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Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage InterviewApplication
I applied through college or university. The process took a day – interviewed at ConocoPhillips (Midland, TX (US)).
It was only one interview session for about 40 mins. Strictly personality based questions, no theoretical questions.
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- Most questions don't have a right answer so none were difficult Answer Question
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No OfferNeutral ExperienceAverage InterviewApplication
I applied online – interviewed at ConocoPhillips (Bartlesville, OK (US)) in July 2013.
I applied online on their website and was contacted about 1 month later on the phone by a recruiter who asked me if I am willing to relocate and how much I am expecting. She then scheduled a phone interview for me with the hiring manager in 6 days' time. I called in on the day and time of the interview using a code provided to me by the recruiter. After the initial introduction, one of the hiring managers interviewing me asked that I tell them about myself. She told me that it seems that most of the jobs I have done were on the interpretation side.
She also asked me if I have used seimic or worked with seismic data in the past. The other hiring manager, who is a male, asked me what type of logging I know about and which one I have done. They seemed to be raising objection that I have done more of interpretation related geology job than data management. I tried my best to address the objection by saying that I was looking forward to the new challenge and that I know I could achieve anything I put my mind to. They also asked me what data management software I have you used. What system/software storage have you used? What type of software/data loading management system you have used?Interview Questions
- They asked me a question on Data management software I have not heard before 1 Answer
- Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at ConocoPhillips (Bartlesville, OK (US)).
Talked to recruiter at career fair. Got an interview on campus. Was asked four questions where they asked to describe how you were able to over come problems through teamwork, communication, etc. Got called for an on-site interview. Had similar interviews comapred to the one on campus however it was with 4 different recruiters ratehr than one. I was contacted a week later.
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- None. All were straighforward and open-ended. Answer Question
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No OfferAverage InterviewApplication
I applied online – interviewed at ConocoPhillips (Houston, TX (US)) in June 2013.
Applied through the website and contacted for phone interview few weeks after. the phone interview was very quick going through backgrounds on my resume. By the end of the week I was invited to a onsite interview. The onsite interview included four panel and asked five behavior questions. They were really friendly and nice. A week later I was told to go for another interview. This time it was with the manager of the department and had similar questions to the first round. Now I'm waiting for their decision.
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- Nothing too difficult but the questions are all behavioral so you really need to prepare ahead of time. You will need to provide them with examples and not how you will handle the situation. Answer Question
- No OfferNegative ExperienceEasy Interview
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2+ months – interviewed at ConocoPhillips (Bartlesville, OK (US)) in June 2013.
I went through a staffing agency and was told I was a great candidate. I took an Excel test and scored 90%(not bad since I haven't manipulated Excel in 9 years and do not use it in my everyday job function). I have a BS in Accounting and graduated 3rd overall with a 3.7(they were looking for a min gpa of 3.2). That coupled with my Excel score was good enough to garner an interview. It was a last minute interview. I was told the day before at 4pm that they wanted an interview for 9am. I agreed to 3:30pm.
I got there and they interviewers were 15 mins late, first of all. Then they seemed genuinely disappointed that I was actually black. Interview was brief and casual. Behavioral questions, which I handled to the best of my ability. They seemed disineterested, disengaged, and their demeanor just read negatively.
I was told later by the staffing agency that they chose not to hire me based on my Excel score, the same score they saw PRIOR to the interview. I took it as code for she's too smart and too black. The look on their faces said it all when they realized I was the person behind the resume. I pretty much knew then it was going to be a no, so I waited on the staffing agency so I could hear the "official" reason. I know its Bartlesville and Conoco is the head honcho in those parts, so its no coincidence that black people don't live there.Interview Questions
- None of their questions were hard. I just felt they half listened to my answers. I was asked about my Excel use in my daily job function and I answered, it's not something I do. I am familiar with the program and have excellent proficient knowledge but I haven't had a use for it in my past jobs. Then I was asked to tell them about my use of pivot tables at my previous job. That showed me they didn't pay attention to what I said. 1 Answer
- No OfferAverage Interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days – interviewed at ConocoPhillips.
I applied to ConocoPhillips Graduate Development Program called Petro Tech Apprentice in Indonesia, to be exact at Depok - Universitas Indonesia. First test is English test with TOEIC standard. Then, if you pass this test, you can go on to the next test which are psychometry test and interview with psychologist. Psychometry test is done on the same day with english test, then the interview will be done on the next day.
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- There is no unexpected question, but the question is correlate with our job experience or organizational experience. For example, what problem that you have faced in your organization or your job? such thing like that. Actually, the question will be the same like the question in the form that you have to filled in before the interview Answer Question
- No OfferNegative ExperienceAverage Interview
The process took 4 weeks – interviewed at ConocoPhillips (Houston, TX (US)).
Interviewed at a job fair and a site visit a few weeks later at the HQ in Houston. Interviewed with 5 different people who asked a lot of cliche behavioral questions from what I believe was a prepared list. Everyone I met with seemed professional and pleasant. Didn't hear back from this company for 3 WEEKS after this interview, but was finally given a verbal offer (salary, start date, etc).
Was told to expect an official written offer in a few days, then was asked for my college transcript which no one had asked for during this whole process. Didn't hear anything for a few days, then received a call saying they were retracting my offer due to lower than expected grades on my transcript.
Obviously I thought this was poorly handled, if it was so important to them why did they not ask for it before?
I recommend you take a strong look at this program before you potentially waste over a month of your time with these people like I did.Interview Questions
- Tell me about a time you used your technical abilities to solve a problem? Answer Question
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No OfferAverage InterviewApplication
I applied online. The process took 2+ months – interviewed at ConocoPhillips in April 2013.
Applied back in early Feb, was contacted in April for an interview at headquarters. I was told it would be from 1-4p. Conversations were pretty fluid but the entire interview only last 45 minutes.
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- What would you change at your current job? What Terms and Conditions do you normally follow? Answer Question
- No OfferEasy Interview
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4+ months – interviewed at ConocoPhillips (Houston, TX (US)).
Interviewed by two managers. They asked about my experience. Very conversational.
Con: It took 4 months to hear back on a decision.Interview Questions
- The interview was more like a conversation to get to know me. They asked if I had any experience in taxes, real estate, and properties. Answer Question
- Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months – interviewed at ConocoPhillips (Bartlesville, OK (US)) in March 2013.
Takes a while to get through the system. HR and recruiting is somewhat unwieldy. Once they are interested, opportunities come up. Interviews are not particularly difficult if you are competent and knowledgable about your subject matter.
I don't rate the interviews as too difficult, but if I was applying outside my depth, I think I would have been weeded out.Interview Questions
- Only surprise was they drug test. (Very safety conscious). 1 Answer
They start with a very competitive offer. Consider any offer you get to be about 50% higher when you factor in the generous benefits. (Great profit-sharing, bonus, on-site health facilities, etc.)
If anything, they aren't aggressive enough in presenting the opportunity.
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Author(s): | Allen R. Hefner Jr.; David W. Berning; David L. Blackburn; Christophe C. Chapuy; Sebastien Bouche; |
Title: | A High-Speed Thermal Imaging System for Semiconductor Device Analysis |
Published: | April 01, 2001 |
Abstract: | A new high-speed transient thermal imaging system is presented that provides the capability to measure the transient temperature distributions on the surface of a silicon chip with 1 υs time, and 15 υm spatial resolution. The system uses virtual instrument graphical user interface software that controls an infrared thermal microscope, translation stages, digitizing oscilloscope, and a device test fixture temperature controller. The computer interface consists of a front panel for viewing the temperature distribution and includes a movie play back feature that enables viewing of the temperature distribution versus time. The computer user interface also has a sub-panel for emissivity mapping and calibration of the infrared detector. The utility of the system is demonstrated in this paper using a bipolar transistor hotspot current constriction process. |
Proceedings: | Proc., Seventeenth Annual IEEE Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium |
Pages: | pp. 43 - 49 |
Location: | San Jose, CA |
Dates: | March 20-22, 2001 |
Keywords: | infrared thermal measurement,semiconductor device heating,transient thermal image |
Research Areas: | Electronics & Telecommunications |
PDF version: | Click here to retrieve PDF version of paper (2MB) |

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Piers said he hadn't broken any rules or done anything immoral during the competition and simply works as hard as he can to raise money for his charity. Ivanka agreed and said while Piers hadn't crossed that thin line -- he was walking on it.
"If I am to lose because of my lack of British tact in a game which is led by a man who is renowned around the world for being a ruthless, tough businessman, than I plead happily guilty to that," said Piers.
Carol said she's "organized, detailed, versatile" and has "gumption," explaining she thought the final two candidates should be her and Piers. Piers then singled out Lennox, and said his fellow countryman wouldn't have made it this far in the competition if it wasn't for him. Lennox then made the mistake of agreeing with Piers' comment -- which Trump didn't think was a smart move.
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"Lennox, you come across as a really smart guy, but you just said you would not have won so much if it weren't for Piers," said The Donald. "I really like that statement -- and in another way, you understand I don't like. Another element that has to play into my mind, [Jim and Erin] thought you were too laid back and they thought you should be fired. I have to say Lennox -- you're fantastic -- but you're fired."
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"I'm sticking up for you, you shouldn't be cutting me off," said Trump. "I'm getting ready to sort of exonerate you and instead of just sort of taking it..."
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"But I love the friction between these two guys, because I say they don't like each other," said Trump. "Carol I want to see these two guys go at it. Carol, you're fired."
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Trump said firing Carol was difficult, but commended himself for setting up a boardroom battle for the ages.
"It's good versus evil, it's the U.K. against the United States," he said.
The next morning, Piers and Trace met Trump, Ivanka and Donald Jr. For their final task, Trump said Piers and Trace would be throwing a "really grand charity event" with the help of four previously eliminated candidates -- Carol, Lennox, Stephen and Marilu Henner.
Trace had first pick and chose Lennox -- who he described as Piers' "security blanket" -- and Marilu; while Piers chose Stephen and Carol.
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Country stars Trace secured include Montgomery Gentry, Ronnie Milsap and Lonestar's Dean Sams. Marilu and Lennox then went to the prop rental place to pick-out decor items, however Marilu did most of the looking while Lennox hurried her along since they were so short on time.
Stephen and Carol met with the catering and snacked on hors d'oeuvres -- or in Stephen's case -- gorged on hors d'oeuvres. Carol described Stephen as "charming," "cute" and "a piece of work."
It was time for Piers to call on the big guns, so he met with Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. Piers explained the charity event to her -- and since she's "incredibly enthusiastic" when it comes to helping charities -- Sarah said a royal tea with her could be one of his auction items.
"We're going to win it," Sarah told Piers as he left her office. "Everything we do we have to win."
Trace went over the checklist of items The Backstreet Boys would need in their dressing rooms for the event -- and the list included some items that seemed excessive, so Trace was hoping to talk to their tour manager and lighten the load a bit.
However the next morning when he met with The Backstreet Boys and their tour manager, it didn't go as planned and they insisted on having double the amount of items on their checklist since their band would also be with them. They also asked for wheat grass, which Trace thought was a joke.
"I knew then that I was dealing with a group of kids who were going to bust my balls all day," said Trace.
Piers met with a representative from his charity -- the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund -- and asked if 20 veterans could be in attendance at the event, which was a calculated risk on his part.
"I'm aware by doing this I'm giving up tickets I could have sold," said Piers. "But I think that Mr. Trump will find that perhaps is in the spirit of the game... I thought that would add a really nice touch to the event."
Stephen was also pulling out all the stops in trying to contact celebrities -- but it wasn't going very well and he couldn't secure a single one, blaming it on the short notice. Piers described Stephen as "fairly useless" and added his inability to attract star power was a "bit depressing."
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Waters, R. (Oct. 2011). "Using Guerilla Marketing to Connect with Your Audience." Presentation at the Association for Women in Communications National Conference in Tulsa, Okla.
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Improvement in Robustness and Delivery Efficiency of Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Using Single-Field Optimization with Energy Absorber
E Quan*, W Liu, Y Li, X Zhang, X Zhu, R Mohan, R Wu, Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
WE-G-BRCD-3 Wednesday 4:30:00 PM - 6:00:00 PM Room: Ballroom CDPurpose: Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) using multi-field optimization (MFO) could generate highly conformal dose distributions but it is more sensitive to setup and proton range uncertainties than IMPT using single-field optimization (SFO). This work evaluates the effectiveness of SFO treatment plans with the use of energy absorbers (EAs) to improve the robustness and delivery efficiency of IMPT for head and neck cancers.
Methods: IMPT treatment plans were generated using 2-field SFO with an EA in each field (EA-SFO) for four patients with head and neck cancers. We compared the plan quality, robustness, and delivery efficiency of the EA-SFO plan with a 3-field MFO plan that was used to treat the patient. Robustness analysis of each plan was performed to generate two dose distributions, consisting of the highest and the lowest possible doses from spatial and range perturbations at every voxel. Dosimetric indices and the numbers of energy layers required in the EA-SFO and MFO plans were compared.
Results: All the nominal EA-SFO plans are clinically acceptable. They achieved similar levels of target coverage compared to the MFO plans; the differences in D95 of the GTV and CTVs between the two plans were within 3.5%. Although some of the OARs received higher dose in the EA-SFO plan, they were all within tolerance. The EA-SFO plans yielded an average of 38.5% reduction of plan sensitivity to uncertainties in the targets and 18.5% overall. The EA-SFO plans used an average of 79 (46%) fewer energy layers than the MFO plans, which corresponds to nearly 3 minutes shorter delivery time.
Conclusions: The use of energy absorber greatly facilitated the design of clinically acceptable SFO treatment plans. Compared to MFO, EA-SFO not only improved the robustness to setup and range uncertainties, but also reduced the time required for delivery and patient QA.
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Hello all!! This is the second part of our homeschool thread....the mods will be closing the other one soon,...so I thought we should get started over here!! Come on over and keep talkin "shop"!!
hope everyone that has started already for the year that everything is going well! and welcome to all new homeschoolers
Since our Homeschool Thread is going to be closed soon, I thought I would be proactive and start us a new place to chat. I also changed the title since we aren't looking for folks to see if there are enough for a subforum, just looking to talk to each other and get advice on day to day school stuff. I would ask that if you are not a homeschooler, you be respectful of our choice to do so. We welcome any questions about the logisitics of this and especially welcome anyone who is thinking about homeschooling and has questions. What we would really appreciate is if you want to post about why on earth anyone would do this or the social problems that you are sure our children have or basically to attack us in anyway, that you start your own thread. If you haven't run into this type of thing before, it may seem odd that I am bringing it up, but we are just a group of moms who are doing what we feel is the best choice for our own family--just like any other mom. We would simply like a place to hang out and not be attacked. Our old thread is located here http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=840970 It is pretty long so if you haven't read it, grab a cup of coffee! Happy Posting!! I actually just copied and pasted Julies post...it is the same thread,just the next part!! Thanks Michelle and crew~ I didn't think about that! Hope this is good enough to get us going!!! LOL.... I love pete~ congrats! You are gonna love hsing!!!! Mommy2three~ yep....we have started and things are full swing!!!!
I'm subbing...I am planning way earlier than I need to, as my daughter isn't even 10 months old yet. For many reasons, partly because her birthday falls after our state's cutoff, DH and I have decided to homeschool her. I've already started checking state benchmarks for preschool and purchased a few preschool workbooks from Sam's Club. I'm starting so early since I'm basically going to be creating my own curriculum from scratch it seems. Knowledge is power, right?
lol, you might not want to purchase a lot ahead of time. I've found over the years that stuff just gets better and better. What I bought for my first is obsolete by the third.
Does anyone on here use Saxon math??? This is my first year of homeschooling, and alot of people recommended this, but now I am not so sure!? We have only completed one day of homeschool, but my DD has already taken the first 4 test and made a 100 on all of them. We have not done the first lesson, I just gave her all of the test because she kept telling me"Mom I already know that!"LOL I don't want her to get bored, I am just wondering what you all use for Math, and if there is something better suited to her. Thanks!!! Mindy
Is Online School done at home considered Home Schooling? or should I start another thread? My DS is doing Online High School from home this year and I'm a bit scared because it's all new to me, I'm sure everything we be OK. Looking of other High Schoolers.
I'm not sure if I introduced myself on the other thread--maybe I just posted some replies. Anyway, I'm a homeschool mom of four, ages almost 7 to 17. We plan to start this year August 30, do school for a few weeks, then two weeks at DisneyWorld. Woohoo!
Hello Everyone! I posted a few times on the other thread with some questions. We are officially beginning our homeschool adventure this fall and are super excited! I love the info from all of the posters on here and look forward to partaking a bit more.
I think it is! Your child is at home with you, correct? AND just popin' in to say HI! I'm a homeschool mommy to 3. We started Aug. 2. But last week was rough because we had a tummy bug. So we are behind. Mindy, most curriculum has a few chapters of review from the previous year. Peek ahead and see if there is new stuff coming up. Did you do a placement test to make sure you had the correct level?
NO! I don't even know anything about placement tests! I am so very new to all of this! I just bought 2nd grade curriculum and thought that was what she needed. I am going to look ahead into part 2 of the workbooks and see what is coming up. Maybe I just need to skip ahead a bit.
I'm a homeschooling mom to two teenage boys - one almost 15 and the other is 17. One will be a senior when we start next month; the other a sophomore. When I meet people who I haven't seen in a while I get a lot of "Wow! You're really doing it to the end" and other such comments. NHWX
In my opinion, you should feel welcome here! I'm sure you'll encounter many of the same questions and comments that well-meaning people have for homeschoolers. "But what about hard subjects like high school math?" (That's why there's online high schools, video based courses, dual enrollment in community colleges or high schools, etc.) "I could never spend that much time with my child/children." (I've never come up with a reasonable response to that one.) "But what about the prom?" (If his girlfriend goes to the high school, he'll go to that prom. Otherwise, he might be going to the Homeschool Prom. We do have one in our area.) "But what about socialization?" (4-H, robotics, volunteering, etc. fill organized socialization needs for us. And part of why my oldest left the high school was the socialization of drug deals at lunch, thefts from backpacks, fights in the locker room, etc.) "Will he ever go to college?" (This summer my ds17 had an interview with the assistant dean of admissions at a nearby campus for our state university. The short summary: send us your SAT scores, keep up your grades and courses and you'll be in with no problem. No problem!) NHWX
I'm glad we're on our 2nd thread! I'm down to one student this year. My oldest son graduated in 2007- he will finish his AS in December, my middle son graduated this past year and will start culinary school this fall. My youngest son went back to school his sophomore year. He graduates this year and has recently enlisted in the Marines. He will go to basic about a month after graduation. So, that leaves me with my 4.5 year old daughter. We're going Kindergarten this year. I'm using Sonlight P4/5, McRuffy Math K and McRuffy Phonics K. She is also going to take an American Girl class for younger girls, ages 5-7. They will be studying Felicity this year. I think she needs a new doll and I can count it as a school supply.
Definitely take the advice of PP...take placement tests and there may be some review in the first few weeks. But I can speak from some experience with Saxon Math. My kids have been in catholic school, homeschool and cyberschool. I used Saxon Math on my oldest and what I can say is that he just took placement tests at a couple of colleges last week. He scored off of the charts on both of their exams in all subjects and he is 16. So, I am guessing that the Saxon Math did the job. He never had any problem understanding any of the videos. I did have my kids take the placement tests on Saxon's website before ordering the appropriate one and it seems to work out for us. Hope this helps
We use Saxon. We switched to it last year (kids were in 4th and 6th). We ended up modifying it just a bit -- skipping through the chapters that had a lot of review until we got to a point I felt they would be learning new material. We just started this year's, and we're doing the same thing--moving ahead to the material they're ready for. It only works this way, of course, if you know they know the material inside and out. It's just the way my guys work best -- I just don't see the point in making them go over and over and over material they already know. A little review is fine -- too much completely turns them off. That said, they don't adore Saxon (it's more serious and less fun and colorful than their elementary work), but it definitely does the job -- they did great on end-of-grade testing last year. Hope you have a great year!
I thought that thread was pushing the limit -- thanks for opening this new one! Love "talking shop" with people who are also Disney-philes!
We are going on our 2nd week of HS for the first time and we are doing wonderful!! It is such a great feeling to know I am helping my children with their education!


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This article gives a very good explanation about the series.
tl;dr version: "There will be about 24 characters on the team in total. "By the time we get to 22 characters on the book, 12 are either female or minority"
People who are already confirmed.
- Captain America
- Iron Man
- Doctor Strange
- Black Bolt
- Namor
- Black Panther
- Mr. Fantastic
- Beast
People I think might be on the team.
- Nick Fury Sr. - I think it be kind of foolish to leave him out of the loop considering that Captain America is aware he's still active and after what happened with the skrulls
- Maria Hill - Current Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. She's already filled in on most things.
- Abigail Brand - Current Director of S.W.O.R.D. she's not as in the loop about stuff as Maria Hill, but she's more in the loop about everything that happens on earth involving aliens.
- Hank Pym - One of the smartest men on the planet and long time Avenger
- Bruce Banner - He's had much better relationships with the avengers recently and he's also one of the smartest men on the planet
- Sunspot - Probably the best rep for eastern super humans, and he's a mutants so it would be smart to have him around after what happened in AvX
- Blue Marvel - Probably the strongest person on earth and also one of the smartest people on the planet
- Vision, Jocasta, or Machine Man - With things like Ultron in the world it would be pretty smart to have a synthetic life form in the inner circle.
If he was still alive i could also see Richard Rider being a member because he's their best informant on what's going on cosmically, and unfortunately the new Nova is a kid.


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I definitely enjoy reading about the possible environments of the Hadean and Archean time periods. Global glaciations are known for several milestones in the evolution of life, so it doesn't surprise me that somehow life could have arose in ice.
I believe i watched a documentary on the possibilities of life living in ice, and it linked all the way back to the first existence of the beginning molecules of life. Eventually they applied it to the possibility of life coming about and existing on the frozen moon Europa, i found that quite intriguing. It seems like the arrival of life is getting less and less uncommon because life quite possibly can arise in an incredible range of temperatures and environments.
yea, miller was successful with a sample he put in the freezer for years
"Other research suggests a colder start to life. Work by Leslie Orgel and colleagues on the synthesis of purines has shown that freezing temperatures are advantageous, due to the concentrating effect for key precursors such as hydrogen cyanide.[26] Research by Stanley Miller and colleagues suggested that while adenine and guanine require freezing conditions for synthesis, cytosine and uracil may require boiling temperatures.[27] Based on this research, Miller suggested a beginning of life involving freezing conditions and exploding meteorites."
Louis J. Allamandola did similar experiment
but most researchers would say that it contributed to early inventory of organic molecules, though it is doubt for live happened under those conditions
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