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A client has asked your advice on the acquisition of equipment for a new business endeavor.  Alternative A costs $1,200,000 and has annual maintenance expenses of $60,000.  Alternative B is a more advanced machine costing $1,700,000.   This machine will have maintenance expenses of $40,000 per year and will also lower production costs by $80,000 per year.  Both machines have a 5-year life, straight-line depreciation and zero salvage value.  The company’s cost of capital is 10% and tax rate is 35%. Which machine should the client purchase and how much more value is added by choosing this alternative?  (i.e. what is the difference in NPV between the two alternatives).

What is considered the most successful therapeutic condition where NPPV can be used in children?

What is the most effective way for the therapist to promote effective triggering and prevent asynchrony with NPPV?

What level of IPAP is typically sufficient to achieve the goals of NPPV in pediatric patients?

During volume-controlled ventilation, which of the following factors influences the peak inspiratory pressure?

After increasing the inspiratory flow of the ventilator to decrease the generation of NO2 the therapist notices many changes in the ventilator parameters. The therapist adds the NO into the inspiratory limb of the ventilator circuit close to the patient. What will be a limitation of the procedure?

The therapist taking care of an infant on iNO observes that the NO2 levels have been increasing. In order to correct the situation he increases the inspiratory flow of the ventilator. What will be some of the limitations associated with this change? I. It reduces time of contact between NO and O2.II. It affects the mean airway pressure because it changes the inspiratory time.III. It may increase the delivered tidal volume.IV. It reduces the mean airway pressure and increases the inspiratory time.

What is the advantage of having the centrifugal pump automatically respond to resistances against which it is pumping?

Provide the SQL statement. You only want to display only customers that are located in Michigan, Texas and Montana and have purchased more than $2,000.00 a year from your online store. Displays only the first and last name, email address and order by total spent in descending order. You did not create the table. The actual field names in the Customers table are: FirstName, LastName, Address, City, State, Zip Code, TotalSpent. TotalSpent is a decimal value in the table and the other values are nvarchar. The customerID is the primary key value and an int data type. Use proper coding style.     

It is not uncommon for patients undergoing ECMO to experience renal failure. What can be done to enhance renal function?