Title Identification of Analgesic Compounds Using Thin Layer Chromatography Abstract The objective of laboratory experiment six was to identify an unknown analgesic tablet using Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) analysis. The procedure involved preparing TLC plates‚ solubilizing standard analgesics (ibuprofen‚ aspirin‚ acetaminophen‚ caffeine) and the unknown in isopropyl alcohol (IPA)‚ and developing the plates in acetone. Rf values were calculated for each compound. The unknown tablet showed an Rf
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1. | Oil production in the United States satisfies only half of the country’s needs; the rest is imported. If imports were cut off‚ what changes would you expect to occur in your lifestyle? | | | 2. | Investigate how geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicted in 1956 that annual U.S. oil production would peak in the early 1970s (the actual peak occurred in 1971). Also‚ investigate the debate over whether the same predictive technique can be applied to world oil supplies. When do you think world
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“Something Borrowed: Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?” By Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell writes the article‚ “Something Borrowed: Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?” That article corresponds to a specific incident of plagiarism between a play writer and a journalist. The play writer is Bryony Lavery and she takes work from Gladwell and specific moments in the psychiatrist‚ Dorothy Lewis’ life. Gladwell‚ begins the article by telling a story about Lewis’ friend who is watching
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From Curvy to Thin Andrea Higgins LIM College What defines the ideal body for a woman? Throughout time‚ a woman’s body has been perceived in so many different ways‚ but today the most popular image for a woman’s body is one that is thin and lacks curves. Many things have influenced this ideal‚ but one of the biggest influences is popular culture. In earlier centuries‚ popular culture’s preference for voluptuous female bodies is depicted in early Western art. Today’s popular culture contributes
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What is interesting in the descriptive story is that Gladwell suggests using other academic sources that talent transformation happened as a result of changed relational models in the professional world. Visionary leaders such as Miller and others foresaw the bargaining power talent had on capital and fostered
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What Effect Does the Media’s “Thin Ideal” Have on Society? Magazine articles‚ TV shows‚ advertisements‚ and music videos continually depict images of unreasonably thin models and celebrities. Many of these celebrities suffer from eating disorders‚ and yet they remain the iconic symbols of our society. American men and women strive to obtain the perfect body‚ or the “thin ideal‚” that the media presents as normal. This was true for my friend‚ who dreamed of going to fashion school beginning in middle
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Then in 2008‚ she was selected for the reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City. Her book Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting was published in March 2009 and in the end of same year‚ another book The SkinnyGirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life was published. In 2010‚ she released her exercise DVD‚ Body by Bethenny and an audio book The Skinnygirl Rules. After that in June 2010‚ she appeared
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The Order of Things – What College Rankings Really Tell Us by Malcolm Gladwell The main argument of this article is that it doesn’t matter who comes out first place in a certain ranking‚ it all depends on who’s doing the ranking and on what variables the ranking is taking place. Malcolm Gladwell believes that a ranking can be heterogenous (diverse in content)‚ as long as it doesn’t try to be too comprehensive (including all or nearly all aspects of something). He also believes that a ranking
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authors practice this is their writing‚ whether it be fiction or nonfiction. When authors include descriptive language‚ it helps tell the story that the reader is trying to communicate in a vivid manner. Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon‚ Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer‚ and Wild by Cheryl Strayed all used descriptive language in the narratives. Heat-Moon’s‚ Krakauer’s‚ and Strayed’s use of imagery‚ personification‚ and symbolism helps portray their narratives and communicate the message that they
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“Do Thin Models Warp Girls’ Body Image?” Nanci Hellmich’s “Do Thin Models Warp Girls’ Body Image?” published in Elements of Argument summarizes the effects models’ images have on young girls. Hellmich brings to our attention the influence models have on the female mindset. Psychologist‚ Sharon Lamb‚ points out that it is perfectly normal that girls want to look good‚ but it should not be their main focus (706). Many of the models developing a serious eating disorder‚ is portraying to young girls
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