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A 60-year-old female with a history of myocardial (blood vessels that feed the heart muscles) blockages suddenly develops the following symptoms:-> She has difficulty smiling on the right side; her right eyelid cannot be closed, and her right brow cannot be raised. -> Facial pain and temperature are lost on the right. -> Taste near the tip of the tongue is diminished on the right. -> Pain and temperature sensation is lost on the left arm and leg. -> She reports dizziness, nausea, impaired balance, and poor coordination on the right. Fine touch and proprioception of the body are normal. Given the totality of the symptoms listed so far, the dizziness, nausea, and impaired balance are most likely due to damage in the ____________.

Another name for the MEDIAN of a data set is:

True or False:   The MASON Honor Code does NOT apply to students doing work as a research assistant.

Another name for the mean of a data set is:

A 22-year-old male is brought to the ER with knife wounds and the following symptoms: -> initial flaccid paralysis of his right arm and leg, -> deficits in proprioception and vibratory sensation on his right side below the level of C6, and -> decreased pain and temperature sensation on his left side below the level of C4. If you tested this patient’s myotatic reflexes of upper extremities, they would ______. 

CDS-130 Stage and Final Exams are closed-book. Students are not allowed to use MATLAB and consult any materials during the exam.

Select “True” or “False” to the below statement: As a student in CDS-130, I acknowledge that I have read the 3 assigned GMU Policies on IT Security and will abide by the regulations stated in these policies. (NOTE:  You are “On your honor” to answer honestly.  A false answer on this question is a violation of these policies.)

“B-” is 80.0 – 82.99

The Science Model: A student has an agar-filled petri dish that is initially streak-scored with 250 “bacteria M” cells at the beginning of hour 1. The generation time for bacteria M is one hour (this means that the population of bacteria M has a growth rate of 100% per hour).  At the end of hour 5, the agar plate is inadvertently exposed to UV-A light, which immediately kills half of the existing bacteria. That is, a correction of P(t+1) = 0.5 * P(t+1) is needed at hour 5, rounded down to the closest whole number. Exposure to UV-A light does not change the growth rate or the death rate. At the end of hour 10, the student returns to the lab again, and this time exposes the bacteria to UV-B light, which sterilizes them. That is, growth rate is reset to 0% at hour 10. The Problem:  Write SYNTACTICALLY CORRECT MATLAB CODE to: Show in the Command Window how many live bacteria exist on the agar plate at the end of hour 10. This should be the ONLY thing displayed in the Command Window. Include a plot as a part of your answer showing the bacterial population size over time, from hour 1 through the end of hour 10. Include labels for axes and a title to the plot. To answer this quiz: Type the code into the space provided below  That’s it.  DO NOT TRY AND USE MATLAB itself.  DO NOT calculate anything by hand.  ALL that is needed is the MATLAB code typed in.

Select the choice(s) that are Ethical VIOLATION(s) of doing research at MASON while you are a student: