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The human cell contains 46 chromosomes.

These are organized into 23 pairs, where each parent contributes one chromosome to each pair, resulting in a total of 46 chromosomes in most human cells.

This number includes 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes, determining an individual's sex (XX for females and XY for males).

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The primary type of lipid present in the plasma membrane is phospholipids.

They form the fundamental structure of the membrane, creating a bilayer that is essential for membrane function and fluidity.

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Catecholamines are amino acid-derived hormones.

They are synthesized from the amino acid tyrosine and include:

• dopamine
• norepinephrine
• epinephrine hormones.

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Nutrients, particularly glycogen (a form of glucose), are primarily stored in the liver.

It releases glucose into the bloodstream when needed to maintain blood sugar levels and provide energy for the body.

The liver's role is crucial in managing nutrient availability and maintaining metabolic balance.

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The Kuwaiti General Elections were held on 4th April 2024.

This election was pivotal for selecting the members of the National Assembly amid ongoing political and economic reforms.

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) works to eliminate money laundering and terror financing.

FATF sets international standards and promotes effective implementation of legal, regulatory, and operational measures.

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Premises are statements or propositions that provide support or evidence for another statement, which is typically the conclusion.

An argument consists of premises that are intended to support the conclusion.

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The arithmetic mean is calculated by adding all the observations and dividing by the number of observations.

Given observations: 5, 5, and 5.

$$text{Mean} = frac{5 + 5 + 5}{3} = frac{15}{3} = 5$$

=15/3​

=5

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 Incorrect use of conjunctive verbs: She studied hard for the exam, however, she still failed.

• Explanation: "However" is a conjunctive adverb, not a coordinating conjunction. It needs proper punctuation (a semicolon or period before it). Correct: She studied hard for the exam; however, she still failed.

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The studio was filled with the rich odor of roses, and when the light summer breeze stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open window the sweet murmur of the fountain, or the more subtle music of the bees as they moved from flower to flower. From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-colored blossoms of the laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence around the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a_____organ 

The word that would most accurately fit the blank at the end of the passage is:

(A) Peeling

(B) Jarring

(C) intimate

(D) distant

What is the dominant sensory experience in the passage?

(A) Visual

(B) Auditory

(C) Olfactory

(D) Tactile

What is the effect of the "momentary Japanese effect" created by the shadows of birds in flight?

(A) It adds to the sense of stillness and calm

(B) It creates a sense of movement and energy

(C) It emphasizes the beauty of nature

(D) It highlights the artificiality of the scene

Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

(A) the city's beauty and music

(B) the city's noise and chaos

(C) a sense of distance and removal

(D) the city's power and dominance

85. The underlined word, as used in this passage, most nearly means:

(A) Trembling

(B) torpid

(C) wavering

(D) infirm