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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The Second Choice is a short story explaining how a man named Arthur writes 6 letters to his love Shirley (the central character). He sends her these letters to indicate his love towards her along with a desired to once marry her‚ yet feels as if he isn’t the honorable man for her‚ feeling as though he cannot take care of her financially‚ due to him being too restless and young‚ which in his perspective isn’t what she needs. Arthur has many uncertainties in himself believing he isn’t the right man
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Arthur Miller‚ the author of The Crucible‚ lived through the 1950’s. During that time‚ there was a fear of communist ideas‚ and Americans had a campaign against it. Experiencing this time period had a lot of influence on the reasoning behind Miller writing this play. The Crucible was a play on the hysteria that was produced when the U.S. government sought to suppress Communism and radical leftism activity in America (Thirteen). McCarthyism and personal experiences during that time are two of the
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Sunny D was extremely successful in the 1990’s. The brand has been labeled the iconic juice brand of its decade (Rowlands 2014). When Sunny D was introduced in the UK in 1998‚ it became the biggest selling soft drink in the nation‚ trailing behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Sunny D took a triumphant position in the soft drink industry. Their slogan in the nineties: “the great stuff kids go for” (The Guardian 2001) was emphasized in promotional campaigns that showcased TV commercials full of energetic
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com/archive.php Research article 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
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Arthur Miller and influence of his life Arthur Miller has been one of Americas best known play writers who emerged in the United States since World War II. He has been writing since the age of seventeen and bases his work on personal experiences while attacking political views. One of his best known works is The Death of a Salesman which is about a man named Willy Loman who tries to emerge in the business industry and present a better image of him in society. Another important play is The Crucible
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into play and also friends too. People are able to see that what goes on in their homes isn’t like others‚ so they try to escape the situations. Arthur Radley in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” was abused as a child‚ yes he was a troublemaker but at the same time his family neglected him. In the book Arthur Radley’s father decides not to send Arthur away from trouble he was causing‚ instead they decided to just separate him from the rest of the world “The sheriff hadn’t the heart to put him in
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Journal 2011‚ 10:46 http://www.nutritionj.com/content/10/1/46 RESEARCH Open Access Misleading measures in Vitamin D analysis: A novel LC-MS/MS assay to account for epimers and isobars Iltaf Shah1‚ Ricky James1‚ James Barker2‚ Andrea Petroczi1 and Declan P Naughton1* Abstract Background: Recently‚ the accuracies of many commercially available immunoassays for Vitamin D have been questioned. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC- MS/MS) has been shown to facilitate accurate
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event: the largest seaborne invasion in the history of warfare‚ otherwise known as D-Day. The impacts of this invasion completely changed the entirety of World War II and lead to the Allied Victory over the Axis armies in Western Europe. To begin with‚ D-Day lead to the Nazi army having to fight against the Allies on two fronts‚ making it much more difficult for them to defend their conquests throughout Europe. Before D-Day‚ the majority of Allied attacks against the Nazis in Europe had been by the
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In reference to his characters‚ Arthur Miller once made the following statement: “He’s not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a human being‚ and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid‚” (Brainyquote para. 3). Arthur Miller typically uses events to create the situations‚ lives‚ and history for his characters. That is because he utilizes realism in many of his famous works‚ such as Death of a Salesman and Broken Glass . As a matter of fact‚ Miller did not create
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