...Blood Doping Biology Research Paper Samantha Reid University Seven time consecutive Tour De France champion and yellow rubber band seller of the decade openly admitted to blood doping. His name was Lance Armstrong and not only did he live through cancer, but he was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known. His list of achievement goes on until his banishment for professional racing and the stripping of his titles. He admitted to using banned substances including steroids and blood doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey on January 17, 2013. Why would a man with so many accomplishments cheat the system with prohibited procedures and the use of illegal performance drugs? The three topics that rise in answering why Lance Armstrong blood doped is explaining what blood doping is, the advantage and disadvantages of it and drug use in profession sports. To describe what blood doping is one must first understand some key terms. Hemoglobin is a red protein responsible for carrying oxygen in your blood. Another key term is the cardiovascular system and this is an organ system that distributes the blood throughout the body to deliver nutrients and remove waste. And the respiratory system is the organ system that carries out gas exchange in your body. These three things all work together hand in hand like a smooth operating clock. The respiratory system gets the oxygen from the air and transports it to the blood carried in the hemoglobin. The oxygen enriched hemoglobin...
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...“An alarming number of sports—baseball, football, track and field, and especially cycling—have been shaken by doping scandals in recent years,” reports Scientific American (Schermer, 2008). The performance enhancing drugs are becoming needed good for some athletes in order to succeed. There is a tremendous clash of ideas, what path we should take in according to these types of drugs. The million-dollar question is to legalize them or not. In “Good sport, bad sport” published in The Age, Julian Savalescu and Bennett Foddy (2004) argue that the use of performance enhancing drugs should be legalized in sports because it is not “against the spirit of sport.” First of all, the authors introduce the issue of using drugs in sports as something that has been around for a long period of time, even in the Ancient Olympics. Savalescu and Foddy then explain that the elimination of drug use in sports is failing. They say the athletes’ desire to win is a lot of times stronger than staying clean. In addition, Savalescu and Foddy argue that performance enhancing drugs do not doubt the spirit of sport. In their view, making human biology more effective symbolizes the human spirit. They say that sports are about striving to be better, and drugs allow athletes to do that. Savalescu and Foddy also claim that sports today are aimed against people without genetic predispositions to be the best, and so taking drugs would equalize people with different genetic predispositions. In their opinion, the...
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...as continuity of patient care is vital. I have a particular interest in perioperative care and enjoy learning about procedures and their associated risks, with the aid of virtual simulators. My chosen subjects allow me to assess a situation in a critical and concise manner with the ability to adapt my approach to an issue to resolve it efficiently. It was the study of biology and the learning of disease, diagnosis and treatments which sparked my passion to learn more about human health. I attended Newcastle Mini-Medical School in 2015 learning about the immune system and the issues that transplantation can cause. I also attended workshops learning about the immune system and blood analysis as well as the biochemistry behind urinalysis and its effectiveness and limitations in diagnosis. Chemistry has provided me with an insight into drug synthesis and the importance of manufacture to ensure patient care and health is paramount. Through my studies at A-level I have also acquired the skills to work independently and in collaboration with others and at times have taken a leading role within the group, on a biology fieldtrip I coordinated a group to collect data samples and collate data with others. Whilst maintaining my studies I also have a part-time job within the fast food sector. I possess the skills to provide great customer service and satisfaction and have actively solved problems in an empathetic manner when customers have had issues with their experience. I have also worked...
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...Choice, Sports, Stem Cell Research, Steroids, Terrorism, Violence, War on Drugs, more... Business - Advertising, Business, Buy Web Sites, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Sell Websites Education - ADHD, Learning, Philosophy of Education, Privatization, Public Schools, School Violence, School Vouchers, Teaching, Technology and Education, Test and Testing, Writing English Composition Essays - Analitical, Autobiographical, Argument, Cause/Effect, Classification, Compare/Contrast, Comparison, Conversation, Creative+Writing, Critical, Deductive, Definition, Descriptive, Description, Dialog, Division, Exploratory, Expository, Informative, Interview, Inquiry, Journalistic, Narration, Observation. Personal Narrative, Place, Profile, Process, Proposal English Literature and Literary Analysis - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A & P, Antigone, Apocalypse Now, Araby, The Awakening, Barn Burning, Beowulf, Beloved, Bible, Birthmark, Blade Runner, The Bluest Eye, Candide, Canterbury Tales, Catcher in the Rye, Cathedral, Chrysanthemums, A Clockwork Orange, The Color Purple, Comparing Literary Works, Crime and Punishment, Death of a Salesman, Death in Venice, Desiree's Baby, A Doll's House, Dr. Faustus, Epic of Gilgamesh, Everyday Use, A Farewell to Arms, Frankenstein, The Grapes of Wrath, Great Gatsby, Great Expectations, Glass Menagerie, Gulliver's Travels, The Handmaid's Tale, Heart of Darkness, The Iliad, Invisible Man, Jane Eyre, The Joy Luck Club, The Lottery, ...
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...To a sports fan, it might seem as if with every news broadcast comes another suspension; some athlete, old or young, loses half of his or her season after failing a drug test. In professional sports, where job performance is the primary factor in an athlete’s salary and is practically the only aspect of the athlete that sports fans and owners care about, many professional athletes turn to performance enhancing drugs to gain a competitive edge. One sport in particular that has been overwhelmed with the use of performance enhancing drugs, commonly referred to as PEDs, is Major League Baseball, or the MLB. The issue of PEDs in the MLB has been a long-lasting one, and several of the most famous names in baseball, such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire,...
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...thousand times bigger than the crime I committed.” Anabolic steroids are any drugs used to increase your testosterone levels other than estrogen,progesterone, and corticosteroids and other hormonal medication. Steroid means any class of chemical compound,important to chemistry,biology, and medicine. Anabolism (Anabolic) means the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances from simpler ones. Steroids have slang terms to such as Juice,Roids,Gear, and stackers. In 1930 anabolic steroids were created. Then however they did not go by the name steroids. They were created for men who couldn’t produce enough testosterone. Steroids nowadays are a rescripted medicine people will give to men and women who may have delayed puberty, severe muscle loss like say after breaking your leg and having a cast on it forever,aids,cancer, and anemia. Steroids are synthetic versions of the male sex hormone testosterone....
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...proven FDA treatment for snore relief due to nasal congestion. The nasal strips were initially marketed to sports teams, nasal sufferers and night-time snorers. The main reasons for CNS being successful are because of a demand for the product and because of brand equity. They knew that the majority of USA people suffer from these symptoms, i.e. running nose, snoring. Therefore, they launched this product because there was demand for the product which resulted in effective sales. It was successful in the market internationally as consumers began to seek drug-free natural courses to wellness. Consumers are now more health-conscious and have more needs in the self-care market and therefore CNS products meet these needs. Today, Breathe Right is a $70 million (annual sales) brand with line extensions and companion products. It's brought $200 million of incremental business to drug stores during its little more than four years in the market and it's brought some creative cross-promotions to cough/cold/allergy. The brand's shelf life actually began as an unknown drug-free treatment for snoring, allergy and congestion even before Jerry Rice, the famed San Francisco 49ers receiver, ever laid eyes on it in late 1994. Today he's the celebrity endorser. But back then the brand's route to the NFL was through a sample mailing to team trainers, whom CNS execs knew were trained in biology and could...
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...due to alcohol, drugs and the lack of focus. However, how does homeschooling affect children? Homeschooling is not an effective option because homeschooled children are isolated and poorly socialized, not educated properly, and are at high risk for child abuse. There is strong evidence to support that homeschooled students are isolated and are poorly socialized. Margaret Boyce (2010) who offers her own opinions about homeschooling in the Holland Sentinel, a Michigan newspaper, says that parents of homeschooled children speak very highly of the imaginations developed by their “lonely child”. They are always around adults, and they have little opportunity to develop friendships with children their own age. Homeschooled children never have the chance to have spirit for their school. There is more to school than learning; there is summer break and weekends. Michael Haverluck (2010), who is a writer and reporter for the Christian Broadcasting Network, says that ninety-two percent of public school superintendents believe homeschooled children are emotionally unstable, and deprived of proper social skills. Homeschooled students are poorly socialized, and need to interact with people of their own age. In addition, homeschooled children are not educated properly when it comes to science. Shives (2010), who is an online writer and critic, says that homeschool science curriculum is wrong; it educates the child on creationism rather than evolution. Evolution biology has been the basis...
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...personality tests. Several measurements, such as money or religion, divide humans and place them into different categories. The uniqueness of personality is that it separates people by whom they are and their actions. Personality is the ever evolving totality of characteristics, behaviors, and traits that distinctively define a particular person. Some personality traits are hereditary and others evolve as a person develops depending on their exposure to different aspects of life. The subconscious, biology, level of interaction, and environment of an individual all help shape a personality. Many of the key personality features that define me come from my biology and my interaction with my environments. Athletics are a feature that comes from my parents. My mother played basketball and my father ran track, wrestled, played basketball, and football throughout high school and college. Playing or discussing basketball is a dream job along with a general like for almost every sport. Many of my attitude traits come from service in the United States Army. After four years of service it is quickly understood that excuses do not go very far. In general nothing is too difficult and when the time comes to complete the task do not make excuses. Psychological constructs summarize observations...
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...PANJAB UNIVERSITY (CHANDIGARH) NAAC Status : A Grade University with Potential for Excellence in Biomedical Sciences Admission Notice (Academic Session 2013-2014) Applications are invited for admission to the following courses in the Teaching Departments/Regional Centres of the University for the session 2013-2014. Number of seats is given in brackets for each course. Details governing all aspects of admission to various courses, reservation of seats for SC/ST/Physically Handicapped/Sports and other categories are provided in the P.U. Calendar & Handbook of Information and Rules for Admission. All candidates must submit their application forms for admission in the concerned department(s)/Regional Centres by the specified dates irrespective of the date of declaration of results of the qualifying examination or/ and entrance test P.U.-CET (PG). i) B.E.: Chemical (85+11*), Food Technology (29), Biotechnology (71+3+3*), Electronics & Communication (98+5+5*), Information Technology (98+5+5*), Computer Science (98+5+5*), Mechanical (71+3+3*), Electrical & Electronics (71+3+3*). P.U. Swami Sarvanand Giri, Regional Centre (Hoshiarpur): B.E.: Computer Science (50), Electronics & Communication (50), Information Technology (50), Mechanical (50). B.E with M.B.A. Five Year Integrated Course : Chemical (34+5*), Biotechnology (10), Electronics & Communication (10), Information Technology (10), Computer Science (10), Mechanical (10), Electrical & Electronics (10). The admissions to B.E.&B.E with...
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...Involved in the development of the maternity service. * Communicating effectively and sympathetically with mothers and relatives * Communicating and working inter professionally with other members of staff * Ensuring high standards of clinical care are maintained. * Involved in neonatal resuscitation, cannulation, IV drug administration and taking blood * Supporting the professional development of students and junior midwifery staff. * Making sure all medical equipment is safe to use and properly maintained. * Liaising with other professionals in the multidisciplinary team. * Keeping paper and computerised medical records accurate and up to date. * Acting as the mothers advocate and promoting their own health and wellbeing. * Referring clients to other practitioner’s e.g. senior midwife, obstetrician and paediatrician. * Knowing and separating women from low risk to high risk and providing care appropriately * Scrubbing in theatre – passing instruments to the surgeon during caesarean section whilst maintaining a sterile environment * Breastfeeding support to women Work experience continued….. Sports direct...
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...What Is Drug Addiction? Drug addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences to the drug addict and those around them. Drug addiction is a brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and function of the brain. Although it is true that for most people the initial decision to take drugs is voluntary, over time the changes in the brain caused by repeated drug abuse can affect a person's self-control and ability to make sound decisions, and at the same time create an intense impulse to take drugs. Signs of Substance Use - Topic Overview Signs of Substance Use Guide * Topic Overview * Health Tools * Related Information * Credits The following are some obvious signs that a person may be smokingcigarettes, drinking alcohol, or using other substances. This is not a complete list of signs to look for. If you suspect a particular drug or drugs, get more information on signs of use for those substances. For more information, see Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Cigarettes * A distinctive smell on the breath and clothing * Cigarettes and lighter in his or her possession * Cigarette butts outside a bedroom window or in other odd places around the home Alcohol * Alcoholic beverages missing from the home storage cabinet * Alcohol or mouthwash (used to cover up alcohol) breath orhangover symptoms (nausea, vomiting, or headache), if recently used ...
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...Parole Victim Advocacy EMPLOYERS State and federal correction facilities County jails Precinct station houses Prison camps Youth correction facilities Medium-security correction facilities Voluntary correction facilities Halfway houses and pre-release programs Reintegration programs Alternative schools Juvenile detention centers Juvenile group homes Women’s and family shelters Domestic violence agencies Immigration and naturalization services Other nonprofit organizations STRATEGIES Seek courses or training in topics such as victimology, social problems, diversity issues, or grieving. Supplement curriculum with courses in psychology, sociology, or social work. Gain experience working with a juvenile population in any capacity (i.e., sports teams, summer camp counselor, parks and recreation programs, and community/religious youth groups). Gain related experience in employment interviewing, social casework, substance abuse, and rehabilitation. Learn to work well with people of diverse backgrounds. Consider learning a second language. Maintain a blemish-free driving and criminal record. Gain firearms and self-defense training. Earn a master’s degree in social work or counseling for therapy positions. Obtain a masters degree in criminal justice or business for upper-level positions in facilities management or administration. Consider a double major or minor in the social sciences such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, or political science. Attend a postsecondary vocational...
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...EFFECTS OF CAFFEINE ON AEROBIC CAPACITY Introduction Caffeine is one of the most consumed drugs in the world today, with Australians consuming an estimated 232mg per day on average (Heckman et al. 2010). It is found in many beverages, including coffee, tea, and many energy drinks. Studies suggest the drug increases wakefulness and apparent alertness due to the effects it has on one’s body - caffeine is absorbed within a period of 45 minutes after ingestion, and binds to adenosine receptors located in the central nervous system, blocking the neurotransmitter adenosine which causes neural activity - the rate of firing of central neurons - to slow. Since adenosine is unable to bind to the receptors, the neurotransmitter is unable to slow neural...
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...since learning the fundamentals of chemistry, I knew this was the pathway I would follow. Chemistry at A-level has developed my understanding of the atomic structure, bonding and chemical mechanisms which I believe are elementary to studying Pharmacy. Its ensuing impulsion has also catalysed my grasping the biochemistry of biological molecules, such as enzymes in Biology. I have immensely enjoyed learning about the function of antibiotics in inhibiting the growth of bacteria, although bacterial resistance is still proving to be a huge problem for treating such infections. Laboratory experiments in both courses have greatly enhanced my practical and analytical skills. Equally, Physics and its application have improved my logical thinking, problem solving and data analysis skills. During the holidays, I spent a week shadowing a Pharmacist and dealing with different prescriptions, including giving advice to the patients and staff management, a challenging and intriguing experience which showed me how immensely cumbersome the Pharmacist's job can be. There, I carried out tasks like sorting and price tagging drugs as well as retrieving prescribed medication. I enjoyed watching the Pharmacist painstakingly and meticulously dispense them. I have also volunteered to teach the word of God at my local church. This has given me the opportunity to communicate with all age groups. Working at an engineering firm greatly helped develop...
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