An active verb is when the verb is clearly the subject, or ‘the doer,’ of the sentence. Although sentences with active verbs are more lively and engaging and make for generally better writing, passive voice can be used when you want to emphasize the object rather than the subject ofRead More →
Open the Viber app and go to Calls. Then, click on Viber in the right menu to exclude contacts that don’t have the Viber app. Choose a contact and tap on it. In the top under its name you will see its actual status (Online or Last seen). Can youRead More →
DC Fandome – The Loop The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is any of several paramilitary movements in Ireland committed to Irish republicanism, uniting Ireland into one state not under British control. Was the Irish Republican Army Catholic? Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted NorthernRead More →
Glycine is a nonpolar amino acid. It is the simplest of the 20 natural amino acids; its side chain is a hydrogen atom. Because there is a second hydrogen atom at the ± carbon, glycine is not optically active. Since glycine has such a small side chain, it can fitRead More →
Meso compounds are achiral compounds that has multiple chiral centers. It is superimposed on its mirror image and is optically inactive despite its stereocenters. Why chiral molecules are optically active? When a plane-polarized light is passed through one of the 2 enantiomers of a chiral molecule that molecule rotates lightRead More →
I’ve been with Pinecone for over 4 years and it has been pretty consistent…about $100 per year, about 3 surveys per month. You will never get rich filling out Pinecone Research surveys, you should do it because you like to be helpful to manufacturers and as a reward gain aRead More →
KGB, Russian in full Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, English Committee for State Security, foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Soviet Union. What happened to Anthony Blunt? Blunt died of a heart attack at his London home, 9 The Grove, Highgate, in 1983, aged 75. How can I be aRead More →
Most aquarium fish are diurnal, meaning they move about during the day and rest at night. However, some species are nocturnal and prowl at night, spending daylight hours sleeping in a cave or crevice. Certain species of catfish and plecostomus, some knife fish, loaches and others fall into this category.Read More →
Even though both molecules can trigger biological effects, T3 is considered the biologically active thyroid hormone that binds to thyroid hormone receptors (TR), while T4 is a prohormone that must be converted to T3 in order to initiate signalling and gain biological activity. Is T4 the active form? Peripheral. ThyroxineRead More →
The solar-powered rover got trapped in a massive dust storm, which blotted out the sun, its source of energy. And after the storm cleared, Opportunity — affectionately called “Oppy” — didn’t “wake” back up. NASA announced Wednesday that it will not be hearing from the robot ever again. Did theRead More →