Assignments for Week Fourteen - Cognition: Bringing Forth a World

1.      Final Blog Assignments

Ø  Post your thoughts on this evening’s discussions.

Ø  Review “Debunking Captivity: 3 Reasons Not to Keep Dolphins in a Tank” 

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/08/debunking-captivity-3-reasons-not-to-keep-dolphins-in-a-tank/

Ø  Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

  

2.      Next week is our last class of the trimester – our Biochemistry Potluck!

All welcome!

Class Blog List

Here is the latest list of class blog addresses:

http://emilyrosetcm.blogspot.com/

http://claireasoper.blogspot.com/

http://lynnchemistry.blogspot.com/

http://thchemacchs.blogspot.com/

http://altruisticneedleninja.blogspot.com/

http://arthurdy.blogspot.com/

http://acchschem.blogspot.com/

http://saramiznerschemblog.blogspot.com/

http://johnny3333.blogspot.com/

http://noelleham.blogspot.com/

http://naturallygazania.blogspot.com/

http://jamiebender.blogspot.com

http://acufarb.blogspot.com/

http://biochemistryacchs.blogspot.com/

http://isabelbiochemistry.blogspot.com/

http://laurrah.blogspot.com/

http://hilarybiochem.blogspot.com/

www.jessiehollandbiochem.blogspot.com

http://yinyangbiochem.blogspot.com/

http://nathanbiochem.blogspot.com/

http://tylerflorenceblog.blogspot.com/

http://kittiesomg.wordpress.com/

http://acchs-biochem-acad-response.blogspot.com/

Assignments for Week Thirteen – Biodiversity

1.      Blog Assignments for Week Thirteen

Ø  “..the human species is living as if it had more than one planet to occupy…” 

What is your own view?

Ø  Post your thoughts on this evening’s discussions?

Ø  Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

2.      Check out the following links:

https://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/factsheets/iyb-cbd-factsheet-sustainable-en.pdf

Sustainable use of biological diversity

 

http://greatlakesecho.org/2014/03/27/from-indiana-to-latvia-connecting-the-seeds-of-environmental-justice-agricultural-biodiversity/

Connecting environmental justice and biodiversity

Your Biochemistry Final Paper

Hi everyone

For your Final Paper for Biochemistry, you can select a topic of personal interest as your starting point, perhaps one that has come up in class discussions.

Or, if you prefer, you may want to compare TCM and conventional western biochemistry as it affects diagnosis or treatment.

I am happy to work with you as you develop your paper - so let me know if you have any questions.

And as a guide, here are some of the titles, or opening sentences, from previous years:

• The Integration of Biochemistry with TCM
• Biodiversity
• Television and Cognition
• Acceptance of TCM through the Translation of TCM Concepts into Western Scientific Terms
• How is Biochemistry Useful to Acupuncturists?
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Our recent readings in molecular cell biology struck me as acutely relevant to our TCM studies at ACCHS, most notably one scientist's epiphany of, "the enormous complexity of a cell as a functioning whole where everything is connected to everything.” 
• The Space Between: "I am many and I am none.”
• Experimenter conducted a self-experiment by reducing the daily intake of her regular hypothyroid medication while under weekly care of a Doctor of Oriental Medicine. As the subject reduced her medication the DOM would supplement with herbal prescriptions and acupuncture treatment to help offset the withdrawals and direct effects of such an experiment.
• In the rich pharmacopeia of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a specific category "invigorating blood" is designated and prescribed specifically to relieve signs and symptoms pertaining to diagnosis of blood stasis."
• The intention of this paper is to open a discussion of the biological considerations of Shang Han Lun Theory using the language of Western Medicine. The purpose in taking on this subject is to help me associate and understand Shang Han Lun six channel theory with physical and biological realities.

Take care

Larry

Assignments for Week Twelve – Cell Biology and Radioactivity

1.      Blog Assignments for Week Twelve

Ø  Post your thoughts on one of this evening’s discussions

Ø  Check out the various links on cells in 2. below, and post your impressions.

Ø  Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

2.      Check out the following links on Cell Biology:

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/index.html

Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html

Animal Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/bacteriacell.html

Bacteria Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html

Plant Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html

Virus Structure

http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm

The Virtual Cell – Cell Biology

 

 

Assignments for Biochemistry Week 11 - The Chemistry of Life

Thank you all for your patience this evening

Your blog assignments for this week:

• Set up your blog and send Larry your blog address
• Post a comment on one of the discussion items in class this evening
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Feel free to post a brief bio introducing yourself.

And here are the links for the articles from class:

'Most family doctors' have given a patient a placebo drug
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-21834440

Acupuncture Calms Anxiety Disorder  - New Research
http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1256-acupuncture-calms-anxiety-disorder-new-research

Sea creatures may offer clues to such vexing problems of medical science as paralysis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/sea-creatures-may-offer-clues-to-medical-sciences-vexing-problems-such-as-paralysis/2014/03/17/7ba9696e-a861-11e3-b61e-8051b8b52d06_story.html

Fish depth limited by biochemistry
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/03/04/3955643.htm

'Parallel universe' of life in oceanic crust could be Earth's largest ecosystem
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/15/oceanic-crust-ecosystem

Fukushima operator may have to dump contaminated water into Pacific
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/10/fukushima-operator-dump-contaminated-water-pacific

  

Research Presentations

Here is the schedule for your Chemistry Research Presentations:

February 25th
Laura - "Superfoods"
Norihiro - "Corn"
Daisy - "Longevity"
Sara - "Ketamine in Childbirth"

March 4th
Gazania - "Aluminum in underarm deodorant "
Ayo - "Qi Gong and Bioelectricity"
Emily - "Marijuana"
Noelle - "Nail Polish"
Thieny - "MSG"

March 11th
Arthur - "Interrelationship"
Claire - "Processed Foods"
Lynn - Parabens and Moisturizers"
John - "The Chemistry of Happiness"
Jaime - "Coconut Oil"
Linda - "Green Soap"

If you need to switch dates please see Larry