FOUNDATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE BECOMING A CRITICAL READER OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH RE-SEARCH methodical investigation to seek answers that involve explanation and understanding Positivism – falsification and replication all research has flaws limited resources & ‘the least worst option’ is research ‘fit for purpose?’ research is presented as if ‘fit for purpose’ facts‚ findings and critical reading Tim Hartford – but there are more Ben Goldacre (Guardian)‚ Seife (Proofiness) WHY
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Lung Cancer Lung cancer is “the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs”. These abnormal cells do not carry out the functions of normal lung cells and do not develop into healthy lung tissue. As they grow‚ “the abnormal cells can form tumors and interfere with the functioning of the lung‚ which provides oxygen to the body via the blood”. There are two major types of lung cancer‚ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Staging lung cancer is based
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Cancer Diagnosis‚ Staging and Treatment Cancer is a term used to describe diseases in which there is an uncontrolled division and growth of abnormal cells‚ which have the capacity to invade other body tissues (National Cancer Institute). Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality; from 2006-2010‚ the incidence rate of all cancers in the US was 463 per 100‚000 per year‚ with mortality being 176 per 100‚000 (National Cancer Institute). This makes cancers the second leading cause of death
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1–16; May 2013; © 2013 Landes Bioscience Inhibition of the autophagic flux by salinomycin in breast cancer stem-like/progenitor cells interferes with their maintenance Wen Yue‚1‚2‚† Ahmed hamaï‚1‚2‚† Giovanni Tonelli‚1‚2 chantal Bauvy‚1‚2 Valérie Nicolas‚2‚3 hugo Tharinger‚2‚3 Patrice codogno1‚2 and Maryam Mehrpour1‚2‚* 1 † These authors contributed equally to this work. Keywords: breast cancer stem-like/progenitor cell‚ salinomycin‚ autophagy‚ cell death‚ lysosome Abbreviations: ACTB‚
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Make-A-Wish foundation was established. The Make-A-Wish foundation was created to offer life-affirming‚ hope-giving dreams to terminally ill children who should experience their life long dreams before death. Children are such a precious gift and yet the statistics for mortality facing these children are like a slap in the face. According to the National Cancer Institute‚ last year in the United States approximately 10‚400 children‚ under the age of 15 years old were diagnosed with cancer. Of
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Victoria Foster Mrs. Geiger Thesis B Final Draft 14 December 2012 The Foundation of Relationships In Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen debunks her society’s position on marriage and advocates the foundation of love through four relationships. The foundation that the couples build throughout the story consists of persevering through different trials. Austen believes that a couple should build a foundation by overcoming first impressions‚ by working through misunderstanding‚ and by dealing with society
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Foundations of Psychology Paper Kristin McLauchlin PSY-300 January 14‚ 2013 Betsy Ferronato Foundations of Psychology Paper The foundations of psychology rely mainly on their major schools of thought: the psychodynamic perspective‚ first introduced by Sigmund Freud‚ the behaviorist perspective‚ the cognitive perspective‚ and the evolutionary perspective. These four main theories were developed to explain how we as humans behave‚ think and react. Although the human mind still remains a mystery
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Treatment for Breast Cancer Magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound is completely noninvasive treatment for breast cancer which requires less anesthesia‚ recovery time and could avoid infections‚ scar formation and possibly reduce cost. It is the method of choice for accurate delimitation of many breast tumors‚ it can noninvasively measure ultrasound induced temperature. The combination of MRI and FUS concurrently allow the delineation of tumors margins (American cancer society).
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Thyroid Cancer in Women Name: Talia Kuchan Course: HL-S-380V M71 Date: November 11‚ 2012 Introduction Thyroid cancer is admittedly the commonest endocrine malignancy often detected among young patients and frequently among the women. In most populations‚ the median age of its detection tends to be quite low‚ actually below 40 in most cases. It is currently the fastest growing cancers among women. Despite the fact that the cancer is still
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Chapter 10 Foundations of Genetics Lecture Notes 1 Foundations of Genetics Mendel and the Garden pea The father of modern Genetics is Gregor Mendel. Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was an Austrian monk who lived in a monastery where the experiments with the garden pea were performed. Mendel’s work with the garden pea was the fundamental study which unveiled the laws that govern genetics and heredity. Mendel was the first to use the scientific method in a very systematic and analysed his results
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