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The periodic table had been a key factor in many ways to finding new elements, like scandium, silicon, and neon. It has shown new ways those elements could help us by predicting certain elements reactions. While Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev is considered to be the creator of the periodic table, there were many contributions that helped the creation of the useful graph be achieved. Between 1817 and 1829 Johann Dobereiner was grouping elements with similar properties into groups of threes,…

Mother and daughter relationships are a prominent theme in The Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club was Mahjong club, organized by a group of brave women, to escape from their struggles in a war torn Kweilin, and was continued on in America. Amy Tan utilized the experiences she had growing up in a household with a Chinese immigrant mother, to inspire the plot of the novel. In The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan analyzes the relationship between mothers and daughters in a generation gap of Chinese cultured…

1. INTRODUCTION I am a chemical engineer working for Sasol co. . The specialised scope of the company’s product portfolio include manufacturing of fuels, oils, chemical, polymers, fertilizers, explosives and gas. I am instructed to generate 5 ideas for Sasol and determine the best product (line) among them through the multi factor decision making process. I am instructed to use the AHP excel spreadsheet picking 4 criteria of my choice to evaluate the ideas. 2. IDEA GENERATION MIND MAP…

Introduction to 3M Corporation 3M Corporation is an industrial conglomerate that develops products which serve propose in a variety of industries. The original function of 3m was mining. Founded in 1902, 3M was originally known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. This firm’s main function was to harvest the mineral corundum, extremely hard aluminum oxide. This mineral is found in a crystalline form. Some precious stones such as rubies and sapphires are some types of corundum. 3M mined…

what it takes, as this guide is on hand to help you out. Looking at things from a literal sense, when you play on a tablet or smartphone you are generally doing so in short bursts. The gaming sessions that take place tend to be quicker and more abrasive than if they were taking place on a computer. What this means is that the Android platform requires different actions from the player and generally different technological demands from the device. When you are on the hunt for a fun slot game…

Galileo’s Daughter Book Review Dava Sobel, an experienced science writer, has written many books about historical figures of science. She has been a New York Times science reporter and a contributor to many other magazines and publications. She has authored or co-authored multiple prize-winning books. One of her best works is a historical memoir called Galileo’s Daughter. This book is written using the surviving letters from Galileo’s oldest daughter, Suor Maria Celeste, written to Galileo.…

Public Service is the selfless act of an individual to commit their efforts to serving their communities in such a way that will make their communities better off regardless of the conditions prior to their contributions. Given the hullaballoo surrounding our current political landscape after this past presidential election, there is an increasing urgency for public servants to do their jobs with integrity. Several hate crimes have been motivated by the rhetoric that has been permeated through…

When contrasting the Angela Carter and Jeanne-Marie LePrince De Beaumont's versions of Beauty and the Beast, we see that the orthodoxy of society is withheld in one and not in the other. In De Beaumont's conservative version, Beauty, the perfect little girl, chooses to accept the beast for his character, not so much his looks, and then they live happily ever after. This acceptance of the traditional, "don't judge a book by its cover", along with the Beast staying the role of a beast, and an…

Another motivation theory which the candidates emphasized during this debate was the drive-reduction theory. According to this theory, a need which isn’t being fulfilled by an individual will then culminate in a drive; motivation to regain homeostasis will be the outcome of the arousal stemming from this initial drive. For example, every individual needs their viewpoints to be heard; if this does not occur, stress can result. An organism cannot survive in extended periods of stress, or any state…

Air pollution has been a growing concern in the New England area over the past few decades. Air pollution can come from many different sources including stationary sources like factories and power plants, mobile sources like vehicles, agricultural sources found from gassy animals and their waste products, as well as natural sources like wildfires, dust storms and other natural occurrences. Various cities around New England have identified the sources that are contributing to the air pollution…