A CPA exam guide written specifically for international students The US CPA qualification exam is the most popular professional accounting qualification not just in the United States, but around the world as well. As international testing centers open across the globe, increasing numbers of non-American students are taking the exam, but lack a study resource written specifically for them. Author Stephanie Ng passed the exam in less than a year and operates a popular exam test-prep website at IPassTheCPAExam.com. In How to Pass the CPA Exam, Ng explains her techniques and study tactics specifically for students outside the United States. A comprehensive and practical study guide for CPA exam students outside the United States Written by the operator of a highly popular test-prep website for international students Includes practical and effective test-prep resources Packed with smart advice presented from an international perspective, How to Pass the CPA Exam is a must for international students preparing for the test.

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In this semester’s exhibition, I wanted to create a visual representation for my story of being an Asian-American. I decided to explore my relationship with my identity because it is an experience I share with many other Asian-Americans. For the longest time I was embarrassed about my ethnicity. It has taken me great efforts to finally accept and embrace my culture. Still today, I am afraid that people will judge me because I am Chinese. My original plans for an installation had to come to a halt because of COVID-19, however new opportunities arose. With COVID-19 came a rise in anti-Asian sentiment. Asian-Americans have been affected by the increased racism and xenophobia due to the pandemic. There are many articles and social media posts in regards to these issues and I have been able to create collages out of them. The digital collages I have crafted show how my greatest fears of hate and aggression towards my ethnicity have become a clear reality.

Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a genetic disorder characterized by exocrine pancreatic and hematological dysfunction. As hematological complications are major concerns for mortality with limited treatment options, the mechanisms underlying the SDS hematopoietic defects need to be elucidated to advance the development of effective treatments. We hypothesized that the onset of SDS hematopoietic defects occurred in a certain hematopoietic developmental stage. In this study, definitive hematopoietic differentiation of SDS compared to normal hiPSCs showed reduced CFU-GM and BFU-E formation, increased venous and endothelial potential, and reduced viability in embryoid bodies containing hemogenic and vascular endothelia. Over-representation analysis of dysregulated genes in SDS compared to normal hiPSCs showed enrichment for pathways including histones, glycosaminoglycan metabolism, and WNT signaling. This study offers insight into the onset of SDS hematopoietic defects and potentially disrupted pathways in SDS hiPSCs, and provides patient hematopoietic cell resources for drug screening and the potential to improve patient outcome.

Die Bedeutung des US-CPA-Examens nimmt aufgrund der allgemeinen Globalisierung und auch wegen der Prägung der internationalen Rechnungslegungs- und Prüfungsstandards durch die US-Standards ständig zu. Diese Zusatzqualifikation wird daher auch in Deutschland immer häufiger angestrebt. Bis zum Bestehen der CPA-Prüfung, die inzwischen auch computerbasiert abläuft, ist es oftmals ein langer steiniger Weg. Man muss sich durch ein immenses Stoffvolumen kämpfen und daneben noch die Zugangsvoraussetzungen mit diversen Formularen und Anträgen erfüllen. Mit Ihrem Buch will Stephanie Ng, die Betreiberin der Seite IPassTheCPAExam.com speziell internationalen Kandidaten schrittweise zum CPA Examen verhelfen. Neben einem ÃÂoeberblick über Grundsätzliches zum CPA und effiziente Prüfungsvorbereitung gibt sie Hilfestellungen zur Prüfungsvorbereitung in den vier Teilbereichen des Examens: "Audit and Attestation", "Financial Accounting and Reporting", "Regulation" und "Business Environment and Concepts". Abgerundet werden die Ausführungen zur Prüfungsvorbereitung durch Checklisten, einen Countdownplan und eine Packliste für die Reise zur Abschlussprüfung, sodass garantiert nichts schief gehen kann.