Biology – living organisms Scientific Method – making observations‚ proposing ideas about how something works‚ testing ideas‚ discarding or modifying -allows us to solve problems and answer questions efficiently and effectively. -Ideas about “how things work” = hypothesis. -proposed explanation for one or more observations -scientific hypothesis MUST be testable -must be falsifiable (observations could prove false) Observations Question Hypothesis = imagination‚ intuition‚ chance
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Chapter 13 Fiscal Policy * Government funds many programs through tax revenues * Government transfers- payments by the government to households for which no good or service is provided in return * Social insurance programs- gov. programs (transfer payments) intended to protect families against economic hardship * Social security * Medicare * Medicaid * Gov. purchases- national defense and education are the biggest categories
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1. There are four eras of Earth’s history they are Precambrian (87.6%)‚ Paleozoic (7.1)%‚ Mesozoic (3.9 %)‚ and Cenozoic (1.4 %) 2. There are four layers and two sub layers. * Inner core is solid metal and made up of nickel and iron * Outer core is made of a liquid molten core of nickel and iron * Mantle is made up of dense and mostly solid silicate rock * Lithosphere is the uppermost layer (100km thick) * Asthenosphere is the layer below the
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1. (5 pts)What is the Hecksher-Ohlin Theory of Comparative Advantage? This is a theory developed by two Swedish economists to explain how countries develop comparative advantage in certain areas rather than others. The model works as follows: 1) Assume every country‚ for the most part‚ has access to the same technology. 2) Still‚ factors of production are difficult to move across national boundaries. 3) It follows from (2) that factors of production are relatively bound by geography and national
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Chapter 1 Responsibilities of Top Managers Create context for change Develop commitment and ownership in employees Create positive organizational culture through language and action Monitor business environment Responsibilities of Middle Managers Plan and allocate resources to meet objectives Coordinate and link groups‚ departments‚ and divisions Monitor and manage performance of subunits and managers who report to them Implement changes or strategies generated by top managers Responsibilities
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Review questions to individual chapters Bruce R. Barringer R. Duane Ireland Copyright ©2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall 2-1 Chapter 1 1. 2. 3. 4. Increasingly‚ entrepreneurship is being practiced in countries throughout the world. Why do you think this is the case? Do you expect entrepreneurship to continue to spread throughout the world‚ or do you think its appeal will subside over time? What key insights does the GEM study provide us about entrepreneurship? What evidence
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Was the "one-size-fits-all" justified Constance Punch Law/421 November 5‚ 2014 Kenneth Johnston Was the "one-size-fits-all" justified DATE: November 16‚ 2014 TO: Kenneth Johnston FROM: Constance Punch RE: Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Was the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach justified? Nogler‚ G.‚ & Inwon‚ J. (2011‚ May/June). Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Was the ’one-size-fits-all’ approach justified? Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance (Wiley)‚ 22(4)‚ 65-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.20691 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS
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RACE Definitions/Concepts Racial Formation: idea of how race is created. Race: socially constructed categorization process that describes phenotype‚ not genotype. Ethnicity: nationality/origin. Whiteness: ideology tied to social status‚ provides privilege for those labeled white; process by which non-white “other” created for benefit of whites. Racism: about structural advantages/disadvantages placed on people based on perceptions of their race. Can be individual or institutional. Covert: not hiring
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Concepts – Chapter 10 Hershey and Chase experiments (10.1) Hershey and Change mixed radioactively labeled phages with bacteria‚ they agitated the cultures in a blender to separate the phages outside of the bacteria‚ they centrifuged the mixture so that the bacteria formed a pellet‚ and finally‚ they measured the radioactivity in the pellet and liquid Phage replication (10.1) A phage attaches itself to a bacteria cell‚ the phage injects its DNA into the bacterium‚ the phage DNA
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NT1210 Quiz 1 1. How many bits are in a byte? A. 8 B. 4 C. 2 D. 1 2. Electronic devices today use what numbering system? A. Decimal B. Octal C. Binary D. Electronic 3. Convert this decimal number to binary: 97 A. 01100001 B. 01100000 C. 10000001 D. 10010001 4. Convert this binary number to decimal: 00010000 A. 32 B. 24 C. 12 D. 16 5. Unlike earlier telecom networks‚ most modern networks are _____ end-to-end. A. cellular B. analog C. data D. digital 6. What is the typical
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