by Lara - research

Research Question: How does the type and amount of carbon source in a liquid medium, namely sugar beet extract and sucrose, and ethanol concentration affect the amount of bacterial cellulose yield from identical sized pellets of Mycoderma aceti.

The data gathered from the experiment is then used to calculate a percentage of yield in comparison to the mass of carbon source used to serve as a direct indicator of efficiency

(Mohammadkazemi et al., 2015). Points of precise optimal conditions from this dataset were identified to ensure that if this material were to be mass-produced, it would be produced at a minimum cost while achieving maximum efficiency.

How significant is the role of behavioral mimicry to our social identities and formations? What are different factors that encourage or discourage imitative behavior within groups?

I've recorded how communal settings may encourage specific types of behavior, and people adhering to unwritten rules relative to physical space and structures. I also observed that people tended to react negatively or at the very least were taken aback when someone didn’t obey standards like these, showing clearly the expectations that cause people to adhere to certain normals.