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A 38-year-old Hispanic woman has menometrorrhagia and diffuse pelvic pain that is exacerbated by menses. She has had 3 spontaneous abortions; each in the 1st trimester.  A mass is noted in her uterus and a hysterectomy is performed. Her uterus is shown. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? A Adenomyosis B Endometrial carcinoma C Endometriosis D Leiomyoma E Leiomyosarcoma F Ovarian cancer   

Which of these is an image of Luteal phase (post-ovulatory) endometrium?   

A healthy 19-year-old woman suffered blunt abdominal trauma in a motor vehicle accident. On admission to hospital, her initial hematocrit was 33%, but over the next hour, it decreased to 28%. A paracentesis yielded serosanguineous fluid. She was taken to surgery, where a liver laceration was repaired, and 1 L of bloody fluid was removed from the peritoneal cavity. She remained stable. The figure shows the CBC performed 3 days later.  Which of the following morphologic patterns is visible in the slide and correlates well with her clinical history?    A Basophilic stippling of red cells B Hyperchromic mature red cells C Leukoerythroblastosis D Reticulocytosis E Schistocytosis

Which of the following best describes most liver cells in this photomicrograph?  A Apoptotic hepatocytes B Fatty Liver C Healthy hepatocytes D Hepatocytes undergoing necrosis E Hepatocytes with hydropic degeneration   

Jack Holmes is a middle-aged, lower-level employee at an automobile service center. Though he is not paid very well, he loves his job. His supervisor speaks to him with respect, and he is the favored candidate for mentoring new employees because of the vast experience he holds in the job. Based on this information, which of the following is most likely to be the reason Jack likes his job?

George is trying to teach his two-year old son to gently caress their cat. George softly strokes the animal and every time his son does the same, he rewards him with kind words like “good job!” The child is very attentive during the process and claps his hands when his father praises him. However, as soon as George leaves, the boy lunges for the cat and grabs it by the tail. Which process of social-learning theory is failing?

According to the two-factor theory proposed by Herzberg, which of the following is considered a hygiene factor?

Diane Fielding, owner of the famous Mint chain of restaurants, planned to revamp the whole concept and structure of her outlets. With this purpose in mind, she selected five managers from her existing outlets based on their performance in relation to targets, experience, and motivation. Each manager was asked to take up an aspect of the restaurant’s functioning like menu, décor, and customer service measures. Diane was sure that this group of high performers possessed a clear understanding of the ground realities, which made them the best candidates to contemplate and implement the required changes. In order to reward them, she announced a hefty bonus for their collective performance. Six months later, after the changes were implemented, Diane realized that the group had made many questionable decisions, which were resulting in problems. Which of the following, if true, would best explain this outcome?

Karen graduated from college four years ago and has been working at Betaphy Inc. ever since. She has consistently received good performance evaluations for the quality of her work. She recently found out that her company hired a fresh college graduate with no experience at a salary higher than hers. Which of the following theories will Karen most likely use to evaluate this situation?

CalTrack Services has been facing employee-related issues like decreased productivity, low morale, and poor organizational commitment in recent times. At a meeting to discuss strategies to address these issues of immediate concern, Joe McEnroe, the production manager, proposed that the roles of employees working on key projects be enhanced to increase autonomy. He felt that this would enhance productivity, motivation, and accountability. Taking a cue from McEnroe, Paul Wilbur suggested job rotation as a solution to the problem they were facing. Wilbur felt that a change of job roles would make the employees keener to learn and perform. He emphasized that job rotation would help management create a larger skill base to choose from, depending on the needs of specific projects.Which of the following, if true, would weaken the argument of adopting job rotation?