Red Cloud's War

When I think about Sickle Cell Anemia, the first thing that comes to my mind is blood. When you get cut and a darkish red liquid comes out, that is called blood. Blood is a red liquid that carries nutrients, gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide, and iron throughout our body. (1) Blood connects to Sickle Cell Anemia because Sickle Cell Anemia is a disease that changes the shape of our blood cells. Instead of being circle, it becomes a sickle shape. This shape can have a negative effect, but it…

Why performance enhancing drugs should not be banned in sports. Performance enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids, blood doping and hGH(human Growth Hormone) have been found to be used in sports since as early as 776BCLee, (Yu-Hsuan, 2006), where the Ancient Greeks used opium juice in the early Olympics for an advantage in their sport (Sportsanddrugs.procon.org, 2016). PED’s have the potential to drastically alter the state of the human body(Health.nsw.gov.au, 2016). Athletes in today’s…

FD&C Red Number 40 Food is a staple in our everyday lives, along with water it is one of the things we literally cannot live without. As an American, it is hard to eat a nutritious diet with all the fast food options and processed foods right at our fingertips. However, one aspect of our food that is of big concern for some individuals are artificial color additives. If you pick up your favorite cereal, beverage, or even your mouthwash and start to read the ingredients list you may see some of…

Organization: OXFAM INTERNATIONAL Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 non-profit organizations operational in 96 countries around the world. The name is derived from ‘Oxford committee for famine relief’ founded in 1942 and the current executive director is Winnie Byanyima. Oxfam international was formed in 1995 by a group of NGO’s with a common aim of reducing poverty and injustice around the world. Oxfam has consistently displayed missionary organizational excellence through its…

On June fifteenth I traveled to view the unique Phantasmagoria play performed at 7 Stages located in Little Five Points. The show incorporated a number of folktales, fairytales, plays aka “The Wickedest Tales of All”, and stories with each cast member playing a different role each time. The story that stood out the most to me was by the great Charles Dickens called A Madman’s Manuscript. The story grasped my attention because the cast allowed for the audience to be apart of this story. We were…

VOLUMETRIC EVALUATION OF THE PARANASAL SINUSES WITH THE CAVALIERI METHOD SUMMARY PURPOSE Our aim was to estimate the volumes of paranasal sinuses with Cavalieri principle. MATERIAL AND METHODS The volumes of paranasal sinuses were estimated using the Cavalieri principle with coronal CT scans of 125 (68 male and 57 female) cases and analyzed by gender and age. The right-left comparison was also researched. RESULTS The mean volumes (± S.D.) of unilateral sinuses were 6.0 ± 4.3, 19.1 ± 6.1,…

Blood Transfusions – Principles Questions 1. Different components of WBC’s? How much of blood is plasma? 2. Function of RBC antigens? 3. Which blood type is universal recipient? Universal donor 4. Important facts about Rh factors? 5. Most fatal hemolytic reactions result from? 6. What are the procedures for donor/recipient blood? 7. How long does a type and screen take? What does it determine? 8. Type and crossmatch take how long? What three phases are performed? 9. Type A…

Literary Analysis Death is inevitable. Some people fear it, others hope it comes soon. As for the author Sylvia Plath and the character Huckleberry Finn, their stances differ. The story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, portrays the main character, Huck, as terrified of death. While Sylvia Plath’s poem “I am Vertical” shows Sylvia as a person who is very intrigued by death. Sylvia Plath comes off as someone who would rather be dead than alive because she thinks it may be more…

He certainly lived up to his reputation considering how depressingly he wrote The Masque of the Red Death. Trent Lorcher, an educational writer gave several examples of how Poe used symbolism in his analysis of Poe’s short story. According to Lorcher, The Red Death represented the inevitability of death, the castle represented man’s attempt, but ultimate failure to prevent deaths, and the clock represented the countdown to death…

HAEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION Introduction Red blood cells contain the protein molecule haemoglobin (Hb); it is made up of four polypeptide chains and contains iron. Its function is to carry oxygen from the lungs to the bodies tissue and to carry carbon dioxide from tissue back to the lungs. Anaemia can be caused when there is a lack of iron in the body which leads to a reduction in the number of red blood cells. Iron is used to carry oxygen in the blood so If you have fewer red blood cells than is…