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Essay Portion (40 points). Please write your answer in an essay format in the space provided.   Read the article below published in the NYTimes on August 19, 2017 by Ellen Barry, titled How to Get Away With Murder in Small-Town India. Then answer the following questions in an essay format in the space provided. Be sure to answer all of the questions and use evidence from the article to convey your point: In General, what does domestic violence have to do with Patron-Client Relations in India? What are some of the different Patron-Client Relations that are depicted in the article? In this article who are the Vote Brokers or Party Bosses? Who is the electorate in this article? and what do they (Vote Brokers, Party Bosses, the Electorate) gain from their political relationship(s), what is exchanged? From a Political Culture aspect, what cultural issues does the author confront as a Westerner reporting in India? What does the author point out about the type of political culture that exists in this part of India? From a Self-Expression political perspective, what kind of cultural values are held by the people in this article? Finally, what are your own observations on client-patron relations and the prospects for democracy? Who benefits from this system? Who does this system fail? Click on the document below to read the article.  How to Get Away With Murder in India.pdf

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The nurse is doing an admission assessment on the child admitted with painful swelling of some of the joints and abdominal pain.  The child has the following lab values. Test Red blood cell count (RBC) (million /mm3) White blood cell count (WBC) (x10 to the 3) Hemoglobin (g/dL) Hematocrit (%) Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) Red cell distribution width (RDW)(%) Platelets (/mm3) Normal 4.2-5.9 5-10 12-18 37-51 80-96 23.7-28.4 12-17 150,000-450,000 Client   2.9 9.8 6.2 19.3 88 28.1 46 300,000   Based on this information the nurse suspects that this child is experiencing which of the following disorders?

BCH4024 11724 OC F24 E3 Q23: Disaccharidases are enzymes found in the small intestine that participate in the degradation of disaccharides. Which of the following molecules can be broken down by these enzymes? Fructose Sucrose Starch

BCH4024 11724 OC F24 E3 Q38: What is the primary purpose of the pentose phosphate pathway in carbohydrate metabolism? 

BCH4024 11724 OC F24 E3 Q13: A novel organism has been found with a unique electron transfer chain. The Eo values for the individual components are as follows: Component A = + 1.004 mv Component B = -0.027 mv Component C = +0.321 mv Component D = -0.064 mv Component E = -0.457 mv What is the likely order of the transfer of electrons in this chain?

BCH4024 11724 OC F24 E3 Q30: When energy status in the liver cell is low, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is activated. One of the targets of AMPK is HMG-CoA reductase. Which of the following is a TRUE statement?

BCH4024 11724 OC F24 E3 Q48: You see a patient in your clinic who is severely sick and reveals that they have eaten a meal that contained fermented coconut. You remember from your biochemistry days that a toxin, bongkrekic acid (structure below), is produced by a contaminating bacterium in fermented coconut and corn. This toxin specifically inhibits adenine nucleotide translocase. What process is most directly affected by this toxin?

BCH4024 11724 OC F24 E3 Q1: You see a patient in your clinic who complains that they are unable to carry out long, intensive exercise. You have a muscle biopsy performed, and the results indicate a deficiency in the enzyme that catalyzes the following reaction. What is the enzyme, and why does a deficiency of this enzyme lead to rapid muscle fatigue?