What Evidence Suggests That Columbus Did Not Bring Syphilis Back

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Essay

What evidence suggests that Columbus did not bring syphilis back from the New World, but instead brought it from Europe to the New World?

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Definitions:

Variable Overhead Standards

The budgeted or standard costs associated with variable overheads, which are expected to change in proportion to different levels of production activity.

Direct Labor-hours

Represents the total hours of labor directly involved in manufacturing a product or delivering a service.

Variable Overhead Rate

The rate at which variable overhead costs are allocated to each unit of production, typically based on hours of labor or machine hours.

Quantity Standard

A predetermined measure of the amount of input that should be used in the production of a single unit of product or service.