VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN THE WELL FED CLASS OF PAKISTAN: THE POSSIBLE CAUSES AND TRENDS Yusra H. Siddiqui *‚ Rashid Minhas‚ Adnan Yaqoob‚ Samina Shakeel Department of Biochemistry‚ Quaid-e-Azam University‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan This population-based survey was conducted to determine frequency of vitamin D deficiency in the twin cities of Pakistan. 1000 patients were evaluated for tests of circulating 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OHD) levels using electrochemiluminescence method. Median 25-OHD was 14.73
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Planning plus Task 2 Introduction to Marketing Aims and Objectives By the end of this lesson you will be able to: Describe the main types of marketing research. Explain how marketing planning helps organisations to set marketing objectives. Learn the requirements of formative task 2 sections A and B (presentation)‚ C and D (essay). What is marketing research? The purpose of marketing research is to help organisations make effective decisions by providing information on consumers‚ competitors
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Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. a) Nightmares‚ or even re-experiencing events that had occurred through flashbacks b) Avoiding situations that the person perceives as traumatic c) Feeling alone and less responsiveness to what was once pleasurable
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10/27/15 Vitamin D Deficiency Regarding Muscles Vitamin D deficiency has been tied to mainly bone pathologies. Recent research shows that the effects of Vitamin D span further than just affecting bones and particularly cause muscle weakness. Vitamin D is responsible for aiding in the absorption of other minerals‚ such as calcium. Calcium is a key ligand in muscle contractions‚ thus‚ Vitamin D indirectly can effect muscle contractions. An article published in Nutrition Reviews‚ Vitamin D: an overview
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VITAMIN D (CALCITRIOL) INTRODUCTION: Bioactive vitamin D or calcitriol is a steroid hormone that has long been known for its important role in regulating body levels of calcium and phosphorus‚ and in mineralization of bone. More recently‚ it has become clear that receptors for vitamin D are present in a wide variety of cells‚ and that this hormone has biologic effects which extend far beyond control of mineral metabolism. Vitamin D is thus not
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How The Vote Was Won written by Cicely Hamilton (formerly Hammill) and Christopher St John (born Christabel Marshall). It is an inspiring piece of suffrage theatre‚ written in 1909 by two women who were both a part of the first wave feminist movement. Hamilton‚ co-founded the WWSL (Women Writers’ Suffrage League) in 1908‚ she was also an actress and dramatist “Her first big success was Diana of Dobsons (1908)” (Paxton‚ 2013‚ p.25)‚ along side her playwriting she also wrote lyrics for the ’March of
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The term "class D" is sometimes misunderstood as meaning a "digital" amplifier. While some class D amps may indeed be controlled by digital circuits or include digital signal processing devices‚ the power stage deals with voltage and current as a function of non-quantized time. The smallest amount of noise‚ timing uncertainty‚ voltage ripple or any other non-ideality immediately results in an irreversible change of the output signal. The same errors will only lead to incorrect results in digital
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What was the significance of D-Day to the outcome of World War 2? D-Day happened on 6th June 1944 after five years of war with Germany. D-Day was an invasion towards Germany by a massive military force that set out from England towards France. It was going to take over Nazi Germany and Germany’s leader Adolf Hitler because the Nazi’s had nearly taken over the whole of Europe which wouldn’t have happened if appeasement didn’t occur. The allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy and started
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History 121 1 November 2013 How Alexander Hamilton Was Involved With the Federalist Papers During the middle of 1700’s‚ Americans were unhappy with British rule‚ to show their unhappiness they established the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence was ratified on July 4‚ 1776. After the Declaration of Independence‚ the Articles of Confederation were passed but had a weak central government because congress could not levy taxes. Therefore‚ the government did
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“How Revolutionary was the American Revolution" The American Revolution was a major change in our history. Many things have happened to show this major change in our history such as‚ The Boston Massacre‚ The Tax Act‚ Boston Tea Part‚ and The Battle at Saratoga. These are just some of the things that happened during the American Revolution. The American Revolution was mostly a radical change because of the extreme changes in political‚ social‚ and economical areas. Socially‚ the American Revolution
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