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    Agar plates

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    DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGAR Mac Conkey‘s Agar plate MacConkey (also McConkey) agar is a culture medium designed to grow Gram-negative bacteria and stain them for lactose fermentation. It contains bile salts (to inhibit most Grampositive bacteria‚ except Enterococcus and some species of Staphylococcus)‚ crystal violet dye (which also inhibits certain Gram-positive bacteria)‚ neutral red dye (which stains microbes fermenting lactose)‚ lactose and peptone. QUALITY CONTROL Results after 24 hrs at

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    Plan of Investigation It is through Gangsta Rap subgenre of Hip-Hop‚ that the question: “What were the underlying cultural reasons for the Los Angeles Riots of 1992?” can be answered. This paper will examine rap lyrics from prominent Los Angeles Hip-Hop acts in order to investigate the deteriorating rapport between the city’s oft-biased police department and the city’s increasingly restless black urban youth‚ from the perspective of the latter group. These lyrics will be juxtaposed with statements

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    Earthquake Resistant Buildings A Research Paper in Writing in the Discipline Emilio Aguinaldo College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Course in Writing in the Discipline Submitted by: Manicdao‚ Marlone S. Introduction Earthquakes are major geological phenomena. Man has been terrified this phenomena for ages‚ as little has been known about the causes of earthquakes‚ but it leaves behind a trail of destruction. There are hundreds of small earthquakes around the

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    2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami Introduction The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake‚ also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake‚[6][7](Japanese: "Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster" was a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred on Friday‚ 11 March 2011 It was the most powerful known earthquake to have hit Japan‚ and one of the five most powerful earthquakes in the world overall since modern record-keeping began in 1900.  In addition to loss

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    Earthquakes in Australia Australia is a very lucky country that suffers very few earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Earthquakes are caused by converging plates (usually subducting)‚ and there a 4 different types of waves in two categories; firstly there is Body waves which are broken into primary and secondary waves (these travel through the earth) Surface waves travel through only the crust and are called Love and Rayleigh. These Waves (the earthquakes) are measured by a seismograph/ a device that

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    the biggest states in the country is in danger of mass destruction from a huge crack in the ground called the San Andreas Fault. What is the science behind this fault? why should people fear it? and what could be the result of another devastating earthquake? The San Andreas Fault is a place where two massive tectonic plates‚ specifically the North American and Pacific plates. The small split in the ground extends more than 800 miles and is roughly ten miles deep. The SAF is located in Northern California

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    Plate Mill

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    ------------------------------------------------- Plate Mill project report Sourav Sett National institute of technology‚ durgapur. ------------------------------------------------- Plate Mill project report Project Report Plate Mill Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. Raigarh Name: Sourav Sett College: National Institute Of Technology‚ Durgapur Introduction I am very grateful to Mr. N.Rajkumar and Mr.S.S.Kumar for giving me the opportunity to pursue my vocational training at the Plate Mill‚ JSPL Raigarh plant

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    Would earthquakes of similar magnitudes in different populated regions of the Earth cause approximately the same levels of damage? In your discussions‚ consider both geologic and human-induced factors. The amount of damage caused by an Earthquake does not solely depend on the magnitude of the Earthquake. Factors such as population‚ geographic location‚ soil type‚ and the type of building material commonly used for construction in a region determine the extent of damage caused. If an Earthquake strikes

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    Associate Level Material Earthquake Technology Worksheet Answer the lab questions for this week and summarize the lab experience using this form. Carefully read Ch. 9 of Geoscience Laboratory. Complete this week’s lab by filling in your responses to the questions from Geoscience Laboratory. Although you are only required to respond to the questions in this worksheet‚ you are encouraged to answer others from the text on your own. Questions and charts are from Geoscience Laboratory‚ 5th ed. (p

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    Earthquakes and Tsunamis

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    greatest disasters: earthquakes. When these two great forces collide‚ structure and society are greatly impacted. Though an earthquake can happen at almost anywhere and anytime in the world‚ they all start out in the same way. Deep beneath the Earth’s surface‚ in the mantle‚ rocks are always in motion‚ rising and sinking in convection currents. These currents‚ in which cooler‚ denser rocks sink beneath warmer‚ less dense rocks‚ fuel the motion of the lithosphere’s plates. Sometimes‚ plates may go together

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