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By 2030, what proportion of the U.S. population is expected to be 65 years of age or older?

The provider orders a drug 200 mg orally qid for a child. Available is 250mg/5ml. Prepare to administer ________ to the child.[BLANK-1]

Your father was recently prescribed an anticoagulant medicine and was surprised that the doctor advised him to maintain consumption of consistent amounts of green leafy vegetables every day. You inform your father that

Which of the following is a program that provides low-income older adults with coupons that are exchangeable for fresh vegetables and fruits at community-supported farmers’ markets and roadside stands?

What are the names of the surgical sponges?

Problem 4D Write down the stationary distribution of station ?

When is the surgical site draped during the procedure?

Problem 5D  Assuming steady state and that Ella joins the queue on arrival, determine her expected waiting time until pickup.

Problem 3 Introduction   Mode Operating cost Failure probability (during the hour) A functional server can be operated each hour in either high‑power () or low‑power () mode. Power mode decisions are made at the beginning of each hour only if the server is in working state. If the server fails, it enters broken state and  the next hour is spent in repair at cost ; afterwards it returns to the working state. Costs are discounted by factor

Moral Theory Questions Pick one of the question sets below. Copy and paste that question set into the answer box, and answer all parts of that question set. Worth 33% of your exam grade. Question Set A. Kantian Ethics. Explain the difference between a hypothetical imperative and a Categorical Imperative. Describe one formulation of the Categorical Imperative. Give an example of an action that would be impermissible according to that formulation of the Categorical Imperative.  Explain in detail why that formulation of the Categorical Imperative (so understood) would judge that action as impermissible. Do you think that formulation of the Categorical Imperative adequately explains why that action is wrong? Support your answer with reasons.   Question Set B. Social Contract Theory. Describe Hobbes’ State of Nature. Explain how the State of Nature thought experiment is used to explain what makes actions right and wrong under Social Contract Theory (this will require describing Social Contract Theory) Explain one of the potential shortcomings or ‘vices’ of SCT. Do you think that shortcoming gives us compelling reasons to reject this moral theory? Support your answer with reasons.   Question Set C. Virtue Ethics.  Explain what Aristotle means when he says that virtue ‘lies in a mean’. What would a Virtue Theory look like if it did NOT claim that virtue lies in mean? *Hint* I gave such an example when discussing the Code of Chivalry followed by knight errants. Choose a virtue. Using that virtue, explain why Aristotle’s Virtue Theory is more plausible than the theory you described in ‘2’. (That is, why is it better to view virtue as ‘lying in mean’ than to not do so). What is one of the potential shortcomings or ‘vices’ of Virtue Theory? Do you think that shortcoming gives us compelling reasons to reject this moral theory? Support your answer with reasons.   Question Set D. Feminist Ethics. Feminist Ethics is a reaction to a pattern or trend in the history of Western Philosophy’s moral theorizing that feminists criticized. Explain what this pattern or trend is and Describe and explain two specific features of the other historical moral theories that exemplify that pattern. Be sure your answer explains WHY those features exemplify the pattern you described in ‘1’ If, as Feminist Ethicists claim, our moral theory should not have those features you described in ‘2,’ what alternative features do the Feminist Ethicists suggest instead? What can be said in favor of the feminists’ alternatives? What is one of the potential shortcomings or ‘vices’ of Feminist Ethics? Do you think that shortcoming gives us compelling reasons to reject this moral theory? Support your answer with reasons.