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The accumulation of partially decayed plant material is called Pea Peat may be covered with sediment and placed under extreme andss With time and pressure peat may be compressed into boaAu tread (Paragraph 2)The rate of fossil fuel formation was great during the period. The lands were covered by Carbon accross and the climate was ool Zdanne so this favored year round growth. The Svps dominated the landscape and hence created most of the coal. Also present but not in type of seed plants. abundance were the (Paragrpah 3) which tree dominated in the Carboniferous? trees Another tree, Giant Horsetails, was also abundant. These were both svps, so they still had external fertilization (released spores and sperm into the water). They flourished in this tropical/wet climate. (Pg 401, paragraph 2) What happened to the climate and hence the svp trees at the end of the \"R Carboniferous? climakt tin coz t ceel ca med agey in The water receded so the spores and sperm croaked Only pmaALlycDonytes relatives of SVP trees remain today. One group of Gymnosperms, survived to today. They evolved pollen to transport sperm and so moved to internal fertilization. They were able to take over the drying landscape at the end of the Carboniferous!!!!! Solution Ques-1: The accumulation of partially decayed plant material is called peat. Peat may be covered with sediment and placed under extreme pressure. With time and pressure peat may be compressed into \"peat bog\" or mire Ques-2 The rate of fossil fuel formation was great during the carboniferous period. The lands were covered by peat (dead trees & dead plant organisms) and climate was cold & damped. So this favored year round growth. The SVPs dominated the landscape and hence created most of the coal. Also present but not in abundance were the vascular -angiosperm type of seed plants.
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140
70
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87
131
150
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90
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120
90
107
95
100
97
141
160
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130
100
117
105
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110
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127
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130
127
171
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PCP 10
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80
$ 90
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$ 100
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115
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AD=Exposure x Adsorption Factor
Exposure = Concentration x Intake x Duration x Frequency
Body Weight
_____________________________________________________________________________
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Another way to calculate LADD is:
LADD = (C x IR x ED)/(BW x LT) ;
where;
C = concentration of chemical
IR = intake rate
ED = exposure duration
BW = body weight
LT = lifetime (also AT)
(a) Total Annual LADD due to drinking water + showering
(1) Drinking water
C = 0.003 mg/L
IR = 2 L daily; for 1 year = 2*365 = 730 L
ED = AT = 1 year = 365 days
LT = 70 years = 25,550 days
BW = 70 kg
i.e, LADD = (0.003 * 730 * 1) / (70 *365)
= 8.57 x 10-5 mg/kg.day
(2) Similarly, for dermal absorption
For dermal adsorption,
Dosage, D = (C x P x SA x ET x CF) / (BW); where
D = Dose ( mg/kg day)
C = conc. of contaminant (mg/L)
P=Permeability coefficient (cm/hr)
SA = exposed body surface area (cm2); here 19400 cm2 (Standard value)
ET = Exposure time (hrs/day); here 0.25 hours /day
CF = conversion factor = 1 L/1000 cm3
BW = body weight = 70 kg
thus, D= (0.003*(6.15*10-5*10-2/60)*19400*0.25))/(1000*70)
=2.13*10-12 mg/kg.day.
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C++ problem
Part 1: Recursive Print (40 pts)
Please write the recursive List reverse print function, whose iterative version we wrote in class.
Below are the function signatures for the functions you are going to need:
public:
/**Additional Operations*/
void print_reverse();
//Wrapper function that calls the reverse helper function to print a list in reverse
//prints nothing if the List is empty
private:
void reverse(Nodeptr node);
//Helper function for the public printReverse() function.
//Recursively prints the data in a List in reverse.
Why do we need the private helper function here?
Since we are going to be reversing our list node by node, in a recursive fashion, we want to pass
a one node at a time to our reverse function.
However, since our nodes are private, we cannot access them if we call the function inside of
main.
Add these function signatures to your List.h file along with your other function prototypes inside
the class definition.
Make sure that you place the reverse function inside the private portion of your List class
definition and the print_reverse function prototype to the public portion of your List class
definition.
Now, implement these two functions inside of List.h, under your section for additional
operations.
Important: Test each function carefully inside of your ListTest.cpp to make sure that it is
working properly.
Part 2: Adding an Index to Your List Nodes (20 pts)
Next, you will add the following functions to your List.h
/**Accessor Functions*/
int get_index();
//Indicates the index of the Node where the iterator is currently pointing
//Nodes are numbered from 1 to length of the list
//Pre: length != 0
//Pre: !off_end()
...
int List::get_index()
{
//Implement the function here
}
/**Manipulation Procedures*/
void scroll_to_index(int index);
//Moves the iterator to the node whose index is specified by the user
//Pre: length != 0
...
void scroll_to_index(int index)
{
//Implement function here
}
Part 3: Implementing Search as Part of Your List (40 pts)
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our List.
The first of these functions is going to be a simple linear search function.
You will need to add the following function prototype and function definition to your List.h:
/**Additional Operations*/
int linear_search(listitem item);
//Searchs the list, element by element, from the start of the List to the end of the List
//Returns the index of the element, if it is found in the List
//Returns -1 if the element is not in the List
//Pre: length != 0
...
int List::linear_search(listitem item)
{
//Implement the function here
}
You are also going to add a function to perform recursive binary search on your List.
You will need to add the following function prototype and function definition to your List.h:
int binary_search(int low, int high, listitem item);
//Recursively searchs the list by dividing the search space in half
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1.What does the emergence of autonomous vehicles mean to you? What value about car travel
would you increase, decrease, eliminate?
2. Think of at least 3 Blue Ocean innovations that would be needed in order for autonomous
vehicles to be successful: these can be internal/organizational efficiency innovations or new
products/services.
3. Do you think the biggest barriers will be technical or social in nature?
4) each individual should create a list of at least 10 “factors of competition” that are relevant to
the personal transportation market.
5) Conduct “mini-interviews” with at least 5 people and get feedback about your identified
factors of competition – are some factors more important to people than others, are there factors
identified by your interviewees that you missed? Note: these are informal “mini-interviews”, and
each individual must conduct at least 5 interviews to provide market feedback on your factors of
competition. Record your notes from each mini-interview using the table structure below:
Interviewee
Name, Age, Location, Gender and About
Eliminate
Reduce
Raise
Create
Insights
Mary Jones: 48 from Birmingham, AL. Female. Busy working mom with 2 middle-school kids
1. External Appearance
2. Taxi services
3. New road construction
4. Road signs
5. Mom having to drive kids to soccer practice – YEAH!!
1. Complexity of the dashboard
2. Air pollution
3. Engine size and performance
4. Car salesmen and personal car ownership
1. Entertainment and internet access in car
2. Comfort through alternative seating styles (e.g. 4 people facing each other around a table)
3. Ease of maintenance and longevity of cars
1. Members-only service (e.g. I belong to the Volvo driving club, which has its own app and
fleet of cars)
2. Vehicle support services – cars need to come in to get gas and fixed by mechanics
Value proposition: Time (not having to drive kids everywhere)
Safety (people could drink and get home safely)
Fun (spend travel time playing with kids, watching movies etc.) individual’s interview summary
table, each individual’s original list of 10 competitive factors. These should all be aggregated
into one document and uploaded to our Canvas course site.
Interviewee
Name, Age, Location, Gender and About
Eliminate
Reduce
Raise
Create
Insights
Mary Jones: 48 from Birmingham, AL. Female. Busy working mom with 2 middle-school kids
1. External Appearance
2. Taxi services
3. New road construction
4. Road signs
5. Mom having to drive kids to soccer practice – YEAH!!
1. Complexity of the dashboard
2. Air pollution
3. Engine size and performance
4. Car salesmen and personal car ownership
1. Entertainment and internet access in car
2. Comfort through alternative seating styles (e.g. 4 people facing each other around a table)
3. Ease of maintenance and longevity of cars
1. Members-only service (e.g. I belong to the Volvo driving club, which has its own app and
fleet of cars)
2. Vehicle support services – cars need to come in to get gas and fixed by mechanic.
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You have installed a PCIe wireless NIC in a computer desktop in a small office environment that
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within range, the computer still receives a poor Wi-Fi signal. What can you do to improve the
computer’s reception?
A. Turn up the sensitivity on the PCIe wireless NIC.
B. Install a PCIe wireless NIC with a stronger receiver.
C. Install an external USB wireless NIC that can have its antenna placed to get better reception.
D. Change the entire wireless network to use an 802.11 standard that has greater range.
Solution
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kind of enzyme is our novel enzyme likely to be? Type I topoisomerase Type II topoisomerase
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Which of the following wireless standards uses direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) by
default?
A. Bluetooth
B. 802.11a
C. 802.11b
D. 802.11ac
Solution
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Which one of the following statements about lichens is false? lichens are resistant to pollution.
Lichens can withstand severe drought. lichens are important pioneers on new land. Some
lichens are thousands of years old. Some lichens tolerate severe cold. Which of the following
bacterium type would die in the presence of oxygen(poisoning)? Obligate aerobes Obligate
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nuclear envelope identical rRNA sequences 1 only 3 only 1 and 3 2 and 3 2 and 4 What do
\"fimbriae\" of bacteria do? Catch food Absorbing liquid food Sticking to a substrate. Help in
sexual reproduction All of the above. Picking up naked exracellular DNA molecule is
accomplished during Transcription Conjugation Transformation Transduction Translation
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plasmid F plasmids
Solution
Lichens are resistant to pollution Obligate anaerobes lack of nuclear envelope Sticking to the
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What is the capability to combine data from separate sources to gain information?
A. Metadata
B. Inference
C. Aggregation
D. Deadlocking
Solution
C. Aggregation is the capability to combine data from separate sources to gain information.
Answer A is incorrect because metadata is data about data. Answer B is incorrect because
inference attacks occur when authorized users infer information by analyzing the data they have
access to. Answer D is incorrect because deadlocking is a database stalemate.
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Solution
Organisms that synthesise the organic elements of life from the inorganic molecules are known
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by photosynthesis). Photosynthesis is a process through which plants use sun energy for the
production of organic material. Plants utilise necessary amount of sunlight for photosynthesis.
The major factors affecting the primary production in different zones of oceans and lakes are,
1). Availability of Sun light
2). Mineral nutrients
In contrast, the terrestrial plants have the limitations of water supply and uniform temperature.
As the aquatic plants and organisms live in the water itself, they do not suffer from water
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