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The graphs of and are shown below.  What is the total area of the shaded region? (Hint: don’t get confused by the area below the x-axis. Recall from the notes “top – bottom”)   Round your answer to three decimal places.

In which type of living thing does a cleavage furrow form at the end of cell division?

Name Notation Units Comment Memory footprint – Bytes Total space occupied by the program in memory Execution time (∑ CPIj) * clock cycle time, where 1 ≤ j ≤ n Seconds Running time of the program that executes ninstructions       Arithmetic mean (E1+E2+…+Ep)/p Seconds Average of execution times of constituent pbenchmark programs       Weighted Arithmetic mean (f1*E1+f2*E2+…+fp*Ep) Seconds Weighted average of execution times of constituent p benchmark programs       Geometric mean pth root (E1*E2* …*Ep) Seconds pth root of the product of execution times of pprograms that constitute the benchmark Static instruction frequency % Occurrence of instruction i in compiled code Dynamic instruction frequency % Occurrence of instruction i in executed code Speedup (MA over MB) EB/EA Number Speedup of Machine A over B Speedup (improvement) EBefore/EAfter Number Speedup After improvement Improvement in Exec time (Eold-Enew)/Eold Number New Vs. old Amdahl’s law Timeafter = Timeunaffected  + Timeaffected/x Seconds x is amount of improvement

Which of the following processor status register is used to determine whether the processor should enter the INT macrostate?

A 28 year old pregnant women (Ht= 5’5″; Wt= 60 kg; moderately active) at 20 weeks gestation with a single fetus provides the following daily food record. Breakfast Lunch Dinner 2 scrambled eggs 2 tsp butter 1 slice whole wheat toast 1 cup 2% milk Tuna Sandwich: 3 tsp mayo 2 slices whole wheat bread 3 oz tuna (in water) 1 medium apple 12 oz Coke 4 oz beef 1 cup potato 1/2 cup green beans 2 tsp butter 1 small banana 1 cup 2% milk This diet provides ADEQUATE amounts of which of the following nutrients?

Which of the following is a TRUE statement about bariatric surgery and pregnancy outcomes?

PROJECT CRASHING PROBLEM (all time in Days, all Cost in $): What is the total crashing cost to crash the project by 4 days? Activity Immediate Predecessor Normal Time Crash Time Normal Cost Crash Cost A – 5 4 1000 1400 B – 3 3 800 – C A,B 3 1 600 900 D B 4 2 1600 2000 E C,D 5 3 800 1200 F E 2 1 1300 1400

Find the words in the reading that can complete the following definitions. Capitalize words where needed. The relevant paragraphs are provided for your reference. Paragraph 1: Small businesses are vital for a country’s economy. They are especially important for developing countries, where they are a significant source of jobs and revenue. Yet small businesses in the developing world face many challenges, such as the following: Oudry is a farmer who sells bananas in different villages. He wants to sell them where the demand for bananas is highest, so he can get the best price. However, the roads are very bad, and it takes all day to travel to one village market. He cannot visit all of the local markets, so he must decide where to go before he knows what the price will be. Simon repairs bicycles. When he repairs a bicycle, sometimes people don’t have money to pay him. They don’t use bank or credit cards. Instead, they may say, “My grandfather will pay. He lives in another village.” Sometimes it takes a long time for Simon to get his money. Anjali is very poor. Her husband does not earn very much money. She wants to earn money to assist him. However, because she has four young children to take care of and she has very little education, it will be difficult for her to find employment. 1. If something is [def1], it is extremely important. (adj) 2. [def2] is the money that people and businesses pay the government in taxes. (n) 3. To [def3] is to help. (v)

Answer the following question about Information in Graphs and Charts: True or False: You should take notes on the information in any graphic material in a reading as well as information in the reading itself. 

Instructions: Choose the best word from the box below to complete the sentences. You will not use all of the words. reduce          run out of          image          pollute          climate crop          surplus          drought          resource          solar   The advertisements for the sports drink needed to show a fresh and youthful [1]. The tomato [2] froze in last week’s cold weather, so prices will be higher next spring. The state has had no rain in more than four months, and officials are now calling this a [3]. There are some scientists who predict that we will soon [4] the earth’s supply of petroleum. When there was a [5] of eggs at the store, not many people bought them. However, they were in higher demand when there was a shortage. Drastic changes in [6] are more noticeable with hotter summers and colder winters. Dangerous chemicals from the factory [7] the air in nearby neighborhoods. To [8] plastic consumption, many people are switching to reusable bottles.