Biological Theory of Aging Tick tock‚ tick tock‚ what ’s that sound? According to this theory‚ it ’s your biological clock‚ ticking away at a predetermined rate. This theory says that DNA‚ the cells ’ genetic material‚ holds the key to your planned demise from day one. While this aging theory appears fatalistic on the surface‚ remember that biology is not destiny. You can ’t change your genes‚ but you can slow the march of time with better eating habits and regular exercise. Your body
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Graham’s number‚ named after Ronald Graham‚ is a large number that is an upper bound on the solution to a certain problem in Ramsey theory. The number gained a degree of popular attention when Martin Gardner described it in the "Mathematical Games" section of Scientific American in November 1977‚ writing that‚ "In an unpublished proof‚ Graham has recently established ... a bound so vast that it holds the record for the largest number ever used in a serious mathematical proof." The 1980 Guinness
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ABSTRACT Reynolds number can be defined as a number of varieties of situations where a fluid is in relative with motion to a surface. This experiment is to observe the behavior of the flow of fluid either it is laminar or turbulent by calculating it’s Reynolds number and the characteristic of the flow. Other than that‚ the range for laminar and turbulent flow can be calculated and the theory that Reynolds number is dimensionless can be proven. The pump is opened to let the water flow. The dye
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Oxidation Number When elements combine to produce a compound‚ each element is assigned an “apparent” charge. This apparent charge‚ the charge an atom would have if both electrons in each bond were assigned to the more electronegative element‚ may be positive or negative. It is called the oxidation number or state of the element in the compound. Oxidation numbers are very useful in keeping track of what happens to electrons when various elements combine to form compounds. By remembering a few
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The Population Problem Two hundred years ago‚ Thomas Malthus‚ in An Essay on the Principle of Population‚ reached the conclusion that the number of people in the world will increase exponentially‚ while the ability to feed these people will only increase arithmetically (21). Current evidence shows that this theory may not be far from the truth. For example‚ between 1950 and 1984‚ the total amount of grain produced more than doubled‚ much more than the increase in population in those 34 years.
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geometric shapes‚ which lead to special numbers. The simplest example of these are square numbers‚ such as 1‚ 4‚ 9‚ 16‚ which can be represented by squares of side 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 4. Triangular numbers are defined as “the number of dots in an equilateral triangle uniformly filled with dots”. The sequence of triangular numbers are derived from all natural numbers and zero‚ if the following number is always added to the previous as shown below‚ a triangular number will always be the outcome: 1 = 1
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distribution of the world’s population. The world population is expected to grow from 6.1 billion in 2000 to 8.9 billion in 2050‚ increasing therefore by 47 per cent. The changing distribution‚ rate and nature of the world’s population consider a number of factors which include urbanisation‚ population of the developing and developed countries. Also how fast or slow the population increases over a specific period of time‚ and where the distribution is and why. Population of developing countries
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most serious threats to mankind. It’s high time we identify and understand the causes of overpopulation and take steps to avoid it. To know more about the causes of overpopulation‚ read on… By definition‚ overpopulation is the condition where the number of organisms exceeds the carrying capacity of their habitat. We are facing the effects of overpopulation in our daily lives. Overpopulation has impacted the life of common man and has proved to be one of the gravest difficulties that have to be fought
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the pattern of population change in the UK? There are many different components that all add together for the reason why population does change in a specific location. This change is considered ‘dynamic’ as it is constantly changing due to many factors that are always effecting the rate of population change. One of the biggest influences of population change would be the birth and death rates of an area. Birth/death rate is the total number of births/deaths per 1‚000 of a population in a year. The
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Aging can be defined as the time related reduction of the physiological functions that are required by organisms for survival and fertility. It has been defined as the collection of changes that makes human beings gradually more likely to die (Medawar‚ 1952). Biologist define aging as time dependent or age progressive reduction in intrinsic physiological function leading to a high specific mortality rate and a decrease in specific reproductive rate. Cellular aging therefore‚ can be described
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