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BASICS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Public Health • The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organized community efforts Public health core functions • Assessment • The assessment & monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health problems and priorities • Policy Development • The formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local and national health problems and priorities • ...

Basic rule: Image orientation 2  By convention, the right side of the brain CT scan is on the left of the reader and it should be labelled as such!  Brain CT images are read as if you are viewing the patient from the feet thus their right side of the brain is to your left and vice vasa.  The anterior part of the head is at the top of the image. 9/26/2024 A.N. Malik, Department of Human Anatomy, JKUAT. The 3 basic densities/shades of grey 3  Isodense: ...

Facilities must have basic equipment and drugs in stock at all times, and adequate staff skilled in paediatric care. Sick children coming to hospital must be immediately triaged, assessed and if necessary, provided with emergency treatment as soon as possible. Assessment of diagnosis and illness severity must be thorough and treatment must be carefully planned. All stages should be accurately and comprehensively documented. The protocols provide a minimum standard and safe approa...

History of Microbiology Man kind has always been affected by diseases which were originally believed to be visitations by the gods and meant to punish evil doers. Hippocratus, father of medicine, observed that ill health resulted due to changes in air, winds, water, climate, food, nature of soil and habits of people. Varro (117-26 BC)said a theory that disease was caused by animated particles invisible to naked eye but which were carried in the air through the mouth and nose in...

Bacillus General Characteristics of Bacillus  ~ 60 species; Gram-positive or Gram-variable bacilli • Large (0.5 x 1.2 to 2.5 x 10 um) • Most are saprophytic contaminants or normal flora • Bacillus anthracis is most important member  Produce endospores  Aerobic or facultatively anaerobic  Catalase positive (most) • Rapidly differentiates from Clostridium Bacillus spp. are ubiquitous • Soil, water, and airborne dust • Thermophilic (< 75°C) an...

Nucleic Acids Nucleic acids • Polymers of nucleo des are termed polynucleo des or nucleic acids, be er known as DNA and RNA. •  Each nucleic acid is made from just four different nucleo des. •  RNA contain the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil •  DNA contain adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine. • Polymeriza on involves the phosphate and sugar groups of the nucleo des, which become linked by phosphodiester bonds • primary role: act as ca...

AC 371 Chapter 5 Learnsmart With Questions And Answers Guaranteed Pass Sam traded a parcel of land for a tractor and a car. He had purchased the land five years earlier for $16,000. The market value of the car and tractor is $20,000. What is the amount of gross income resulting from this transaction? a. $4,000 b. $20,000 c. $0 d. $16,000 - ANSWER>>>A Mary has received the following income and fringe benefits during the current year: a $73,000 salary; $600 ...

ACRP CP WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A Phase I - ANSWER>>>The clinical trial phase that focuses on safety and human pharmacology in healthy volunteers Who is ultimately responsible for all aspects of the research conducted at a site? - ANSWER>>>Principal investigator Define GCP - ANSWER>>>An international quality standard that is provided by ICH E6(R2) describing safety, accuracy of trials and credibility ...

Acute inflammation  A physiological response to injury by living tissue.  The response is mounted by the microvasculature (meta-arterioles, capillaries, venules) INJURY INFLAMMATION HEALING PROCESS  Inflammation is dynamic. -itis implies that the disease is an inflammatory response e.g hepatitis, nephritis etc.  Pneumonitis: Viral induced inflammation of the lungs.  Pneumonia: Bacterial.  Depending on the degree of response ...

Adrenal glands •Small, triangular glands loosely attached to the kidneys •Divided into two morphologically distinct regions- adrenal cortex (outer)- adrenal medulla (inner) Steroid Hormones • Steroid hormones are produced by the gonads and adrenal cortex. • Steroid hormones are made from cholesterol in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria of endocrine cells.