July 20th Blog-The Use of Microbes-Theresa Lin

Microbes, synonymous with microorganisms I learned, include the specimen of feces that Dr. Khoruts used in his procedure. By transplanting the husband’s stool into the wife’s colon, Dr Khoruts ingeniously allowed the husband’s bacteria to act in the place of the wife’s non existent ones. This advanced transplant and vast understanding of microbes does not seize to amaze the scientific community, as it has developed from a minor experiment conducted by Van Leeuwenhoek and become a life-saving procedure in only the past two decades. I had a similar problem to that of the wife, so much so I missed the last week of finals. However, since my condition only lasted a little over a week, compared to the woman’s months-worth-of agony, my doctor did not prescribe anything to inhibit my body’s “cleanse,” as he said. My doctor insisted that when the body expels germs in that manner, it is best to let it do so. The transplantation of microbes has allowed for a more intensive study of DNA and has considerably advanced the world of modern medicine.

7/13/10 - Summer Assignment (TL)

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The physicists’ most recent discovery that the proton’s size is considerably smaller than they had previously thought, some argue about the importance of this finding. However, this piece of information is still valued, as physicists still know very little about the proton besides the fact that they, along with neutrons, form the nuclei of every atom in the universe. Electrons are also important in understanding protons, as orbiting electrons, in their interaction with protons, can better determine protons’ sizes. Muons, a heavier cousin of the electron, allows physicists to gather an even more precise size of the proton, as the Muon is more sensitive in its orbit of protons.

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Referees, at least those accustomed to reading left to right, have a tendency to call more fouls if soccer players make the invalid move while moving in that direction. This tendency allows the offense a slight advantage, as their use of right to left plays often evades the referees who are not accustomed to follow that line of direction.

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Since Saber toothed tigers have developed such a habit of pinning large prey such as camels and mammoths, their forelimbs have developed accordingly for the mammal to master this ability. Since the saber toothed tiger had “thinner side-to-side teeth,” than other canines, the tiger had to compensate for this setback with its muscular build, which exceeded that of its contemporaries based on modern day research. Researchers also conclude that sine the saber tooth had such strong forelimbs, it ultimately used that asset the most, further developing its already strong limbs.