What are the three mechanisms by which disinfectants work? Describe. The three mechanisms by which disinfectants work are crosslinking‚ coagulating‚ clumping; structure and function disrupture; oxidiaing Crosslinking‚ coagulating and clumping - Like many disinfectants alcohols are generally considered to be non-specific antimicrobials because of their mant toxic effects.Alcohols cause all proteins to clump and lose funcion. The alcohol must be diluted with water fir the greatest effect because proteins
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factors which led to the creation of ITV in 1954 Commercial Television has been playing big role in our lives for about 60 years already‚ whether it is the Morning News‚ Downton Abbey or The Britain’s Got Talent show (Johnson‚ Turnock‚ 2005: 1). Commercial television is entertaining‚ educating and informative and tries to fulfil viewer’s wishes of what they want to watch. British audience has been able to choose what they watch since 1954‚ when government published the Act of Television which allowed
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Melting Pot or Mosaic‚ which one? Culture is a behavior that consists of several critical elements‚ such as language‚ religion‚ race and ethnicity‚ clothing and politics. Culture is what one does in his/her daily life. In order to understand others‚ we must first keep in mind that every culture carries its own set of values and assumptions. Culture is an evolving‚ ever changing civilization‚ which includes several different groups people. For immigrants‚ America is a land of opportunity; for others
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there weren’t airplanes. Air transport can help us with visiting our relatives and friends across the world‚ without them it wouldn’t be so easy as it is today. Economy is very important. Having the ability to fly from coast to coast helps to build business for lots of people‚ whereas it helps to build up world’s economy. The airpline industry itself adds to the economy. Also there is one more important thing – an air ambulance. Some people can say that airplanes are the only reason why they are alive
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In Meno‚ Socrates and Meno have a discussion on virtue and they encounter a problem. If virtue is teachable‚ it must be knowledge. However‚ since there are no teachers and students of virtue‚ virtue must not be taught. So they think that virtue is not knowledge. And then they start the discussion on what is true belief and knowledge. In this essay‚ I would evaluate Socrates’s explanation on why knowledge is better than mere true belief and the reasons that I agree with Socrates’s proposition. Socrates’s
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The question being addressed in this lab is which ingredient will produce the most bubbles? If baking powder‚ baking soda‚ and salt are added to different test tubes of sugar water‚ then baking soda will have the most effect on the rate of fermentation (create the most bubbles). This hypothesis is rejected. Based off of data‚ the hypothesis was rejected. The ingredient that produced the most bubbles was baking powder. In the experiment finishing at 20 min.‚ the control had 2.5 cm of bubbles produced
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There are many ways in which the rainforest is exploited. Many of these ways are damaging to the environment. Rubber tapping causes almost no damage to the rainforest. Rubber tapping takes the natural latex from the tree by scraping grooves into the surface of the tree. The natural latex then falls into a cup‚ and is removed and processed to make the rubber. Rubber trees are quite rare - in a thirty square kilometre area‚ with 20‚000 trees‚ there may be just sixty rubber trees. Timber logging causes
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Treatment and Punishment of Crime Angle of attack= which is more effective‚ treatment or punishment? A significant question that is asked about offenders is how can they be prevented from re-offending? There have been a number of therapies and treatments developed by psychologists in order to change offending behaviour. Three main ones are; behaviour modification (token economies)‚ anger management and social skills training (SST). The government have also added measurements such as ‘zero
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Erich de la Torre Jill Stevenson Theatre History II 5/10/13 Which Came First Monkey or Man? There’s something to be said about a woman who can play a monkey for almost 90 minutes‚ props are always given to those that embody a character for an entire play‚ but what can be said about those whom embody a different species? That is something that cannot be done easily. But that isn’t what needs to be talked about. Yes the acting is fantastic; Kathryn Hunter
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Paper vs. Plastic: Which is better? Thousands and thousands of people are shopping in grocery stores each day using either plastic or paper bags. They think of it as something that just holds their items. What they don’t know is how much it harms our environment. So the question is which is better? “3.14 billion Plastic shopping bags and 53 million Kraft paper bags are produced annually to satisfy the national market‚ consuming 28.5 million kilograms of plastic
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