chemical process of digestion. Foods that contain starch like rice and potatoes. Amylase turns some of their starch into sugar in the mouth. The pancreas makes amylase (alpha amylase) to hydrolyze dietary starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides which are converted by other enzymes to glucose to supply the body with energy. Alpha amylase in this lab is used to hydrolyze starch to break it down into maltose. Purpose of this lab is to show that both pH temperature affect enzyme actions. The optimal
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I do believe the up side of the full moon is having an adverse effect on Missy . Missy starts with a low grow that as I ignore her‚ over time grows louder. Then she comes in the office barking and nudging my elbow lifting my arm off the desk....soon I hear someone
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"The Pied Piper of Tucson" On March 4th‚ 1966‚ Life Magazine published an article titled "The Pied Piper of Tucson" that captured the world’s attention. The article written by Don Moser was based on a true story happened in Tucson‚ Arizona. Charles Schmid‚ the main character of the article‚ was a serial killer in Tucson who killed three teenage girls. Moser’s article not only managed to turn a local crime story into an international news‚ it also inspired Joyce Carol Oates who often based her
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didn ’t believe in religion or a personal God‚ he did believe in a cosmic God‚ as evidenced by one of my favorite quotes of his: "Human beings‚ vegetables‚ or cosmic dust - we all dance to a mysterious tune‚ intoned in the distance by an invisible piper." ~Albert Einstein Given the way life is so tenacious‚ adaptive‚ and varied here on Earth -- almost as if it has a mind of its own -- I wouldn ’t be surprised that we find life is abundant throughout the universe. And that life does have a mind
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Many people believe the first Black-Greek Lettered organization was Alpha Phi Alpha because most of the literature available to the masses is limited. For many Alpha Phi Alpha marks the beginning of the Black Greek movement in the United States. Looking deeper into the history of Black Greek one would find that there were several attempts at forming a Black fraternal organization before the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity formation at Cornell University beginning in fall 1905. Some of these early formations
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In Piper Kerman’s piece “#11187-424”‚ she wants the reader’s attention grabbed by how she is able to tell everything first handedly. From the moment Piper reports to the federal prison for her 15-month sentence‚ she realizes that this is going to be an entire new journey. The freedom that us humans take for granted‚ for example‚ just the simple things like sitting down when we want to. Those are the actions that Piper is not able to do because she is not in the control of her own power anymore. The
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few days later‚ Betty tells Piper that they’ll be going to the Fourth of July picnic‚ Piper gets excited because it would be a chance to make friends. But Milly Mae Miller‚ the town gossip‚ has spread a rumor that Piper is crazy. She makes‚ and almost immediately loses a new friend‚ Susie Miller. Piper embarrasses herself when she keeps missing the ball during the game‚ and Milly Mae Miller isn’t helping; she keeps sneering at Piper. Determined to prove herself‚ Piper then flies to catch the ball
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assessment. In developing the mental tests‚ the psychologists subscribed to the position that one could be quite intelligent‚ but illiterate or not proficient in the English language. Based on this reasoning‚ two major tests were developed‚ the Army Alpha for literate groups‚ and the Army Beta for illiterates‚ low literates or non-English speaking (Yerkes‚ 1921). Both tests were based on the theoretical position that intelligence was an inherited trait‚ and the assumption was made that native intelligence
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The HR managers at Alpha Inc. have quite a major job to accomplish in order to aid in the whole process of merging go smoothly without conflicts among employees and management. As the merging requires only 20% of Alpha’s employees‚ it is very clear that not much can be done to ensure job security. This situation makes it quite clear that a major portion of employees‚ that is‚ 80% of Alpha’s employees will be laid off over the period of three months. However‚ the most important job of the HR managers
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The reliability of the PKLA test in piloting calculated through Cronbach’s Alpha was .71‚ which is considered acceptable. Out of the initial 35 items each having 1 point‚ the minimum score was 6 and the maximum score was 28‚ with the mean and standard deviation of 15.78 and 5.26 respectively. The preliminary investigation showed that contrary to teachers’ claims in the first phase of the study (Table 4)‚ the majority of them had low levels of PKLA; the mean score of the participants was also low
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