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[posted: Wednesday, 05.03.2008] [category: in-german, science]

(für die deutsche version bitte auf “more” klicken.)

here’s a short glimpse into what my studies are about.
it’s the protocol of a practical class about plant physiology.

Pflanzenphysiologische Übungen - Kursprotokoll
(click to open PDF, 1.2 MB)

for those of you who don’t speak german (and the non-biologists among us), there are some pretty pictures to look at. ;)
 

contents: photosynthesis activity and its dependency on temperature (measured by the level of chlorophyll fluorescence), catalases, peroxidases, phenolases, alcohol dehydrogenase, antioxidant levels in foods, chloroplast pigments, measuring photosynthetic oxygen production with isolated chloroplasts, abscission and the role of phytohormones (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, α-naphthaleneacetic acid, indole-3-acetic acid).

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[posted: Wednesday, 05.03.2008] [category: fun, technology]

my new sound card has lots of preset values for different environments, for example “living room”, “hallway”, “hallway with carpets”, …
in the list of available settings, i also found some …”less probable” situations to put a desktop sound card to use:

sound card configuration settings
preset configurations for use in a parking space,
padded room, airplane hangar or waste pipe.

never say never! ;)



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