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    deduced by the reader after observing the knowledge Sarah presents and the vocabulary she exhibits‚ such as “ONTOLOGY: That branch of metaphysics which concerns itself with the problems of the nature of existence or being” (191) and “ENTROPY: A quantity introduced in the first place to facilitate the calculations‚ and to give clear expressions to the results of thermodynamics” (193). Clearly‚ such words are not ones that would be regarded as common knowledge or everyday conversation

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    1 a little UML UML for the Java Associate Oh my! Umm‚ hey‚ I‛m really not ready yet‚ OK? UML is Cool. Rumor has it there are some UML questions on Sun’s new Java Associates exam. Sadly‚ the new Head First book on OO isn’t quite ready yet (be sure to check hfoobook.com toward the end of 2005!)‚ but we’ve taken a few random pages (and parts of pages) from it and put them together here. So‚ if you don’t mind the lack of organization‚ you should find everything you need to know about UML

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    say that the second law states that the entropy of a closed system increases over time. Closed system means that the earth receives limited energy from the sun. The creationist argument is based on their interpretation of the relationship of entropy‚ which is a measure of randomness‚ or of the degree of a system’s disorder. Creationists assume that a change characterized by a decrease in entropy cannot occur under any circumstances and spontaneous entropy decreases can‚ occur all the time‚ providing

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    Mischel Figusch About The Time Machine: "The Time Machine" is primarily a social critique of H.G. Wells’s Victorian England projected into the distant future. Wells was a Socialist for most of his life with Communist leanings‚ and he argued in both his novels and non-fiction works that capitalism was one of the great ills of modern society. Rapid growth in technology‚ education‚ and capital had launched the Industrial Revolution in the 17th- and 18th-centuries‚ and by the late 19th-century of

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    complex and the energy of the reactants. Catalyst:  substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction by reducing the activation energy‚ but which is left unchanged by the reaction.  Entropy:  The measure of the disorder of a system‚ usually denoted by the letter S. A highly ordered system has low entropy.  Enthalpy: a thermodynamic property of a system. It reflects the capacity to do non-mechanical work and the capacity to release

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    break spontaneously whenever ATP forms a complex with an enzyme. The breaking up of this bond releases chemical energy causing an immediate shift in the bond energy giving rise to ADP which is adenosine di-phosphate. This eventually leads to entropy. Entropy is a measure of the degree of disorder or randomness of a system. It relates to the amount of energy that is not available for work in a system. Loss of energy in the form of heat results in an increase

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    require outside energy increase entropy‚ or disorder of the universe spontaneously= “energy favorable” Entropy-dispersal of energy Increases when anything happens We expend energy to keep things in order 2nd law still stands true because the release of heat increases entropy by those heat molecules “running away” to go form new molecules Free Energy- energy that is available to do work in the cell ΔG- directly realted to change in total energy ΔH and the change in entropy ΔS ΔG= ΔH –TΔS During Spontaneous

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    volumes by a wall. In one half there is an ideal gas and the other is a vacuum as shown below. The wall is now removed. Which one of the following correctly gives the changes‚ if any‚ that take place in the internal energy and entropy of the gas? Internal energy|Entropy| A.|stays the same|stays the same| B.|stays the same|increases| C.|decreases|stays the same| D.|decreases|increases| 4. Two bodies are brought into thermal contact with each other. No thermal energy transfer takes place between

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    asphalt and concrete in the two art pieces are like Smithson’s way of showing how technology can change nature as well as change with nature over time. Rather than being interested in political artworks‚ Smithson was interested in the concept of entropy‚ the second law of thermodynamics‚ geology and mineralogy. Due to these interests‚ Smithson created earthworks displaying these ideas and his “nonsites” were also organic and based upon natural elements and concepts.

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