When the employees of a large maintenance and building repair company tried to organize a union, the company fired several of the most active organizers, began holding one-on-one meetings to interrogate employees about their intentions, and sent each employee a letter with veiled threats about what would happen if they joined the union. This employer is utilizing:

A) Theory X management tactics.
B) Adversarial HR management.
C) Union substitution tactics.
D) Union suppression tactics.

Briefly describe how the same pathways that oxidize glucose can also metabolize proteins.

Which of the following patterns suggests that cytomegalovirus has tracked the evolution of its primate hosts for millions of years?

A) The cytomegalovirus phylogeny mirrors the phylogeny of primates.
B) The cytomegalovirus phylogeny mirrors the phylogeny of other viruses.
C) The cytomegalovirus phylogeny has fewer branches than the phylogeny of primates.
D) The cytomegalovirus phylogeny is very different from the phylogeny of nonhuman primates.

What action is most responsible for the resting membrane potential in cardiac muscle cells?

A) Movement of K⁺ through voltage-gated K⁺ channels
B) Movement of Na⁺ through open Na⁺ channels
C) Movement of Ca²⁺ through voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channels.
D) Closing of Na⁺ and K⁺ voltage-gated channels

Inflammation of the gums is called

A) gingivitis.
B) periodontitis.
C) dental caries.
D) gumma infections.
E) gummitis.