Biology Essays

Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI)
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jun 2018
Introduction: The pancreas performs both exocrine (secretes into a duct) and endocrine (secretes directly into the blood) functions, that are vital for correct metabolic function. One such role, is the secretion...

T Cell Receptor and the B Cell Receptor: Comparison
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Introduction: The entire world is full of pathogens which we need to fight off to leave a normal life. Due to this, we have an immune system that helps us fight off and prevent/manage subsequent infections. Our imm...

Reversible Photochromism: Effects and Applications
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Introduction: 1. Introduction In this report I will be looking at the smart material property known as Reversible Photochromism. This property contains a range of chemicals that react to UV light. This report will ...

Effects of Static and Dynamic Culture Conditions
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Introduction: Tissue engineering has been investigating the properties of scaffolds and cell culture conditions for better cell attachment, viability and proliferation. This study compares the two cell culture cond...

Smooth Muscle Contraction | Experiment
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Introduction: Background information on smooth muscles  Smooth muscle is one of three muscle fiber types found in animals. Unlike skeletal and cardiac muscle cells, smooth muscle cells are not striated, and have s...

Wadsworth-Emmons Cyclopropanation Reaction | Analysis
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Introduction: Abstract This project aims to look at the development of the Wadsworth-Emmons cyclopropanation reaction and compare it to alternative methods of cyclopropanation in order to understand why it may be u...

Effect of Greywater on Plant Growth
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Introduction: Water availability in South Africa is integral to the economy, but South Africa is a water scarce nation. An alternate solution for household waste water, excluding toilet waste commonly known as grey...

Microbial Contamination on Toothbrush Storage
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Introduction: The study of microbial contamination on storing a toothbrush in a bathroom with a toilet Abstract Aims: To examine the microbial contamination of storing a toothbrush in the bathroom with a toilet a...

Electrospinning for Encapsulating Functional Ingredients
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Introduction: Name: Krishnaben Parimalkumar Mandawala Topic: Electrospinning has been applied for encapsulating functional ingredients. Critically review the development in the above area. You are expected to pro...

Development of Low Cost Microcontroller Based Spirometer
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Introduction: Spirometer is an instrument which is used to measure the volume and capacity of lung. It collects the air expired by the patient to measure the lung volume or capacity. The spirometer has a device att...

Interlaminar Stress Behaviour of the Flywheel Rotor
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Introduction: 1.1 History of the Flywheel For over thousands of years, flywheels have been used in potter wheels and spindle wheel whorls Gowayed et al., 2002 The concept of storing energy in a rotating disk dates ...

Mitochondrial DNA Analysis: Techniques and Applications
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Introduction: Introduction Because of advancements in technology and techniques, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis has become a common method in forensic procedure. Polymorphisms in human mtDNA were first discover...

Construction of Recombinant DNA in E Coli
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Introduction: In 1973 Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer pioneered the use of recombinant DNA technology for cloning and expression of genes in foreign organisms. They cloned DNA from the Salmonella typhimurium strept...

Carbonic Anhydrase: Structure, Mechanisms and Functions
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Introduction: INTRODUCTION Carbonic anhydrase, abbreviated as CA, is the first identified zinc containing enzyme, (CA; carbonate hydro-lyase, EC 4.2.1.1) It is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration and ...

The Mitochondria: Structure, Functions and Reactions
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Introduction: Mitochondria are rod-shaped structures that are enclosed within two membranes – the outer membrane and the inner membrane. The membranes are made up of phospholipids and proteins. The space in b...

Analysis of Proteins in Fish Muscle Tissue
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Introduction: Introduction In vertebrates, the muscular system is an anatomical organ system controlled through the nervous system. Derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells, these contractile tis...

Plants in Production of Recombinant Antibodies
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Introduction: Shirin Bagherihanaei A discussion of the techniques, advantages and disadvantages of the use of plants in production of recombinant antibodies for research and therapeutic use with named examples....

Components and Functions of the Synapse
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Introduction: B. The connection between two neurons is called a synapse, a term derived from the Latin word that means “to grasp.” The synapse consists of many components that are essential to the flow of infor...

Effects of Microwave Doses on Seed Exposure
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Introduction: Abstract A massive increase in electromagnetic pollution since the introduction of telecommunication instruments especially microwave from which the mobile communication. Current research study aim t...

Salmonella Infection: Causes and Effects
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Introduction: Recently, food safety is an increasingly important public health issue with news of food poisoning reported daily. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety....

Investigation of Unknown Carbohydrate
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Introduction: INTRODUCTION From the name itself, Carbohydrates are hydrates of carbons that are polar in nature. The building blocks of carbohydrates are monosaccharides which are simple sugars due to their low mol...

Measuring Responses of Spinach Leaves in Various Light Waves
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Introduction: Photosynthesis: Measuring the responses of Spinach Leaves in various Light Waves Abstract The object of this study was to measure the amount of Spinach Floating Disks in each of the petri dishes per...

Causes of PSE and DFD Meats and Treatments
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Introduction: What is PSE & DFD meat? The terms pale, soft and exudative PSE and dark, firm and dry DFD describe two undesired quality characteristics that can be exhibited in the meat from most species of mea...

Determination of Glucose Concentration Using Trinder Method
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2018
Introduction: The Trinder method is used to determine glucose concentration only, (Lott et al, 1975). This method was first described by Trinder in 1969 thus named after him, (Lott et al, 1975). It uses an enzyme g...

Dysbiosis and the Risk of Developing Mental Disorders
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2018
Introduction: Topic: Dysbiosis increases the risk of developing mental disorders     Dysbiosis is recognized as a microbial imbalance on or inside the body like a damaged microbiota. It is the most generally kn...