Synthesis Essay Prompt #1 Throughout history‚ primary sources such as diaries‚ postcards‚ and letters have all been utilized to their full extent. These were used to document events in the past‚ to which the present can achieve a better understanding of. However‚ some texts have more influence over another‚ to which the ineffectual documents are discarded. Historical texts such as the Declaration of Independence‚ or the Holy Bible are all preserved because of their role in fabricating today’s society
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Objective: The benefit of this lab was to acquaint oneself with the fundamentals of the Aldol Condensation reaction by demonstrating the synthesis of dibenzalacetone (trans‚ trans-1‚5-Diphenyl-1‚4-pentadien-3-one) through the aldol condensation of acetone with benzaldehyde. The synthesis began by using a strong base to generate the acetone enolate ion. The ketone/enol tautomerization is an equilibrium process that produces little of the enol (ppm or less). However‚ any enol that formed quickly reacted
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In a modern American culture‚ where ideas often get lost in translation‚ vocabularies shrink to easily abbreviated “words”‚ and only extremists’ voices are heard on social media‚ it is no wonder we have a misconstrued concept of words. When terms and phrases are misunderstood or misused‚ assumptions are made and unwavering impressions are left. Specifically these are words like racism‚ feminism‚ body confidence‚ preaching‚ and of course‚ sexism. How is it that the word defined as the attitudes or
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Creating a Sustainable Environment Every day our environment is ravaged by emissions‚ littered on by billions of people‚ and carelessly treated with unlimited sources. Environmentalists like Bill Mckibben‚ scholar at Middle berry College and author of the article “The Challenge to Environmentalism‚” believe that “the relationship between people and the natural world has been largely taken for granted for most of human history” (500). Although environmentalism to some people mean driving less‚ establishing
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Kyrie Staab Mrs. Wieseman Hon. English 10 Dec. 18‚ 2012 Is Our American Dream Fading Away? The attainability and very existence of the American dream has been debated for many years. As the economy‚ politics‚ and social standings change‚ so do the expectations and beliefs about what the American dream should be and how one should go about achieving it. The main question involved in this debate is not so much whether the dream is alive or dead‚ but whether America’s dream can ever be fully realized
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The penny has served as a trademark for America since 1793 and it has helped us succeed in many ways throughout American history. The U.S. continues to draw strength from its history and honored traditions. Therefore‚ preserving these traditions is vital to the continued greatness of our country. The U.S. should not abolish the penny because it is valuable to the economy‚ significant to society‚ and an important tradition to continue. Simply put‚ the penny is far too valuable economically and
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CRISPR-Cas9 is a method of gene editing that provides researchers with a way of precisely targeting a specific string of DNA. CRISPR is a sequence of repeated DNA located in the genomes of bacteria that are used in immune systems to help protect our bodies from infecting viruses. This method involves the use of an enzyme known as Cas9 and a guide RNA. A virus’s DNA becomes spacers in the CRISPR sequence when the new virus infects the bacterium. This sequence will then begin the process of transcription
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Of all the elusive‚ seductive concepts shared by the disciplines of literary studies‚ art‚ and psychology‚ genius is among the most scoffed at‚ the least understood. To hear‚ as I have heard‚ a literature professor say that he "doesn’t believe in genius‚" as if millions of people haven’t attained I.Q. scores in excess of 140‚ or as if anyone‚ if he or she only worked vigorously enough‚ could pen a single work comparable to The Canterbury Tales or Paradise Lost or The Rape of the Lock‚ is to know
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The last few decades there is seen a strong increase in the number of people who are overweighed or have obesity in developed countries as well as in less developed countries (1). The World Health Organization has published that in 2014 approximately 40% of the people above eighteen years old are overweighed (2). It is known that an high body mass index (BMI) is associated with a higher risk on the development of many diseases‚ including several kinds of cancer (3-5). Recent studies have been shown
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“Error… You can not see the following work because there has been online problems.” Most people are having trouble on the internet because they might be doing something important and when they are searching in the internet‚ it says that the work has been copyrighted. How would you feel when you are looking for something important online and this message pops up saying “error… you cannot see the following work because we had online problems” you’ll probably be upset because there is no internet.
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