Is it normally acceptable to experiment on non-human animals to develop products and medicines that benefit human beings? New scientific research has cast grave doubt on the safety testing of hundreds of thousands of consumer products. Everyday products‚ from soft drinks to paints‚ contain numerous synthetic chemicals. Official assurances of the safety of these chemicals are based largely on animal experiments. But recent results from a consortium in America suggested such assurances may be worthless
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Purpose: To find the initial velocity of a marble leaving a ramp using time‚ range‚ and background information learned in class. Equipment: The equipment used in this experiment was a toy track and ramp‚ a small marble‚ multiple Physics textbooks‚ meter sticks‚ bright-colored cardstock‚ masking tape‚ sidewalk chalk‚ plastic bag and a cloth. Procedure: Our experimental values include the height that the marble would travel‚ y= 88.1 cm‚ and our ramp angle‚ θ= 44.0°. These independent variables
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Brenda Richardson Intro. to Psych. Chapter 6 Part 2 Loftus Experiment Elizabeth Loftus‚ a psychologist and expert on memory‚ has conducted much research on human memories‚ real and imagined‚ and how that may happen. Loftus‚ personally‚ has experienced the misinformation effect and eyewitness memory. Even though there are several experiments outlined‚ I chose the ’Lost in the Mall’ experiment as more fitting to the sex abuse testimony she gave. Participants‚ twenty-four of them‚
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Kean Gerard Sumayo Experiment 1 APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL CONCEPTS IN THE DETERMINATION OF WEIGHT VARIATION IN SAMPLES I. OBJECTIVES 1. To determine the use of the different statistical concepts 2. To perform the proper applications of the statistical methods/ concepts on determining the weight variations of samples II. RESULTS and DISCUSSIONS A. Weight of Samples Ten 1-peso coins were used as samples for this experiment and were weighed carefully
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Abstract This experiment of the friction loss along a smooth pipe shows that there are existence of laminar and transitional flows as stated in Graph 2.0 and Graph 2.1. It is proven that the higher velocity along the smooth bore pipe‚ the higher is the head loss of water. As shown in Table 3.0‚ when the Reynolds’ number increases‚ the value of pipe coefficient friction‚ f decreases along the decreasing stead laminar line. On top of that‚ there are energy loss from the water to the surface of the
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Section November 7‚ 2012 Abstract The effect of water and fertilizer on corn seedlings was examined. It was hypothesized before the experiment that enough water with sunlight and air should make the plants grow healthy. It has to do with photosynthesis. Fertilizer is also going to make the plants grow much faster; this is because of the nutrients in it. The experiment took about four to six weeks to complete; it took some days for the seed to germinate before planting. The corn was growing there were
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HEAT ENGINE WORKING CYCLES An engine is a device which transforms one form of energy into another form. However‚ while transforming energy from one form to another form‚ the efficiency of conversion plays an important role. Normally‚ most of the engines convert thermal energy to mechanical work and therefore they are called ‘heat engines’. Heat engine is a device which transforms the chemical energy of a fuel into thermal energy and utilizes this thermal energy to perform useful work. Depending
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As Canadians‚ we love the summer heat. We bask in it. We frolic in it. Then‚ we complain about it. It’s true. However‚ this week‚ every single complaint made about the weather is warranted because this heat wave is downright ridiculous. Ridiculous! With that being said‚ raise your hand if you leave your home in the morning with perfect make-up and five minutes later‚ you resemble a female version of Alice Cooper. You and me both. Don’t worry – we have you covered with these 5 simple steps on how
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3. Why don’t the terms depolarization and action potential mean the same thing? The terms depolarization and action potential differ because are excitable cells that communicate by transmitting electrical impulses that are capable of producing rapid electrical signals and depolarization in the interior surface of the membrane which becomes less negative and the exterior surface becomes less positive. Additionally‚ when depolarization reaches a certain threshold‚ an action potential is initiated
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Experiment 9 Thin Layer Chromatography Experiment: 9 Title: Thin Layer Chromatography Introduction: Chemical analysis is conducted on specific analytes (specific substance of interest in a mixture)‚ however it is often found that these analytes must be separated for the chemical analysis to conduct their analysis. Chromatography is a set up of laboratory a technique that is used to separate a chemical mixture. This technique is very useful as it allows us to follow the course of
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