Biology Fall Semester Questions

What is the belly of the muscle?What divides the muscle into upper (epaxial) and lower (hypaxial) muscle mass?

ESSAY ONE: DUE AUGUST 28 1,000-word written essay assignment “Using a single example or comparative examples, demonstrate how “explanatory models” (EMs) shape healthcare-seeking behaviour and/or treatment in specific cultural contexts. In addition, discuss how taking account of explanatory models may be important to the provision of improved healthcare and better health outcomes.” NB: must be submitted via TURNITIN on LMS, and following school and subject instructions for presentation, etc.

In preparation for this discussion complete the following:

• Review the Pygmy Mammoths of Catalina Island website located at: https://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/historyculture/pygmymammoth.htm.
• Watch the “Pygmy Mammoth Evolution” video located at: https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=DC71F234-CCA1-763A-B12B231F3DD2CB32.

Prepare a substantive response to the following questions.

Part I: Discuss to what extent are people in a technological society exempt from natural selection? Explain your answer

Part II: What are all of the selective forces and mechanisms of evolution you can identify from the lecture. Discuss one of these mechanisms and explain how it could drive a biological change over time that could result in an impact on human health.

Providespecific examples and references to the video in your response.

PUBH6008: Capstone A: Applied Research Project in Public Health Assessment

 Assessment 3: Research proposal (2000 words)

Context: This assessment is prescribed to advance literature searching, critical analysis, research question development, and research planning and project management skills. This assessment involves developing a research question, conducting a thorough literature review, defining a gap in the literature, expressing a research question, describing the methodology and methods that will be used to answer the research question, and developing a GANTT chart to guide use of time in Capstone B. It assesses the key understanding necessary for conceptualising and developing a research proposal, which will prepare you for the use of research methods as a public health practitioner.

Instructions:  This must include:

• Introductory background including a statement of the public health problem

• A background literature review

• Aims of your research, including the research question or hypothesis

• A rationale/justification of your research question or hypothesis indicating the significance of the project (research merit)

 • Research design, methodology and methods

 • A description of the type of data being gathered and from which sources.

 • Justification of your study design, including your methodology, methods of sampling and data collection methods

 • How you plan to analyse the research

• Any relevant ethical considerations

• How you plan to communicate and disseminate the research

 • A list of references used

• Your GANTT chart describing the tasks and time-frames for your project

An actor is late for shooting and he is going to the shoot place which is on the top floor of a building. He is going by stairs and his heart is beating fast , a feeling of dryness in mouth, sweating in palm. 1) Observe the case study and give reason for rapid heart beat. 2) What is the relation of skin with sympathetic activity?

This is your final project and is an individual effort. Two genomic sequences and one mRNA sequence is available for analysis.

One gonomic sequence is the gene sequence and the other is the promoter sequence for the gene.

You have cloned and sequenced this novel (never sequenced or identified before) gene and promoter from human mammary tissue. You have also characterized the mRNA of the gene by identifying the exon/intron boundaries.

The exons are located at base pairs 1-510, 1401-1640, 2299-2538, 2941-3081, and 3672-5121 of the genomic sequence. After some initial database searches, you think that the gene is derived by exon shuffling between several different genes.

Your job is to identify and characterize the promoter, gene, mRNA, and protein and decide if your exon shuffling theory is correct. I would like you to write NO MORE than 3 pages (single-spaced, 12pt font) to summarize your findings and your proposed function of this gene in the mammary gland. Include how you arrived at your conclusions, i.e. databases used, information gathered. Please view the rubric below to see what is expected in your answers. Do not cut and paste any results into your final draft. If you would like to include this information, you can add it as an second attachment or an appendix.

In preparation for this discussion

• Research some of the popular dominant and recessive human traits such as hair color, eye color, etc.
• Analyze some of the human traits of yourself and some of your immediate family members. Look for similarities and differences between these traits based on dominant and recessive alleles.
• Develop 2-3 test crosses using family member traits to explain some inherited traits in your family. These can be actual testcrosses (example: Brother-brown eyes x Sister-in-law-brown eyes = niece- blue eyes) or they can be future hypothetical predictions.

Part I: Using the information that you gathered, try and develop a family pedigree using the 2-3 test crosses of 3 generations of one of the traits (If you are adopted or aren’t sure, then try and make some predictions using a close friend’s traits- these can be hypothetical crosses). Discussany anomalies you discovered that did not follow the traditional dominant/recessive trait outcomes.

Part II: Many infertile couples turn to in vitro fertilization to try to have a baby. In this technique, sperm and ova are collected and used to create eight-cell embryos for implantation into a woman’s uterus. At the eight-cell stage, one of the fetal cells can be removed without causing harm to the developing fetus. Once removed, the cell can be genetically tested. Some couples may know that a particular genetic disease runs in their family. They might wish to avoid implanting any embryos with the disease-causing genes.

• Do you think this is an acceptable use of genetic testing?
• What if a couple wanted to use genetic testing to select embryos for traits unrelated to disease, such as freckles?
• Should there be limits on what tests can be performed? Discuss what limits you believe are acceptable and which are not.

Providespecific examples and references to the video in your response.

Using APA format for bot in text citation and referencing
write miniumum 150 word count
Discuss an invention (e.g. contact lenses, Lasik) or drug humans have used to modify their sensory abilities. Please list and compare multiple advantages and disadvantages for using this item.

Topic:Curriculum Planning Process

Part 1

Your supervisor has told your work group that you and your colleagues will soon be converting to a new computer-based record-keeping system that will eliminate some of the course participant files that you have been maintaining in separate Excel spreadsheets. There has been little discussion of this new system so far, and you want to know more about it. Discuss the following:

• What, exactly do you want to know?
• What information can you share with your colleagues about these types of record-keeping database systems?

Part 2

Discuss the following:

• What problems do you foresee?
• What opportunities do you foresee?
• What do you and your colleagues need before you undertake the systems change from individual spreadsheets to the cloud-based database?
• Are you motivated to undertake the change? Why or why not?

describe the stages involved in aerobic respiration. include in your account the importance of glucose and oxygen in the process. also, outline the role of ATP synthase in the electron transport chain

6-10 references in APA

Explain the importance of Microbiology in the human survival and disease causation. 2. State the classification of medically important bacteria. 3. Compare and contrast prokaryotes from eukaryotes. 4. Discuss the function and indication of the different types of microscopes used in Microbiology. 5. Discuss the general categories of microbial metabolism. 6. What are the focal metabolites and their interconversions 7. Discuss the microbial assimilatory and biosynthetic pathways. 8. What are patterns of the microbial energy-yielding pathways? 9. Discuss the regulation of microbial metabolic pathways. 10. What are the factors that govern the progression of microbial infections? 11. What are the chemical mediators involved in the progression of infections? 12. What are the general clinical manifestation of microbial infections? 13. What are the targets of antimicrobial agents? 14. What are the general categories of antimicrobial agents? State their mechanism of action. 15. Explain the development of antibacterial resistance. 16. Discuss Koch’s postulates? 17. Discuss basic concepts of host-organism interaction. 18. Discuss the presence of normal and opportunistic microbiota in the different sites of the human body. 19. Define nosocomial infections. Give examples and necessary criteria. 20. What is the exclusionary effect of the normal flora? 21. Explain the susceptibility of immunocompromised and immunosuppressed individuals to infections.

in humans, there is a gene that controls the formation of muscles in the tongue, allowing people with muscles to roll their tongue and those without them to be unable to do so. This gene is expressed as a dominant trait. Using a punnet diagram as part of your answer, discuss the ratio of children who have the ability to roll their tongue compared to those that are non-tongue rollers(recessive) from a genetic cross between two heterogenous tongue rolling parents.

Systematic Review proposal - Outline Introduction Rationale Specific aims and objectives Methodology 1) Eligibility criteria a) Population b) Study time c) Intervention d) Comparison e) Outcome f) Study design g) Language 2) Information sources The following bibliographic databases will be searched: 3) Search strategy PICOS (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Setting) Population: Intervention: Comparison: Outcome: Setting: 4) Study selection Records will be screened ……. Screening of records will be shown using the PRISMA flow chart —— 5) Data items and data collection process e.g. First Author and study year, corresponding author name and email address, publication type (for example: journal or conference ), study design, study setting, study population, exclusion criteria, prevalence, incidence etc… 6) Risk of bias in individual studies Validated tool e.g. Newcastle-Ottawa scale for non-randomized studies or Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal tools will be used for risk of bias assessment. Two independent reviewers will screen the papers…. 7) Summary measures and synthesis of results