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October 31, 2008
E-Mail Error Ends Up On Road Sign
The English is clear enough to lorry drivers - but the Welsh reads "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated."
Source: BBC News
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed. Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated". So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket. "When they're proofing signs, they should really use someone who speaks Welsh," said journalist Dylan Iorwerth.
Swansea Council became lost in translation when it was looking to halt heavy goods vehicles using a road near an Asda store in the Morriston area. All official road signs in Wales are bilingual, so the local authority e-mailed its in-house translation service for the Welsh version of: "No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only".
The reply duly came back and officials set the wheels in motion to create the large sign in both languages. The notice went up and all seemed well - until Welsh speakers began pointing out the embarrassing error.
Welsh-language magazine Golwg was promptly sent photographs of the offending sign by a number of its readers. The sign was lost in translation - and is now missing from the roadside. Managing editor Mr Iorwerth said: "We've been running a series of these pictures over the past months.
"They're circulating among Welsh speakers because, unfortunately, it's all too common that things are not just badly translated, but are put together by people who have no idea about the language. "It's good to see people trying to translate, but they should really ask for expert help. "Everything these days seems to be written first in English and then translated.
"Ideally, they should be written separately in both languages."
Feces
No picture of feces on this blog... just a good cartoon.
Identify **where** feces can be found in the alimentary canal.
October 30, 2008
Can you list the parts of the LI?
Try to list the parts of the large intestine (the colon, the large bowel) from the part that connects to the end of the small intestine to the end of the alimentary canal.
October 29, 2008
Bolus
In what parts of the alimentary canal do you find a bolus?
Name the parts of this organ from superior to inferior.
Old Blood Is Found to Induce Infections
Old blood is found to induce infections
October 28, 2008 (Source: StarTribune Website
Hospitalized patients who received blood that had been stored for more than four weeks were nearly three times as likely to develop infections as those who received fresher blood, researcher said Tuesday.
The blood itself was not infected, but the release of chemical agents called cytokines by the stored blood may have affected the recipient's immune systems, rendering them more susceptible to infections, said Dr. Racquel Nahra of the Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark.
**Question**
Do you think this is really true??? That people who receive "older" blood transfusions are more likely to be infected? Why/why not?
The patients typically had an increase in urinary tract infections, pneumonia and infections associated with intravenous lines, but those who were infected were no more likely to die, she told a Philadelphia meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians.
And while the apparent increase in risk was large, the overall number of infections remained small, she said.
Current rules permit blood to be stored for 42 days before it must be discarded. Blood banks typically use the oldest blood on hand first so it is not wasted.
The new study follows a March 2008 report that heart surgery patients who received blood that had been stored for more than two weeks were 64 percent more likely to die in the hospital than those who received fresher blood.
The differences in the studies highlights "a need for controlled studies on the effect of the age of blood on patient outcomes," said Dr. Richard J. Benjamin, chief medical officer of the American Red Cross.
But, he added, donated blood plays a key role in patient care and "physicians and patients need to weigh the potential benefits against the small risk of harm caused by transfusion."
The study, conducted at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J. while Nahra was on staff there, included 422 patients in the medical/surgical intensive care unit who received stored blood between July 2003 and September 2006. Overall, 57 patients developed one or more infections while they were hospitalized.
Patients who received blood that was older than 32 days were 2.9 times more likely to develop an infection than those who received blood less than 28 days old, said Dr. David Gerber of Cooper University Hospital, the senior author of the study.
Chyme
In what parts of the alimentary canal can you find chyme? (Is this image gross?)
What type of tissue is this?
a. lung
b. trachea
c. alveolar
d. small intestine
e. stomach
October 28, 2008
Cystic Fibrosis
(1) In this image, you see a child being treated for cystic fibrosis. What type of treatment is she receiving?
(2) What is the main cause of cystic fibrosis?
An Iron Lung
In this image, you see children in an iron lung. What was the function of this machine? (Yes, this is a real picture!)
October 27, 2008
Schedule for October 28-November 14
Tuesday, October 28: Explanation of Poster Assignment/The Digestive System
Thursday, October 30: Select Vocabulary for Quiz 2/The Respiratory System
Friday, October 31: Introduction to the Nervous System
Tuesday, November 4: NO CLASS! VOTE!!!
Thursday, November 6: TBA
Friday, November 7: Poster Presentation Preparation
Tuesday, November 11: TBA
Thursday, November 13: Poster Session--be ready to explain your poster to visitors from 8:15-9:15AM
Friday, November 14: TBA
**NOTE: There will be no more class cancelations this term because of the intensity of our work between now and the end of the term. Please be aware of all of the deadlines for assignments for both PsTL 1082 and PsTL 1135. We will be flying through material in the next seven weeks.
How many of the following are true?
Almost all the oxygen (over 98%) that blood transports combines with the protein hemoglobin in red blood cells.
One red blood cell can carry a maximum of 4 oxygen molecules.
Oxygen attaches specifically to the iron atoms found in hemoglobin.
Approximately 2% of the oxygen in the blood is carried by the leukocytes.
The majority of carbon dioxide in the blood is carried by erythrocytes.
The most important carbon dioxide transport mechanism involves the formation of bicarbonate ions.
a. none
b. one
c. two
d. three
e. four
f. five
October 23, 2008
NO CLASS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH!
In class this morning, we decided that tomorrow (Friday, October 24th), there will be no PsTL 1082-1 class. Instead, we will be having an extended class session for the poster presentation on Thursday, November 13th from 8-9:15AM.
October 14, 2008
Identify the Hormone.
Which of the following hormones is involved with the uptake of glucose?
A. GH
B. ACTH
C. insulin
D. sucrose
E. testosterone
October 13, 2008
Schedule for October 14-23
Tuesday, October 14: In-class work on Chapter 13: Blood Vessels
Thursday, October 16: Turn in Endocrine System handout, write practice test questions for Exam 2 in PsTL 1135
Friday, October 17: Review practice test questions written by students
Tueday, October 21: Review practice test questions written by instructor
Thursday, October 23: Surprise!
October 10, 2008
why do veins have valves?
October 7, 2008
Pacemaker
What is the purpose of the pacemaker? Why would someone have a pacemaker put inside their body?
October 4, 2008
Why is #6 in this image called "Big Red"?
October 1, 2008
Practice Test Question!
How many of the following are involved with the process of hemostasis?
a. 1 *proteins
b. 2 *fibrin
c. 3 *platelets
d. 4 *ACh
e. 5 *myosin