the charectersitic spectrum. Activated Alumina: Activated Alumina is a granulated form of aluminum oxide. In this process‚ water containing the contaminant is passed through a cartridge or canister of activated alumina which adsorbs the contaminant. The cartridge of activated alumina must be replaced periodically. Activated alumina devices can accumulate bacteria‚ so treated water may have higher bacteria counts than raw water. The advantages of Activated Alumina filters include: 1.
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Chapter 14: Signal Transduction Mechanisms: Messengers and Receptors Signal Transduction Mechanisms: II. Messengers and Receptors In the second major means of intercellular communication the signal is transmitted by regulatory chemical messengers Receptors are located on receiving cells that can be quite distant from the secreting cell Chemical Signals and Cellular Receptors Cells produce signals‚ in some cases by displaying molecules on their surfaces or by releasing a chemical signal Multicellular
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Describe the physiological approach to the study of the mind. Explain how Donders experiment can be repeated in a modern laboratory using the physiological approach to the study of the mind Donder’s work attempts to describe the processes going on in the mind‚ by analyzing cognitive activity into separate stages. Until Donder’s work‚ many scientists had assumed that the mental operations involved in responding to a stimulus occurred instantaneously. Donder was particularly interested in "timing
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hand warmers‚ mainly the iron powder and activated charcoal‚ and oxygen in the atmosphere‚ react with each other chemically to create warmth. Inside the pouch‚ there is iron powder. When it comes in contact with oxygen‚ the iron rusts and releases heat. The outside bag is a microporous pouch‚ which has tiny holes that are big enough to allow air inside‚ providing the oxygen for the reaction between iron and oxygen. Inside the hand warmer‚ there is also activated charcoal‚ which is charcoal that has been
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confidence interval for μ (true mean processing time) is given by 3.8 ± 1.645 × 1.2/ √40 = 3.8 ± 0.31 = (3.49‚ 4.11) minutes. Q.3 The amount of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) was measured in 40 samples of soil that were treated with contaminated sludge. The following summary statistics were obtained. x = 3.56‚ s = .5ppm Obtain a 95% confidence interval for the population mean μ‚ amount of PCBs in the soil. Solution: For large n‚ a 95% confidence interval for μ is given by X ±z0.025 ×S/√n Using
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malaria‚ but instead he accidently started a new movement in the fashion industry. In 1856 Perkin was attempting to create artificial quintine‚ an anti-malaria drug derived from tree bark. He failed‚ however his failure resulted in a thick purple sludge. The color caught his eye‚ it was a very unique shade of purple. He was able to isolate the compound producing the color which he named mauve. Perkin had created the first ever synthetic dye. Perkin’s dye was quite vibrant and didn;t fade or wash
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Nuclear Power‚ Friend or Foe? Its seems that the world is in a constant search of a cleaner‚ cheaper and safer power plants. Nuclear energy has emerged as a new alternative for power. The first nuclear power plant was built in the 1950’s and is now used all over the world. France receives 80% of their electrical energy from nuclear power plants‚ however; here in the U.S. we only receive 19% of our electrical energy from nuclear power plants. Whereas nuclear power comes with cons‚ such as safety
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Creative writing piece based on the short animation film ‘Alma’ The streets of Barcelona were plastered with sludge and the rooftops were being bleached by the purity of the white snow as it falls gently‚ caressing the slates that have been fractured by the intense heat of the Spanish summer which‚ had long since passed. There were very few people scattered around the city‚ as the bitterness of the wind was far too cold for someone acclimatised to the normal heat of Barcelona. With the
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form an amide. This reaction is widely used‚ especially in the synthesis of peptides. On the simple addition of an amine to a carboxylic acid‚ a salt of the organic acid and base is obtained. To overcome this‚ the carboxylic acid first needs to be "activated". This is usually done by converting the acid into a more reactive derivative (i.e. anhydride‚ acid halide) or by using a coupling agent. In some cases‚ high temperatures (>200 °C) can overcome salt formation by driving off water‚ without the need
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others. Mysticism aside‚ the study of blood clotting and the development of laboratory tests for blood clotting abnormalities are historically inseparable. The workhorse tests of the modern coagulation laboratory‚ the prothrombin time (PT) and the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)‚ are the basis for the published extrinsic and intrinsic coagulation pathways‚ even though it is now known that these pathways do not accurately reflect the function of blood clotting in a living organism. In this
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