Article: Place the syringe under a tap of warm running water. This will help remove any soap suds from the outside of the syringe. Empty the bowl filled with soapy water and then thoroughly rinse under running water. Then, fill the same bowl with warm water. Do not add soap to the water. Place the tip of the syringe into the warm water and squeeze the bulb. This will fill the syringe with warm water. Place your index finger over the hole in the syringe to prevent water from leaking out. Then, shake the syringe so that the water rinses the inside of the syringe. Aim the hole of the syringe at the bowl of water and the squeeze the bulb to release the water. You could also release the water directly into your sink. Continue to fill the syringe with water, shake, and release the water. This will thoroughly rinse the syringe and remove any remaining soap from inside the bulb. Place the syringe upside down in a glass, with the tip facing the bottom of the glass. This will allow the water to drip out of the syringe and dry.
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Rinse the syringe with running water. Fill a small bowl with warm water. Squeeze the syringe with the tip in the water. Shake the water to rinse the inside. Release the water. Repeat until completely rinsed. Suspend the syringe upside down in a glass.
Article: Determine whether your theory is valid, and make sure that your experimental results are repeatable. If you accept the theory, you should not be able to disprove it with the tools and information at your disposal. Do not, however, try to spin your theory into absolute fact. You will likely amass a lot of information in your quest to prove your theory. When you are confident that your results are repeatable and your conclusions are valid, try to distill your theory into a paper others can study and understand. Lay out your process in a logical order: first, write an "abstract" that summarizes your theory; then, lay forth your hypothesis, your experimental procedure, and your results. Try to distill your theory into a series of points or arguments. Finally, end the paper with an explanation of your conclusions. Explain how you defined your question, the approach you took, and how you tested it. A proper report will walk the reader through every relevant thought and action that brought you to your conclusion. Consider your audience. If you want to share your theory with peers in your field, write an formal paper explaining your results. Consider submitting your work to an academic journal. If you want to make your findings accessible to the general public, try distilling your theory into something more digestible: a book, an article, or a video. In the scientific community, theories are not generally considered valid until they have been peer-reviewed. If you submit your findings to an academic journal, another scientist may decide to peer-reviewthat is to say, test, consider, and replicatethe theory and process that you have put forward. This will either confirm the theory or leave it in limbo. If the theory survives the test of time, others may eventually try to expand your idea by applying it to other subjects. Your thought process does not need to end after you share your theory. Indeed, you may find that the act of writing up your ideas forces you to consider factors that you've been ignoring. Don't be afraid to keep testing and revising your theory until you're completely satisfied. This may mean more research, more experiments, and more papers. If your theory is large enough in scope, you may not ever be able to flesh out the implications in their entirety. Don't be afraid to collaborate. It can be tempting to keep your intellectual sovereignty, but you may find that your ideas take on new life when you share them with peers, friends, and advisers.
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Draw a conclusion. Share your results. Understand the peer-review process. Build upon your theory.
Article: There are a couple of options for where to measure a dog's blood pressure. No location is necessarily better than any other; it's largely a matter of what the dog will allow and what is easiest for you to stabilize. The cuff of an automatic device is usually administered around one of the dog's limbs or around the base of the tail. If using a limb, it's best to measure on the dog's right side at either the forearm (antebrachium) of the front limb or the outside of the hind leg. Before you perform the test, you'll need to make sure the blood pressure cuff fits your dog correctly. A cuff that is too large often produces falsely low blood pressure readings, while a cuff that's too small will yield a falsely high reading. The ideal size for a blood pressure cuff is approximately 40 percent of the dog's appendage circumference. When you lay the cuff flat against the leg or tail, the edges should be between 25% and 50% of the appendage's circumference. Once you've determined that the cuff is the correct size for your dog, you can attach the cuff and proceed in taking a measurement. The cuff should be snug and secure without being too tight. It should be just snug enough that you cannot insert a finger between the cuff and the dog's appendage. Once the cuff is in place, the rest of the test is very similar to that of a human blood pressure measurement. You'll simply activate the automatic device, allow the cuff to inflate, then take the reading that the device gives you. The cuff presses against the dog's artery while inflated, and the pressure inside the cuff gets above the dog's systolic pressure. As the cuff deflates, the machine measures both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Hold the cuff (attached to the dog's appendage) at chest level on the dog, which should be approximately the height of the dog's heart. The normal systolic blood pressure range is between 110 and 160 mm of mercury (Hg). Normal diastolic blood pressure lies between 60 and 90 mm Hg. A dog has high blood pressure if its systolic blood pressure is consistently above 180 mm Hg.
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Choose a measurement location. Check the size of the cuff. Attach the cuff. Inflate the cuff, then take a reading.