same end product‚ are done on a much larger scale in industry. The aspects they may differ in are equipment‚ time taken‚ and many other things. In this report I will explain how and why laboratory and industrial scale differ using the example of preparation of aspirin. The first difference is that instead of weighing the 2-hydroxybenzoic acid on scales on a work bench in a beaker as you would in small scale‚ it is easier and safer to weigh it onto scales‚ in a plastic bag on the floor. This is easier
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Economies of scale The long run – increases in scale A firm’s efficiency is affected by its size. Large firms are often more efficient than small ones because they can gain from economies of scale‚ but firms can become too large and suffer from diseconomies of scale. As a firm expands its scale of operations‚ it is said to move into its long run. The benefits arising from expansion depend upon the effect of expansion on productive efficiency‚ which can be assessed by looking at changes in average
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Human Sexuality 21 Professor Lanoix December 4‚ 2012 Pros and Cons of the Kinsey’s Scale Sex was such a horrible topic to talk about‚ but a biologist of Indiana University introduced a scale that broke the silence. The silence changed due to this biologist named Alfred C. Kinsey (1894-1956). Kinsey broke the silence because before the scale everyone would keep their sexual orientation to themselves and most likely did not tell anyone. In other words‚ he was a great influence to people because
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Axia College Material Appendix B Statistics UCR and Self-Report Data Complete the matrix below. To complete this matrix‚ list two pros and two cons of Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data and two pros and two cons of self-report data. |Statistical Information |Pros |Cons | |Official Information: |FBI Releases Preliminary Annual Crime Statistics for 2009 |Self-report
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Grading Scale 2 Robert Hernandez English 102 Research paper Grading Scale Anyone who has attended a high school or college will readily say that one of the most stressful aspects of the entire experience is grades. Students will loose hours of sleep per night poring over textbooks‚ clutching a pen in one hand and a mug of Starbucks coffee in the other. They soon foster an obsession with achieving and maintaining perfect grades to the point where anything that earns less than "A" is a disgusting
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The Effect of J.D Salinger’s Writings Jerome David Salinger‚ born on January 1‚ 1919‚ was an American short story writer and novelist. Salinger is considered one of the most influential 20th century writer’s despite having a very shallow body of work. Early in his career‚ Salinger wrote many short stories that made it into big publications such as Story Magazine‚ Collier’s‚ and even The Saturday Evening Post. Some of these short stories‚ A Perfect Day for a Bananafish and Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix C Models of Abnormality Psychologists use several different models to explain abnormal behavior. These different models have created shifts in values and beliefs as well as improvements in clinical research. These differences in ideas mean that the different models are sometimes in conflict with one another. People who follow one model often point out where another model fails in its interpretations‚ investigations‚ and treatment methods. Read the brief
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix G The DSM-IV The DSM-IV is an important tool for clinicians. It provides a standard for diagnoses to be standardized across psychology; however‚ the DSM-IV is not as precise for diagnosing personality disorders as some psychologists would like. Give an example of each of the following problems identified in your readings and explain how these problems could negatively affect a diagnosis. 1. Some criteria used for reaching a diagnosis cannot be
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University of Phoenix Material Name:Shaniece Daniels Appendix A – Cell Division in Bacteria After reading Ch. 6 in Microbiology: Principles and Explorations‚ fill in the following matrix. List the four phases of bacterial growth and briefly describe what happens in each phase. Lag phase: Is the period when the bacteria are adjusting to the environment. Log phase: Is when the population grows in a logarithmic fashion. Stationary phase: a substance that shows different
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Discuss the effect drugs have had on Modern International Sports Events such as the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games Due to the high standards‚ professionalism and interest in high profile sporting events such as the Olympics‚ the Commonwealth games and Tour De France‚ some participants would take great risks‚ both legal and illegal to try and win the event‚ without knowing the consequences and side-effects of these risks. For example‚ some of the athletes taking part in these events went as
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