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    Antimicrobial Experiment

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    Title Antimicrobial properties in different type of plants. Introduction A substance that kills or prevents the growth of microorganisms for example bacteria‚ fungi or protozoans is called an antimicrobial. This substance has 2 major roles which are to either kill microbes (microbiocidal) or prevent the growth of microbes (microbiostatic). Disinfectants are antimicrobial substances used on non-living objects outside the body. This substance included antibiotics‚ antifungals‚ antiprotozoals and

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    Hawthorne Studies The Hawthorne Studies‚ conducted at Western Electric’s Hawthorne plant outside Chicago‚ starting in 1924 and running through 1936‚ were intended to bring about a greater understanding of the effects of working conditions on worker productivity. The results of the experiments were contrary to the management theory of the time (Scientific Management)‚ and were key in bringing about an understanding of motivation factors in employment Basically‚ a series of studies on the productivity

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     1) OUTLINE OF OUR TASK… In our first task we were asked to build a free standing tower as high as we could but it had to hold a small ball on the top. In my Team there was Rachel‚ Rob‚ Annabel‚ Beth and Myself. In this task we came 2nd out of the 3 groups but I do not believe we deserved this position.  In this task I believe that we all jelled as a team and as a team we had good ideas but we could not execute these ideas. 2) TEAM MEMBERS STRENGTHS AND WEEKNESSES. On the board is a

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    [pic] WHAT DO MUSLIMS BELIEVE? BY MUHAMMAD AMMAR CONTENTS Belief in Allah subhana na wa ta’ala 6 Belief in Prophecy 7 Belief in Angels 8 Belief in the Books 9 Fate 10 Death 11 Death of a Muslim 11 Death of a Non-Believer 14 The day of Judgement 16 Imam Mahdi 16 Dajjal (The Anti-Christ) 18 Hazrat Isa (Jesus) comes back to Earth 21 Hazrat Tamim Dari saw Dajjal 22 Ya’jooj Ma’jooj (Gog Megog) 23 The sinking of the houses 26 Smoke 26 The rising of the Sun from the West 26

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    FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Assessment “The Hawthorne Studies are often identified as the single most important piece of empirical industrial social science ever undertaken. To what extent would you agree with this appraisal?” “There is a single light of science‚ and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.” – Isaac Asimov. Science (from Latin scientia - knowledge) is most commonly defined as the investigation or study of nature through observation and reasoning‚ aimed

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    Nathanial Hawthorne was a writer that lived in Salem‚ Massachusetts and struggled with his family’s puritan legacy. He wanted to disconnect himself from religion almost all together because he was ashamed of his past. Hawthorne lived by the idea that Emerson expresses in his literature. “All men have my blood‚ and I have all men’s” (“Self-Reliance” 11). Hawthorne understood the underlying message that Emerson was expressing; just because the people in one’s life have different beliefs than his‚ it

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    is that spirituality was more important than material possessions. Two very famous authors of this time were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Emerson was a transcendentalist and in his writings are many characteristics of this time period. Three of those characteristics are nature‚ the goodness of mankind‚ and individualism. Hawthorne‚ on the other hand was a non-transcendentalist. In his writings‚ the way he dealt with the same three characteristics shows why he is a non-transcendentalist

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    significant change during the experiment. Therefore‚ the hypothesis remains true for the control‚ even with the obvious

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    Osmosis Experiment

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    into a petri-dish and the cylinder removed and blotted with filter paper‚ throwing the liquid away from the petri-dish after each cylinder was removed. 7) The length and texture of each potato cylinder was recorded in a table. Discussion: In the experiment‚ I believe the phenomenon to take place is osmosis. Osmosis is the movement/diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane from an area of high concentration of water molecules (high water potential) to an area of a low concentration

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    components of the Hawthorne study are incorporated in current human resource functions? What was the main idea behind this study? How have you been impacted by the components of this study in your current or past work setting? According to Baack (2012)‚ the human relation movement in management began in 1920s and was based on the human element of organizations. The Hawthorne study became one of the branches of the human relation movement (Baack‚ 2012) As stated by Cubbon (1969)‚ the Hawthorne studies

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