You Are a Young Scientist Who Has Just Learned About

question 40

Essay

You are a young scientist who has just learned about one of the hot topics in microbiology, biofilms. One aspect of the interest in biofilms is that the microbes living within biofilms appear to behave and function differently from their counterparts not living in a biofilm. Devise a way to explore the idea. (Do not focus on the technical details of how this might be accomplished.)

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Definitions:

Compensating Differential

A difference in wage rates designed to offset the desirability or undesirability of a job or job conditions.

Compensating Differential

A difference in wage rates designed to offset the desirability or undesirability of a job's attributes.

Human Capital

The collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community.

Compensating Differential

A difference in wages that arises to compensate workers for non-monetary differences in different jobs, such as risk or undesirable location.