Aug 17 2011 Introduction to Epidemiology Epidemiology is considered the basic science of public health‚ and with good reason. Epidemiology is: • • • A quantitative basic science built on a working knowledge of probability‚ statistics‚ and sound research methodology A method of causal reasoning based on developing and testing hypotheses pertaining to occurrence and prevention of morbidity and mortality A tool for public health action to promote and protect the public’s health based on science
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INTRODUCTION Welcome to Assessment in Restaurant Management course. This section will give you the overview of the course which covers: (a) course synopsis; (b) course learning outcomes; (c) course topics; (d) course assessment; (e) references; and (e) course assignment. COURSE SYNOPSIS The Restaurant Management course introduces the learners to the process on opening a restaurant and exposes them to the opportunity for tremendous creative expression in the restaurant. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES On
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The Impact of Microorganisms on Human Affairs What is microbiology? Microbiology is the study of microorganisms or microbes. The word micro means small in Greek‚ implying that microbes are very minute or small life forms that cannot be seen with just the naked eye. One would need a microscope to see these small life forms. Microbes are everywhere and have a large impact on the world. It all started when one of the most important discoveries in history was made in 1665. Englishman‚ Robert Hooke
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PENGUIN BOOKS FAST FOOD NATION ‘What makes Fast Food Nation different is that it is not the predictable anti-meat‚ anti-fat‚ anti-additives‚ anti-non-dairy creamer‚ anti-have-any-fun rant against McDonald’s… it is meticulously researched and powerfully argued’ Observer ‘Schlosser could do for the fast food industry what Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring did for producers of pesticides’ The Times ‘Eric Schlosser may be the Upton Sinclair for this age of mad cow disease… [He has] a flair for dazzling
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Ch. 2: Fundamentals of Epidemiology Causality: determining the cause of a disease Screening test: test given to people who have no symptoms to check for the presence of a particular disease Natural History of Disease: the course of disease if left untreated Latency period: time from start of disease process until signs/symptoms appear (Incubation period: time b/w infection & clinical disease) Nonclinical stage: no signs/symptoms present – pathologic changes occur Preclinical – sings/symptoms
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BIOSENSORS ADVANCED BIOREPORTER TECHNOLOGIES FOR TARGETED SENSING OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS Steven Ripp and Gary S. Sayler Introduction Bioreporters refer to intact‚ living microbial cells that have been genetically engineered to produce a measurable signal in response to a specific chemical or physical agent in their environment (Figure 1). Bioreporters contain two essential genetic elements‚ a promoter gene and a reporter gene. The promoter gene is turned on (transcribed) when the
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CHAPTER 4 CARBOHYDRATES OVERVIEW This chapter discusses the energy-yielding nutrient‚ carbohydrates. Simple and complex carbohydrates are defined and identified with a highlight on fiber. Carbohydrates found in the food we eat‚ including various alternative sweeteners‚ are explored. The digestion and absorption of carbohydrates are examined. Carbohydrate intake recommendations are summarized and the roles of simple and complex carbohydrates in health maintenance are explored. The potential
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVITY OF SOAPS AND DETEGENTS AGAINST BACTERIA BACTARIUM EVALUATION
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Wastewater can come from a variety of sources like homes‚ businesses‚ industries‚ runoff from roads‚ lawns and fields and is treated by municipal wastewater treatment facilities (Product‚ cornell). The solid material that remains after the treatment of wastewater is known as sludge (charac‚ cornell). Sludge can be employed in many different ways‚ it can be used as a soil additive or growing medium‚ sent to a composting facility‚ incinerated or landfilled (Char‚ cornell). Biosolids are derived
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Chapter 1 1. The scientist usually considered the first to see microorganisms‚ which he called "animalcules"‚ was A) Redi B) van Leeuwenhoek C) Pasteur D) Tyndall 2. The idea of Spontaneous Generation postulated that A) organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms B) organisms could spontaneously combust C) organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms D) living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material 3. The work of Tyndall
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