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What activities or credentials are universities looking for in my personal statement on a successful application?

It's important to think outside the box when writing a good personal statement and to mention accomplishments and experiences that are unique to you. For example, you have already declared your academic grad...
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Describe, with the aid of diagrams, what hydrogen bonding is in water.

Hydrogen bonding is a strong dipole-dipole attraction between a lone pair of electrons on a highly electronegative atom, such as oxygen or nitrogen, and a hydrogen atom on another molecule. In the case of wa...
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What are antibodies and how do they work?

Antibodies are proteins which belong to a class known as immunoglobulins. They are made up of chains of amino acids joined by peptide bonds. Antibodies have an important role in the immune system of many ani...
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What are dependent, independent, and extraneous (confounding) variables?

The dependent varible is defined as the thing which is being measured in an experiment, whilst the independent variable is the thing that is being manipulated or changed. Extraneous variables are undesirable...
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Find values of x for which 2x^2 < 5x + 12

Start by rearranging the inequality - make sure the sign next to the x 2 term is positive to make it easier: 2x 2 -5x - 12&lt; 0 Next step is to factorise this quadratic. To do this, remember that the genera...
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