America’s Great Potato Baron Eric Schlosser’s biography “Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good” explains how this invention started out of a simple potato by a man named John R. Simplot who was raised on a farm‚ un-educated and by his own account‚ left home at a young age. According to Eric Schlosser’s claim‚ “John Richard Simplot‚ America’s great potato baron‚ whose seemingly inexhaustible energy and willingness to take risk built an empire base on French fries” (Schlosser par. 2). The
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experiment is to study how enzyme activity is affected by environmental conditions. Researchers tested the level of potato extract enzyme activity with 1-11 pH‚ varying temperature‚ catechol solution‚ hydroquinone solution‚ and different measurements of catechol. In Figure 1A and 1B‚ pH levels were tested with potato extract to see how pH would affect the amount of Benzoquinone is formed in the potato. Although it was hypothesized that enzymes would form Benzoquinone better in acidic pH levels‚ the absorbency
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calculate the fraction that will be used up after 6.0 minutes. 4. [15 points] The rate law for the decomposition of ozone to molecular oxygen 3 O3 (g) −→ 3 O2 (g) is rate = k [O3 ]2 . [O2 ] The mechanism for this process is k1 O3 O + O2 k−1 k 2 O + O3 −→ 2 O2 Derive a rate law from these elementary steps. Clearly state the assumptions you use in the derivation. Explain why the rate decreases with increasing O2 concentration. 5. [15 points] Consider the following
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I have been asked to investigate the effects of osmosis on potato cell sap. I will test potato cylinders in different strengths of sucrose solution and record any results in a table. I will then analyse my findings and work out the isotonic point of the potato cell sap. Prediction I have looked at my scientific knowledge from the background theory I carried out and I will base my prediction upon this information. In this experiment‚ I expect the different concentrations to show fairly noticeable
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The Effect of pH on Enzyme Activity A piece of Solanum tuberosum (potato) was removed and mixed with distilled water in a blender. The resulting solution was filtered through multiple layers of cheese cloth to filter out the liquid by eliminating any large pieces in the solution. The solution created was catechol. Five different solutions were prepared as blanks with each test tube containing 6.0mL of a different pH (pH 4‚ pH6‚ pH7‚ pH8‚ pH10) of phosphate buffer‚ 1.0mL of the enzyme and 1.0mL of
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TOY: MR. POTATO HEAD! Since the time of my childhood I have been exposed to hundreds of toys and games. However‚ only a few stand out in my memory and even fewer still remain in my possession today. There are many toys in America‚ which are known by all ages‚ nationalities‚ and social classes. Toys such as Barbie‚ Legos‚ Cabbage Patch Kids‚ GI Joe‚ and many more are well known commodities‚ which have been in existence since before my time. Although there are numerous toys I can remember
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IEOR E4707: Financial Engineering: Continuous-Time Models c 2009 by Martin Haugh Fall 2009 Black-Scholes and the Volatility Surface When we studied discrete-time models we used martingale pricing to derive the Black-Scholes formula for European options. It was clear‚ however‚ that we could also have used a replicating strategy argument to derive the formula. In this part of the course‚ we will use the replicating strategy argument in continuous time to derive the Black-Scholes partial
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Potato Juice Excellent Tonic: Skin Disorder: Angular cheilitis – One of the most important purposes of potato juice is for treating angular cheilitis‚ a common skin disorder characterized by redness and swelling of the mouth corners. Potato juice is known to be an effective anti-inflammatory so applying this on the corners of your mouth can tone down the lesions in no time. If you make it a habit to drink potato juice every day‚ you’ll get enough vitamin B complex‚ which you need to fight angular
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Lab Report on Osmosis and Diffusion Biology 1‚ Period 3 March 15‚ 2010 Lab Team: Jason Perez‚ Kicia Long‚ Chris McLemore Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to observe the acts of passive transport: diffusion and osmosis in a model membrane system. The experiment will show how molecules in solution move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration. The model membrane is dialysis tubing. Materials Used 2.5 cm dialysis tubing 15% glucose
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