In: Finance
The Fragile-X syndrome is the most common inherited form of mental retardation in humans. The gene causing the disease has been cloned and shown to encode an RNA-binding protein that binds to a diverse yet specific pool of mRNA species in the brain. Based on what you know about RNA structure, do you think it likely that this protein binds to these RNA molecules using a similar mechanism that proteins use to bind DNA? Explain why or why not, and if not, propose another way that this protein may recognize these RNA species.
essay answer are limited to about 600 words
In: Biology
| The following selected transactions were taken from the books of Ripley Company for 2016: |
| 1. |
On February 1, 2016, borrowed $58,000 cash from the local bank. The note had a 5 percent interest rate and was due on June 1, 2016. |
| 2. | Cash sales for the year amounted to $225,000 plus sales tax at the rate of 6 percent. |
| 3. |
Ripley provides a 90-day warranty on the merchandise sold. The warranty expense is estimated to be 2 percent of sales. |
| 4. | Paid the sales tax to the state sales tax agency on $190,000 of the sales. |
| 5. | Paid the note due on June 1 and the related interest. |
| 6. |
On November 1, 2016, borrowed $36,000 cash from the local bank. The note had a 7 percent interest rate and a one-year term to maturity. |
| 7. | Paid $3,100 in warranty repairs. |
| 8. |
A customer has filed a lawsuit against Ripley for $90,000 for breach of contract. The company attorney does not believe the suit has merit. |
| Required |
| a. |
Answer the following questions: |
| 1. |
What amount of cash did Ripley pay for interest during 2016? (Round your answer nearest dollar amount.) |
| 2. |
What amount of interest expense is reported on Ripley’s income statement for 2016? (Round your answer nearest dollar amount.) |
| 3. | What is the amount of warranty expense for 2016? |
| b. |
Post the liabilities transactions to T-accounts and prepare the current liabilities section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2016. (Round your answers nearest dollar amount.) |
| c. |
Show the effect of these transactions on the financial statements using a horizontal statements model like the one shown here. Use + for increase, ? for decrease, and NA for not affected. In the Cash Flow column, indicate whether the item is an operating activity (OA), investing activity (IA), or financing activity (FA) or not affected (NA). The first transaction has been recorded as an example. |
In: Accounting
M8 Assessment: Testing Difference between Means (t-tests)
Concluding Statements for t-tests: These statements should always reflect back on the study and outcome, or results. Practice writing statements for each outcome in your practice problems and homework. Use the following example write-up for problems 7-10.
An [independent samples or dependent sample] t-test was conducted to determine [state the purpose of the study]. The results revealed [a significant or no significant] difference between [state the groups and/or independent variable] on [state the dependent variable] (t ([degrees of freedom]) = [enter computed value for t], p [< or >]* .05). In fact, [state each group and explain how the means compare].
*The less than (<) sign means the results are significant and the greater than (>) sign means the results are not significant.
Questions 1-3: Dr. Mackintosh believes a new olfactory therapy would be more successful in promoting weight loss among obese patients. His patients are first weighed and then randomly assigned to olfactory therapy, dance therapy, or a control condition. At the end of the three weeks, the amount of weight lost is recorded. The results indicate no significant difference in the amount of weight lost between the three conditions.
Identify the independent variable along with each level and the dependent variable.
If true differences existed between the conditions, but they were not detected, what kind of error occurred?
If differences in conditions were detected, but did not really exist, what kind of error occurred?
Questions 4-6: A sleep researcher wants to determine whether a new pillow might reduce snoring amongst patients with this type of sleep apnea. Participants are randomly assigned to use the new pillow or a control condition (regular pillow). Their sleep behavior is recorded on audiotape with time snoring. The findings indicate significantly less snoring takes place with the new pillow.
Identify the independent variable (and categories) and the dependent variable.
Explain a Type I error in terms of this study.
Explain a Type II error in terms of this study.
Questions 7-10: Compute the appropriate t-test.
A researcher interested in eating behavior wants to determine if scary movies cause people to eat more popcorn than musicals. You randomly assign 10 participants to a group that watches a scary movie (Psycho) and another 10 participants to a group that watches a musical (The Sound of Music). At the beginning of the movie, you give each participant a tub of 84 pieces of popcorn and tell each person not to share their popcorn with anyone. At the end of the movie, you measure the number of pieces of popcorn eaten by each participant. The data are shown below. Based on the results of this t-test, state the conclusions about the difference between the pieces of popcorn eaten by subjects viewing a scary movie versus a musical.
Scary Musical
X Y
45 32
67 38
69 33
56 49
73 44
56 60
63 48
84 36
49 23
56 39
An education researcher is interested in the ability of preschool children to solve math story problems. He wants to see if the method of presentation, either as verbal story problems or as visual story problems, makes a difference in preschoolers' abilities to solve the problems correctly. In an example of the verbal condition, a child is asked, "Two birds are sitting on a fence; two more birds fly down and join them. How many birds are on the fence altogether?" In an example of the nonverbal, visual equivalent of this problem, the experimenter presents the child with a picture of two birds on the fence with two birds in the process of landing on the fence and then asks the child, "How many birds are on the fence altogether?" In both conditions, the child responds orally. Shown below is the number of correct answers out of 10 problems for each child. What conclusions about the difference between a preschooler's ability to solve simple math problems presented either verbally or nonverbally can be made from these results?
Child Verbal Nonverbal
C. J. 3 6
F. K. 5 8
M. O. 7 9
I. M. 4 8
G. G. 2 4
K. T. 1 1
B. W. 4 3
M. B. 2 8
Education researchers were interested in whether the number of close friends changes between the time students enter college and the beginning of their second year of college. A sample of 12 (entering) first-year students was used to examine the question. Data for this sample are shown below.
In: Statistics and Probability
1. Assume you have just started working for a company that does not have an organizational chart that shows reporting relationships. How would you go about determining to whom your boss reports and where your department fits in the overall organization structure?
2. Describe managerial skills and behaviors that would be required to manage effectively in a functional department. Are these skills and behaviors different from those required in a product department? Please explain.
3. For what type of an organization would you prefer to work? Organic or mechanistic? Please explain.
4. Assume you are starting your own business, and want the organizational structure to be a virtual one. What are the advantages and disadvantages of creating such a virtual organization?
In: Operations Management
If you were creating a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to warn folks about inhalant use, which population would you choose to focus on as your PSA audience, and why? What are the three pieces of information you’d include in the PSA, and why?
In: Nursing
A 3.0 m length of wire is made by welding the end of a 100 cm long silver wire to the end of a 200 cm long copper wire . Each piece of wire is 0.80 mm in diameter. The wire is at room temperature, so the resistivities are as given in the table below. A potential difference of 5.0 V is maintained between the ends of the 3.0 m composite wire.
(a) What is the current in the copper section?. A
(b) What is the current in the silver section? A
(c) What is the magnitude of vector E in the copper? V/m
(d) What is the magnitude of vector E in the silver? V/m
(e) What is the potential difference between the ends of the sliver section of wire? V
In: Physics
Define what is Critical Micelle conentration and association of surfactant? Using your explanation explain how chemical structures, temperature and electrolyte affect for both ionic and non ionic CMC.Please explain as clearly as possible because I am having a tomorrow !(use the interaction between the hydrophobic and the hydrophilic tail to explain also )
In: Chemistry
True or false and WHY? The theory economic development/wealth of the Mercantilists is superior to that of Cantillon or Smith.
True or false and WHY? Adam Smith's value theory is useful in resolving the paradox of value.
True or false and WHY? What Adam Smith detested about mercantilism was its focus on the founding and defense of the nation state.
True or false and WHY? Adam Smith, between the 1759 publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and the 1776 publication of An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, changed his mind about how the commercial world works.
The following statement by the chairman of General Motors: “What’s good for GM is good for the economy.” is sometimes cited as an example of Smith’s reasoning of the invisible hand. True or false and WHY?
Ricardo was opposed to the tariff on grain & Malthus was not. Malthus admitted it raised the price of bread but claimed the poor were better off when the price was high than when it was low. Discuss. Explain.
Under what circumstances, according to Adam Smith, might the market price of some good remain permanently above its natural price?
Illustrate the critical concepts that underpin Thomas Malthus’s theory of population.
What is the medieval concept of just price?
What are the contributions of John Locke to the moral legitimization of capitalism?
What does Adam Smith mean by wealth? Why is this so significant?
Review Smith’s argument for international free trade. How did Ricardo improve on Smith’s theory in this regard?
Review Malthus’ theory of population and the social control of its growth. Discuss the naturalistic and cultural elements of his theory.
Review and assess Ricardo’s theory of economic progress, including the tendency toward the stationary state.
Examine the role of the population doctrine in classical economic theory.
In: Economics
By the due date assigned, you will write the final 2 reports, referring to the departments of Endocrinology and Neurology and use them as your script for your Week 5 Oral Report. Your writing section for this assignment will include 2 paragraphs for each department.
In order to earn the maximum credit for the written report you need to incorporate at least 10 medical terms for each department, using them in a manner that demonstrates your knowledge of their meaning.
Include the major or most common diseases or conditions seen in each department.
Include at least three of the principal procedures that are relevant to each department.
Highlight pertinent laboratory and radiological diagnostic services relevant to each department.
Limit your analysis of each department to two paragraphs.
For your Oral Report this week, read your Written Report aloud and record it.
In: Nursing