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Organic or Conventional Gardening: Which Would You Rather Use? Everyday people are growing more and more concerned of where their food comes from. The push for more organic produce in local grocery stores poses the question if there are marked differences between organic and conventional gardening. With the recent increases in organic farming, people are flocking towards buying organic opposed to buying conventionally grown food. Many wonder if buying organic is really better for the consumer…

Hawkins likes to refer to them as, a “fridge on wheels”. Since producers do not want the produce to ripen before they hit the shelves they are frozen. Then next step Hawkins states is, “Once the tomatoes arrive to their destination, they’re gassed with ethylene, which speeds up the ripening process to give off the illusion that the tomato is fresh” (www.spoonuniversity.com) Indeed the process lengthened the shelf-life of the produce but it is more of a negative than appositive thing. Many people…

Report. Aim: The objective of this report is to identify the unknown bacteria by completing different tests. The test includes things such as a Nutrient agar plate, MacConkey’s agar plate, Gram staining, Oxidase test, UTI ID Membrane, and Eosin Ethylene Blue Agar. Materials: Testing Unknown Bacteria #8 Materials: 1. Nutrient Agar Plate (NA) 9. Hydrogen Peroxide - 2 g/ml. MacConkey’s Agar Plate (MAC) 10. UTI filter 3. Eosin Methylene Blue Agar Plate (EMB) 11. Petri plate 4. Unknown Bacteria #8 -…

The Truth Behind Animal Agriculture Samantha LeMere Globe University The population continues to grow in the United States, the demand for variety meat is higher than ever. Stated in The Morning Edition, the average human will consume about 270.7 pounds of meat per year (Eliza Barclay, 2012). Has it ever occurred to mankind the measures we are taking to keep up with the supply and demand of these protein rich foods? Because of increased need of supply, farm animals are arguably treated in an…

A colorimetric 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT, Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Co.) assay was performed to measure the cell viability. Briefly, RAW 264.7 cells were treated with different concentrations of spermidine for 24 h or pretreated with spermidine for 1 h before stimulation with LPS for 24 h. After incubation, the medium was discarded, and MTT solution (5 mg/mL in phosphate-buffered saline, PBS) was added to each well and incubated for another 3 h at 37 °C. The…

Coordination complex A coordination compound is the result of the reaction of lewis acid and lewis base in which neutral molecules called ligands make coordinate covalent bond with middle metal atom. Ligands have one electron pair to donate to a metal atom and are called complex agents. • Metal atoms are Lewis acids because they can accept pairs of electrons from Lewis bases. • Within a ligand, the atom that is directly bonded to the metal atom/ion is called the donor atom. • A coordinate…

One, developed by the Germans during World War I, involves treating dihydroxyethyl sulfide with HCl gas. The other way was developed earlier and that involved treating ethylene with sulfur chloride and is known as the Levinstein process (Walton, 1996). Both make an oily, liquid like substance that has a distinctive odor described as being like mustard, horseradish, or garlic (Palermo, 2013). It has an LD50, or the concentration…

Planetary Protection Rough Draft ESS 102 Jacob Berrigan For my Science fiction paper I will write about a routine mission to mars in the year 2040 to excavate mars because of the discovery of a vein of rare metals by an American mining company. In an effort to cut costs the company neglected to complete the abiotic protection procedures mandated by the government after returning to earth. The ship carries home a pathogen of which the human race has never seen. A sizeable percent of the…

Fracking is not a new concept it has actually been around since 1940 and will not make The United States independent. That is a common misconception about fracking. Fracking pollutes the environment, wastes a lot of water, and affects ground water. Hydraulic fracturing is also known as fracking. “Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a technique used to extract petroleum and natural gas from underground rock formations. A high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals are pumped…

when getting vaccinated because it only contains a slight dose, but after a life time of being injected it will build up in the body. This, in turn can cause long-term health problems. Another frightening chemical previously found in vaccinations is ethylene glycol. One may not realize, but this is a common chemical used in cars (also known as antifreeze). Like many toxic chemicals, injecting antifreeze can cause a wide range of health problems including death. Exposure itself can cause…