Discuss your understanding of how a Christian worldview could be beneficial in treatment of the patient diagnosed with this pathogen.

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  1. Write a 2 to 3 page paper (not including title or reference pages) on the pathogen you outlined in Session 5.

In the paper, you will need to address:

    • Brief introduction or background information (include statistics when possible)
    • Basic characteristics (i.e. shape, gram stain, envelop or non-enveloped virus, etc.)
    • Modes of transmission
    • Virulence factors
    • Prevention and treatment
    • * Discuss your understanding of how a Christian worldview could be beneficial in treatment of the patient diagnosed with this pathogen.

* Required sections for your paper that were not required for your Outline assignment in Session 5.

Write this paper in Microsoft Word and format it according to APA guidelines. Properly cite your sources for the points explored in the paper. Use the rubric linked to this assignment for the standard of writing required for this assignment.

When finished, upload your paper by the due date posted.

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What are the qualifications of the authors to write these articles? What are their educational credentials and affiliations? What experience do they have writing about this topic?

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BIO 101: Writing Assignment: Compare and Contrast Two Articles

Directions: The purpose of this assignment is to become familiar with different types of sources that are available to us when researching a topic. As you know, we will be examining how information derived from popular press sources and scholarly (peer-reviewed) scientific sources on the same topic vary. To complete the assignment, you will select a scientific topic of interest and use techniques introduced by your librarian to find both scholarly and non-scholarly articles on your scientific topic. In doing so you will work though the “compare and contrast” worksheet provided in canvas as demonstrated by the librarian. Once this portion of the assignment is complete, you can then move on to the actual written assignment. When you are filling out the worksheet, please a blue font to distinguish your answers from the questions. If you’d like, you can paste your entire paper at the end of the worksheet and submit the worksheet and paper as one document.

Part 1: The Worksheet and Prep for Your Paper

Step 1. Pick a Topic. Pick any biology topic such as evolution, biotechnology, genetics, environmental concerns, etc. You can get some ideas from the table of contents of your biology textbook. Topic Selected:

Step 2. Find Two Articles. Find two articles on your selected topic, one that is more popular (magazine or newspaper) and one that is more scholarly, using the library article databases linked on the BIO 101 Lab Research Guide (libguides.nvcc.edu/bio101-al). Create citations for the two articles you found:

Popular Periodical Article (Newspaper or Magazine) Citation: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/video/human-evolution/Scholarly Journal Article Citation:

After you have found your articles and completed your citations, you can have them reviewed by a librarian to check that you have one of each type of article and to check your citations.

Step 3. Read Articles & Take Notes. Look for, identify, and take notes on:
Article characteristics (select only three of these to focus on):
Author credentials: What are the qualifications of the authors to write these articles? What are their educational credentials and affiliations? What experience do they have writing about this topic?
Audience: Who is the intended audience? Consider language/jargon, concepts.
References: Describe any references or works cited, including the amount of references, type of
references, where in the article the references are provided.
Publisher: Identify the publisher and any relevant information about the publisher.
Purpose: Why was the article written?
Editing: Is it peer reviewed? Or basic editing? How do you know?

Notes on Popular Periodical Article (Newspaper or Magazine)

Popular Article Characteristic 1:

Popular Article Characteristic 2:

Popular Article Characteristic 3:

Article Main Point 1:

Article Main Point 2:

Notes on Scholarly Journal Article

Scholarly Article Characteristic 1:

Scholarly Article Characteristic 2:

Scholarly Article Characteristic 3:

Article Main Point 1:

Article Main Point 2:

Step 4. Compare the Content of the Two Articles and Write a Paper. Use your notes from Step 3 as the basis to write a 1,200-word paper (preferably single spaced and 11 font) comparing the popular and scholarly articles you found to one another: Highlight your chosen criteria.

A. Use three criteria from the list below to describe and discuss for each article:
Author credentials What are the qualifications of the authors to write these articles? What are their educational credentials and affiliations? What experience do they have writing about this topic?
Audience: Who is the intended audience? How can you tell? Consider language/jargon, concepts.
References: Describe any references or works cited, including the amount of references, type of references, where in the article the references are provided.
Publisher: Identify the publisher and any relevant information about the publisher.
Purpose: Why was the article written?
Editing: Is it peer reviewed? Or basic editing? How do you know?

B. Compare the content of the popular and scholarly articles.
Describe 2-3 key points from each article.
How is the content similar?
How is the content different?
Read the section below to get an idea on how to structure the paper, and you can see how the paper will be graded.

What methods were used to conduct the research? Why were they appropriate?

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Find a research article on the chromatin or on the nucleosome. Attach the article as a downloadable file. Evaluate the article by answering the following 5 questions about the article. The answers require explanations. Simply answering yes or no is not acceptable. Justify all of your answers. A minimum of 10 lines of text is required for answering each question. The 10 lines is based on writing it in Microsoft Word (or equivalent) using Font Arial and Font size 12, with margins of 1 inch on the left and right.For one of the questions (you can select Question 5), specifically post a false response, that from a cursory reading looks accurate. Try to make your justification as believable as possible, that is, do not make it obvious that that answer is the false answer. Write down your thought process when creating this false answer.
1.What two main points did you understand from the abstract?
2.What methods were used to conduct the research? Why were they appropriate?
3.What key finding did you see in the results?
4.Provide a summary of the author’s conclusions.
5.Were the conclusions accurate for the results presented in the paper?( choose wrong answer for this one)

Describe another infection that can cause a rash. Compare and contrast that infection with the one described above.

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Concerning Rash

Your stepbrother John is 5 years old. One day he comes to the breakfast table with a bright red face almost as if he had been slapped. When you look more closely you can see thousands of tiny red bumps on his skin. He has a milder rash on his arms and legs and just a few bumps on his trunk. He isn’t acting sick and doesn’t have a fever. He had chickenpox when he was 3 and his immunization schedule is up to date. He sticks his tongue out at you while you’re examining his skin and that reminds you to check his throat, which looks normal, no redness. He says his throat hasn’t felt sore. Your mom mentions that he had a runny nose for the last few days, but he hasn’t felt ill.

What is your diagnosis? Why was his throat checked?
Can John go to kindergarten today? Why or why not?
Is this infection rare? Explain.
Are any sequelae associated with this infection? If so, name them.
Describe another infection that can cause a rash. Compare and contrast that infection with the one described above.

Why was the doctor initially dubious about your diagnosis and why does the patients recent immigrant status convince her that your diagnosis was correct?

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You are working as a receptionist at the only family practice in a small town in Idaho while you are studying to become a physician’s assistant. On a Saturday morning you are the only office worker there when a call comes in from a local church. The congregation is hosting a family that moved to the United States from Peru six weeks ago and is helping them find housing and work. In the meantime, the family is staying at a church-owned house and relying heavily on church members for help negotiating this new country and for translation while their English is still sketchy.

The woman on the phone identifies herself as Leslie, a church member. She seems distraught. She says that the mother of the young family became ill yesterday and seems extremely ill now. Her symptoms started out as stomach cramps and quickly progressed to a very watery diarrhea. You hear moaning in the background and Leslie tells you that the patient is pointing to her calves and crying. You ask Leslie how many stools the sick woman has had in the last 12 hours. She replies that it is almost constant and that the woman can no longer leave her bed at all.

When asked, Leslie says there is no blood in the excreta. It is very clear with lots of little white flecks in it. You put her on hold and run down the hall to the examining room where the physician is doing a well-baby check.

When the doctor opens the door you whisper that you think there’s a case of  on the phone.
The doctor’s eyes widen and she asks you how you came to that conclusion. What is your reply?
Why was the doctor initially dubious about your diagnosis and why does the patients recent immigrant status convince her that your diagnosis was correct?
The doctor asks you to tell Leslie to call 911. The sick woman should be transported to an emergency room right away and the doctor will call ahead and meet her there. What is the first intervention likely to be performed when the patient arrives?
The next day you ask the doctor about the patient’s status. She says that currently the patient is receiving a course of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, though it won’t help her. Why won’t it help her and why was it prescribed if it won’t?
The incubation period for this disease is one to four days. Can you think of any way that the young mother could have been infected so recently even though she has been in this country for six weeks?

What are some current strategies for combating this disease in endemic regions?

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Fever and Sweats
A 63-year-old international telecommunications executive visits your office with complaints of a high fever. The fever is not constant, but intermittent. When you press him for details he estimates that every three days or so he suffers these debilitating “sweats.” He usually has headaches and muscle aches during the episodes. They keep him home from work. After half a day or so he feels better. He reports that he has experienced these episodes for about two months.

What is the name of the condition you suspect?
What should be your first question about the patient’s history?
What is the most likely causative agent (genus and species)? Support your answer.
Which is the most dangerous of the species that can cause this disease. Give some details.
Is this pathogen eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
What are the two main places in the human body that are exploited by the causative organism in this disease?
Can an individual transmit this infection to others? Why or why not?
What are some current strategies for combating this disease in endemic regions? Please research and give details of your findings.
Reference: Cowan, M. K. (2002) The microbe files: Cases in microbiology for the undergraduate (pp. 51-52). San Francisco, CA: Benjamin Cummings.

What was discovered in Antarctica that solidified Wegener’s theory of continental drift?

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Question 1 (1 point)

Based on this map, what is one continent in which the there are two (or more) plates?

Question 1 options:

A) Africa
B) Europe
C) North America
D) Asia

Question 2 (1 point)

What was discovered in Antarctica that solidified Wegener’s theory of continental drift?

Question 2 options:

A) Mineral deposits
B) Snow and ice
C) Extinct volcanoes
D) Tropical plant fossils

Question 3 (1 point)

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Where do scientists think the next major ocean will be formed?

Question 3 options:

A) Iceland
B) Australia
C) Gulf of Mexico
D) East Africa

Question 4 (1 point)

Based on the article, which is not a reason why humans are drawn to plate boundaries.

Question 4 options:

A) Ore deposits
B) Fertile soil
C) Geothermal energy
D) Nice scenery

Question 5 (1 point)

Two closest tectonic plates to San Francisco are?

Question 5 options:

A) Pacific/North America
B) Pacific/Juan de Fuca
C) Pacific/Californian
D) North American/California

Question 6 (1 point)

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Two closest tectonic plates to Taipei, Taiwan are?

Question 6 options:

A) Philippine/China
B) Eurasian/Philippine
C) Philippine/Taiwan
D) Taiwan/China

Question 7 (1 point)

Two closest tectonic plates to Jerusalem, Israel are?

Question 7 options:

A) Arabian/Eurasian
B) African/Arabian
C) African/Eurasian
D) Mediterranean/Eurasian

Question 8 (1 point)

Two closest tectonic plates to Karachi, Pakistan are?

Question 8 options:

A) Arabian/African
B) Pakistani/Indian
C) Indian/Eurasian
D) Burmese/Eurasian

Question 9 (1 point)

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Boundary A _________

Question 9 options:

A) Transform
B) Continental-continental convergent
C) Continental-oceanic convergent
D) Oceanic divergent
E) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent
F) Continental-continental divergent

Question 10 (1 point)

Why did you choose your answer in the previous question?

Question 10 options:

A) The African plate is subducting under the Arabian Plate, closing off the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean
B) Red Sea is shrinking because two continental plates are coming together.
C) The Arabian and African plates are moving away from each other, creating the Red Sea
D) Red Sea plate is subducting under the Arabian Plate

Question 11 (1 point)

Boundary B _________

Question 11 options:

A) Continental-continental divergent
B) Oceanic divergent
C) Transform
D) Continental-continental convergent
E) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent
F) Continental-oceanic convergent

Question 12 (1 point)

Why did you choose your answer in the previous question?

Question 12 options:

A) Himalayas were formed by the Indian and Eurasian plates colliding
B) Himalayas were formed by Indian plate riding over the Eurasian plate
C) Himalayas were formed by the Eurasian plate riding over the Indian plate
D) Himalayas were formed by the Indian and Eurasian plates moving apart

Question 13 (1 point)

Boundary C _________

Question 13 options:

A) Continental-oceanic convergent
B) Transform
C) Oceanic divergent
D) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent
E) Continental-continental divergent
F) Continental-continental convergent

Question 14 (1 point)

Why did you choose your answer in the previous question?

Question 14 options:

A) Mid-Atlantic ridge was created by South American and African plates colliding
B) Mid-Atlantic ridge was created by North American and Eurasian plates moving apart and the South American and African plates moving apart.
C) Mid-Atlantic ridge was created by North American plate subducting under the Eurasian plate
D) Mid-Atlantic ridge was created by North American and African plates colliding

Question 15 (1 point)

Boundary D _________

Question 15 options:

A) Continental-oceanic convergent
B) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent
C) Continental-continental divergent
D) Continental-continental convergent
E) Oceanic divergent
F) Transform

Question 16 (1 point)

Why did you choose your answer in the previous question?

Question 16 options:

A) The Pacific and South American plates are colliding forming the Andes Mountains
B) The Pacific plate is subducting under the South American plate, forming a deep trench
C) The Pacific and South American Plates are moving apart, forming a deep trench
D) The South American plate is subducting under the Pacific plate, forming a deep trench

Question 17 (1 point)

Boundary E _________

Question 17 options:

A) Continental-oceanic convergent
B) Continental-continental convergent
C) Transform
D) Oceanic divergent
E) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent
F) Continental-continental divergent

Question 18 (1 point)

Why did you choose your answer in the previous question?

Question 18 options:

A) The Pacific and North American Plates are moving apart, forming a deep trench
B) The Pacific plate is subducting under the North American plate, forming a deep trench
C) The Pacific and North American plates are colliding forming the Andes Mountains
D) The North American plate is subducting under the Pacific plate, forming a deep trench

Question 19 (1 point)

Boundary F _________

Question 19 options:

A) Continental-oceanic convergent
B) Oceanic divergent
C) Continental-continental convergent
D) Transform
E) Continental-continental divergent
F) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent

Question 20 (1 point)

Why did you choose your answer in the previous question?

Question 20 options:

A) The two plates are moving apart creating a series of lakes in Eastern Africa
B) The two plates are colliding, creating a series of lakes in Eastern Africa
C) The two plates are sliding past each other creating a series of lakes in Eastern Africa
D) The two plates are colliding and shrinking the lakes in Eastern Africa

Question 21 (1 point)

Boundary G _________

Question 21 options:

A) Continental-continental convergent
B) Oceanic divergent
C) Continental-continental divergent
D) Transform
E) Continental-oceanic convergent
F) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent

Question 22 (1 point)

Why did you choose your answer in the previous question?

Question 22 options:

A) The Pacific plate is subducting under the Philippine plate, forming a deep trench
B) The Pacific and Philippine plates are colliding forming the Andes Mountains
C) The Pacific and Philippine plates are moving apart, forming a deep trench
D) The Philippine plate is subducting under the Pacific plate, forming a deep trench

Question 23 (1 point)

Where was the magnitude of 7.9 recorded?

Question 23 options:

A) Off the coast of Hawaii
B) Off the coast of Chile
C) Off the coast of Papua New Guinea
D) Off the coast of California

Question 24 (1 point)

How many earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 7 were recorded?

Question 24 options:

A) 26
B) 14
C) 2
D) 33

Question 25 (1 point)

How many earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 7 and a depth greater than 400 km were recorded?

Question 25 options:

A) 12
B) 1
C) 15
D) 2

Question 26 (1 point)

Based on a visual inspection of the globe, which country experienced the most earthquakes?

Question 26 options:

A) Chile
B) Japan
C) Russia
D) Canada

Question 27 (1 point)

With respect to all earthquakes, most of them are located along the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean. What is this area – with its distinct pattern of earthquakes – known as?

Question 27 options:

A) Pacific tectonic zone
B) Ring of earthquakes
C) Ring of fire
D) Edge of fire

Question 28 (1 point)

Which of the following describes the spatial relationship between plate boundaries and earthquake epicenters.

Question 28 options:

A) They appear to be randomly distributed
B) There is no apparent spatial relationship
C) They are seldom found near each other
D) They are often found together

Question 29 (1 point)

Using the ruler tool, what is the distance in miles from Kilauea to the center of Kauai?

Question 29 options:

A) 352 miles
B) 325 miles
C) 235 miles
D) 525 miles

Question 30 (1 point)

Using the information above, calculate the average rate of speed (in inches per year, or in/yr) of the plate since the creation of Kauai? (Remember. Convert miles to inches. 63,360 inches = 1 mile).

Question 30 options:

A) 325 miles * 63360 inches/mile / 5,100,000 years = 4.04 inches/year
B) 525 miles * 63360 inches/mile / 5,100,000 years = 6.52 inches/year
C) 235 miles * 63360 inches/mile / 5,100,000 years = 2.92 inches/year
D) 352 miles * 63360 inches/mile / 5,100,000 years = 4.37 inches/year

Question 31 (1 point)

Using the ruler tool, what is the distance in miles from Kilauea to the center of Maui?

Question 31 options:

A) ~130 miles
B) ~150 miles
C) ~90 miles
D) ~110 miles

Question 32 (1 point)

Using the information above, calculate the average rate of speed (in inches per year, or in/yr) of the plate since the creation of Maui? (Remember. Convert miles to inches).

Question 32 options:

A) 110 miles * 63360 inches/mile / 1,300,000 years = 3.56 inches/year
B) 150 miles * 63360 inches/mile / 1,300,000 years = 2.63 inches/year
C) 90 miles * 63360 inches/mile / 1,300,000 years = 4.39 inches/year
D) 130 miles * 63360 inches/mile / 1,300,000years = 3.04 inches/year

Question 33 (1 point)

Do hotspots occur only in the ocean? Explain why or why not.

Question 33 options:

A) No, because, there is evidence of them under continental crust (e.g. Yellowstone)
B) Yes, because there is no evidence of them under continental crust
C) No, because the Andes Mountains in South America are a good example of a hotspot
D) Yes, because they form only under oceanic crust

Question 34 (1 point)

Is Feature H an anticline or syncline?

Question 34 options:

A) Both a syncline and anticline
B) Syncline
C) Hogback ridge
D) Anticline

Question 35 (1 point)

What is Feature I (linear feature) which is located at the base of the Rocky Mountains?

Question 35 options:

A) Both a syncline and anticline
B) Hogback ridge
C) Anticline
D) Syncline

Question 36 (1 point)

What is the name of the cliff face formed by a normal fault?

Question 36 options:

A) Scree
B) Slide
C) Talus
D) Scarp

Question 37 (1 point)

What is Feature J?

Question 37 options:

A) Reverse fault
B) Horst
C) Ridge
D) Graben

Question 38 (1 point)

What is Feature K?

Question 38 options:

A) Reverse fault
B) Graben
C) Horst
D) Ridge

Question 39 (1 point)

What fault is not associated with uplift?

Question 39 options:

A) Overthrust
B) Normal
C) Reverse
D) Strike-slip

Question 40 (1 point)

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Are faults limited to land, or can they occur under water as well? Explain why or why not.

Question 40 options:

A) Limited to land, as there is no evidence of faulting under water
B) Limited to land, as faulting is a continental crust phenomenon
C) Not limited to land, as faulting can occur under water
D) Not limited to land, as faulting requires at least one side to be oceanic.

 

Write a two page essay demonstrating your understanding of how structure and function are related to each other .

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Write a two page essay demonstrating your understanding of how structure and function are related to each other . Explain your answer with examples from biology. The essay should be in your own words and typed in 12 font and single spaced. Please remember to cite your references (APA style ) at the end of your paper.

Discuss Aristotle’s Golden Mean and the ethics of the topic

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Topic dealing with Biology or medicine…diseases or treatments may be a good topic.
There are 2 sections to this paper –
No quotes just paraphrasing
Use text citations
Must include Works Cited/Bibliography

Section 2 – Must discuss Aristotle’s Golden Mean and the ethics of the topic

Discuss the techniques that can be used to determine population size for the following types of organisms:

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For this assignment, list and discuss the techniques that can be used to determine population size for the following types of organisms: Parokaryotes Eukaryotes Diurnal Nocturnal Mobile Sessile