When US Special Forces invaded Afghanistan, the Taliban engaged primarily in mobile warfare and started engaging in “social preparation” in anticipation of a drawn out conflict. Which of Mao’s stages of insurgency does this best represent? 

In his book, Sir Robert Thompson (1966) outlined five key principles that counterinsurgents should adopt. Provide an argument for which ONE of these principles the US military should have followed more closely in order to improve their operations in Afghanistan. Support your argument with evidence from at least ONE of the other course readings (e.g. Martin 2014, Haim 2024, Malkasian 2021, Malejacq 2019, Restrepo, etc.). 

BCH4024 F2024 OC E4 Q31: Which of the following is NOT found in a mature, translation-ready eukaryotic mRNA molecule?

Recommendations to alter the gut microbiome include all of the following except:

Consider the following binary search tree (BST):   What is the pre-order traversal of this tree?

BCH4024 F2024 OC E4 Q16: Which of the following is NOT a function of bacterial core RNA polymerase?

Merge sort partitioning. numbers = [50, 20, 40, 60, 10, 80, 30]startIndex = 2endIndex = 6What is the index of the left partition’s last element?

BCH4024 F2024 OC E4 Q28: 

Which is true about lycopene?

What two probiotic strains have been shown to reduce inflammation, enhance gutbarrier function, and regulate stress hormones?