One of your authors was once involved in a research study where a newly developed pain drug was being tested. all participants completed a series of tasks intended to represent various types of somatic pain (e. g., a sharp, fast pain, a dull ache, and were asked to report how much pain they experienced during each task. the pain series was completed both during an initial visit to the lab, and during a second visit about a week later. prior to completing the tasks during the second visit, participants received either the new pain drug or a placebo. what primary ethical guidelines apply to this experiment? would any other guidelines apply if the study participants were made up of a group of patients actively receiving treatment for a pain disorder?

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answer: the correct answer is 1.

explanation: there are various process in which a radioactive nuclei decays:

1) alpha decay: in this process, a heavier nuclei decays into lighter nuclei by releasing alpha particle. the mass number is reduced by 4 units.

2) electron capture: in this decay process, a parent nuclei absorbs an electron and gets converted into a neutron. simply, a proton and an electron combines together to form a neutron. mass number does not change in this process.

3) gamma ray emission: it is a decay process in which an unstable nuclei gives excess energy by a spontaneous electromagnetic process. this decay releases . this process does not change the mass number.

4) positron emission: it is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. this is also known as -decay. in this the mass number remains same.

from the above information, we see that only alpha-decay is producing a change in the mass number of the nucleus.