Holiday events in nearby areas

Hey guys!! The holiday season is fast approaching, and there’s a lot you can do to enjoy it. Here’s a few events:

Winterfest — East Windsor
November 28, 2008 to December 28, 2008
Ride a restored trolley as you travel through a tunnel of colored lights. Return to the winter wonderland with model trains, entertainment, refreshments, and visit with Santa (through December 21). Location: Connecticut Trolley Museum, Route 140. Time: 5-9 p.m. Cost: Adults, $10; seniors, $8; children age 2-12, $6. Information: 860-627-6540 or visit www.ct-trolley.org.

Gingerbread Day – West Hartford
December 6, 2008
Bring your family and friends to create a gingerbread house from fresh, home baked gingerbread and icing. Christine Brooks, owner of Sweet Domestics and creator of the Spicebrook Forest Gingerbread House Collection, leads the workshop. The workshop fee includes homemade gingerbread cookies, fresh icing, and instructions on building the house. Registration is required. Location: Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, 227 South Main Street. Time: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Fee: $15. Information and registration: 860-521-5362 ext. 21 or visit www.noahwebsterhouse.org

An American Collector’s Christmas – Farmington
November 18, 2008 to January 4, 2009
Enjoy a rare glimpse into the holiday environment of a well-to-do New England family at the turn of the 20th century. Location: Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road. Time: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Museum admission. Information: 860-677-4787 or visit www.hillstead.org.

“A Christmas Carol” – Hartford
November 28, 2008 to December 28, 2008
This Victorian classic continues to provide heartwarming family memories and spooky frights over 160 years after Charles Dickens introduced Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Location: Hartford Stage, 50 Church Street. Time: Call for schedule Cost: $27-$66; $10 discount for children age 12 and younger. Information: 860-527-5151 or visit www.hartfordstage.org.

Spanish Medical Terminology

These are some examples of medical terminology in Spanish. You will see how easy it is because is very similar to English. So, try to consider taking a class on Spanish Medical Terminology, it does not matter if you are or not in the medical field, it is always nice to learn something new.

Body Parts	Partes del Cuerpo
bone	el hueso
cartilage	el cartílago
blood cell	la célula sanguíneo
joint	la articulación
marrow	la médula, el tuétano, el meollo
muscle	el músculo
ligament	el ligamento
nerve	el nervio
skin	la piel
pores	los poros
hair	el pelo
follicle	el folículo
scalp	el cuero, el cabelludo
head	la cabeza
bald	calvo adj
bald spot	el claro
brain	el cerebro, los sesos
face	la cara
wart	la verruga
mole	el lunar
forehead	la frente
temple	la sien
eyes	los ojos
eyebrow	la ceja
eyelash	la pestaña
eyelid	el párpado
nose	la nariz
sinus	el seno
ears	las orejas
eardrum	el tímpano
sideburns	las patillas
mouth	la boca
moustache	el bigote, el mostacho
teeth	los dientes, las muelas
gums	las encías
tongue	la lengua
tonsils	las anginas, las amígdalas
throat	la garganta
lips	los labios
cheeks	las mejillas, los carrillos
chin	la barba, la barbilla, el mentón
neck	el cuello
collarbone	la clavícula
lymph gland	el ganglio linfático
shoulder	el hombro
arm	el brazo
armpit	el sobaco, la axila
biceps	los bíceps
elbow	el codo
forearm	el antebrazo
wrist	la muñeca
hand	el mano
fist	el puño
palm	la palma
thumb	el pulgar
finger	el dedo
index finger	el dedo índice
middle finger	el dedo del corazón
ring finger	el dedo anular
little finger	el dedo meñique
knuckle	el nudillo
fingernail	la uña
fingertip	la punta del dedo
torso	el torso
side	el costado, el lado
chest, bosom	el pecho
rib	la costilla
nipple	el pézon
heart	el corazón
artery	la arteria
vein	la vena
blood-vessel	el vaso sanguíneo
capillaries	los vasos capilares
lungs	los pulmónes
stomach	el estómago
kidney	el riñón
bladder	la vejiga
prostate	la próstata
intestines	los intestinos
colon	el colon
rectum	el recto
anus	el ano
abdomen	el abdomen
belly	el estómago, el vientre, la barriga
belly button	el ombligo
back	la espalda
spine	el espinazo, la columna vertebral
waist	la cintura, el talle
hip	la cadera
buttocks	las nalgas, las cachas
crotch	la horcajadura
penis	el pene
scrotum	el escroto
testicle	el testículo, la turma
vagina	la vagina
leg	la pierna
thigh	el muslo
knee	la rodilla
kneecap	la rótula, la choquezuela
shin	la espinilla
shinbone	la espinilla, la tibia
calf	la pantorrilla
ankle	el tobillo
foot	el pie
heel	el talón, el calcañar
arch	el empeine del pie
toe	el dedo de pie
toenail	la uña del dedo del pie

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Body Fluids	Los Fluidos del Cuerpo
blood	la sangre
bloodstream	la corriente sanguínea
perspiration	la transpiración, el sudor
tears	las lágrimas
saliva	la saliva
mucus	el moco, la mocosidad
snot	el mocarro
vomit	el vómito
pus	el pus, la postema
urine	la orina, los orines

Conditions	Condiciones
ache, pain	el dolor
throbbing pain	el dolor pungente
bellyache	el dolor de barriga, el dolor de tripas
headache	el dolor de la cabeza
AIDS	SIDA, el síndrome de inmuno-deficiencia adquirida
He is still alive.	Él está con vida.
arthritis	la artritis
bite (bird, insect)	la picadura
bite	la mordedura
bleeding	la sangría
bloody	ensangrentado/a
bruise	el moretón, el cardenal
nosebleed	la hemorragia nasal
cancer	el cáncer
head cold	el resfriado de cabeza
chest cold	el resfriado de pecho
cough	la tos (toser)
concussion	la conmoción cerebral
He is conscious.	Tiene conocimiento, Está consciente.
He is unconscious.	Está sin sentido. Está desmayado.
constipation	el estreñimiento
dead	muerto/a
death	el muerte
to die	morir
He drowned	Pereció ahogado; ha perecido ahogado.
cut (in skin)	la cortadura
diabetic	el/la diabético/a (also an adjective)
insulin	la insulina
hyperglycemic	hiperglucémico/a
hypoglycemic	hipoglucémico/a
blood sugar	la glicemia, la glucemia
infection	la infección, el contagio
injury	la herida, la lesión
broken bone	el hueso roto
high blood-pressure	la hipertensión
decompression sickness	la enfermedad de descompresión
nitrogen bubbles	las burbujas del nitrógino
nitrogen narcosis	la narcosis de nitrógeno
earache	el dolor de oídos
fallen arches	los pies planos
toothache	el dolor de muelas
dental cavity	la caries
dental filling	la obturación, el empaste
diarrhea	la diarrea
disease	el morbo, la dolencia
hayfever	el fiebre del heno
fever	la fiebre calentura
He is running a fever.	tiene fiebre.
hallucinate (verb)	alucinar, tener alucinaciones
pulse, heartbeat	el pulso, el latido del corazón
heart-attack	la ataque cardíaco
heartburn	la acedía
hemorrhoids	los hemorroides
the injured person	la persona herida, la persona lesionado
illness	la enfermedad
malaria	el paludismo, la malaria
malignant	maligno/a
motion sickness	el mareo
nausea	la náusea, las bascas
poison	el tóxico
rash	la erupción
respiration	el respiración
rabies	la rabia
venom	el tóxico, el veneno
snakebite	la mordedura de serpiente
snoring	los ronquidos (roncar)
sore (noun)	la llaga, la úlcera
sore (adjective)	inflamado, dolorido
tumor	el tumor
He is allergic to penicillin	Tiene una alergia a la penicilinia.
vomiting	el vómito

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Treatment	el Tratamiento, La Cura, La Medicación
ambulance	la ambulancia
artificial respiration	el respiratión artificial
bandaid	la tirita, la curita
blood-donor	el/la donante de sangre
blood-pressure	la presión sanguínea, la tensión sanguínea
blood-test	el análisis de sangre
blood-type	el grupo sanguíneo
capsule	la cápsula, la pildora
cast	el enyesado, la escayola
crutch	la muleta
decompression chamber	la cámara de descompresión
dentist	el/la dentista, el odontólogo
diagnosis	el diagnóstico
dose	la dosis
dosage	la dosificación, la dosis
drug	la droga, el medicamento, el fármaco
antibiotic	el antibiótico
antihistamine	el antihistamínico
antiseptic	el antiséptico
aspirin	la aspirina
cough-drop	la pastilla para la tos
decongestant	el descongestionante, el anticogestivo
eardrops	las gotas para el oídos
examination	el reconocimiento médico
hallucinogenic drug	la droga alucinógena
mastectomy	la mastectomía
operation	la operación, la intervención quirúrgica
pill	la pastilla, la píldora, la tableta, el comprimido
prescription	la prescripción
rest	el descanso, el reposo
rest (verb)	descansar, reposar
splint	la tablilla
suppository	el supositorio
surgeon	el cirujano
surgery	la cirugía
surgical	quirúrgico
tablet	la tableta, el comprimido
injection	la inyección
needle	la aguja hipodérmica
medical emergency	la urgencia
nurse	la enfermera, el enfermero
physical examination	la exploración física
vaccine	la vacuna
vaccination	la vacunación

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Medical Dialog	El Diálogo Médico
How do you feel?	¿Qué tal te encuentras?
I feel fine.	Estoy como un reloj. or Me siento bien.
I feel bad.	Me siento mal.
I feel cold.	Tengo frío.
I feel tired.	Estoy cansado. or Estoy fatigado.
I feel hungry.	Tengo hambre.
I feel faint.	Estoy mareado. or Tengo vahidos.
I feel dizzy.	Tengo vértigos.
I don´t feel up to it.	No me siento con fuerzas para ello. (fuerza means strength or vigor.)
Right now I don´t feel like it.	Ahora mismo no quiero.
I have no feeling in my legs.	No tengo sensibilidad en mis piernas.
I am in pain.	Estoy con dolor.
Does it hurt much?	¿Le/Te duele mucho?
Where does it hurt?	¿Dónde le/te duele?
He hurt his ankle.	Se lastimó el tobillo.
Don’t move.	No cambie/es de sitio. No se mueva.
Stay right here.	Quédese aquí.
Wait here.	Espere aquí.
I will get help.	Voy a buscar auxilio.
My elbow hurts.	Me duele el codo. Tengo dolor del codo.

Source: http://www.tomzap.com/sp_med.html

 

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Tami Fagan’s ENGL 104- Research Paper Step by Step

Research paper

 

1. Have an idea about what topic you would like to research
2. Find your sources
3. Read your sources
4. Read your sources again
5. Annotate your sources
6. Ask yourself what point you want to make, what are you arguing? Create your thesis! (It will be a working thesis).
7. Pull out best quotes and best facts/ideas from each (stuff you cannot paraphrase in better words)
8. Create own separate note card for each quote and type it out (to make it easier when you are writing your paper later). Write out source/citation information on back of note card.
9. Write down your thoughts, questions, comments, connections, reactions to quotes in your own words about the quote.
10. Print out and cut out the quotes/thoughts and make a pile of the note cards according to their relevance to each other, categorize them by topic and connections you can make between them (not necessarily by article of origin).
11. Organize these piles from weakest to strongest. This is the way you will be organizing your quotes throughout the essay: from weakest to strongest ideas (usually recommended).
12. Weed out the weakest quotes, the ones you do not really need, that are not imperative to your argument.
13. Once you have these note cards in the order that you want to present them, record an outline to be able to visually see the progression of your ideas and the structure of your essay/argument.
14. Write your rough draft!
15. Revise your essay! Dress up your language and correct grammar mistakes! Then get a second reader to look over your essay.
16. Send paper to the CAE or to another reliable academic resource to check your paper for coherence of thought, etc.
17. Write down your citations and make your works cited page. Check stylistic formatting of essay!

18. Make final revisions, including double checking that you have accomplished the task your professor set before you in the assignment. Print out a hard copy of your

Solution to Metabolic Mypathy

Solution to Metabolic Mypathy

Information one must be familiar with to answer this question:

1.            What is phosphofructinase?

 

Phosphofructinase is an enzyme involved with step three of the glycolysis pathway. It is responsible for catalyzing the addition of a second phosphate group onto fructose-6-phospahte to yield fructose-1,6-biphosphate.  This enzyme is a major point of control for this pathway. Phosphofructinase is allosterically regulated by ADP and AMP to inhibit glycolysis, as well as ATP and Citrate to encourage glycolysis (how does this process work?).

 An important fact to note is that the action of phosphofructinase leads to the formation of a molecule (due to its two phosphates) that will be split into two carbon intermediates which will form two pyruvate molecules (Remember this? Look back to the diagram of the glycolysis pathway in your textbook. The removal of the phosphate group from glycolysis’s final intermediate, phosphoenolpyruvate, is removed to form ATP and pyruvate- needed products for the continuation of aerobic respiration).

 

2.            What is myoglobin?

 

Myoglobin is a muscle protein that stores oxygen within muscle tissue as a reserve for respiration. It will appear in urine of muscle tissue dies (What absent element results in tissue death? ATP! Can you connect this with Metabolic Mypathy?)

 

3.            What is exercise intolerance?

Exercise intolerance is the inability of a person to use his/her muscles for an extended period of time (What does the body need to produce muscle movement? ATP! Muscles require a ton of it.).

I hope, by this point, you have solved this puzzle.

If phosphofructinase is unable to complete its role in step three of glycolysis formation of the bi-phosphate intermediate which leads to the formation of two carbon intermediates which leads to the formation of pyruvate does not occur. When this occurs Citric acid cycle cannot commence, NAD+ and FADH+ are not reduced,  NADH and FADH2 do not enter the electron transport system, and no ATP is produced (a mouth-full, isn’t it?). Hence, in muscle tissue, the absence of phosphofructinase results in the absence of ATP. Without ATP muscle dies. This explains the lack of muscle strength and release of myoglobin.

Also, this disease cannot be treated with ingestible enyzme replacement since the stomach contains powerful digestive enzymes that break down protein. Phosphofructinase is a protein.

That was not bad, right? Here’s the next question.

Aerobic Respiration

Without oxygen, life dies. However, the molecule is not found within the pathway of glycolysis, the first step of aerobic respiration. Why does body need oxygen? In, other words, what happen to body cells of oxygen supply is cut off?

 

By Melissa Reardon

environmental careers

Hey environmental fans and majors,

I just found a couple great sites while I was looking for career/internship listings for environmental science. It’s such a huge field, I know it can be difficult to narrow it down to a specific career or to even know what’s out there. Here’s the links:

http://www.environmentalcareer.com/

http://www.khake.com/page46.html