One of the most critical and hotly debated industries in the United States is healthcare. For this paper, you will examine the state of health care in the United States. As a starting point, you should read chapter 24 of the text and then after conducting your own research (3 additional sources minimum) write a 2-3 page paper that examines the following aspects of health care in the United States:

1. How much is spent on health care in the United States annually?

2. What is the basic structure of our system and how does it compare to other industrialized nations in terms of outcomes (be certain to identify what parameters you are using as a metric) and costs?

3. What are some unique challenges that health care presents from a consumer standpoint?

4. What have been some interventions by the government to make healthcare more accessible and affordable to the public and what have been the outcomes?

5. Do you think that the Singapore model could be replicated here? Why or why not?

A beam of unpolarized light with intensity 170 W/m^2 is incident on a pair of ideal crossed (perpendicular) polarizers. You insert a third ideal polarizer between the two polarizers with its polarizing axis at 45∘ to the others. Determine the intensity of the emerging light after you insert the third polarizer. Express your answer with the appropriate units.

On February 23, 1987 astronomers noticed that a relatively faint star in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud suddenly became so bright that it could be seen with the naked eye. Astronomers suspected that the star exploded as a supernova. Late-stage stars eject material that forms a ring before they explode as supernovas. The ring is at first invisible. However, following the explosion the light from the supernova reaches the ring. Astronomers observed the ring exactly one year after the phenomenon itself occurred (Figure 1). The angular size of the ring is 0.81 arcseconds.

Use geometry and the speed of light to estimate the distance to the supernova.

The claims department of Corrupt Insurance operates Monday through Friday, except on holidays. The effective workday averages 6.5 hours, considering employee breaks. The department processes 10 different types of claims before they are accepted or denied. The estimated processing time per claim type, as well as their observed percentage, are shown in the table below. Based on reliable forecasts, the manager of this facility is expecting the throughput shown here for the second half of 2018. Estimate the number of FTEs (full-time equivalent) required every month and propose options to adjust the labor force accordingly.

A Singapore Airlines case study

Introduction

When you run a large organization, you are likely to have a large number of employees. The Singapore Airlines Group has more than 29,000 employees. This large workforce comprises a diverse mix of people who bring a range of skills, attributes and personalities to the workplace. They are employed in the Group’s home base in Singapore and in as many as 80 diverse locations, all around the world.

Organizational systems

In the most efficient organizations, all employees should know and understand their role and how it fits into the work of the organization as a whole. They will also want to do the best that they can, not only in the interests of the organization that employs them, but also in their own interest. With such a large and diverse group of employees operating in widely differing working environments, giving each of them a sense of belonging to a community with a common goal is a huge organizational undertaking.

Modern organizations like the Singapore Airlines Group need a structure that enables people to work and deal with one another in a coordinated and co-operative way as they work towards the goals of the business. An organization’s hierarchy helps to distinguish between the levels of post as well as the layers of authority and responsibility attached to each post.

Dividing up an organization

A very small business does not really need a formal structure and is unlikely to have one. As it grows, however, some sort of formal structure will be required. As it grows even larger, its ability to construct a proper organizational structure may well determine its fate. Differentiation is the process by which certain activities or parts of an organization are grouped and then assigned to managers and other staff. How this is done depends upon a range of issues related to each organization. Ideally, the chosen structure will:

• include every part of the organization
• relate each part to every other part
• show where the authority and responsibility of different individuals and their departments lie
• enable everyone within the organization to assess their roles and status.

There are five main methods of grouping different parts of an organization.
These are by: Function - Dividing the organization into broad sectors that reflect the specialism or function of each sector. Product - Basing the structure around products, with a different division for each type of product. Process - Creating a structure that mirrors the particular steps or phases of the production process. Geographical area - Relating parts of an organization to the activities they provide for each geographical region. Matrix - Setting up a mix of the above methods.

Running a service business

Airlines operate in a competitive environment. A key area of competition for them is the quality of customer service. Customer service helps to distinguish one airline from another, and to give one an advantage over the other. In order to provide the type of service that customers want; airlines need to be flexible. They must allow employees scope to make decisions that consider changing circumstances in a variety of environments. It is mainly for this reason that Singapore Airlines gives considerable autonomy to each part of the organization.

Questions

Use the course materials to support your discussion about:

• The type of culture
• The business strategy

In Singapore Airlines (450 words ).

I have a C problem. I need to read the data of a txt file to array by struct, then use these data to sum or sort.

The txt file and the struct like

aa.txt

1 2

3 4

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struct aaa{
int num1,num2;
}bbb[2];

num1 for 1,3, num2 for 2 4

I made a void readfile () function for read data. How can I pass the numbers to another function ( void sum () and void sort() ) for sum and sort

I finished the void readfile(), but I have no idea how to pass the value to another function.

I tries to use the pointer of struct, can you give me a general idea?

Because I must move data to an array, is my array of struct wrong? I mean if I need to use malloc

Thanks

Economists classify the goods as NORMAL or INFERIOR or LUXURY GOODS based on the ___

a. Income elasticity of demand

b. Own price elasticity of supply

c. Own price elasticity of demand

d. Cross price elasticity of demand

Using the software Emulator EMU8086, write an assembly program that uses a loop to print "HELLO WORLD" 3 times and "LIFE" 2 times.

Example:

HELLO WORLD

HELLO WORLD

HELLO WORLD

LIFE

LIFE

On July 1, Year 1, Danzer Industries Inc. issued $40,000,000 of 10-year, 7% bonds at a market (effective) interest rate of 8%, receiving cash of $37,282,062. Interest on the bonds is payable semiannually on December 31 and June 30. The fiscal year of the company is the calendar year.

Required:

!!!!!!!!!!USE PRESENT VALUE TABLES!!!!!!!!!!

1. and 2. Journalize the entries to record the transactions. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.

JOURNAL

ACCOUNTING EQUATION

JOURNAL

ACCOUNTING EQUATION

3. Determine the total interest expense for Year 1.

Amount: $ __________________

4. Compute the price of $37,282,062 received for the bonds by using the present value tables. (Round to the nearest dollar.)

The logarithmic wind profile assumes horizontal homogeneity and temporal stationarity. Give two examples how those assumptions might be violated here.

You are at a job interview for a senior management position. The interviewer asks you to explain how you would go about changing the culture of the organization, if hired. What would you suggest?  

Beech Corporation is a merchandising company that is preparing a master budget for the third quarter of the calendar year. The company’s balance sheet as of June 30th is shown below: Beech Corporation Balance Sheet June 30 Assets Cash $ 80,000 Accounts receivable 135,000 Inventory 41,250 Plant and equipment, net of depreciation 211,000 Total assets $ 467,250 Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity Accounts payable $ 72,000 Common stock 345,000 Retained earnings 50,250 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 467,250 Beech’s managers have made the following additional assumptions and estimates: 1.Estimated sales for July, August, September, and October will be $220,000, $240,000, $230,000, and $250,000, respectively. 2.All sales are on credit and all credit sales are collected. Each month’s credit sales are collected 35% in the month of sale and 65% in the month following the sale. All of the accounts receivable at June 30 will be collected in July. 3.Each month’s ending inventory must equal 25% of the cost of next month’s sales. The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales. The company pays for 40% of its merchandise purchases in the month of the purchase and the remaining 60% in the month following the purchase. All of the accounts payable at June 30 will be paid in July. 4.Monthly selling and administrative expenses are always $40,000. Each month $6,000 of this total amount is depreciation expense and the remaining $34,000 relates to expenses that are paid in the month they are incurred. 5.The company does not plan to borrow money or pay or declare dividends during the quarter ended September 30. The company does not plan to issue any common stock or repurchase its own stock during the quarter ended September 30. Required: 1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for July, August, and September. 2-a. Prepare a merchandise purchases budget for July, August, and September. Also compute total merchandise purchases for the quarter ended September 30. 2-b. Prepare a schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for July, August, and September. 3. Prepare an income statement for the quarter ended September 30. 4. Prepare a balance sheet as of September 30. Loading...

Please answer with detail : define diversity along with some of the key components of diversification and the risk of becoming over diversified.  

PLEASE CITE ALL OUTSIDE SOURCES.

Renter’s Dilemma

Adam's, Inc., a publicly traded corporation, plans to lease equipment from Jackson Co. (Jackson) on January 1, 2020, for a period of three years. Lease payments of $100,000 are due to Jackson each year. Other expenses (e.g., insurance, taxes, and maintenance) are also to be paid by Adams and amount to $2,000 per year. Jackson will not incur any initial direct costs. The lease contains no purchase or renewal options and the equipment reverts back to Jackson on the expiration of the lease. The remaining useful life of the equipment is four years. The fair value of the equipment at lease inception is $265,000. Adams has guaranteed $20,000 as the residual value at the end of the lease term. The $20,000 represents the expected value of the leased equipment to Adams at the end of the lease term. The salvage value of the equipment is expected to be $2,000 after the end of its economic life. Adam’s incremental borrowing rate is 11 percent (Jackson’s implicit rate is 10 percent and is calculable by Adams from the lease agreement).

The junior accountant of Adams analyzed the assets under lease, determined whether the lease was an operating lease or finance lease, and prepared the applicable journal entries. The senior accountant of Adams reviewed the junior accountant’s analysis and prepared a separate analysis. As the finance controller, you were given both analyses to determine the correct accounting treatment. Calculations and journal entries performed by your junior and senior accountant follow:

Present Value of the Lease Obligation

Using the rate implicit in the lease (10 percent), the present value of the guaranteed residual value would be $15,026 ($20,000 x 0.7513), and the present value of the annual payments would be $248,685 ($100,000 x 2.4869).

Using the incremental borrowing rate (11 percent), the present value of the guaranteed residual value would be $14,624 ($20,000 x 0.7312), and the present value of the annual payments would be $244,371 ($100,000 x 2.4437).

Junior accountant analysis:

Since the equipment reverts back to Jackson, it is an operating lease. 840

Entry to be posted in years 1, 2, and 3:

Dr. Rent expense                        $100,000

Dr. Insurance expense                   $2,000

              Cr. Cash                                                        $102,000

        (Operating lease rental paid to Jackson)

Senior accountant analysis:

Step 1 – Lease classification

The lease term is for three years. The useful life of the equipment is four years. Since the lease term is for a major part of the useful life of the equipment, it is a finance lease.

Step 2 – Computation of the lease asset and obligation

Since Adam’s incremental borrowing rate is greater than the implicit rate in the lease, compute the present value of the minimum lease payments using the 11 percent rate.

Present value of the minimum lease payments = $100,000 x 2.4437 = $244,371.

Step 3 – Allocation of payments between interest and lease obligation

Since interest has to be charged on the straight-line method, the following is the allocation of the interest and the reduction in the lease liability.

Entry to be posted in year 1 for capitalization of equipment:

Db. Equipment                            $244,371

              Cr. Lease obligation                                 $244,371

Entry to be posted in years 1, 2, and 3 for payment:

Dr. Rent expense                             $2,000

Dr. Interest expense                    $26,881

Dr. Lease obligation                     $73,119

              Cr. Cash                                                        $102,000

        (Finance lease rental paid to Jackson)

Required:

Are either of the above analyses correct? If so, which one? If not, why not and what would need to be changed? Please provide appropriate codification support for your conclusions. ( Use answers according FASB Codifications)