Educational Blogging what I learned from it..

Educational Blogging or mostcommonly known as Edublogging and Edublog. Educational Blogging is a form ofblog that is very helpful to everyone because it talks about a topic of choiceto be used in a form of blog. Instructors, Parents and most especially thestudents are benefitting from this type of blog it is a supportive way to makea communication with everyone.

Usually used by Instructors toinform their students with what to do next in their class. To update themregarding their assignments and activities that needs to be done every afterclass even if they have no knowledge in HTML or other scripting languages, butthat’s okay because nowadays we have sites that automatically create blogs thatgenerate HTML on their own. With the use of Edublog they help to promote thelearning. Students’ nowadays use computer more often to communicate with otherpeople therefore blogs are posted via the internet, so they tend to have moreinterest because they have easy access and they are at ease with what they aredoing because they are used to it.

Educational Blogging is also aneffective way to inform the parents regarding the status of their child and ifthere are any classes in the school of which their child is attending.

Students are also gaining fruitfulknowledge with Educational Blogging, for the students have the most populationin terms of usage of blogs. As stated from the first part that EducationalBlogging is technically used to inform and a certain topic with other people.With this students can use this Educational Blogging for their lessons andassignments.  They can use Edublogging,for it is more effective because you can use a template, images and videos todesign your blog that means you can be creative with Edublogging. With thatEducational Blogging helps to boost not only the skills in writing of thestudents, but also their creativity on how well they can design their blogs.They basically motivate the students with this kind of approach.

Lastly, everyone can do and learnfrom Educational Blogging. Why? Here are some reasons why everyone is profitingfrom this Educational Blogging.

1.       Theymake it easier for Instructors to teach their lessons.

2.       Studentscan easily respond to the Instructor lessons, assignments or questions aboutsomething, for they can think thoroughly.

3.       Last,we as bloggers tend to sprout immense ideas that are not there before becausewe can’t voice it out, but then due to blogging as we all know involves writingand other mediums such as images and videos we tend to make them possiblebecause we can now express them easily and efficiently.

For Mrs. Virginia B. Gaces.

                Thank you for letting us use this kind of approach inyour subject. We’ve learned a lot from you and from this Educational Blogging.We acquired new knowledge and specifically we manage to create writings wenever knew were possible of doing. Again thank you and God Bless.

Toxicology: A Brief Introduction..

Toxicology: An Introduction

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Toxicology..

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• It is the study of poisons.

• It is also the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms.

• It is the study of symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people.

• It is the study of adverse effects on humans of prophylactic and therapeutic drugs, food and beverage additives, and industrial chemicals incorporated into consumer products.

The Four Major Disciplines within Toxicology are:


Mechanistic Toxicology

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Elucidates the cellular and biochemical effects of toxins. These studies provide a basis for rational therapy design and the development of tests to assess the degree of exposure of poisoned individuals.


Descriptive Toxicology

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Uses the results from animal experiments to predict what level of exposure will cause harm in humans. this process known as risk assessment.


Forensic Toxicology

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Primarily concerned with the medicolegal consequences of toxin exposure. A major focus of this area is establishing and validating the analytic performance of the methods used to generate evidence in legal situations, including the cause of death.


Clinical Toxicology

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The study of interrelationships between toxin exposure and disease states. This area emphasizes not only diagnostic testing but also therapeutic intervention.




In simple words, Toxicology is usually considered part of chemistry, mainly because the methods used to evaluate toxins qualitatively and quantitatively are best suited to this area.


What is Toxicity Screening?

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A toxicology screen refers to various tests to determine the type and approximate amount of legal and illegal drugs a person has taken.

• Acute Toxicity- administration of progressively larger single dose up to the lethal dose.

• Subacute/ Chronic Toxicity- administration of multiple doses to detect any adverse effects.

• Mutagenecity- detection of possible ability to induce genetic alteration (mutation).

• Carcinogenecity- detection of possible ability to induce abnormal clonal uncontrolled proliferation of genetically altered cells.

• Teratogenicity- detection of possible deleterious effects on the developing fetus.

What is Poison?

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Are substances that cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. The fields of medicine (particularly veterinary) and zoology often distinguish a poison from a toxin, and from a venom. Toxins are poisons produced by some biological function in nature, and venoms are usually defined as toxins that are injected by a bite or sting to cause their effect, while other poisons are generally defined as substances absorbed through epithelial linings such as the skin or gut.

What is Food Poisoning?

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Food poisoning comes from eating foods that contain germs like bad bacteria or toxins, which are poisonous substances. Bacteria are all around us, so mild cases of food poisoning are common. You may have had mild food poisoning — with diarrhea and an upset stomach — but your mom or dad just called it a stomach bug or stomach virus.

You might think the solution is to get rid of all the bacteria. But it isn't possible and you wouldn't want to do it, even if you could. Bacteria are all around us, including in food, and sometimes they can be good for us. It's confusing, but one thing is for sure — the bacteria in the rotten leftovers weren't the good-for-you kind. But you can learn how to avoid those bad germs in food.

Foods from animals, raw foods, and unwashed vegetables all can contain germs that cause food poisoning. The most likely source is food from animals, like meat, poultry (such as chicken), eggs, milk, and shellfish (such as shrimp).

Some of the most common bacteria are:

• Salmonella- raw/ contaminated meat, poultry, meat, egg yolks.
• Campylobacter- meat and poultry.
• Shigella- raw, ready to eat.
• Cryptosporidium- water, fruit, salad vegetables.
• E.coli- contaminated water, beef (fecal).
• Yersinia- inadequately cooked, raw pork.
• Listeria- Inadequately cooked/ raw pork.
• Vibrio- oysters and other shellfish.
• Cyclospora- imported fresh produce.

What is the Treatment?

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• Antidote- is a chemical that will counteract the effects of a poison. If administered soon enough and in sufficient quantities, an antidote can save the life of a human or animal that has been poisoned.
• Chemical Antidote- combine with the poison and inactivates it.
• Physiologic Antidote- opposes the actions of the poison.
• Specific Antidote- Tannic Acid strong tea can precipitate Strychnine; Apomorphine; Cinchona Alkanoids; Nicotine and Cocaine can neutralize Zinc, Cobalt, copper, Mercury, Nickel and Lead.

References: 

• Clinical Chemistry: Techniques, Principles Correlations, 6th Edition by Michael L. Bishop, Edward P. Fody and Larry E. Schoeff
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003578.htm
• http://www.news-medical.net/health/Toxicology-What-is-Toxicology.aspx
• http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/food_poisoning.html
• http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-antidote.htm

  

Endocrinology

by Jonnel Paras Sotto

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What is Endocrinology?

-          It focuses and analyzes on the study of the Endocrine System its functions and its disorders. 

 

Why is Endocrinology important?

-           It is very important because it helps us subdue all the illnesses that might occur in the near future. Also it is very significant to us, for it helps us generate applicable learning to be shared and facilitated with one another. Most importantly is that this study that are practiced by Endocrinologists are being applied to those ill people that suffered from diseases due to the disorder of their hormones.

Perspective about Endocrinology…

The general idea of Endocrinology for me as a student is that it revolves around the specific topic which is the Endocrine System. The glands that are involve with the secretion of different hormones including the Growth and development of a person or the so called metabolism, the diseases that are related with the said system of the body like diabetes and the likes. As to this, I have summed up that it develops the knowledge of a person that it really is an important matter to be studied and focused on, for we will benefit from it throughout in our lives.