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How many Apple pi pies could you make if you had 3/4 teaspoons of ground allspice?

1. An asset manager anticipates the receipt of funds in 200days, which he will use to purchase a particular stock. The stock he had in mind is currently selling for P62.50 and will pay a P0.755 dividend in 50 days and another P0.75 dividend in 140 days. The risk free rate is 4.2%. The manager decides to commit to a future purchase of stock by going long a forward contract on the stock.
   REQUIRED:
   At what price would the manager commit to purchase the stock in 200 days through a forward contract?          (5 marks)
   Suppose the manager enters into the contract at the price you found in Part a. Now, 75 days later, the stock price is P55.75. Determine the value of the forward contract at this point.                       (5 marks)
   It is now the expiration day, and the stock price is P58.50. Determine the value of the forward contract at this time.         (5 marks)

Determine the excess reactant and the excess mass

I’m doing a reflection on Immanuel Kant about how his philosophy is better then Jeremy Bentham, St Thomas Aquinas, and Joseph Fletcher and that his philosophy of the categorical imperative aligns with peoples beliefs the most. I used three points and proof to support my thesis, and my points were:

1. Immanuel kant emphasizes the importance of treating people as end rather than means

2. Immanuel kant promotes the idea of universal ethics.

3. Immanuel kant stress is the significance of individual autonomy in decision making.

Can you please write me a conclusion and a thematic statement that I can, and my whole reflection with. Please make sure it is well worth it, and it is a very good conclusion/closing. Make sure it’s not a great 12 university level. Making good use of advanced words and make it sound good please

CAN YOU WRITE ME A BODY PARAGRAPH WITH THIS POINT, PROOF EXPLANATION INFORMATION?

My point is Immanuel Kant stresses the significance of individual autonomy in decision making.

My proof is: “So act that you use humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means” (Kant, 112)

My explanation is: Kant’s emphasis on individual autonomy, highlight the importance of respecting individuals, freedom and independence in moral decision making. This principle suggest that individuals should take responsibility for their actions and not be unduly influenced by external factors, such as societal norms, or pressure from others. It also implies that individuals have a duty to use their own reason and judgement to make decisions that align with moral principles, rather than blindly, following authority or tradition.

Please make sure all of this information is in a body paragraph so I can add to my reflection you can add extra information to make it sound better and extra explanation to support your quote and your point and extra information for the point make sure this is in a university level tone, and make a good use of advanced words make sure it’s information at a grade 12 university level YOU CAN ADD EXTRA INFO TO SUPPORT AND MAKE IT SOUND BETTER

EXPLAIN THE POINT THOROUGHLY BEFORE YOU SUPPORT IT WITH THE PROOF THEN THOROUGHLY EXPLAIN IT

Answer these questions thoroughly

1. Define law and defend why your definition of law is the better definition. (worth five marks)

2. Explain how the study of law/jurisprudence can be compared to an iceberg? (worth five marks)

3. Martin Luther King in his “ letter from Birmingham Jail”, Al Pacino, in his famous “Justice for All” speech, and Michael Waltzer, provide their own a definition of justice. Do you agree with their definition of justice? Why or why not? (worth 10 marks)

Please don't round or give in fractions

In your on words make and argument for how factors of the Home, School, and Community impacts a student’s academic success.

1. Write a thesis, an argument for the above statement.

2. Include 3-4 pieces of evidence set up in MLA format( Short quotes, no longer that a couple of lines from Mike Rose’s “ I Just Wanna Be Average,” Carol Dweck’s “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids,” and Miles Corwin’s And Still We Rise to support and reinforce your analysis.

3. Be sure to include a Works Cited Page for the following draft .

Please do not simply list how the Home life, School life, or Community affects a student.

Introduction about Internet of Things (IoT)

How can I Calculate the percent difference between the measured VC and the predicted VC?

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time To Replacement/Repair (MTTR), and Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) are useful metrics for evaluating the reliability and availability of a storage resource. Explore these concepts by answering the questions about devices with the following metrics: MTTF: 3 Years MTTR: 1 Day a) Calculate the MTBF for each of the devices in the table. b) Calculate the availability for each of the devices in the table. c) What happens to availability as the MTTR approaches 0? Is this a realistic situation? d) What happens to availability as the MTTR gets very high, i.e., a device is difficult to repair? Does this imply the device has low availability?

Why is it important to use concrete language when writing your speeches and giving feedback to your peers on their speeches ?

Introduction: you’ll construct materials for an experiment, following the principles of experimental design in Gries 

Ditransitive verbs are verbs that appear with two VP-internal arguments. One argument is called the Theme. The Theme is the argument that moves or changes possession in the event described by the verb. The other argument is the Goal. The Goal argument describes where the Theme argument moves to or who gains possession of the Theme at the end of the event. (These are illustrated in (1).)

Many ditransitive verbs in English alternate—that is, appear differently in different syntactic contexts. Give, for instance, has an alternation where its Theme and Goal can appear as an NP and PP, as in (1-a), or as an NP and another NP, as in (1-b). (Some terminology: the PP in the former example is called the indirect object, while the second type of example is sometimes called the double object construction.)

(1) a. She gave a book to the librarian.                      (NP + PP)

b. She gave the library a book.                                  (NP + NP)



This alternation is not always available, though. For instance, (2) and (3) are both pretty odd sounding to native English speakers.

(2) a. I mailed a book to Japan.

b. ??I mailed Japan a book.

(3) a. Bugs give me the creeps.

b. ??Bugs give the creeps to me.

Task: you’ll design an acceptability judgment experiment to test aspects that determine when this alternation is acceptable, by looking at the interaction of construction type (syntactic position of Goal and Theme NPs) and definiteness of the Theme NP.

You’ll construct your stimuli with two variables in mind:

• Construction: Two levels, NP+PP and NP+NP.

• Definiteness: Definiteness of the Theme argument, with the levels Definite and Indefinite.

Note: In English, a definite NP uses the as the article, while an indefinite NP uses a (or nothing) as the article.

It’s not relevant for the task, but the dependent variable is Acceptability, on a 6 point scale.

Here’s a schematized token set, illustrating what you are creating:

                                           Construction: NP PP            Construction: NP NP

Definiteness: Definite          V the-NP to NP                        V a-NP to NP

 Definiteness: Indefinite       V NP the-NP                             V NP a-NP

Table 1: Schematized token set for Construction × Definiteness.

To illustrate more concretely, suppose you constructed a set of example stimuli using give. You might build the following set of stimuli which vary both by construction type and by definiteness of the Goal.

(4) NP+PP

a. The boy gave the chocolate to the girl. (Definite)

b. The boy gave a chocolate to the girl.  (Indefinite)



(5) NP+NP

a. The boy gave the girl the chocolate.  (Definite) 

b. The boy gave the girl a chocolate.  (Indefinite)

Or, in the table format:

                                          NP PP                                                              NP NP

 Definite     The boy gave the chocolate to the girl.          (The boy gave a chocolate to the girl.  NP NP)

 Indefinite   The boy gave the girl the chocolate.                 (The boy gave the girl a chocolate. NP NP)

Table 2: Concrete token set for Construction × Definiteness.

Part A: You are a research assistant for a professor, and are helping them make materials for an experiment. Create twelve concrete token sets total that follow the schema above. These are the crucial sentences that would be shown to a participant in the experiment.

1. List your 12 concrete token sets. Give a label to each concrete token set (e.g. “A”, “B”, etc).

2. Describe any extraneous linguistic variables you took into consideration when you chose your experimental items. What possible language-related confounds did you try to control for in your sentences, and how? Be specific.

2 Part B: Suppose the professor you work for has decided that a between-subjects design is appropriate for this experiment.

1. How many lists of stimuli for the experiment would you have to create in order to use a between-subjects design? Briefly explain your reasoning.

2. At a minimum, how many fillers do there need to be in each stimuli list? Create enough fillers for one list.

3. Discuss the considerations you paid attention to while constructing your fillers.

Part C: Now suppose the professor you’re working for has changed their mind, and decided it’s better to use a within-subjects design for the experiment.

1. How many lists of stimuli would you have to create in order to use a within-subjects design? Briefly explain your reasoning. (Don’t worry about counterbalancing in the answer to this question.)

2. Create one of the stimuli lists for the experiment. Your list should be pseudorandomized and follow the principles Gries. The list should include the experimental sentences from Part A, and an appropriate amount of fillers from Part B. If you discover you need more fillers for your list, create them.

3. Save your list as a comma-separated file or tab-separated file. You should have the columns Sentence (the sentence you are presenting), Definiteness (the definiteness of the sentence, e.g. definite or indefinite), Type (the type of construction, NPNP or NPPP), and TokenSet (the label of the token set the sentence came from). If the sentence is a filler, leave Definiteness and Type blank, and put Filler as the TokenSet.

You’ll wind up with a CSV or TSV that’s structured similar to this:

                                                            …………

Sentence                                                    Definiteness  Type    TokenSet

The boy gave the chocolate to the girl.     Definite        NPPP         A

The boy gave a chocolate to the girl.      Indefinite        NPPP         A

The girl saw the boy in the hall.                                                        Filler

The boy gave the girl the chocolate.         Definite            NPNP      A

The teacher met the student after lunch.                                        Filler

The boy gave the girl a chocolate.           Indefinite           NPNP       A

                                                              …………

How important is it for someone to remain grateful in their life? How can someone practice gratitude in a way that will help them to continue to be successful?

Why did New England’s most powerful Native-American groups forgot their old rivalries and unite to attack the expanding white settlements and towns ?

What explains the bloodiness of the Indian-white conflict (on both sides)?

How are whites able to turn the tide of battle? What factors best explain their victory?

What were the economic political and administrative reasons that led the British royal government to impose these laws on American colonists?

Why did the British not bother to proclaim (impose) these acts before 1650 ( in the days of “salutary neglect” as official imperial colonial policy) ?

Why did the British royal government only authorized English ships sailors to carry goods traded within the empire? Which trading nation was targeted?

What best describes the attitudes of British American settlers toward these navigation laws ? 

What were the most important consequences of these laws for American economic and political life?

In your opinion why did Pontiac and his followers assume that defeating the white enemies required more an inward spiritual and cultural struggle on their parts than open armed rebellion?

GDP and price index concepts have been a challenge for me to grasp. 

Why are counter arguments important to proving your position argumentative or persuasive essay?

Do you think that your counter argument should be researched or should it based on one’s opinion of what the opposite side may claim?

The forward rate is the time-t certainty equivalent of future spot rates -elucidate

Machine learning 

a concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for

a concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for

the most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of

For the following ratings given to items by the users, perform the tasks below:
 
           Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 
User 1   ?           3         ?         3          4 
User 2   4           ?         ?         2          ? 
User 3   ?           ?         3         ?          ? 
User 4   3          ?         4        ?           3 
User 5   4          3         ?        4          4

Note: '?' means user has not rated that item.

For all of these tasks, use Pearson Correlation Coefficient as similarity measure and mean-centered prediction function.
Show your working clearly for :
a) Find nearest neighbors of user 1 for k=2.
b) Apply user-based Collaborative Filtering to predict R(U1, I3) (read: rating for user 1 and item 3).
c) Apply item-based Collaborative Filtering to predict R(U3, I2) and R(U4, I4). (HINT: USE CASCADING)
d) Say we had an option of using mode-centered prediction function instead of using mean. What do you think would be the effect of using mode as a baseline instead of average? Can using mode ever improve the performance of recommender system?

a slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as

the following excerpt represents monophonic texture.

duration, tempo, intensity, scope, setting, and chronology are:

dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music.

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