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A drug company is testing a drug intended to increase heart rate. A sample of 100 yielded a mean increase of 1.4 beats per minute, with a population standard deviation known to be 3.6. Since the company wants to avoid marketing an ineffective drug, it proposes a 0.001 significance level.
Obesity is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes. Mr M was recommended to have an Oral glucose tolerance test
Q4. Briefly describe how this test can be used to check whether Mr M is in the
early stages of the disease. Your answer should include the underlying biochemical
principles behind the test.
Mark has blue skin who married Jenny who has pink skin. Mark and Jenny want to know what are the chances that their kids would have blue skin. Mark is homozygous dominant and Jenny is homozygous recessive. Determine the chances their children will have blue skin
The product when 1,3-biphosphoglycerate is reduced by NADPH
The food that we eat in the form of rice, corn flake and bread are products of photosynthesis. Justify
why dead organism does not grow
describe the fluid mosaic membrane structure( 15 marks)
You are preparing soft maize porridge at home using the following procedure: 1) the maize meal is suspended in cold water, 2) it is added to a pan with boiling water and brought to the boil, 3) it is cooked on the stove for 20 minutes while stirring continuously, 4) after cooking the porridge is removed from the stove and cooled to room temperature, 5) it is then stored it the refrigerator until the next day. Explain the chemical, physical and viscosity changes that starch in the maize meal and porridge undergoes during each stage of the process
Mr M is considering a low carbohydrate diet. This diet initially restricts carbohydrate intake to 20g per day for the first two weeks.
Q3. Describe the underlying biochemistry in these two weeks.
Mr M has been steadily putting on weight over many years. He recently attended a medical at work where his height and weight were recorded. It was determined that he now has a Body Mass Index of 35kgm-2.
Q2.
Describe how excess energy substrates from carbohydrates, fats and proteins are stored in the body.
#340153 on Dec 2023