Determine the slope-intercept form for the line passing through the point (1, 4), parallel to the line y = 2x – 7. y = [ans]

Peyer’s patches are similar to lymph nodes but also different.  What is one of the major differences between these structures (not their location)?

You challenge (immunize) two different kinds of mice (wild type and CD8 knockout) with sperm whale myoglobin (SWM).  Are you likely to see a significant difference in the anti-SWM antibody responses between these two kinds of mice?  Explain.  

Can the antibody shown above be produced without T cell help?

We have been talking about tolerance all semester.   Part 1: Explain, 1) what immunological tolerance is, and 2) what the evolutionary advantage of tolerance is.   Part 2: One mechanism of tolerance is central tolerance.  Provide a DETAILED explanation of the mechanisms of central tolerance for: 1) B cells, and 2) T cells.  

Provide the pathway for a drop of blood as is travels through the circulatory system starting at the Right Atrium.

A Supreme Court ruling in the 1980s allowed individual colleges to sell TV rights to their football games directly to broadcasters, a right that prior to the court’s ruling had been held only by the NCAA. Prior to the ruling, the NCAA had limited televised games to one or two per week. You would predict that following the Supreme Court’s decision, there would be ________ in the number of televised football games and ________ in the price paid by broadcasters for TV broadcast rights to any single game.  

Headline: “Used-Car Sales Boom as New Cars Get Too Pricey for Many, (The Wall Street Journal, Sept 23, 2018). The most likely explanation for what is happening in the used and new car markets is ________.

EverSoft Soap Company has developed a new facial soap and wants to determine whether to offer a rebate on each customer’s first purchase of a new bar of soap. EverSoft estimates that, with distribution expenses, each $1.00 rebate will cost the firm $1.50. EverSoft should ________.

Suppose that you are managing a firm and want to maximize your profits. You find that when you increase the level of production in the short run, the cost of producing any additional output increases. Knowing this information, what should you do with your production levels?