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So I'm beginning college in the Fall. Considering I'm going to be a Biochemistry major, does anyone have any advice as how to survive Gen Bio? I hear it's a big weed out class for the Pre Med kids. I'm also taking Gen Chem and Calc I, both which I feel confident in, since I've studied it by...

Hey!, I'm starting university soon and there we have to use a little Matlab. I have never programmed before, so I was wondering if you guys knew of any good texts for a beginner?

Hi, I have just started to look into PIC ALP coding. i am also fortunate to work on one the PIC controllers, though i am responsible for hardware design only, i want to develop some firmware knowledge. If such a question has been answered previously please give me the link, or your precious...

There's already a thread on conventional (terrestrial/earthen) gardens, so I thought I'd start on water gardens. I was visiting a local nursery last week, and they have a really water garden set up (about 2 m x 3-4 m) in the shape of an irregular oval. Anyway, some members have posted...

Hi, As you know , PCB design tools have manuals accompanying them ,but there are points in designing that a PCB designer earns by long time experiment.Now,are there any places on the web telling us these special points or tricks?

Hi everyone, I usually see people asking for self-study tips or more physics and engineering tips. Well I was wondering if some of the Biochemists could help me out. I am currently applied to a Biotechnology program in the second year. Since Biotechnology takes heavily from Biochemistry I was...

So one of the research groups at my school is looking for "graduate students like me" - according to the professor who runs the show. They are sponsored by a large tech company and they need to review me also. I'm a comp engineering Masters student btw. About the assistantship: It's an...

If you could offer any tips for studying for an Algebra test for tomorrow morning it would be great. It covers: Vectors: Vector quantities and $\mathbb{R^n}$ $\mathbb{R^2}$ and analytic geometry Points, line segments and lines. Parametric vector equations. Parallel lines. Planes. Linear...

Give me some tips! Hey guys, Can anyone give me some tips for distance learning education, with the help of which I can perform well? I can score good marks in exams. Please give me some tips for it. Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hi I'm struggling to create a DoublyLinkedList<T> class in Java. Well,it's actually the iterator that's freaking me out.. Most tutorials and documents I've read use three classes for this:Node<T>,DoublyLinkedList<T> and LinkedListIterator<T>. I can see the point in creating Node and...

Hi, I have the following problem: Calculate the pH of a 0.200M Sodium Cyanide solution. I'm confused because this salt has no H or O atoms in it. How could it affect the pH of a solution? What formulas would I need to solve this? My final is tomorrow and I'm really worried. Thank you for...

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hi, i have my SAT exams this saturday. i was wondering whether anyone would be having some tips concerning the test. I'm an international student (from mauritius). my mathematics is ok, but the english section might be hard, specially for words i never met before!

Homework Statement im having problems on how to sketch 3D functions, like z=4-x-y, any tips or website that gives a summary and useful techniques to graph functions like this? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Does anyone here play piano? I recently learned Fur Elise but the more I play it the more my pinky muscle gets sore and usually I just have to quit in the middle of the song from these weird pinky muscle spasms. Does anyone know how I can make my pinky muscle stronger? Will it eventually be...

Hey everyone. I've just gone back to university after a number of years off, and I'm looking to take Calculus in the fall of 2008. My problem is that it's been 9 years since I did Precalculus, so I was thinking of self studying through the summer. I've picked up Precalculus by James Stewart...

Not really a specific question, but I am really struggling with the comparison tests for infinite series. I just finished doing quite a few problems from the section. I went in pretty confident, but after completing the section I was bummed that I only did a less than a handful correctly. My...

Hello in my physics program at Trent university (Canada) we have replaced written midterms with interactive tests where we are given a remote and multiple choice questions on the slideshow. For each question ( all conceptual) 1 minute is given per question (5 choices per question). Each test...

I totally can't figure out rate mechanisms for whatever reason. A three-step mechanism has been suggest for the formations of carbonyl chloride: Step 1 Cl2 -> 2 Cl(fast, equilibrium) Step 2 Cl + CO -> COCl (fast equilibrium) Step 3 COCl + Cl2 -> COCl2 + Cl (slow) What is the...

Never mind there, I screwed up my logic flow

hey i just need to know how you guys study, like generally especially for english class. I don't know how to properly study and i don't think i will benefit from the way i study. So if you guys could teach me that would be much appreciated.

Hi all. I'm going on Monday for an interview in Atlanta for Georgia Power's Distribution EIT program. They emailed me monday and just gave me the exact time. Monday at 8am. This is my first interview. I have another interview early january for Kysor warren as entry level Design engineer...

[b]1. Given a wooden plank mass 7 kg total length 4m supported by 2 sawhorses which are located l1=0.45m from left end and l2=1.5m from right end ...a cat with mass 3.9kg jumps on left end of plank and walks along to right side . How far is it from the right when plank begins to tip ...

basically I'm in the last 2 chapters of multi variable calculus (right now in double integrals) and i know how important it is in some exercises to sketch the 3-d graphs accuratley. However all the 3-d graphs that I'm trying to sketch are very off... even a simple shape like a cylinder looks...

I was wondering if you guys could post some tips on studying. My Case is: I'm taking a year off studying 2 subjects to enter a Particular degree. I have Physics Intermediate and Mathematics Advanced. I'm finding the Maths easy to study and remember, but the physics hard for some reason. I...

Iam not clear on how to prove a equivalence relation? I know that is has to have three properties reflexivity, symmetry, and transtivity, but I am unsure how to check. For example Iam given f is a function from z to d. R(z,d) = binary relation How do I prove that R(z,d) is a equivalence...

I have built a number of Marx generators ranging for 30KV to 4MV I have achieved good rise time but I was wondering if anyone else here had experience with them and could help me with decreasing the duration. I mainly need just building tips and such. My current one I am building will be in...

Hello, This is my first post. Anyways, from the beginning, since I started learning the subjects at higher level, I have faced this problem - How to determine if the nos. is a prime no. ? The numbers under 100 are known to me, but if a bigger digit comes, are there any tricks to...

I assume most people here are have more ability on any field of mathematics than me, so can anyone here give me any example, tips, trick, your experience, when you’re facing calculus? Because I am very impressed of my friend ability on his knowledge of science especially calculus and I...

I am a sophomore in ME at Purdue and we are getting ready to have our engineering job fair. I really (emphasis on REALLY) want an internship for this upcoming summer but my resume looks really...blah. I've never had another internship to put on the resume so I'm really starting from square one...

Hey PF!, i don't know if you guys remember but i was asking a while ago for a possible investigation topic for a thesis. Well guess what, it's done and is on pavement engineering. Now i need some tips i could use to do a well presentation. Maybe some tricks to keep the jurors happy, like some...

Soldering Wire?? What kind of material is used for making a soldering wire?? I mean, what should be the properties of the material?? Can anyone help me out for this??

P. Chem--advice? I know, a physics major taking P. chem...why would he put himself through that? However, the topic has peaked my interest and it appears that what I want to do research on will require a knowledge of P. Chem, so my question is simply: Anyone have any survival advice? The...

Does anyone have any tips for successful labwork ?

as a disclaimer, I'm not sure if this is where i should be posting this... i will be tutoring a kid (13 years old) in algebra soon, and i was wondering if there were any games or techniques that i can use with my student that have shown to work in the past with you, or others you know. i...

Tips to get addmission in good university? hey everybody i am currently doing my first year of undergrad in a community college and planning to transfer any of UCs(university of California) on math and physics double major. what are the best steps i can follow in order to get admission in uc...

Hello, I'm taking cal I and II this summer as a special five week course each. I need a good way to understand the concepts of calculus. It seemed like in college algebra the examples that were done in class were fine, i could do those with no problem, but once I got home and looked at the...

I'm a senior in college that just switched from a Bio major to a Math major. In the fall, I'll be taking: Discrete Math Number Theory Electrodynamics & Kinetic Theory Piano Speech I have a summer to prepare for the two math classes and one physics class. Do you have any tips on things...

Study Tips! Help! So I have two weeks left 'till I take an advanced certification test for my job! I need to cram big time. It's been years since I've been in school (even there I didn't really study) so my study skills have declined over the years. What tips and tricks do you use? Thanks!:biggrin:

i have about 6 weeks to study, so, what should do? what prep books would you guys reccomend? how much time should i spend prepping everyday?

Homework Statement A glass has a height of 10 cm, and a diameter of 2 cm, it weight 300g and a coefficient of friction equal to .30 exists. Will it slip or tip? Homework Equations ? The Attempt at a Solution Im almost certain there are no calculations informed since i have been...

I need tips on improving my resume. I know this forum is not for this type of question but I really want opinions/tips from people who are in the same field. I let a "generic" resume counselor @ my school read my resume but I can tell that she didn't understand a thing on my resume. She's not...

I was wondering if someone can check my solutions and perhaps give me a faster more logical way of working through this question. Thanks. Homework Statement If z = 1 + i*root3 i) Find the modulus and argument of z ii) Express z^5 in Cartesian form a + ib where a and b are real iii)...

IBM interview thursday! tips? Also do you know what a "soft copy" means of a resume? Hello everyone! exciting news, I got an interview for IBM's Software Group on Thursday. He told me to do 2 things before the interview, sign up at IBM and e-mail him a "softcopy" of my resume. Does anyone...

Physics "B" Kinematics, Dynamics, Rotational Motion, E/W,Torque Test-- Where to find? I'm looking for a Physics "B" Kinematics, Dynamics, Rotational Motion, E/W,Torque Quiz or Test that includes solutions and/or answers. Where is the Quiz section on PF?? I took a quiz a while ago and I can't...

Homework Statement It's been a couple years since diff. eq. Any tips/strategies on solving the first-order ODE: K\frac{dp(t)}{dt} + \frac{p(t)}{R} = Q_0 \sin{(2\pi t)} where K, R and Q_0 are constants?

I know I posted a thread about relationship between the knowledge of physics and the person's Physics gpa . I have a different question: What advice would you give to physics students on how to go from C and B to A and B students. I average in at least 1-2 hours a night when working out...

A place to share your slightly unconventional tips on life. Deter would-be neighbours you don't like the look of from buying the house next door by recording the sounds of planes landing at your local airport and playing them full-blast out your window while they view the house.

Biology Help! Ok, my biology teacher's test is next wednesday for me. This test is on Photosynthesis ordering, but I didn't get it all down (and she isn't going to tell me -_- she said before)... The list of words that I need to reorder is as follows: - 5C - 6C - ATP - electron -...