The Kensington Rune Stone: Real or fake? The story of the Kensington Rune stone began in 1898 after Olof Ohman, a Swedish farmer, discovered a rectangle stone when he was working on his farm near Kensington, Minnesota with his son. According to Barclay, Shelly. "The Kensington Runestone." N.p.,n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2010, Olof Ohman reported that the stone, which weighs 202 pounds and has thirty-one inches tall, sixteen inches wide, six inches thick, and it was unearthed under the roof of the tree. In the surface of the stone, a document was written in runic inscription with the content that eight Goths and twenty-two Norwegians saw ten men red with blood and tortured. The discovering of the Kensington stone and the document which was written on it caused to the famous controversies in North American from central Minnesota. In addition, the appearance of the Kensington stone was such as the great proof to answer the question that did the Christian Viking from Sweden and Norway across the river to massacred by Native American? Or the similar question that was Viking exploring the America more than thousand years before the arrival of Columbus? However, shortly after the discovering, The Kensington Rune stone has been dismissed by professional archeologists, and it was considered as a hoax. In addition, Olof Ohman was accused of having faked it, so what is the true story about the Kensington stone. Is it real? Or it was a myth or an elaborate hoax? In my opinion, I believe that the…
Have you ever had a dream that you knew would not become a reality? Think again, because it might come true. Walt Disney was a person who never gave up on his dreams to make Disneyland a reality, and he encouraged kids and adults not to give up on theirs. Walter “Walt” Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, to parents Elias and Flora Call Disney. He was one of five children. Walt had four brothers, and one sister. Walt discovered his talent for…
Normal flora compete with pathogens for microenvironments (Singh and Kapoor 65). Microbial richness is often an indicator of health, with health adults having a vast, richness of bacterial/microbial diversity where as reduced bacterial diversity have been linked to obesity, immune-related, and inflammatory diseases. These benefits include polysaccharide digestion, immune system development, defense against infections, synthesis of vitamins, fat storage, angiogenesis regulation, and behavior…
with pathogens. Commensal microbiota competes with invading pathogens for space and food to make it difficult for them to establish. A technique used to determine the function of commensal microbiota on the immune system Gnotobiosis. Gnotobiosis are organisms that are germ free (GF) because they contain absolutely no microbiota and have compromised immune systems. A model organism for this technique is the mouse. For example, GF mice have underdeveloped Peyer’s patches, spleen and lymph nodes…
Lactobacillus is the most commonly used bacterial species (Swyers et al. 2008). A study conducted by Al Jassim et al. recorded that several species of Lactobacillus were located throughout the equine gastrointestinal tract. This concludes that these microbes have the ability to adapt to pH changes and survive in different environments. L. mucosae and L. salivarius were found to be the most abundant. L. salivarius, specifically, was cultured from the stomach, colon, and rectum, suggesting its…
The set of bacteria living in the gut it is called intestinal flora although it is now called intestinal microbiota, the human intestinal tract is home to a diverse and complex microbial community that plays a central role in human health, it is estimated that our gut contains the range of 1000 bacterial species and 100 times more genes found in the human genome The composition of our intestinal flora is formed during embryonic development and can be modified by factors such as diet of pregnant…
The variability of the human gut microbiome and its effect on health Abstract The human gut microbiome consists of a wide range of microbes such as bacteria, fungi and archaea which can be found in the gastrointestinal tract. This gut microbiome can have both beneficial and harmful effects on the host. On one hand, it is involved in processes such as modulation of the immune system and metabolism which are beneficial for the human host. On the other hand, an imbalance in the gut microbiome…
A new area of interest that is rising to the top of everyone’s research list is the concept that the gut microbiota communicates with the brain and other organs in the body. Studies have shown that he gut and the central nervous system (CNS) are closely linked and play a role in maintaining homeostasis (Cryan and O’Mahony, 2011). Any changes that decrease the “good” bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract can cause diseases to neuroendocrine and immune system (Cryan and O’Mahony, 2011). Stress is…
fully understood, and recent studies have suggested that the gut microbiota (the trillions of bacteria that normally reside within the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract) should be factored into this equation, according to (Clavel et al., 2014). Therefore, there is growing evidence that the gut microbiota and its bacterial genome (the microbiome) affect nutrient acquisition, energy regulation and fat storage that is playing an important role to the spread of obesity (Rosenbaum M, Knight R,…
Heal Leaky Gut Syndrome Naturally If you 're living with autoimmune disease, allergies, or chronic pain, these conditions could be your body 's way of telling you that you have leaky gut syndrome. Under ordinary circumstances, your gut has just enough permeability to allow the absorption of vital nutrients. However, certain dietary and environmental factors can greatly increase your intestinal permeability, allowing bacteria, undigested food, microbes, and candida to leak into the rest of…