required the successful identification of two unknown substances through experimental testing on a selective collection of materials and equipment. For the first substance (which will be either tin or aluminium)‚ two tests shall be done to ensure a decisive and educated decision onto what the substance is. The first step utilizes the dramatic difference in density between the two substances by measuring the volume and mass of the unknown substance. By calculating the volume (through displacement of
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definitions of Substance from both his ’Categories’ and ’Metaphysics‚ Book VIII’ To begin‚ a brief definition of both accounts should be described‚ but later‚ I will go over in greater specifics about his definition in ’Categories’ for a basic elucidation‚ providing examples throughout. Then‚ I will compare and contrast the two accounts. First‚ for Aristotle’s definitions of substance‚ there are two. One of the said definitions is written in ’Categories’. It states that a substance is neither
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Abstact 1) Introduction An adulterant is a chemical substance which should not be contained within other substances‚ such as food‚ beverages‚ fuels‚ for legal or other reasons. The addition of adulterants is called adulteration. The word is appropriate only when the additions are unwanted by the recipient. Otherwise the expression would be food additive. Adulterants when used in illicit drugs are called cutting agents‚ while deliberate addition of toxic adulterants to food or other products
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Second Language Acquisition: Sociocultural or Cognitive or both? by Shane Tholen Introduction How do people best learn‚ acquire and make use of a second language? Researchers and theorists in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) have had a relatively short history of grappling with this question. Indeed‚ the answer to the above question has led to considerable classroom and field research as theorists have sought to support behavioral‚ humanistic‚ cognitive linguistic and‚
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Eating‚ Substance‚ Sexual‚ and Personality Disorders Classifying and defining disorders such as eating‚ substance abuse‚ sex/gender/sexual‚ and personality disorders is often difficult. Several theoretical perspectives and techniques are required in the diagnosis and treatment of various disorders as many are often the result of several causes. As with theoretical perspectives‚ several core concepts are applicable to each of the disorders. Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious conditions
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Descartes famously proposed the conception of the mind and body as two distinct substances. Substance dualism is one of his famously philosophical stances. According to this philosophical position‚ the mind and body can exist as two separate substances that can exist independently. Descartes commences by noting that the basis of his opinions have been his senses and we cannot be sure that our minds are not deceiving us. It is as such because we cannot be sure that our exciting thoughts of the world
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03 Child Abuse Introduction to the theme Gelles and Strauss (1979‚ p. 15) assert that: "A person is more likely to be hit or killed in his or her home by another family member than anywhere else or by anyone else”. Why is there so much violence in modern man - or is it not a contemporary phenomenon? The term "family violence" refers to several types of violence‚ for example child abuse‚ incest‚ family murder‚ spouse abuse or battering. In this theme the focus will be on child abuse in particular
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controversial thinking is exactly what Descartes was known for. His "out of the box" thinking not only raised eyebrows‚ but it also brought a lot to the table. One of his most discussed ideas was that of substance dualism. In this theory‚ Descartes describes the mind an body as two separate substances. But to completely understand exactly what Descartes means by this‚ one of his other‚ more renowned theories must be explained first. One of Descartes ’ first ideas was the material is in constant motion
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brain‚ made of the same substance? A. Dualistic Views In respect to the mind-body problem there is two types of dualism. The first one is substance dualism and the second one is property dualism. Substance dualism states that two types of substances exist‚ the mental and the physical. The mind harbors our consciousness and our thoughts‚ while the physical body has the brain‚ hormones and neurotransmitters. While property dualism says that there is only one substance in our head but it has
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influenced my reading. This gives different perspectives and gives different biases throughout each perspective. Both heart of darkness and things fall apart tell stories of and critique the nature of European colonization in Africa in the 1800s. Story tellers of each are significantly different although having some similarities between each story. As both story tellers are created differently‚ a different narrative view also can be seen and thus a separate perspective of European colonization is presented
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