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    Northern Alaska Tectonics

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    that it lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle and it is the most coherent stratigraphy in Alaska. The region includes one of the major mountain ranges in Alaska‚ the Brooks Range‚ as well as some of the most important economic resources and reserves in the United States. This region is composed of varying sizes of plutons‚ batholiths and sedimentary rocks. Two major terranes encompass the region‚ the Arctic Alaska terrane and the Angayucham terrane as well as their associated subterranes as separated

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    Streak Plate

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    Microbiology Instructor: Dirk VandePol Date: 6/21/2013 Streak Plate Isolation for Obtaining Pure Culture 1. When an agar plate is inoculated‚ why is the loop sterilized after the initial inoculation in put on? Ans: We use agar plate to inoculate microbes by zipping the loop on the agar several times. We streak on the agar plate four time‚ propose is to isolate the unknown bacteria. Therefore‚ the first time to streak on the plate‚ there are million of bacteria on the loop. For that reason‚

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    Reviewing the Literature NURS6125‚ section 23‚ Integrating Theory and Research for Evidence-Based Practice February 12‚ 2011 Reviewing the Literature Patient handoffs are an integral part of taking care of people in all patient care settings. Patient handoffs occur at many different times throughout a facility including shift changes‚ provider break times‚ inter-departmental transfers‚ when a patient may travel for testing. Patient handoff definitions vary widely‚ but the most simplified version

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    Major Ethical Theories • Utilitarianism • Deontological Ethics • Justice & Fairness • Virtue Ethics Utilitarianism ➢ Study ethical behavior in terms of the result or consequences of ethical decisions ➢ Evaluate decisions whether good or bad in term of impact of the decisions ➢ Decision maker must take broad perceptive concerning who‚ in society‚ might be affected by the decision Weaknesses in Utilitarianism ❖ The distribution

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    The five major Canadian events of the 20th century that I would include as Heritage Minutes are The Great Depression‚ the Confederation of 1867‚ the Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms‚ Canada entering World War II‚ and the Women’s Suffrage Movement. I think that The Great Depression should be a Heritage Minute because it had a massive global impact and revealed new policies that needed to be put in place. This time period caused the unemployment rate to increase by 25%. There were no social

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    As the world’s population grows‚ more and more people are living in potentially dangerous volcanic areas. Volcanic eruptions continue to happen and they can cause great threats to life and property. Predicting a volcano’s eruption accurately will lead to more saved lives and ensure our safety. When a volcano erupts it produces many threats. Some of these threats are lava flows‚ falling ash‚ and they may even cause other threats like mud and debris flows‚ or they can cause the climate to change

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    There have been many major events that have changed countries forever. The Civil War was one of those as hundreds of thousands of americans were killed by family‚ friends‚ and fellow americans over the issue of slavery and issues between the northern states and the southern states. The Civil War has said to be one of the bloodiest wars in the world having more casualties than World War II‚ World War I‚ Vietnam‚ and the Korean war combined. The Civil War had many major events and battles that changed

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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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    pursuit of self interest‚ or for firms profit maximisation when actions of individuals or firms affect others. There are many notable theories that have been put down trying to form a guideline on how to solve the problem of what is right or wrong good or bad‚ below are three theories I have listed: 1. Utilitarianism Ethical Theory: J. S Mill The view of this theory is among competing alternatives one ought to do that which produces the greatest happiness overall for all concerned. A key aspect in

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    Juan De Fuca Plate

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    The Juan De Fuca tectonic plate is found on the west coast of North America. It is next to the North American plate‚ and according to America’s Tectonics‚ the Juan de Fuca plate is getting subducted under it. This plate is made of oceanic crust‚ but it is also basaltic in some areas. It was named after the pilot and sailor‚ Juan de Fuca‚ an explorer from Europe in the 1600s. The Juan de Fuca plate has a divergent boundary in the Juan de Fuca ridge. New material is made by the Juan de Fuca ridge

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