Knockout

numbers and see how numbers can be partitioned in both standard and non-standard ways (Appendix D). In extending her writing of numbers on the place value mat, in addition to using the iPad abacus app with digital readout, and playing Place Value Knockout, Athena began to also recognise the multiplicative nature of the place values (ACU, 2011a, pp. 44-45; DETWA, 2009, p. 2; Ross, 2002, p. 419). This was followed up with trading play money pieces, and in the last session, Athena had an ‘Aha!’…

Benzene is the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon that is represented with the formula C6H6. It was discovered in 1825 by a British scientist, Michael Faraday, who extracted it from crude oil by applying pressure, and named it “Bicarburet of hydrogen”. However, its chemical synthesis did not start until in 1843, Charles Mansfield, discovered a method to extract benzene from coal tar. Since its industrialization, benzene is produced and used in many industrial processes. Today, plastics, resins, dyes…

Imagine a world where almost any organism can be created, the only limit being a person’s imagination. These unique organisms could be created to then do whatever you wish-both for good and evil actions. This is the world that Margaret Atwood describes in her novel Oryx and Crake, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where people have been all but wiped out. Throughout the novel, Atwood introduces numerous organisms that are created by human beings to either for entertainment or help…

destabilized in a weightless environments. Nearly half of astronauts complain of this syndrome's signs, which include sickness and headaches. Everything is floating so people have to take care of their movement. If astronauts are not cautious, they might knockout things not properly secured. Astronaut can inhale particles of food or water that float past them. “They use special electronic razors equipped with vacuums so that they don't inhale their own whiskers and choke”(Robert Paxton). When…

Solitary Confinement Walking through the gentle fog down the empty street that led from her home to school, Adair subconsciously reached into her backpack and unwound her headphones, as she did every morning on her walks to school. Her thumb clicked the button on the side of her phone to turn the volume of her music up to extra high. It didn't matter so much what the music playing was, as long as there was something coming out of her headphones, she was happy. Frankly, she didn't even like…

Ubiquitin-conjugating partners of CHIP: In section 3, after " fate of substrates": E2’s are the family of enzymes, having highly conserved ubiquitin conjugating domains. These enzymes, in combination with E3s, play an important role in determining the fate of substrate proteins by selecting a lysine residue on which ubiquitin moiety must be added. In section 3, after Murata, et al. 2003: An in vitro study has shown that CHIP, with the aid of UbcH5 and UbcH6, two other E2s, can efficiently…

Kezar Stadium was the 49ers first home and where they played for the franchise's first 24-years. Viewed outside the prism of excitement, the stadium was an archaic and tattered one, in striking contrast to the stadiums they play in today. Kezar was designed by Willis Polk & Company and built in 1925 for $300,000. It was a place where the cold bite of the Pacific Ocean would cut right through you, chilling you to the bones. The city-owned stadium was nestled among tall oak trees and next to…

The interaction that I observed took place at a car dealership around ten o’clock in the morning on a weekday. I was there waiting for my car to be serviced, along with other individuals in the waiting area. The atmosphere of the environment was like most waiting rooms, people looking down at their phones and watching the television to make the time pass. The ‘Price is Right’ was on a very loud volume setting. This actually made people talk louder than they usual would, making the observation…

The true nature of human becoming immortal For hundreds of years people have been attempting to prolong life, and essentially become immortal. There are many new technologies in this time of scientific exploration and advancement that claim to do these things. The more thought is put into the true nature of human beings, the clearer the realization seems to be that as a species, humans are inclined to challenge limits and set boundaries. In Oryx and Crake by Atwood, demonstrate that human desire…

A huge amount of interest has been placed in studying oxytocin, not only on for its implication in female reproduction, but also for modulation of several aspects of social behavior. This review will first focus on mammalian organisms. In most of the experiments discussed below, microdialysis was used to measure the level of OT and AVP because of its ability to directly monitor both neuropeptides when released in the brain (Landgraf & Newmann, 2004). a) Social bonding A study on the behavioral…