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Haemodialysis is a method for removal of impurities such as creatinine, phosphorous and potassium and urea, as well as free water from the blood when kidney failure. If the patient has kidney malfunctions the impurities are removed by using artificial means of a machine called...
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Sickle cell is hereditary, cures are difficult to discover. By the time a person is diagnosed with the disease it’s too late, the harm has already been done. The complicated task at hand required even more depth research described in this paper. The ideal solution...
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Hepatitis C Caused by hepatitis C infection (HCV) as the essential causal operator, hepatitis C is an exceptionally irresistible viral sickness. Basically, this viral disease influences the liver, and it is mostly through intravenous medication utilize that blood to blood contact happens, prompting the spread...
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Iron deficiency anemia occurs when there is a deficiency in the hemoglobin levels due to a lack of iron in their body. Iron deficiency anemia is a very common type of anemia. The body requires a certain amount of iron and with an iron deficiency,...
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Many of us deal with weight problems on a regular basis. Everywhere an individual goes, and looks, there are advertisements on how to lose weight, and become healthier as a result. The ultimate goal and end objective of any weight loss regimen should be to...
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The human body consists of various blood groups with one important one being the ABO blood group, which aids in blood transfusions. The ABO blood group was discovered during the years of 1900 and 1901 at the University of Vienna by Karl Landsteiner when he...
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A key feature of the Gothic genre in The Bloody Chamber,’ Frankenstein and Dr Faustus is Transgression. Transgression, put simply is the violation of a particular societal, moral or natural law. It is breaking boundaries, or breaking rules of society, which is reflected in all...
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It’s made of two separate circuits and the blood passes through the heart twice. The pulmonary circuit carries blood to the lungs where carbon dioxide is removed from the blood, and oxygen is taken up by the haemoglobin in the red blood cells and then...
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All humans have blood, but what is blood? What is blood’s composition? What is blood’s purpose? How is blood produced? How does the blood circulatory system work? What are the types of blood? Do all animals have blood? Is blood always red? This report will...
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Genetic disorders are (usually) rare disease not caused by viruses or other pathogens, but rather from human genetics itself. These disorders are sometimes inherited, like cystic fibrosis, and other times caused by mutations, like Down’s syndrome. Sickle cell is a (inherited) genetic disorder and causes...
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Hemoglobin levels in individuals with chronic kidney disease fluctuate frequently above or below the recommended target levels within short periods of time even though the calculated mean hemoglobin remains within the target range of 11 to 12 g/dl. Anemia is a common complication of chronic...
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Exisiting System Unlike finger pricking, the traditional method of monitoring levels of the blood sugar glucose, the new patch detects the levels of glucose in a person’s sweat. Research has shown that glucose level in sweat accurately reflect glucose levels in the blood. The researchers...
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As we have mentioned above, as the heart muscle begins to weaken from the narrowing and blocked filled with plaque arteries the person will start to feel chest pains also known as angina. Which the patient will begin to experience discomfort and may feel like...
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Introduction/h3> We can consider sickle hemoglobinopathies are due the presence of one or several abnormal hemoglobins with abnormal red blood cell formation under conditions of hypoxia and acidosis. The deformed red cells are rigid, being able to obstruct the small blood vessels and cause hypoxia....
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Phlebotomy is a method of making a cut in a vein. Phlebotomy is also called venipuncture .Venipuncture is also the method of taking intravenous access as the purpose of taking venous blood samples. Getting out the blood from the vein is a very difficult task....
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CLAIM Offering payment to potential blood donors would increase the availability of blood for transfusion in medical emergencies. RATIONALE Cells are the building blocks of all living things and are made up of a nucleus, cell membrane, vacuole, and cytoplasm. Not all cells are the...
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In the U.S., we are given the right to make our own choices for what goes on with our bodies. Making the decisions and giving consent as well as refusing, it is up to the single person alone. As U.S. citizens we have that power...
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Background Information: Donating blood is undoubtedly a great way to save lives because it benefits both the recipient and the donor. The blood supply in a country is correlated to voluntary and unpaid donors because they are the most secure blood donation group with the...
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Although the heart plays one of the biggest roles in the circulatory system, the rest of the system is also very important as it is what transports blood to and from the heart to keep the body alive. Blood is transported throughout the body by...
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“Petals of Blood ” is a novel of Kenyan literature that bears the hallmarks of Kenya and its people, the history of its long struggle and also its post-independence struggle that was harder and harder than it was before. In this novel, the Kenyan writer...
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Forensic science is one of the most important pillars used to understand the facts and events of crime, through the analysis of evidence in the crime scene and the re-creation of crime events that will help the crime investigators to solve there crime cases ,...
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There are 4 major types of blood A, B, AB, and O. What blood you have depends on what antigen is on red cells and what antibody in the plasma; more on that later. Blood type is hereditary and which one you have, depends on...
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Hemophilia A and Hemophilia B are inherited in a X-linked patter. Sudden effects of hemophilia include sudden pain, swelling, and warm joints, in the knees, elbows, hips and possibly your shoulders. Common symptoms are blood in stool, blood in urine, internal bleeding or swollen joints....
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This is to certify that the NTCC entitled “DETERMINATION OF HEIGHT FROM THE ANGLE OF PROJECTION OF BLOODSTAINS” is submitted as project by Ms. NAVODITA TYAGI B.Sc.(H) FORENSIC SCIENCES during her period of study in Amity University of Forensic Sciences ,AMITY UNIVERSITY,UTTAR PRADESH under my...
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In the ABO blood group system, the red blood cells in humans have molecular differences from individual to individual. The differences are systematic and can be characterized according to a system of four different hereditary types; A, B, AB and O. These types together form...
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On the afternoon of Sunday the 30th of January 1972 soldiers from the British Parachute Regiment, one of the fearsome UK militia units fighting the battle in the north of Ireland, attacked a civil rights march in the town of Derry, killing or fatally wounding...
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Hemostasis is the process that occurs when a blood vessel ruptures and large amounts of plasma and formed elements may escape (Bostwick and Wingerd, 2013). It can be divided into primary and secondary hemostasis. Primary hemostasis includes platelet and vascular response that is activated by...
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In-vitro anti-inflammatory activity The human red blood cell (HRBC) membrane stabilization method The blood was collected from healthy human volunteer and equal volume of Alsever’s solution (2 % dextrose, 0.8 % sodium citrate, 0.5 % citric acid and 0.42 % NaCl) was mixed with it...
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The respiratory and circulatory systems work together to deliver oxygen to cells of the body (the lungs through air exchange, and the circulatory system by delivery of haemoglobin containing red cells to the capillaries where oxygen is released into the tissues) and removal of carbon...
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It is illegal for athletes to take steroids or any other type of drugs, so they are relying on blood doping. Right before an event, an athlete will blood dope. By doing that they take a substance to enhance the red blood blood cell count....