What Is Asthma? Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children‚ but adults have asthma‚ too. Asthma causes repeated episodes of wheezing‚ breathlessness‚ chest tightness‚ and nighttime or early morning coughing. If you have asthma‚ you have it all the time‚ but you will have asthma attacks only when something bothers your lungs. In most cases‚ we don’t know what causes asthma‚ and we don’t know how to cure it. We know that if someone in
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Biology IB Standard Level 2012-2014 Index Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 5 Topic 6 Topic 7 Topic 8 Topic 9 Topic 10 Topic 11 Statistical analysis Cells The chemistry of life Genetics Ecology and evolution Human health and physiology Nucleic acids and proteins Cell respiration and photosynthesis Plant science Genetics Human health and physiology Topic
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ANALYTICAL APPROACHES IN INDUSTRIAL BREWING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: During my project‚ sponsored by the quality department‚ at Carlsberg India Private Ltd‚ I got a lot of assistance‚ courage and support from employees of Carlsberg. In this limited space I would like to acknowledge some of those people‚ without whose sincere support I could not have completed this project. Firstly‚ I am grateful to Mr. Sanjeev Sutar‚ Plant
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Causes and spread of infection. Bacteria. These organisms are made up of just one cell. They have the power to divide so can multiply on their own. Some bacteria are harmless and can be of use in the aid of digestion and are found in the intestines. Other bacteria can be the cause of diseases. These bacteria have to find a way in to the body to be of harm and can make their way through the skin or be digested and attack our immune system. Viruses. These micro-organisms are very tiny. They invade
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Probiotics are live microorganisms which are believed to provide health benefits when consumed. The term probiotics meaning ‘for life’ (pro= ‘for’ or ‘in support’‚ biotic= ‘life’) is derived from Latin & Greek language. The term was first used by Lilly and Stillwell in 1965 to describe “substances secreted by one microorganism which stimulates the growth of another microorganism” i.e. which is exactly opposite of ‘antibiotics’‚ later in 1971 Sperti used the term probiotics to describe “tissue extracts
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Primary Source: Tumor Microenvironment Topic Summary Cancer has become one of the world’s leading trends in diseases‚ both in discussion and in medicinal related research. Major insights and discoveries within cellular biology can be accredited to the drive of understanding and curing cancer. The battle of cancer began to rise in public attention around the era of Henrietta Lacks‚ who provided the world’s first immortal cell line. Most research of the time‚ and even up to the past decade‚ was targeted
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strains. Numerous studies have shown that around 50 different species of LAB are present in the microbial composition of cereal sourdoughs (Gobbetti 1998; Hammes et al. 2005; Vogel and Ehrmann 2008; De Vuyst et al. 2009). In addition to genus Lactobacillus‚ typical for most sourdough ecosystems‚ other genera like Leuconostoc‚ Weissella‚ Pediococcus‚ and very small amounts of lactococci‚ enterococci‚ and streptococci are found in sourdoughs (De Vuyst and Neysens 2005; Arendt et al. 2007; Corsetti
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Our guests also generate microscopic vitamins and anti-inflammatory substances that our body cannot produce on its own. In the digestive tract‚ the components of the intestinal microbiota (formerly called "Flora") help us absorb nutrients and make certain compounds digestible food. ‘Without the gut bacteria die by not absorb the necessary amounts of vitamins‚’ says biologist Antonio Lazcano‚ professor of the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM. Lazcano adds that without the beneficial microorganisms
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Nestl describes itself as a food‚ nutrition‚ health‚ and wellness company. Recently they created Nestl Nutrition‚ a global business organization designed to strengthen the focus on their core nutrition business. They believe strengthening their leadership in this market is the key element of their corporate strategy. This market is characterized as one in which the consumers primary motivation for a purchase is the claims made by the product based on nutritional content. In order to reinforce their
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students and the center staff. Mr. D is on a mechanical soft diet but uses honey-thickening liquids to ease his swallowing of fluids and has no added salt. Mr. D does not have a history of drinking or smoking. Mr. D’s current medications Ø Acidophilus Capsule- two capsules twice a day to regulate good bacteria in intestine Ø Carbidopa-Levo 25-100mg 1 tablet every six hours for the treatment of parkinsons disease Ø Comtan 200mg 1 tablet every six hours for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
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