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Mammalian Cell

a: A mammalian cell ~
b: factory

What: "A cell (in a multicellular organism) is an identifiable unit that is part of a larger organism just as a factory is an identifiable unit that is part of society. A cell uses material and energy resources and produces products just as a factory does." The link expands this discussion.

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Writer: Norm Herr CSUN
LCC: QP
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Date: Jul 14 2010 12:15 AM



a: Object complement ~
b: a subject complement

What: "An object complement is like a subject complement, but it gives extra information about the state of the object of a verb, not its subject. So instead of following one of these "existential" or state verbs, it follows the object directly, with the sense of "to be" or a similar verb implied:They made me angry."

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Writer: Berthilde
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Date: Oct 9 2013 1:52 PM


As Solid State Material.....

a: Cytoskeleton ~
b: a slowly-flowing two-dimensional glass

What:

"An equivalent analogy would be that the cytoskeleton is like a slowly-flowing two-dimensional glass, which cannot hold any shear elastic energy indefinitely. However, if fast deformation is imposed, it can manifest a large instantaneous shear modulus. This happens if the imposed deformation rate far exceeds the cytoskeleton remodeling rate, which theoretically should proceed (albeit very slowly) in the direction of relaxing the in-plane shear elastic energy according to the thermodynamic principle of maximum dissipation."


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Writer: S. Suresh et al.
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Date: Dec 28 2013 9:06 PM



a: pollination ~
b: junk mail

What:

"Wind pollination is like junk mail. Pollinating insects are like FedEx "


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Writer: Catalina Pimiento
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Date: Jan 21 2015 1:24 PM



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