Male albino rats weighing about (180 – 220g) were housed in polypropylene cages (47 x 34 x 18cm3) with saw dust (renewed after every 48hrs).The animals were acclimatized to standard laboratory conditions (temperature 25 ± 20 C) and maintained on 12h light and 12 h dark cycle for one month before the start of the experiment. The animals were provided with regular rat chow and drinking water ad libitum. The experiment were approved by the institutional animal ethical committee (IAEC) of CPCSEA (Committee
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UNIT 41- Assignment 2: Clinical psychology P1 Depression is a mental disorder often caused by the chemical imbalance of the brain. The symptoms vary from person to person when their diagnosed with depression. The symptoms are feeling hopeless and helpless‚ a lack of self-esteem‚ find everything less enjoyable‚ difficulty making decisions‚ having suicidal thoughts and harming one self and etc. Biological approach - Depression Depression can be common between families and past onto generations‚ however
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Vitamin C Content of Apple Juice Introduction Complete lack of ascorbic acid (a.k.a Vitamin C) in the diets of humans and other primates leads to a classic nutritional disease‚ scurvy. This disease was widespread in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ but it is rare today. Ascorbic acid is widely distributed in nature‚ but it occurs in extremely high concentrations in citrus and green plants such as green peppers and spinach. Ascorbic acid can be synthesized
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Introduction: Glucose is one of the few chemical constituents of the blood that can change noticeably in its concentration. Many diseases cause a change in glucose metabolism but the most frequent cause of an increase in blood glucose is diabetes mellitus. The early detection of diabetes is important to avoid the many complications of the disease. The glucose tolerance test commonly done by recommended level for adults of a 75 g glucose drink to be consumed within a 5 min time period. The timing
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Disease‚ and Drugs PSY/240 January 9‚ 2011 Mary Jane Dugan Psychiatric Disorders‚ Disease‚ and Drugs A psychiatric disorder is defined as disorder of psychological function so severe that it requires treatment usually by psychiatrist or clinical psychologist. The abnormal behavior expressed by people suffering from psychiatric disorders prevent them from living normal lives some of these disorder include schizophrenia‚ depression‚ mania‚ anxiety disorder‚ and Tourette
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 ENZYMES THE ENZYMES SPEAK!! “We are the catalysts of the living world! Protein in nature and in action specific; rapid and accurate; huge in size but with small active centres; highly exploited for disease diagnosis in lab centres”. DEFINITION Enzymes may be defined as biocatalysts synthesised by living cells. They are protein in nature (exception RNA acting as ribozyme) colloidal and thermo-labile in character and specific in their action. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In
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The plate count agar‚ CFC agar and cetrimide agar are used and provided different evidences on the isolation of Pseudomonas from the soil experiment. Firstly‚ the plate count agar is a medium for the enumeration of viable organisms in food‚ water‚ waste water and also from clinical samples‚ and thus it is non-selective to any species. Whereas the CFC agar is a selective agar which contains reduced amounts of cetrimide but also cephaloridine and fucidin are added to allow the isolation of most Pseudomonas
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Depression PSY 270 9/27/09 Unipolar and bipolar disorders are both mood disorders that feature depression; however‚ there is a significant difference between the two. Unipolar disorder is basically an episode of depression that lasts for at least two weeks. Its symptoms include a depressed mood and noticeable loss of interest in activities one used to enjoy. The person may feel empty or sad‚ dejected‚ agitated‚ anxious‚ tearful‚ angry‚ or humiliated. These feelings last for long periods of
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amount of protein (30 mg/mL) and very high amount of red blood cells (Large+++) found in the urine. The bacterium identified in this specimen is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This is confirmed by involving many tests and observation‚ such as Gram stain‚ oxidase test‚ catalase test and the observation of colony morphology on Horse Blood Agar‚ MacConkey agar and Tryptic Soy Agar. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen‚ known as the third most common pathogen associated with nosocomial infections
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two dorsal fins. Also‚ they have a forked tail. Animal species and their origins can be detected accurately and quickly with the help of the technique called DNA barcoding (Hanner et. al 2011). Only one gene sequence called COI (mitochondrial c oxidase subunit) gene can be enough to differentiate all animal species. (Hebert et. al‚ 2003). Differences
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