most common being the need for more light, blurred vision, and less vivid color (Degner, par.3-5) . Both dry and wet macular degeneration can be caused by looking closely into the blue-violet light of a computer for an exceedingly long duration of time, which causes eyestrain (“Smartphone Overuse”, par. 4-7). Blue-violet light emitted at higher levels by smartphones and other technological devices, reaches deeper into the eye than other wavelengths in the light spectrum, and causes eyestrain and…
L.B. Agar Lysogeny broth (LB), a nutritionally rich medium, is primarily used for the growth of bacteria. The abbreviation is commonly taken to mean Luria broth, Lennox broth, or Luria-Bertani medium. According to its creator Giuseppe Bertani, the abbreviation LB was actually intended to stand for lysogeny broth (1). The formula of the LB medium was published in 1951 and continues to be the most common media used today (2). There are several common formulas of LB. Although they are different,…
The importance of Ophelia’s blossoms is more recommended than characterized. Each blossom has a big range of implications and a person must consider the implying that best fits the setting of the play. In any case, the blossoms scene is a lovely scene in Hamlet; it and the blooms themselves hold further implications. Woman Macbeth is the concentration of a great part of the investigation of sex parts in Macbeth. As Lady Macbeth drives her significant other toward killing Duncan, she shows that…
Benedict’s test was performed correctly (Alberts et. al, 2014). The objective of the biuret test was to find solutions that contain protein. The solutions that turn violet in colour display the presence of protein in them (Rocco, 2006). As shown in Table 3 above, we can see that two of the solutions we used in this lab experiment turned violet including protein solution and the unknown solution. This indicates the presence of protein in both of these solutions. We know that protein solution was…
When we want to learn about society--both its successes and failures--we often turn to literature to show us a fresh view of the intricacies of our world. Two of the most iconic novels for examining issues of technology, government and corporation control, and privacy are the books 1984 by George Orwell and Feed by M. T. Anderson. Both novels are dystopian, 1894 set in a future where the government controls and watches everything, while Feed is set in a world where computers have moved to inside…
Curses have been terrifying humans for centuries. Death, injury, financial ruin, and other misfortunes have plagued “victims” of curses. However, there is one curse that has centuries of bloodshed and misfortune behind it: The curse of the Hope Diamond. Despite the fear of the superstitious and skeptics alike, the Hope Diamond is not cursed, and was not the cause of the unfortunate events that befell its owners. Most people agree that the Hope Diamond was plucked from an idol in a mine in India.…
lovely to the one you love…” - Theodore Finch Through his seventeen years of life, Theodore Finch has never known love; until he meets Violet Markey. Despite his troubled family life, rivals at school, and misunderstood philosophies, he develops into an affectionate, thoughtful young man who learns to accept most parts of himself. If he had never crossed paths with Violet, he would not have progressed as a character. Following my completion of this novel, I have concluded that when individuals…
Symbols flood the pages in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, which he uses to clearly express the theme of unavoidable mortality; Prince Prospero’s palace chambers are one such symbol. The specific layout of the rooms is one symbol found inside the palace. Poe makes a point to describe the rooms from east to west. This symbolizes the rising and setting of the sun, as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. As the sun goes through its daily routine, so do Prince Prospero and…
Violet, the oldest, was fourteen, and liked inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as a unimportant as her hair. Klaus, the middle…
Sixteen year old Summer has a boyfriend named Lewis. She lives in a small town called Long Thorpe. Summer was renamed as Lily from Colin but he wants them to call him Clover. Shannen In this case she is Rose, Rebecca is Poppy, and Jennifer is Violet, who was also in the cellar with Summer (Lily). They’re all renamed as flowers. They have been there longer than Lily. The unusual thing was, Clover worked as a lawyer. He also has Obsessive Compulsive…