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    Effects of Alcohol

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    Effects of alcohol Cause and Effect Paper‚ Final Draft Causes and Effects of Alcoholism The causes and effects of alcoholism on society are far-reaching‚ tragic‚ and hard to deny. One of the many definitions of alcoholism is a primary‚ chronic disease with genetic and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. Harmful consequences from this dangerous addiction include the eventual inability of the addicted to be a productive member of society; liver and brain

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    Combustion Of Alcohols

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    Combustion Of Alcohols Planning This investigation involves burning alcohol in the air. Key science- Chemistry by Eileen Ramsden says that " an alcohol is a series of organic‚ homologous compounds‚ with the general formula Cn H2n+1OH". The alcohol reacts with the oxygen in the air to form the products water and carbon dioxide: Cn H2n+1OH +(n+n/2)-1O2 ? nH2O + nCO2 The structure of the molecules in this reaction is: H H | | H - C - C - O- H + 3[O=O] ? 1/2[O=C=O] + 3[H-O-H] | | H H This reaction

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    Metabolism of Alcohol

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    Matt Feldman Mr. Mosher AP Bio 12/6/2012 The Metabolism of Alcohol This article describes the process the liver undergoes to breakdown the alcohol in your blood stream. Also it discusses the consequences of heavy drinking and the damage it causes to your body. The only cells in our body that can metabolize ethanol are in our liver. In the cells NAD+ oxidizes the ethanol to acetic acid‚ which generates an excess amount of NADH‚ which gives its electrons to the ETC. Then Oxidative phosphorylation

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    Introduction     Cigarette smoking is now becoming a big issue  throughout the world and especially in the Philippines. Because of this‚ the researchers finds it interesting to make a research paper about it. The researchers wants to know the cause and effect of cigarette smoking amongst her fellow student in Agoo Montessori Learning Center and High School Inc. The researchers think that everyone knows the side effects that the cigarette is giving to its user but the hardest thing to understand

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    Cigarette smoking is a risky habit. According to http://www.rochester.edu‚ it kills more than 1‚200 Americans each day. The nicotine in cigarettes causes cigarettes to become extremely addictive‚ and the addiction becomes very expensive. Cigarette smoking has side effects‚ can cause cancer and disease‚ and is harmful to others. Smoking cigarettes has side effects. One side effect is the premature wrinkling of the skin. Other side effects include: bad breath‚ stained hair‚ stained teeth‚ odorous

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    Alcohol Abuse

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    The Abuse of Alcohol Christine Townsend University Of Pheoniox Author Note This essay is being submitted on October 21‚ 2012‚ for Karen Spears Reading and Writing Strategies course. The Abuse of Alcohol A large part of the population in the United States abuse or used to abuse alcohol. The health and social problems are enormous‚ leading to an increase in unemployment‚ homelessness and even death. Alcoholism can cause a lonely and poor life style. Many people use certain excuses to drink

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    Impact of Alcohol

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    Impact of Alcohol Works Cited Missing Alcohol plays too significant a role in society today and should be an after thought as opposed to the most essential addition to any social event. Alcohol creates numerous social‚ economic‚ and health problems that could very easily be stopped if it played a less influential role in every day events. The us... [tags: Research Alcohol Drinking Essays] 1253 words (3.6 pages) Strong Essays [preview] Alcohol Consumption - Alcohol Consumption As we discussed

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    Oxidation of Alcohol

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    Lab 5 Oxidation of an alcohol CHM2123 Introduction: Oxidation is a key reaction in organic chemistry. Oxidation of an alcohol can produce aldehydes‚ ketones‚ or carboxylic acids. One of the methods of oxidation is an aldol reaction through carbon-carbon bonds. The oxidation oxidizes primary alcohols to aldehydes and secondary alcohols oxidizes ketones. Tertiary alcohols are converted to the common oxidizing agents. Scheme 5.1: Aldehydes can be oxidized easily to carboxylic acids in aqueous medias

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    Effects of Alcohol

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    Alcohol and Driving Alcohol is a depressant that affects your vision‚ coordination‚ reaction time‚ multitasking ability‚ judgment‚ and decision-making. How can you drive safely if you can’t see‚ think‚ and move around well and react quickly? Alcohol affects your ability to identify dangerous situations and make good decisions when you know danger is ahead‚ and it slows your reaction time even if you do make a good decision. In addition‚ having alcohol in the body while you’re driving messes up your

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    Hemingway and Alcohol

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    An Analysis of the Presence of Alcohol in Ernest Hemingway’s Short Stories Alcohol and Desperation: An Analysis of the Presence of Alcohol in Ernest Hemingway’s Short Stories Throughout the short stories of Ernest Hemingway‚ alcohol inevitably lends its company to situations in which desperation already resides. In an examination of his earlier works‚ such as In Our Time‚ a comparison to later collections reveals the constant presence of alcohol where hopelessness prevails. The

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