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Great Carthaginian general who attacked Rome during the Second Punic War:

If I pass a noise through a filter that limits it to frequencies below 5,000 Hz and then through a filter that limits it to frequencies above 1,000 Hz, what kind of combined filter have I created?

You are evaluating an elderly male and notice a tremor. Which assessment finding would be characteristic of an essential tremor rather than a Parkinsonian tremor?  

In eukaryotes, RNA polymerase II has a higher level of transciptional activity than RNA polymerase III, yet products of RNA polymerase II comprise a smaller percentage of total cellular RNA (RNAPII: ~4%, RNAPIII: ~12%). Briefly explain how RNAPII can have higher activity than RNAPIII while also contributing a smaller share of total RNA in a cell at  given moment in time. [Your answer should be fewer than 30 words, >45 words results in -0.5]

Yeast have two mating types, here referred to as (+) and (-). Sexual reproduction only occurs when two different mating types fuse. Select all true statements about how mating types are normally regulated from parent cell to daughter cell, and assess the effects of hypothetical mutations. 3333333333333333333333333333333

The city of Rome is located on the banks of this river:

Jamie is evaluating different social insurance programs that might benefit her family after her husband was injured in a workplace accident. She wants to understand how these programs can provide support during this time.What is the primary purpose of these social insurance programs?

The peripheral auditory system can be divided into [e], [m] and [i] ear.

What does the term “status characteristics” refer to?

Once the patient turns in the ambulatory monitor and diary, who is the person that typically provides the final interpretation of the ambulatory monitoring data?