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SNoW DRoP

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Southern Blot = DNA
Northern Blot = RNA
Western Blot = Protein

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FON or eNOF

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Highly electronegative atoms that can allow the formation of hydrogen bonds.

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Red Cat, An Ox

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In electrochemistry, reduction occurs at cathodes and oxidation occurs at anodes.

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Look up at the night sky, Look down from the sun

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Refers to sight regulation, where up regulation means that your eyes get adjusted to the dark, and down regulation means that your eyes get adjusted to light.

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“There’s a BLoTCH on your FOREhead”

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Forebrain components: Basal ganglia, Limbic system, Thalamus, Cerebrum, Hypothalamus.

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Lotta hunger!

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Parts of the hypothalamus:
Lateral hypothalamus: Lotta hunger! (Controls hunger)

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Vanquished hunger

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Parts of the hypothalamus:
Ventral hypothalamus: Vanquished hunger! (Controls satiety)

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Ass hunger (this is from the internet, don’t blame me LOL)

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Parts of the hypothalamus:
Anterior hypothalamus: Ass hunger! (Sexuality)

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PURE As Gold

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Adenine and Guanine are purines

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CUT the PYe

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Cytosine, Uracil and Thymine are pyrimidines

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“Prostitutes Ask: Can I Keep Selling Sex For Money, Officer?”

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Citric Acid Cycle:
pyruvate

acetyl-coA

citrate

isocitrate

ketoglutarate

succinyl coA

succinate (nate is always late)

fumarate

malate

oxeloacetate

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“Goodness Gracious, Father Franklin Didn’t Go Buy Perfect Pumpkins to Prepare Pies”

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Glycolysis

glucose

glucose-6-phosphate

fructose-6-phosphate

fructose-1,6-bisphosphate

DHAP

glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate

BPG

3-phosphoglycerate

2-phospholycerate

phosphoenolpyruvate

pyruvate

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“See any apes?”

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CNE APEs

For electrolytic cells.

CNE=Cathode, Negative, Electrolysis

APEs=Anode, Positive, Electrolysis.

GALVANIC CELLS= opposite : )

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Erikson Stage 1

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Trust v. Mistrust: in HP1, we are introduced to Severus Snape, who we constantly oscillate between trusting and not trusting throughout the rest of the series

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Erikson Stage 2

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Autonomy v. Shame: in HP2, Ron+Harry steal the AUTOmobile and experience lots of SHAME once Molly Weasley sends Ron a Howler.

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Erikson Stage 3

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Initiative v. Guilt: in HP3, “GUILTY” Sirius Black finally takes INITIATIVE and escapes Azkaban. wooohoo!!!

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Erikson Stage 4

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Industry v. Inferiority: (pretty sure in this stage, industry refers to the school that the individual is becoming accustomed to.) in HP4, we see many INDUSTRIES (schools) coming together for the Triwizard Tournament. Harry feels INFERIOR compared to the other contestants in the Triwizard Tournament as well.

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Erikson Stage 5

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Identity v. Role Confusion: in HP5, Harry keeps seeing visions of what Voldemort sees. He’s confused of his IDENTITY & experiences ROLE CONFUSION as he wonders whether he’s more similar to Voldemort than he once thought. (or you can go for a diff reference, that Umbridge is trying to get Harry to change his IDENTITY by forcing him to “not tell lies”)

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Erikson Stage 6

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Intimacy v. Isolation -> HP6. Harry finally gets INTIMATE w Ginny, and we see flashbacks of Voldy feeling ISOLATED as a child.

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Erikson Stage 7

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Generativity v. Stagnation -> HP7. Harry has to cast lots of his STAG(nation) patronuses while hunting for horcruxes. Before the hunt, he also has to GENERATE clones of himself so Voldy’s peeps don’t know who the real Harry is.

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Erikson Stage 8

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Integrity v. Despair -> think HP movie #8. Harry has INTEGRITY and finally “accepts death.” There is lots of DESPAIR as many great people die :(

22
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Some people can fly

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Piaget’s cognitive stages:

Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old)
Preoperational stage (2–7 years old)
Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old)
Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)

23
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trick for remembering decibels/intensity conversion

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Example:

If there are 20 decibels = 2 zeroes = 100 (10^2).

If there are 30 decibels = 3 zeroes = 1000(10^3).

of zeroes = the nonzero number

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NA/K PUMP

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PUMPKIN = K goes IN

3NA = 3 letters = 3 Na
OUT = 3 letters = 3 Na OUT

2K = 2 letters = 2 K
IN = 2 letters = 2 K IN

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DEHCYKR

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Don’t Express Hate, Create Your Kindness Right: 3,4,6,8,10,10,12

amino acid side chain pKas

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Left vs right brain

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L = Logic, Language
R= aRtsy, cReative

27
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Never Sell Random Objects Away

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enzymes for complexes in ETC

NADH-Q reductase
succinate dehydrogenase
cytochrom reductase
cytochome oxidase
atpsynthase

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how to tell if E or Z

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Z = SAME SIDE / ZAME ZIDE

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