Career Journals:
Career Journal #6 3.1.2 Sickle Cell Diaries
· Hematologist
· Specialized medical degree and license
· As a specialized physician, a hematologist treats disorders of the blood. These can include many different conditions, and a hematologist must be knowledgeable enough to treat all of the different types, which may include disorders with blood cells, bone marrow, and the vascular system in general.
· Their salary is $235,929 per year
· Hematologist job description, career as a hematologist, salary employment-definition and nature of
the work, education and training requirements, getting the job. (2012). Retrieved from
http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/7828/Hematologist.html
Hematologist education requirements. (2009). Retrieved from
http://www.education-requirements.com/hematologist-education-requirements
· This career will be related to what we are studying because a hematologist will have probably checked Anna Garcia’s blood in the past and discovered that she had sickle cell disease. I personally like this career and I would probably consider pursuing it because I want to be a physician anyway, and I think there is a good possibility I will focus in this specialty.
Career Journal #6 3.1.2 Sickle Cell Diaries
· Hematologist
· Specialized medical degree and license
· As a specialized physician, a hematologist treats disorders of the blood. These can include many different conditions, and a hematologist must be knowledgeable enough to treat all of the different types, which may include disorders with blood cells, bone marrow, and the vascular system in general.
· Their salary is $235,929 per year
· Hematologist job description, career as a hematologist, salary employment-definition and nature of
the work, education and training requirements, getting the job. (2012). Retrieved from
http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/7828/Hematologist.html
Hematologist education requirements. (2009). Retrieved from
http://www.education-requirements.com/hematologist-education-requirements
· This career will be related to what we are studying because a hematologist will have probably checked Anna Garcia’s blood in the past and discovered that she had sickle cell disease. I personally like this career and I would probably consider pursuing it because I want to be a physician anyway, and I think there is a good possibility I will focus in this specialty.
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Final Case Report of Anna Garcia from Unit 1 (with concept map):
o Introduction:
Ø A woman, Anna Garcia, is found dead in her home. The scene was investigated,
evidence was gathered, and findings were taken to the lab to be analyzed. The
structure of DNA was introduced and, in conjunction with basic molecular biology
techniques, was used to connect possible suspects with the crime scene.
Additional medical history information for Anna was obtained, as well as details
from her autopsy report, and the various illnesses she encountered throughout
her life are still being investigated.
o Summary of Findings:
Ø There were four possible suspects. Alex Garcia could have been Anna Garcia’s murderer
because clues that suggest it so are his divorce from Anna was not smooth, he is
the beneficiary on Anna’s life insurance plan, and he is having financial
problems. Anna could have been killed by suspect number two, Doug Greene, who
could have decided to avenge himself by killing her because she abruptly broke
up with him just last week. Person of interest number three was Erica Piedmont,
who had a heated argument with Alex, and the argument could have been about
Anna, and at the end of it, acting out of rage and jealousy, Erica cold have
killed Anna. Lucy Leffingwell is the fourth suspect, and although she was Anna’s
best friend, she did share a business with her, and as disagreement’s arose,
Erica wanted to buy Anna’s half of the business, but she probably saw it easier
to simply kill her. At the crime scene, there were a total of eight clues:
one—vomit on the floor, two—blood found on the table and spatters on floor,
three—syringe on floor, four—unidentified white pills on floor, five—fingerprint
on spilled orange juice glass, six—hair found on knocked-over lamp, seven—muddy
shoeprint found on floor, an eight—pool of blood under victim’s head. Out of
these clues, five of them were taken to the lab for further investigation, and
the following was found out: the blood found at the crime scene might belong to
Anna Garcia or Erica Piedmont, the unknown substance is aspirin, the hair found
belongs to Anna, the fingerprint was also Anna’s, and the shoeprint found match
Anna’s shoes. The blood spatters found on the floor were all circular so it was
found out that they must have fallen at a ninety degree angle. Further analysis
was done on the pattern of blood spatters, and based on that analysis of how
height affects blood spatter diameter, it was determined that the blood was
dripped five to six centimeters from the floor. Finally a gel was ran, and the
results of the electrophoresis study showed that Anna Garcia’s DNA matched the
DNA found at the crime scene. Any inconsistencies in the data and limitations of
these methods in reconstructing what happened at the scene are not really
pertinent, in my opinion, because we have not yet come to the end of this
investigation.
o Conclusion:
Ø Based on the analyses we have so far, the manner of death of Anna Garcia seems to be
an accident case. What probably happened was after having returned home from her
usual walk with her dog (leaving a muddy footprint close to the entrance), Anna
probably didn’t feel well; due to what her best-friend Leffingwell claims, this
is probably the case, since Anna had been in the hospital recently and she was
experiencing back pain radiating towards her sides. After her walk, perhaps Anna
felt such a pain, and to help deal with it, she struggled to open a bottle of
pills found to be aspirin. She took these with a glass of orange juice, which
explains her fingerprints on the glass. The pain must have been extremely severe
that Anna’s legs buckled down leading to the explanation of the four pills found
on the floor. As Anna fell, she knocked over her lamp, found to have her hair,
and finally busting her head open, she hit a table, bringing the table down with
her, vomiting before finally becoming unconscious, and eventually dying. The
pool of blood with Anna’s blood type came from the hemorrhage on her
head.
Concept map
o Introduction:
Ø A woman, Anna Garcia, is found dead in her home. The scene was investigated,
evidence was gathered, and findings were taken to the lab to be analyzed. The
structure of DNA was introduced and, in conjunction with basic molecular biology
techniques, was used to connect possible suspects with the crime scene.
Additional medical history information for Anna was obtained, as well as details
from her autopsy report, and the various illnesses she encountered throughout
her life are still being investigated.
o Summary of Findings:
Ø There were four possible suspects. Alex Garcia could have been Anna Garcia’s murderer
because clues that suggest it so are his divorce from Anna was not smooth, he is
the beneficiary on Anna’s life insurance plan, and he is having financial
problems. Anna could have been killed by suspect number two, Doug Greene, who
could have decided to avenge himself by killing her because she abruptly broke
up with him just last week. Person of interest number three was Erica Piedmont,
who had a heated argument with Alex, and the argument could have been about
Anna, and at the end of it, acting out of rage and jealousy, Erica cold have
killed Anna. Lucy Leffingwell is the fourth suspect, and although she was Anna’s
best friend, she did share a business with her, and as disagreement’s arose,
Erica wanted to buy Anna’s half of the business, but she probably saw it easier
to simply kill her. At the crime scene, there were a total of eight clues:
one—vomit on the floor, two—blood found on the table and spatters on floor,
three—syringe on floor, four—unidentified white pills on floor, five—fingerprint
on spilled orange juice glass, six—hair found on knocked-over lamp, seven—muddy
shoeprint found on floor, an eight—pool of blood under victim’s head. Out of
these clues, five of them were taken to the lab for further investigation, and
the following was found out: the blood found at the crime scene might belong to
Anna Garcia or Erica Piedmont, the unknown substance is aspirin, the hair found
belongs to Anna, the fingerprint was also Anna’s, and the shoeprint found match
Anna’s shoes. The blood spatters found on the floor were all circular so it was
found out that they must have fallen at a ninety degree angle. Further analysis
was done on the pattern of blood spatters, and based on that analysis of how
height affects blood spatter diameter, it was determined that the blood was
dripped five to six centimeters from the floor. Finally a gel was ran, and the
results of the electrophoresis study showed that Anna Garcia’s DNA matched the
DNA found at the crime scene. Any inconsistencies in the data and limitations of
these methods in reconstructing what happened at the scene are not really
pertinent, in my opinion, because we have not yet come to the end of this
investigation.
o Conclusion:
Ø Based on the analyses we have so far, the manner of death of Anna Garcia seems to be
an accident case. What probably happened was after having returned home from her
usual walk with her dog (leaving a muddy footprint close to the entrance), Anna
probably didn’t feel well; due to what her best-friend Leffingwell claims, this
is probably the case, since Anna had been in the hospital recently and she was
experiencing back pain radiating towards her sides. After her walk, perhaps Anna
felt such a pain, and to help deal with it, she struggled to open a bottle of
pills found to be aspirin. She took these with a glass of orange juice, which
explains her fingerprints on the glass. The pain must have been extremely severe
that Anna’s legs buckled down leading to the explanation of the four pills found
on the floor. As Anna fell, she knocked over her lamp, found to have her hair,
and finally busting her head open, she hit a table, bringing the table down with
her, vomiting before finally becoming unconscious, and eventually dying. The
pool of blood with Anna’s blood type came from the hemorrhage on her
head.
Concept map
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Activity 1.1.3 Experimental Design:
1. Problem to Invesitgate
- How height affects bloodstain patterns (which should be circular).
2. Hypothesis
- If height is increased, then the bloodstain patterns will increase in diameter.
3. Procedure
- Fill up the eye-dropper or pipette with simulated blood
- Securely fasten the dropper or pipette to the clamp, and with a measuring tape, fasten the clamp on
the ring stand at 0cm, above a white paper.
- Gently squeeze out only 1 drop of simulated blood and measure its diameter in mm. Record the
measurements of the diameter and the height dropped beside the bloodstain.
- Repeat these 3 steps for heights of 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 cm for 2 trials.
- Record all Data, and make a chart.
4. Experiment was completed.
5. Data* was recorded in Height Determination Graph Sheet (y-axis and x-axis values were modified for
best fit of data). The graph showed that as height increased, the diameter of the blood spatter also
increased, except in trial 1 when going from 80cm to 100cm the diameter decreased.
6. Conclusions
- If height is increased then blood spatter diameter will gradually increase also and then begin to level
off.
*Copy of Data Tables Below:
Trial 1
1. Problem to Invesitgate
- How height affects bloodstain patterns (which should be circular).
2. Hypothesis
- If height is increased, then the bloodstain patterns will increase in diameter.
3. Procedure
- Fill up the eye-dropper or pipette with simulated blood
- Securely fasten the dropper or pipette to the clamp, and with a measuring tape, fasten the clamp on
the ring stand at 0cm, above a white paper.
- Gently squeeze out only 1 drop of simulated blood and measure its diameter in mm. Record the
measurements of the diameter and the height dropped beside the bloodstain.
- Repeat these 3 steps for heights of 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 cm for 2 trials.
- Record all Data, and make a chart.
4. Experiment was completed.
5. Data* was recorded in Height Determination Graph Sheet (y-axis and x-axis values were modified for
best fit of data). The graph showed that as height increased, the diameter of the blood spatter also
increased, except in trial 1 when going from 80cm to 100cm the diameter decreased.
6. Conclusions
- If height is increased then blood spatter diameter will gradually increase also and then begin to level
off.
*Copy of Data Tables Below:
Trial 1
Height (cm)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 |
Diameter (mm)
0.4 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.2 |
Trial 2
Height (cm)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 |
Diameter (mm)
0.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 |
Activity 2.1.1 Venn Diagram on difference between Type I and II Diabetes:
Activity 2.1.1 graph of GTT vs. Insulin testing:
Activity 2.2.2 Anna's Nutrition Report:
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Activity 2.3.1 Diabetes brochure
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Activity 2.3.4 Diabetic Innovation powerpoint
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Activity 2.1.3 Blood Sugar Feedback Loop
Activity 4.1.1 Heart diagram
Activity 4.2.3 Copy of my EKG
Activity 4.3.1 Cholesterol Brochure
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Activity 4.2.2 Blood Pressure Lab Report
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Absent for both Activity 5.1.2 Infectious Agent chart & Activity 6.1.1 Body Systems powerpoint :/