with various sucrose concentrations and were placed into beakers of different sucrose solutions. Overall the results showed that the higher percentage of concentration gradient of sucrose‚ the more the artificial cells absorbed. Introduction: The phenomenon being investigated in the lab was how the concentration gradient affects the rate of osmosis in a cell. Osmosis is the passive movement of water from and area of high concentration‚ temperature‚ and pressure. The concentration gradient is the difference
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American Obesity Rises The obesity rate in America has increased tremendously within the past 20 plus years. People have become more comfortable being heavier than the average. Society tries to enforce the idea of “slim” being “in”‚ while somehow contradicting itself by saying being comfortable in your own skin. The obesity rate in America has increased because of cultural changes‚ lifestyle habits‚ and genetics. Over the past 20 years‚ American culture has changed as a whole. Working men and
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Individual Investigation - Chemistry Relationship Between H3O+ Concentration and Red Cabbage Indicator Usage Introduction Figure 1: Red Cabbage and Natural Universal Indicator Colour Changes I have always been interested in environmental conservation and colourful ‚ and was one day transferred back to a particular day in the kitchen‚ as a young child‚ while observing my mother cook red cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra) coleslaw‚ which is naturally a rich purple in colour
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Objective To determine soluble solid concentration in some fruits including tropical and temperate fruits by using handheld refractometer. Introduction “Sugar are the major soluble in fruits juices and estimate of sweetness. Other soluble materials include organic and amino acids‚ soluble pectins‚ and others. Soluble solid concentration can be determined in a small sample of fruits juice using a hand held refractometer. The measurement must be made at 20°C to get an accurate value. This instrument
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lack of job opening in our society. Even those who are fresh graduates in college are hard to get job‚ mostly those graduated in college are jobless and they are vacant only in their house. This is the reason why Philippines tackles unemployment rate in economic crisis. Once‚ there are job openings that need many options and requirements‚ so other people are not qualified of it and they may experience hard getting a job. Also‚ because of unemployment crisis here in Philippines‚ mostly Filipino
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION RATIONALE Several years ago‚ people trusted their neighbors but nowadays‚ none is trustable because anyone can be a criminal‚ can be a suspect. Crime has been increasing in Philippines recently. The public’s fear of crime is a major concern for policymakers‚ more so if it involves a marked and sudden increase of violent and property crime. Meanwhile‚ violent crime generally includes crime of violence such as murder‚ gang robbery with firearm‚ rape and sexual abuse.
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Serum creatinine concentration shows a relationship with GFR‚ making it specific‚ but not a sensitive measure of GFR. The creatinine pool is influenced by nutritional state‚ hepatic disease gender‚ ethnicity‚ protein intake‚ and age (Slack et al.‚ 2010). In liver cirrhosis‚ the decrease in serum creatinine is due to a 50% reduction in hepatic production of creatine; increases in volume of distribution due to accumulation of extracellular fluid‚ ascites‚ edema‚ loss of muscle mass and malnutrition
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exchange rate can make the real exchange rate Increase‚ which will stimulate export and restrict import. It means that the trade balance will be improved. When the rate rises‚ the price of export is cheaper by counting in foreign currency‚ and the price of import in domestic currency increases‚ which is called the price effect. The decrease of exchange rate makes the price of export cheaper‚ the export volume increase‚ while the import volume limit. This phenomenon is known as the volume effect. However
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY OF LANGUAGE What makes listening difficult? Factors affecting second language listening comprehension Amber Bloomfield‚ PhD Sarah C. Wayland‚ PhD Purpose—To establish what is currently known about factors that affect foreign language listening comprehension‚ with a focus on characteristics of the listener‚ passage‚ and testing conditions. Elizabeth Rhoades‚ MA Allison Blodgett‚ PhD Conclusions—Research on second language (L2) listening
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Chapter 5: Flow Rate and Capacity Analysis 5.1 Objective Chapter 3 introduced the three basic building blocks of process flow namely the (average) flow time‚ (average) flow rate and (average) inventory. It is followed by a sequence of three chapters‚ 4‚ 5 and 6‚ which examine each one of these measures individually. Chapter 5 is concerned with flow rate analysis and issues of capacity. The major managerial concept discussed in the in the chapter is that of the bottleneck. We use the notion
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