Miami Heat

Two weeks before I had my interview with the Honors College directors my house burned down. I remember the horrible day in which I walked into my home to find it full of smoke. My family and I had spent the whole afternoon together, we went to dinner and talked for a while. Once my dad parked the car in front of the house I remember feeling uneasy, something was not right. I got off the car as fast as possible and headed for the door to find a cloud of smoke hitting me across the face. My dog,…

The purpose of the community health assessment is to identify health needs and risks, as well as strengths and assets, in Palm Beach County. Palm Beach County, Florida consists of 2,386.33 square miles; of which 1,969.76 square miles is land and 412.22 square miles is water. With over 1.3 million people, Palm Beach County is “the third-most populous county in Florida” (Wikipedia, 2014). West Palm Beach is the biggest city with a population of 102,436 and the location of the county’s three…

Topic: Sustainability-O’Hare Modernization Program The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) created the Sustainable Airport Manual (SAM) to ensure sustainability in the areas like design, construction, planning etc. SAM is often seen as a guidebook by several other airports around the world to build and operate environment friendly airport. SAM in case of O’Hare incorporates keeping construction waste out of landfills, soil reuse, install green roofs etc. The major points covered by SAM is as…

views that green space has to offer. The trees and vegetation efficiently create shades that will reduce the heat island effect, and can potentially clear and improve the atmosphere. In other words, green space comes into question on how Leander can benefit from the advantages of green space. The natural elements of a green space can unconsciously affect an individual’s physical and mental…

Immunoprecipitation and Sequencing (ChIP-seq) of Heat Shock Factor (HSF) Temporal Binding Sites during the Critical Period of 8-12 Hr After Egg Lay (AEL) in Drosophila melanogaster Embryogenesis Background Heat Shock Response was discovered by the Italian scientist Ferrucio Ritossa, when he saw puffs in the Drosophila polytene chromosome on inducing them with heat. It was later discovered that this Heat Shock Response was regulated by a transcription factor called Heat Shock Factor (HSF). The…

Overall, these properties allow it to: provide habitats for animals; transport substances around organisms; regulate and participate in cell reactions and help animals maintain a constant blood temperature. Water’s small size is important for plants as it is able to diffuse by osmosis into plant cells which creates turgor as the vacuole swells pressing against the cell wall. This pressure helps plants stand up straight and not wilt causing death As water is lost by transpiration from the…

Urban trees provide a wide range of environmental, ecological, social, cultural and economic benefits. However, as natural objects, they are constantly under stress, and living in an unnatural habitat, which will primarily affect the tree crown. In this study, the Diameter at Breast Height (DBH), Crown Live Ratio (LCR), Crown Dieback (CDBK), Crown Transparency (CT), and Crown Chlorosis (CC) of trees at University of Toronto – St. George campus were assessed by field measurements and Google…

The Heat Island Effect harms people in ways that have to be understood in order to make a change. In urban areas, the temperature can be from “1-12 C”(Allen, Kate) depending on how extreme the case is. Cities are much warmer than normal, and will affect people’s…

Heat of Combustion of Magnesium Hypothesis: Hess’s law states that “the enthalpy change for the conversion of reactants to products is the same whether the conversion occurs in one step or several steps” (DiGiuseppe et al,2012,p.314 ). A series of two experiments will perform in this lab in order to find ΔH1 and ΔH2 . In addition, ΔH3 will be obtained by reference. It is predicted that the combustion of magnesium will have a negative enthalpy, since combustion is an exothermic reaction. Also…

shelter while also focusing on being environmentally friendly. Green roofs are partially or completely covered by vegetation with a growing medium on top of a waterproofing membrane. Like modern roofs, green roofs provide insulation for aspects such as heat conservation and sound insulation. Green roofs can improve the air quality by using the vegetation and growing medium to help reduce the amount of air pollutants that go into the atmosphere. Green roofs also provide a habitat for wildlife…