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A cash budget differs from an income statement because the cash budget 1. does not determine profits or losses 2. excludes depreciation expense 3. uses disbursements and not expenses

If the probability of an investment’s cash inflows is decreased, the firm’s cost of capital should be increased.​

A gram-negative anaerobic bacillus is isolated from a deep abscess in the abdomen.  A note is made on the Gram stain report that this organism appeared to have tapered ends causing jugular thrombosis and Lemierre’s Disease is:

Which is the most appropriate transfusion therapy for sickle cell anemia?          

The term “autoinfection” is generally used in referring to infections with:

The majority of strains of Staphylococcus isolated from the hospital environment or hospitalized patient are usually resistant to:

A 26-year-old male with an indwelling catheter developed signs and symptoms of endocarditis.  To establish the etiology of the disease, which of the following specimens should be cultured?

A doctor has sent a sputum specimen to the laboratory.  The Gram stain show many gram-positive cocci in chains and pairs, and many alpha-hemolytic colonies are seen on the blood agar plate.  It is not clear, however, whether the organisms are Streptococcus pneumoniae or alpha-hemolytic streptococci.  Which of the following tests would make this differentiation?

An outbreak of gastroenteritis follows a seafood “fun in the sun” episode. In addition to the routine culture media for isolation of enteric pathogens the following should be added:

Normally the bicarbonate concentration is about 24 mmol/L and the carbonic acid concentration is about 1.2 mmol/L pK = 6.1, log 20 = 1.3.  Using the equation pH = pK + log (salt/acid), calculate pH.