Lauren Clayton BIOL–15 Extra Credit Bugs‚ Guts‚ and Brains Seminar Summary During the seminar “Bugs‚ guts and brains: How gut microbiota shapes your mind and body” on November 7‚ Physiologist from UC Davis‚ Dr. Helen Raybould discussed how gut microbes in humans and animals affects neurophysiology based primarily on the foods we eat and the genes expressed in the gut. There is an intersection between micro and host physiology that affects the overall health and behavior of the host. To understand
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In Flora Tristan’s journal published in 1842‚ it is very evident that these lack of commodities is what caused the workers to become distraught. Such lack of necessary things made the workers not motivated to work. The quality and progress of production decreased
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SECTION 2: TIME VALUE OF MONEY Decision problems in business usually involve a decision over whether to accept one alternative over another‚ or whether to implement a plan or not. In most cases‚ the effects of these decisions are felt in the future. Examples: Expand into a new market (geographical‚ consumer segment‚ etc.) or not? Now or later? Outsource production or keep it in-house? Grow organically or acquire a competitor? Or don’t grow at all? Purchase shares in Microsoft
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For Patient 1‚ before the treatment‚ she had 6 times reoccurrences of CDI over 18 months. Before CDI‚ she went into her knee surgery and was administered cefazolin. This caused her first CDI. After the fecal transplant treatment‚ her bowel cycle was normal and C. difficile was not detected in her stool sample 10 days after the treatment. Because of her urinary problems‚ she was administered to additional antibiotics; however‚ no sign of CDI occurred. For Patient 2‚ because she had cellulitis‚ she was
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problems well before it qualifies for an official medical diagnosis of an ailment recognized by conventional medicine‚ it frequently goes unrecognized. Even if people go see a doctor about their complaints and get testing‚ the tests come back as "normal." Things have to get extremely bad before adrenal fatigue is recognized by the typical medical doctor. Unlike traditional Eastern medicine‚ Western medicine fails to recognize that poor health ramps up gradually‚ thus something is going wrong well
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Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus albus Some bacteria’s require a certain amount of light in order to function properly and there fore survive. Escherichia coli is found in the gut and intestines of mammals. Staphylococcus albus is generally a skin dwelling bacteria Aim: To test whether the amount and type of light that the bacteria’s E.coli and S.albus are subject to causes changes in their growth rates and habits. To test whether the growth rates and habits of the bacteria’s E. coli
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. The gut microbiome The human body is a teeming metropolis of distinct microbial communities known as microbiomes. Members of these communities are microscope‚ single-celled organisms which support various physiological processes including immune defense‚ growth‚ and digestion (Bengmark‚ 2013; Collins et al.‚ 2012; Cryan & Dinan‚ 2012; Diamond et al.‚ 2011). Within the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract lies a particularly fascinating population of microbiota known for their enormity
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Cooking Rice and Peas Jamaican Style Many people identify Jamaica with beautiful white sand beaches with clear blue waters. Jamaica offers more than unspoiled nature‚ given its motto – Out of many one people‚ one will find a mixture of ethnicities and more which have impacted on some of the traditional dishes we now prepare today. One such traditional dish is rice and peas‚ which has become famous as one of our Sunday Jamaican dishes. Rice and peas is prepared using a combination of rice
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The impact of C- difficile on today’s nursing home patients. Clostridium difficlie ( C-Diff) is a bacterium that is related to the bacterium that causes tetanus and botulism. The C difficile bacterium has two forms‚ an active infectious form that that cannot survive in the environment for prolonged periods and a non active "non infectious" form called a spore‚ that can survive in the environment for prolonged periods. Although spores cannot cause infection directly‚ when they are ingested they transform
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Organisms have complex and extraordinary tools for sensing their environments. These tools have been honed to enable them to efficiently navigate the world around them. As a result‚ each and every organism alive today is the product of natural selection. Over time‚ this acquired set of skills evolved into the five common senses; sight‚ smell‚ touch‚ hearing‚ and taste. Taste is one of the most valuable ways an organism can interact with its environment‚ since the ability to identify and process the
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