x  and y = -(3^x)  the graphs create a reflection about the x-axis instead.  Explain why, in detail,  the reflection changes from being about the y-axis to being about the x-axis.

Now, know the answers to #11 and #12, if we take the base function y = 3^x what would cause a reflection about the origin?  Explain why this happens.

You discover an organism with a new mutation in the gene that you are studying that changes the codon in the mRNA from a GCC (Ala) to a GAC (Asp) causing a mutant phenotype. You feed this organism a mutagen and find that in one of its progeny the phenotype has now reverted back to wild-type. When you look at your gene in this offspring you find the mutation GAC (Asp) has been changed back to the original GCC (Ala). This is an example of

A square loop of wired with side length 2 cm is in the plane of the page. At time t= 0, a 9 T magnetic field is directed into the page. The field changes to 4 T directed into the page in 0.25 seconds.

What is the magnetic flux through the loop of wire at time, t = 0? What is the magnetic flux through the loop of wire 0.25 seconds later?What is the emf induced in the loop of wire during this time?If the resistance in the loop is 0.02 Ω, what is the induced current in the wire?Does the induced current in the wire flow clockwise or counterclockwise?

Suppose your father has spare cash of $3 million (he also owns a free-of-mortgage property) and he asks you, as a student of financial services, to give him some recommendations for asset allocation. Based on what you have learnt so far from this program, what are your suggestions to him (you may make any necessary assumptions) ? Justify your asset allocation decision. Having proposed an asset allocation strategy, explain under what circumstances will you recommend changes to the asset allocation you proposed.

1. A group of private investors borrowed $30,053,950million to build 300 new luxury apartments near a large university. The money was borrowed at 5% annual interest, and the loan is to be repaid in equal annual amounts over a 40-year period. Annual operating and maintenance expenses are estimated to be $5,202 per apartment. This expense will be incurred even if an apartment is vacant. The rental fee for each apartment will be $14,241 per year, and the worst case occupancy rate is projected to be 89%. Investigate the sensitivity of annual profit (or loss) to changes in annual operating and maintenance expense.