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When looking at the night sky, stars are easily distinguishable from planets by their twinkling appearance.  This is mostly due to

For the COVID example we did in class, say that the entire US population size is 10000. Let’s change the test accuracy to 96%, i.e. P(T|D)=P(T^c|D^c)=0.96. 1200 people have the disease (12% from our example), 1152 people have the disease and test positive (96% true positive rate). What is P(D|T), that is the probability of having the disease given that you test positive using the Bayes’ rule? Use the tree diagram. 

What is the dose of the medication listed on the label below (including units)?  

A 48-year-old female patient has been admitted to the emergency department with the following blood gas results: pH 7.54 PaC02 29 mm Hg , Pa02 86 mm Hg, HC03 24 mEq/L. How would you interpret the results? 

The nurse administers oral penicillin to a client. Thirty minutes after administration, the client reports, “I itch all over. I feel like my lips are swollen.” Which is the most likely cause of the client’s symptoms?

In 3-4 sentences write about something that you studied that was not on this exam. 

What is a challenge in working with Big Data on mobile devices?

 In what way is context information different from traditional information sources?

What class of devices is used for data processing in the Internet of Things (IoT)?

Which factor is considered when choosing a new base station (BS) for a given mobile host (MH)?