After experiencing intermittent nausea, dysphagia and vomiti…

After experiencing intermittent nausea, dysphagia and vomiting over the course of 2 months, a 66-year old man with a history of smoking seeks medical attention. On physical exam, he is otherwise normal, but he admits that he has self-mediated with OTC antacids to relieve his episodes of acid reflux. His condition warrants an endoscopy and a histologic examination is performed from biopsy samples collected at his esophageal-gastric junction. All of the following are associated with this patient’s GI condition except:

After experiencing intermittent nausea, dysphagia and vomiti…

After experiencing intermittent nausea, dysphagia and vomiting over the course of 2 months, a 66-year old man with a history of smoking seeks medical attention. On physical exam, he is otherwise normal, but he admits that he has self-mediated with OTC antacids to relieve his episodes of acid reflux. His condition warrants an endoscopy and a histologic examination is performed from biopsy samples collected at his esophageal-gastric junction. All of the following are associated with this patient’s GI condition except:

Earth Mother Leisure Wear had a mission to become the leadin…

Earth Mother Leisure Wear had a mission to become the leading producer of environmentally friendly leggings, an emerging and in-demand category in the apparel industry. Its strategy involved leveraging a network of organic cotton farmers and suppliers of environmentally responsible synthetic materials to create a product that is durable, attractive, affordable, and 100% recyclable. However, because it did not upgrade its outdated production facilities, Earth Mother Leisure Wear could not assemble its products at a low-enough cost to offer the leggings at a price that was attractive to customers. Earth Mother Leisure Wear’s strategy failed because

DuraLine Ltd. is a landline telephone manufacturer whose ave…

DuraLine Ltd. is a landline telephone manufacturer whose average return on invested capital is approximately 2 percent. Because demand for landline telephones has declined significantly, the industry average return on invested capital has been negative (–5 percent) for the last few years. In this scenario, DuraLine Ltd. has a