A 55-year-old woman is recovering from laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis. She feels well and is preparing for discharge. She asks how soon she can resume her normal diet and activities. Which discharge instruction is most appropriate?

An 18-year-old woman presents with right-lower-quadrant abdominal pain that began periumbilically and migrated. Examination reveals localized tenderness and pain with passive extension of the right hip. Which finding best describes the elicited sign and its implication?

A 36-year-old man undergoes routine laboratory screening. Results show hepatitis B surface antigen positive, hepatitis B core IgM antibody positive, and hepatitis B surface antibody negative. He reports fatigue and mild nausea but denies alcohol use. What do these findings indicate?

North Vietnamese diplomat who turned down the Nobel Peace Prize because “peace has not yet really been established in South Vietnam.”

How are a company’s organizational capabilities developed and enabled?

Starbucks’s employee management, training, and real estate are

Essay Question- ANSWER ONLY QUESTION 1 OR QUESTION 2 BELOW Use the information you learned from your team project to exhibit critical thinking skills and connect it to the content from the semester.   It is not uncommon for me to award extra credit for really well-written and insightful answers to essay questions.   Question 1 Your company manufactures a product that relies heavily on aluminum. Explain all of the following: Three challenges to the aluminum supply chain that your company is most concerned about and why you have each concern (be as specific as possible) Your recommendation for the best way to ensure a reliable supply chain for aluminum for your company in the next 1-3 years. Then explain two concerns you have about your recommendation and why you have these concerns Explain which scope emissions your company is most concerned about in your aluminum supply chain (i.e., scope 1,2,3). Where those emissions originate within your supply chain and why you are concerned about these particular sources of emissions.   Question 2 Your company manufactures a product that relies heavily on at least one of the following rare earths minerals Dysprosium, Terbium or Samarium. Explain all of the following: Three challenges to the rare earths supply chain that your company is most concerned about and why you have each concern (be as specific as possible and note which of the rare earths – or all 3 – you are referring to for each challenge). Your recommendation for the best way to ensure a reliable supply chain for one or more of the 3 rare earths for your company in the next 1-3 years. Then explain two concerns you have about your recommendation and why you have these concerns Explain which scope emissions your company is most concerned about in your rare earths supply chain (i.e., scope 1,2,3). Where those emissions originate within your supply chain and why you are concerned about these particular sources of emissions.   Ensure that you have met the following requirements: Your answer to the question you choose should be at least 400 words. (Since there is no word count function in Brightspace, note that Questions 1 & 2 above are about 120 words each). You must incorporate real information that you learned from class or your team’s research. Clearly, you will not be able to do internet research on these topics during the exam.  No citations, references nor hyperlinks are needed.  Your answer may use bullets or paragraphs or a mix of both Your recommendation for B) above must be realistic (this is not the time for wild optimism) Ensure that you have answered ALL parts of the question. This question is worth 25 points, thus as more than 1/3 of the Final Exam grade, this answer should be sufficiently detailed.   

Explain the most important thing you learned in this class and explain why it was important to your major – remind me what your major is too, please. 

_________ cells are used in the repair and regeneration of skeletal muscle fibers.

Describe three events that occur during the relaxation phase of a skeletal muscle twitch.