The Homeowners' Association is struggling with which cost method to use when allocating costs to individual property owners. Their debate centers around which policy is the "fairest" to all parties. Certainly, no true cost allocation is absolutely correct, however, the arguments at the homeowners' meeting addresses a number of alternatives for allocating the project costs. A basic allocation is proposed by the Homeowners Association. Their proposal allocates cost using the number of lots on the island: Endangered lots are assessed tenpercent for the total estimated cost based on historical precedent with each other lot assessed an equal share of the estimated total cost after the initial direct charge to endangered properties. The results of these calculations are presented in Table 4. The second allocation, proposed at the meeting, focuses on relative property values. This proposal would allocate cost to individual property owners based on unbiased and straightforward tax assessments of value that are proportional to property market values. The values given in the case reflect district values, and from these district values, an average lot value can be derived. Table 6 provides an example of this allocation scheme for the endangered lots.

41 What are the clinical features of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva?

42 Does dobutamine (dose range 2.5-10 g/kg/min) cause significant tachycardia?

43 Are beta-blockers indicated in heart failure; if yes, in all cases or in selected cases?

44 Why does long-term treatment by digitalis cause gynaecomastia?

45 Why do toxic doses of digoxin (which cause a decrease in excitability of cardiac tissue) cause arrhythmias, whereas therapeutic levels of digoxin (which cause increase in excitability) cause no arrhythmias?

46 Hypokalaemia is one of the complications of digitalis. In treatment we give K. How does the hyperkalaemia enhance the digitalis toxicity?

47 Why should we measure serum potassium before we start digoxin?

48 The intravenous administration of loop diuretics such as furosemide relieves pulmonary oedema rapidly. Is this due to arteriolar vasodilatation reducing afterload which is an action that is independent of its diuretic effect? I ask this because I have been told that this drug has no effect on arterioles (except on efferent arterioles of the kidney), but rather a venodilatatory effect. What could be the cause of such different opinions?

49 There have been a number of recent publications concerning aspirin versus warfarin trials. Would you recommend prescribing warfarin for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in patients suffering from their first myocardial infarction (MI)?

50 Is it true that in future the ApoA : ApoB ratio will be used to predict the risk of coronary artery disease more efficiently than low-density lipoprotein (LDL)?