The primary challenge of inhabiting a high salinity environment is balancing osmotic pressure. Since these environments contain high salt concentrations‚ water from the cells of organisms spontaneously diffuses out of the cytoplasm in order to restore osmotic balance. This leaves cells dehydrated and thus‚ eventually causes cell death. In order to ameliorate this predicament‚ halophiles use one of two unique strategies that function to increase the osmolarity of the cell‚ both of which as illustrated
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Non-preventable and Non-reversible: Lewy Body Dementia On April 10th 2010‚ my dad informed me that my grandmother had passed away. She was 90-years-old‚ and although she may have lived a long life‚ the last eight or so years of her life were very rough. The official reason she passed away was because of Lewy Body Dementia. This degenerative disease‚ meaning it is not reversible‚ is thought to have sprouted from an infection she had in her kidneys in 2002. She lived at home for a while after her
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Describe and explain the concept of a sediment cell and how it can be used in coastal management A sediment cell is a length of coastline in which interruptions to the movement of sand or shingle along the beaches or near shore sea bed do not significantly affect beaches in the adjacent lengths of coastline. In addition to this‚ it can also be referred to a sediment that is moved along the coast by long shore drift appears to form part of a circular cell which leads to it eventually returning up
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defeated the Persians‚ Athens gained even more power‚ which led to conflicts between the prior allies. As a result‚ these two powerful city-states fought one another in the Peloponnesian War. During the late 5th century BCE‚ Thucydides‚ a historian of this time period‚ described the events of the Peloponnesian War in his book History of the Peloponnesian War (5.84-116). In this account‚ Thucydides explains a set of negotiations between the Melians (an island under Spartan control) and the Athenians
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violated the Fourth Amendment. The Amendment was made to protect the right of privacy to all American citizens. Not allowing law enforcement the right to automatically involve themselves with a citizens lives and retrieve information or property without consent or a probably cause. With the Act being put in place‚ it gave authorities the right to look past that. The problem the citizens had with this‚ is that not only did their rights seem to get quickly revoked‚ but were scared that the Act could give
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How does culture define our individuality and how can an individual alter culture? Culture is a set of morals and traditions that are used by a group of people. Culture is a huge part of everyone’s life. Culture determines how you do everyday things like dress or eat. Culture confines our options & provides important guidelines. Mass media is one thing that shows our always changing culture to the world. Through communication most of the messages passed on from mass media fit our culture‚ strengthen
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reference to a located example examine how a river basin can be a multi use resource and how conflicts can arise. (25) In this essay I am to examine the ways that a river basin can be a multi use resource and the conflicts that arise from this‚ the location I am going to use will be Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe river consisting of the Vitoria falls‚ Kariba dam and shipping routes. Two uses for the river basin are hydro electric power‚ tourism; however a main conflict is flooding when the dam was built. The
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The essay titles are:- Taking one of the five outcomes (Be Healthy‚ Stay Safe‚ enjoy and Achieve‚ Make a Positive Contribution‚ Achieve Economic Well-being)‚ and discuss how it should inform work with children in the early years. It can be easy to focus on topic‚ be healthy- its important to set in context of every child matters as a whole‚ setting up services for children and families. Childrens Act 2004‚ legislation which puts the obligation to provide partnership‚ sure start children centres
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always be an argument about what is right and what is wrong. People have different morals‚ standards‚ and beliefs on what they believe are right and wrong. According to Goodman‚ “The fact is‚ we humans and the societies we constitute can be wrong‚ unjust‚ and vicious—hugely or trivially‚ tragically or self-deceivingly.” (Goodman‚ 2010‚ p. 88‚ para. 2). Moral choices are conducted on a daily basis‚ by every culture‚ which can be viewed on an ethical scale of right or wrong‚ by other cultures. In her
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enzyme and substrate creates a new energy outline hence causing a decrease in the amount of activation energy.(Lesson 6.5 A Catalyst and the Rate of Reaction). Once a product has been formed‚ they leave the active site of the enzyme hence more reactions can occur. There are
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