Part I - The most commonly known and labeled senses are sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Considering this, please address the following

a)     Do you think that there may be senses which do not necessarily receive information only from the environment, but rather from within us as well? (For example, how do you sense that you are hungry? If you hold your breath, which sense ‘senses’ that you need air? How do you sense the need for belonging?)

b)     If you think that we may have more senses than the 5 noted above, would you provide your opinion on why you think the dominant scientific community may not have considered more than the typical 5 senses? If you wish, you may use other references to strengthen or support your discussion.

c)     How does a “definition” (for example, how we define the 5 senses) help or hinder us in knowing the parameters of a concept, think about a concept’s potential for expansion, or keep a concept within known boundaries?

Do you think that the definition of sensation needs to be expanded? Why?

Part II - What is the role of operant conditioning in our development of reading skills? How do these skills become stronger and more “automatic”? Do you think that many of our “skills” follow the same path of development, and why?

Part III - Conduct the exercise found on this website:  http://web.psych.utoronto.ca/psy100dax/other_resources/colours.gif

You can repeat the exercise as many times as you want.

Questions:

1)     Discuss your experience in completing the exercise. How do you think learning, intelligence, language, and memory are connected to any ease or difficulty you may have experienced while doing the exercise?

2)     How is doing this exercise related to Parts I and II above?  

Hint: What we pay attention to is related to what we reinforce.

Use your own words to construct a 2-3 page paper addressing the three parts above. You should use some outside sources to bolster your answers. All citations should be in APA format. The paper must be 1-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced. You should include a separate page at the end of the paper that lists your references.

Ironman steps from the top of a tall building. He falls freely from rest to the ground a distance of h. He falls a distance of h/ 4 in the last interval of time of 1.0 s of his fall.

Hint: First, compute the velocity when Ironman reaches the height equal to the distance fallen. This requires that you do the following: define origin as the bottom of the building. Then use x-x0 = -v0*(t-t0)-(1/2)g(t-t0)^2 where x=0 and x0= (distance fallen) and t-t0 is the time interval given. In this formulation, you are going to get magnitude of v0 since you already inserted the sign. You then insert v0 that you just calculated into the kinematic equation that involves v, g, and displacement (v^2-v0^2 = 2g(height-(distance fallen)), but now v (which is the final velocity is v0 from above) and v0 in this case is the velocity that the Ironman has when he begins to fall, which is 0. This gives a quadratic equation for height h, and you will need to use the binomial equation to solve for h. Choose the larger of the two solutions.

Part A

What is the height h of the building?

Express your answer using two significant figures.

Using standard reduction potential, predict and explain which of the following is the strongest reducing agent: Mg, I^-, Fe²⁺

If possible, please provide a detailed solution to accompany your answer.

Write two python codes for a TCP client and a server using a Socket/Server Socket. The client sends a file name to the server. The server checks if there is any integer value in the file content. If there is an integer number, the server will send a message to the client “Integer exists” otherwise, the message “Free of Integers”

At the start of football season, the ticket office gets very busy the day before the first game. Customers arrive at the rate of five every 15 minutes, and the average time to transact business is 2 minutes.

1. What is the average number of people waiting for tickets?

2. What is the average time that a person will spend at the ticket office?

3. What proportion of time is the server busy?

4. What is the average number of people receiving and waiting to receive tickets?

5. What is the average time that a person will spend waiting in line at the ticket office?

One source of growth is external growth from a merger and/or acquisition. Often merger/acquisition are justified on the basis of the expected benefits from 'synergies' created by the merger/acquisition. Economists know these as economies of scale and economies of scope. The merger with the yet to be concluded merger of Sprint, T-Mobile and Metro PCS, mergers and acquisitions and determine if the synergies come from economies of scope or economies of scale. Make sure you provide a clear explanation of the difference between economies of scope and economies of scale for the merger that is yet to be concluded for the merger of Sprint, T-Mobile and Metro PCS.

3. To perform a PCI DSS compliance audit, what elements must be in your audit checklist that pertain to the System/Application Domain?

4. As per the SAQ-D and Attestation of Compliance, what are the four major elements a merchant must achieve as part of PCI DSS compliance?

5. Which requirements in PCI DSS SAQ-D apply to vulnerability assessment and vulnerability management for production credit card transaction-processing servers?

3.         The strategic alliances notes discuss several reasons for forming alliances. What is the principal difference between a strategic alliance that aims to create value through tacit collusion and a strategic alliance that aims to create value through other means? How can you determine whether two firms are forming an alliance to facilitate tacit collusion or are forming an alliance for other goals?

Discuss if you think personality is nature (born with, genetic) or nurture (environmental, experience based), and defend/explain your point of view.

Please answer these below:

1) Avoiding research bias is important for developing objective, reliable health-related information that can be used by the public. Check all of the situations that are likely to indicate research bias.....

----An organization representing dairy farmers provides a monetary grant to a researcher who will study whether drinking three cups of milk per day promotes weight loss.

----An organization representing dairy farmers provides a monetary grant to a researcher who will study whether drinking three cups of milk per day promotes weight loss.

----A university research team is studying whether individuals who eat chicken that has been injected with a salt-water solution before packaging have higher blood pressure levels than people who eat chicken that has not been injected with the salt-water solution. Before conducting their study, the researchers did not seek funding from the poultry farmers’ association.

----A university research team is studying whether individuals who eat chicken that has been injected with a salt-water solution before packaging have higher blood pressure levels than people who eat chicken that has not been injected with the salt-water solution. Before conducting their study, the researchers did not seek funding from the poultry farmers’ association.

----A soft drink producers' trade group funds a study to determine whether the removal of soft drink machines from schools negatively affects the number of extracurricular activities that are offered by administrators in those schools.A soft drink producers' trade group funds a study to determine whether the removal of soft drink machines from schools negatively affects the number of extracurricular activities that are offered by administrators in those schools.

----A drug company that makes dietary supplements funds a study that indicates the health benefits of taking megadoses of vitamin C on a daily basis.A drug company that makes dietary supplements funds a study that indicates the health benefits of taking megadoses of vitamin C on a daily basis.

----A psychologist who is a consultant for an organization that promotes plant-based diets conducts a study that finds people who eat meat are just as likely to be depressed as people who do not eat meat. An article that describes her study and its findings is published in the peer-reviewed The Journal of Nutrition. At the end of the article, the psychologist discloses her ties to several organizations, including the one promoting plant-based diets.

----A psychologist who is a consultant for an organization that promotes plant-based diets conducts a study that finds people who eat meat are just as likely to be depressed as people who do not eat meat. An article that describes her study and its findings is published in the peer-reviewed The Journal of Nutrition. At the end of the article, the psychologist discloses her ties to several organizations, including the one promoting plant-based diets.

----A physician who focuses on child health concerns (a pediatrician) is opposed to administering vitamin D supplements to breastfed babies. This physician thinks the vitamin contributes to excess weight gain among infants. According to this doctor, his records indicate that breastfed babies who received the vitamin D supplement are 2 pounds heavier than breastfed babies who are the same age but did not receive the supplement.

----A physician who focuses on child health concerns (a pediatrician) is opposed to administering vitamin D supplements to breastfed babies. This physician thinks the vitamin contributes to excess weight gain among infants. According to this doctor, his records indicate that breastfed babies who received the vitamin D supplement are 2 pounds heavier than breastfed babies who are the same age but did not receive the supplement.

#2)   WORD BANK: (NOT ALL WILL BE USED) dietary supplement, observation, correlation, data, experiment, hypothesis, treatment

Researchers make a(an)  ____________  that people who like to camp take megadoses of thiamin to repel mosquitoes.

Researchers develop the following  ____________ : "Taking megadoses of thiamin is an effective way to prevent mosquito bites."

Researchers design a(an)  ____________  to test whether taking a high dose of thiamin repels mosquitoes.

Researchers randomly divide 100 people into two groups, each of which have 50 subjects. The  ____________  group is given pills that contain a very high amount of thiamin. The control group is given similar tasting and appearing pills that do not contain thiamin.

Researchers analyze  ____________  about the number of mosquito bites people in each group receive.

#3- MATCH WORDS with definition: ANCEDOTE, CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, DATA, EXPERIMENT, TESTIMONIAL

The Learning Journal is a tool for self-reflection on the learning process. In addition to completing directed tasks, you should use the Learning Journal to document your activities, record problems you may have encountered and to draft answers for Discussion Forums and Assignments. The Learning Journal should be updated regularly (on a weekly basis), as the learning journals will be assessed by your instructor as part of your Final Grade.

Your learning journal entry must be a reflective statement that considers the following questions:

1. Describe what you did. This does not mean that you copy and paste from what you have posted or the assignments you have prepared. You need to describe what you did and how you did it.

2. Describe your reactions to what you did.

3. Describe any feedback you received or any specific interactions you had. Discuss how they were helpful.

4. Describe your feelings and attitudes.

5. Describe what you learned.

Another set of questions to consider in your learning journal statement include:

1. What surprised me or caused me to wonder?

2. What happened that felt particularly challenging? Why was it challenging to me?

3. What skills and knowledge do I recognize that I am gaining?

4. What am I realizing about myself as a learner?

5. In what ways am I able to apply the ideas and concepts gained to my own experience?

Finally, describe one important thing that you are thinking about in relation to the activity.

Minimum of 500 words.

These weeks Topics

Topics:

• Inheritance: Superclasses and Subclasses
• Polymorphism: Overriding Methods
• "This" and "Super"
• Interfaces

3. What are some options, according to PCI DSS, to protect external-facing Web applications from known attacks?

4. To perform a PCI DSS compliance audit on your e-commerce Web site, what should you incorporate into Requirement #6, “Develop and Maintain Secure Systems & Applications”?

5. What do you recommend this organization implement for privacy data storage in long- term data storage devices?

Fernetti Company sold $6,000,000, 9%, 10-year bonds on January 1, 2014. The bonds were dated January 1, 2014, and pay interest on January 1 and July 1. Fernetti Company uses the straight-line method to amortize bond premium or discount. The bonds were sold at 96. Assume no interest is accrued on June 30.

Instructions

(a) Prepare all the necessary journal entries to record the issuance of the bonds and bondinterest expense for 2014, assuming that the bonds sold at 102.(b) Prepare journal entries as in part (a) assuming that the bonds sold at 96.(c) Show statement of financial position presentation for each bond issued at December31, 2014.

Compare Ocimum’s strategy with the strategies of other players in the industry? How is it similar to and different from the strategies of the other players?

(Show work and Calculations)

On January 1, 2016, when its $30 par value common stock was selling for $80 per share, Bridgeport Corp. issued $11,900,000 of 8% convertible debentures due in 20 years. The conversion option allowed the holder of each $1,000 bond to convert the bond into five shares of the corporation’s common stock. The debentures were issued for $12,852,000. The present value of the bond payments at the time of issuance was $10,115,000, and the corporation believes the difference between the present value and the amount paid is attributable to the conversion feature. On January 1, 2017, the corporation’s $30 par value common stock was split 2 for 1, and the conversion rate for the bonds was adjusted accordingly. On January 1, 2018, when the corporation’s $15 par value common stock was selling for $135 per share, holders of 30% of the convertible debentures exercised their conversion options. The corporation uses the straight-line method for amortizing any bond discounts or premiums.

(a) Prepare the entry to record the original issuance of the convertible debentures

(b) Prepare the entry to record the exercise of the conversion option, using the book value method