Synthesis and IR Analysis of trans-[Bis(inosinato)palladium(II)] Abstract In this lab we synthesized trans-[Bis(inosinato) palladium(II)] for IR analysis. After completion of the reaction 84.4% of the product was collected. IR spectrum of the product and inosine was analyzed to determine how the inosine is bonded to the metal‚ palladium. From the IR analysis‚ it was determined that when inosine reacts with palladium‚ a shift of about 65 cm-1 in the carbonyl stretch was observed. Introduction:
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The documentary that I chose to do an analysis on is “Growing Up Trans”‚ a film that is showed on a T.V. a series called Frontline directed‚ by Martin Smith. In this documentary film it goes through the life of young kids that are planning to change there identity to a different gender. While the kids plan on taking hormone blockers they are being educated by doctors at Children’s Hospital in Chicago‚ Illinois on how the hormone blockers are processed. Some of the parents are nervous because
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million in 2007. In the same year‚ there were 2.7 million infections and 2 million HIV related death. Globally‚ about 45% of new infections occur among young people (The Guardian‚ 2009). Africa remains the must affected region in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa which has just about 10% of the world’s population is home to two-third of
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Did African’s participate in the Atlantic Slave Trade as equal partners‚ or were they the victims of European power and greed? The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade (TAST) was the selling of and transportation of slaves from African lands across the Atlantic to lands such as Brazil‚ Spanish Empire‚ British‚ French‚ Dutch and Danish West Indies‚ the British North America and US‚ along with Europe. It is estimated that as many as 13 million slaves left African ports (although only 11 million arrived to
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Introduction to African Literature In the dictionary ‘Le Petit Larousse 2003’ literature is defined as a field embracing written and oral works to which an aesthetic aim is acknowledged. This definition upholds the assertion that African literature has ever existed in the oral form. African forms of literature are interesting not only as far as anthropological perspectives are concerned‚ but also from an aesthetic view point. Africa is endowed with epics‚ folktales and praise poems that
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Abstract The problem of disillusionment is still affecting Africans‚ no thanks to the effect of imperialism. This makes them believe that the only way to attain their physical and mental essences is by seeking greener pastures. This paper attempts to juxtapose various perceptions and individual indetermination‚ and what is the reality as Tanure Ojaide captures in The Activist taking cognizance of Lacan’s view that ‘that chapter of my history that is marked by a blank or occupied by a falsehood:
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Cultural Change Did you ever receive a great idea from a friend or family member? Maybe they taught you something and you decided it was a good idea‚ and continued to use it. This is just like cultural change‚ when Europeans came to Africa and changed their lives forever. Africans were at first hesitant to believe the strange and absurd teachings of these “white men‚” but soon liked European beliefs. As more and more people converted and more Europeans arrived‚ African culture became much
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A Brief Guide to Negritude Negritude was both a literary and ideological movement led by French-speaking black writers and intellectuals. The movement is marked by its rejection of European colonization and its role in the African diaspora‚ pride in "blackness" and traditional African values and culture‚ mixed with an undercurrent of Marxist ideals. Its founders (or les trois pères)‚ Aimé Césaire‚ Léopold Sédar Senghor‚ and Léon-Gontran Damas‚ met while studying in Paris in 1931 and began to publish
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The term imperialism is the supremacy of one country of the political‚ economic or cultural life of another country or region. This imperialism took place in Africa and it began in the 1800. The Europeans had many motives to distribute the continent of Africa among each other to gain wealth and power. The countries involved in this motion were Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Germany and Portugal. This time was a detrimental period on the African people. This changed the life of the African greatly
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Out of Africa vs. Multiregional Paleoanthropologists have been searching for decades‚ looking for signs of early human life throughout Africa Asia and Europe‚ trying to find clues that tell them where the human race originated. These scientists have found overwhelming evidence of early human life across different continents‚ but are always working to attempt to explain what they have discovered‚ and try to piece together the earliest signs of human civilization. Two main theories have emerged
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