Goodpasture syndrome is classified as an autoimmune disease due to B and T-cell mediated responses that result in the patient’s body to development antibodies against its own normal tissue, specifically the basement membranes of the glomerulus (glomerular basement membranes) and of the lungs (alveolar basement membranes) More specifically, the antibodies are developed against the noncollagenous domain 1 of the alpha 3-chain of type IV collagen). The noncollagenous domain 1 alpha 3 chain of type…
In the Hellenistic Era of Greek Art, many sculptures featured dramatic, emotional, and theatrical sculptures. Specifically, the Winged Nike or The Nike Of Samothrace is a sculpture that represents victory and the deity Nike. The sculpture is presented on a base that is a prow of a ship with the goddess atop. The original placement was “…a hillside niche high above the theater in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace…” (Cothren, Stockstad). Her stance is powerful; her right leg pushed…
As stated in discussion question 4, ethnic work is the way people keep their ethnic distinctions – such as food, dress, language, religion. I do not wish to spend time conferring my personal ethnic work, as I have already done so extensively in discussion question 4. Instead, let us focus on the second objective of this short essay – whether or not I agree or disagree with C. Wright Mills viewpoint. According to the Mills, the top corporate leaders, top military leaders, and top political…
The T cells are a type of white cells, which are important to the immune system, and contain a system that adjusts the body’s reaction to specific pathogens, this being the center of its adaptive immunity. T cells are like soldiers who search out and destroy the targeted invaders. T cells can be compared to soilders, they search out and demolish intruders. There has been a literature attention on the function of the administration in cancer immunity in T-Cells. The T cells are now known to take…
Grains were first introduced to the human diet about 10,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. In the second century AD, Aretaeus of Cappadocia described “koiliakos” a disease of the abdomen caused by nutrition. It wasn’t until 1888 in London that S.J. Gee fully described what we know as celiac disease today. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder marked by inflammation of the small intestine that affects genetically predisposed individuals across the world. The genetic predisposition occurs on HLA…
The military industrial complex is a phenomenon in which arms are developed, produced, and exported on a grand scale. As highlighted within the film Why We Fight, President Eisenhower warned the United States of the grave future of the military industrial complex. That was in his farewell address in 1961, and many things have changed since then. As a matter of fact, Dunlap provides, “…total annual U.S. defense expenditures now exceeding $700 billion.” Also, according to National Priorities…
Prison Industrial Complex The prison industrial complex and the military industrial complex have a similar relationship, they generally support one another. They are both linked by military, corporation, and the government which are growing stronger (86). The prison industrial complex focusses on control, to control the low-income people and using them for profits. The prison industrial complex is building more prisons, so they can keep profiting out of the prisoners because they are being used…
institutions have on our government today, has been called and described as the Prison Industrial Complex. This term which was derived from the MIlitary Industrial Complex, is used to describe the interest of government and the private prison industry that use policing, and imprisonment as solutions that are, in actuality, economically, socially, and politically problematic. The Prison Industrial Complex attributes the quick expansion of the US prisoner population to the political influence of…
MISSISSIPPIAN BURIAL PRACTICES: Mississippian Burial Practices and How Various Society’s Burial Practices Differ and Relate At the first description of the Mississippian cultures, specifically the Cahokian, my interest with these people grew. In both lectures from this course and my world civilizations course, descriptions of these people varied in terms of focus, but nevertheless caught my attention. And while my experience with North American cultures has been limited up until now, I am…
The etiology and pathogenesis of RA are complex and multifaceted. A range of predetermined (genes) and stochastic (random events and environment) factors contribute to susceptibility and pathogenesis.(kelly). The initiation of RA probably begins years before the onset of clinical symptoms. This process involves certain specific genes that can help break tolerance and lead to autoreactivity. It is likely that the earliest phases are marked by repeated activation of innate immunity Cigarette smoke…