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This discussion provides you with some data about four pools of guppies. These pools have

different turbidity (i.e. cloudiness), make-up of predators, depths, locations, numbers of

guppies, and contain bright or drab-colored male guppies. Your goal is to first observe the

data given about the pools and note any patterns you see that might relate to the color

patterns of the male guppies. Selection pressures are an aspect of the environment that

causes a change in characteristics over time. Then you will decide which of the selection

pressures on the male guppies have resulted in the variations in color patterns you see in the

data. The data you need for this assignment is posted in D2L titled “Data for Evolution by

Natural Selection Discussion.”

Step one: Observation

1. Write a short summary, approximately a paragraph, of Table 2.1. Try to give a concise

(short) but rich description of each of the four guppy pools.

2. Write a short summary, approximately a couple of sentences, of Tables 3 and 4. These

tables discuss different characteristics related to guppy mating.

Step Two: Draw a Conclusion

1. What selection pressures caused the variation in the color pattern of male guppies?

Support your claims with evidence.

2. Is it better to be bright or drab if you are a male guppy? Support your claims with

evidence.

Respond to your peers – Due by the due date.

NOTE: Only those student who have submitted a main post two days before due date are eligible to respond to peers.

 

 

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Evolution by Natural Selection Discussion

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Go through the majority of the posts and respond to two other students. Both of your

responses should be grammatically correct, well thought out, and further the

discussion. Some common ways to further a discussion are to ask a question, share

something related to the topic, or expand on a topic. Responses should be approximately a

paragraph in length.

For example, in this topic, you might note similarities and differences in your observations.

You may also find you disagree with a peer’s assessment of what causes the color variations

or the benefit of being bright or drab. Remember to always support your claims with

evidence!

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Instructions:

You may use any written references you deem necessary (e.g. lab manual, textbooks) but you MAY NOT consult with other students (past or present), other TAs, professors, neighbors, relatives, pets, extraterrestrials, friends (real or imaginary), beings from another plane of existence, etc.

 

Please show all work, including appropriate units, and box your answer to receive full credit.

 

1. Your weight is _______ lbs, which is equal to _______ kg. The lab manual (pg 67) specifies how much you should drink based on your weight. Calculate the four volumes. You only need to show details of the calculations for one of the experimental solutions.

a. Volume of distilled water you should drink: _____________

b. Volume of isotonic saline you should drink: _____________

c. Volume of bicarbonate you should drink: _____________

d. Volume of fluid you should drink if you are the control: _____________

2. The last time you urinated was at 10:40 AM. It is now 1:15 PM. You completely void your bladder, filling a one-liter bottle. What is your flow rate in mL/min?

3. Assume your flow rate is 2.75 mL/min. Estimate the creatinine concentration of your urine. Use the estimates of GFR and plasma creatinine concentration given in the lab manual (pg 70). Express your answer in mg/L.

4. In order to accurately measure creatinine concentration using a spectrophotometer, you must dilute your estimated creatinine concentration to 30 mg/L. Using the value of estimated creatinine concentration from question 3, calculate the required dilution factor in order to wind up with a urine creatinine concentration of 30 mg/L. Round your answer UP to the next whole number.

 

5. Assuming you start with 1 mL sample of urine, how much distilled water should you add in order to obtain a dilution factor of 12?

 

6. Suppose your optical density reading from the spectrophotometer is 1.1. Assume the standard curve to estimate the creatinine concentration of your DILUTED urine sample results in the following equation:

y = 0.1411x – 0.0236

 

where: y is the spectrophotometer reading

x is the creatinine concentration

a. Calculate the creatinine concentration of your DILUTED urine sample.

b. Using the dilution factor calculated in question 4, find the creatinine concentration of your UNDILUTED urine.

7. Using the undiluted urine creatinine concentration you calculated from question 6 and the flow rate from question 2, calculate your creatinine clearance.

8. Is the creatinine clearance rate you calculated in question 7 closed to the expected normal value for a healthy adult? If not, what should it be approximately (include units)?

9. Suppose your sodium meter reading is 80 mV. Using the standard curve (see last page), calculate your sodium clearance using the flow rate from question 2.

10. At what times should you prepare your diluted urine samples for creatinine analysis?

 

 

 

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Calculations And Interpretations For Epidemiology

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Principles of Epidemiology

Calculations and Interpretations: Answer the following questions in the space provided. Show all of your work.

1. Evidence of an increased risk of lung cancer associated with cigarette smoking was sought by Doll and Hill. In one study, 649 lung cancer cases were matched by age, and gender to 649 controls; 647 of the cases and 622 of the control had a history of smoking cigarettes.

 

a. Name the type of study.

 

b. Create the appropriate 2X2 table for the study. (2 points)

 

Lung Cancer Controls

Smokers 647 622

Nonsmokers 2 27

Total 649 649

 

 

c. Calculate the appropriate measure of association for the study. (4 points)

 

d. Interpret the results. (2 points)

 

2. In another study, the smoking habits of 34,445 male physicians were obtained by mailed questionnaires. Deaths among these physicians over the subsequent years were identified though contact with the office of the Registrar General. The death rates from lung cancer of these physicians classified by smoking habits were :

Standardized Death Rates per 1000 Persons Aged 35 or More per Year

Nonsmokers 0.07

Cigarette Smokers 0.96

 

a. Name the type of study. (2 points)

 

b. Calculate the Relative Risk for smokers as compared to nonsmokers. (6 points)

 

c. Interpret the results (2 points)

 

 

Annual Death Rates per 100,000 Persons

Exposure Category Lung Cancer Coronary Heart Disease

Heavy Smokers 166 599

Nonsmokers 7 422

 

a. Calculate the relative risk from Lung Cancer Mortality for Heavy Smokers compared to non smokers. ( 4 points)

 

 

b. Calculate the attributable risk of Lung Cancer from smoking. (4 points)

 

 

 

c. Interpret the results. (2 points)

 

d. Calculate the percent attributable risk of Coronary Heart Disease due to smoking (4 points)

 

e. Interpret the results. (2 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Convert the following incidence rates to attributable risk using the additive model: (5 points)

Incidence Rates Relative Risks

Factor A Factor A

_ + _ +

Factor B – 3.0 9.0

_____________________________________ __________________________________

+ 15.0 21.00

 

 

 

4. Calculate the concordance rate for the following data: (5 points)

Twin 1

Has Leukemia Does Not Have Leukemia

Twin 2 Has Leukemia 14 1

Does Not Have Leukemia 26 36

 
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Human Reproduction PowerPoint Presentation

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Human Reproduction

Unit VII assessment  

Introduction 

Well, it is that time—yes, time for that talk. For this activity, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation about human reproduction. You are to pretend that the presentation is what you will use to give your son or daughter “the talk” about human reproduction.

Objectives 

  1. Identify the major structures and functions of the endocrine, skeletal, muscular, reproductive, and nervous systems.
  2. Evaluate various risk factors for diseases within body systems.
  3. Describe differences between male and female body structure and function.
  4. Explain sexual reproduction and development in humans.
  5. Differentiate between diseased states and homeostasis.
  6. Distinguish between the functions of the various glands of the body.

Materials

 Computer with internet access

Directions

Make sure you use correct terminology and include the following in your presentation:

  • Overall purpose of the reproductive systems
  • Information about the male and female systems
  • At least two visual aids illustrating the two systems
  • Structure and function of the organs involved
  • Practicing “safe sex” and preventing pregnancy and STDs
  • Use bulleted information on slides (five lines or less)
  • Include detail in the speaker’s notes
  • Include a separate title slide and a separate reference slide
  • Use appropriate font and backgrounds
  • Include at least six slides (not counting your title slide or reference slide)
 
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Study Guide: Quiz 7

 Quiz Preparation Tasks: Your Answers and Notes
13 Life Is Ultimate Art  
13.1 Life and Its Diversity: Ultimate Art or Ultimate Accident?  
  Life as Ultimate Art  
  The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by what great scientist/philosopher?  
  Life as Ultimate Accident  
  What great observation did Charles Darwin make from nature as a result of his reading and voyage around the world?  
  List some organisms observed by Charles Darwin while reading and voyaging the world.  
  Charles Darwin’s view of the species was that populations of a species continually experienced new ____________ and continually became more ____________.  
  Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of populations of the same species reproducing in two distinct, separate ____________ and responding to those ____________ in different ways.  
  Complete the following sentence describing how Darwin interpreted his observations of nature: Individuals within populations ____________ with each other for limited ____________; some of these individuals will ____________ better than others.  
  List 7 features of Enlightenment thinking.  
  The term ____________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ____________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.  
13.2 Can Life Originate without Artistry?  
  Evolution’s First Goal: The Smallest Cell  
  Compare Mycoplasma genitalium’s physical size with that of E. coli.  
  Compare Mycoplasma genitalium’s genome size (number of genes) with that of E. coli.  
  How was Mycoplasma genitalium discovered and what sorts of infection does it cause in humans?  
  Evolution’s Starting Materials: Small Geochemicals  
  Some have speculated that the origin of life occurred at geothermal vents. What is the problem with the amino acids formed near these vents?  
  Evolution’s Highest Hurdle: Creating and Storing Information  
  Some scholars have viewed RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell. One advantage of this view is that RNA can both store ____________ and can act catalytically like a(n) ____________.  
  Could RNA have been the original site of information storage in the primitive cell? List some difficulties with this possibility.  
  One problem associated with evolving a system in which RNA bases code for ____________ acids is that the correct bonding of amino acids to tRNAs requires ____________ catalysis—mature proteins are needed to begin making the first proteins.  
  Evolution’s Final Challenge: Spatial Ordering of Biological Activity  
  State Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia.  
13.3 Can Life’s Diversity Increase without Artistry?  
  The Gap to Be Bridged: Invention of Novel Complex Structures  
  Describe 1 popular evolutionary model for the origin of flight in vertebrates. Fliers must have evolved from non-fliers that ____________ and then glided down from ____________.  
  List the names of some component structures of a primary flight feather.  
  Given its precise shape, what is the role of the barbule in the primary flight feather?  
  How does preening behavior enable a bird to continue to fly successfully?  
  During the formation of a feather, a tube-like ____________ appears as a result of early induction events within the dermal layer of the wing surface.  
  What is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a down-like feather into a primary flight feather? The feather’s ____________ must be ____________ and reshaped to help support the bird’s weight.  
  Bridging the Gap I: Random Mutations in Primitive Feather Keratinocytes  
  What are some new mutations needed to generate appropriate structures for flight feathers? (A mutation that matches barbule ____________ to the space ____________ feather barbs.)  
  Bridging the Gap II: Natural Selection in Primitive Feather Keratinocytes  
  Distinguish the roles of mutation and natural selection in developing a better organism. Mutation ____________ the genes, and natural selection ____________ the genes.  
  Natural selection is an “expensive” process. Explain what this means in terms of the lives of the members of the population in which the selection is occurring.  
  In what sort of environmental situation is natural selection particularly limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable mutations?  
  Define the phrase “selection pressure.”  
  “Natural selection is cybernetically blind.” It does not ____________ the structural hierarchies it is required to construct.  
  Evaluation of the Naturalistic Hypothesis  
  Natural selection is unable to “see” a new useful biological function while protecting a different existing function. Is this a fair statement evaluating the naturalistic hypothesis? If not, what is a better one?  
13.5 What Is the Product and Value of Evolution?  
  Mutations Harmful, Neutral, and Helpful  
  How does the design theorist arrive at the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful? What does he or she assume to be true of the living thing in which the mutations are occurring?  
  The naturalist also comes to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because the naturalist and the theist both assume that by now, the living thing is a collection of highly inter-related, well “crafted” systems. So, most mutations occurring today would not contribute to the process of ____________.  
  List 3 broad classes of mutations, each of which affects the evolutionary process differently.  
  Which class of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA, having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?  
  How would a design theorist define a beneficial mutation?  
  What is a Darwinist’s definition of a beneficial mutation?  
  What Does Nature Select?  
  What does stabilizing selection do among individuals of a population?  
  Which sort of selection can eliminate rare individuals whose sexuality is intermediate between male and female?  
  Directional selection moves a population phenotypically in a new ____________.  
  Which sort of selection has been used to generate a small increase in the number of bristles on the thorax of flies?  
  What problem arises when you desire to see if directional selection could move a population of primitive organisms toward long-term change?  
  What problem arises when you desire to see if directional selection could move a population of modern, internally-integrated organisms toward long-term change? (A seemingly good change in one direction, ____________.)  
  Adding in Revealed Truth  
  In the early pages of the Genesis record, how might the first of three stages of life history best be described? (Note the three vertical red arrows in Figure 13.63.)  
  Of the three stages of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record, which one appears least likely to involve any biological change in populations with time?  
  How might the third stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record best be described?  
  What phrase does Romans 8 use to describe modern living organisms?  

 

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evolution of Genes and Culture

 

LESSON

 

STUDENT MATERIALS

 

The Making of the Fittest:

 

Got Lactase? The Coevolution of Genes and Culture

 

LESSON

 

STUDENT MATERIALS

 

The Making of the Fittest:

 

Got Lactase? The Coevolution of Genes and Culture

 

 

The Making of the Fittest: Natural

GOT LACTASE? BLOOD GLUCOSE DATA ANALYSIS

INTRODUCTION

“Mother’s milk” is packed with the proteins, fats, and carbohydrates that support the growth, development, and survival of baby mammals. The sugar lactose is the main carbohydrate in milk. Lactose can be cleaved into two simpler sugars, glucose and galactose, by lactase, an enzyme produced in the small intestine. The two smaller sugars are readily absorbed though the intestinal wall into the bloodstream for delivery to the cells of the body, where they are used for energy.

 

 

After infant mammals are weaned from their mother’s milk, lactase production shuts down, presumably because it is no longer needed. This condition is called lactase nonpersistence—meaning that production of the lactase enzyme does not persist into adulthood. The general condition for mammals is not to consume milk after weaning and to be lactase nonpersistent. Some populations of humans are unusual in that adults continue to consume milk from other mammals, such as cows.

If a person who is lactase nonpersistent drinks milk, undigested lactose passes from the small intestine to the large intestine, where it is fermented by bacteria. Fermentation produces various gases in the large intestine, which can cause abdominal pain, bloating, flatulence, and diarrhea—all symptoms of lactose intolerance. Worldwide, most adults are lactose intolerant, although some people may not know it because their symptoms are mild. Only a minority of human adults (about 35% of the global human population) continues to produce lactase into adulthood and can drink milk without any problems. These individuals are said to be lactase persistent or lactose tolerant.

There are several ways to test whether someone is lactase persistent. In the short film, Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture, the narrator, Dr. Spencer Wells, takes a blood glucose test to deduce his lactase status. In this activity you will examine the results of blood glucose tests conducted on six different adults to determine who is lactase persistent (lactose tolerant) or lactase nonpersistent (lactose intolerant).

MATERIALS

· Ruler

· Colored pencils

 

Got Lactase? Blood Glucose Data Analysis

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PROCEDURE

1. Examine the data in the table below. It shows the blood glucose levels of six individuals tested in Dr. Sarah Tishkoff’s laboratory. After baseline (i.e., time 0 minutes) blood glucose levels were measured and recorded, each person drank a liter of milk. Blood glucose levels were again measured at 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes after drinking the milk. Glucose levels were measured using glucose strips and a glucose reader similar to the one Dr. Wells used in the film.

 

Blood Glucose (mg/dL)
Individual 0 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 60 minutes
Spencer Wells 117 128 146 160 152
Peter 97 111 135 154 143
Rachel 96 99 105 101 98
Katherine 95 97 99 101 102
Sarah 108 116 129 141 139
Michael 94 109 128 143 140
Arthur 97 96 94 83 88

 

2. Plot the results from the six individuals in the graph below. The graph already includes Dr. Wells’ blood glucose test results. Make sure to include a legend for your graph.

 

Lactase Persistence Blood Glucose Test Results

 

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3. After graphing the data, answer the questions below.

QUESTIONS

1. Why is measuring blood glucose levels an indicator of someone’s lactase activity?

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2. Divide these individuals into two groups (A and B), based on their blood glucose test results. Write the names of the individuals in each group, including Dr. Spencer Wells.

Group A:

 

Group B:

 

3. Explain your rationale for dividing the individuals into these two groups using data to support your answer.

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4. Based on these data, do you predict that individuals in Group A are lactase persistent or nonpersistent? Describe the evidence that supports this claim.

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5. Based on these data, do you predict that individuals in Group B are lactase persistent or nonpersistent? Describe the evidence that supports this claim.

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6. If you performed the same blood glucose test on a group of people who are from the Maasai population in Kenya, predict whether their results would be more like those of Group A or Group B. Explain your prediction.

(Hint: Remember from the film that the Maasai people are pastoralists.)

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7. A person taking a blood glucose test is usually told to fast prior to the test. Why do you think that might be necessary?

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Cloud Computing

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Assessment details for ALL students

Assessment item 3 – Individual submission

 

Due date: Week 12 Monday (1 Oct 2018) 11:55 pm AEST Weighting:

Length:

50% (or 50 marks)

There is no word limit for this report

Objectives This assessment item relates to the unit learning outcomes as stated in the unit profile.

Enabling objectives 1. Analyse a case study and identify issues associated with the business; 2. Develop and deploy the application in IBM Bluemix; 3. Evaluate existing and new functionalities to address business problems; 4. Prepare a document to report your activities using text and multimedia (for example screenshots, videos).

General Information

The purpose of this assignment is to create a cloud based simulating environment which will help to identify/understand the problem stated in the given case study using analysis tools available in IBM Bluemix. In assignment three, you are working individually. By doing this assignment, you will learn to use skills and knowledge of emerging technologies like cloud computing, IoT, to simulate a business scenario to capture operational data and share with a visualization tool. You will acquire a good understanding of smart application design in a cloud environment for efficient application configuration and deployment.

What do you need to do?

The assignment requires you to do the following –

• Download the ‘Starter_Code_For_Assignment_Three.rar’ given in week 8 to

configure, and deploy a cloud based smart/IoT (Internet of Things) application to simulate the business case.

• Choose a case study out of given two below and analyse the case study to understand the business problem and design a solution for those problems.

• Deploy the starter source code in your Bluemix account and modify it to address all required milestones mentioned in your chosen case study.

• Finally prepare a report according to given format and specifications below and submit it in Moodle.

 

 

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Report format and specifications –

You are required to submit a written report in a single Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) document. There is no word limit but any unnecessary information included in the report may result in reduced marks. The report must contain the following content (feel free to define your own sections, as long as you include all the required content):

o Cover page/title page and Table of contents o URL of the app and login details of the IBM Bluemix account o Introduction o Case study analysis which will report –

o Business problems you have identified in the case study o Possible solutions for each and how do these solutions address the

business problems? o What are the solutions you implemented in the application?

o The step by step process you have followed to configure and deploy the smart app for business case simulation. You may choose to use screenshots and notes to enrich your report but you must have a video of the process.

o Video link of you working while deploying and configuring o Self-Reflect –

o Was the telemetry data effective to visualize required information? o Suggest collection of five new data elements (other than data already

collected by the telemetry) which could be helpful to solve the business problems in the smarter way.

o Difficulties you faced – o What are the difficulties you have faced during the process of app

deployment and data collection? o How did you address those difficulties?

o Conclusion o References

Plagiarism Checking Information

It is VERY important that you do not copy content directly from either the text or Internet resources: this assignment is to be in your own words. You will lose marks if you do not use your own words! Actual plagiarism will result in the instigation of the student misconduct process.

On uploading your assignment for the first time you will be able to immediately see your similarity score. However, a 24 hour delay exists for the release of similarity scores for the submission of successive items (drafts).

To be clear, the delay will not apply to your first draft which will receive a Turnitin similarity score as soon as possible. This mandatory delay was implemented by Turnitin to minimise misuse of the similarity-checking service by students who were simply modifying their submissions to avoid match detection and without citing sources appropriately.

 

 

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Choose a Business Case only for the assignment

Business Case One:

Smart application to monitor trucks movement and telemetry

AB Pty. Ltd is a delivery company who has 3 trucks to deliver different products for third parties. They have their set delivery zone which covers an area (feel free to choose an area) of Austin downtown, Texas, USA. Due to the expanding demand their trucks are always busy. Most recently, they are receiving complaints about delayed delivery and long queue of pending delivery. In the initial stage of their business a truck on average can deliver 5 times a day. However, current average for their trucks is only 3 times per day. The general manager of AB Pty. Ltd appointed a business analyst to identify potential causes of the delay. The business analyst made a number of stage one recommendations below –

• Develop a smart application to simulate the trucks movement. • Divide the entire delivery area into two zones. • Write a NODE-RED function node that will

o set different speed limits of the truck for each zone and outside the zone. o change speed value( feel free to assume the speed values) when it enters in a delivery

zone and change it back when it is outside of the delivery zone. You can use ID of delivery zone, entry and exit message from GeoAlert to know about their entry and exit in a specific zone.

• Set following custom properties – o Total delivery allocated ( this field will show a delivery number allocated to the

truck) o Total delivered numbers at current time (will show number of delivery done). In this

case assume that every entry in the zone is the start of a delivery and every exit in a zone is the end of a delivery.

• System should alert the management via email/Twitter, if a truck o violated the speed limit of the zone. [ NB: Use the speed limit you have set in your

assignment two] or o finished their allocated delivery

• Create a visual dashboard using NODE-RED which will have a speed gauge and speed chart of a specific truck.

AB Pty. Ltd appointed you as an ICT professional to develop a simulated connected vehicle application for simulation in Bluemix which will address the milestones above recommended by the business analyst.

Business Case Two:

Smart application to remotely monitor a patient’s movement details

AB hospital has a physiotherapy department with 3 patients. The hospital is very renowned for their services. It is receiving increasing pressure to increase their capacity to serve more physiotherapy patients. However, their current capacity is limited to 3 patients only. Furthermore, as part of their service, they also want to collect information about their patients walking habits within the walking zone of the hospital to serve them better. They have appointed a business analyst to identify actions to address the issues. The business analyst made a number of stage one recommendations below –

• Divide the entire walking area (feel free to choose an area) in Austin downtown, Texas, USA into two zones.

• Write a NODE-RED function node that will o set different walking speed of the patient for each zone and outside the zone.

 

 

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o change speed value when it enters in a walking zone and change it back when it is outside of the zone. You can use ID of walking zone, entry and exit message from GeoAlert to know about their entry and exit in a specific zone.

• Set following custom properties – o Total number of meters required to walk ( this field will show a delivery number

allocated to the patient) o Total number of meters walking done at current time (number of entries in the zone

X 10 meters). • System should alert the management via email/Twitter, if a patient

o violated the walking speed limit of the zone. [ NB: Use the speed limit you have set in your assignment two] or

o finished their allocated walking meters • Create a visual dashboard using NODE-RED which will have a walking speed Gauge and

speed chart of a specific patient.

The AB hospital appointed you as an ICT professional to develop a simulated connected patient’s application for simulation in Bluemix which will address the milestones above recommended by the business analyst.

 

 

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Marking guide: Student number: Name: Marker / Date:

Sections Marks

Comments

The report quality – • Is the report easy to follow? Did it

address all the key information required for the report?

• Is it prepared using formal report writing style such as table of content, page numbers, appropriate referencing (if any), cover page, introduction, conclusion, referencing and so on.

• Did it specifically address all the guidelines provided by the ‘Report format and specifications’ section.

/3 (1 for each bullet point)

 

• Case study analysis which will report – o Business problems you have identified

in the case study o Possible solutions for each and how

do these solutions address the business problems?

o What are the solutions you implemented in the application?

 

/6 (2 for each bullet point)

 

Working application – • Working URL of the app and login

details of the Bluemix account. (5 marks)

• Working application ( 15 marks) • Functionality of the application as

per required and stated in the report ( 10 marks)

/(5+15+10=30 marks)

The step by step process – • Video link of your working while

deploying

/4 marks

 

 

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Self-Reflect – • Was the telemetry data effective to

visualize required information? • Suggest collection of five new data

elements (other than data already collected by the telemetry) which could be helpful to solve the business problems in the smarter way.

/4 (2 marks for each bullet point)

 

Difficulties you faced – • What are the difficulties you faced

during the process of app deployment and data collection using debug?

• How did you address those difficulties?

/3( 1.5 marks for each bullet points)

 

Total Marks: /50

 

 

  • Objectives
    • Enabling objectives
    • General Information
    • What do you need to do?
      • The assignment requires you to do the following –
      •  Download the ‘Starter_Code_For_Assignment_Three.rar’ given in week 8 to configure, and deploy a cloud based smart/IoT (Internet of Things) application to simulate the business case.
    • Report format and specifications –
      • You are required to submit a written report in a single Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) document. There is no word limit but any unnecessary information included in the report may result in reduced marks.
        • Choose a Business Case only for the assignment
        • Business Case One:
        • Business Case Two:
  • Marking guide:
  • Student number:
  • Name:
  • Marker / Date:
 
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Biology Q&A

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All sections carry equal marks. Answer all questions.  Total marks: 10

A: i: Draw and describe the structure of a plant cell and animal cell.

   ii: Differentiate Mitosis and Meiosis, give one example for each type of cell division.

B: i: Define and differentiate aerobic and anaerobic respiration.

ii: What is phage: draw and describe.

C: Choose the best answer:

1) An antibiotic kills 99.9% of a bacterial population. You would expect the next generation of bacteria to

A) be just as susceptible to that antibiotic as was the previous generation.

B) be more resistant to that antibiotic.

C) die out due to the drastic decrease in population size.

D) be more contagious than the prior generation.

Answer:

2) Watching salt crystals form as ocean water evaporates, a student says, “Look—more and more crystals are appearing. The ocean water is alive!” Which statement is an accurate evaluation of the student’s remark?

A) The student is correct: Crystals are ordered structures and they are reproducing, so the ocean water is alive.

B) The student is correct because crystals are formed by processing energy from the sun to create new structures, so ocean water is alive.

C) The student is incorrect because the solution is processing energy from the sun rather than gaining energy from other organisms, so the ocean water is not alive.

D) The student is incorrect because all of the crystals reproduce the same kind of crystals with no variation to provide adaptation, so the ocean water is not alive.

Answer:

3) The four most common elements in living organisms are

A) C, H, O, Fe.

B) C, H, O, Na.

C) C, H, O, N.

D) C, N, O, Na.

Answer:

4) Typically, nitrogen atoms are composed of electrons, protons, and neutrons. An isotope of nitrogen could

A) be positively charged.

B) be negatively charged.

C) have more protons than the usual nitrogen atom.

D) have more neutrons than the usual nitrogen atom.

Answer:

5) In plants, the process of photosynthesis produces glucose (C6H12O6) and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water. Which of the following options about photosynthesis is consistent with this statement?

A) All of the carbon atoms in glucose came from carbon dioxide.

B) More atoms are present at the beginning than at the end.

C) More carbon dioxide is released from the plant than is absorbed.

D) Water is synthesized by the plant from H2 and O2.

Answer:

6) How will a lower ocean pH caused by ocean acidification affect coral reefs?

A) Coral reefs will grow faster because there are more carbonate ions available.

B) Coral reefs will grow slower because there are fewer carbonate ions available.

C) Coral reefs will grow faster because there are more bicarbonate ions available.

D) Coral reefs will grow slower because there are fewer bicarbonate ions available.

Answer:

7) Glycolysis is the first step of cellular respiration, in which glucose is used to generate ATP to power the cell. The major chemical reaction that takes place in glycolysis (ignoring some other reactants and products) is the conversion of glucose (C6H12O6) to pyruvate (C3H4O3) and hydrogen ions (H+). Using this information, what is the correct equation for the glycolysis chemical reaction?

A) C6H12O6 → C3H4O3 + H+

B) C6H12O6 → 2 C3H4O3 + 2 H+

C) C6H12O6 → 2 C3H4O3 + H+

D) 2 C6H12O6 → C3H4O3 + 2 H+

Answer:

8) Which of the following is a carboxyl group?

A) -C-O

B) -OH

C) -NH2

D) -COOH

Answer:

9) If you were to add olive oil to your food as part of a diet to lower your risk of heart disease, you would use olive oil that

A) is liquid at room temperature.

B) is hydrogenated.

C) is modified to be solid at room temperature.

D) has lard added to it.

Answer:

10) How are these two amino acids attached?

A) amino group to amino group

B) amino group to carboxyl group

C) carboxylic acid group to carboxyl group

D) through a hydrolysis reaction

Answer:

 
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“Synthetic Chromosomes, Transcriptomes, And Patents On BRCA Genes”

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“Synthetic chromosomes, Transcriptomes, and Patents on BRCA genes”

For your primary post, please respond to one of the following three topics with a post of at least 125 words that addresses each point given in the instructions. Also, please reply to at least one fellow student on any topic.

Topic 1 [videos]:  It’s parent was a computer file. Watch the short video about organism with the synthetic chromosome that was created at the Craig Venter Institute (1)* and the video about the “streamlined” version that organism(2)*.   Subsequently, answer the following:

  • (a) How does the DNA in the synthetic organisms differ from DNA in naturally-occurring microorganisms?
  • (b) What do you think we’ve learned from these experiments?
  • (c) In your opinion, what are the inherent risks of this research to human health or to the environment, if any?

Topic 2 [article]: Transcriptomes. The complete set of all DNA in a cell is called the genome. The complete set of all the mRNA in a cell is called the transcriptome. Read the following article about the transcriptome (1)*, then address the following:

  • (a)  What does the transcriptome tell us that we can’t get from the genome?
  • (b)  If we compare the transcriptome between cells that have completely different functions in the body, how do you think they would compare?
  • (c) Explain how this concept relates to our lesson on gene expression from Chapter 7.

Topic 3 [research]: Patent protection for BRCA genes. On the Internet, read one or more articles about how the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in the case of Association for Molecular Pathology versus Myriad Genetics. In your answer, you must give credit to your source(s). Your answer must address the following:

  • (a) Describe some of the major reasons why the plaintiffs objected to Myriad’s patent on the breast cancer-related genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2.
  • (b) Describe the SCOTUS ruling regarding naturally-occuring DNA sequences, as well as their ruling regarding DNA sequences that do not exist in Nature.

Note: the rulings of lower courts are NOT of interest for our purposes. Please concentrate only on SCOTUS’s ruling. The objective here is to emphasize the precedent-setting ruling of the highest court (SCOTUS), rather than to recount the litigation history. 

  • (c) What is your view on the issue of whether we should allow human genes to be patented?
  • Be absolutely sure that you cite your sources, and list your references.

References (in Strayer Writing Standards format).

  1. Associated Press, May 20, 2010. Scientists make synthetic cell using manmade DNA., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyAOepIU6uo
  2. Newsy Science, March 25, 2016. Synthetic life has been streamlined and is ready to be put to work., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saaWTiQie0M
  3. National Human Genome Research Institute, August 27, 2015, Transcriptome, https://www.genome.gov/13014330/transcriptome-fact-sheet/
 
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MIC100 Case 3

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Protist is a catch-all term that usually refers to single-celled, eukaryotic organisms. Protists can be animal-like, fungal-like or plant-like in terms of the organelles they contain. The animal-like protists have traditionally been called “protozoans.” They are heterotrophic and usually have structures for motility. Plant-like protists are autotrophic and capable of photosynthesis. Many of them are floaters, with no structures for motility.

Protists are among the largest of all eukaryotic cells. They often have specialized organelles that are not found in the cells of multicellular organisms. These organelles combine to accomplish the basic functions that we associate with entire organ systems of plants and animals. For example, there are organelles in some freshwater protists that maintain osmotic equilibrium by pumping excess fluid out of the cell—a function performed by the urinary system of most animals. There are also protists that do not fit neatly into plant-like or animal-like categories.

  1. Study the following video of an ambiguous protist. (The video has no sound.) Then write a short description indicating why you think the protist is more animal-like or more plant-like. (Base your answer on observations of the protist.)Ambiguous Protist. Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity. Retrieved March 27, 2018, from http://projects.ncsu.edu/project/bio181de/Lab/protists-fungi/euglena.html
  2. View the following video of two animal-like protists, Stentor and Voticella (audio included), and then answer the questions listed below:Stentor and Vorticella. Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity.Retrieved March 27, 2018, from http://projects.ncsu.edu/project/bio181de/Lab/protists-fungi/protozoans.html
    1. Describe the ways in which Stentor and Vorticella feed; what structures are involved in feeding?
    2. Name, and briefly describe, one internal organelle in each protist.
  3. Research one additional protist. Insert an image of your chosen protist into your word document (it should be no larger than 2.5-by-3 inches). Describe its beneficial or harmful effects on humans.

Assignment Expectations

Organize this essay assignment using subtitles that summarize the topic from each question above. For example, use descriptive subtitles such as Ambiguous Protist, etc.

Your essay should be approximately 1½–2 pages. Answer each question under the subtitle using complete sentences that relate back to the question. Be sure to use APA formatting throughout your essay, and use 1-inch margins, 12-point type and double spacing. Include a title page, an introduction, answers to the questions with subtitles, and a concluding paragraph. Remember to include in-text citations within the body of the essay referencing your resources (e.g., Murray, 2014). Also, be sure to include a reference section at the end of your assignment listing all required readings and any additional resources you used to complete your essay. A helpful guide to writing a quality essay can be found in Writing Tips. The Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper also provides links to example essays written within APA format.

Direct quotes should be limited and must be designated by quotation marks. Paraphrased ideas must give credit to the original author, for example: (Murray, 2014). Direct copying from “homework help” websites will not receive credit. Once you have completed your assignment within a Word document, please upload your final version to the Case 3 Dropbox. Please also note your Turnitin originality score and make revisions as needed. Please contact your instructor with any questions.

 
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