...The article “A Change of Heart about Animals”, written by Jeremy Rifkin, features different studies and details regarding similarities between humans and animals. The article was featured in the Los Angeles Times in 2003, and Rifkin himself was interviewed for Time Magazine in 1989. He consistently discusses similar ideas, proving that he is educated on the topic. Throughout this piece in particular, he paves way for an argument regarding how people should be viewing and treating animals; he really wants there to be a return to humanity. The purpose of his writing is to show readers, by including numerous pieces of evidence and information, an explanation regarding how animals and people aren’t as different as one may think. His argument,...
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...Methanolic extracts of QI had been prepared by using distilled water i.e. 200 mg/kg p.o. Methanolic extracts of QI significantly reduce the harmful lipid layer in blood serum at varying concentration and dose dependent manner which shows that the plant carries the hypolipidemic properties. It reduces the LDL, VLDL, cholesterol, triglyceride and raise HDL level in blood serum upto certain extent which was may be due to the inhibition of lipid peroxidation as the plants contain some active ingredients acting as antioxidants. Our result shows that the plants extracts recover the disorders in lipid metabolism noted in hyperlipidemic state. KEY WORDS: Hypolipidemic, Hypocholesterolemic, Passive smoking (PS), Hyperlipidemia, Quisqualis indica, Coronary heart disease. 1. INTRODUCTION: Hyperlipidemia refers to elevated levels of lipids and cholesterol in the...
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...partial vegetarians. They exclude red meat, fish, and poultry from their diets, but still eat dairy products and eggs. The second is lacto vegetarians which exclude red meat, fish, poultry, and eggs but still include dairy products. The third group is pescetarians. This group avoids red meat and poultry, but eats fish. The last group is vegans and they have the strictest diet as they avoid eating all animal products including red meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. There are several reasons why people become vegetarian. Amita Handa expresses that people become vegetarians because “social reasons, political and religious beliefs, and financial problems.” Another notable reason people switch from nonvegetarian is because of their frustration with the cruel and unusual treatment of animals. Vegetarianism is mostly linked with positive effects on physical health as evidenced by lower body mass index, lower blood pressure, and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. A vegetarian diet contributes to a person having a lower Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is a weight-to-height ratio. About 68.8% of American adults are considered obese. Joan Sabate and Michelle Wein state that “epidemiologic studies have consistently shown that vegetarians are thinner than comparable nonvegetarians.” They go on to say, “Vegetarians in the...
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...something of the like in blinding bright colors across the packages. According to a 2011 census done by the CDC, at least 35.7% of all American adults are classified as obese (CDC 2011); so it’s no wonder that products advertising low-fat are so popular. However, while many people who buy these food-products are seeking to remedy their weight problem, they are simply making it worse. In order to fully understand why this “low fat craze” is causing so many problems for Americans today, we have to travel back in time about one hundred thousand years, or so, into the past. For quite some time, anthropologists falsely believed that our ancestors primarily obtained their energy from plant sources. However, in more recent and “later studies, [they] demonstrated that animal foods, rather than plant foods, comprised the majority of energy in the typical hunter-gatherer diet” (Miller 31). This means that the food humans evolved to eat was mostly comprised of animal tissue and meat. “Carnivorous diets reduce the evolutionary, selective pressures that act to maintain anatomical and physiological features needed to process and metabolize large amounts of plant matter”(Miller 35). Evidence supporting the homo-sapiens’ carnivorous diet is evident in our evolutionary physiology: humans, as opposed to pre-existing ancestral species Australopithecus, have had “a reduction in gut size and metabolic activity, along with a concurrent expansion of brain size” (Miller 35). These qualities...
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...with others. References Reference #1 Moore, A. (2002). Get a Pet-Doctor's Orders http://www.prevention.com/health/healthy-living/happy-health-benefits-adopting-pet This article explains why some doctors are now starting to recommend pet prescriptions to some patients who live alone. It explains how a pet can have a positive effect on your emotional and physical health when dealing with health issues such as cancer and high blood pressure. There was a study conducted by the University of California’s Center for Animal Alternatives. The study showed that pet ownership was especially beneficial to elderly individuals as they are susceptible to depression and feelings of loneliness. The study showed that pets were able to provide feelings of comfort which helped with the feelings of loneliness and depression. Dr. Becker traveled across the country and conducted 350 interviews with scientists, physicians and experts to find how an animal has the ability to detect and treat some diseases and conditions. The people interviewed were experts from the National Institute of Health and Harvard University’s School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic. . The study done by Dr. Becker found that half a group of stockbrokers on high blood pressure medication did not need any more meds after 2 months of adopting a pet. The study also found that elderly people that owned dogs took them out for walks and they felt healthier. Dr. Creagan, MD, an oncologist, is now recommending...
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... Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar. ABSTRACT : Âyurveda as well as Philosophies accepted the Guna as the basic entity of the Srishti. Gunas can be classified under various categories like Âdhyâtmika Guna, Gurvâdi Guna, Parâdi Guna, Vishistha Guna. For the treatment purpose Gurvâdi Gunas are widely used. Among them the Snigdha Guna and Rûksha Guna are widely used in the Samhitâs. This study has been carried out to establish the Rûksha property drugs on animals as a hypolipidemic effect on induced hyperlipidemia animals. The drugs selected were having Rûksha property by Rasa panchaka. The drugs were Vachâ (Acorus calamus Linn), Kushtha (Saussurea lappa C.B. Clarke), Haridra (Curcuma longa Linn), Daruharidrâ (Berberis aristata DC), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Karanja (Pongamia pinnata Pierre). All the drugs are having Lekhana property and Srotosodhaka karma due to Rûksha property. Based on this promise the test drug (Rûksha Guna) had been studied on various experimental models such as body weight, weight of liver, heart and kidney, food intake and faecal out put, water intake, total faecal fat content etc. The selected drugs are the representative of highest magnitude of Rûksha property which are able to influence Dîpana and Pâchana property and the test drug was administered with the simultaneous administration of hyperlipidemia inducing diet, but the biochemical values are found under control. Key words : Hyperlipidemia, Rûksha Guna, Dîpana, Pachana, Experimental models...
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...Animal Farm Analysis Animal Farm was not always known as Animal Farm, it was once Manor Farm, Mr. Jones’ farm. The rebellion that changed the name was started using the power of hope. The power of hope, for a brighter future, led the charge for a better farm. However, once Animal Farm was established the power of hope diminished as Animal Farm circled back to Manor farm. The only difference was a new dictator running the show. The power of hope is lost multiple times in Animal Farm and Orwell shows that hope is very strong but the smallest actions can swing a character's hope downwards or upward. The animals lose a great amount of hope in the scene were Boxer gets taken to the knackers. Every animal on the farm knows how important Boxer...
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...| VET223: Animal Diseases, Pathology and Immunology Research Project | Cassandra Reid | | | | Student number; 21611523 | December 4, 2013 | | Dirofilaria immitis Dirofilaria immitis otherwise known as canine heartworm disease. It is a parasitic worm that lives as an adult in the right side of the animal’s heart, and large blood vessels leading to the lungs. The mosquitoes are the intermediate host for heartworms. The female adult worms in the heart and vessels microfilariae in the blood, which are immature worms that can live up to three years. The mosquitos feeds on animals and ingest the microfilaria which matures in the mosquito for about two weeks to become an infected larva. When the mosquito feeds on another animal the microfilariae is passed to that animal. There the microfilariae the larva develops over three to six months, and migrate to the right side of the heart. About six months the larva develops into an adult worm. The adult worm can live up to seven years, and produce microfilaria which completes the life cycle. Heart worms a very serious health issue. Which can lead to right ventricular dilation, hypertrophy, heart failure, and death. Clinical signs can occur within six months or latter from the time on infected. The physical signs can be very mild to severe depending on the number of adult worms present. Which can range from coughing, difficulty breathing, and abnormal heart sounds to death. There are several tests that...
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...This assignment lets you explore a quasi-experimental model using ANCOVA data analytical approach. By doing this data analysis project, you will understand a new quantitative research model when randomized sampling is not a choice. Specifically, you will develop analytical skills to use covariate to control for or partial out effects of pre-existing differences carried by sampling. To complete the assessment, answer each question, providing IBM SPSS analysis when necessary to support your answer. For this assignment, use the small batch of data provided by Warner's textbook on page 724. These are hypothetical data. We will imagine that a three-group quasi-experimental study was done to compare the effects of three treatments on the aggressive behavior of male children. Xc, the covariate, is a pretest measure of aggressiveness: the number of aggressive behaviors emitted by each child when the child is first placed in a neutral playroom situation. This measure was done prior to exposure to the treatment. Children could not be randomly assigned to treatment groups, so the groups did not start out exactly equivalent on aggressiveness. The dependent variable, Y, is a posttest measure: the number of aggressive behaviors emitted by each child after exposure to one of the three treatments. Treatment A consisted of three different films. The A1 group saw a cartoon animal behaving aggressively. The A2 group saw a human female model behaving aggressively. The A3group saw a human male model...
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...Chapter 18: The GoST! ! SUMMARY/ANALYSIS:! ! Back to 1969, 6 policemen walking towards it: dramatic effect with this long build up.! Violence in their heart. Hunting of an animal. Long detailed description of the small things with many pauses (line breaks), a feeling of something coming, suspense.! The policemen carry batons but are thinking of machine guns.! When they arrive they have the feeling of being responsible for “Touchable futur”.! They wake Velutha with their heavy boots by kicking him.! The children wake up by: ”to the shout of sleep surprised by shattered kneecaps”. They don’t know that Velutha was there. There are paralysed by fear and disbelief.! The police beat V= extreme violence, skull cracking, broken ribs puncturing his lungs, damaged spine, broken teeth, ruptured intestine…! The twins are too young to understand. The policemen are “history’s henchmen” acting out the inevitable.! Estha and Rahel learn that blood smells "sicksweet. Like roses on a breeze”! Rahel tells Estha that she can tell that it isn't Velutha – she says it's Urumban, his "twin" who was at the march. Estha says nothing because he is "unwilling to seek refuge in fiction”. Rahel retreats into fantasy and ignorance.! The six policemen take all of Estha and Rahel's toys for their kids. The only thing they leave behind is Rahel's watch, which has the fake time painted on it. they wonder if Velutha really kidnapped them.! Climatic tragedy, violence unlike Sophie Mol’s death...
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...HISTORY OF BIOLOGY Though biology is generally regarded as a modern science with late origins in the early to mid-nineteenth century, it drew on varied traditions, practices, and areas of inquiry beginning in antiquity. Traditional histories of biology generally target two areas that merged into modern biological science: medicine and natural history. The tradition of medicine dates back to the work of ancient Greek medical practitioners such as Hippocrates of Kos (b. 460 B.C.E.) and to figures such as Galen of Pergamum (c. 130–c. 200), who contributed much to early understanding of anatomy and physiology. The tradition of natural history dates back to the work of Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.). Especially important are his History of Animals and other works where he showed naturalist leanings. Also important is the work of Aristotle's student Theophrastus (d. 287 B.C.E.), who contributed to an understanding of plants. Aristotle and Theophrastus contributed not only to zoology and botany, respectively, but also to comparative biology, ecology, and especially taxonomy (the science of classification). Both natural history and medicine flourished in the middle ages, though work in these areas often proceeded independently. Medicine was especially well studied by Islamic scholars working in the Galenic and Aristotelian traditions, while natural history drew heavily on Aristotelian philosophy, especially in upholding a fixed hierarchy of life. The Roman naturalist Caius Plinius Secundus...
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...Secular psychology is formed by two basis views: that a personal god does not exist and that we are just physical, smart animals, made millions of years ago because of natural causes and processes. They believe in mind/body monism, which is the belief that there is only the material world. Behaviourism is the type of psychology concerned with explaining everything through material causes. Behaviorists believe all human thought and personality are just results of physical interactions of the brain. Modern day secular psychology is often called third force psychology. This type of psychology says that humans are mostly good, physical beings who are mentally healthy when focused upon achieving self- actualization and are able to make their own choices. The first force was behaviorism and the second force was based on psycho-analysis, the thought that our conscious behavior is shaped by our unconscious recollection of our past experiences. The idea is to resolve a patient’s psychological problems by uncovering and discussing their unconscious, unfulfilled or repressed desires. Self-actualization is the goal. At the end of the day, secularists just want to meet their full psychological potential. Ivan Pavlov describes Marxist psychology as this: only science, exact science about human nature itself, and the most sincere approach to it by the aid of the omnipotent scientific method, will deliver man from his present gloom, and will purge him from his contemporary shame...
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...the in situ Amphibian Heart This experiment explores the basic principles of cardiac muscle physiology, including contraction force, electrocardiogram (ECG) and the effect of neurotransmitters on the heart. Written by staff of ADInstruments. [pic] Background Studies of isolated organs were pioneered in the late 19th century when scientists such as Sidney Ringer (1835–1910) developed a perfusion solution (Ringer’s solution) that could sustain an isolated organ from a pithed animal. A classic example of this phenomenon is the frog heart, which will continue to beat in situ for several hours allowing for the study of basic cardiac functions. The heart is made up of specialized tissue called cardiac muscle. Cardiac muscle is similar to skeletal (striated) muscle, but exhibits some special properties, the most important of which is rhythmicity. Specialized heart muscle cells called pacemakers spontaneously depolarize and repolarize; the depolarization spreads to the entire heart via electrical connections between cardiac muscle cells called gap junctions. This process occurs in rhythmic fashion, giving rise to an intrinsic, regular heartbeat. While no external stimulation is required to maintain the heartbeat, the heart receives continuous input from the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Cardiac muscle responds to a variety of neurotransmitters, which can increase or decrease the heart rate. These molecules are able to influence heart rate by changing the...
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...the big cosmetics market. As the cosmetics market grow bigger, these cosmetics brand are selling more than products but also services. Their service are moving more towards to customer-oriented so that they could meet the needs of customer thus gain customer loyalty towards their brand. This brings me to the core of my assignment, which is to identify and analysis the communication activity of the cosmetics brand and recommend a better customer-oriented communications for the brand. I have choose The Body Shop as my main subject. 1.0 Introduction of Organisation The Body Shop is solely franchisee by Rampai-Niaga Sdn Bdn in West Malaysia. There are more than 64 stores operating in the western Malaysia. The Body Shop is driven by values, high quality skin and body care retailer for natural inspired skin and body care products. The Body Shop is authority in developing 100% Vegetarian personal care products. The company only use a few products that are animal-derived ingredients such as honey. All products cruelty-free as endorsed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the products are not tested on animals. The Body Shop strongly believe that true beauty...
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...Article 1|| Heart Doctor Explains Cholesterol Levels In this artic Dr. Suzanne Steinbaumle (Steinbaum, 2016) explains what cholesterol is, how it affects a female body and the differences between “good” and “bad” cholesterol. Cholesterol comes from two sources: your body and food. Your liver and other cells in your body make about 75 percent of blood cholesterol. The other 25 percent comes from the foods you eat. Cholesterol is only found in animal products. Understanding how cholesterol affects the female body and how females can regulate their good cholesterol and counteract the bad cholesterol will allow doctors to understand the differences between patients that could benefit from using the new drug. The new cholesterol guidelines advise doctors to consider a patient’s overall health in treatment decisions. And that’s why one of the biggest changes in the cholesterol guidelines could lead to more people taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins (Steinbaum, 2016). Article 2|| High Cholesterol In this article Dr. Andrew Weil explains the desirable levels of cholesterol, HDL or protective cholesterol, LDL or bad cholesterol and the triglyceride levels: Desirable levels of total cholesterol are 200 mg per deciliter of blood or less; levels between 200 mg/dL and 239 mg/dL are considered borderline high; 240 mg/dL or higher is considered high cholesterol and raises your risk of heart disease to twice what it would be if your total cholesterol were 200 mg/dL or lower...
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