Thermometer

The opening scene of Rear Window (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, acts as a prologue of the film: we are introduced to the space where much of the narrative will take place, to the protagonist, his background, and his neighbors through entirely visual means. Hitchcock created an entire film from the rear window of a Greenwich Village apartment symbolizing a certain “movie-watching” experience. Hitchcock uses mise en scène to show how the film is going to progress, uses camera movement…

Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans that use their claws called chelipeds,for warning off predators. When frightened, these crayfish lift their chelipeds to make threatening gestures, all while moving backwards or staying still. We examined how long it would take for crayfish to calm down once removed from the water and if the temperature had any influence to this observation. To do this, we placed two crayfishes in room temperature water and another two in colder water for an interval of five…

The purpose of this experiment was to learn techniques to determine the freezing point of a pure benzophenone, a solvent. Furthermore, methods for determining the freezing point depression in relation to the solute, cyclohexanone, concentration were employed in addition to learning what molality is and how it related to the colligative properties being studied. These objectives were achieved by melting both pure benzophenone and benzophenone/cyclohexanone solutions (two solutions with…

Once you have a hive, you may be tempted simply to set where it's the most convenient for you and your property, but there are many other aspects to consider before installing a beehive. The location of the hive I meant to provide the honeybees with the best environment possible. This means you must take into consideration every detail before making a final decision about a location for the hive. All the conditions need to be just right to ensure a healthy and successful colony of honeybees.…

Introduction Headaches are pain that is found any region of the head. Nerves, blood vessels and muscles found in the head and neck area are all involved in the causes of headaches; usually over activity of these structures and chemical actions can all be sources of why the condition exists. Primary headaches are symptoms that are not caused by another ailment. They can be categorized into migraines, tension headaches, and cluster headaches. A very common type of head ache is tension headaches…

I can’t get no satisfaction: “Satisfaction in the work Place” I was given a class assignment concerning work place job satisfaction. The more and more I kept thinking about this topic, I thought about the Rolling Stones hit record and how the title related to these dissatisfied workers. As a result, from completing the assignment, I felt compelled to draw up a paper for our HR department on how to measure our employee’s job satisfaction within the firm. Through my research I’m finding that…

kind of compound it is as well as initiate the purity. A DigiMelt apparatus can be used to determine the melting point where a small amount of the the substance is packed into a capillary tube and heated slowly in the apparatus which includes a thermometer, a heating coil and a magnifying eyepiece for observing the substance. The two temperatures that need to be noted down is the first point at which liquid is formed on the crystalline substance, and second the point at which the crystalline…

wrote what we wanted to be when we grew up. Under my picture, I wrote doctor. At such a young age I had my mind decided what I wanted to do and be in the future. I remember having a plastic pink and purple stethoscope, a purple otoscope, and a pink thermometer. I would play around with them, playing doctor with my parents. From that moment on, I always had my mind set of being part of health…

that the nurse records exactly what is being observed as the patient’s condition can change rapidly and may require urgent medical attention (Dawes, Lloyd and Durham, 2007). The nurse needs to make sure they are using the correct technique and thermometer, failure to do so could lead to compromising the patient’s safety (McCallum and Higgins,…

Early medicine includes those of the Babylon, Chine, Egypt and India. Greeks introduced medicine diagnosis, prognosis and advanced medicine ethics. During the time of the renaissance anatomy improved and the microscope was invented. Germ theory of diseases lead to many cures for many infectious diseases. Advanced research centers opened in the early 20th century. By the mid-20th century new antibiotics were developed. Medicine was composed because of long infectious diseases. Edward Jenner…