Ratio of Surface Area to Volume on Transformation Efficiency in Escherichia coli K-12 Eliana Pouchard‚ Steve Teng‚ and Cameron Wong Department of Microbiology & Immunology‚ UBC In the process of transformation‚ bact eria take up DNA fr om the environment through their cell wall. To induce competence in the cells‚ the DNA for uptake must first attach to the cell surface prio r to passing throug h the membrane. Previous studies on the effect of surface area on transformation
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lesson. That is‚ that life involves an impressive amount of literacy. This direct connection between the real world and literacy is the single most important aspect of this paper surrounding content area literacy. Content area literacy can be easily defined by breaking the phrase into to parts. “Content area” meaning a subject like mathematical sciences and the content in such subjects. Literacy is simply the ability to read and write. Thus‚
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suburban city of Vietnam to the demographically diverse and well developed Bay Area. It was a hard journey‚ having to uproot my entire existence to start a new life in a country I don’t even know anything about other than its involvement during the Vietnam War. My life was spun upside down to downside up because my parents thought this country would give my brother and me better futures. My first few years living in the Bay Area change who I am completely. This is where I experienced for the first time
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Functional area Plan: Human Resources By mona-me77 Member Of: Project Growth Zilack Corporation Human Resources Department Human Resources Manager Composition The Human Resources Department at Zilack Cup Company has a mission to promote the company’s goals by aiding and assisting our organization in our functional area. The department must reconstruct the way in which it operates to facilitate the required demand of growth‚ acquiring and retaining a very efficient and highly motivated
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Special Needs Code of Practice 2014 Areas of Special Educational Need Special educational needs can range from a mild and temporary learning difficulty in one particular area of the curriculum‚ to severe‚ complex and permanent difficulties that will always affect the pupil’s learning. It is a continuum of need‚ so there has to be a continuum of provision to meet it. There are four main areas of special need and disability identified in the code of practice: 1. Communication and interaction difficulties
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best place of residence. Cell phones are both misused and overused instead of serving its original purpose for emergencies it is used to gossip‚ take pictures and compete with others; because of this cell phone usage should be restricted in certain areas. People just do not know how to turn off their cell phones‚ its getting out of hand. Users are constantly exploiting their phones at inappropriate times‚ promoting a practice of disrespect towards their peers and colleagues. In many cases I have
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Peter Roberts "Target Area" is an influential poem that exposes the reality of war. The poem depicts a bombing mission targeting an enemy village‚ beginning with the entry of the bomber into the target area and ending with its escape. Peter Roberts gives a vivid description of the bombing raid from the perspective of the bombardier. Roberts describes what the bombardier endures‚ observes‚ hears‚ and encounters during the raid. The theme of the poem is the sights and sounds of war throughout the
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An international company is planning to set up a factory near your housing area. The proposed factory however‚ is believed to be environmentally hazardous. It will pollute the environment through thermal pollution‚ chemical pollution‚ air pollution‚ and noise pollution. Write a persuasive essay urging people in your neighborhood to protest against the set up of the factory. Based on Macmillan English Dictionary‚ pollution is the process of damaging the air‚ water‚ or land with chemicals or other
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Investigating Ratios of Areas and Volumes In this portfolio‚ I will be investigating the ratios of the areas and volumes formed from a curve in the form y = xn between two arbitrary parameters x = a and x = b‚ such that a < b. This will be done by using integration to find the area under the curve or volume of revolution about an axis. The two areas that will be compared will be labeled ‘A’ and ‘B’ (see figure A). In order to prove or disprove my conjectures‚ several different values for n will
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around the world. But the ships steel floor makes the wooden crate moves and slide so they crash and have damage to them and so now a perfectly good game is ruined. The prediction is that the sand paper works best because it has a rougher surface area which causes more friction. Method: In order to do this lab or experiment there are marbles to use as a force‚ the wooden block as a cargo‚ four types of matting which are wax paper‚ aluminum foil‚ sand paper‚ and a rubber mat‚ also a cup to hold
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