Final Post
I have learned many things in this class this semester. I have enjoyed working online as oppose to in class. One of the things that I liked about this class is the aspect of doing any assignment any time you wanted. All of the assignments of the semester were basically laid out and we could work on the assignments any time we wanted. By taking this course online I also experienced that I got my work done much faster than usual. Usually, when I work on my assignments it takes my much longer to write a paper than it did in this course. I think the reason for this was that I had my mind made up that every Sunday from 12-5 I was going to work on the papers for this class. I was able to manage my time very nicely in this course and that is why I think I was able to finish all my assignments on time. To be honest with you I wasn’t even going to take this course, but than my sister advised me to take this online course because it was very helpful to my learning abilities. She was right now that I have taken this course one of the most important things that I have learned is how to maximize my time to do efficient work. I feel that if I had not taken this course I wouldn’t have learned how to capitalize on one of the most important things in life, which is time.
As far as for blogs are concerned, I feel that was one of the strongest parts of this course because we could share our work with classmates and get their opinions on how to improve our papers. I also got a different perspective from reading other students essays and that showed as to how I can improve my papers. After this class I may start putting different types of post on there like posts about video games and how to play them correctly to maximize your profits. This has been a great online course and I have enjoyed it and the professor was great as well, and I would definitely recommend online courses to anyone who is hesitant about taking them
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Microserfs Reading Response
Microserfs Reading Response
5. Karla says, "computers will continue to be developed . . . an 'entity is going to be created that has its own intelligence." What is Karla saying about artificial intelligence (AI)? What are your perspectives on AI?
In order to answer this question clearly, we must first define, what exactly artificial intelligence means. The source that I used to acquire the defintion of this phrase is known as dictionary.com. According to dictionary.com artificial intelligence means the capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to learning and decision making in humans, as by an expert system, a program for CAD or CAM, or a program for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems. According to Karla’s opinion, Karla thinks that an entity will be created that has its own intelligence” (Coupland 34). Karla is saying that soon computers and other break through science projects will have minds of their own. Karla is basically saying that the big science projects that people are working on, whether they be robots or other mechanical engineered versions of humans will eventually start to self develop their own minds that humans have helped them get started by creating them. Karla also made a point as to how she thinks computers will use aspects like “copy and paste” for example to develop their learning’s about their environments, so they can be better adapted to survive as an elite species. In my opinion this is what Karla means, when she is referring to artificial intelligence. On this planet many people would agree with her opinions on artificial intelligence theory that she has created and I am one of those people. I believe that if we keep advancing on the computer technology, we will one day have created a species that may have become superior to us. Many people have many different opinions on computer minds taking over the planet, and everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but this is my take on artificial intelligence.
2. What do you think Coupland is saying when he includes random information, random keyboard hits and snatches of gossip amongst the journal and e-mails?
Coupland’s work is different from many other literature that I have come across over the course of my studies, because in his work there are many random information’s, random keyboard hits and snatches. In my opinion he just writes whatever comes to his mind. When I am working on papers for classes, I get random urges that make we want to just start typing random stuff to satisfy my find and I think this is exactly what Coupland goes through. If Coupland has a thought he just goes with it without taking time to think it through. According to Coupland he does random things in his work to state what comes to his mind in words (Coupland 45). When Coupland goes on and writes random things he is just showing us another side of himself. In other words, when you read his work your getting the whole picture as to what kind of a person he is. Many people may find his work funny or bizarre or just completely out of the ordinary. Personally, I think Coupland’s work brings an ease to the mind of the reader, because when someone reads his work its not all serious and direct to the point. He has a way of putting words into sentences that make the reader feel comfortable, when they are reading his work. As you are reading his work he has one-word sentences that in my opinion express, what he has been going through lately. For example, on one of his pages he has words random words that state “CNN, airbags, birth and etc… In my opinion he had watched CNN and had an encounter with airbags and birth lately. I feel that overall, Coupland would be a great person if I ever had a chance to meet him, because you could explore his mind and come to a conclusion as to “why he is the way he is.”
3. Why do you think Coupland's characters speak in computer jargon, and use technical expressions to describe their lives and environment? How does this compare to your experiences of the workplace and home? What effect does this way of speaking have on others?
In order to answer this question one has to look into the lifestyle of the Coupland characters. As I read Coupland’s work, I did notice that many of his characters used unordinary language to talk with one another. It seemed as if they had a secret language that only they could understand. But if one were to examine this situation, they would realize that their language is not unordinary at all due to the circumstances the characters are in. If you had spent many years working in a field with the same people, wouldn’t you adapt to each other and start using words that are easier and can get the message across with one word rather than a sentence. I think the character’s talk in that language, because it helps them save time and get more work done. When you working for ten or more hours a day and you come home and have to talk to your kids, eventually your children will notice that as time goes by your language will change with the way you talk to your children, because your so used to the talking in some other form that you use at the workplace. If you found a stable job and attend it regualry that job will become your way of life and that’s what exactly has happened to the Coupland’s characters. The type of language that the characters use can definitely leave people out. It makes it difficult for others to join a conversation and eventually your friend’s circle will be limited to the few other people that you know that speak the same code language that you do. By reading Coupland’s work, I did get a feeling that the characters that he had were isolated from everyone else, because no one else could understand them and were classified as “loners” in my opinion.
Work Cited
Coupland, Douglas. Microserfs. New York, MI: ReganBooks, 1996. 1-271.29 Nov. 2008.
5. Karla says, "computers will continue to be developed . . . an 'entity is going to be created that has its own intelligence." What is Karla saying about artificial intelligence (AI)? What are your perspectives on AI?
In order to answer this question clearly, we must first define, what exactly artificial intelligence means. The source that I used to acquire the defintion of this phrase is known as dictionary.com. According to dictionary.com artificial intelligence means the capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to learning and decision making in humans, as by an expert system, a program for CAD or CAM, or a program for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems. According to Karla’s opinion, Karla thinks that an entity will be created that has its own intelligence” (Coupland 34). Karla is saying that soon computers and other break through science projects will have minds of their own. Karla is basically saying that the big science projects that people are working on, whether they be robots or other mechanical engineered versions of humans will eventually start to self develop their own minds that humans have helped them get started by creating them. Karla also made a point as to how she thinks computers will use aspects like “copy and paste” for example to develop their learning’s about their environments, so they can be better adapted to survive as an elite species. In my opinion this is what Karla means, when she is referring to artificial intelligence. On this planet many people would agree with her opinions on artificial intelligence theory that she has created and I am one of those people. I believe that if we keep advancing on the computer technology, we will one day have created a species that may have become superior to us. Many people have many different opinions on computer minds taking over the planet, and everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but this is my take on artificial intelligence.
2. What do you think Coupland is saying when he includes random information, random keyboard hits and snatches of gossip amongst the journal and e-mails?
Coupland’s work is different from many other literature that I have come across over the course of my studies, because in his work there are many random information’s, random keyboard hits and snatches. In my opinion he just writes whatever comes to his mind. When I am working on papers for classes, I get random urges that make we want to just start typing random stuff to satisfy my find and I think this is exactly what Coupland goes through. If Coupland has a thought he just goes with it without taking time to think it through. According to Coupland he does random things in his work to state what comes to his mind in words (Coupland 45). When Coupland goes on and writes random things he is just showing us another side of himself. In other words, when you read his work your getting the whole picture as to what kind of a person he is. Many people may find his work funny or bizarre or just completely out of the ordinary. Personally, I think Coupland’s work brings an ease to the mind of the reader, because when someone reads his work its not all serious and direct to the point. He has a way of putting words into sentences that make the reader feel comfortable, when they are reading his work. As you are reading his work he has one-word sentences that in my opinion express, what he has been going through lately. For example, on one of his pages he has words random words that state “CNN, airbags, birth and etc… In my opinion he had watched CNN and had an encounter with airbags and birth lately. I feel that overall, Coupland would be a great person if I ever had a chance to meet him, because you could explore his mind and come to a conclusion as to “why he is the way he is.”
3. Why do you think Coupland's characters speak in computer jargon, and use technical expressions to describe their lives and environment? How does this compare to your experiences of the workplace and home? What effect does this way of speaking have on others?
In order to answer this question one has to look into the lifestyle of the Coupland characters. As I read Coupland’s work, I did notice that many of his characters used unordinary language to talk with one another. It seemed as if they had a secret language that only they could understand. But if one were to examine this situation, they would realize that their language is not unordinary at all due to the circumstances the characters are in. If you had spent many years working in a field with the same people, wouldn’t you adapt to each other and start using words that are easier and can get the message across with one word rather than a sentence. I think the character’s talk in that language, because it helps them save time and get more work done. When you working for ten or more hours a day and you come home and have to talk to your kids, eventually your children will notice that as time goes by your language will change with the way you talk to your children, because your so used to the talking in some other form that you use at the workplace. If you found a stable job and attend it regualry that job will become your way of life and that’s what exactly has happened to the Coupland’s characters. The type of language that the characters use can definitely leave people out. It makes it difficult for others to join a conversation and eventually your friend’s circle will be limited to the few other people that you know that speak the same code language that you do. By reading Coupland’s work, I did get a feeling that the characters that he had were isolated from everyone else, because no one else could understand them and were classified as “loners” in my opinion.
Work Cited
Coupland, Douglas. Microserfs. New York, MI: ReganBooks, 1996. 1-271.29 Nov. 2008
Screen Capture From Week 1
This is a a question that i was working on for my Math class we had to make many calculations based on this image.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Module III- Final Draft Essay
Cardiology
For this assignment, I chose Medicine as my main topic and within medicine there are many important fields of study, buy none is more important than cardiology. Cardiology is the medical study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart. For my career path, I definitely want to pursue this field, because every since I was little, I wanted to learn more and more about the heart and its functions. I was very intrigued by the studies of the heart, which has lead me wanting to pursue the field of cardiology. I chose to talk about three main journals, which highlighted many important facts about the heart and its functions that in my opinion and that most people need to know to about in our world.
The first article I read was titled “Chronic heart failure” from the journal, The Lancet written by Gregg C Fonarow. In this article, efficacy and safety of the statin rosuvastatin in patients with heart failure was investigated. There was an experiment done in which, 326 patients of ages 18 yrs. or older with chronic heart failure were enrolled into New York Heart Association. These individuals were given placebos, which have no pharmacological effect, but given to satisfy a patient, who supposes it to be a medicine. As long as the patient think there taking medicine that is helping them get better, they will continue to use it, even though its all in their head about the medicines effects, in this case it’s the placebos, which have no pharmaceutical association with real medicine. There were two groups, one was given placebos and one was given normal medicine over the course of one year. The findings showed that both groups had similar recovery patterns, even though one of the groups wasn’t given any real medicine at all. When I read this I was alarmed, because I could never think that a placebo could potentially serve as real medicine. So, from reading this article I definitely got a different understanding on how even placebos can serve as real medicine, when it comes to heart associated illnesses.
The second article, I read was titled “Sudden cardiac arrest associated with early repolarization”, from the journal The New England Journal of Medicine written by Nicolas derval. From reading this article, I learned that early repolarization is a common electrocardiographic finding that is generally considered to be benign. What this means is that if you have repolarization the early stages of this disease are very gentle and non- harming, but as time goes by this disease becomes very harmful. This article also explains that in an experiment in which there were 206 case subjects at 22 centers who were resuscitated after cardiac arrest and these individuals were reviewed and there was data taken from the conditions they were in. The control group consisted of 412 subjects without heart disease, who were matched for age, sex, race, and level of physical activity. Results showed that early repolarization was more frequent in case subjects with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation than in control subjects. Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation is a condition in which there is uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of the ventricles in the heart, making them tremble rather than contract properly.
Among the individuals studied, those with early repolarization were more likely to be male and to have a history of syncope or sudden cardiac arrest during sleep than those without early repolarization. So, after reading this article, I learned about early repolarization and how it can affect the heart.
The third article, I read was titled “Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease”, from the journal, The American Journal of Cardiology, written by Kevin McGeechan MBiostat. In this article, I learned that recent studies showed that retinal vascular signs like quantitative retinal vascular caliber were associated with increased risk of incident coronary heart disease. Also, I learned how retinal vascular caliber added to the prediction of coronary heart disease. The study in this article restricted its individuals to people without diabetes, because current treatment guidelines for the prevention of CHD conclude that people with diabetes have high risk of damage, when conducting the
“Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease” study. So, if we can predict coronary heart diseases very early in their development the chances of curing these diseases can greatly increase, because we will be able to kill these viruses, while their still maturing.
So, in conclusion I talked about three main journals, which highlighted many important facts about the heart and its functions that in my opinion and that most people need to know to about in our world. After reading these articles, my understanding of how the heart functions has greatly increased. I learned terms in this article that I never knew and wouldn’t have learned in years until I went to medical school. From reading these articles, I was even more inspired to learn about all the functions of the human heart.
Work-Cited
American Journal of Psychiatry, 178(19), 1276-55. Retrieved November 3, 2008, from
Research Library database. (Document ID:1654500841).
Chronic heart failure. The Lancet written by Gregg C Fonarow, 177(4), 182-87. Retrieved
November 3, 2008, from research library database. (Document ID: 1374188844).
“Sudden cardiac arrest associated with early repolarization”, from the journal
The New England Journal of Medicine written by Nicolas derval.
“Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease”, from the journal
The American Journal of Cardiology, written by Kevin McGeechan Mbiostat
Research Library database. (Document ID:13254532123).
For this assignment, I chose Medicine as my main topic and within medicine there are many important fields of study, buy none is more important than cardiology. Cardiology is the medical study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart. For my career path, I definitely want to pursue this field, because every since I was little, I wanted to learn more and more about the heart and its functions. I was very intrigued by the studies of the heart, which has lead me wanting to pursue the field of cardiology. I chose to talk about three main journals, which highlighted many important facts about the heart and its functions that in my opinion and that most people need to know to about in our world.
The first article I read was titled “Chronic heart failure” from the journal, The Lancet written by Gregg C Fonarow. In this article, efficacy and safety of the statin rosuvastatin in patients with heart failure was investigated. There was an experiment done in which, 326 patients of ages 18 yrs. or older with chronic heart failure were enrolled into New York Heart Association. These individuals were given placebos, which have no pharmacological effect, but given to satisfy a patient, who supposes it to be a medicine. As long as the patient think there taking medicine that is helping them get better, they will continue to use it, even though its all in their head about the medicines effects, in this case it’s the placebos, which have no pharmaceutical association with real medicine. There were two groups, one was given placebos and one was given normal medicine over the course of one year. The findings showed that both groups had similar recovery patterns, even though one of the groups wasn’t given any real medicine at all. When I read this I was alarmed, because I could never think that a placebo could potentially serve as real medicine. So, from reading this article I definitely got a different understanding on how even placebos can serve as real medicine, when it comes to heart associated illnesses.
The second article, I read was titled “Sudden cardiac arrest associated with early repolarization”, from the journal The New England Journal of Medicine written by Nicolas derval. From reading this article, I learned that early repolarization is a common electrocardiographic finding that is generally considered to be benign. What this means is that if you have repolarization the early stages of this disease are very gentle and non- harming, but as time goes by this disease becomes very harmful. This article also explains that in an experiment in which there were 206 case subjects at 22 centers who were resuscitated after cardiac arrest and these individuals were reviewed and there was data taken from the conditions they were in. The control group consisted of 412 subjects without heart disease, who were matched for age, sex, race, and level of physical activity. Results showed that early repolarization was more frequent in case subjects with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation than in control subjects. Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation is a condition in which there is uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of the ventricles in the heart, making them tremble rather than contract properly.
Among the individuals studied, those with early repolarization were more likely to be male and to have a history of syncope or sudden cardiac arrest during sleep than those without early repolarization. So, after reading this article, I learned about early repolarization and how it can affect the heart.
The third article, I read was titled “Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease”, from the journal, The American Journal of Cardiology, written by Kevin McGeechan MBiostat. In this article, I learned that recent studies showed that retinal vascular signs like quantitative retinal vascular caliber were associated with increased risk of incident coronary heart disease. Also, I learned how retinal vascular caliber added to the prediction of coronary heart disease. The study in this article restricted its individuals to people without diabetes, because current treatment guidelines for the prevention of CHD conclude that people with diabetes have high risk of damage, when conducting the
“Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease” study. So, if we can predict coronary heart diseases very early in their development the chances of curing these diseases can greatly increase, because we will be able to kill these viruses, while their still maturing.
So, in conclusion I talked about three main journals, which highlighted many important facts about the heart and its functions that in my opinion and that most people need to know to about in our world. After reading these articles, my understanding of how the heart functions has greatly increased. I learned terms in this article that I never knew and wouldn’t have learned in years until I went to medical school. From reading these articles, I was even more inspired to learn about all the functions of the human heart.
Work-Cited
American Journal of Psychiatry, 178(19), 1276-55. Retrieved November 3, 2008, from
Research Library database. (Document ID:1654500841).
Chronic heart failure. The Lancet written by Gregg C Fonarow, 177(4), 182-87. Retrieved
November 3, 2008, from research library database. (Document ID: 1374188844).
“Sudden cardiac arrest associated with early repolarization”, from the journal
The New England Journal of Medicine written by Nicolas derval.
“Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease”, from the journal
The American Journal of Cardiology, written by Kevin McGeechan Mbiostat
Research Library database. (Document ID:13254532123).
Module III- My revisions from the Rough draft to the final draft
After I looked at how people responded to my rough draft, I decided to change up a few things to improve the quality of the paper. I changed up quite a few things from my rough draft. Since, I had already written the paper in the rough draft, I had a solid foundation to work with. I made some grammatical changes in the paragraphs, because many different people told me that I needed to fix the grammar, so I took their advice and I did my best to make as many positive grammatical changes as I could.
In this paper I had also many run on sentences in the rough draft and I had very long sentences, so I did my best to fix those minor problems, while still trying to keep the paper flow nicely from sentence to sentence and paragraph to paragraph. I had already put in many facts into the rough draft, but I still decided to insert more information into the final draft to provide as much positive and negative information as I could to the reader that I learned from doing this paper.
In my final draft, I fixed added some definitions to words that otherwise would be hard to understand. I also changed up my thesis statement, so people could agree or disagree with it, before it was just a one sided statement in my rough draft. In my final draft, I also added in my thesis statement to my conclusion. I also created a word-cited page, which I didn’t have in my rough draft. So, these were the main changes that I made to make my final essay way better than the rough draft.
In this paper I had also many run on sentences in the rough draft and I had very long sentences, so I did my best to fix those minor problems, while still trying to keep the paper flow nicely from sentence to sentence and paragraph to paragraph. I had already put in many facts into the rough draft, but I still decided to insert more information into the final draft to provide as much positive and negative information as I could to the reader that I learned from doing this paper.
In my final draft, I fixed added some definitions to words that otherwise would be hard to understand. I also changed up my thesis statement, so people could agree or disagree with it, before it was just a one sided statement in my rough draft. In my final draft, I also added in my thesis statement to my conclusion. I also created a word-cited page, which I didn’t have in my rough draft. So, these were the main changes that I made to make my final essay way better than the rough draft.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Module III first draft
Cardiology
For this assignment I chose Medicine as my main topic and within medicine there are many important field of study, buy none is more important than cardiology. Cardiology is the medical study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart. For my career path I definitely want to pursue this field, because every since I was little I wanted to learn more and more about the heart and its functions. I was very intrigued by the studies of the heart and that is why today, I want to pursue the field of cardiology.
I chose to talk about three main journals, which highlighted many important facts about the heart and its functions.
The first article I read was titled “Chronic heart failure” from the journal, The Lancet written by Gregg C Fonarow. In this article, efficacy and safety of the statin rosuvastatin in patients with heart failure was investigated. There was an experiment done in which, 326 patients of ages 18 yrs. Or older with chronic heart failure were enrolled into New York Heart Association. These individuals were given placebo’s, which has no pharmacological effect, but given to satisfy a patient, who supposes it to be a medicine. As long as the patient think there taking medicine that is helping them get better, they will continue to use it, even though its all in their head about the medicines effects, in this case it’s the placebo’s, which have no pharmaceutical association with real medicine. There were two groups one was given placebo’s and one was given normal medicine over the course of a year. The findings showed that both groups had similar recovery patterns even though one of the groups wasn’t given any real medicine at all. When I read this I was alarmed, because I could never think that a placebo could potentially serve as real medicine. So, from reading this article I definitely got a different understanding on how even placebos can serve as real medicine, when it comes to heart associated illnesses.
The second article, I read was titled “Sudden cardiac arrest associated with early repolarization”, from the journal The New England Journal of Medicine written by Nicolas derval. From reading this article, I learned that early repolarization is a common electrocardiographic finding that is generally considered to be benign. What this means is that if you have repolarization the early stages of this disease are very gentle and non- harming, but as time goes by this disease becomes very harmful. This article also explains that in an experiment in which, there were 206 case subjects at 22 centers who were resuscitated after cardiac arrest and these individuals were reviewed and there was data taken from the conditions they were in. The control group consisted of 412 subjects without heart disease, who were matched for age, sex, race, and level of physical activity. Results showed that early repolarization was more frequent in case subjects with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation than in control subjects. Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation is a condition in which there is uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of the ventricles in the heart, making them tremble rather than contract properly.
Among the individuals studied, those with early repolarization were more likely to be male and to have a history of syncope or sudden cardiac arrest during sleep than those without early repolarization. So, after reading this article, I learned about early repolarization and how it can affect the heart.
The third article, I read was titled “Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease”, from the journal, The American Journal of Cardiology, written by Kevin McGeechan MBiostat. In this article, I learned that recent studies showed that retinal vascular signs like quantitative retinal vascular caliber were associated with increased risk of incident coronary heart disease. Also, learned how retinal vascular caliber added to the prediction of coronary heart disease. The study in this article restricted its individuals to people without diabetes, because current treatment guidelines for the prevention of CHD conclude that people with diabetes have high risk of damage when conducting the
“Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease” study .So, if we can predict coronary heart diseases very early in their development the chances of curing these diseases can greatly increase, because we will be able to kill these viruses, while their still maturing.
So, in conclusion after reading these articles my understanding of how the heart functions has greatly increased. I learned terms in this article that I never knew and wouldn’t have learned in years until I went to medical school. From reading these articles, I was even more inspired to learn even more about all the functions of the human heart.
For this assignment I chose Medicine as my main topic and within medicine there are many important field of study, buy none is more important than cardiology. Cardiology is the medical study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart. For my career path I definitely want to pursue this field, because every since I was little I wanted to learn more and more about the heart and its functions. I was very intrigued by the studies of the heart and that is why today, I want to pursue the field of cardiology.
I chose to talk about three main journals, which highlighted many important facts about the heart and its functions.
The first article I read was titled “Chronic heart failure” from the journal, The Lancet written by Gregg C Fonarow. In this article, efficacy and safety of the statin rosuvastatin in patients with heart failure was investigated. There was an experiment done in which, 326 patients of ages 18 yrs. Or older with chronic heart failure were enrolled into New York Heart Association. These individuals were given placebo’s, which has no pharmacological effect, but given to satisfy a patient, who supposes it to be a medicine. As long as the patient think there taking medicine that is helping them get better, they will continue to use it, even though its all in their head about the medicines effects, in this case it’s the placebo’s, which have no pharmaceutical association with real medicine. There were two groups one was given placebo’s and one was given normal medicine over the course of a year. The findings showed that both groups had similar recovery patterns even though one of the groups wasn’t given any real medicine at all. When I read this I was alarmed, because I could never think that a placebo could potentially serve as real medicine. So, from reading this article I definitely got a different understanding on how even placebos can serve as real medicine, when it comes to heart associated illnesses.
The second article, I read was titled “Sudden cardiac arrest associated with early repolarization”, from the journal The New England Journal of Medicine written by Nicolas derval. From reading this article, I learned that early repolarization is a common electrocardiographic finding that is generally considered to be benign. What this means is that if you have repolarization the early stages of this disease are very gentle and non- harming, but as time goes by this disease becomes very harmful. This article also explains that in an experiment in which, there were 206 case subjects at 22 centers who were resuscitated after cardiac arrest and these individuals were reviewed and there was data taken from the conditions they were in. The control group consisted of 412 subjects without heart disease, who were matched for age, sex, race, and level of physical activity. Results showed that early repolarization was more frequent in case subjects with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation than in control subjects. Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation is a condition in which there is uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of the ventricles in the heart, making them tremble rather than contract properly.
Among the individuals studied, those with early repolarization were more likely to be male and to have a history of syncope or sudden cardiac arrest during sleep than those without early repolarization. So, after reading this article, I learned about early repolarization and how it can affect the heart.
The third article, I read was titled “Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease”, from the journal, The American Journal of Cardiology, written by Kevin McGeechan MBiostat. In this article, I learned that recent studies showed that retinal vascular signs like quantitative retinal vascular caliber were associated with increased risk of incident coronary heart disease. Also, learned how retinal vascular caliber added to the prediction of coronary heart disease. The study in this article restricted its individuals to people without diabetes, because current treatment guidelines for the prevention of CHD conclude that people with diabetes have high risk of damage when conducting the
“Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease” study .So, if we can predict coronary heart diseases very early in their development the chances of curing these diseases can greatly increase, because we will be able to kill these viruses, while their still maturing.
So, in conclusion after reading these articles my understanding of how the heart functions has greatly increased. I learned terms in this article that I never knew and wouldn’t have learned in years until I went to medical school. From reading these articles, I was even more inspired to learn even more about all the functions of the human heart.
Friday, October 31, 2008
A 500-word blog post that responds to another article
MySpace and Facebook
The article that I chose to do my blog entry on was MySpace and Facebook: Applying the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Exploring Friend-Networking Sites. By reading this article I learned many things. Most importantly I learned how MySpace and Facebook have changed the lives of millions of people of all ages. Before friend networking websites existed, mostly everyone used emails and instant messaging for.
The article points out that MySpace and Facebook are two friend-networking that are very important in the lives of high school and college students. It has been estimated that MySpace has over20 million registered users, with a sign-up rate of over 230,000 users per day, 7 and Facebook was estimated to have approximately 9.5 million users as
Of September 2006.8 these networking sites have number of features that allow individuals to communicate with others. Both of these sites allows its users to post information about them, post pictures, and leave messages for friends. These sites allow their users many different styles of communication. The different types of communication are very important; because they keep the young generation entertained and if you can keep their attention then your business will prosper.
The article talks about how there was a study done on a group of students in which when students arriving to the study section, they were given a two-part packet to complete. The first page contained only one question, “Do you have a My-Space or Facebook account? Students responded by checking yes or no to this question.
Part I of the packet was filled out by students who had MySpace or Facebook. There were four sections in this part. Section 1 asked the students general questions about how long they had been involved in these sites. In section 2 students were asked to for what reasons did they use the sites. In section 3 students why doesn’t everyone have accounts on these sites? The fourth and final section of Part I obtained information including sex, age, and ethnicity.
Part II of the packet, completed by students didn’t have MySpace or Facebook account, also contained four sections. Section 1 asked students general information about why they did not have a MySpace or Facebook account. Section 2 had students indicate the reasons for not having an account, for example was it because they didn’t have many friends? In section 3, students were asked to predict why other students would have accounts on these sites. The final section of Part II obtained information, including sex, age, and ethnicity.
The results of the study indicated that 87.1% of students said they had a friend-networking account online. The article states that because of spring semester there was an increase in the number of participants having accounts and that the same study conducted with primarily freshman in the fall semester would have lower percentage. Most students said that they had had their accounts for 7 to 24 months, extending back past the start of the fall semester. The article also states that it is impossible to note the number of college students using these sites and the amount of time per day students spend on these friend-networking sites. Overall, results suggest students spend almost 3hours per day either on their accounts or someone else’s account.
The article that I chose to do my blog entry on was MySpace and Facebook: Applying the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Exploring Friend-Networking Sites. By reading this article I learned many things. Most importantly I learned how MySpace and Facebook have changed the lives of millions of people of all ages. Before friend networking websites existed, mostly everyone used emails and instant messaging for.
The article points out that MySpace and Facebook are two friend-networking that are very important in the lives of high school and college students. It has been estimated that MySpace has over20 million registered users, with a sign-up rate of over 230,000 users per day, 7 and Facebook was estimated to have approximately 9.5 million users as
Of September 2006.8 these networking sites have number of features that allow individuals to communicate with others. Both of these sites allows its users to post information about them, post pictures, and leave messages for friends. These sites allow their users many different styles of communication. The different types of communication are very important; because they keep the young generation entertained and if you can keep their attention then your business will prosper.
The article talks about how there was a study done on a group of students in which when students arriving to the study section, they were given a two-part packet to complete. The first page contained only one question, “Do you have a My-Space or Facebook account? Students responded by checking yes or no to this question.
Part I of the packet was filled out by students who had MySpace or Facebook. There were four sections in this part. Section 1 asked the students general questions about how long they had been involved in these sites. In section 2 students were asked to for what reasons did they use the sites. In section 3 students why doesn’t everyone have accounts on these sites? The fourth and final section of Part I obtained information including sex, age, and ethnicity.
Part II of the packet, completed by students didn’t have MySpace or Facebook account, also contained four sections. Section 1 asked students general information about why they did not have a MySpace or Facebook account. Section 2 had students indicate the reasons for not having an account, for example was it because they didn’t have many friends? In section 3, students were asked to predict why other students would have accounts on these sites. The final section of Part II obtained information, including sex, age, and ethnicity.
The results of the study indicated that 87.1% of students said they had a friend-networking account online. The article states that because of spring semester there was an increase in the number of participants having accounts and that the same study conducted with primarily freshman in the fall semester would have lower percentage. Most students said that they had had their accounts for 7 to 24 months, extending back past the start of the fall semester. The article also states that it is impossible to note the number of college students using these sites and the amount of time per day students spend on these friend-networking sites. Overall, results suggest students spend almost 3hours per day either on their accounts or someone else’s account.
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