Essays: (at least 300 words per prompt)

1. How is the Gram stain used to classify bacteria? How do antibiotics inhibit the growth of bacteria? Explain how carriers play an important role in the transmission of pathogens. Jan acquired a MRSA infection during a stay at a rehabilitation facility. Jans physician tells her that her MRSA was caused by S. aureus. How would you explain to Jan what S. aureus is and how it can cause diseases?

2. Lou had abdominal surgery. During his stay at the hospital a catheter was inserted into his bladder. After returning home Lou was diagnosed with a nosocomial infection. What are the principle routes of transmission of nosocomial infections? What can be done to prevent nosocomial infections? What are three reasons why rates of nosocomial infections are markedly higher in developing countries? What are five things that increase the risk of nosocomial infection?

3. What is the difference between a neoplasm, benign tumor, and malignant tumor? Identify four chronic infections that may cause cancer, and what cancer the infection might cause. Mr. Brown age 63 and Mrs. Brown age 61, are being seen in for a routine check-up. What cancer screenings should Mr. and Mrs. Brown receive (name at least 3 and why)?

4. In Western societies, why is colorectal cancer the most common cancer, but yet there has been a decline in the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer over the last 40 years? Identify and discuss four nonspecific warning signs of cancer and which cancer the warning sign is linked to. Aaron is a 28-year-old who had an EBV infection during high school. He noticed one of his lymph nodes in his neck is swollen but is not painful. He is also experiencing night sweats. What is a possible diagnosis? Give some possible treatments for this diagnosis?

DISCUSSION QUESTION (DQ) 1

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUR HEART VALVES, AND DESCRIBE THEIR STRUCTURE AND LOCATIONS.

DISCUSSION QUESTION (DQ) 2

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HEART? PLEASE TRACE A DROP OF BLOOD FROM THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) TO THE LUNGS AND THEN FROM THE LUNGS TO THE AORTA.  (DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE THE VALVES).

INCLUDE “4” REFERENCES APA FORMAT, (2  REFERENCES PER QUESTION).

TO ALSO USE AS REFERENCE THE BOOK:

MEMMLERS’S THE HUMAN BODY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 13TH EDITION, BY BARBARA JANSON COHEN, KERRY L. HULL

Essay: Write a 800-1600 word essay addressing each of the following questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which question you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount.

Provide an example of classical conditioning, of operant conditioning, and of habituation/recovery in young infants. Why is each type of learning useful?
Using examples, explain why intermodal perception is vital for infants developing understanding of their physical and social worlds.
Cite evidence that motor development is a joint product of biological, psychological, and environmental factors.
Using the text discussion on pages 153-157, construct an age-related list of infant and toddler cognitive attainments. Which ones are consistent with Piagets sensorimotor stage? Which develop earlier than Piaget anticipated?
What impact does toddlers more advanced play with toys have on the development of attention?
Why is the social-interactionist perspective attractive to many investigators of language development? Cite evidence that supports it.
Why do many infants show stranger anxiety in the second half of the first year? What factors can increase or decrease wariness of strangers?
How do genetic and environmental factors work together to influence temperament? Cite several examples from research.

The paper must be typed to reveal your position on why you support or why you do not support” the One-and-Done Concept.  The paper must have only four (4) paragraphs, be supported with at least four references, and be typed with correct syntax.  the title of the paper must be typed in the center of the paper.  The title of the paper should be based on your position:  I Support the One-and-Done Concept in Division 1 intercollegiate basketball or I Do Not Support the One-and-Done Concept in Division 1 intercollegiate basketball. As mentioned earlier, the reflective paper must have only four (4) Paragraphs:
The first paragraph is the introductory paragraph. In this paragraph, write pertinent information about intercollegiate athletics or basketball in the first three or four sentences; in the last sentence of this paragraph, write only the “two persuasive reasons” why you support or do not support the One-and-Done Concept.
The second paragraph must be typed about the first reason cited in last sentence of the introductory paragraph on why you support or against the One-and-Done Concept in Division 1 intercollegiate basketball.  You must substantiate the reason with at least two in-text citations (or external references) written APA style in the text of the paragraph.
The third paragraph must be typed about the second reason cited in last sentence of the introductory paragraph on why you support or against the One-and-Done Concept.  You must also substantiate the reason with at least two in-text citations (or external references) written APA style in the text of the paragraph.
The fourth paragraph must reveal in the first three sentences your reasons for your position on this topic; in the subsequent sentences, you must reveal only your views on how this topic relates to issues, trends, and challenges in athletics, and what you learn from researching the topic.
References:
Under the fourth paragraph, hyperlinked and type in APA style all four or more references cited in the position paper.

Summary:
1)      Bacterial resistance to antibiotics from scientific and socioeconomic perspectives.

a.      What are the most important biological processes for developing antibiotics resistance?

b.      What are the socioeconomic factors which accelerate the development of antibiotics resistance?

c.      For future drugs: what should be done to slow down the development of drug resistance?