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    to cultivate even in anaerobic conditions. They ferment glucose and produce formate, lactate and mainly butyrate[40]. Butyrate is an important SCFA in colonocytes development and gut homeostasis regulation. It has an anti-inflammatory activity in colon mucosa and can modulate the host immune system. The abundance of F. prausnitzii is being considered as an indicator of intestinal health and depletion of this bacteria was revealed in studies of IBD patients. The causality is not fully known.…

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    Berberine Case Study

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    1 Introduction Berberine (BBR), an isoquinoline alkaloid (Fig. 1), is isolated from many medicinal herbs, such as Coptidis rhizome (Coptis chinensis Franch.) and Cortex phellodendri (Phellodendron chinense C.K.Schneid.) (1). BBR has been used to treat microbial infection, diarrhea, and other gastrointestinal (GI) diseases due to its antibacterial, antidiarrheal and strong antidotal properties (2, 3). In recent years, much focus has been put on its other potential bioactivities, such as…

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    Today, I will be giving you information on lung cancer. All types of cancer has become more common throughout the years that media has expanded. We see cancer survivors, cancer victims, family members of cancer patients, and many more campaigns to raise money to find a cure. I chose this topic because I myself have had quite a few family members die to this horrific disease. We should all be aware of how dreadful lung cancer is. Lung cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the lungs. Your…

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    I immediately jumped onto the computer to view your comments and feedback. A few items that stood out in your feedback to me were my topic sentences weren’t as strong as they could be; I had some grammatical errors with my commas verses semi colons and with fragmented sentences. I spent my next few essays improving these items. When you were generous and offered us the option to improve one of our assignments I jumped at the chance to prove to myself that I could improve my essay and as a…

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    Fluorouracil FDA pregnancy category X which means that studies in animals or humans beings have demonstrated fetal abnormalities or there is evidence of fetal risk based on human experience or both, and the risk of use of the drug in pregnant women clearly outweighs any possible benefit. It is unknown whether or not fluorouracil crosses the placenta. Leucovorin is a Pregnancy category C which indicates that studies have revealed adverse effects on the fetus and there are no controlled studies in…

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    Armilla's Thin City

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    is a slew of s’s, both starting and within words, moving the sentence along. His sentence structure also lengthens when discussing the pipes and the water. For example, the most part of the first sentence is a long sentence that flows to joints of colons, like the bends in pipes, that runs along smoothly. The second paragraph’s sentences also lengthen when discussing the nymphs’ interaction with the water, and the water from the pipes itself. Taken together with the nymphs, who “found it easy to…

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    As time progresses, the works become more abstract in their formatting. Walt Whitman’s poem, being the oldest, has the most words and standard format for poetry. Zed Ander’s poem, being the most recent, has less words and an abstract view on poetry. Walt Whitman’s “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” portrays a series of images and asks the reader to “behold” the scene as if the reader was in the poem. The most unique aspect of the poem relates to the perspective from which the scene is displayed. There…

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    more expedient resolution of symptoms when compared to oral antibiotics? Background: Diverticulitis is common in the United States with over 100,000 hospitalizations annually, and is most commonly found in the sigmoid and descending aspect of the colon. The most common symptom of diverticulitis is pain in the lower left quadrant and constipation. The exact cause of diverticulitis is unknown; however, it has been suggested that obstruction of diverticula leads to inflammation and bacterial…

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    trade between the two opposite sides of South America • • important to Panama for income and jobs • 9 percent of Panamanian GDP • 1975 to 1977, the annuity payments US$2.3 million /year • Panama also received assets, including three large ports (Colón, Cristóbal, and Balboa), the railroad across the isthmus, two airfields, 147,700 hectares of land (including housing, utility systems, and streets), a dry dock, large maintenance and repair shops, and service facilities formerly operated by the…

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    when Meredith arrives at Seattle Grace Hospital to work the morning of her wedding day, she is happily offered the task of her first solo surgery which was a colectomy, and without a second thought, accepted the offer. When Richard asks, “He got you colon. It’s non-refundable, it’s inflamed, it’s about to go under anesthesia in O.R two. Do you want it?”, Meredith confidently replies, “A solo surgery? I’d take that any day” (What a Difference a Day Makes, Grey’s Anatomy). This demonstrates how…

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