Marker College Essays Samples For Students

Prognostic Cancer Biomarkers

The genetic diversity associated with cancer cells are shocking huge; and identifying a suitable prognostic marker is a real challenge. Prognostic cancer markers aims to evaluate objectively a patient’s overall outcome, response to treatment and chances of cancer recurrence. Prognostic markers can also help to select patients for a particular treatments and help predict the beneficial effect of the therapy. DNA, RNA, epigenetic patterns, signaling pathways, proteins, and metabolic biomolecules have been used as prognostic cancer markers. (Mehta et al., 2010)

Given below are few prognostic biomarkers commonly used in cancer medicine:

1. Beta tubulin: Beta tubulin regulates microtubule assembly in the cell. Class III tubulin are expressed by tumor of both neuronal ...

Events Plus is a professional company that conducts seminars for businesses and government organizations. They conduct seminars on a wide variety of subjects, some of which are very popular and some that are not so popular. Naturally, they want to make a profit on all of their courses. There are expenses involved in every course and if they do not get enough participants in each course, they will lose money. The challenge for Events Plus is to figure out how to manage their risks so that they make as much profit as possible and can continue to do business. ...

La Jetée (1962) is a short science fiction film by Chris Marker. It is twenty-eight minutes long, totally in black and white, and it is comprised of a series of photos. The film describes a post-war experiment using time travel from the past to the future and vice versa in post-apocalyptic France. The director uses time travel by employing two techniques: the power of memory through a fairy tale’s illusion and the effect of photography.
Like ‘Snow White’ and ‘Briar Rose’, La Jetée is a fairy tale, a political fairytale. It begins with a story of ...

No Crown for Me: Story Analysis with Questions

Story Summary
The story, No Crown for Me, is about a little girl named Susan. One day her friends ask her to go out to play with them. She has been given a lot of work to complete by her grandmother and tells them she cannot go. They tease her and leave. She looks at the item she is sewing or knitting and thinks to herself that if she just moves the marker her grandmother will not know she did not do the number or rounds she was supposed to have completed before leaving. She moves the marker and takes ...

2. Neurodegenerative disease resulting in mental and intellectual decline (alz.org).
3. Most common cause of dementia and progressively worsens leading to patient’s death.
4. Symptoms
a. Memory loss (alz.org).
b. Inability to solve daily tasks and problems
c.Confusion about place and time
d. Depression and social withdrawal
- Causes of AD
- i. Presence of Amyloid peptide oligomers and neurofibrillary tangles that result in damage and death of neurons.(Gravitz, 2011)
ii. Inherent Genetic predisposition. (APOE) allele 4, GSK3 and TREM2 are part of gene clusters associated with AD ( ...

Though Japanese attack on American naval base in Pearl Harbor was surprise, there was a set of factors, which could potentially lead to a war between the United States and Japan earlier or later. Both sides had a clear understanding of the processes, therefore each of the nations was preparing to the possible escalation.
Propensity towards armed conflict increased significantly after Japanese overrun to Manchuria (a part of Chinese territory) in 1931. During the following years Japan kept on with expansion to China, which led to start of full-scale war between Japan and China (also referred to as Second ...

Genetic modification, as the name suggests, is a biotechnological process by which the genetic material in an organism such as plants is altered in a manner that does not take place in the nature or via nature-influenced recombination. Such organisms which are called as the Genetically Modified Organisms or GMOs find immense practical applications in the modern times. They are used extensively for carrying out medical and biological scientific work, are used to manufacture new pharmaceutical medications and importantly, are used in agriculture to produce good quality crops. The reason why genetic modification has gained prominence in agriculture is because it ...

A NEW DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR DIABETES

According to WHO recommendation of 2011, a new diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes has been proposed. The proposed method is use of HbA1c levels for the analysis of diabetes and its related outcomes. More than as a diagnostic tool, it is used as a prognosis marker. The level of Hb1Ac indicates the severity of diabetes and how grave the disease can turn into. It can also be used as a screening test to determine the chances of developing diabetes in high risk patients, that is, the patients having a sedentary lifestyle, improper eating habits, pre existing heart diseases, patients with a positive family ...

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THE GAY GENE AND HOMOSEXUALITY Author 2
Even with the plethora of technological advances available to the world, the issue of what exactly determines if an individual becomes a homosexual still remains unresolved. Some people feel homosexuality is a decision based on a person’s environment or is a personal choice, while others contend there has to be some factor in a person’s DNA that makes them harken to homosexuality. No matter what stance a person or organization chooses to select, what is readily apparent is scientific studies of various circumstances, factors and situations have yielded a multitude of results. Therefore, the verdict according ...

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Even with the plethora of technological advances available to the world, the issue of what exactly determines if an individual becomes a homosexual still remains unresolved. Some people feel homosexuality is a decision based on a person’s environment or is personal choice, while others contend there has to be some factor in a person’s DNA that makes them harken to homosexuality. No matter what stance a person or organization chooses to select, what is readily apparent is scientific studies of various circumstances, factors and situations have yielded a multitude of results. Therefore, the verdict according to a study that was released in February of ...

Cemeteries are a slice of history. If the occupants could only talk to us, what

fabulous stories we would hear--the birth, life and death of husbands, wives, children,

how they came to Texas and from where; first-hand knowledge of the Civil War, the

Spanish-American War, World Wars One and Two, the Korean War, and the Viet Nam

Conflict by those who were there. Eight cemeteries I have researched on their historical

properties are- Bear Creek Methodist Church and Cemetery, Tullos Cemetery, Hebert

(Herbert) Cemetery, Tom Richardson Cemetery, Mount Zion Cemetery, Connor

Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery, and Fitch Cemetery. Toppled tombstones and

vandalism is a common problem with abandoned and neglected cemeteries which are

often covered in trees and thick underbrush. It is difficult even to ...

Part 1

The equipment used to assess VO2 max and lactate threshold includes the h/p/cosmos Pulsar 5.0 treadmill, the Cosmed Quark PFT Ergo testing equipment, the Cosmed V2 mask, the HR Belt Cosmed-ANT (w/transmitter), and a computer.

Calibration Processes

The preliminary step for the experiment is to perform the calibration of the equipment. The treadmill velocity should be calibrated by marking a point and noting the time it takes to complete a predetermined number of revolutions. This time is used to calculate the velocity by using the length of the belt, which should also be measured. These calibrations should be performed at different ...

Canadian society is understood to widely represent things like equality, freedom, and acceptance, but this is not the case for pay equality. Canadian law prohibits the discrimination in employment of persons based on their race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Although employers are unable to discriminate against women in the hiring process there is still a large wage gap between women and their male counterparts. Gender pay inequality has been widely discussed in various news outlets as a large problem in Canada, which has yet be properly addressed. It has been found that women earn less than men due to ...

In 1946, it was discovered that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) could be transferred from one species to another species, which gave rise to the idea of creating genetically modified organisms (GMO). The first breakthrough in genetic engineering of plants came about 40 years after the above-mentioned discovery in the form of antibiotic resistant tobacco (Bawa & Anilakumar, 2013). Some of the resistance-conferring genes transferred into the plants have toxin producing capabilities, which have made GM crops a prime target for many social and ethical debates (Grover et al., 2014).

Steps in GM crop production

Eukaryotic organisms are made up of DNA, which consists of the same ...

What is Hepatitis B?

Hepatitis is an infection which damages the liver organ known to be responsible for processing of different nutrients, filtering of the blood, and fighting of infections. Hepatitis B is a continuous type of hepatitis infection caused by a double-stranded DNA virus known as Hepatitis B virus (HBV) (Trépo, 2014). Hepatitis B infection can either be acute or chronic. Acute Hepatitis B occurs during the first 6 months of infection while Chronic Hepatitis B is the term used to describe the instance where the virus stays in the body and the person develops a lifelong disease (Centers for Disease ...

Epigenetics

Introduction to epigenetic regulation of gene expression
Epigenetics helps in the study of diversity of phenotypes in a population. It can also help in finding different susceptibilities to a disease in cloned animals or monozygotic twins. Epigenetics are considered as heritable changes in gene expression (Esteller 1148). Researchers have found that early life experiences can result in epigenetic effects leading to long-term outcomes in life (Hall 15).

DNA Methylation.

DNA methylation is considered as the best-known epigenetic marker (Esteller 1148). It is the addition of a methyl group to DNA at the 5-carbon of the cytosine pyrimidine ring preceding a guanine ( ...

Introduction

The history of civilization with all of its setbacks and advances can be termed as a chronicle of leadership outcomes, since the decisions of the leaders of various rank and files all along the journey of civilization caused either prosperity or loss in one or the other spheres of the society. Thus, the awareness regarding the value of leadership and the urge to find or create leaders have already produced a large body of leadership literature. On the other hand, people still believing in the old adage, leaders are born and cannot be made, keep arguing that leadership theories ...

A gene is a DNA code that contains some accurate information that determines a particular characteristic in a given crop. Genetic modification of crop plants refers to the process by which a DNA from a different plant or animal is introduced to another plant. The new gene introduced leads to a permanent change in the genetic makeup of the cell to which the new DNA is introduced (Freedman, 2009).
According to Chrispeels, Sadava and Chris peels (2003), there are several steps through which genetic modification of crops is done. The gene is first isolated from the plant or an animal containing it. This process ...

Creative Social activities that incorporate children with special needs

Introduction
Children with special needs, like every other child, long for a peer group to associate. When peer groups do not appreciate their presence or effort, their emotion growth is affected. Striving to fit in a group that resists the person trying to prove they are useful is traumatizing. Young children are playful and engage in many social activities such as fun games and interesting learning activities. Most of these activities require a group of participants and competition for enjoyment. When the children with disabilities are completely unable to participate effectively or enjoy the activities equally, they feel odd and secluded. ...

Chromatography is a laboratory technique which involves the partitioning of molecules of plant pigments. In this technique a mixture is dissolve in a fluid which carries the unknown analyte to a structure which can hold the material causing the two components to separate. This technique can be categorized as preparative or analytical. By preparative chromatography it means, the separation of a mixture for the purpose of advance utility in this case, the mixture undergoes a purification process. Analytical chromatography on the other hand is prepared in smaller doses of materials and is performed casually to measure the relative proportions of analytes in the mixture. In ...

Standard costing and variance analysis

The standard cost is the predetermined cost that is carefully and definition. The estimated cost of the production of a single unit or the cost of different service performance is done (Rajasekaran & Lalitha, 2011). This is the narrow definition of the standard cost. The broad meaning of the standard cost is the estimated production cost that is involved in the projects, operation production and the administrative purposes. The standard costing uses the techniques that standardize the cost and the revenues. This is in the purpose of controlling the cost factors and the determinant through the variance analysis.
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Lung cancer is a deadly disease that jeopardizes health of people globally. Diagnosis of this disease has made it difficult to be prevented or treated since no single test has been found to diagnose lung cancer accurately. Hence, series of tests have been implemented to test for this disease. The diagnosis of the disease has enabled doctors to come up with some specific and accurate preventive measures that have been put in place to reduce the incidences of this disease. The section of this paper will therefore discuss laboratory measures and diagnosis of lung cancer, useful tumors of cancer diagnosis ...

Assignment 2 (Modules 4-6)

Background information:
The diagram below shows the activation of mTORC1 by growth factors as already encountered in workshop 5. The activity of mTORC1 is mainly controlled by the tuberous sclerosis complex, which consists of a heterodimer of tuberin (TSC2) and hamartin (TSC1). The known function of hamartin is to stabilise tuberin. Tuberin has GAP (GTPase activating activity) towards the G-protein Rheb. Rheb is active in its GTP-bound form and activates the mTOR kinase resulting in phosphorylation of S6Kinase (S6K) and consequently ribosomal protein S6, as well as 4EBP-1, resulting in protein synthesis and cell growth. Growth factor signalling results ...