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You are the lead researcher at a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing stem cell therapy to overcome cardiac dysfunction in elderly patients. Your research is focused on collecting stem cells from bone their marrow material. Such stem cells would exhibit all of the following characteristics except:

Parents of a 2-year old girl seek medical attention because their daughter has failed to thrive. While the girl is otherwise healthy, genetic analyses reveal presence of a mutation that abrogates expression and function of Tumor Necrosis factor (TNF). Loss of TNF expression would be associated with all of the following except:

Please complete these questions on a sheet of paper with a writing utensil while the quiz is open and then upload a clear image of your work..  There is no time limit and you can use any of your notes that you would like.   1.  An object travels 8m [West] and then 17m [North] over a time period of 16 seconds.  Solve for its average speed and its average velocity.   2.  A boat has a velocity of 8.6 m/s [relative to the water] and it pointed directly across a river that has a current of 3.25 m/s [East].  Solve for the velocity of the boat relative to the shore.   3.  Where would you have to aim the boat in the question above if you needed to land directly across the river?   4.  If the river were 45m wide, how long would it take to cross a) in question 2 b) in question 3    

A parturient who is 40 weeks’ gestation, gravida 3, para 2, has been examined by the obstetrician and these are the findings: presentation is cephalic, position is the occiput, 5+ station, 10 cm dilation, 100% effaced. What is your interpretation of this laboring parturient? 

What is the MOST common complication in the fetus after the parturient receives a paracervical block? 

A 30-year-old parturient with preeclampsia develops severe back after the placement of the epidural. The parturient is also experiencing more leg weakness than expected. What is the MOST appropriate intervention at this time? 

During a cesarean section under general anesthesia, which dose of inhaled anesthetic is appropriate to prevent uterine atony after delivery of the fetus? 

In Morocco – October 2016 saw protest erupt over abusive police practices that resulted in the death of a fish vendor in the Mediterranean city of Al Hoceima, with the Rif region. What is the name of the resulting protest movement? to protest economic injustice, inequality, and hogra: the daily disdain and injury experienced by many working citizens at the hands of corrupt elites and officials.  

If an emergency general anesthetic is required in a laboring parturient which medication should be administered prior to induction to decrease the risk of aspiration pneumonia? 

What is the drug of choice to treat respiratory depression in the parturient who is receiving fentanyl via patient-controlled analgesia for labor pain?