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Friday, Dec. 5: Chapter 19 Work with Jensen's 1135 Studyguide
Hand out Final Practice Test
Tuesday, Dec. 9: Review of Chapter 18 Objectives from Jensen's 1135 Studyguide
Friday, Dec. 12: 10:15-11:45AM: REVIEW SESSION FOR 1135 FINAL IN ROOM 11, APPLEBY HALL (not required but if you're smart, you'll come!)
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What part of the nephron is included in this image? (Hint: Be very specific!)
What is this type of tissue?
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Which of the following is the most common organ transplanted in the U.S.A.?
a. heart
b. lung
c. kidney
d. heart and lung
e. skin tissues
What tissue is this in the urinary system?
]]>If you missed class last Tuesday (Nov. 25), you should complete the Urinary Reading Review--you need to click on the link, and then you can print the review off. We're going to be working with this at the beginning of class on Tuesday.
]]>Health workers and rights activists sharply criticized the plan Monday.(See TIME's A-Z Health Guide.)
But legislator John Manangsang said by implanting small computer chips beneath the skin of "sexually aggressive" patients, authorities would be in a better position to identify, track and ultimately punish those who deliberately infect others with up to six months in jail or a $5,000 fine.
The technical and practical details still need to be hammered out, but the proposed legislation has received full backing from the provincial parliament and, if it gets a majority vote as expected, will be enacted next month, he and others said.
Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country and has one of Asia's fastest growing HIV rates, with up to 290,000 infections out of 235 million people, fueled mainly by intravenous drug users and prostitution.
]]> But Papua, the country's easternmost and poorest province with a population of about 2 million, has been hardest hit. Its case rate of almost 61 per 100,000 is 15 times the national average, according to internationally funded research, which blames lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases."The health situation is extraordinary, so we have to take extraordinary action," said another lawmaker, Weynand Watari, who envisions radio frequency identification tags like those used to track everything from cattle to luggage.
A committee would be created to decide who should be fitted with chips and to monitor patients' behavior, but it remains unclear who would be on it and how they would carry out their work, lawmakers said Monday.
Since the plan was initially proposed, the government has narrowed its scope, saying the chips would only be implanted in those who are "sexually aggressive," but it has not said how it would determine who fits that group. It also was not clear how many people it might include.
Nancy Fee, the UNAIDS country coordinator, said the global body was not aware of any laws or initiatives elsewhere involving HIV/AIDS patients and microchips.
Though she has yet to see a copy of the bill, she said she had "grave concerns" about the effect it would have on human rights and public health.
"No one should be subject to unlawful or unnecessary interference of privacy," Fee said, adding that while other countries have been known to be oppressive in trying to tackle AIDS, such policies don't work.
They make people afraid and push the problem further underground, she said.
Local health workers and AIDS activists called the plan "abhorrent."
"People with AIDS aren't animals; we have to respect their rights," said Tahi Ganyang Butarbutar, a prominent Papuan activist.
He said the best way to tackle the epidemic was through increased spending on sexual education and condom use.
SOURCE: Time Magazine. Available online
Tuesday, Nov. 25: Class session will be spent on words of the day. Be prepared to share your definitions with the class.
Tuesday, Dec. 2: Studyguides due for Chapter 18
Thursday, Dec. 3: Diagramming the Reproductive System
Friday, Dec. 4: Studyguides due for Chapter 19/Write Practice Test Qs.
Tuesday, Dec. 9: Review Practice Test for the Final
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HOUSTON (AP) - Astronauts tinkered Sunday with a troublesome piece of equipment designed to help convert urine and sweat into drinkable water, which is vital to allowing the international space station crew to double to six.
Station commander Michael Fincke and space shuttle Endeavour astronaut Donald Pettit changed how a centrifuge is mounted in a urine processor, which is part of the newly delivered $154 million water recovery system. The centrifuge is a spinning device that helps separate the water from urine.
It was on rubber grommets to reduce vibrations, and Mission Control asked Fincke to remove them and just bolt the piece down.
]]> "We're very hopeful for this, and if not, we have a few other tricks up our sleeves," Fincke said from the space station after the task was finished.Flight controllers were heartened Sunday evening that the first test after the repairs showed no immediate problems.
As a last resort, Endeavour could bring the problematic part back to Earth for repairs when the shuttle departs on Thanksgiving. That option could complicate plans to add crew members to the station since several water samples need to brought back for tests before astronauts can drink from the contraption.
Samples will be brought back on Endeavour and in February on space shuttle Discovery.
The astronauts have been trying to get the system running for four days, but the urine processor has worked for just two hours at a time before shutting down. A normal run is about four hours.
The water recovery system, delivered a week ago by Endeavour, is essential for allowing six astronauts to live on the space station by the middle of next year.
"Without being able to recycle urine, that does take down some of our capability," Fincke said. "It's not necessarily a show-stopper but it's something that we definitely need to address."
Engineers were studying whether six people could still live at the station with the urine processor working two hours at a time, said flight director Courtenay McMillan.
"We don't know if it's a good idea to start and stop it multiple times," McMillan said. "We may be breaking something further until we really understand what's going on."
Flight controllers had hoped the water samples would have a mixture of 70 percent from condensation and 30 percent from urine. Given the problems with the processor, that ratio stands at 90 percent condensation and 10 percent urine.
Mission managers have decided not to extend Endeavour's trip by an extra day since the astronauts have enough water samples.
While Fincke worked on the processor, Endeavour's seven astronauts had part of the day off Sunday, except Pettit who gave up some of his off-duty time to work on the water recycler.
Astronauts Stephen Bowen and Robert "Shane" Kimbrough prepared for the fourth and final spacewalk of the two-week mission. The spacewalkers will finish cleaning and lubing a jammed joint, which allows the station's solar wing to rotate in the direction of the sun. They also will lubricate a twin solar-wing joint, which is running without any problems.
]]>This is a good video to preview the anatomy of the urinary system...
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