Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Course Code: MCB3019F Course Name: Recombinant DNA‚ genomics & proteomics Paper: 1 Date: 11 June 2008 No. of pages: 5 Marks: 110 Time: 3 Hours Venue: LS 2A ------------------------------------------------- Additional: Supplemental Figure Sheet Time: 12:30 p.m. ------------------------------------------------- ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS In the interest of economy please write on both sides of the exam script Please answer
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Collective collaboration Evolution of Web 2.0 and Social Networking Nowadays people often throw around these jargon terms like Web 2.0 or Social Networking. What do these terms actually mean? In order to have a basic understanding of these terms or concepts‚ it has to be broken down into three steps. Firstly‚ in the early and mid-90’s‚ websites “spoke” to website visitors and that was it. The websites had information and they provided it to the visitors and that is all that happened‚ hence one-way
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Genetic Counseling Decision-Making In my opinion‚ I think that Jenny and Bob Miller should take the necessary risks in order to make their sons life more comfortable and possibly cure them of their disease in the near future due to gene therapy. The gene therapy is not far from being a reality in medicine that can cure muscular dystrophy‚ and the injections of normal muscle cells from healthy individuals can relieve some of the pain they are experiencing until a cure is generated. Muscular
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Bibliography: Diaz-Benjumea‚ F.J.‚ Garcia-Bellido‚ A. (1990). Genetic analysis of the wing vein pattern of Drosophila. Rouxs Arch. Dev. Biol. 198(6): 336--354. September 20‚ 2011. Diaz-Benjumea‚ J.‚ Gonzalez-Gaitan‚ M.A.F.‚ Garcia-Bellido‚ A. (1989). Developmental genetics of the wing vein pattern of Drosophila. Genome 31(2): 612—619. September 20‚ 2011 Drosophila Gene Disruption Project: Progress Using Transposons With Distinctive Site Specificities Genetics July 1‚ 2011 188:731-743. September 26‚ 2011 Homology
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Critique of Artificial Intelligence Journalist John Markoff wrote the article “Computer Wins On ‘Jeopardy!’: Trivial‚ It’s Not”. He discusses how the super computer “Watson” defeated the all time champion of “Jeopardy!” Ken Jennings. The author‚ throughout the article‚ agrees that the supercomputer “Watson” was a fair match against Ken Jennings. I disagree with Markoff for multiple reasons. This was in no way a fair match because the computer had a remarkable ability to answer questions at
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Data mining and OLAP are the most common Business Intelligence technologies. The term Business Intelligence refers to computer based methods to identify and extract useful information from business data. Online Analytical Processing commonly known as OLAP provides summary data and generates rich calculations. OLAP is a class of systems that provide answers to multidimensional queries. OLAP is typically used in business reporting for sales‚ marketing and various such domains. OLAP enables the users
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Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activitity on the biophysical environment. Environmentalism‚ a socialand environmental movement that started in the 1960s‚ addresses environmental issues through advocacy‚ education and activism. The carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere has already exceeded 400 parts per million (NOAA) (with total "long-term" GHG exceeding 455 parts per million). (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report) This level is considered
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ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE MUHAMMAD DZUL HUSSAINI BIN HANAFI KB1309FD4722 CHIMPANZEE INTRO Chimpanzees‚ sometimes colloquially Chimps‚ are two extant hominid species of apes in the genus Pan. The Congo River divides the native habitats of the two species. Chimpanzees are members of the family Hominidae‚ along with gorillas‚ humans‚ and orangutans. Chimpanzees split from the human branch of the family about four to six million years ago. Chimpanzees are the closest living relatives to humans‚ being members
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Dr. Held BL 126.01 11 November 2010 Toxicology Environmental Toxicology is a young (1965) and interdisciplinary science that uses both basic and applied scientific knowledge to understand natural and human caused pollutants‚ life cycle and their impacts upon structure and functions of biological and ecological systems. Research in Environmental Toxicology includes both laboratory experiments and field studies. The main purpose of Environmental Toxicology wants to answer two main questions 1.)
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6.825 Techniques in Artificial Intelligence What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Lecture 1 • 1 If you’re going to teach or take an AI course‚ it’s useful to ask: "What’s AI?" It’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Let’s go through a few things that AI is thought to be and situate them within the broader picture of AI. 1 6.825 Techniques in Artificial Intelligence What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? • Computational models of human behavior? • Programs
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