This exhibit is currently at the Los Angeles County Fair: OUR BODY The Universe Within.
More info from the LA County Fair website.
Highly recommended!
(Thanks Shari)
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Vitamin D Linked To Autoimmune And Cancer Disease Genes, Underscoring Risks Of Deficiency
Interesting read on Vitamin D and Cancer Disease genes:
Monday, September 20, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
A smart use for wisdom teeth
A smart use for wisdom teeth: Making stem cells: wisdom teeth contain a valuable reservoir of mesenchymal cells; a personal stem-cell repository should he or she ever need some.
A very good histology quiz
From Dr. James Crimando, Gateway Community College, Phoenix AZ. http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/histoprc/prac1q.htm
(Thank you Briana)
(Thank you Briana)
Monday, September 6, 2010
Mind - Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.com
Some excerpts from this fascinating NYTimes article:
"An hour of study tonight, an hour on the weekend, another session a week from now: such so-called spacing improves later recall, without requiring students to put in more overall study effort or pay more attention, dozens of studies have found."
and
"...many study skills courses insist that students find a specific place, a study room or a quiet corner of the library, to take their work. The research finds just the opposite. In one classic 1978 experiment, psychologists found that college students who studied a list of 40 vocabulary words in two different rooms — one windowless and cluttered, the other modern, with a view on a courtyard — did far better on a test than students who studied the words twice, in the same room. Later studies have confirmed the finding, for a variety of topics.
and
"...varying the type of material studied in a single sitting — alternating, for example, among vocabulary, reading and speaking in a new language — seems to leave a deeper impression on the brain than does concentrating on just one skill at a time."
"An hour of study tonight, an hour on the weekend, another session a week from now: such so-called spacing improves later recall, without requiring students to put in more overall study effort or pay more attention, dozens of studies have found."
and
"...many study skills courses insist that students find a specific place, a study room or a quiet corner of the library, to take their work. The research finds just the opposite. In one classic 1978 experiment, psychologists found that college students who studied a list of 40 vocabulary words in two different rooms — one windowless and cluttered, the other modern, with a view on a courtyard — did far better on a test than students who studied the words twice, in the same room. Later studies have confirmed the finding, for a variety of topics.
and
"...varying the type of material studied in a single sitting — alternating, for example, among vocabulary, reading and speaking in a new language — seems to leave a deeper impression on the brain than does concentrating on just one skill at a time."
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Epithelial Tissues
I don't know if this has been posted or not so I'll just give a link anyway.
For real they got like limited pictures and a quiz. It's probably not that useful, lol.
If you wanna study or whatever just hit me up on Facebook.
- Jerry Pham
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min | Video on TED.com
In regards to a brief discussion in Tuesday's lecture about holding your breath, check this out. Fascinating!
Some info on stretch marks (striae distensae)
A question came up in lecture on Tuesday regarding stretch marks. What causes these dermal scars is not fully understood, though mast cell release of histamine, cytokines, and other chemicals when the skin is stretched seems to be involved; these substances will damage collagen and elastic fibers in the matrix of the dense irregular connective tissue of the dermis. See Striae Distensae: eMedicine Dermatology for more info.
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