Examples of Reflective Writing Example 1 I arrived on the ward at 7:30 ready to begin a 12-hour shift. After receiving handover‚ my mentor assigned me the job of bathing Mr B with the help of a healthcare assistant. Mr B has Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)‚ a progressive disease of the nervous system with rapid deterioration due to spongiform encephalopathy. He is not expected to live to Christmas‚ even though he is only 19 years old. He is mentally aware of what is going on but is physically
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Outline Thesis statement: Alzheimer’s disease changed the way my father perceived his world and the way I perceived my father. I. Introduction and insight of strained relationship with my father A. Introduction to topic and thesis B. A strained relationship with my father II. Definition of Alzheimer’s disease III. Early Stages A. Clinical symptoms 1. Confusion 2. Fear and distrust B. My father’s delusions IV. Middle stage A. Clinical symptoms 1. Memory loss 2. Severe confusion
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What is Kuru? In the early twentieth century health scientist shifted their attention to a new disease called Kuru. Kuru was a disease spreading within the Fore people of Papa New Guinea. Kuru is also known as the laughing sickness‚ or the trembling sickness because the disease caused its victims to tremor‚ laugh uncontrollably‚ loose their balance and lose control of their motor movements. Victims eventually lose the ability to talk‚ chew and swallow and Kuru inevitably leads to death. The tribes
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not.” — Dr. Seuss‚ The Lorax’s . About a couple of months ago I was watching this movie‚ and when I heard this quote I knew what I had to do. At first my paper was on the importance of Prions‚ but I lost interest in them‚ and I could not come up with a project for my hours‚ so I knew I had to change it. From Prions to the impact of human waste‚ and how important it is for one to reduce the amount of packaging products they buy. There were many factors that played a part of my switch. The movie The
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Viruses‚ Viroids‚ and Prions copyright cmassengale 1 Are Viruses Living or Non-living? Viruses are both and neither They have some properties of life but not others For example‚ viruses can be killed‚ even crystallized like table salt However‚ they can’t maintain a constant internal state (homeostasis). copyright cmassengale 2 What are Viruses? A virus is a noncellular particle made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells. copyright cmassengale 3 Viral History copyright
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1. Cellulose‚ starch‚ and glycogen are very similar‚ yet very different. Describe the process by which each of these molecules is formed. Why does the subtle difference in how the simple sugar monomers are bonded in starch and cellulose affect how the two molecules are used? Cellulose is built from glucose molecules bonded covalently together through a process known as hydrolysis. Hydrolysis is a chemical process in which a molecule of water is added to a substance. Each alternating glucose
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public be informed of this disease and the devastating effects it can have. CJD is caused by a prion‚ or a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Prions are caused by the abnormal structure and folding of prion proteins in the brain. The abnormality rapidly spreads from protein to protein‚ causing the patient to experience brain damage and neurodegeneration. Due to the relatively new discovery of prions‚ not much else is known about them. CJD is seen around the world‚ but most commonly in American
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and biology classes contributes to my understanding of prion disease. The background knowledge of proteins and their characteristics help me to analyze the spread of the disease better. Engineering the prion protein using chemical synthesis and biological characteristics will provide a full analysis. The author concludes with his own story‚ about a mysterious neuromuscular disease that is gradually robbing him of his mobility. Like the prion diseases‚ his is a disorder of misfolded proteins. However
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Viroids are plant pathogens that consist of a short stretch (a few hundred nucleobases) of highly complementary‚ circular‚ single-stranded RNA without the protein coat that is typical for viruses.[1] The smallest discovered is a 220 nucleobase scRNA (small cytoplasmic RNA) associated with the rice yellow mottle sobemovirus (RYMV).[2] In comparison‚ the genome of the smallest known viruses capable of causing an infection by themselves are around 2kilobases in size. The human pathogen hepatitis D is
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Cow Disease Cause by an abnormal form of prions which are proteins Slowly progressive disease that affects a cow’s central nervous system Cattle are infected by eating food that have remains of other animals like cattle and sheep that contain the infectious prions ● ● ● ● ● ● There are normal proteins (PrPc) and abnormal harmful prions (PrPsc). The prion is a misfolded form of PrPc. Cells have chaperones for young proteins to help it fold correctly Prions affect the folding of normal‚ healthy proteins
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