Isolation and Characterization of the Enzyme Alkaline Phosphatase from E Coli
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5 pages in length. A study of the successful isolation and characterization of the enzyme alkaline phosphatase from Escherichia Coli. Because enzymes are almost always proteins, the main aim of this enzyme purification was to successfully remove all other proteins present in the enzyme preparation. Includes introduction, results/discussion, conclusions and experimental sections.
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John Dalton's Contribution to Atomic Theory
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5 pages. John Dalton was one of our most important contributors to the development of atomic theory. His development completely altered the theory that was in place at the time he began his work. This paper explains both of those theories and also provides the experimental basis for the new theoretical development of atomic theory. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Lithium-Polymer Batteries
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A 10 page discussion of lithium polymer batteries. Includes a brief history of batteries, and overview of types, lithium batteries, and the role of polymers in lithium batteries. Bibliography lists twenty sources.
Filename: Polymerb.wps

Making New Elements / The Artificial Creation Of The Most Fundamental Components Of All Matter
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A 5 page review of the past and present efforts to artificially create elements. Based largely on the September 1998 Scientific American article 'Making New Elements' by Peter Armbruster and Fritz Peter Hessberger. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Elements.wps

Molecular Modeling: Conformation Analysis and Energy Minimization
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A 6 page paper discussing these two aspects of computational chemistry. The next generation of narrowly-targeted drugs seems to be about to appear over the horizon. Conformation analysis and molecular modeling play increasing roles in new drug research. Conformation is important in that it can change according to its environment; energy levels affect action. Drug developers need to discover the most effective conformation, but they also need to be able to retain that conformation despite conditions external to the molecule. Bibliography lists 7 sources. Includes a Newman projection diagram.
Filename: KSmolecModel.rtf

MuD Bacteriophage & Operon in Gene Fusion
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10 page paper. Despite the fact that gene fusion has been with us for years, there is still significant opposition in the popular press to 'genetic engineering.' Myriad agents are used to accomplish delivery of genetic factors to specific gene sites, many of which are written of extensively in the literature. One that is not written of quite as much as the others is the MuD bacteriophage. Despite all the work that has been done in gene fusion and gene mapping, the ultimate foreseeable value lies not in science-fiction tales of cloning, but rather in understanding some of the diseases with which gene fusion could be either alleviated or cured. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Mudphage.wps

Nitrogen Cycle
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A 5 page essay that defines, analyzes the current situation and provides an overview of actual and potential solutions to the problems caused by the nitrogen glut. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Nitrocyc.wps

Organometallic Compounds
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A 5 page overview of the history of and uses for this broad range of highly reactive compounds so often used as catalysts for many of the processes involved in products ranging in function from containing milk to operating supercomputers. The paper discusses carbonyl cations and anions, hydroformylation and polyalkene polymerization. The entire area of organometallic compounds has been important for decades, but it has been only recently that new discoveries and realization of new uses for old processes has led to increasing benefits so numerous they appear to be limited only by our ability to find them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: OrganoM.wps