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Solving The Mystery Of The Romanovs
<view this essay>.... a noncoding region about 1,100 nucleotides long. This region contains
signals that control the replication of the chromosome and the
transcription of the mitochondria genes. This DNA sequence accumulates
mutations ten times the rate of the nuclear DNA. This high mutation rate
results in unique patters of single nucleotide polymorphisms, which are
inhereited through generations. Because of the location of the
polymorphisms in the cells cytoplasm, during fertilization, mitochondria
are only passed on from the egg. This means that the mitochondria DNA is
passed on from the mother. This information becomes useful when using them
for identification purposes. .....
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Nuclear Power
<view this essay>.... remains of plants and animals that died
millions of years ago. Burning fossil fuels has other downfalls, too. All the
burning that is required to turn the turbines releases much sulfur, nitrogen
gases, and other pollutants into the atmosphere. The cleanest, cheapest, and
least polluting power plant of the two types is the hydroelectric power plant.
The main reason most countries use thermal versus the hydroelectric is because
their countries don't have enough concentrated water to create enough energy to
generate electricity. (World Book vol. 14, 586) Nuclear power plants generate
only about eleven percent of the world's electricity. There are around 316
nu .....
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Chinese Shih Poetry And Philos
<view this essay>.... and Po Chü-i expressed the ideas of Taoism and Confucianism, respectively, while their fellow poet T’ao Ch’ien expressed both, through their poetry.
Confucianism is based on the ideas of Confucius, the man who gave the school of thought its name. The main goal of Confucianists was to return a gentlemanly society to China. The core of Confucianism concerned social structure. Confucius taught that a man should respect and obey those of higher rank than himself, whether they be the father of a family, or the emperor of a nation. But even with absolute obedience, Confucianists believed that men should practice restraint and benevolence in those inferior to th .....
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Genetics
<view this essay>.... perceptions of cloning.
Dolly’s case is not the first example of cloning. A man named Hans Spemann first envisioned cloning in 1938. He suggested transferring the nucleus of an embryo into another egg. As early as 1952, two scientists, Robert Briggs and T.J. King attempted what Spemann had suggested with a frog embryo and egg. Unfortunately, the frog egg did not develop. (Specter/Kolata)
That same year, researchers in Pennsylvania cloned a live frog. The technique used was known as embryo twinning, or causing the embryo to split apart. It is much easier to clone with embryonic cells. Much later, mammals such as sheep were cloned using this process. .....
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Chemistry: Acid-Base Titration
<view this essay>.... of NaOH concentration
until the chemical reaction between the two solutions were completed. The
equivalence point was the point at which the acid was completely reacted with or
neutralized by the base. The point was signaled by a changing of color of an
indicator that had been added to the acid solution. Indicator was substance that
had distinctly different colors in acidic and basic media. Phenolphthalein was a
common indicator which was colorless in acidic and neutral solutions, but
reddish pink was result in basic solutions. Strong acid (contained H+ ion) and
strong base ( contained OH ) were 100% ionized in water and they were all
strong electrolytes. P .....
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Alzheimer
<view this essay>.... very confused. During the entire trip they had to keep reminding him where they were going, even though they just told him where they were going five minutes ago. This is a burden on the family because they have to keep repeating themselves. No one likes to repeat themselves over and over again. The first night that they were in their new home, the Grandfather was so disorientated. Even after he was put to bed, he would repeatedly downstairs and ask Hank and Catherine where he was.
The second day in town, the grandfather did something that no one could believe. He just awoke form his nap when he heard a noise that was very familiar to him. It was the so .....
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Alternate Energy Sources
<view this essay>.... to turn it.) This is already done is coal combustion research facilities. The second way is for the plasma molecules to be heated up around temperatures of 5,000,000 C%. The kinetic energy is then extracted by passing through a magnetic field. This produces a strong voltage. The only disadvantages to this power source is the lack of knowledge we have for it. Hopefully, within time, we will learn about this new energy source so we can use it to power the future.
Fusion Power
Fusion Power is probably the biggest known Alternate Energy Resource. Fusion is the joining of the nuclei of two atoms to form the nucleus of a heavier element. It occurs mostl .....
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Environmental Crisis
<view this essay>.... claim that we have an environmental crisis because we have a people crisis
is valid because our environmental problems have largely resulted from
population growth, which has lead to apathy and inaction with regard to the
wasteful consumption of resources. Examples are the desertification of the Sahel
in Africa, the one child policy in China and the mis-management of our oceans.
The Sahel is a strip of land that extends for more than 6000 kilometres across
the southern edge of the Sahara desert. It stretches from Senegal and
Mauritania in the west to Ethiopia and Somalia in the east. These nations are
among the world's poorest.
The area is one of social an .....
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