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    Abstract Acid Rain has a lot of effects on living organisms and on the environment. This experiment has two purposes. One is to determine the acidity of rainwater in certain areas in the Philippines. Another purpose is to determine which type of area-urban or rural- is more subjected to acid rain. The experiment was done by first collecting rainwater from selected rural and urban areas. After the collection was done‚ the rainwater samples were tested using a pH meter. The results of the pH test

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    Unknown Organism Report Unknown Organism # 4 Klebsiella pneumonia Klebsiella pneumonia has a rod gram stain with the agar slant cultural characteristics being slimy‚ white‚ somewhat translucent‚ raised growth. It is small gram-negative coccobacilli that can cause lobar pneumonia. The litmus milk reaction is acid‚ gas‚ and curd with a variable reaction. Klebsiella can grow either in the presence or absence of oxygen because of its nature of being a facultative anaerobe. Oxygen is a preferred energy

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    Effect of ions on living organisms (24 marks) An ion is a charged atom or molecule. This is because it does not have an equal amount of protons and electrons‚ therefore giving the atom an overall charge. An example of an ion is ‚ this is sodium and the plus sign represents an overall positive charge. Ions are very important to living organisms as they are essential for life‚ they play an important role within the cell allowing mechanisms within the living organisms such as respiration‚ to take

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    Project outline Should human cloning be prohibited? I. Introduction A. Background of human cloning (what is human cloning) 1) Definition of human cloning. 2) What are the community’s views on human cloning? 3) Current situation of human cloning in this century. B. Thesis: Although human cloning brings about quite a number of benefits to mankind‚ it is undeniable that it can potentially change a person’s perspective on religion‚ life and

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    Relating to others

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    Relating to Others Introduction Within this assignment I will explore the ways in which I relate to others. I will identify any barriers or difficulties which could affect my ability to relate to others and therefore have an adverse effect on my role as a helper. Egan (1994) states that to be a fully developed helper‚ a key component is self awareness. He also suggests that there can be a “shadow side” to helping‚ which can adversely affect the outcome of the helping process. Sanders et al

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    Genetically Modified Organism is the purpose to improve or correction of defects‚ by changing one’s genetic make up and adjusting the DNA ("Animal Biotechnology | Bioscience Topics | About Bioscience"‚ 2006). This type of technology has been experimented on what is called the Enviropig‚ invented which manupilates the genes to help produce less phosphorus in its manure‚ this is more efficiently than conventional Yorkshire pigs. The feces from the Yorkshire pigs were discovered that it contained large

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    Othello: the Other

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    Othello: The Other Race and religion seem to be very prevalent in Shakespeare’s Othello. From the beginning of the play the reader gets the impression that the protagonist‚ Othello the Moor‚ is considered an “other” in the Venetian society. Othello’s high military ranking gives him the respect of the characters in the play‚ but his race and religion are brought up a lot throughout the play in the speech of the characters in the play. Despite the characters in the text constant dehumanization of

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    Natural Environment

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    ENVIRONMENT Environment means all of the outside forces‚ events and things that act on a thing. A person’s environment is made up of everything that surrounds him or her‚ including houses‚ buildings‚ people‚ animals‚ lands‚ temperature‚ water‚ light and other living & non-living things. The environment does remain same at all times. It changes always due to ever-on-going interactions between various elements comprising it. The word environment is used to talk about

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    The human population is expected to double in the next 50 years‚ and the ever-growing global population needs vast amounts of food‚ energy and raw materials. We cannot continue to get our food‚ energy and raw materials in the way we do now without damaging the earth’s environment beyond repair. Pollution‚ deforestation‚ over-fishing‚ the impact of intensive farming and above all global warming will see to that. We need to find ways of improving food productivity‚ and getting our energy and raw materials

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    Conceptualizing The Other

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    Conceptualizing the “Other”‚ Institutioinalized Discrimination‚ and Cultural Racism Masoud Kamali Department of Sociology University of Uppsala The legacy of Orientalism and creation of “the West and the rest” is deeply rooted in the Western intellectual traditions‚ educational institutions‚ and political systems‚ as well as in our seemingly “value-free” social sciences. In this note I identify category systems‚ value structures‚ and discourses – as elements of theories or paradigms – which serve

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