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Amwoga Khalwale Energy refers to the ability of an object or system to perform work. Energy exists in many different forms including mechanical, thermal, chemical, nuclear and others. All forms of energy are either kinetic or potential. The energy associated with position is referred to as potential energy (PE) whereas the energy associated with motion is referred … Read more
What Is A Parameter? Parameter in statistic is any numerical quantity that characterizes a given population or some aspect of it. When we make inference, the parameter is not known because it is impossible to collect data from everyone in the population. In this regard, we use a statistic of a sample picked from the … Read more
A data structure is a particular way of organizing data in a computer memory so that it can be used effectively. The main aim of data structure is to reduce the space and time complexities of different tasks. The linear and non-linear data structures are the sub-classification of the data structure which comes under the … Read more
What Is Dot Product (Scalar Product)? The dot product also referred to as scalar product is a number (scalar quantity) obtained by performing a specific operation on the vector components. The dot product has meaning only for pairs of vectors having the same number of dimensions. Dot product number features prominently in many problems in … Read more
What Are Compounds? Compounds are substances that are made up of two or more elements that are chemically combined in ratios or fixed proportions. Chemical compounds have a unique and definite chemical structure held together in a definite spatial arrangement by chemical bonds. In this regard, there are four types of compounds, depending on how … Read more
Rocks can break for a variety of reasons, including stress along natural zones of weakness and due to biological and chemical activity. Weathering can be described as a natural process whereby rock, soil, some plants and human-made objects are broken down or degraded having been in contact with the Earth’s atmosphere, water/rain, wind, biological organisms … Read more
Alligator The Alligator referred colloquially as gator are amazing animals that have been around for millions of years. Alligators are in the same family as other large reptiles like crocodile but are native to only two countries, which are the southern USA and China. The American alligator are found in the South-eastern USA, throughout all … Read more
Exchange rates refer to the value of one currency in terms of another. The determination of exchange rates has been a topic of great debate among economists and policymakers. There are two broad categories of exchange rate regimes: fixed and flexible. Under a fixed exchange rate regime, the value of a currency is pegged to … Read more
What Are Introns? An intron is any nucleotide sequence within a gene that is removed by RNA splicing during maturation of the final RNA product. Introns are found in the genes of most organisms and many viruses and can be located in a wide range of genes including those that generate proteins, ribosomal RNA (rRNA) … Read more
B-L ymphocytes (B-Cells) B-cells are at the centre of the adaptive humoral immune system and are responsible for mediating the production of antigen-specific immunoglobulin against invasive pathogens. B cells are high in spleen, lymph nodes, gut, respiratory tract and bone marrow, they originate and mature in the bone marrow and constitute 20% of the total … Read more