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The role for women during the period of the Bauhaus and the works of Marianne Brandt When thinking about the Bauhaus and all of its accomplishments and designs, it is rare that one thinks of a woman's work. Despite this most likely having something to do with Walter Gropius’s intentions, men's domination in the art world and history being written largely by men, there were many distinct successful works by women that have been overshadowed by the male counterpart. Marianne Brandt was one of…

Chitin is the second most abundant natural polysaccharide consisting of β(1→ 4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) units in a linear form. Chitin is insoluble in water and mainly exists in two crystalline (α- and β-) forms. The α-chitin consists of sheets of tightly packed alternating parallel and antiparallel chains (1) and is abundant in the exoskeleton of arthropods, insects, fungi, and yeast cell walls. The chains are arranged in parallel orientation in β-chitin (2), which occurs less…

Chapter 2 (Cadmium) NG Ka Yan 2.1 Introduction Cadmium(Cd) is toxic which can affect human health at low levels, and it is a carcinogen. Cd cause cancer which is lung, kidney and prostate cancer. Cd leads cancer because of the oxidative stress. Oxidative stress involved the Cd-induced aberrant gene expression, apoptosis and inhibit the DNA damage repair. Besides, Cd trigger the reactive oxygen species (ROS) formations by producing cellular thiol redox imbalance, and that make intracellular…

CRP was identified from patients with acute pneumococcal pneumonia at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (Tillett and Francis, 1930), a name that reflects its reaction with the C-polysaccharide of Pneumococcus. This pentameric protein with MW 118 kDa has five non-covalently bonded and non-glycosylated identical subunits of 206 amino acids each to form a disk-shaped pentagon (Fig. 1). CRP has been proven as an early indicator of infectious or inflammatory conditions as well as a…

The stylus system that is categorised in this group is the stylus system of micro CMM, which has a similar design with the conventional CMM probing system. As described in ISO 10360-1, the stylus system has a spherical stylus tip, a rod stylus shaft and a sensing element. These styluses also operate in contact mode. (1.1 until 1.5 have been discussed in progress report 2) 1.1 UMAP Mitutoyo Stylus (1993-1999) Figure 2.1: construction of UMAP stylus system Mitutoyo UMAP stylus system was…

4.0 Results and Discussion Before the strontium quantification of the solutions resulted from the ion exchange experiments, it was necessary to investigate what is the range where strontium absorbs radiation linearly and what is the detection limit. The graphs below show the absorbance (atomic absorption) in function of the strontium concentration and it can clearly be seen in figure 2 that at concentrations above 10 ppm the samples start to present non-linear absorption. Therefore, all the…

Does an Increase in Heart Rate affect the height of a Vertical Jump? Introduction: Whether it’s dunking, spiking or getting over that bar, every athlete strives to perfect a high jump. A vertical jump is the action of increasing the centre of gravity in the vertical plane with only the use of one's own muscles (Verma, C, (2015)). The motion of a vertical jump is used in many sports including volleyball, basketball and even football. In sports such as volleyball it could mean the difference…

Introduction In recent decades there has been attention to how spacing has an effect in first and second language reading, for which the development of eye-tracking technology has allowed a deeper understanding. The importance of these findings are linked to information on how readers process language and its implications to language teaching. Some researchers have explored spacing and word boundaries within writing systems, focusing on its effects on readers’ landing positions and saccades (e.g…

Background: Francisella tularensis (F.tularensis) is the etiological microorganism for tularemia. There are different forms of tularemia such as respiratory tularemia. Respiratory tularemia is the most severe form of tularemia with a high rate of mortality; if not treated. Therefore, traditional microbiological tools and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) are not useful for a rapid, reliable, accurate, sensitive and specific diagnosis. But, DNA microarray technology does. DNA microarray technology…

Mr. ABC came in to the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of left sided chest pain with giddiness and associated with diaphoresis the same morning. While in the ED, he developed a sudden episode of shortness of breath. Mr. ABC has nil past medical or surgical history and has an allergy to Enalapril. His parameters taken are as follows: • Blood pressure: 112 /60 mmHg • Pulse rate: 42 beats/min • Temperature: 35.9°C • Spo2: 97% on room air • Respiration rate: 17 breaths/min An…