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AP Italian - Conversation phrases Flashcards

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8193654168Secondo me / a mio parereIn my opinion0
8193654169La mia opinione èMy opinion is1
8193654170DovrestiYou should2
8193654171I vantaggi / svantaggi sonoThe advantages / disadvantages are3
8193654172Senti, MarcoListen, Mark4
8193654173Sarebbe meglio seIt would be better if5
8193654174Direi cheI would say that6
8193654175Preferirei andareI would prefer to go7
8193654176Mi piacerebbe uscireI would like to go out8
8193654177Mi dispiace sentirloI'm sorry to hear it9
8193654178Dille / digli di non preoccuparsiTell her / him not to worry10
8193654179Perché non le / gli regali / dai?Why don't you give her / him?11
8193654180Gli / Le puoi dire cheYou can tell him / her12
8193654181Forse possiamo andare insiemeMaybe we can go together13
8193654182Mi pare che / Mi sembra che (+ CONG)It seems that14
8193654183Credo che / Penso che / Ritengo che (+ CONG)I think that15
8193654184È importante che (+ CONG)It's important that16
8193654185Temo che / Ho paura che (+ CONG)I'm afraid that17
8193654186Dubito che (+ CONG)I doubt that18
8193654187Pensano che sia bellissimo (+ CONG)They think that it's really nice19
8193654188Sono felicissimo che tu possa andare (+ CONG)I'm so happy that you can go20
8193654189Sono triste che lui non possa venire (+ CONG)I'm sad that he is unable to come21

AP world history vocab chapter 22 Flashcards

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13671705705Russian Revolution (1917)Massive revolutionary upheaval in 1917 that overthrew the Romanov dynasty in Russia and ended with the seizure of power by communists under the leadership of Lenin. Significance: The Romanov dynasty had been in power for more than three centuries and this revolution ended that. This led to a massive social upheaval.0
13671718536Bolsheviks/LeninRussian revolutionary party led by Vladimir Lenin and later renamed the Communist Party; its name means "the majority"//Adopted name of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870-1924), the main leader of Russia's communist revolution and head of the Soviet state from 1917 until his death. Significance: They called for the dissolution of the Provisional Government and a transfer of state power to the new Soviets1
13671732876GuomindangThe Chinese Nationalist Party led by Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until its overthrow by the communists in 1949. Significance: Promoted modern development, railroads, light industry, banking- The impact was limited to the cities, rural areas were still impoverished, little support2
13671749421Chinese RevolutionLong revolutionary process in the period 1912-1949 that began with the overthrow of the Chinese imperial system and ended with the triumph of the Communist Party under the leadership of Mao Zedong. Significance: It lasted an incredibly long time and the ideas of Karl Marx weren't well known. Over time, many reforms were made (Mao zedong)3
13671767937Mao ZedongChairman of China's Communist Party and de facto ruler of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. Significance: The communist party fought the Japanese and became successful under his ruling. He helped fight against the Guomindang4
13671782545Building socialismEuphemistic expression of the often-forcible transformation of society when a communist regime came to power in a state. Significance: Favored China. Faced daunting prospects with a large population and small industry. Chinese communists had to build a modern society from the ground up5
13671802762StalinName assumed by Joseph Vissarionovich Jugashvili (1878-1953), leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death; "Stalin" means "made of steel." Significance: He was the major leader to build socialism in the Soviet Union. He installed fully communist governments loyal to himself in many countries6
13671815310ZhenotdelWomen's Department of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1930; Zhenotdel worked strongly to promote equality for women Significance: While it lasted, it was a remarkable experiment in women's liberation by means of state action with many new opportunities7
13671824523CollectivizationProcess of rural reform undertaken by the communist leadership of both the USSR and China in which private property rights were abolished and peasants were forced onto larger and more industrialized farms to work and share the proceeds as a community rather than as individuals. Significance: Led to a horrible famine with 5 million deaths8
13671834399Cultural Revolutiona massive campaign launched by Mao Zedong in the mid-1960s to combat the capitalist tendencies that he believed reached into even the highest ranks of the Communist Party; the campaign threw China into chaos. Significance: Brought health care/education to the countryside and rural industrialization was now under local control9
13671843820Great Purges/Terrorof the late 1930s were a massive attempt to cleanse the Soviet Union of supposed "enemies of the people"; nearly a million people were executed between 1936 and 1941, and 4 million or 5 million more were sentenced to forced labor in the gulag Significance: This led to the death of millions of falsely accused/innocent people and very hard times10
13671857787Cuban Missile CrisisMajor standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba; the confrontation ended in compromise, with the USSR removing its missiles in exchange for the United States agreeing not to invade Cuba. Significance: This war gave expression to the most novel and dangerous dimension of the Cold War nuclear weapons11
13671869260Nikita KhrushchevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 (Was the leader of the Soviet Union during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis) Significance: He showed the world that Stalin was a criminal. He backed down in the Cuban Missile Crisis leading to the bitter resentment of the Chinese12
13671889932Mikhail GorbachevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 whose efforts to reform the USSR led to its collapse. Significance: His efforts exacerbated the country's many difficulties and led to the political disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 (end of communism)13
13671901336Deng XiaopingLeader of China from 1976 to 1997 whose reforms essentially dismantled the communist elements of the Chinese economy Significance: He helped China to be led to substantial economic reforms, industrial reforms, and a large amount of economic growth14
13671917088Perestroika/Glasnost-Bold economic program launched in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev with the intention of freeing up Soviet industry and businesses. -Policy that allowed greater cultural and intellectual freedom and ended most censorship of the media Significance: The result of this policy of openness was a burst of awareness of the problems and corruption of the Soviet Union15

Biochemistry Flashcards

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14101331734primary structuresequence of amino acids0
14101331753secondary structureH-bonding interactions form alpha helix and beta sheets1
14101339561tertiary structurefurther folding of the secondary structure of proteins involving interactions between R-groups hydrophilic/phobic, disulphide bridges2
14101348388quaternary structureResults from two or more polypeptide subunits.3
14101356035steroidslipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings4
14101358461Triglyceridesan energy-rich compound made up of a single molecule of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acid.5
14101360589Terpenesrepeating units of isoprene6
14101369722Increasing fluidity of cell membraneincreasing the unsaturated FA's, increasing cholestrol, shorter FA chains7
14101387545Competitive inhibitors effect on V-SNo change in Vmax, increase Km8
14101394818Non competitive inhibitors effect on V-SLower Vmax, no change in Km9
14101401699Uncompetitive inhibitors effect on V-SLower Vmax, decrease Km10
14101417680Metabolic catalysis pathways of glucoseglycolysis, glycogenesis, pentose phosphate pathway11
14101429468Metabolic anabolism of glucosegluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis12
14101442050Use of Acetyl CoAKrebs, ETC, ketogenesis, FA anabolism13
14101449848Making Acetyl CoAPDC, ketogenesis, beta-oxidation14
14101460868Enzyme for glucose->G6Phexokinase (HK)15
14101465579Enzyme for F6P -> F1,6BPphosphofructokinase (PFK)16
14101472401Net energy from glycolysis2 ATP and 2 NADH17
14101477210Enzyme for PEP -> Pyruvatepyruvate kinase18
14101657566products of fermentationNAD+, and lactate or ethanol19
14101670307PDC reactantsPyruvate, CoA-SH, NAD+20
14101673815PDC productsAcetyl Co-A, NADH, CO221
14101676860PDC locationmitochondrial matrix22
14101680744Krebs cycle reactants2 Acetyl CoA23
14101689990The Krebs cycle produces2 GTP, 6NADH, and 2FADH + OAA24
14101696870electron transport chainseries of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions25
14101941584ATP yield for mitochondrial NADH2.5 ATP per NADH26
14101945403ATP yield for cytoplasmic NADH1.5 ATP per NADH27
14101950720ATP yield for FADH21.5 ATP per FADH228
14101955181Enzyme for making ATP in ETCATP synthase29
14101963009Net ATP of cellular respiration3030
14101969128Gluconeogenesis reaction2 pyruvate -> 1 glucose31
141019758782 pyruvate + 2 ATP + 2 CO2 (gluconeogenesis step 1)2 OAA + 2 ADP (requires pyruvate carboxylase)32
141019842732 OAA + 2 GTP (gluconeogenesis step 2)2 PEP + 2 CO2 + 2GDP (requires PEP carboxylkinase)33
14102001706F1,6BP -> F6P enzyme in gluconeogenesisF1,6BPase34
14102008866G6P to Glucose enzymeglucose-6-phosphatase35
14102014673Glucose regulation: ATPInhibits PFK (glycolysis), activates F1,6BPase (GNG)36
14102019658Glucose regulation: citrateInhibits PFK (glycolysis), activates F1,6BPase (GNG)37
14102032330Glucose regulation: AMPInhibits F1,6BPase (GNG), activates PFK (glycolysis)38
14102040050Glucose regulation: F2,6BPInhibits F1,6BPase (GNG), activates PFK (glycolysis)39
14102046154Insulin glucose regulationIncrease glycolysis40
14102050113Glucagon glucose regulationIncrease GNG41
14102052061GNG locationliver42
14102062145Glycogenesis G6P->GIP enzymephosphoglucomutase43
14102067827Glycogenesis GIP+ UTP->UDP-glu enzymeUDP-glu pyrophosphorylase44
14102078804Glycogenesis UDP-glu -> glycogen enzymeglycogen synthase45
14102087900Glycogenolysis glycogen -> glycogen(n-1) +GIP enzymeglycogen phosphorylase46
14102094800Glycogenolysis GIP -> G6P enzymephosphoglucomutase47
14102100560Glycogen regulation: insulinInhibits glycogen phosphorylase (lysis); activates glycogen synthase (genesis)48
14102107737Glycogen regulation: glucagonInhibits glycogen synthase (genesis); activates glycogen phosphorylase (lysis)49
14102114063Glycogen regulation: epinephrineInhibits glycogen synthase (genesis); activates glycogen phosphorylase (lysis)50
14102121611Pentose Phosphate Pathway PPP goals1) produce ribose R5P + NADPH 2) support nt and FA synthesis by providing reducing E51
14102146519Oxidative phase of PPPIrreversible; G6P+ 2NADP+ -> R5P + 2 NADPH + CO252
14102156557Oxidative phase of PPP enzymeglyceraldehyde 6P dehydrogenase53
14102175646Non-oxidative phase of PPPReversible; R5P -> metabolic intermediates: nucleotides or F6P, GAP54
14102193280Enzyme to break down triglycerideslipase55
141022151133FA -> Fatty acyl co-A requirementsAcyl CoA synthase +CoA-SH+ATP56
14102280845How does fatty acyl co-A enter mitochondrial matrix from cytoplasm?Carnitine Shuttle57
141022836874 steps of beta oxidation1. oxidation 2. hydration 3. oxidation 4. cleavage58
14102297814Beta oxidation reactantsFatty acyl CoA, FAD+, H2O, NAD+, CoA-SH59
14102310335Beta oxidation productsFatty acyl CoA, Acetyl coA (2C), FADH2, NADH60
14102322100How many rounds of beta oxidation for n carbons in molecule?carbons/2 -161
14102327493Where does fat anabolism take place?cytoplasm62
14102337478first step fat anabolism + enzymeacetyl coA + CO2; acetyl CoA carboxylase63
14102347607Fat anabolism regulation: insulinactivates acetyl CoA carboxylase64
14102350827Fat anabolism regulation: glucagoninhibits acetyl CoA carboxylase65
14102358684Fat anabolism steps (starting from malonyl coA)1) elongation 2) reduction 3) dehydration 4) reduction66
14102383674Fat anabolism reactants (starting from malonyl coA)FA chain + 2 NADPH67
14102392564Fat anabolism products (starting from malonyl coA)H2O + CO2 + 2 NADP+68
14102399468Ketogenesis purposeprovides E to crucial organs (FA can't cross blood-brain barrier)69
14102411159Fate of amino acids1) new proteins 2) deamination a- NH3 goes to urea cycle b- C skeleton goes to acetyl coA or glucose70

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