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

Multi-Step Synthesis of Benzilic Acid
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This 6 page laboratory study considers the multi-step synthesis process in the creation of benzilic acid. The project proposes the use of benzaldehyde and potassium cyanide and the focus on the varied steps in order to synthesize benzilic acid. This study reviews the procedures, outlines the findings relative to this process, and produces some data regarding the process in order to show the impacts of each step in the process. The multi-step synthesis approach and the use of specific agents are central to the views created in this study. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MHBenzLa.rtf

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

Perfume; In Nutshell
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This 6 page paper examines the subject of parfume. Included are descriptions of the types of perfume, the terms used in the perfume industry, how perfume is formulated and the way that it is described and perceived in the industry and by consumers. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEperfum.wps

Pheromone's in Insects
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This 10 page paper looks at pheromones, what they are, how they work, their discovery and how they might be used. The chemical compounds are discussed and the use of the synthetic chemicals as a replacement for pesticides is discussed. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEphemin.wps

Planet Hunters May Rival Indiana Jones.
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(5 pp) "Or it might have formed from a large burp of matter from its host star, or maybe a passing star just left a chunk of itself behind at some time in the past, "Marcy said. "It may even have moons around it, but I just don't know what to call it." Sounds like conversation from a discarded sci-fi novel, doesn't it? How about that is real conversation from January of this year (2001). Geoffrey Marcy of the University of California, at Berkeley, calls himself a "planet hunter." He and his team have located "something,"123 light-years from Earth, is indeed a planet, it would be the largest ever detected. This guy is so big we don't know what to call it," Marcy said. Bibliography lists 3 sources and 2 visuals of expoplanets.
Filename: BBplthtr.doc

Plant Physiology: The Role of Heat and Auxin Regulation
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A 6 page discussion of the role of auxin in plant physiology. Concentrates on the work with Arabidopsis thaliana but ties this research into other plant species and the effects of fire on the physiology of some of these species. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPauxin2.wps

Plastics Design and Manufacturing
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A 15 page paper discussing gains and persistent assumptions. Many of the problems attributed to manufacture are not those of the manufacturing process, but rather deficiency in design. Of course products need to be envisioned before they can be produced, but a failing of many manufacturing engineers is that of not approaching their design duties from a variety of perspectives, including manufacturing. This paper describes and analyzes a circuit board assembly line, assesses the evolution of the manufacturing of three-prong electrical plugs and speculates on the type of plastic that could be used in manufacturing processes following the path of the processes in which steel is produced. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSplug.wps