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    Albert Vinicio Baez Essay

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    Albert Vinicio Báez (/ˈbaɪ.ɛz/; November 15, 1912 – March 20, 2007) was a prominent Mexican-American physicist, and the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña. He was born in Puebla, Mexico, and his family moved to the United States when he was two years old because his father was a Methodist minister. Baez grew up in Brooklyn and considered becoming a minister before turning to mathematics and physics. He made important contributions to the early development of X-ray microscopes and later…

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    What Are Cataracts?

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    Cataracts are not surprising. Individuals over 60 have a 50% chance of getting cataracts! If you are developing cataracts, you most likely have lots of queries about them. What are cataracts? Occasionally, the lens in your eye starts to cloud. As these variations progress, they might begin to damagingly impact your vision in manifold ways. At the outset, cataracts are not always obvious to you, but as the cataract grows, it can considerably inhibit your vision. Maximum cataract patients report…

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    Limonene Research Paper

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    Introduction: Limonene is a terpene that can be isolated from orange peels almost 100% in the (R)-(+)-limonene form. The essential oil from the orange peel belongs to terpenes, which are compounds that are made up of two or more five carbon units, named isoprene.1 The limonene is a monoterpene, which means it is made up of two isoprene units. Natural products are related compounds formally derived from isoprene units are terpenoids.3 The skeleton of terpenoids may differ from strict additivity…

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    As previously stated, he was the first to explain vision refraction, confirming the notion of depth perception. He also created eyeglasses for sight-impaired individuals, and explained how a telescope worked. Kepler claimed that gravity was caused by two bodies, rather than one, and as such, the moon was the cause…

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    Why Mutations Are Random

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    Mutations are random. There are several reasons for mutations to occur. This essay will discuss what is a mutation, furthermore, it will examine different types of mutations that can occur, and it will inform you about how helpful and harmful mutations really are. Mutation is a change that occurs in the deoxyribonucleic acid sequence, gene or structure, due to mistakes that occur when the DNA is transcripted or because of environmental changes. Mutation occurs when there is a mistake in the…

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    "The story of 3 women and 105 men", can you imagine this is actually refers to one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature "Water Margin"? When you read the headline, you will subconscious think that headline regarding to a yellow journalism and may generate curiosity to read more content, after you click on it, whereas it is actually a historical story about 108 heroes. This is called “clickbait”, which attract click-through rate by writing sensationalist headlines that…

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    refractive power in a normal-length globe. Axial hyperopia is usually congenital and is characterized by a shallow anterior chamber with a thick sclera and well developed ciliary muscle. In nearsighted patient, which occurs when increasing the refraction of light rays entering the eye to be assembled at one point before they reach the retina. When you have shortsighted, your eyes may be longer than normal or may be increased the curved cornea. As a result, the pictures you see are not…

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    Newton A man so dedicated to his work, he stayed single all of his life. Sir Isaac Newton was a brilliant man and he strived to make a better future for the world in science. Newton had a quality life growing up and was able to give back to science as he got older. Newton's life from a child to an adult, accomplished so much starting with his childhood. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, at Woolsthorpe, a village in southwestern Lincolnshire, England. His father died two months…

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    Beach Habitat

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    Fallon also addresses the cyclical nature of shore-ward moving sand bars as the part they play in wave refraction in causing erosion hot-spots that can quickly put waterfront homes in danger. Fallon used GIS images, as well as maps that pre-date modern technology to determine the changes over time. From this method he was able to determine that the only part…

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    Mocking Me Narrative

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    You would see through the lie. Judge. Jury. Executioner. You who is me and not me. Imitation. Doppelganger. Reflection. Our eyes meet. Mocking me. Empty. Soulless. Refraction. I glimpse through the windows of my mind. What I see terrifies me. It burns like fire. I break down in tears. I wrapped my hand around the stick, hoping it would protect me. I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream but my throat was empty. I wanted…

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