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28 size spectra of extensive air showers from 7 different experiments are analysed consistently. they are fitted by adjusting either 4 or 5 parameters : knee position, power law exponents above and below the knee, overall intensity and, in addition, a parameter describing the smoothness of the bend. the residu... | D) knee |
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can the apparent complexity we observe in the real world be generated from simple initial conditions via simple, deterministic rules?
the standard theory of ideal gases ignores the interaction of the gas particles with the thermal radiation ( photon gas ) that fills the otherwise vacuum space between them. thi... | C) gas laws |
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the clinical symptoms of pulmonary embolism ( pe ) are very diverse and non - specific, which makes it difficult to diagnose. in addition, pulmonary embolism has multiple triggers and is one of the major causes of vascular death. therefore, if it can be detected and treated quickly, it can significantly reduce... | A) pneumonia |
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the basis of all plant metabolism. the energy of sunlight, captured by oxygenic photosynthesis and released by cellular respiration, is the basis of almost all life. photoautotrophs, including all green plants, algae and cyanobacteria gather energy directly from sunlight by photosynthesis. heterotrophs includi... | D) photosynthesis |
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is said to have occurred. a chemical reaction is therefore a concept related to the " reaction " of a substance when it comes in close contact with another, whether as a mixture or a solution ; exposure to some form of energy, or both. it results in some energy exchange between the constituents of the reaction... | A) chemical reaction |
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inherited traits such as shape in pisum sativum ( peas ). what mendel learned from studying plants has had far - reaching benefits outside of botany. similarly, " jumping genes " were discovered by barbara mcclintock while she was studying maize. nevertheless, there are some distinctive genetic differences bet... | B) maxillae |
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. a reaction is said to be exergonic if the final state is lower on the energy scale than the initial state ; in the case of endergonic reactions the situation is the reverse. a reaction is said to be exothermic if the reaction releases heat to the surroundings ; in the case of endothermic reactions, the react... | C) cold-blooded |
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a state of semi - perpetual convection. this convection process causes the lithospheric plates to move, albeit slowly. the resulting process is known as plate tectonics. areas of the crust where new crust is created are called divergent boundaries, those where it is brought back into the earth are convergent b... | B) new oceanic crust |
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enough to rise to the surface — giving birth to volcanoes. = = atmospheric science = = atmospheric science initially developed in the late - 19th century as a means to forecast the weather through meteorology, the study of weather. atmospheric chemistry was developed in the 20th century to measure air pollutio... | B) solar rays |
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has rest mass and volume ( it takes up space ) and is made up of particles. the particles that make up matter have rest mass as well – not all particles have rest mass, such as the photon. matter can be a pure chemical substance or a mixture of substances. = = = = atom = = = = the atom is the basic unit of che... | D) atom |
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and nucleotides. carbohydrates include monomers and polymers of sugars. lipids are the only class of macromolecules that are not made up of polymers. they include steroids, phospholipids, and fats, largely nonpolar and hydrophobic ( water - repelling ) substances. proteins are the most diverse of the macromole... | A) keratin |
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reaction to proceed more rapidly without being consumed by it — by reducing the amount of activation energy needed to convert reactants into products. enzymes also allow the regulation of the rate of a metabolic reaction, for example in response to changes in the cell ' s environment or to signals from other c... | A) heat |
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chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. it is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions : their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they under... | B) physical change |
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charges in the nuclei and the negative charges oscillating about them. more than simple attraction and repulsion, the energies and distributions characterize the availability of an electron to bond to another atom. the chemical bond can be a covalent bond, an ionic bond, a hydrogen bond or just because of van ... | B) opposite |
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in 2015 the fda approved the first gm salmon for commercial production and consumption. there is a scientific consensus that currently available food derived from gm crops poses no greater risk to human health than conventional food, but that each gm food needs to be tested on a case - by - case basis before i... | A) cancer |
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a state of semi - perpetual convection. this convection process causes the lithospheric plates to move, albeit slowly. the resulting process is known as plate tectonics. areas of the crust where new crust is created are called divergent boundaries, those where it is brought back into the earth are convergent b... | C) seafloor spreading |
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use less energy than conventional thermal separation processes such as distillation, sublimation or crystallization. the separation process is purely physical and both fractions ( permeate and retentate ) can be obtained as useful products. cold separation using membrane technology is widely used in the food t... | D) water |
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##yotic microorganisms. typically a few micrometers in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on earth, and are present in most of its habitats. bacteria inhabit soil, water, acidic hot springs, radioactive waste, a... | D) the cell |
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of several methods used by plants to promote outcrossing. in many land plants the male and female gametes are produced by separate individuals. these species are said to be dioecious when referring to vascular plant sporophytes and dioicous when referring to bryophyte gametophytes. charles darwin in his 1878 b... | B) lipid bilayer |
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an oscillation with a period of around 500 kb in guanine and cytosine content ( gc % ) is observed in the dna sequence of human chromosome 21. this oscillation is localized in the rightmost one - eighth region of the chromosome, from 43. 5 mb to 46. 5 mb. five cycles of oscillation are observed in this region ... | A) 46 |
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are continuous lines used to depict edges directly visible from a particular angle. hidden – are short - dashed lines that may be used to represent edges that are not directly visible. center – are alternately long - and short - dashed lines that may be used to represent the axes of circular features. cutting ... | D) electron |
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world made wide use of hydropower, along with early uses of tidal power, wind power, fossil fuels such as petroleum, and large factory complexes ( tiraz in arabic ). a variety of industrial mills were employed in the islamic world, including fulling mills, gristmills, hullers, sawmills, ship mills, stamp mills... | A) sun |
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in plants the dna is often inserted using agrobacterium - mediated transformation, taking advantage of the agrobacteriums t - dna sequence that allows natural insertion of genetic material into plant cells. other methods include biolistics, where particles of gold or tungsten are coated with dna and then shot ... | A) nonbinding of repressor protein |
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with one allele inducing a change on the other. = = plant evolution = = the chloroplasts of plants have a number of biochemical, structural and genetic similarities to cyanobacteria, ( commonly but incorrectly known as " blue - green algae " ) and are thought to be derived from an ancient endosymbiotic relatio... | C) cephalopods |
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a measurable and testable value of a vehicle ' s ability to perform in various conditions. performance can be considered in a wide variety of tasks, but it generally considers how quickly a car can accelerate ( e. g. standing start 1 / 4 mile elapsed time, 0 – 60 mph, etc. ), its top speed, how short and quick... | A) distance or time |
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elongation and the control of flowering. abscisic acid ( aba ) occurs in all land plants except liverworts, and is synthesised from carotenoids in the chloroplasts and other plastids. it inhibits cell division, promotes seed maturation, and dormancy, and promotes stomatal closure. it was so named because it wa... | A) leaf broadening |
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sight, hearing, touch, and sometimes smell ( e. g., in infection, uremia, diabetic ketoacidosis ). four actions are the basis of physical examination : inspection, palpation ( feel ), percussion ( tap to determine resonance characteristics ), and auscultation ( listen ), generally in that order, although auscu... | C) sacral |
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##hthalmology and dermatology, but are not considered surgical sub - specialties per se. surgical training in the u. s. requires a minimum of five years of residency after medical school. sub - specialties of surgery often require seven or more years. in addition, fellowships can last an additional one to thre... | D) when the ice and snow change directly into water vapors |
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by ancestry rather than superficial characteristics. while scientists do not always agree on how to classify organisms, molecular phylogenetics, which uses dna sequences as data, has driven many recent revisions along evolutionary lines and is likely to continue to do so. the dominant classification system is ... | A) fungi |
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and peripheral blood. they concluded from the results that immuno - cytochemical staining of bone marrow and peripheral blood is a sensitive and simple way to detect and quantify breast cancer cells. one of the main reasons for metastatic relapse in patients with solid tumours is the early dissemination of mal... | B) 15 and 35 |
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background : african swine fever is among the most devastating viral diseases of pigs. despite nearly a century of research, there is still no safe and effective vaccine available. the current situation is that either vaccines are safe but not effective, or they are effective but not safe. findings : the asf v... | C) brain |
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the most puzzling issue in the foundations of quantum mechanics is perhaps that of the status of the wave function of a system in a quantum universe. is the wave function objective or subjective? does it represent the physical state of the system or merely our information about the system? and if the former, d... | A) structures that produce sperm and secrete testosterone |
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for the treatment of diabetes, was previously extracted from the pancreas of abattoir animals ( cattle or pigs ). the genetically engineered bacteria are able to produce large quantities of synthetic human insulin at relatively low cost. biotechnology has also enabled emerging therapeutics like gene therapy. t... | B) alterations of chromosome |
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, subsequent switching to inbreeding becomes disadvantageous since it allows expression of the previously masked deleterious recessive mutations, commonly referred to as inbreeding depression. unlike in higher animals, where parthenogenesis is rare, asexual reproduction may occur in plants by several different... | D) genetic drift |
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reflect radar waves back to the emitting radar is with orthogonal metal plates, forming a corner reflector consisting of either a dihedral ( two plates ) or a trihedral ( three orthogonal plates ). this configuration occurs in the tail of a conventional aircraft, where the vertical and horizontal components of... | D) tetrahedron |
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. these biochemical strategies are unique to land plants. = = = medicine and materials = = = phytochemistry is a branch of plant biochemistry primarily concerned with the chemical substances produced by plants during secondary metabolism. some of these compounds are toxins such as the alkaloid coniine from hem... | B) steroids |
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the valuable metals into individual constituents. = = metal and its alloys = = much effort has been placed on understanding iron – carbon alloy system, which includes steels and cast irons. plain carbon steels ( those that contain essentially only carbon as an alloying element ) are used in low - cost, high - ... | A) metal alloys |
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the curvature radiation is applied to the explain the circular polarization of frbs. significant circular polarization is reported in both apparently non - repeating and repeating frbs. curvature radiation can produce significant circular polarization at the wing of the radiation beam. in the curvature radiati... | A) law of refraction |
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to chromatin, which is a complex of dna and protein found in eukaryotic cells. = = = genes, development, and evolution = = = development is the process by which a multicellular organism ( plant or animal ) goes through a series of changes, starting from a single cell, and taking on various forms that are chara... | C) limiting factor |
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fertile and resistant, towards biotic and abiotic stress, plants and ensures application of environmentally friendly fertilizers and the use of biopesticides, it is mainly focused on the development of agriculture. on the other hand, some of the uses of green biotechnology involve microorganisms to clean and r... | A) medicine |
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other electrons either in bonds or in lone pairs. thus, molecules exist as electrically neutral units, unlike ions. when this rule is broken, giving the " molecule " a charge, the result is sometimes named a molecular ion or a polyatomic ion. however, the discrete and separate nature of the molecular concept u... | A) cation |
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inherited traits such as shape in pisum sativum ( peas ). what mendel learned from studying plants has had far - reaching benefits outside of botany. similarly, " jumping genes " were discovered by barbara mcclintock while she was studying maize. nevertheless, there are some distinctive genetic differences bet... | A) germinates |
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the world is changing at an ever - increasing pace. and it has changed in a much more fundamental way than one would think, primarily because it has become more connected and interdependent than in our entire history. every new product, every new invention can be combined with those that existed before, thereb... | D) velocity |
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three major planets, venus, earth, and mercury formed out of the solar nebula. a fourth planetesimal, theia, also formed near earth where it collided in a giant impact, rebounding as the planet mars. during this impact earth lost $ { \ approx } 4 $ \ % of its crust and mantle that is now is found on mars and t... | A) extinction |
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the structural components of cells. as a by - product of photosynthesis, plants release oxygen into the atmosphere, a gas that is required by nearly all living things to carry out cellular respiration. in addition, they are influential in the global carbon and water cycles and plant roots bind and stabilise so... | A) stimuli |
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. long - term memory allows us to store information over prolonged periods ( days, weeks, years ). we do not yet know the practical limit of long - term memory capacity. short - term memory allows us to store information over short time scales ( seconds or minutes ). memory is also often grouped into declarati... | A) electronics |
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to investigate the affinity of acetylated wood for organic liquids, yezo spruce wood specimens were acetylated with acetic anhydride, and their swelling in various liquids were compared to those of untreated specimens. the acetylated wood was rapidly and remarkably swollen in aprotic organic liquids such as be... | D) 2 |
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use less energy than conventional thermal separation processes such as distillation, sublimation or crystallization. the separation process is purely physical and both fractions ( permeate and retentate ) can be obtained as useful products. cold separation using membrane technology is widely used in the food t... | B) solids |
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single carbon atom can form four single covalent bonds such as in methane, two double covalent bonds such as in carbon dioxide ( co2 ), or a triple covalent bond such as in carbon monoxide ( co ). moreover, carbon can form very long chains of interconnecting carbon – carbon bonds such as octane or ring - like ... | B) organic chemistry |
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blood vessels. mechanical stimuli, such as pressure pulses seem to be beneficial to all kind of cardiovascular tissue such as heart valves, blood vessels or pericardium. = = = bioreactors = = = in tissue engineering, a bioreactor is a device that attempts to simulate a physiological environment in order to pro... | C) veins |
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has rest mass and volume ( it takes up space ) and is made up of particles. the particles that make up matter have rest mass as well – not all particles have rest mass, such as the photon. matter can be a pure chemical substance or a mixture of substances. = = = = atom = = = = the atom is the basic unit of che... | A) volume |
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the valuable metals into individual constituents. = = metal and its alloys = = much effort has been placed on understanding iron – carbon alloy system, which includes steels and cast irons. plain carbon steels ( those that contain essentially only carbon as an alloying element ) are used in low - cost, high - ... | A) macronutrients |
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strangelets ( stable lumps of quark matter ) can have masses and charges much higher than those of nuclei, but have very low charge - to - mass ratios. this is confirmed in a relativistic thomas - fermi model. the high charge allows astrophysical strangelet acceleration to energies orders of magnitude higher t... | C) electrostatic repulsions |
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new crop traits as well as a far greater control over a food ' s genetic structure than previously afforded by methods such as selective breeding and mutation breeding. commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994, when calgene first marketed its flavr savr delayed ripening tomato. to date most ... | D) diversifying selection |
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time - dependent distribution of the global extinction of megafauna is compared with the growth of human population. there is no correlation between the two processes. furthermore, the size of human population and its growth rate were far too small to have any significant impact on the environment and on the l... | B) endangered species |
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the basis of all plant metabolism. the energy of sunlight, captured by oxygenic photosynthesis and released by cellular respiration, is the basis of almost all life. photoautotrophs, including all green plants, algae and cyanobacteria gather energy directly from sunlight by photosynthesis. heterotrophs includi... | B) leaves |
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a nuclear reaction this holds true only for the nuclear particles viz. protons and neutrons. the sequence of steps in which the reorganization of chemical bonds may be taking place in the course of a chemical reaction is called its mechanism. a chemical reaction can be envisioned to take place in a number of s... | A) chemical formulas |
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of these cellular components. the different stages of mitosis all together define the mitotic phase of an animal cell cycle — the division of the mother cell into two genetically identical daughter cells. the cell cycle is a vital process by which a single - celled fertilized egg develops into a mature organis... | D) spermatogensis |
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applications, where neither weight nor corrosion are a major concern. cast irons, including ductile iron, are also part of the iron - carbon system. iron - manganese - chromium alloys ( hadfield - type steels ) are also used in non - magnetic applications such as directional drilling. other engineering metals ... | C) valence electrons |
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the curvature radiation is applied to the explain the circular polarization of frbs. significant circular polarization is reported in both apparently non - repeating and repeating frbs. curvature radiation can produce significant circular polarization at the wing of the radiation beam. in the curvature radiati... | B) gyroscope |
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of these cellular components. the different stages of mitosis all together define the mitotic phase of an animal cell cycle — the division of the mother cell into two genetically identical daughter cells. the cell cycle is a vital process by which a single - celled fertilized egg develops into a mature organis... | D) ovary |
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##aggeration to say that the tip of the radicle.. acts like the brain of one of the lower animals.. directing the several movements ". about the same time, the role of auxins ( from the greek auxein, to grow ) in control of plant growth was first outlined by the dutch scientist frits went. the first known auxi... | A) hormones |
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, subsequent switching to inbreeding becomes disadvantageous since it allows expression of the previously masked deleterious recessive mutations, commonly referred to as inbreeding depression. unlike in higher animals, where parthenogenesis is rare, asexual reproduction may occur in plants by several different... | B) budding |
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listing of diseases in the family that may impact the patient. a family tree is sometimes used. history of present illness ( hpi ) : the chronological order of events of symptoms and further clarification of each symptom. distinguishable from history of previous illness, often called past medical history ( pmh... | D) gas exchange process |
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( or underlined when italics are not available ). the evolutionary relationships and heredity of a group of organisms is called its phylogeny. phylogenetic studies attempt to discover phylogenies. the basic approach is to use similarities based on shared inheritance to determine relationships. as an example, s... | B) lack of a backbone |
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to explain molecular structure and composition. an ionic bond is formed when a metal loses one or more of its electrons, becoming a positively charged cation, and the electrons are then gained by the non - metal atom, becoming a negatively charged anion. the two oppositely charged ions attract one another, and... | D) covalent bonds |
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single carbon atom can form four single covalent bonds such as in methane, two double covalent bonds such as in carbon dioxide ( co2 ), or a triple covalent bond such as in carbon monoxide ( co ). moreover, carbon can form very long chains of interconnecting carbon – carbon bonds such as octane or ring - like ... | A) alkanes |
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. species boundaries in plants may be weaker than in animals, and cross species hybrids are often possible. a familiar example is peppermint, mentha × piperita, a sterile hybrid between mentha aquatica and spearmint, mentha spicata. the many cultivated varieties of wheat are the result of multiple inter - and ... | C) constructive interference |
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dimension 3, typically r3. a surface that is contained in a projective space is called a projective surface ( see § projective surface ). a surface that is not supposed to be included in another space is called an abstract surface. = = examples = = the graph of a continuous function of two variables, defined o... | B) area |
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diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders. neurology is concerned with diseases of the nervous system. in the uk, neurology is a subspecialty of general medicine. obstetrics and gynecology ( often abbreviated as ob / gyn ( american english ) or obs & gynae ( british english ) ) are concerned respectivel... | A) prenatal screening |
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cortisol, corticosterone and aldosterone activate full - length glucocorticoid receptor ( gr ) from elephant shark, a cartilaginous fish belonging to the oldest group of jawed vertebrates. activation by aldosterone a mineralocorticoid, indicates partial divergence of elephant shark gr from the mr. progesterone... | D) kidneys |
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high speed photometry of kuv 01584 - 0939 ( alias cet3 ) shows that is has a period of 620. 26 s. combined with its hydrogen - deficient spectrum, this implies that it is an am cvn star. the optical modulation is probably a superhump, in which case the orbital period will be slightly shorter than what we have ... | B) wave frequency |
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depends on the extent of the continent in which it is situated, its position in relation to the hilly regions in which rivers generally arise and the sea into which they flow, and the distance between the source and the outlet into the sea of the river draining it. the rate of flow of rivers depends mainly upo... | C) sand dunes |
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this scaffold and cells were placed in a bioreactor, where it matured to become a partially or fully transplantable organ. the work was called a " landmark ". the lab first stripped the cells away from a rat heart ( a process called " decellularization " ) and then injected rat stem cells into the decellulariz... | D) blood vessel |
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##morphology studies the origin of landscapes. structural geology studies the deformation of rocks to produce mountains and lowlands. resource geology studies how energy resources can be obtained from minerals. environmental geology studies how pollution and contaminants affect soil and rock. mineralogy is the... | D) geologic maps |
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a live / sound reinforcement engineer hears source material and tries to correlate that sonic experience with system performance. wireless microphone engineer, or a2. this position is responsible for wireless microphones during a theatre production, a sports event or a corporate event. foldback or monitor engi... | C) larynx |
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##aggeration to say that the tip of the radicle.. acts like the brain of one of the lower animals.. directing the several movements ". about the same time, the role of auxins ( from the greek auxein, to grow ) in control of plant growth was first outlined by the dutch scientist frits went. the first known auxi... | C) dormancy |
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an oscillation with a period of around 500 kb in guanine and cytosine content ( gc % ) is observed in the dna sequence of human chromosome 21. this oscillation is localized in the rightmost one - eighth region of the chromosome, from 43. 5 mb to 46. 5 mb. five cycles of oscillation are observed in this region ... | A) sexually |
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it was the best of times ; it was the worst of times is the way dickens begins the tale of two cities. the line is appropriate to our time in particle physics. it is the best of times because we are in the midst of a revolution in understanding, the third to occur during my career. it is the worst of times bec... | C) impulse |
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al - kimia is derived from the ancient greek χημια, which is in turn derived from the word kemet, which is the ancient name of egypt in the egyptian language. alternately, al - kimia may derive from χημεια ' cast together '. = = modern principles = = the current model of atomic structure is the quantum mechani... | D) explosives |
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in gravitational lensing, the concept of optical depth assumes the lens is dark. several microlensing detections have now been made where the lens may be bright. relations are developed between apparent and absolute optical depth in the regime of the apparent and absolute brightness of the lens. an apparent op... | D) photoreceptors |
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, the other can often regrow it. in fact it is possible to grow an entire plant from a single leaf, as is the case with plants in streptocarpus sect. saintpaulia, or even a single cell – which can dedifferentiate into a callus ( a mass of unspecialised cells ) that can grow into a new plant. in vascular plants... | B) damage through pushing |
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earth. it emphasizes the study of how humans use and interact with freshwater supplies. study of water ' s movement is closely related to geomorphology and other branches of earth science. applied hydrology involves engineering to maintain aquatic environments and distribute water supplies. subdisciplines of h... | A) depth of water |
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superheated droplets are proven to be excelent detectors for neutrons and could be used as a neutron dosimeter. to detect accurately the volume of the vapour formed upon nucleation and hence to observe the nucleation quantitatively an air displacement system has been developed.
; austrian experts have establis... | B) galileo |
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cross. the chromosome theory of inheritance, which states that genes are found on chromosomes, was supported by thomas morgans ' s experiments with fruit flies, which established the sex linkage between eye color and sex in these insects. = = = genes and dna = = = a gene is a unit of heredity that corresponds ... | B) degree of dna coiling |
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building block. ceramics – not to be confused with raw, unfired clay – are usually seen in crystalline form. the vast majority of commercial glasses contain a metal oxide fused with silica. at the high temperatures used to prepare glass, the material is a viscous liquid which solidifies into a disordered state... | C) noble |
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emitter rather than returning a diffuse signal detectable at many angles. the effect is sometimes called " glitter " after the very brief signal seen when the reflected beam passes across a detector. it can be difficult for the radar operator to distinguish between a glitter event and a digital glitch in the p... | B) droplets of water |
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river - beds ), but not for where there may be large obstructions in the ground. an open caisson that is used in soft grounds or high water tables, where open trench excavations are impractical, can also be used to install deep manholes, pump stations and reception / launch pits for microtunnelling, pipe jacki... | D) circulatory |
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results of an experiment are presented whose aim is to explore the relationship between respiration and cerebral oxygenation. measurements of end tidal co2 ( etco2 ) were taken simultaneously with cerebral oxygen saturation ( rso2 ) using the invos cerebral oximeter of somanetics. due to the device limitations... | A) 12-18 breaths |
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liver glycogen. during recovery, when oxygen becomes available, nad + attaches to hydrogen from lactate to form atp. in yeast, the waste products are ethanol and carbon dioxide. this type of fermentation is known as alcoholic or ethanol fermentation. the atp generated in this process is made by substrate - lev... | C) liver and muscles |
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or a base, as is evident in the history of this concept. acid strength is commonly measured by two methods. one measurement, based on the arrhenius definition of acidity, is ph, which is a measurement of the hydronium ion concentration in a solution, as expressed on a negative logarithmic scale. thus, solution... | A) salt |
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one might ask why is it important to know the mechanism of fracture in leaves when mother nature is doing her job perfectly. i could list the following reasons to address that question : ( a ) leaves are natural composite structures, during millions of years of evolution, they have adapted themselves to their ... | D) water |
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, 400 km from the persian gulf to the mediterranean sea, but was not paved and was only partially maintained. in around 2, 000 bce, the minoans on the greek island of crete built a 50 km road leading from the palace of gortyn on the south side of the island, through the mountains, to the palace of knossos on t... | A) leaves |
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has rest mass and volume ( it takes up space ) and is made up of particles. the particles that make up matter have rest mass as well – not all particles have rest mass, such as the photon. matter can be a pure chemical substance or a mixture of substances. = = = = atom = = = = the atom is the basic unit of che... | A) solid |
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this process may release or absorb energy. when the resulting nucleus is lighter than that of iron, energy is normally released ; when the nucleus is heavier than that of iron, energy is generally absorbed. this process of fusion occurs in stars, which derive their energy from hydrogen and helium. they form, t... | B) nuclear energy |
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hemicellulose and pectin, larger vacuoles than in animal cells and the presence of plastids with unique photosynthetic and biosynthetic functions as in the chloroplasts. other plastids contain storage products such as starch ( amyloplasts ) or lipids ( elaioplasts ). uniquely, streptophyte cells and those of t... | B) snakes |
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founded in 1976 and started the production of human proteins. genetically engineered human insulin was produced in 1978 and insulin - producing bacteria were commercialised in 1982. genetically modified food has been sold since 1994, with the release of the flavr savr tomato. the flavr savr was engineered to h... | A) excreted as urine |
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likely that protists share a common ancestor ( the last eukaryotic common ancestor ), protists by themselves do not constitute a separate clade as some protists may be more closely related to plants, fungi, or animals than they are to other protists. like groupings such as algae, invertebrates, or protozoans, ... | C) protozoa |
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this scaffold and cells were placed in a bioreactor, where it matured to become a partially or fully transplantable organ. the work was called a " landmark ". the lab first stripped the cells away from a rat heart ( a process called " decellularization " ) and then injected rat stem cells into the decellulariz... | C) blood vessels |
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above any tidal limit and their average freshwater discharge are proportionate to the extent of their basins and the amount of rain which, after falling over these basins, reaches the river channels in the bottom of the valleys, by which it is conveyed to the sea. the drainage basin of a river is the expanse o... | A) saturation |
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