Digestion a. The mouth: salivary alpha enzyme chew food‚ perceive taste‚ moisten food with saliva‚ lubricate food with mucus‚ release starch –digesting (amylase) enzymes‚ initiate swallowing reflex - Enzyme: alpha amylase with cooked starch as substrate – starch digestion enzyme an enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of starch into sugar - The Functions of Saliva - 1. Moistens and lubricates food‚ permitting swallowing 2. Holds taste producing substances in solution and bring them in
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bake itself. Everything proceeds smoothly and quickly‚ but then Merryweather sees the dress) Merryweather: Oh no‚ not pink. Make it blue. (she makes it blue) Flora: Merryweather! Make it pink. (she makes it pink) Merryweather: Blue. (makes it blue) Flora: Pink. (makes it pink) Merryweather: Blue. (this time Flora stands before the dress and gets blue herself. They start fighting over the color. The camera turns to the fireplace‚ where blazes of color go through the chimney.
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Drug Metabolism Prof. Patrick Davis Basic Medicinal Chemical Principles PHR 143M Fall-08 Importance of Drug Metabolism • The basic premise: Lipophilic Drugs --> Hydrophilic Metabolites (Not Excreted) (Excreted) • Water soluble => increased renal excretion -anddecreased tubular re-absorption of lipophilics. Importance of Drug Metabolism CH 3 CH 2OH CHO COOH OH O C 2H 5 Δ1-THC PC=6000 - O C O O HO OH COO OH OH Excreted Form O C 2H 5
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GMO’S Some people think GMO’S are bad for themselves‚ animals‚ and the earth. But they don’t know the real facts about them! GMO’S or “genetically modified organisms‚” are plants or animals that have been genetically engineered with DNA from bacteria‚ viruses or other plants and animals. These experimental combinations of genes from different species cannot occur in nature or in traditional crossbreeding. The people that are against them just go by what other people say and what the media states
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Colonization‚ Infection‚ Disease Microbes that engage in mutual or commensal associations – normal (resident) flora ‚ indigenous flora‚ microbiota Infection – a condition in which pathogenic microbes penetrate host defenses‚ enter tissues‚ and multiply Pathogen – infectious agent Infectious disease – an infection that causes damage or disruption to tissues and organs Resident Flora Most areas of the body in contact with the outside environment harbor resident microbes Internal organs
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James’s The Turn of the Screw. Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw is one of most celebrated ghost stories of all time. The novella is set in a small town named “Bly” where the governess assumes the duties with her ward of two children: Miles and Flora (5). As the protagonist – the governess narrates the story in first-person; thus‚ the reliability of the story is arguably biased due to her comments and thoughts in the text. The author deliberately encloses elements of ambiguity within its’ gothic
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Tropical rain forest is very important for our nature such as for ecosystem balance‚ earth temperature and flora and fauna habitat. In our country Malaysia‚ most of the forest are announced as a forest reserve to preserve our forest from destroyed. Not only important to flora and fauna but also to people. For some people‚ their lives depends on forest. However‚ deforestation activity by irresponsible people has led to imbalanced ecosystem. First of all‚ the effect of deforestation is pollution
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of family life in Cold Comfort Farm and Sons and Lovers Family life in Cold Comfort Farm ia portrayed negatively mostly throughout the novel. It’s one of the main themes in the novel and can be seen through Flora and the presentation of the ‘Starkadders’ (Flora’s distant relatives). Flora is not close to her family and says ‘If i find out i have any third cousins living at Cold Comfort called Seth‚ or Reuben‚ I shall not go’. This shows that she’s already stereotyping her own family‚ showing that
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Do you find yourself questioning society? If so‚ then‚ Nancy Werlin is your author with her book‚ “And Then‚ There Were Four”‚ also questioning humankind‚ there is‚ “The One Memory of Flora Banks‚” authored by Emily Barr. You will either scorn or acknowledge the way of society today and in these novels‚ starting with Nancy Werlin. When a building collapses around five teenagers and they barely escape‚ they began questioning everything that is happening. They piece together a theory that their parents
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her dress stolen by her own sister‚ Flora. This story deals with things like lying‚ betrayal‚ loyalty and family. It explains the process from when something gets stolen‚ to speculations concerning the thief‚ to discovering the thief‚ and finally dealing with the thief and seeing the consequences for the thief. The relationship between Rachel and her sister Flora is very tense. “"I wish she would shut up!" snapped Rachel. "What are you angry about?" asked Flora in a lightly whipped voice‚ as she
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