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Your Expected Return on a stock you are evaluating is 8.3%. You know the following about the company and the general economy / market: The average market return for stocks has been 11.0%. U.S. Treasury Bonds are paying 3.5%. The company’s stock price is $30. Your bank would charge 7% for a loan. The last dividend was $1.20 per share. The company’s Beta is 1.1.  Calculate the Required Rate of Return on this stock (round to 3 decimals – ex: 12.3% = .123)  

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Microsoft offers an online service which allows customers to store files in the cloud. When a customer creates a file on one device, it automatically gets updated in the cloud and on all the devices he/she owns using the service. If the customer doesn’t need to do anything to update or maintain the service, which of the following cloud-based offerings is being provided to the customers?

What is the term for when deaths in a population from hunting do not cause a net decline in the population because those animals are replaced by new animals recruited into the population?

What is the term “back-end” as used in databases and information systems?

True (A) or False (B): One of the disadvantages in using a SaaS cloud services is not being able to keep physical control of all the data.

A. Escuchar un párrafo: Los horarios de tres estudiantes. You are an academic advisor at your university, and three new students have been added to your list of advisees for next semester. To get to know them better, listen to the paragraph describing the three students and their class schedules. Then, decide whether each of the following statements is Cierto or Falso and select your answer from the dropdown menu. If the information is not provided, select No se menciona. (1 pt. each; 8 pts. total) Carlos, Marcela y Teresa estudian en Guadalajara. [blank1] Teresa es estudiante de historia. [blank2] Carlos y Marcela estudian en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.  [blank3] Carlos tiene una clase de ciencias sociales. [blank4] Teresa asiste a clase los jueves. [blank5] Teresa tiene una clase de historia del arte. [blank6] Marcela tiene una clase de geografía con Carlos. [blank7] A Teresa, a Marcela y a Carlos les gustan sus clases. [blank8] Este semestre, los tres estudiantes tienen una clase en común: la historia estadunidense. [blank9] Carlos quiere [wants to] estudiar Pig Latin en la universidad. [blank10]      

The nurse is caring for a 82-year-old female admitted to the medical unit with new onset of urinary incontinence and mild confusion. Nurses’ Notes   0930: Admitted from the emergency room with new onset of incontinence and mild confusion. Recently widowed and now living with daughter and son-in-law. Daughter reports foul-smelling, pink-tinged urine with incontinence and low-grade fever; no reports of pain or burning but noted to be restless with new onset of mild confusion. Upon admission to medical unit, alert and oriented to person only but pleasant and cooperative. Temperature 101.8 F (38.7 C), other vital signs stable. Skin dry, warm and flushed with poor turgor. Offered bedpan frequently and voiding small amounts of urine—concentrated, pinkish and foul-smelling; does not report burning or pain. Urine and blood cultures obtained; results pending.  Daughter reports Sulfa allergy. Vital Signs   Time 1000   Temp  (F/C) 101.8/F  38.7 C   P 115   RR 26   B/P 92/48 (63)   Pulse oximeter 94 (room air)   Laboratory Report   Lab Results Reference range BUN 27 10-20 mg/dL Creatinine (serum) 1.3 0.9 to 1.4 mg/dL WBC 14.1 4.5 – 10.5 x 103 cells/mm3 Potassium (serum) 3.6 3.5 to 5 mEq/L Sodium (serum) 143 135 to 145 mEq/L Urine analysis         4+ bacteriuria         WBC >10,         + hematuria Bacteriuria   /HPF WBC  – Hematuria         Lactate 3.4 .6 – 2.2 mmol/L Based on the above scenario, what type of shock do you anticipate the client will be diagnosed with? 

This presentation of Parkinson’s disease often results in a very odd gait pattern and increased fall risk secondary to what? 

The standard language used for relational databases is ________.