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  1. acidity6sf.jpg

     

    is the question, I'm wagering my $ on c)

     

    Because:

     

    CH3CH3 doesn't want to lose any H+ because carbocations are highly unfavorable, which would mean its most likely the weakest acid

     

    Molecule III is the strongest acid because its postively charged Oxygen is highly unfavorable, and if it loses an H it would become highly stable. Thus making it the strongest (though not necessarily strong in a technical sense) acid.

     

    I'm also guessing that Molecule II is the second strongest because the OH group can lose an H and become resonance stabilized, making its conjugate base very weak. Even though the O has a negative charge, its also highly electronegative, so i guess its OK. Thus implying that the acid form is stronger.

     

    Water is just water, i'm not really sure how to explain it.. but it was the only one left. It also has a pretty high pKa (~15.74)...

  2. Actually we don't know that for a fact, genes aren't always expressed, so even if we did have the gene we wouldn't necessarily have a protein even if we have sialic acid and mucoproteins

  3. Neuraminidase is a general enzyme thats responsible for removing sialic acid from mucoproteins, and seeing that we have both, why would we not have the protein? (unless your trying to simply state that proteins are a result of genes)

  4. Don't be so trivial' date=' you know what I meant.

     

     

     

     

    The leap is already beginning. If the life expectancy is now already 90 for people that are 65, that's a pretty significant jump. Things will only get better.[/quote']

     

     

    No I actually have no idea what you meant. You can't use such generic terms like injury when it comes to biology, you need to be precise and accurate (because thats how science works).

  5. My physics text asks "At what depth below the surface of a lake will you experience a pressure twice the pressure you experience on the surface?"

     

    I'm guess if at sea level, the amount of pressure in atm exerted on me is exactly 1 atm.

     

    So if its at 2 atm, there should be 2(760) torrs as well? So 1520 torrs = 1560mm Hg? Where do I go from here, I guess I can't use pV=nRT because it only applies to ideal GASES

  6. A while ago I found out a sound that make everything in my room shake, the volume was constant (for those who've played homeworld 2, its the sound that it makes when you press space bar to zoom out and in to the world map) Any one have any idea what this frequency is? My suitemate is blasting his shitty hiphop again. I haven't found any bass deep enough to mimic the vibrations to launch a successful counterattack. Or, other ideas of counterattacks would also be appreciated.

  7. are you insane?

     

    "injury"? injury in the perfect sense would mean that there would be no free-radicals, meaning no oxygen, meaning no way for the lungs to function, meaning no haemoglobin to the brain, etc. etc.

     

    where did you read that there would be a huge leap in life expectancy? don't believe everything you read, we've trying to find a fountain of youth for the past 10,000 years.

  8. ok, we might as well as be honest with you and tell you that you have no idea what a chromosome is. And its a lot more than just a fancy name for genes.

     

    It kinda goes like this:

     

    Lots Expressed DNA BP = either intron/exon

    Lots of spliced exons = Transcribed

    Transcribed Exons can lead to either proteins (When translated) or functional RNA

    Lots of Spliced exons + introns = Chromosome

     

    Yes a chromosome is a piece of DNA that holds genetic information, however it affects everything ranging from how you look to what color your poop is (not verified, :P) . Its not just exclusively limited to immunology, and immunology has very low pertinence to intelligence AFAIK. In fact its almost impossible to draw a direct link to intelligence on the basis of one gene. And actually you can't even directly link genetics to intelligence, as the environment plays a role as well.

     

    First of all, where ever you found that is probably just a very small piece of the intelligence puzzle. Where did you find it? was it an abstract? full text? what journal was in? was it peer-reviewed? Has it been cited?

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