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    BIOLOGY LAB REPORT PRACTICAL M1 TESTING FOR MACROMOLECULES Title : Testing for Macromolecules Abstract : To test for macromolecules (carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ nucleic acids‚ and proteins)‚ iodine solution‚ alcohol‚ aceto-orcein stain and copper sulfate solution are used. The conclusions for all of the tests are positive. Introduction: A) Carbohydrate (starch) Carbohydrates are chemical compounds that contain oxygen‚ hydrogen‚ and carbon atoms. They consist of monosaccharide

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    Being Bias‚ We All Do It. Many writers like to put time and thought into their work. Putting in all their own thoughts can sometimes not be a good thing. While I was reading several articles about Rosa Parks I have noticed that in every article that I read have some sort of bias in them. Throughout the articles‚ the authors show several points of bias within their background‚ point of view‚ and purpose. The articles I have chosen to read are about Rosa Parks‚ who was known by many people throughout

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    Hypothesis Testing: Alzheimer ’s Disease Natalie Sullivan PSY/315 August 8‚ 2011 Deborah Suzzane Ph.D. Hypothesis Testing: Alzheimer ’s Disease One in eight American’s over age 65 are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. This number continues to grow as the population increases. The number of people affected by Alzheimer’s is alarming. The Alzheimer’s Association (2011) estimates that 5.4 million Americans of all ages suffer from this disease. Team A will attempt to form a hypothesis stating

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    opinion: 1) The candidate is female 2) The candidate is Hispanic 3) The candidate has been working at a competitor The representativeness heuristic may be applicable for item one and two. Perhaps the senior manager has a personal judgment (bias) toward a Hispanic woman ’s ’ ability to be successful as a marketing manager. This would fall in the A‚ B‚ C ’s of representativeness‚ specifically‚ conjunctive fallacy. Relating A (Hispanic) to B (female) to the candidates success or failure as marketing

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    Bias: Bias is when a documentary has an inclination towards a particular view or opinion. It is important when creating a documentary that all opinions and views are recognised and explored in the film and that it doesn’t focus entirely on one side of the story. An example of a documentary that is biased is Super Size Me‚ directed by Morgan Spurlock. The documentary primarily focuses on the detrimental effects of fast food and it does not mention any positive effects it could have. The documentary

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    Aim: The objective is to identify specific chemical substances within a cell and to be able to verify the presence or absence of each one in a cell or food substance for future testing. Hypothesis: The identification of each biomolecular chemical substance should be verified successfully‚ as well as determining if it is present or absent in the cell(s). Theoretical Base: A biomolecule is a substance that naturally occurs in living organisms. Biomolecules consist primarily of carbon and hydrogen

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    Hypothesis Testing I Pat Obi What is a “Hypothesis?” A statement or claim about the value of a population parameter: μ‚ σ2‚ p Pat Obi‚ Purdue University Calumet 2 Decision Rule 1. x  0 Z s n Compare calculated Z value to Z value from Table (critical Z value)  Reject H0 if calculated Z value lies in the rejection/significance region (i.e.  region) ALTERNATIVELY: 2. Compare p-value to   Reject H0 if p-value <  Pat Obi‚ Purdue University Calumet 3 Two-Tail Test   Ex: H0: 0

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    What are some examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech? In the speech kane uses a variety of bias which include political bias in which he is doing against Jim W. Gettys. He also uses different types of fallacies which are scapegoating‚ and apple polishing‚and ad hominen ‚ and using straw man fallacies and he also two others ones false dilemma and slippery slope plus begging the question too . He also uses a few different types of rhetorical devices in his speech

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    to the workings of the human immune system. 8. The ELISA test can also be used to detect antibodies that are produced in response to a specific antigen. Using information about how you completed this ELISA experiment‚ outline a procedure for testing for antibodies in the blood. 9. Explain why in sudden outbreaks‚ it may be better to test for disease antigens rather than for antibodies. The antibodies are there to help and kill of the antigens‚ but don’t contain the whole DNA strand. The

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    Throughout history there are many different perspectives‚ but what they all have in common is that the man narrating wishes to gain from his perspective and he will manipulate his words to form bias. There are three forms of Bias in American History‚ first and most easily identifiable is propaganda. An occurrence of propaganda is the two tellings of the battle of sand creek. Chivington states that the casualties for women and children were very low. He went so far as to say that the greater number

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