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  2. Place theory - Wikipedia

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    Place theory is a theory of hearing that states that our perception of sound depends on where each component frequency produces vibrations along the basilar membrane.By this theory, the pitch of a sound, such as a human voice or a musical tone, is determined by the places where the membrane vibrates, based on frequencies corresponding to the tonotopic organization of the primary auditory neurons.

  3. Physiology of decompression - Wikipedia

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    High cholesterol levels have been found to be statistically associated with high bubble counts, but no causative mechanism has been investigated. Little information is available on the effects of drugs on decompression risk, but some can profoundly affect physiological and mental processes, so it is reasonable to assume that there may be ...

  4. Coiled coil - Wikipedia

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    Figure 1: The classic example of a coiled coil is the GCN4 leucine zipper (PDB accession code 1zik), which is a parallel, left-handed homodimer. However, many other types of coiled coil exist. A coiled coil is a structural motif in proteins in which 2–7 [1] alpha-helices are coiled together like the strands of a rope.

  5. Passive transport - Wikipedia

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    Passive diffusion across a cell membrane.. Passive transport is a type of membrane transport that does not require energy to move substances across cell membranes. [1] [2] Instead of using cellular energy, like active transport, [3] passive transport relies on the second law of thermodynamics to drive the movement of substances across cell membranes.

  6. Doppler effect - Wikipedia

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    A common example of Doppler shift is the change of pitch heard when a vehicle sounding a horn approaches and recedes from an observer. Compared to the emitted frequency, the received frequency is higher during the approach, identical at the instant of passing by, and lower during the recession.

  7. Triple helix - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the identity of a triple helix depends on the type of helices that make it up. For example: a triple helix made of three strands of collagen protein is a collagen triple helix, and a triple helix made of three strands of DNA is a DNA triple helix. As with other types of helices, triple helices have handedness: right-handed or left ...

  8. Pitch drop experiment - Wikipedia

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    A pitch drop experiment is a long-term experiment which measures the flow of a piece of pitch over many years. "Pitch" is the name for any of a number of highly viscous liquids which appear solid, most commonly bitumen, also known as asphalt. At room temperature, tar pitch flows at a very low rate, taking several years to form a single drop.

  9. Patch clamp - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing variations of the patch clamp technique. Several variations of the basic technique can be applied, depending on what the researcher wants to study. The inside-out and outside-out techniques are called "excised patch" techniques, because the patch is excised (removed) from the main body of the cell.