Six Factors Affecting the Performance of an Enzyme Enzymes are considered catalysts; substances that increase the rates of reactions. Enzymes are responsible for thousands of metabolic processes that involve the sustainment of life‚ one common one is simple food digestion. Without enzymes‚ digestion would occur too slowly for life to continue. Enzymes maintain a protein structure consisting of one or possibly more than one polypeptide chains of defined primary structure‚ and take up a characteristic
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Factors affecting the rate of catalase activity The extent at which environmental factors affect the rate of catalase activity was discovered in this lab. The assay system‚ in which a filter paper disc was dipped into the enzyme and submerged using a stirring rod in a test tube filled with 20mL of hydrogen peroxide‚ was used to test several enzyme factors. As the saturation of hydrogen peroxide increased the rate of reaction increased as well. When the enzyme concentration increased the rate
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUCCESS FACTORS FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING: A FRAMEWORK Abu Hassan Abu Bakar1‚ Arman Abd Razak‚ Shardy Abdullah and Aidah Awang2 School of Housing‚Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Pulau Pinang‚ Malaysia 1 abhassan@usm.my and 2aidah0622@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Housing is the critical issue in global urbanization which have a tremendous impact on the environment – both during construction and through out their. As the key element in urban development‚ housing
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The UK as the largest economy in Europe next to Germany‚ and has the fifth largest economy in the world in terms of market exchange rates. The UK is also one of the most globalized countries in the world. London‚ the capital of the UK‚ is one of the three major financial centers in the world‚ along with New York and Tokyo. Having grown every quarter since 1992‚ The UK economy has seen the longest period of sustained economic growth for more than 150 years. Service industries are the most significant
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Texas has a reputation throughout history of differing views from the federal government in laws and politics pertaining to social‚ fiscal‚ and educational issues. On the whole‚ Texas operates as a largely conservative state. Because of this‚ policy-making is often right wing. With the institution of a Democratic‚ liberal president‚ the State’s dissent from the Federal government has only increased over certain issues. One hot topic of the 2012 Presidential election was immigration. With the
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In looking at the youth of today‚ there are many factors that can affect them. And the decisions that they make today can affect them not only now but in the future as well. The 2010 Census showed that over 74 million children reside in the United States—with almost one-fourth being children under the age of 12 and one-fourth being youth ages 12-17 (Federal Interagency on Child and Family Statistics‚ 2011). These numbers are very large which means a lot of youth will have some tough choices that
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PURCHASING HABITS AND MARKET POTENTIALITIES OF THE OLDER CONSUMER ROBERT E. DODGE* INTRODUCTION Market structures have always been dynamic‚ changing in emphasis as one segment or another enlarged or decreased. In the twentieth century an especially rapid change in the basic age distribution has taken place. Within the past few years a change in age distribution has resulted from the rapid growth of that segment of the population which is 65 years of age and older. During the past
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRODUCTION OF RICE IN MALAYSIA We would like to point out the factors affecting the production of rice in our country. Climate and the nature of soil‚ insect-pest and weed management‚ land areas‚ infrastructure‚ technologies and mechanization‚ dependency on other rice producers‚ investment and collaboration with international organization are the major factors that affect the rice productivity in Malaysia. In temperate and tropical climate areas‚ rice is grown mostly under
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Global climate change‚ unsustainable fishing impacts‚ and land-based pollution are some threats that decline the coral reefs. According to Terry Gibson‚ a co-author of a report from University of Miami‚ said that “from scuba diving in the Keys to charter fishing boats in Miami-Dade to commercial fishing in Martin County‚ reef-related sales amount to more than $5.5 billion each year.” Also‚ heavy touristic activities such
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subject teachers and course peers. The case study method was used where all the 40 students and 6 teachers in the Secretarial Section of Thika Technical Training Institute‚ made the study population. The results are a significant basis for effective policy making on shorthand subject in Tertiary Level Institutions in Kenya. Both qualitative and quantitative data was elicited through questionnaires‚ interview schedules and document analysis. Data was developed by use of the SPSS text editor. The findings
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