Who discovered the element? Selenium was discovered by Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1817. How was the element discovered? Selenium was discovered by Jons Jakob Berzelius in 1817. In 1817‚ he was studying the chemicals used in making sulfuric acid‚ but they got selenium from a red-brown sediment which collected at the bottom of the chambers in the particular plant. At first he thought it was the element tellurium and tellurium is a rare element‚ so he brought it back to his laboratory. After studying
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for the first time about the phases of Venus. He had described the phases as variations of lighting on the surface of the planet. This was due to the planet’s orbit around the sun. He was one of the first Europeans to view sunspots. He was the one who correctly observe and understand sunspots. (source
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He once contemplated suicide and even wrote a two-page essay on why he wanted to end his life. Anna Hazare was not driven to such a pass by circumstances. He wanted to live no more because he was frustrated with life and wanted an answer to the purpose of human existence. The story goes that one day at the New Delhi Railway Station‚ he chanced upon a book on Swami Vivekananda. Drawn by Vivekananda’s photograph‚ he is quoted as saying that he read the book and found his answer - that the motive
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Summarize The review focuses on how D. melanogaster can be utilized to answer questions about functions of genes involved in human diseases. Review various human disease genes w/ identified homologous in D. melanogaster the availability of genome sequences of human and model organisms has provided a good opportunity to investigate the conservation of genes responsible for heritable diseases in human such as Neurological disorders‚ developmental disorders‚ Familial Alzheimer disease‚ Fragile
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The Normans were originally known as Norsemen or Northmen and Danes. They were closely akin(m¦‡MvÎxq) to the English. They were fair haired but most cruel and daring. They came from Denmark‚ Norway and Scandinavia and from also the original homeland of the Angles and Guts. Afterwards they had been appearing on the states of England‚ of its society and politics. Ultimately they took Britain to be their suitable homeland and conquered. In England‚ the Norman first descended on the sea-coasts‚ plundered(jyÚb
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scandals and evolving social attitudes towards the industry‚ bankers recognise that their talent strategy‚ from recruitment through performance management and compensation‚ must change. In particular‚ many are focusing on their graduate hires who will be the culture-carriers of the banks of the future. In discussing these issues with senior executives at leading institutions‚ several key questions
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million living near the Cancun peninsula‚ and only around 2‚000 of them are Itzan. The Itzan people are in grave danger of extinction‚ with only 1‚983 natives left. Did you know that only 8 people in this whole world‚ speak itzan fluently? But who are the Itza people? The Itzan are one of the few surviving tribes of the Mayan people but they are also shrouded in mystery. No one knows exactly what they believe or how they came to be there. There are a few legends but none tell of the Itzas descent
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Sniffer is a short film about a man‚ who lives in a world where humans wear metal boots to weigh them down because they don’t react to gravity. The protagonist lives a monotonous life‚ arising from his sleep every morning to commute to work in a overcrowded bus‚ where his job entails testing deodorants by sniffing the armpits of various individuals‚ which is shown to be overweight. However‚ the ending of the film exhibit him realizing how dreary his life is‚ which triggered him unfastening his
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it" (Miller‚ 1953‚ p. 1219). Wanting to avoid getting in trouble and wanting to make other people responsible for what she has done‚ Abigail lies. Likewise she is a cunning person when it comes to Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth is John Proctors wife‚ who Abigail sees as the wall in between John and her. So she decided to do something about it
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never came back after he found out that Heidi was pregnant. While she was pregnant she thought all the time about giving the soon to be born baby up. When Colin was born Heidi was thinking about keeping the new baby. But after meeting the Kaepernick’s who were introduced by her friends she decided to give the new baby up. Being a multiracial child to a pair of white parents Colin heard comments like “No way those
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