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In an episode of the original X-Files, Agent Sculley was infected with an alien disease-causing agent. She tested a sample of her blood using a Southern blot and the results indicated that the alien agent had a DNA genome.  This result meant the alien agent could NOT be which one of the following? (Note: You don’t need to know how a Southern blot is performed, only that it is used to detect the presence of DNA.)

Solve the problem.How many ways can an IRS auditor select 4 of 10 tax returns for an audit?

Use the given degree of confidence and sample data to construct a confidence interval for the population proportion p.n = 184, x = 154; 95 percent

Make any necessary changes to the following statement, as directed below. “Bacterias cannot be photosynthetic, because they do not possess organelles.” a. Make any necessary grammatical corrections to the statement. (1 point) b. Make any necessary changes to the scientific content and explain your changes. (1 point)  

The nurse is caring for a client who is obese and is scheduled for abdominal surgery in the morning. Which information is most important to include in a pre-operative teaching plan for this client?

The nurse is assessing a client with pericarditis. Which assessment finding would the nurse correlate to this disease process?

Find y”. Remember to use derivative notation and simplify completely.y =

Express the null hypothesis H0 and the alternative hypothesis H1 in symbolic form. Use the correct symbol (μ, p, σ )for the indicated parameter.A skeptical paranormal researcher claims that the proportion of Americans that have seen a UFO, p, is less than 5 in every one thousand.

In the United States, commercial manufacturers may NOT use unpasteurized milk to make certain cheeses for fear of growth of bacterial pathogens, such as Listeria monocytogenes. Which one of the following types of cheeses is NOT allowed to be made using unpasteurized milk in the U.S.?

You are tasked with enumerating the viral load of an unknown sample. You begin your investigation by serially diluting the sample resulting in the following dilutions: 10-2, 10-4, and 10-6. You spread 80µL of each dilution onto a separate nutrient agar plate and incubate for 48 hours. Upon examining the plates for the 10-2 and 10-6 dilutions only. You observe the following results:  10-2: 212 PFU  10-6: 85 PFU  Calculate the phage titer for these two agar plates. Report your final answer in the correct notation and with appropriate units.