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Patient has a CT chest revealing nodule in the upper lobe of right lung, measuring 2.5cm. There is another nodule in the right lower lobe appears to be intrapulmonary mets. There is pericardial effusion present. No lymph nodes noted. What is the clinical AJCC M category?

Patient presented for chest pain. CT Chest: 1.2 cm tumor in the LUL suspicious for carcinoma. LUL is also displaying atelectasis. There is a right station 4 lymph node seen that is consistent with mets involvement. Lobectomy performed revealing: 2.5cm adenocarcinoma, no LVI, with parietal pleura invasion, 2 right mediastinal lymph nodes positive. What is the clinical AJCC Stage Group?

Imaging of chest show infiltrates but no tumor. A bronchoscopy was performed which revealed cytology from the bronchial washing with malignant cells present. What is the EOD T category? 

Patient has a CT chest revealing nodule in the upper lobe of right lung, measuring 2.5cm. There is another nodule in the right lower lobe compatible with intrapulmonary mets. There is pericardial effusion present. No lymph nodes noted. What is the clinical AJCC T category?

The following data was graphed using a basic quality/improvement tool:  Location Temperature A 85   A 88   A 80   B 91   B 87   B 88   C 84   C 78   C 85   Average Temp for A = 84.3 Average Temp for B = 88.7 Average Temp for C = 82.3   a) Is the above chart a histogram — Yes or No? b) Explain the characteristics that do or do not make it a proper histogram.

The word “kanban” means ____________.

WSU is studying how long it takes students to commute to the Davis Campus. On the first day of Fall Semester, an employee stands by the Davis Campus main door, randomly picks ten students entering the center and asks them how long it took them to commute. This information is then used to estimate the commute time. To see if commute time differs for other semesters, ten students are selected again in Spring Semester for an estimate and then again in Summer Semester for an estimate. What is the sample size used in this situation?

Regarding 5S, please respond and discuss the following two questions: 1) When companies implement 5S, why is it important that the actual employees of the workplace carry out the 5S phases (as opposed to external persons)? 2) What is the important objective/result of implementing 5S — a changed workplace, or changed employees?

Which of the following types of charts would be used to show the steps in a process and who carries out those steps?

Originating from Japan, the lean/quality approach of “5 S” refers to: