GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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Microbes‚ despite being the most abundant organisms on Earth‚ were relatively inconspicuous to humans until the 17th century. These life forms have evolved their mechanisms of growth and survival in order to face the harsh conditions of the planet. While it often seems like two types of microbes‚ viruses and bacteria‚ have only impacted human life by increasing the fatality rate‚ Dorothy H. Crawford’s book‚ Deadly Companions‚ refutes this claim. Crawford argues that there are more important effects
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Microbes have existed billions of years on Earth than humanity. Since ancient times‚ they have been known to cause infectious diseases to any form of creature that has life such as humans and animals. In the present-day‚ microbiologists and archeologists are discovering evidence of infectious diseases in ancient human skeletons. As the scientists and researchers were tracking those diseases in ancient human skeletons they had started to discover that microbes contribute too many chronic diseases
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English Techniques Allegory Story with a double meaning: one primary (on the surface) and one secondary. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters‚ figures/ events in narrative‚ dramatic or pictorial form. Alliteration Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase. Anaphora The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Anecdote A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. Illustrate
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Techniques for Isolation of Pure Cultures Objective : i. To perform the spread plate and the streak plate inoculation procedure for the separation of the cells of a mixed culture so that discrete colonies can be isolated. ii. To prepare a stock culture of an organism using isolates from the mixed cultures prepared on the agar streak-plate and/or the spread plate. Introduction : In order to be able to adequately study and characterize a certain microorganism‚ microbiologists need to separate
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Lab Report - Microbes Aim: To investigate four areas of the school and to find out which of the four have the most microbes. Areas to Sample: 1. Girl’s locker room (Senior school) 2. Girl’s locker room (Elementary school) 3. Boy’s locker room (Senior school) 4. Boy’s locker room (Elementary school) Hypothesis: We predict that the boy’s locker room in the senior school will have the most microbes. First of all‚ there are more people using our locker rooms in the Senior School
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ALLITERATION is the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words. If the consonants are the same but the sounds are different they do not alliterate. eg. "...the grease that kisses the onions with a hiss." from WILLIAM STREET by Kenneth Slessor ALLUSION is the reference to well-known figures and/or other texts eg. "And thrice I heard the Cock crow thinking I knew it’s meaning well." from COCK CROW by Rosemary Dobson The reference here is to the denial of Jesus after his arrest by
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COMMENTARY Aseptic Processing Contamination Case Studies and the Pharmaceutical Quality System Richard L. Friedman Food & Drug Administration‚ Center for Drug Evaluation & Research‚ Division of Manufacturing & Product Quality ABSTRACT: This paper summarizes parenteral drug contamination case studies presented at industry conferences and a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting in the period of 2000-2004. CGMP deficiencies associated with each contamination event are discussed. The
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The Alexander Technique evaluates and explores the opportunities of it being an effective and safe technique that can be integrated as a holistic healing modality within the nursing practice and self-care. “The Alexander Principle states: that there are certain ways of using your body which are better than certain other ways; that when you reject these better ways of using your body‚ your functioning will begin to suffer in some important respects; that it is useful to assess other people by the
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Managerial control is a systematic effort to set performance standard along with planning targets. There are various techniques of managerial control. All techniques can be classified broadly into two categories. Such as :- A. Budgetary control techniques B. Non-budgetary control techniques Budgetary Control Techniques The word ‘budget’ is derived from a French word “Bougettee”. The meaning of this word is a leather pouch in which funds are appropriated for meeting anticipated expenses
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