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Which of the following is a strategy that some middle- and upper-class women have used to balance the demands of work and home?

According to relative deprivation theory, people join social movements because

__________ is the study of the social aspects of diseases.

An industry dumps waste in an area adjacent to where members of racial and ethnic minorities reside. What is this practice called?

Which of the following is true of the Buddhist inspired style of mindfulness?

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company poisoned the water in Hinkley, California. The poisoned water system had sickened many Hinkley residents with ailments such as liver damage and cancer. How would the illnesses of the Hinkley residents be classified?

The phenomenon of women being more likely than men to live in poverty is called

To increase capacity, a project team must decide between two weaving looms. Both looms have comparable capacity and quality levels, but different costs. The team must evaluate the costs over a five-year study period, with an MARR (an interest rate) of 8% per year. Loom 2: The Jurgens Loom will cost $9,500 now, have operating costs of $1,000 per year, and have a salvage value of $2,500 after 5 years. What is the net present worth of the cash flows for Loom 2?    [loom2] The net present worth of the cash flows for Loom 1 is −$12,470. Which loom should the team select?    [select]

In a capitalist system, what do workers have available to sell?

A Six Sigma project team is working to reduce defects from a manufacturing process. The root cause analysis showed a significant difference between machines at one process step. The team is in the Improve phase and evaluating several ideas. The table below summarizes scores against decision criteria for the ideas.  CRITERIA AND WEIGHT Cost CTQ Impact Ease of Implementation Customer Satisfaction IDEA 3 4 2 1 TOTAL SCORE A 4 5 5 5 (a) B 4 4 3 4 (b) C 2 2 2 2 (c) Scoring: 1 = Worse and 5 = Better What is the total score for idea A?    [sa] What is the total score for idea B?    [sb] What is the total score for idea C?    [sc] Which idea should the team pick?    [select] (enter A, B or C)