Essays on Reaction

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Exom sequencing is also known as whole exom sequencing (WES). This sequencing technique is used to sequence all the expressed genes in a genome also called as exom. It is one of the most widely used targeted sequencing methods. The exom which is the protein coding region of the human genome consists of less than 2% of the genetic code. This region is responsible for containing more than 85% of known disease-related variants. Thus, whole exom sequencing is a cost-effective alternative to whole genome sequencing (WGS). This technique is efficient in identifying coding variants across a wide range of ...

The human papillomavirus is an infection that is sexually transmitted. This disease widespread with the men and women that are sexually very active and hence, they are exposed to this critical virus at some point in their life . The spread of this virus is common in the United States of America, where there are more than 14 million new cases of HPV every year. There are more than 40 viral strands of HPV that most commonly impact the genitals . This virus is passed through skin to skin contact during the intercourse or any other form of contact with the ...

Differences between Classical and Operant Conditioning

In Behavioral Psychology, the term ‘conditioning’ is used to refer to a theory that learning can allow a human being or animal to modify the response (reaction) to a stimulus (event/object) (Hill, 2001). There are two types of conditioning: classical conditioning and operant conditioning with distinct characteristics. When the two types are contrasted, it is easily noticeable that both approaches involve diverse learning patterns. As far as classical conditioning is concerned, it involves “learning by association, and refers to the conditioning of reflexes – how animals learn to associate new stimuli with innate bodily reflexes” (Hill, 2001). According to operant ...

Introduction

For understanding how the corn industry and the industry of water, I have interviewed with the marketing professionals from these two industries. Considering that marketing departments monitor the demand conditions, they can give us adequate information about their market.

Interviewer: What type of industry are you operating in? Marketing Professional 1: Producing corn requires using large lands, machinery, and knowledge of cultivating corn. Therefore, a company needs to have a high amount of financial resources to enter this market. Also, producing corn requires having the scientific knowledge for agricultural production. Changing climate and worse environmental conditions force us to ...

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Synopsis A

I agree with some parts of Synopsis A that refers to a chain of command being created to ensure a more systematic management of the Band of Merrymen. However, I believe that the solution does not provide specifics as to how revenues can be collected. I believe that it would be best to place leaders nearby the towns so that they can be easily identified by the wealthy, which will then lead them to avoid the areas where they know that the band’s leaders are located. I think that the solution is incomplete without ...

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Introduction5 Literature Review..6 Conclusion....11 References..12 Abstract Negative (opposing or intimidating) events arouse robust and speedy physiological, rational, emotive, and social reactions. This organization of the organism is accompanied by physical, cognitive, and interactive results that diminish, lessen, and even wipe out the influence of that incident. This array of mobilization-minimization seems to be bigger for undesirable events than for unbiased or positive happenings. Hypothetical explanations of this response form are reviewed in this paper. Further, it will give a verdict on whether negative bias has been helpful or harmful to the process of human evolution. It is established that ...

Mike Mayo takes on Citigroup (A) and (B)

Do you agree with Mike Mayo’s concerns about the extent of Citigroup’s DTA’s? Why or why not? I agree with Mike Mayo’s concern about Citigroup’s Deferred Tax Assets (DTA’s). Citigroup’s DTA’s increased from $4.7 billion at the end of 2006 to $38 billion by the third quarter of 2009. Citigroup would use the huge DTA’s to shield future profits from taxation to a tune of $38 billion. However, the accounting rules require that a firm can only carry the DTA’s if it is reasonably probable that the firm would ...

Abstract

The aim of the experiment is to plot the calibration curve for deteremination of antigen 4D5 by performing ELISA experiment. The primary antibody was blocked by bovine serum albumin, then it reacted with IgG (secondary antibody). Then, the system was washed with carbonate, blocking and substrate buffers. Three replicate experiments were performed, and the experiment was performed with the serial dilutions. By measuring the optical density of the diluted solutions, the calibration line was obtained and the region with the linear dependence “concentration – optical density” was determined. The callibaraion line can be used for the practical tasks: for detecting ...

It is clear all of the contracted workers associated with the case study all completed their orientation training. At the same time, these new employees were tasked with the job of isolating the acid feed steam for the Claus unit, which they failed to do. This paper will discuss the hazards present, the steps the incident command must conduct, explain changes to plan if polymerization occurs, and explains changes to plan based on the result of the post incident critique. First of all, it is clear continuous training is essential to the refreshment of knowledge in order to avoid ...

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If you ever tried to solve an issue with finding an employee for a particular position in your company, you must know that it’s quite difficult to find a professional. Sometimes this issue is solved simply but sometimes you need a whole raw of tests and interviews to see what kind of person is sitting in front of you and if you can trust him/her with an important job. Big companies hire special managers to find proper workers. And if you have a rather small enterprise, you have to find them yourself. It’s not that easy – an ...

Internet Assignment – Locating Public Opinion Polls

Assignment #3: Public Opinion Polls The Gallup Organization What question did the pollster ask? “Based on what you have heard or read, how would you rate Donald Trump’s inauguration speech? Would you rate it as excellent, good, just okay, poor or terrible?” .

When was the poll conducted?

Give the percentage breakdowns for the response to the question you wrote above. Excellent 29% Good 24% Just okay 22% Poor 6% Terrible 14% Describe the poll’s methodology: Telephone interviews were conducted on January 20, 2017 using a random sample of 508 people over eighteen years of age living in the United States. The margin ...

In order to get to collage, I had to make many challenging decisions. At a particular time in my life, I realized that most of the things that we do come as an instinct. However, that marks the difference between these events is the outcomes that are associated. The difference is also observed from how they affect our lives in a different way compared to the possible outcome in case they could have been done differently. Eventually, the occurrence of these events and how we influence them is a matter of our mindset. The outcomes always depend on whether ...

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Change Model for Short-Term Change

The planned change is to set-up a website to sell-off long-standing inventory items. This change is small and specific and would involve only a small number of people. For this kind of scenario, the Action Research would be suitable (Weiss, 2016). It has been proven effective for planned change for small to medium-scale change interventions. It can allow implementers to immediately go into planning and implementation through data collection and analysis. The project leader will also act as a change consultant to effect the implementation of the website. His first task is to identify impacts of ...

Homework Assignment 1

Question 1: Explain the key difference between irritation and allergic contact dermatitis. Contact dermatitis refers to a condition in which the skin becomes sore, red or inflamed after direct contact with a foreign substance. There are two types that include irritant and allergic contact dermatitis. Irritant dermatitis occurs after a body comes into contact with acid or alkaline material. It can also be caused by other materials such as a soap detergent, fabric softeners, solvents and any other chemical that get into contact with the body. The irritation is usually confined to the specific area that the body came ...

ETHICAL VIOLATIONS BY ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

The Law and Order SUV episode Parole Violations is a trip on the dark side of law enforcement. The story is a look at how people in power within the enforcement system, in particular, Parole Officers, can and do use their power to manipulate and control parolees, who are entrusted by the system to their care and direction. Parolees are often struggling to find their way while fighting the stigma of being a convicted criminal. This episode examines some concepts that go against the norm, such as whether to believe the word of a convicted criminal over that of ...

Abstract

The study of tiny particles and their applications have emerged as an important area of research in recent years. In particular, magnetic nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention due to their unique properties that make the particles useful in numerous applications. Accordingly, the present review investigates the synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications of magnetic nanoparticles. The introduction section examines recent advances in nanotechnology and explains the significance of magnetic nanoparticles in scientific research. The section on results and discussion presents the findings of various researchers with a focus on the magnetic properties, synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications of magnetic nanoparticles. ...

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The separation processes in industry are a common practice especially in the developed countries as well as in the developing world. As a result, it is a good step to improve the separation techniques to ensure a better process for the production of the finished commodities. The classification of the distillation columns and the packed bed columns together with an analysis of their ability to perform efficiently in the industry is vital. Therefore, the paper entails an analysis of each group of distillation columns, taking into account their ability to carry out their duties, as well as the reason ...

Introduction

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a group of technologies that received recognition in 21 century. CCS process consists of collection and concentration of CO2 emitted from combustion of fossil fuels with further transportation to special storage locations. The reason for storing carbon dioxide away is related Greenhouse effect and its influence on global warming process. The main goal of carbon capture technologies is to stabilize the levels of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. It is expected that implementation of CCS technologies will make it possible to reduce the total emission of CO2 up to 54% (to 450 ppmv). ( ...

Question #1

Hazards posed when one interacts with hazardous materials available at the refinery and related facilities, including the by-products, incident fire and release of acidic gas. Crude oil consists of petroleum hydrocarbons. When the products are discharged into the environment through leakage, spillage, or combustion; physical, chemical as well as biological activities occur. The aliphatic compounds in crude oil react with oxidizing compounds like nitric acid, oxygen or heat; they burn to generate carbon II Oxide and water. Sulfur in crude oil burns in air to produce sulfur dioxide. At about 400 – 500 ppm, exposure to sulfur oxide is considered ...

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Carbon capture is an essential approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Different plants utilize various technologies in reducing carbon dioxide emission. Some of the conventional techniques employed include oxy-fuel, pre, and post-combustion carbon capture. These approaches have a high potential for capturing carbon dioxide. However, their massive initial and implementation costs have been a challenge to plants globally. Additionally, most of them are yet to experience large scale applications. Therefore, it is essential for research and development activities to be conducted. This can ensure a reduction in the cost of production. The carbon capture technologies differ in costs. This ...

In this paper, we will explore the psychological impacts of two human-made disasters. One that happened during the First World War, and the other one is a recent terrorist attack in Paris, in 2015. The Lusitania Disaster was an attack from the German army to a British ship liner coming from New York to Liverpool, UK. The terrorist attack in Paris however was not a war attack, so people were not expecting anything as such. However, it can be argued that we are on a war today, that begun by several attacks of radical Islamic groups against the West. ...

Introduction

The cost of manufacturing ammonia using the Haber process plant constitutes the following components: the cost of energy, raw materials, equipment, labor and sparking substances (catalysts). Energy (gas or electricity) costs are incurred to maintain the temperature of the reaction. The Harber process is operated at very high temperatures, and pressures thus higher costs of energy are incurred. Some of the raw materials consumed in the Haber process such as nitrogen and hydrogen are recovered at the end of the process. The recovered materials are recycled back to the system to reduce the cost of raw materials. Starting and ...

Abstract

The field of Nanoscience has evolved due to the other advancements in the other fields of study such as the Nanotechnology. While the latter is a subset of the former, there is credible evidence that points to the fact that Nanotechnology has been developed thanks to various areas such as biology, material science, engineering physics, chemistry and much more. It is the foundation on which the Magnetic Nanoparticles have been embedded. MNP is nanoparticle that has the magnetic manipulation ability. Thus, this paper focuses on the study of the Magnetic Nanoparticles especially how they are formed or synthesized and ...

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Introduction

Change is a process that impacts all organizations. As observed by management expert, Kurt Lewin, “group life is never without change, merely differences in the amount and type of change exist” (Burnes, 2004, p. 981). Most change initiatives, however, fails because of the tendency of people to resist change. People, according to management experts, fear change and so they tend to revert back to old ideas and practices even if the change is for the better. This tendency of the individuals to resist change affects the organization as a whole. Also, the longer the ...

Research Question

The effect of increasing the concentration of two reactants, i.e. Calcium Chloride solution and Sodium Carbonate solution, on the percentage yield of Calcium Carbonate is to be studied in this experiment. The efficiency analysis for the production of Calcium Carbonate (also known as chalk) is to be carried out. The dependent variable in this experiment is the percentage yield of Calcium Carbonate, expressed as percentage (%). The independent variable is the concentration of the reactants, i.e. Calcium Chloride solution and Sodium Carbonate solution. The concentrations are expressed in moles/liter or moles/dm3. While the control variable is the mass of the ...

Psychology

Stress is an inevitable part of everybody’s life. There is no such person that has never experienced stress. In this essay, we are going to talk about types of stress and try to explain why it emerges. In addition, we are going to discuss the ways of coping with it.

Definition of stress

We often meet with this concept in our lives. We often say to ourselves, our life is a series of certain stress. It is important to understand that everything that is new can cause stress in our lives. So what is stress itself? Stress is a feeling of ...

Status of the document.

This document is a project proposal for the development of starch-based hemostatic products. Acknowledgement. Much thanks to the project supervisor who offered guidance in every step of the development of this proposal. Developing starch based hemostatic products Project summary. Purpose: This proposal is envisioned to develop a hemostatic agent from purified plant starch. In this case, the product of the reaction should be developed by the formation of microporous hemosphere particles after etherification, esterification and crosslinking of glucose molecules to form ethyl propanetriol (glycerol-ether links (1-3 deoxy propanol)). The second intention of this study is to investigate the properties ...

Embassytown is a novel by China Mieville which falls in the category of sci-fi novels. Present on the planet Arieka, Embassytown resides as a colony in the state of Bremen. It happens to be an important colony due to its trading goods which include precious metals and biotechnology made with the help of aliens. There is a constant struggle between the use of language and the need for communication amongst the people living in Embassytown. There is the concept of the ‘Immer’ which means always, and it is the medium that is used to travel to Arieka as it ...

Foing-nova is an IT company located in Varaždin, Croatia, which provides software for users of the state budget. However, Foing-nova remains a small business despite recently changing its location and expanding its headquarters. After consulting RajkoTomiek, who is the CEO of Foing-nova, it was clearly understood that the most suitable method of company’s expansion would be to increase their market share. Although, Foing-nova is expected to gain new customers by entering a new market and thus become more profitable. However, a strategy must be put in place to ease the diversification of the company and to ensure ...

Introduction:

Nanobiotechnology serves as an imperative technique in the development of clean, nontoxic, and eco-friendly procedures for the synthesis and congregation of metal NPs having the intrinsic ability to reduce metals by specific metabolic pathways. Silver nanoparticles are particularly interesting nanoscale systems due to the ease with which they can be synthesised and modified chemically. Synthesis of silver nanoparticles has been widely researched due to their interesting size and shape-dependent properties [26]. These novel properties can be tailored by controlling their size, shape, composition, structure and crystallinity. Due to their size features and advantages over available anti-microbial properties, chemical imaging ...

I want to learn how to manage my stress. As well as other people, I experience stressful situations every day, and I notice that inability to manage the received stress disturbs my sleep and causes neurosis: I constantly feel anxiety and often experience excessive sweat, trembling of my hands, and inability to sit motionlessly for more than 2-3 minutes. I hope that the ability to manage my stress will reduce its negative impact on my nervous system and release me from these symptoms. I think that at the moment, my perception and reaction to stressful situations are habitual, and ...

Introduction

Numerous types of color processes in film has been witnessed throughout time. It is evident that some color has been more successful in film than others. As a matter of fact, some colors have remained dominant for an extended period while others fade away quickly if not required. In the future, the film industry will go ahead to experience advanced technology that will enable filmmakers to use more attractive and sophisticated colors. Probably an essential point to remember is that the evolution in film has been undergoing a gradual transformation since time immemorial. Like a century ago, people thought ...

Implementing Cost Cutting in the Oil Industry

Abstract In the modern day, organizations across different industries across the globe are implementing new strategies focused towards enhancing the profitability. Cost cutting is one of the major strategies adopted by companies to enhance their profitability. In the oil and gas industry companies have been pursuing different cost cutting strategies aimed at enhancing their profitability an issue that has been of primary concern. Various strategies have been proposed towards enhancing cost cutting strategies and these include automation that facilitate a throughout system, heightened regulatory measures compliance, technical support and solutions as well as maximizing modularity and replicability. These are ...

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In the last century, the knowledge of molecular biology has increased, opening new opportunities for addressing different diseases that have been affecting all populations. Before, genome and proteomic studies were seen as complicated field due to inability to get significance understanding of disease components at the molecular level. However, with the expansion of molecular biology, different techniques and tools have been developed to aid diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In this study, these tools have been investigated to understand how the knowledge on molecular diagnosis helps in detection and treatment of diseases. This study focused on the application of ...

Protests have been occurring in Iran for decades, but recent developments have brought them to the center of global attention. In this essay, I will explain why the Iran riots started, their origins, development, and essential points, as well as why understanding them may be crucial for the American public.

Reasons Behind the Protests in Iran

Protests in Iran are happening for a variety of causes. Economic difficulties make up one of the key factors. For years, the Iranian economy has struggled due to foreign sanctions and mismanagement. Inflation is on the rise, while unemployment is widespread, particularly among the young. Many Iranians are struggling to ...

The topic I have chosen for this assignment is “Home health care patients and safety hazard at home”, from the risk assessment topic. This teaching exemplar can be used to educated home healthcare nurse’s organization. Sollecito & Johnson (2013), identified clinical microsystem as the place where most of the errors and mistakes that affect health care quality and safety arise. The clinical microsystem is formed by healthcare personals who work directly with the patient and their families (Sollecito & Johnson 2013). Background: Home health care is a fast growing industry. All of the healthcare that is provided at home comes ...

Stress and its adverse impact on modern generation is a growing problem throughout the world, now that it is significant to give a proper consideration to this matter. In view of the fact that stress is “a physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural reaction of an individual (or organism) to a stressful event – stressor – that threatens, challenges or exceeds the individual’s internal and external coping resources.” (Barkway, 2013), the exploration of the stressors in itself is a huge part of reducing stress. The stressful feeling can be described as a personal negative experience caused by unwanted and unexpected events ...

The use of breath analysis to determine the state of a person’s health is a concept that dates back millennia (Gouma 26). Cardiovascular disease is an ailment for which current analysis methods involve invasive sampling. It has been suggested that the amount of cholesterol in blood can be measured by the amount of isoprene (Karl et al. 762) or carbon dioxide (Amann 34) in the breath. One of the early methods to detect isoprene in breath is based on proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) (Karl et al. 762-763). In this technique, the breath sample is made to ...

During the second week, the CRP analysis was performed in the class. Blood testing for C-reactive protein aids in the rapid identification and verification of the progress and effectiveness of the treatment of infections, injuries and inflammation. The analysis was conducted to determine the acute infectious diseases, to monitor the effectiveness of treatment of chronic diseases (amyloidosis), monitor the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment (pneumonia, septicemia, neonatal sepsis, meningitis, etc.) (Arinzon Z. et al., 2011, p.365). In addition, it helps to define the determination of the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerosis, diabetes but also on chronic hemodialysis ...

The world today is seeing more immigration than ever before, both legal and illegal. While countries forging solid links with one another in the vein of the European Union (hereafter referred to as EU for brevity) has encouraged legal immigration of all kinds, while war and deprivation in various other parts of the world has led to a burgeoning refugee crisis, with more people entering Western countries than can be adequately or carefully handled at any one time. These forms of immigration can be seen as quite different to each other at face value; however, when looked at in ...

Click Chemistry describes the biocompatible reactions that are high yielding, that are very simple to perform, have wide scope, that need no chromatography to remove their byproducts and that can be conducted in easily removable solvents. The synthesis of first triazole was reported by Arthur Michael in 1893. In the 20th century, Huisgen discovered the catalyst of copper, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition which required the temperature of 100 degree Celsius. This reaction of copper is a highly versatile reaction which does not require any specific reaction conditions and can easily be performed with various solvents, wide temperature range and pH, ...

THE SCIENCE OF FOOD

Cancer and nutrition – good nutrition is very important in the management of cancer and thus healthy eating habits are encouraged during this period. Tumors that develop in the stomach or intestines may, however, affect the way the body uses the food that is ingested and may not absorb all the food, although the patient may be seen to be eating enough food. The side effects that may affect eating when one has cancer include vomiting, dry mouth, constipation, mouth sores, loss of appetite among others. Nutrition therapy is advised for cancer patients to help maintain a good quality life ...

Organization Change

Analysis

When it comes to globalization, the impacts are often looked at in terms of corporations and businesses. However, the scope of the globalization and the change management involved goes quite far beyond that. Just as one example, globalization and its effect on higher education is massive. There are a couple of major theories and trends and some of them are rather different in nature. For example, there is what is as the convergence thesis. This thesis explains and asserts that there is a shift towards homogenization. In other words, there is an attempted fusing of multiple cultures and ...

ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Introduction This study evaluates the operating principles of vehicle fuel systems, vehicle ignition systems and pressure charging of engines. The report attempts to evaluate the operating features of actuators and sensors used in the ignition systems and engine management system of vehicles. It also analyzes the types of pressure charging systems, its shortfalls and how it affects the enhanced power of the engine. The secondary sources which form the bulk of this report are primarily research from various sources. The paragraphs below look into the sensors and actuators and the pressure charging systems.

Sensors and Actuators

Types of Sensors and function The ...

Bacteria refer to the regnum of prokaryotes (Sundararaj, Mudaliar, Anthoniraj, Kannan, Muthukaruppan). For the current moment, it accounts for more than ten thousand kinds of bacteria. The bacterium is recognized as one of the most ancient of living organisms, arising about 3.9 – 3.5 billion years ago. Bacteria have the substantial variation in the ways of metamorphic and energetic metabolism. Thus, autotrophs can synthesize all necessary organic molecules from non-organic compounds, whereas heterotrophs demand active organic compounds to transform them. The biggest degree of heterotrophs belongs to intracellular parasites. They are called saprophytes (Sundararaj, Mudaliar, Anthoniraj, Kannan, Muthukaruppan) and can ...

The concept of political development seems to be quite a simple one on its face. Without investigating the role of the state too deeply, it is clear to see that in general, there are distinctions between the developmental levels of states around the world; while poverty exists in every nation, there are some that are much more stricken with the problem than others. In addition, relative levels of poverty within a nation is a scalable phenomenon—that is, levels of poverty and the very meaning of poverty can change across different political landscapes around the world. The conceptualisation of ...

Overview: Overview: Antigen-antibody reactions are commonly used in immunological assays. In a traditional agglutination assay, the end product is a visible antibody-antigen complex that settles as visible particulate matter in the solution. In other cases, the reaction is invisible and wants the use of a specific enzyme or isotopic probes that can amplify the signal created by the antigen-antibody reaction, so that they can be detected with the naked eye or an ELISA/RIA reader1. Hemagglutination is a visible antigen -antibody assay in which soluble antibodies react with antigen on the surface of (red blood cell) RBC to form a ...

ID Number For this Nursing Teaching Project, the chosen theme is recognizing the symptoms of anaphylaxis, its treatment, as well as the precautionary measures that need to be taken to ensure that the best possible health care is administered to the patients. The setting of the project is a summer camp, with children and teachers and other staff being the key players. Anaphylaxis is actually the human body’s allergic reaction primarily as a result of eating anything that has peanuts, fish, eggs, milk or sesame seeds . There has been a documented increase in the number of people suffering ...

Gold Nanoparticles Article Summaries.

Original Article Summary: Turkevich, Stevenson, & Hillier, 1951. In their 1951 article, Turkevich, Stevenson, and Hillier explore the nucleation processes and growth of colloidal gold nanoparticles during synthesis under different methods. The paper explores the standard preparation methods of colloidal gold which all use a nucleating agent which usually comprises reducing agents that later form a mixed polymer with a chloroauric ion before reduction to the nucleus occurs. The authors of this paper explore gold colloids synthesis methods such as Bredig’s electrical arc synthesis, the Faraday method, and reduction methods using acetone, tannin gold solution, oxalic acid, Hydroxylamine hydrochloride, ...

Introduction: All most all metals are unstable when exposed to air. This is because of the tendency of the metal to be converted into its oxidized form on reaction with air. When compared to zinc, iron has a greater tendency to form oxidized form and thus has greater susceptibility to corrosion. The ability of metals to react with air varies and this determines their relative stability. As zinc is much stable when compared to iron, it is used to galvanizing iron pipe, thus preventing contact of iron with air and water that contains dissolved air. Brass is an alloy ...

The letter is written in a proper structure following all the necessary instructions. In the letter, the student doesn’t use personal pronouns ‘I’ or ‘We’. In general, there are 7 paragraphs as it was written in the assignment. The first paragraph is the introduction which is short (only 2 sentences) but the student managed to grab readers’ attention and show general idea. The second paragraph is aimed to show the author’s reaction on this issue – the student included it in the one sentence. There are 2 paragraphs which clearly demonstrate supportive evidence in the letter. After that ( ...

Description of the Philosophy

The educational philosophy entails that all the basic components of the education system must seamlessly combine to realize the intended goals of education. Human nature should be a point of consideration in developing educational policies. Similarly, the role of the school should be understood if educational goals are to be understood. The characteristics and roles of the teacher should also be outlined and adhered to so that educational goals are met. The student and the curriculum also need to be incorporated into the educational philosophy. The current paper defines the components of the philosophy of education as held in ...

The research aims to discover the impact that computers have had on individual learning. Currently, education is crossing into an age of information. This “new age” is expected to change the universe similar to industrial age. This new age is also going to require computers integration for information access. In order to maximize learning, the learning environment must provide learning resources in order to encourage problem solving and support teaching. Thus, it is important to understand the impact that computers have on learning in order to better apply them to learning. The findings from this research can help proper ...

Report for Voltaic Cell Project (Lemon)

The purpose of the experiment is to demonstrate the production of electricity through the use of Zinc, Copper and Lemon. The experiment explores the electrochemical reactions that take place between the two metals in the presence of citric acid provided by the lemon to generate electricity. It highlights the oxidation and reduction reactions that occur within the lemon battery before electrons are released to generate electricity.

Background

The electrochemical reaction that occurs to generate electricity from chemical energy takes place between tow metal pieces, known as the electrodes, and a liquid known as the electrolyte. It is imperative that the ...

Abstract

The growing demand for the competitive specialists justifies the particular attention and concern to the Malaysian students’ reading comprehension skills from the Malaysian authorities. The introduction of teaching the Malaysian core school subjects in the English language (Yassin et al., 2009) provided the continual attempts and experiments to define the most efficient way to decrease achievement gaps in the reading of Malaysian pupils. Starting from the 5th grade, students extend their vocabulary through reading (Zubairi & Sarudin, 2009). The following research proposes the method of using “Reading Cues’ as scaffolding answering the closed or WH-questions to improve the performance of ...

Literature

The story of an hour centers on a young woman who is married, and it is indicating her reaction to her husband’s death in a train accident (Chopin n.d). The cat in the rain is also a short story of an American wife who is suffering from the mistreatment she is receiving from her husband. She figures herself in the cat that she sees in the rain thus goes ahead to look for that Cat (Hemingway, n.d). This paper will discuss how the two authors use contrasting or similar elements of fiction, the impact of those items on ...

Depression among Young Individuals: Qualitative Data Analysis

Research Aim The current research aims at exploring the outcomes of depression among individuals. While this condition is well-known for a broad range of specialists and the public, it is very often misunderstood, misinterpreted, and individuals suffering from depression may be neglected due to the dissemination of this problem. At the same time, it is a well-known fact that the outcomes of depression can be severe. Numerous studies reported that depression may lead to minor issues, like low mood and irritability; yet, the untreated condition can cause sleep deprivation, heart attacks, social anxiety, and even suicide (Chase et al., ...

Calculations for ΔG and KeqΔG=-NFECELL=-296.4850.45=-86836.5ΔG=-RTlnKEQ-86836.5=-8.3144293lnKEQlnKEQ=-86836.5-2436.1192lnKEQ=34.65e34.65=KEQKEQ=3.545 Based on the numerical value for Ecell (measured), the reaction is spontaneous. Being that the redox reaction has a positive value for Ecell, the reaction is spontaneous. It would cease to be spontaneous if the Ecell value is negative (Aus-e-tute, p.1). Based on the numerical value for delta G (calculated), the reaction is spontaneous. Delta G, or Gibbs free energy can have a positive, negative or null value. A reaction is non spontaneous when delta G is positive, and spontaneous when the value is negative. A reaction is said to be at ...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

This is a dialogue between two lecturers. Each of them teaches philosophy but in different schools. They have met at a local restaurant for lunch after having not seen each other for a long time. The two are philosophical fanatics having their own firm beliefs in varying matters. At meetings like this, they do not fail to disagree on a thing or two. On several occasions, the two professors invite each other to their classes to help give students opposing views. The restaurant is moderately occupied and the atmosphere is humid and warm. The two gentlemen have just completed ...