Main aim of experiment 5 is to use the biuret test to quantify the concentration of the Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) then constructing a standard curve graph and to use the spectrophotometer to perform an enzyme assay using different concentration of the BSA. Experiment 5 also verifies the Beer-Lambert Law‚ which is the linear relationship between absorbance and concentration of an absorbing species. Absorbance formula is shown in fig. 1.1. However‚ the Beer-Lambert Law is not obeyed at high concentration
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feet wide and 16 feet high. The walls of the cavern are decorated with some 600 painted and drawn animals and symbols and nearly 1‚500 engravings. The pictures depict in excellent detail numerous types of animals‚ including horses‚ red deer‚ stags‚ bovines‚ felines‚ and what appear to be mythical creatures. There is only one human figure depicted in the cave: a bird-headed man with an erect phallus. Archaeologists believe that the cave was used over a long period of time as a center for hunting and
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The wish of being accepted in a group is a common need among many people. Yet‚ the effects of conforming to groups leave people stripped of their personal identity. The comparison between two congruent texts‚ “Why Societies Need Dissent” and “The Herd Instinct” interprets humans’ conformity to a group as irrational due to groups’ similar mindset. Roger Sandall states in “The Herd instinct” that herd mentality stifles original thought in favor of uniform thinking among its participants. In particular
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settlements in detail (compare/contrast). What do they use for construction? 16) How does their settlement relate to the climatic conditions and their seasonal diets? Discussion Group 3‚ present questions 17 – 23: Cattle: 17) ‘Their social idiom is a bovine idiom’: Explain this in detail (and know!): 18) Explain the relationship between cows
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Cranial Nerve Palsy: with an Emphasis on Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy Cranial Nerve Palsy With an Emphasis on Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy I. What are Cranial Nerves? * Cranial nerves are nerves that come directly from the brain stem in contrast to spinal nerves which come from segments of the spinal cord. * There are twelve Cranial nerves in humans that fit this description. * They mainly serve the motor and sensory systems of the head and neck region; except for the tenth
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out cold. These jarring hits are common in the NFL‚ but most people don’t understand the consequences of them. Later on in life‚ football players that received head trauma experienced side effects later on‚ like CTE. CTE‚ or chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ is a neurodegenerative disease that can cause aggression‚ depression‚ disorientation‚ and lead to suicide. But it can only be diagnosed after death. We need to learn more about concussions in football‚ and how they relate to CTE‚ to help save
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Millions of families sit down together on Sunday nights and enjoy watching an NFL game and rooting for their favorite team. But‚ with major athletes such as LeBron James and Brett Favre coming forth and talking about the dangers of football‚ the NFL is starting to get a bad reputation. This issue not only affects the players and families‚ but communities and other profit-making companies as well. As the risks of playing football have been magnified in the media recently‚ it is important to look at
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Concussions in the NFL has been a very controversial topic the last decade in the sports world. The strongest research to this date is going towards brain injuries in football. The NFL and the NFLPA (National Football players association) have been in constant contact about trying to make an agreement. The constant back and forth attacks have created uproar. Many former players have started to reach back to the NFL about their post playing career issues. Many people also think that the idea of concussions
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force move the brain inside your head‚ or to get a concussion. A average football hit is 100 g’s‚ this proving many many hits in football are considered concussion worthy. Possibly the worst life threatening of them all‚ CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) has been a recent discovery in not just football but with all things that give a person constant blows to the head. “Research conducted on almost 100 deceased NFL players revealed that over 95 percent of them tested positive for the degenerative
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days after the onset of coughing. Once treatment begins with the appropriate antibiotic‚ the contagious/infectious period shortens to 5 days. Serious complications of whooping cough include pneumonia‚ seizures‚ middle ear infection‚ dehydration‚ encephalopathy and/or brain damage‚ and death. Whooping cough is a communicable disease. Due to the nature of whooping cough being highly contagious‚ an outbreak of the disease can be serious and affect a large amount of people in a
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