managerial accounting.AMP was founded in 1941 to support the war effort by selling electrical connectors to the U.S. government. AMP commercialized the technique of crimping, whereby an electrical contact is quickly attached to a wire using a hand tool instead of being slowly soldered. After WWII, AMP enjoyed rapid growth from the expanding computer electronics industry. In 1955, AMP changed its name from Aero-Marine Products to AMP. Since then, AMP had become the world's leading manufacturer of electrical and electronic connectors (see Exhibit I for examples of connectors). Global revenue in 1996 was U.S.$5.5 billion (see Exhibits II to III). AMP had 48,000 employees in 53 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. Nearly half of those employees worked in the world headquarters of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Question 31 What investigations are necessary to exclude secondary polycythaemia?

Question 32 What is the management plan in a patient with secondary polycythaemia presenting with transient ischaemic attacks (TIA)?

Question 33 Why do patients with polycythaemia vera have a tendency to bleed, even though 50% of them have an elevated platelet count?

Question 34 In hyposplenic patients, what precautions are necessary for patients who intend to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Haj?

Question 35 What is the mechanism of development of splenomegaly in chronic leukaemia?

Question 36 In idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), thrombocytes are mainly destroyed in the spleen owing to an immune mechanism. Why, therefore, is there no splenic enlargement as there is with other diseases?

Question 37 Where exactly is the Traub's space? How exact is the percussion of the Traub's space as a sign indicating the size of the spleen?

Question 38 Can you please tell me the indications and complications of blood transfusion. Question 39 Several times I have read the phrase 'white blood cells elevated with a left shift'. I am wondering what 'left shift' or 'left deviation' stands for.

Question 40 What is the clear definition of 'bleeding time' and 'clotting time'? And what are the applied differences between them?