Probability density function

The literature reviewed showed that diabetes self-management education (DSME) is an ongoing process used to facilitate and empower individuals to learn about diabetes and its complications. Hwee, Cauch-Dudek, Victor, Ng, & Shah (2014) define DSME as a critical element of care for people with diabetes to learn to manage their conditions in order to improve the outcomes. Multidisciplinary healthcare professionals that equip the patients with self-management skills, provide education and…

1.5 Drugs targeting the Rab prenylation pathway 1.5.1 Prenylation pathway Prenylation of Rab proteins is the essential lipid modification step that begins the membrane trafficking cycle. It is a crucial post-translational modification that allows the stable attachment of Rab proteins to the membrane by increasing hydrophobicity to be able to insert into the lipid bilayer (Maltese, Wilson and Erdman, 1996). As depicted in Figure 7, the Rab cycle starts with a Rab protein that is GDP bound, in…

You often hear people talking about their cholesterol levels but do you really know what that means? Cholesterol protects the heart from heart disease. Your body needs cholesterol but having too much of it is a problem. Men are generally at more of a risk for higher cholesterol levels. The better you eat at a young age, the better your cholesterol levels will be as you get older. Bad cholesterol blocks your blood vessels and increases your risk of heart disease. The american health…

Freud relates repression by terms deemed the “id”, “ego”, and “superego.” In relation to these terms, Hyde is the id, pursuing indulgence and possessing no moral code. He is pleased with violence and death, especially if he causes it (Singh). Hyde is pure, unbridled desire, making him the definition of the Id. Dr. Jekyll represents the ego. Always mindful and cautious, Jekyll lets society rule his life. Unfortunately, Jekyll is desperately consumed by the He has a difficult time juggling between…

Madame M walked into John Capgras’ office claiming that her family had been replaced by imposters. Moreover, she described that those who have been kidnapped have been placed below in her cellar or underground in Paris. Originally, it was believed that Madame M was experiencing a mental breakdown. However, Dr. John Capgras noticed that this phenomena that Madame M was experiencing was actually a psychological disorder. Although not common, it was prominently seen in women of all groups.…

According to Goldstein in 1908, Alien hand syndrome (AHS) was labelled as a disorder related to the inability to do certain actions, also known as apraxia. “It was named main etrangere (foreign hand) or alien hand by Brion and Jedynak in 1972” (Pooyania, Mohr, and Gray, 2011). AHS is an extraordinary neurological disorder where an individual display unusual, involuntary movements that happen with one hand (sometimes two hands in rare cases), that are not controlled by the individual. It is as…

brain to why men and women handle multitasking the ways they do. Wlassoff stated that the male brains are more connected within each hemisphere, while female brains are connected more between the two hemispheres. That is why men and women behave and function better. In one of Wlassoff studies it showed that men can detect and process visual stimuli and fast moving objects better than women, and scientists think it has to do with testosterone. That 's why more men become air pilots and race car…

Taylor emotionally connects to her audience by telling jokes, shows her credibility by explaining her background in studying the brain, and shows that the information she is providing is backed up by facts by teaching us about the brain and its functions. One example of how Taylor uses the pathos appeal, is when she talks about her stroke. She goes into detail and explains that having a stroke was like becoming ” an infant in a woman’s body” and when she felt that her reality had shifted to…

symptoms and signs with different grades ranging from minimal abnormalities in neuropsychological function to coma [2]. Hyper ammonemia causes neurotransmitter…

Due to this, a combined liver and kidney biochemical profile was done in 2012, to assess for kidney and liver function, as familial hypercholesterolemia we have an increase of LDL. Increased LDL primarily comes from a liver dysfunction, but increased LDL will have an inhibiting effect on the kidneys and the sodium/potassium activity. • eGFR- Low-79 mL/min/1…