Paragraph 3: 5/5 What are some possible human uses for spider silk? 5/5 How are humans influenced by spider silk when developing products or new inventions? 5/5 Are there other organisms that produce silk besides spiders? If so‚ describe the organisms. A spider’s silk is made up of a chain of amino acids. This means that it is a protein. There are two primary amino acids called glycine and alanine. Spider silk is very strong and is about five times strong than steel and twice as strong as
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Anonymous Unit 4 During the period of 600- 1450‚ the eastern hemisphere was connected through many trading routes. Although both the IOT and SR resulted in immense wealth being created‚ the IOT promoted islam through its ocean voyages and the SR supported Christianity through the overland routes‚ and it had more drastic effects on society. The SR and IOT were profiting in immense wealth due to being exclusive traders. When the Crusaders or the Christian knights from Western Europe came
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Kunal Pathade 11/10/13 10-6 WHAP Hebrew Essay: Continuity and Cultural Diffusion The Jews lived to preserve their culture; that essentially represented the fundamental goal of life to the Jews. The Jews observed the decadence of the Sumerians as a cause of cultural diffusion‚ and wanted to make sure that same thing would not happen to them. Eventually‚ the Jews did become vulnerable to cultural diffusion around the 4th century CE when the Greek-Macedonians from the West came; the great and
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LIMITS AND CONTINUITY 1. The concept of limit x2 − 4 . Examine the behavior of f (x) as x approaches 2. Example 1.1. Let f (x) = x−2 Solution. Let us compute some values of f (x) for x close to 2‚ as in the tables below. We see from the first table that f (x) is getting closer and closer to 4 as x approaches 2 from the left side. We express this by saying that “the limit of f (x) as x approaches 2 from left is 4”‚ and write x→2− lim f (x) = 4. Similarly‚ by looking at the second table
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Berger Silk Q24 Click to write the question text I would not care at all as to which one I buy (1) Very Unimportant (2) Somewhat Unimportant (5) Neither Important nor Unimportant (6) Somewhat Important (7) Very Important (8) Extremely Important (9) Q23 Do you think that the various types and brands of this product available in the market are all vary alike or are all very different? They are all alike (1) moderately alike (2) mildly alike (3) neutral (4) not very alike (5) not alike (6)
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adaptations for trade‚ while the economic prosperity in existing trade routes stayed the same. The first change is developed through the introduction of certain luxury goods that were included in famous trade routes. Silk‚ for example‚ was formerly reserved for Chinese royalty. Yet‚ as time progressed‚ demand for the exotic material dramatically increased‚ leading to the establishment of the Silk Road. As the trade route began to evolve‚ merchants
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Sub-saharan Africa has undergone changes with religion such as the changing of religious affiliation to Christianity and the practices of cosmology and ontology‚ however‚ Sub-saharan Africa has also remained constant with their thoughts being focused on various beliefs like a creator and evil. Christianity was predominantly the main religion in Sub-saharan Africa opposed to the Muslims of North Africa. Christianity in the Americas slowly began to send out missionaries to spread the Gospel and build
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Essay: Business Continuity and strategic pre-incident changes the company would follow to ensure the well-being of the enterprise. Pre-Incident Planning: Good Business Continuity Planning starts with being proactive. That means taking concrete steps to plan for an incident much before it actually strikes. There is no one single approach that fits for all types of incidents as no two emergencies are identical. Much of business continuity planning varies based on the size of the company‚ company’s
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versatility and deadly effects. A halberd has many functions to it. The axe is used for hacking opponents‚ the spike is used for thrusting‚ and the beak was used for pulling enemies from saddles. In the 1500s the halberd was used for battle by shock troops‚ German‚ and Swiss mercenaries. By the end of the 1500s the use of halberds in warfare became little‚ they ending up being used as a ceremonial for palace guards. The halberd I picked was a Parade Halberd (from the state guard of Elector Christian I of
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caught my interest was‚ “The Road not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost (1916). Even though this poem may not affect someone else who reads it‚ I enjoyed its so much. This poem means different things to each person that reads it. I connected with this poem because sometimes I wonder how my life could have been different had I chosen a different road! When I consider this poem both roads were a lot alike—the speaker seems satisfied with the choice‚ and knows that leaving the other road for future travel is not
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