The purpose of this study is to understand the feeding rate of Daphnia magna. D. magna is a species of Daphnia that belongs to the suborder Cladocera (Ebert‚ 2005). They live in freshwater and feed on small‚ suspended particles in the water. They are filter feeders. Phyllopods‚ which are leaf-like appendages‚ provide a filtering apparatus for the collection of food. These structures beat to produce a constant current of water‚ allowing particles to be filtered by fine setae on the thoracic legs.
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An Investigation To See The Effect That Alcohol Has Upon The Heart Rate Of Daphnia. Aim: In this investigation I am going to see how alcohol affects the heart. Due to the ethical and safety issues involved in using in an investigation such as this I am going to use Daphnia (water flea) to conduct this experiment. Although humans and Daphnia are very different organisms‚ the affect that alcohol has upon the heart should be similar. Hypothesis: The hypothesis I am going to test during the
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Experiment Report for: ‘the affect of Caffeine on Daphnia’s heartbeat’ Introduction: Aim: The aim of this experiment is to understand the affect of the drug Caffeine on the rate of a Daphnia’s heartbeat. This is to understand the affect of caffeine on a human’s heart rate and the use of daphnia keeps the experiment fair and safe. Background Research: Daphnia – Daphnia (water fleas) are grouped as crustaceans under the arthropod group of Kingdom Anamalia. They have an open circulatory
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Project 1- Business Ethics Case Study As years go by more firms are beginning to recognize the benefits of improving ethical conduct. They are seeing an enormous correlation between business ethics and financial performance (Ferrell). There are numerous of examples that demonstrate that building an ethical reputation among employees‚ customers‚ and the general public pays off. For example‚ employee commitment and trust‚ investor loyalty and trust‚ and customer satisfaction and trust‚ which in
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Daphnia are cold-blooded poikilotherms that rely on heat from the surrounding water to maintain their body temperature. An increase in the water temperature should equate to an increase in metabolic activity due to enzymes working at a temperature closer to their optimum level. However‚ once the optimum temperature has been exceeded‚ the enzymes will begin to denature. Hydrogen bonds‚ which keep the protein conformation‚ begin to break‚ causing a change in shape of the active site; substrates
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Article: “Faster but not smarter: effects of caffeine and caffeine withdrawal on alertness and performance Journal: Psychopharmacology Publication Date: 30 October 2012 Is Caffeine Helping or Hindering Your Performance? Have you ever drunk coffee just for the taste? Studies show that that might be just what you’re doing when you take a sip of that bitter beverage. Whether you’re in high school and didn’t get enough sleep between sports and academics‚ you’re in college and finals are around the
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There are many ethical questions raised when talking about the topic of genetic testing or screening. Some include a God complex or whether is morally and ethically right to perform a test. However‚ I find it ethically wrong to perform genetic testing upon someone without their consent or to use it without their consent . I also find it ethically wrong to change whether or not someone wishes to have a child based upon a percent or pressure from others. I find it extremely ethically wrong to say that
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Description To investigate the effect on caffeine on heart rate of water fleas and to understand the risk of high level consumption of caffeine to the health of the human circulatory system and nervous system. Preview Diagram 1: Chemical structure of caffeine Image source: http://ismaastricht.wikispaces.com/file/list The images above show the chemical structure of caffeine which has a chemical formula of C8H10N4O2. Caffeine was named by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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Caffeine and Cognition Write-Up 1: Which data sets have you selected for your analysis? (5% of mark) The question being considered is the “battle of the sexes” and whether males or females are better at speech-based tasks (this study used the Stroop test). The second question is whether or not caffeine improved the performance of participants in the speech based tasks. Data sets used: V1(Sex of participant)‚ V3(What was the drink taken)‚ V23 (Stroop test-time taken to read word) and V24 (Stroop
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The problem for this experiment is how does the amount of caffeine affect the speed and performance of a mouse. The hypothesis is if the amount of caffeine consumed by the mouse is increased‚ then the time at which the mouse completes a set obstacle course will decrease when time is a function of caffeine quantity. The amount of caffeine consumed by the mouse before completing the obstacle course is the independent variable. The dependent variable of the experiment is the amount of time the mouse
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