Biology Essays

Zoonotic Diseases: An Overview
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd May 2018
Introduction: Zoonotic diseases are animal diseases that can be transmitted to humans. Transmission can be by ingestion, inhalation, bites, scratches, contact with contaminated products, and vector-borne. There are...

Food and Nutritional Requirements for Dogs
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Introduction: INTRODUCTION Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are the most popular pet species in Britain, excluding fish (PFMA, 2014), and as such there are a wide variety of stakeholders in dog welfare, ranging fr...

Activity of Amylase - Temperature and Ph
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Introduction: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACTIVITY OF A-AMYLASE ENZYME IN RELATION TO TEMPERATURE AND PH Alpha amylase is an enzyme. It specific binds with water and starch. It hydrolyses starch and glycogen to give ...

Food Chains and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Functioning
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Introduction: 1. Ecological Importance of Estuaries As defined by Pritchard, an estuary “is a semi-closed coastal body of water which has a free connection with the open sea and within which sea water is mea...

Moringa Oleifera Health Benefits and Nutrition
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Introduction: According to Dr. Lydia M. Marero of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Philippines, Moringa oleifera is one of the worlds most useful plants. It is used as food, effective water treatmen...

Intramembranous Ossification and Endochondral Ossification
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Introduction: Intramembranous ossification occurs at some point in growth of the human body, inside the womb and is the course by which flat bones such as bones of the skull and the collarbones are shaped from conn...

Structure and Function of the Digestive System
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Introduction: The function of each part of the digestive system The digestive system starts from mouth to the anus. The important parts of the digestive systems are mouth, teeth, tongue, oesophagus, liver, gall bl...

The Evolution of Birds: An Overview of Characteristics
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Introduction: Birds are best known for their ability to fly and are unrivaled in their environment such as the skies. They are a very diverse group of animals with amazing characteristics. ”Albatrosses glide ...

Medical Imaging Techniques
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Introduction: Various techniques are used for the extraction of information or data from the images for the purpose of making a medical diagnosis of a patient. Generally, image data is in the form of microscopy ima...

Electrophoresis Types and Applications
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Introduction: The inception of the concept for electrophoresis was made in 1807. After which it has been a staple tool used by biologist and chemist over the centuries. Various systems of electrophoresis have been ...

Effect of Sucrose Solution on Potatoes and Apples
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Introduction: All the method is referred to the sheet given. In order to dilute1.0 mol dm-3 of sucrose solution given to produce 0.2 mol dm-3 of sucrose solution, 0.3 mol dm-3 of sucrose solution, 0.4 mol dm-3 of s...

Determining the Composition of the Iron Complex Ions
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Introduction: Transition metals will normally form a complexes or coordination compound. That means, transition metal ions will form complexes ions by coordination. The complexes that are formed by the coordination...

Structure and Function of Proteins
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Introduction: Whichever essay topic macromolecule you pick, you will need to outline the variety of structures in that family of macromolecules it may be useful to use diagrams for this, you will then need to expla...

Electrolytic and Electrochemical Cells
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Introduction: The redox reaction in an electrolytic cell is nonspontaneous. Electrical energy is required to induce the electrolysis reaction. An example of an electrolytic cell is shown below, in which molten NaCl...

Effect of Processing Conditions on Fish Quality
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Introduction: Processing of minced fish meat is by separating the edible flesh from waste. Additional steps are applied to the minced fish meat to produce surimi. Surimi is originated from Japanese word, intend to ...

Natural and Synthetic Polymers
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Introduction: A polymer is a large molecule (macromolecule) composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds. Although the term polymer is sometimes taken to...

Protein Folding and Misfolding Mechanism and Principles
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Introduction: Every function in the living body depends on proteins, and before proteins can carry out any function they must be able to assemble or fold themselves into their three-dimensional structure. Proteins ...

Development of Infrared Ray Sterilization Oven
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Introduction: IR Sterilization Oven Mohamed Hossam Yahia Mohamed Introduction: Sterilization can be defined as a process which completely eliminates or kills microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria, viruses and pri...

Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) for Antibiotics
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Introduction: Dhayalini Yoginthran Antibiotic resistance is something that has been growing in the world, some might even say that we are entering or have already entered a post antibiotic world. It is currently...

Identification of Organic Compounds
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Introduction: May Zheng Lab Partner: Vena Ganesarasa Observations: Table 1: The Use of Iodine Solution for Determining the Presence of Starch in Various Samples Solutions Sample: Amylose ...

Analysis of Blood Glucose Level | Experiment
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Introduction: The body has the extraordinary ability to maintain the blood glucose levels in a specific range, using a feedback system. The failure for physiological systems to maintain blood glucose level could re...

Digestion Processes and Enzymes
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Introduction: Spaghetti Bolognese is not only delicious but a highly nutritious meal containing the seven key components of a balanced diet, which is: Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, water and fi...

Deep Sea Vents: Origin of Life Theory
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Introduction: Assess one hypothesis of the origin of life: Life may have emerged from deep sea vents Introduction Fossil evidence confirms that life on Earth existed at least 3.5 billion years ago (Orgel 1998). T...

Causes of Epilepsy and Seizures
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Introduction: Elliot Williamson Contents (Jump to) Introduction to Epilepsy Seizures Causes of Epilepsy Conclusion References Figures Appendix Introduction to Epilepsy Epilepsy is the oldest known brain ...

Minerals in Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
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Introduction: Abstract A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and stable at room temperature, representable by a chemical formula. According to the geological significance Igneous and metamorphi...