Fantastic Voyage – Battle of the Lung Gabrielle Jackson HS130-04 Unit 4 Assignment Kaplan University February 19‚ 2013 Today we will be taking a journey through the human body. We will be injected into the femoral vein of a healthy‚ 28 year old female named Corrin. We have received previous alert that there is a bacterium invading Corrin’s lower lobe of her left lung. As we go on this special voyage‚ we will get to document this invasion in regards to how infections attack the human body
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BEARING CAPACITY OF SOIL Dr. S. K. Prasad Professor of Civil Engineering S. J. College of Engineering‚ Mysore 7.0 Syllabus 1. Definition of ultimate‚ net and safe bearing capacities‚ Allowable bearing pressure 2. Terzaghi’s and Brinch Hansen’s bearing capacity equations – Assumptions and Limitations 3. Bearing capacity of footings subjected to eccentric loading 4. Effect of ground water table on bearing capacity 5. Plate load test‚ Standard Penetration Test‚ Cone Penetration
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Carrying Capacity 1. The carrying capacity is the size of a population that can live indefinitely using the resources available where that population lives 2. For example‚ consider an island onto which is dropped a colony of rabbits. As long as there is an adequate supply of food and water‚ the rabbits will not only survive but they will reproduce and the colony will get larger. 3. The rabbit population can continue to grow as long as food and water are adequate. However‚ if at some point‚ there
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Lung Cancer The deadliest kind of cancer is lung cancer. People suffer each year from its devastating and lasting effects. It is the foremost cause of cancer death and is the second most common type of cancer. Men and women both have lung cancer. It affects over 200‚000 people every year in the United States. 116‚900 men and 103‚350 women were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 according to the American Cancer Society. Also‚ 159‚390 people have died from lung cancer in this year. African American
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Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated‚ this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and‚ eventually‚ into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung‚ known as primary lung cancers‚ are carcinomas that derive from epithelial cells. The main types of lung cancer are small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC)‚ also called oat cell cancer‚ and non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). The
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Lung Cancer Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world‚ its deadly claws stretched over all continents in the world. However‚ lung cancer is not just a disease; it can act as a magnifying glass; many social problems and goodness of society can be revealed through the causes of lung cancer. Lung cancer is formed when the cells of the lungs grow in an uncontrolled way‚ this creates a lump or a tumor which can either be malignant or benign. Smoking and unhealthy diets are all causes
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Lung Cancer Lung Cancer‚ something so prevalent in today’s society affects so many‚ yet each day people continue to increase their chances of obtaining this disease by the simple act of lighting up a cigarette. Something that seems so insignificant but with each puff of that Marlborough or Parliament‚ increases the growth of cell tissue In the Lungs. The disease itself is caused by tobacco smoke in 80-90 percent of smokers and the remaining percentage is due to pollution‚ second hand smoke‚
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of the Lungs When you breathe‚ your lungs take in oxygen from the air and deliver it to the bloodstream. The cells in your body need oxygen to work and grow. During a normal day‚ you breathe nearly 25‚000 times. People with lung disease have difficulty breathing. There are numerous things that affect the lungs in a negative way. Smoking is a major contributor to these issues and it helps in no way. It destroys the lungs and intensifies any existing problem. Diseases of the Lungs Lung disease
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every year‚ making it more lethal than car accidents and drug overdoses just to name a few. A smoker’s life expectancy is reduced by 15 to 25 years and is the single most preventable cause of death. With lung cancer being a primary result of cigarette smoking‚ there are also a wide array of other lung problems that occur as a result of smoking. Cigarettes contain 4000 chemicals‚ most of them are toxic. These ingredients affect everything from proper organ functioning to the efficiency of the body’s
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Diagnosis of LUNG CANCER Lung cancer diagnosis is extremely important to follow a proper therapy as there are various lung diseases that result in the almost same sign and symptoms as in case of cancer‚ yet the treatment strategies vary in each case. Lung cancer complete diagnosis can be done by the imaging and biopsy method in addition to the staging of cancer according to the TNM classification. Various imaging techniques are frequently employed to diagnose a particular condition while X ray analysis
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