I. INTRODUCTION Earthworms are segmented invertebrates that inhabit soils and organic wastes. They are hermaphrodites and usually reproduce by mating‚ each partner fertilizing the other. After mating they retract their bodies through the “saddle” or clitellum and pass it over their heads. Each cocoon contains one or more eggs that can survive adverse conditions‚ hatching when environmental conditions are favorable. Some species are able to produce viable cocoons parthenogenetically without
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Doctors In Training.com – USMLE Step 1 – Part 1 Emails – 2-9-2009 Today begins Part I of the Doctors In Training.com USMLE Step 1 Review Course. Below you will find 20 questions with specific page references to First Aid for the USMLE Step 1‚ 2009 edition. Twenty new questions similar to the ones below will arrive every Monday and Thursday to your email address from now until May 14th. These questions encourage you to study for the USMLE now and help you learn the high-yield information
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Communicable Disease Nursing Study Bullets Communicable Disease Nursing DRUG OF CHOICE Tetanus: PEN G Na; DIAZEPAM (Valium) Meningitis: MANNITOL (osmotic diuretic); DEXAMETHASONE (anti-inflammatory); DILANTIN/PHENYTOIN (anti-convulsive); PYRETINOL/ENCEPHABO L (CNS stimulant) Rabies Vaccines: LYSSAVAC‚ VERORAB Immunoglobulins: ERIG or HRIg DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Tetanus: WOUND CULTURE Meningitis: LUMBAR PUNCTURE Encephalitis: EEG Polio: EMG; Muscle testing Rabies: Brain biopsy (Negri bodies) Fluorescent
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THE EFFECT OF COW DUNG FOLIAR FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF PECHAY (Brassica Rapa L.) A Research Project for the Students of Applied Research III Evan Marri Jam LLAMES Antonio Precious Mae PASCASIO Bautista Razver Ace VERIDIANO Razon Ms. Liberata Capilos Teacher School Year 2010-2011 I. INTRODUCTION A. Significance of the Study Pechay (Brassica rapa L. cv group Pak Choi) is an erect‚ biennial herb‚ cultivated as an annual about 15-30 cm tall in vegetative stage. Ovate leaves
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MINIREVIEW Folate Receptor-Mediated Drug Targeting: From Therapeutics to Diagnostics ANDREW R. HILGENBRINK‚ PHILIP S. LOW Department of Chemistry‚ Purdue University‚ West Lafayette‚ Indiana 47907 Received 25 May 2005; accepted 27 June 2005 Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/jps.20457 ABSTRACT: Folate targeted drug delivery has emerged as an alternative therapy for the treatment and imaging of many cancers and inflammatory diseases. Due to its
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Pure & Appl. Chern.‚ Vol. 64‚ No. 11‚ pp. 1731-1737‚1992‚ Printed in Great Britain. @ 1992 IUPAC Biosurfactants in industry N. KOSARIC Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Western Ontario‚ London‚ Ontario‚ Canada‚ N6A 5B9 ABSTRACT Biosurfactants (Microbial Surface Active Agents) have become recently an important product of biotechnology for industrial and medical applications. Thereason for their popularity‚ as high value microbial products‚ is primarily in
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Compare the Effectiveness of Alcohol in Hand Disinfect Products Introduction Hands are regarded as a major source of transmitting infection.It has been estimated that there are not less than 10000 organisms per cm2 of normal skin. This include both nonpathogenic resident flora as well as pathogenic transient flora(Carter et al.‚ 2000). On the other hand‚ health care-associated infections constitute one of the greatest challenges of modern medicine (Mathur‚ 2011). Pandemic and avian
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RESEARCH ART I C L E Insights intothe dynamics of bacterial communities during chalcopyrite bioleaching Zhiguo He1‚2‚ Fengling Gao1‚2‚ Jiancun Zhao1‚2‚ Yuehua Hu1‚2 & Guanzhou Qiu1‚2 1School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering‚ Central South University‚ Changsha‚ Hunan‚ China; and 2Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy‚ Ministry of Education‚ Changsha‚ Hunan‚ China Correspondence: Zhiguo He‚ School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering‚ Central South University‚ Changsha‚ Hunan 410083
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1.0 Definitions of Sepsis ! Sepsis is often referred to as either blood poisoning or septicaemia. Sepsis occurs when an infections spreads through the blood‚ causing symptoms to develop throughout the whole body. It is where the body’s defence mechanisms respond to an infection in some part of the body which resulting in symptoms such as fever‚ hypothermia‚ heart rate greater than 90 beats per minute‚ altered mental status‚ swelling of the extremities‚ and high blood glucose in diabetic
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PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY Chapter 5 – Gastrointestinal Agents • Inorganic agents used to treat gastrointestinal disorders includes: 1. Products for altering gastric pH 2. Protectives for intestinal inflammation 3. Adsorbents for intestinal toxins 4. Cathartics of laxatives for constipation ANTACIDS o neutralize excess hydrochloric acid o inactivate the proteolytic enzyme‚ pepsin o alkaline bases Results of Hyperacidity: o Gastritis – inflammation of the gastric mucosa o Peptic ulcer
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