1. List the 4 phases of the business cycle.

Which phase are we in right now?

What evidence do you have to support your theory?

Describe who is in the labor force.

Who is not included in the labor force. In the past 20 years or so, the baby boom generation has been retiring. It is estimated that 10,000 turn 65 years old every day in the US. In addition, record numbers of workers gave up looking for jobs in the 2008-09 recession. How do these demographic and cultural changes affect the unemployment rate?

You will perform an experiment using dialysis tubing. Dialysis tubing is an artificial membrane with specific pore sizes. It is used in dialysis, a process which involves the removal of very small molecules from a solution.

1. In what ways is dialysis tubing a semipermeable membrane?
How would you know?

2.

Predict what you believe will be the changes in movement of water through osmosis in the following instances:

A. Dialysis bag containing distilled water submerged in distilled water.

B. Dialysis bag containing 100% sucrose solution submerged in distilled water.

5. Boateng Wholesale Ltd. is based in Accra, Ghana. Its sales, cost of goods

sold, and inventory amounts for 2018 and 2019 are shown below. (Currency in

Ghanaian cedi, GH₵) (20%)

2018 2019

Sales revenue                             GH₵ 200,000                 GH₵ 180,000

Cost of goods sold                           100,000                       91,000

Beginning inventory                          29,000                       21,000

Ending inventory                               21,000                              5,000

Instructions:

1. Determine the inventory turnover and resident period for 2018 and 2019.
2. Give your evaluation on the changes in the amount of Boateng’s inventory, the inventory turnover and resident period, and the amount of sales across the two years.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, Norstar Industries reported net income of $655,000. At January 1, 2021, the company had 900,000 ordinary shares outstanding. The following changes in the number of shares occurred during 2021: April 30 Sold 60,000 shares in a public offering. May 24 Declared and distributed a bonus issue of 5%. June 1 Issued 72,000 shares as part of the consideration for the purchase of assets from a subsidiary. Required: Compute Norstar's earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2021. (Enter your answers in thousands.)

Why patients with diabetes frequently experience atypical or silent MI? o Describe symptoms of MI that a patient with diabetes most likely to experience. • 2. What is the difference between stable and unstable angina? • 3. What changes in glucose level are expected after MI? Why? • 4. What acronym MONA stands for? • 5. Can patient take Ibuprofen instead of Aspirin when she or he experiences chest pain? • 6. How fast the patient with STEMI should undergo coronary angiography or receive thrombolytic therapy in agencies without PCI capability?

The income effect of a price change is described by which of the following statements?

Group of answer choices

a When the price of a good falls, consumers will now substitute this lower priced good for more higher-priced goods.

b The income effect shows how a change in income at a given price will affect the quantity of a good purchased

c When the price of a good falls, consumers have an implicit increase in income and can now buy more of the good.

d The income effect is the relative change in the amount of a good consumed when the price of another good changes.

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When veterinarians working in zoos treat animals with drugs they must take metabolic rate allometry into account in designing dosage regimes in order not to overdose larger animals. This is a practical application of the information we have about how body mass relates to the rates of cellular activities. What changes occur with respect to the abundance in mammalian cells of 'metabolic machinery' like mitochondria, key proteins, and key processes as we go from the cells of small species like mice to increasingly large species like cows or horses? What is the role of reversible phosphorylation in these differences?

Crack economists in the economy of Xer estimate the following (all figures in billions):

            Real Output                                        1000

            Government Purchases                       200

            Total Net Taxes                                  200

            Investment (planned)                         100

            a          You are asked by the business editor of the Xer Gazette to predict the

events of the next few months. By using the data given, can you make a forecast? (Assume that investment is constant).

b          If no changes were made, at what level of GDP, would the economy of Xer settle?

c          If government purchases are cut by 25 billion, what effect would have these cuts on economy?

Assume the role of a senior level executive in your organization. There has been increased tension between departments due to organization wide changes brought about by a recent merger. Department heads are not getting along and are behaving in a territorial manner to protect their department’s best interests.

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Questions

As a leader in your organization, how can you use your conflict management skills to bring about positive outcomes in this situation?

How can your leadership skill assist you in bringing about a peaceful resolution in the conflict and negotiation process in a way that benefits all departments?