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Description acceptable. This process was modeled by Gray and Hancock’s resistive force theory, which requires an anisotropic drag coefficient. A 1951 theory of this process by G. I. Taylor showed that a traveling waveform is optimal and argued that agents could hydrodynamically synchronize during this process. A parameter beta expresses the ratio of dipole and quadrupole contributions to the “force-free” type of this process in an earlier theory of Lighthill, whose (*) “squirmers” may be characterized as pushers or pullers. (-5[1])The time reversibility of the Stokes equations were used by Purcell in the paper “Life at Low Reynolds (10[1])Number” to show that this process (10[2])requires non-reciprocal (10[3])motion, (10[1])per the scallop theorem. The optimal (10[1])shape for one appendage (-5[1])used (10[1])in this process (10[1])is a corkscrewing rigid helix. (10[1])For 10 points, E. coli have a “run-and-tumble” strategy (10[1])in what process achieved using flagella? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: swimming [accept cell motility; accept cell locomotion; accept descriptions of specific living entities such as cells or bacteria or sperm moving; accept descriptions of self-propulsion; accept descriptions of moving in fluids; accept taxis; accept kinesis; accept descriptions of flagella or cilia beating or moving until read; prompt on motion by asking “what is undergoing motion”]
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y15100%0%13%116.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vincent DuA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceThe Dyatlov Passement incident78-5
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: AThe Oldest Men in the World9610
Kevin YeBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boywhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything10210
Adam Finesticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zonePunished "Venom" BHSU10210
Aidan MehiganFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE10410
Eric MukherjeeLMM's LLM MLMThe Empire Bikes Back10410
Swapnil Gargit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)10410
Billy BusseBHSU BWe Need New Names10510
Jim FanMindgoblin of Little HobbesThe Jeam Team11110
Kevin WanggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetLes Missourables115-5
Richard NiuAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago11610
Natan HoltzmanLisan al-QuibNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)11910
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret12410
Daniel MaThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer13310
Raul PassementThe Dyatlov Passement incidentA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence14010
Charles HangLes MissourablesgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet14010
Anwen KelleherNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)var merchants14010