UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES CHEMISTRY IN SOCIETY LAB (CHEM 107) LAB 2: THE AIR WE BREATHE Purpose/Aim To determine whether air occupies space and whether it can be moved and/ or removed. Introduction Air is a mixture of gases that composes the Earth’s atmosphere (NASA‚ 2015). Like all matter air has properties; one of which is weight‚ in each tiny air particle‚ there is a diminutive bit of weight. This weight is influenced by the pressure
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What affect does exercise have on these parts of your body? Heart‚ Lungs‚ Muscles‚ Joints and Body Temperature? After exercise‚ you’ll find your body experiences immediate and more gradual effects. The minute you start training‚ you’ll notice more frequent muscle contraction‚ raised body temperature and pulse‚ and deeper breathing known as tidal volume. Longer-term effects occur as the body adapts to regular exercise‚ including your heart getting larger‚ bones becoming denser and the vital capacity
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Hello‚ Professor and classmates! Jargon relates to a group of professional or specific activity that use shorthand‚ to quickly express ideas that are discussed among members of a group. The colloquialism is an informal style of writing or speaking. Slang is a way of speaking with friends or acquaintances. Keep me in the loop this means let me know what’s discussed at the meeting or if you find out anything that’s going on in the other departments keeps us informed. Make sure I’m tracking- remind
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United States has increased its use of outsourcing as a means to positively impact the economy‚ due to the apparent economic benefit this action has on the bottom-line for companies. In general‚ outsourcing is the movement of business operations and process to any location based outside the home country. The practice of outsourcing was introduced due to the perceived notion that it positively impacts the economy‚ saves money for companies‚ opens up opportunities for greater entrepreneurship‚ reduces
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Technology like culture‚ varies significantly across counties. Technology means we can adapt to our environment‚ control it and even change it. A chair‚ computer‚ fork‚ iPod‚ couch‚ and phones are all products of technology. The variation and availability of technology are often surprising‚ particularly to an entrepreneur from a developed country. Technology has come a long way over the last 20 years. It has seen the gain of the internet as well as the rise of smartphones and many other types of
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Mohsin Hamid’s “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” focuses on the consequences of the “9/11” attack in America on individuals and society as a whole. The main character‚ Changez‚ changes significantly as the story unfolds. At the beginning‚ he is depicted as a ‘lover’ of America and is determined to become wealthy‚ even though he is not entirely at ease. After the destruction of the World Trade Centre and the subsequent racist assaults‚ his attitude changes dramatically and he becomes embittered and disillusioned
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Case study : Nokia Mobile Phones Nokia has come a long way in the telecommunication industry. From Nokia’s 1st NMT handheld mobile phone‚ Mobira Cityman launched in 1987‚ 1st GSM mobile phone‚ Nokia 1011‚ launched in 1992‚ to the latest Nseries and ESeries range of mobile device. Nokia understands the importance of product life cycle and has evolved from a basic voice phone to the present high-end multimedia phone. Below is a brief highlight on Nokia’s mobile products over these years (extracted
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has been looked at when studying Alzheimer’s disease and the brain. Scientist and doctors have their own theories which are to be proven evidence on how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain. Periodic figures show the results in the stages studied about Alzheimer’s. No one knows the actual cause of Alzheimer’s disease‚ but they do know the affects it does to the brain. “Clinical trials are the engine that powers medical progress. Through clinical trials‚ researchers test new ways to detect‚ treat and
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Ignorance is bliss Conrad’s novel‚ Heart of Darkness‚ was written around 1890 in a time where imperialism was common practice. The subjugation of other countries and nations was common for countries to do and was accepted as a normal process by the people of the dominant countries. From this society Conrad’s main protagonist emerges‚ Charles Marlow. Marlow is in essence a normal man from England‚ but as the story progresses he becomes anything but normal. Throughout the book the reader can see
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Medea‚ the main character‚ seeks vengeance on everyone she believes has wronged her. She holds back nothing to ensure she will not be looked upon as weak‚ no matter the cost. Throughout the course of the play‚ Euripides portrays Medea in a way that does not elicit much sympathy because of the methods she employs to get revenge. In seeking to enact the ultimate revenge‚ Medea behaves in a
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