Iron deficient anemia is a decreased total iron body content. It occurs when iron deficiency is severe enough to lower the amount of red blood cells being formed and it causes the development of anemia. It is the most common deficiency in the world. Hemorrhages can also cause anemia and much greater problems. Bleeding can also be so slow that it is often overlooked. Iron is a necessity for all living organisms because it is needed for many processes. Iron levels are carefully regulated by
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A Case of Iron Deficiency (Summarizing and Note-Taking) Describe the structure of a molecule of hemoglobin and explain the role played by iron in the transport of oxygen. The structure of hemoglobin is a hemi group. A hemi group consists of an iron (Fe) ion held in a heterocyclic ring. Iron binds with oxygen. Therefore‚ it has a very important role in transporting oxygen in the blood. How is iron stored and transported in the body? Iron can be stored within intestinal entrecotes bound to ferritin
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IRON (METAL) Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe (from Latin: ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element (by mass) forming the planet Earth as a whole‚ forming much of Earth’s outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth’s crust. Iron’s very common presence in rocky planets like Earth is due to its abundant production as a result of fusion in high-mass stars‚ Like other group 8 elements‚ iron
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In Support of Israel’s Iron Dome Since the beginning of time Israel has been disputed land. Israel has been disputed by many ethnicities since before Christ. The Christians‚ Muslims‚ and Jews have ruled parts of Israel‚ and today the Jews rule once again. The Jews ruling Israel angers the Muslims and has left them susceptible to rockets and other forms of warfare. In 2004 the idea of an Iron Dome was presented to Israel. In 2007 Defense Minister Amir Peretz made the Iron Dome the solution to short-range
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�PAGE � What sort of social critique does this Street Angel (1937) present? What does it say about issues involved in "modernization"? What symbols are portrayed in Street Angel (1937) Introduction Every country has specific famous era in which their cinema portrays the reality of their society‚ the 1930 ’s was the era in which China ’s cinema bent itself towards portraying society and modernization. A lot of distinctive features developed by Chinese film over the last hundred years are the
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Margaret Laurence’s‚ The Stone Angel‚ the stone angel is a symbol used to heighten the reader’s understanding of the characteristics of Hagar Shipley. First‚ the stone angel is used to show Hagar’s pride in the Currie family name. She prizes the stone angel because it is expensive and imported from Italy to honour a mother Hagar never knew. Similarly‚ the stone angel is symbolic of Hagar’s inability to show emotions; like the angel‚ Hagar is hard and cold. Lastly‚ the angel is symbolic of Hagar’s blindness
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------------------------------------------------- Alloy Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron‚ with carbon content between 0.02% and 2.14% by mass. An alloy is a metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure‚ while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution‚ depending on thermal (heat treatment) history. Alloys usually have different properties from those
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The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas was an exciting read. It is the final conclusion of the epic adventures of The Three Musketeers. Louis XIV‚ the young King of France‚ is an unemotional‚ cruel man. Paris is starving and the people hate their King. The King does not care‚ and is more interested in women and money than his subjects. Unknown to most‚ there is another king‚ a twin‚ whom was hidden at birth‚ and then imprisoned behind an iron mask to seal his identity. Have you ever wronged
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A Marxist View of Iron Man Iron Man made its on-screen debut in May of 2008 during a time period that was clouded with political turmoil primarily dealing with the United States’ relations with the Middle East. This movie‚ written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby‚ and directed by Jon Favreau‚ follows the main character Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) as he escapes entrapment in the Middle East and develops into the world hero called Iron Man. Under Marxist criticism‚ which at its core can be defined
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By definition an iron triangle is a unique relationship between the bureaucracy‚ congressmen‚ and lobbyists that results in the mutual benefit of all three of them. They work together to generate policy. Health care is an example of an iron triangle. A form of health care is the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act includes doctors’ services‚ inpatient and outpatient hospital care‚ prescription drug coverage‚ pregnancy and childbirth‚ and mental health services. My iron triangle that I choosed
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