Beta blockers (β-blockers or BBs) were invented and designed by Sir James Black‚ who was a Nobel Prize winning scientist. Black designed beta blockers to counteract stimulated adrenergic effects. He demonstrated that‚ by blocking the cardiac beta-receptors‚ these agents could cause inhibitory effects on the sinus node (chronotropic effect)‚ atrioventricular node (dromotropic effect)‚ and on myocardial contractility (inotropic effect).1 It is important to note that not all beta receptors (β-receptors)
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ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim." Reciting facts for students to absorb is undoubtedly an easy method of teaching‚ but is it effective? This essay attempts to answer the question of what it means to be an effective teacher by examining in more detail five areas that‚ when implemented effectively‚ can help to produce a productive learning environment that will enable effective teaching to take place – classroom organisation; student diversity;
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yield on junk bonds is lower than the yield on AAA-rated bonds because of the higher default risk associated with junk bonds. Answer True False 1 points Question 4 In general‚ interest on bonds‚ like dividends on preferred stock‚ may be deferred until a later date at the discretion of management‚ making debt financing more appealing to corporate managers. Answer True False 1 points Question 5 Restrictive provisions in bond indenture agreements are designed
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Returns 1 RETURNS Prices and returns Let Pt be the price of an asset at time t. Assuming no dividends the net return is Pt Pt − Pt−1 −1= Rt = Pt−1 Pt−1 The simple gross return is Pt = 1 + Rt Pt−1 Returns 2 Example: If Pt−1 = 2 and Pt = 2.1 then 2.1 Pt 1 + Rt = = = 1.05 and Rt = 0.05 Pt−1 2 Returns 3 The gross return over k periods (t − k to t) is 1 + Rt (k) := Pt−1 Pt−k+1 Pt Pt ··· = Pt−k Pt−1 Pt−2 Pt−k = (1 + Rt ) · · · (1 + Rt−k+1 ) Returns are • scale-free‚ meaning that they do not depend
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How Good Are Private Equity Returns? This article by Robert Conroy and Robert Harris researches the historical successfulness of investments in firms from the private sector as opposed to investments in firms traded publicly. The article begins by referencing how private equity investment has grown from what they believe is a correlation to huge management fees‚ reduced transparency and concern over job loss. More institutions are taking this path in search of higher returns and diversification
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What does it mean to be a WestJetter? The airline industry rides a train that is propelled by many different factors‚ such as the state of the economy‚ jet fuel prices‚ people’s view of the industry itself and the image of the individual airline entity. Founded by Clive Beddoe‚ Don Bell‚ Mark Hill and Tim Morgan‚ WestJet has been riding a different train from the get-go since its inauguration in 1996‚. Nobody would have thought that a bottom-up management structure in an airline business would
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Income Tax Return Assignment You have your own CPA tax practice and you are greeted with new clients: Albert and Jenny Cunningham and their two children. You meet with them and they give you the information shown below. They would like you to prepare their tax return for 2013. They would like to file married filing jointly. NOTE: Reference to the “current tax year” below for the taxpayers‚ Albert and Jenny‚ it is for the calendar year 2013. Albert and Jenny Cunningham (both 42 years
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will sufficiently explain the transactions and financial position of the company and enable true and fair profit and loss accounts and balance sheets and any documents required to be attached thereto to be prepared from time to time‚ and shall cause those records to be kept in such manner as to enable them to be conveniently and properly audited. Thus‚ Beta Sdn Bhd‚ a private company‚ shall keep the accounting and other records of the company. The Beta Sdn Bhd‚ the company is required to keep records
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HOW COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE ARE RELATED Communication has been one of the most powerful tools that humans species have develop trough thousands of years and that we still have. There are many types of communication like body language‚ eye contact‚ sign language‚ paralanguage‚ haptic language‚ and chromic‚ also media like pictures‚ graphics‚ sounds and writing. Culture emerged in the XII and XIX century in Europe. The word culture means cultivation or improvement‚ how the human species act‚ thinks
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1.1 INTRODUCTION Every investment is characterised by return and risk. The concept of risk is intuitively understood by investors. In general‚ it refers to the possibility of incurring a loss in a financial transaction. But risk involves much more than that. The word ‘risk’ has a definite financial meaning. The possibility of variation of the actual return from the expected return is termed risk. Corporate securities and government securities constitute important
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