mitochondrial disease is born. Mitochondrial disease affect mitochondria which are specialized compartments present in every cell of our body except in red blood cells. They are responsible for 90% of energy production in our body. If mitochondria failure occurs less energy is produced in the cell‚ this leads to cell injury and in some cases to cell death. If the process continues‚ our whole body is severely affected. Mitochondrial disease affects mostly children but in the last few years this disease is also
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Celiac disease is defined as an immune reaction to eating gluten which is a protein found in wheat‚ barley‚ and rye. When a person who has this disease eats anything that has gluten in triggers immune response that causes the small intestines to become inflamed. Over time this causes prevention of any nutrients being absorbed back into the body. The inflammation causes damage to the tiny hair like structures that are in charge of reabsorbing the vitamins and nutrients that the patient’s body needs
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2013 ECE 204 ECE Science: More Than Dead Leaves and a Magnifying Glass! Author: T .Wright This is a blog emphasis on how important it is that as teachers of young children‚ we should take the opportunity to provide our students with the chance to make discoveries‚ develop theories‚ and test their hypotheses. We must give them a safe environment with adequate materials to help them extend their understanding of the world around us. I like what the article is about. Science is not just a set
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types of diseases that infect human beings. Crohn’s disease happens to be one that affects the digestive system in a huge way. Less than 200‚000 Americans have experienced the pain of this disease‚ where the gastrointestinal tract becomes swollen. Currently Crohn’s disease is not curable‚ but best scientists are working hard to learn more about this disease‚ and find a cure. Although there are no cures yet‚ there are certain steroids that can be taken to slow down the progress of the disease. In
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Liver Cancer‚ each year about 700‚000 people worldwide will be diagnosed; 600‚000 will die. Cancer is very serious‚ although liver cancer is not the leading most fatal cancer. Malignant tumors in the liver are usually hepatomas. Hepatomas are also known hepatocellular carcinomas or HCC. These HCC’s are only responsible for two to four percent of cancer. HCC’s are also not common in the U.S. They are found mostly in the Asia region of the world. Liver cancer is also found in children but is commonly
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Great progress in the three sciences – biology‚ chemistry and physics – has brought about many changes in man’s life and its environment; it has filled in the gaps between scattered countries into a global village through various telecommunications‚ the most recent one being the internet. But the negative aspects of the quick development of science must be taken into account. The first impact of science as a threat falls on man’s environment which doubtlessly has an effect on the people. Due
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Behavioural Economics – how the hell does it work? Behavioural economics; just to warn you this is a monotonous article. You’ve chosen to read on‚ so presumably you are interested‚ or just a very boring person. A common confusion the ignorant adolescent might experience‚ is the assumption that behavioural economics is related to finance entirely – so yes‚ this article is a time wasting mechanism‚ providing the vacant brains of readers with tedious information in relation to the study of maths
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ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: APPLYING THE PIRO CONCEPT Danielle Adebayo‚ Vincenzo Morabito‚ Rajiv Jalan Liver Failure Group‚ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health‚ UCL Medical School‚ Royal Free Hospital‚ London‚ UK Disclosure: No potential conflict of interest Citation: EMJ Hepatol. 2013;1:38-43. ABSTRACT Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)‚ a clinical syndrome associated with a dismal prognosis‚ occurs acutely in previously stable cirrhotic patients. An important feature
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There are two models that we will analyze in this essay to see which is the most suitable approach to understand consumer behaviour‚ they are cognitive and behavioural models‚ there are actually three models lies within initial decisions of consumer behavior‚ the third one is reinforcement model but in this case we will not analyze it. First of all‚ the way of starting off the essay is by defining both cognitive and behavioural models found from the journals‚ followed by comparison between the two
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Heart disease Introduction What is heart disease? Heart disease or Cardiovascular disease is an abnormal function of the heart or blood vessels. It can cause an increase in risk for heart attack‚ heart failure‚ sudden death‚ stroke and cardiac rhythm problems‚ thus resulting in decreased quality of life and decreased life expectancy. The causes of cardiovascular disease range from structural defects‚ to infection‚ inflammation‚ environment and genetics. In order to help prevent cardiovascular
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