LAURA BECERRA'S TOOL: Easy-Bib
Link: http://www.easybib.com/
Things I liked:
• The purpose of this website is really efficient because this is that you can have your own bibliography platform so you can have all the website that you use for school projects available on this website (instead of looking for them all the time in your browser).
• Internet websites are not the only thing that can be searched and saves in this tool. You can also look for videos, journals, newspapers, databases and even books! This way you can have a variety of bibliographic references saved on your account.
• You can classify your bibliographic references however you want. By subject, date, alphabetical order, author, etc. This way you are more comfortable when you are looking for a reference that you need.
Things I didn't like:
• Something that this website can use is to have work citations directly from the website to the work. Meaning that instead of having to copy paste it from here to the work. Have some sort of hyperlink that can say the details about the website.
• Another thing that can be improved on this website is the access to professionals. You should be able to contact a professional for a project on school for example.
• Then layout (visual design) of the website should be more creative so you can be more comfortable using the website. It looks a lot like "About Answers".
How can we use the tool:
• You can use this tool to have a better access to your bibliographical references when doing a project for school.
• You can use this website to organize your favorite informational websites the way that you want.
MAURICIO MIRELES' TOOL: Slotted
Link: http://slotted.co/
Things I liked:
• One thing that I liked a lot about this tech tool is that it is an easy way for people to plan social events without the need of making physical (paper) invitations.
• Another thing that I like about this website is that you can also publish news on this website for your friends to see and comment. This is a good way to spread a written work you have done for school for example.
• The most efficient trait about this website is that you can display the number of slots that people can take in your party. You can have 200 hundred slots and the people that want to go to your party fill them out so you can have the list of people that are coming directly.
Things I didn't like:
• The layout of the website is beyond boring. I believe that this website (originally it is used for positive purposes) and the design of this makes you want to cry so I believe that that should be changed.
• There should be waiting list when all the slots of the party are taken for example to give an opportunity for the people that missed the slots to let the organizer know they want to go to the party.
• There should be more options for the traits of each event stated in the website.
How can we use the tool:
• We can use this tool to create a birthday party so everyone can be incited (you can connect it to Facebook).
• You can use this to visualize the number of people that are going relating to the number of slots you have so you can make last minute changes on your event itself so it can go smoothly.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Friday, November 30, 2012
Radiology Machines (Imaging)
I know a lot about this topic, it is one if my life interests. Even though I know like it a lot and despite my knowledge, I want to research them even further.
Questions:
1. What is an X-Ray and what is it used for?
2. What is an CT and what is it used for?
3. What is an MRI and what is it used for?
4. What is an Pet Scan and what is it used for?
5. What is an EEG and what is it used for?
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_computed_tomography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalography
Things I learned:
• X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic energy that is used to have a clear view of the strong masses of the human body (bones generally) to detect fractures and/or abnormal activities in organs like the lungs.
• Large/long/repetitive exposures to X-radiation is dangerous for the human body because the radiation that the X-rays emit can generate abnormalities. Usually when you have an X-ray the scan takes at least 10 second to get out one image (shot time).
• Pregnant women are not allowed to take any medical test involving electromagnetic energy (such as X-rays) because it can damage the fetus permanently. To scan the baby during pre-natal care, doctors use an ultrasound because the wavelength of sound cannot damage the fetus.
• A CT scan (computerized tomography) is a scan that doctors use to see a clear view of the organs of the body. The CT machine also uses electromagnetic energy, but they are sent in a different way than the ones in a normal X-ray.
• The CT scan shows the human body cut into "slices" or cross sections to see the different parts of the body in numerous slides. This way they can detect tumors and other abnormal masses growing in any part of the body. Radio contrast agents can modify the contrast of the image to the doctors choice.
• You can order different types of CT's. There are general CT's in which you can see the entire body with or without cross-sections. There are head CT's in which you can only see the brain (no cross sections). And sometimes you can have an abdominal CT or an extremity CT.
• An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is another radiology exam to see the inner structures of the human body. The important difference is that the MRI uses magnetic energy that gives the image a lot more detail than the CT.
• There is a type of MRI that are called NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) that are used with nuclear energy to be able to visualize the nuclei of the cells inside the body. You can also visualize molecules inside the body.
• When a fetus is diagnosed with an abnormality using an ultrasound, obstetricians use a fetal MRI. This is a normal MRI you perform on a fetus inside the uterus of a woman. You obviously reduce the amount of energy used since the fetus is small. This way you can have the clearest image of what the problem is.
• A PET scan (positron emission tomography) is another type of imaging used in medicine. It is a nuclear energy machine that uses a small percentage of gamma rays that indirectly emits radionuclide. This lets you see 3D images of the inner structures of the body.
• This is a test mostly used to detect cancer metastasis (when cancer spreads from it's original place of development to other places in the body). A color coded image use used to detect metastasis or other structures of your choice.
• Just like X-rays; PET scans should be performed on a regular basis because the gamma rays used in the test can damage the body permanently if the body is exposed to them lots of times. Gamma rasy are one of the waves (rays) that have the most concentrated wavelengths.
• An EEG test (electroencephalography) is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp. The test measures voltage resulting from ionic current flows within the neurons. The main diagnosis made using this type of test are cases of epilepsy.
• It is used by putting many little probe receptors in the scalp of a person. From there, you connect them to wires to be able to release the energy that is going to let you know the electrical activity of the neurons.
• This test is also used to be able to confirm the diagnosis of encephalopathy and delirium which are diseases of the brain that are all related to the electrical charges that the neurons have inside the brain, just like epilepsy.
Summary: I believe this type of advanced technology applies to my life because I want to be a surgeon when I grow up so I am going to need to be familiarized with these machines for the well-being of my future patients. I guess it applies to everybody's life because these machines allow doctors to diagnose diseases that are treated every day.
Questions:
• What are the other medical imaging machines (the ones that are not mentioned in this post) compare to the ones that are mentioned in this post?
• How is anybody able to put electromagnetic energy inside a machine and control it?
Questions:
1. What is an X-Ray and what is it used for?
2. What is an CT and what is it used for?
3. What is an MRI and what is it used for?
4. What is an Pet Scan and what is it used for?
5. What is an EEG and what is it used for?
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_computed_tomography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalography
Things I learned:
• X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic energy that is used to have a clear view of the strong masses of the human body (bones generally) to detect fractures and/or abnormal activities in organs like the lungs.
• Large/long/repetitive exposures to X-radiation is dangerous for the human body because the radiation that the X-rays emit can generate abnormalities. Usually when you have an X-ray the scan takes at least 10 second to get out one image (shot time).
• Pregnant women are not allowed to take any medical test involving electromagnetic energy (such as X-rays) because it can damage the fetus permanently. To scan the baby during pre-natal care, doctors use an ultrasound because the wavelength of sound cannot damage the fetus.
• A CT scan (computerized tomography) is a scan that doctors use to see a clear view of the organs of the body. The CT machine also uses electromagnetic energy, but they are sent in a different way than the ones in a normal X-ray.
• The CT scan shows the human body cut into "slices" or cross sections to see the different parts of the body in numerous slides. This way they can detect tumors and other abnormal masses growing in any part of the body. Radio contrast agents can modify the contrast of the image to the doctors choice.
• You can order different types of CT's. There are general CT's in which you can see the entire body with or without cross-sections. There are head CT's in which you can only see the brain (no cross sections). And sometimes you can have an abdominal CT or an extremity CT.
• An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is another radiology exam to see the inner structures of the human body. The important difference is that the MRI uses magnetic energy that gives the image a lot more detail than the CT.
• There is a type of MRI that are called NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) that are used with nuclear energy to be able to visualize the nuclei of the cells inside the body. You can also visualize molecules inside the body.
• When a fetus is diagnosed with an abnormality using an ultrasound, obstetricians use a fetal MRI. This is a normal MRI you perform on a fetus inside the uterus of a woman. You obviously reduce the amount of energy used since the fetus is small. This way you can have the clearest image of what the problem is.
• A PET scan (positron emission tomography) is another type of imaging used in medicine. It is a nuclear energy machine that uses a small percentage of gamma rays that indirectly emits radionuclide. This lets you see 3D images of the inner structures of the body.
• This is a test mostly used to detect cancer metastasis (when cancer spreads from it's original place of development to other places in the body). A color coded image use used to detect metastasis or other structures of your choice.
• Just like X-rays; PET scans should be performed on a regular basis because the gamma rays used in the test can damage the body permanently if the body is exposed to them lots of times. Gamma rasy are one of the waves (rays) that have the most concentrated wavelengths.
• An EEG test (electroencephalography) is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp. The test measures voltage resulting from ionic current flows within the neurons. The main diagnosis made using this type of test are cases of epilepsy.
• It is used by putting many little probe receptors in the scalp of a person. From there, you connect them to wires to be able to release the energy that is going to let you know the electrical activity of the neurons.
• This test is also used to be able to confirm the diagnosis of encephalopathy and delirium which are diseases of the brain that are all related to the electrical charges that the neurons have inside the brain, just like epilepsy.
Summary: I believe this type of advanced technology applies to my life because I want to be a surgeon when I grow up so I am going to need to be familiarized with these machines for the well-being of my future patients. I guess it applies to everybody's life because these machines allow doctors to diagnose diseases that are treated every day.
Questions:
• What are the other medical imaging machines (the ones that are not mentioned in this post) compare to the ones that are mentioned in this post?
• How is anybody able to put electromagnetic energy inside a machine and control it?
Monday, November 26, 2012
College Exploration on Naviance
• My GPA for MP1: 3.56
• To be 100% honest I am not happy with my grade at all. When I see these GPA's on this four universities I chose to make this project (and the ones in the other universities I want to attend) it is truly horrible because I wouldn't be able to apply. I really really need to work on improving those numbers and also getting into more student organizations. Even more, Getting to AP Biology next year wherever I am.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Google Day #4
My three goals for the day are:
1. Erase the tabs created from the website.
2. Create the tabs that I want my application to have.
3. Start filling in the tabs with their respective information.
1. Erase the tabs created from the website.
The app has already some tabs for me to use that are called: events, forms, menu list, contact, RSS, sound board, photo gallery, video gallery, coupons, social links, links, content, discography and blogs. The only ones that I am going to use for my project are:
Content: I am going to use this type of tab because it allows me to put all the information I have of cancer in paragraphs forms, it can also make subtitles for the different topics so that way I can organize the information in a better way.
Photo Gallery: I am going to use this type of tab because it allows to out photos and give them titles.
Video Gallery: I am going to use this type of tab because I can out all sorts of videos regarding cancer.
2. Create the tabs that I want my application to have.
Now, I am going to choose these three for the different tab names that I have in mind (they are mentioned in the post of Google Day #3). Now I am naming the tags the way they are supposed to be. Also, I am putting icons for each tabs.
3. Start filling in the tabs with their respective information.
Treatments:
Causes:
Carcinoma:
Blastoma:
Videos:
Lymphoma:
Germ Cell Tumor:
Final Preview:
1. Erase the tabs created from the website.
2. Create the tabs that I want my application to have.
3. Start filling in the tabs with their respective information.
1. Erase the tabs created from the website.
The app has already some tabs for me to use that are called: events, forms, menu list, contact, RSS, sound board, photo gallery, video gallery, coupons, social links, links, content, discography and blogs. The only ones that I am going to use for my project are:
Content: I am going to use this type of tab because it allows me to put all the information I have of cancer in paragraphs forms, it can also make subtitles for the different topics so that way I can organize the information in a better way.
Photo Gallery: I am going to use this type of tab because it allows to out photos and give them titles.
Video Gallery: I am going to use this type of tab because I can out all sorts of videos regarding cancer.
2. Create the tabs that I want my application to have.
Now, I am going to choose these three for the different tab names that I have in mind (they are mentioned in the post of Google Day #3). Now I am naming the tags the way they are supposed to be. Also, I am putting icons for each tabs.
3. Start filling in the tabs with their respective information.
Treatments:
Causes:
Carcinoma:
Blastoma:
Videos:
Lymphoma:
Germ Cell Tumor:
Final Preview:
Friday, November 2, 2012
Google Day #3
My three goals for the day are:
1. Look for websites that will help me create my application.
2. Explore the app creator.
3. Begin creating my app.
I. Look for websites that will help me create my application.
http://www.appsbar.com: On the internet, I found this really cool application that says that you can create really cool apps for free. I tried using the Google app creator but it did not work. After looking at other websites that I found on the same search. I decided to use this one. This goal that I completed today was really brief because it was just to decide on one app creator to create my oncology dictionary.
II. Explore the app creator.
http://www.appsbar.com: This is how you use this website by steps:
1. You need to sign up to use this website. Like in any other website you need to provide you name, last name, a username, your e-mail and your birthday.
2. Then, you need to select the type of app that you want to create. A handful of potions will appear on the screen. For this project I will use the "Educational" theme because it is the one I feel relates the most to my topic. Then you hit the next button.
3. There will be option button that asks you if you want to use you app to sell any items on the internet. In this case I will say no because my app will be a dictionary.
4. Obviously, you need to name your app. There will be a space where you need to put the name of your app. I had to change the word "oncology" to "cancer" because it didn't fit.
5. Almost done! Now, you need to select an app icon. Just like the ones on apple devices. This will be like a cover for the app. I chose a picture of cancer cells.
6. Last step! Now you need to choose a app splash screen. You can upload a photo directly from you computer to put on display. I chose a picture of me.
III. Begin creating my app.
• This is a very important part of the process. Now, a window will all the subcategories of the application appeared. Initially they were named by the website but I changed them into the seven different categories that I want in my app.
- Treatments: the list of treatments (Google #2 post).
- Causes: the list of possible causes (Google #2 post).
- Cancer Videos: list of videos that I will obtain from YouTube.
- Blastoma: characteristics, types, location, process of development, etc.
- Sarcoma: characteristics, types, location, process of development, etc.
- Carcinoma: characteristics, types, location, process of development, etc.
- Germ Cell Tumor: characteristics, types, location, process of development, etc.
• After hitting the "Publish" button your app gets saved and you can access the website whenever you want to work on it or modify it. This will be my goal for next class. Continue putting my app together.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Google Day #2
My three goals for the day are:
1. Learn about the treatments of cancer.
2. Learn the known causes of some cancers.
3. Learn about the classification of tumors.
1. Learn about the treatments of cancer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer: / http://www.cancer.gov: These articles talk about all the ways you can treat cancer (especially tumorous cancers). The treatments used by doctors all over the world are the following
Radiation/Radiotherapy: In this treatment the patient is exposed to extreme radiation directly to the part of the body where the tumor relies. The radiation kills the DNA of the cancer cells directly. Just like chemotherapy, it also damages healthy cells, so the therapy needs to be controlled. Radiation only is 100% effective when the cancer is below Stage 2 and if the cancer is not located on organs like: stomach, pancreas, liver, colon, lungs.
Chemotherapy: This is the most common treatment for cancer because it has been proven that it is effective in reducing the size of tumors. Various rounds (sessions) of chemotherapy are taken by the patient (depending where the cancer is located and in what stage is it). Chemotherapy is applied by an injection that leads a mixture of different toxic chemicals into the body. But there is a downside to this method of treatment. The chemicals do not attack the cancer cells only, but the entire body (that's why your hair falls off for example). This treatment is harsh but it can and it has helped many people all overt the world.
Surgery: This method is really simple. Surgical removal of tumor has been proven 100% effective when the cancer is below Stage 2. A combination of chemo and surgery is also an effective method of treatment. Many doctors apply direct chemotherapy when the patient is still open on the table to kill any cancer cells that might reproduce after the procedure has concluded.
Transplantation: The most common transplantation is stem cells. Bone marrow transplant is a common treatment for patients with leukemia and lymphoma. Also, umbilical chord blood transfusion is 95% effective for people with these two types of blood cancer. The umbilical chord is frozen after birth to preserve the blood inside it for later use. People might be a match to another person chord blood.
Hyperthermic Therapy: This is a surgical procedure in which a probe is implanted into the tumor. The probe is controlled by a machine that makes the probe itself heat up into really high temperatures (up to 50 degrees Centigrade). The hope is that the heat kills the tumor cells for later using surgery to remove the rest of the tumor that survived.
2. Learn the known causes of some cancers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer:
Chemicals: The origin of some cancers have been studied and doctors came to the conclusions that some cancers develop because of the body's exposure to certain chemicals. The DNA of the cancer cells is trackable for mutations such as: mutagens and carcinogens. For example, all the chemicals inside cigarettes are the #1 proven cause of lung cancer. Alcohol also triggers the development of cancer cells in the liver and the endocrine glands.
Diet and Exercise: The lack of physical activity and obesity are related to approximately 30-35% of cancer deaths around the world (14-20% in the USA). Obesity makes the immune and endocrine system work not the way the should and that is a pathway to cancer. Diets that include low vegetables and high consumption of meats are linked to a high percentage of cancer (especially colon cancer). High salt diets for example are directly linked to gastric cancer.
Infection: Very few infectious diseases are linked to cancer. The most studied infectious cause of cancer is the HPV (human papilloma virus) which is directly the cause of cervical carcinomas in women. Men can also contract the virus but they will not develop the growth of cancer cells. Statistically, 8-10 women are infected with HPV. More than half of these women that are infected do not show symptoms at all.
Radiation: Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation cause 10% of all invasive cancers. The most common cancer caused by the exposure of radiation is leukemia (many of the survivors of Hiroshima's and Nagasaki's bombs were diagnosed with leukemia because of the radiation of the bomb). Ultraviolet radiation (non-ionizing) is a very common cause of skin cancer. The most common non-ionizing radiation cancer is the nevoid basal cell carcinoma (type of skin cancer).
Heredity: Some cancers can be hereditary and some are not ("sporadic cancers"). Hereditary cancers are the ones caused by an inherited genetic defect. Some of these syndromes include: certain inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 that carry a 75% risk of breast cancer, non-polyposis colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer.
Physical Agents: Some of the substances that cause cancer are not chemical, but physical. The exposure to asbestos, naturally occurring mineral fibers which are the major cause a mesothelioma (lung cancer). Asbestos that are introduced to the body by the air way take up approximately 10 years to develop.
Hormones: Some hormones play a role in the development of cancer by promoting cell proliferation. An unbalanced hormone level in the body can cause the development of cancer in the breast, prostate, ovary, testicles, thyroid gland, and bones. The children (daughters) of women that have had breast cancer have significantly higher levels of estrogen and progesterone. These high levels of hormones make these girls more vulnerable to the development of breast cancer.
3. Learn about the classification of tumors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer:
Carcinoma: These are tumors derived from epithelial tissue. This group includes many of the most known cancers (mostly in the aged people) such as: breast, prostate, lung, pancreas, and colon.
Sarcoma: These are cancers arriving from the connective tissue (for example: bone, cartilage, fat and nerve). Each of these end up developing from cells originating from mesenchymal cells outside the bone marrow.
Lymphoma: This and also leukemia arise from hematopoietic (blood-forming) cells that leave the marrow and tend to mature in the lymph nodes of the blood.
Germ Cell Tumor: Cancers that are derived from pluripotent cells (cells that have stem cell power, they can cross the three layers germ layers of the human body: endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm.) They on the most part appear in the testicle or the ovary.
Blastoma: This is a specific type of tumor that are derived from immature "precursor" cells or embryonic tissue. They are more common in children than in older people. '''
• The next Google day I want to research the ways to create a free application.
1. Learn about the treatments of cancer.
2. Learn the known causes of some cancers.
3. Learn about the classification of tumors.
1. Learn about the treatments of cancer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer: / http://www.cancer.gov: These articles talk about all the ways you can treat cancer (especially tumorous cancers). The treatments used by doctors all over the world are the following
Radiation/Radiotherapy: In this treatment the patient is exposed to extreme radiation directly to the part of the body where the tumor relies. The radiation kills the DNA of the cancer cells directly. Just like chemotherapy, it also damages healthy cells, so the therapy needs to be controlled. Radiation only is 100% effective when the cancer is below Stage 2 and if the cancer is not located on organs like: stomach, pancreas, liver, colon, lungs.
Chemotherapy: This is the most common treatment for cancer because it has been proven that it is effective in reducing the size of tumors. Various rounds (sessions) of chemotherapy are taken by the patient (depending where the cancer is located and in what stage is it). Chemotherapy is applied by an injection that leads a mixture of different toxic chemicals into the body. But there is a downside to this method of treatment. The chemicals do not attack the cancer cells only, but the entire body (that's why your hair falls off for example). This treatment is harsh but it can and it has helped many people all overt the world.
Surgery: This method is really simple. Surgical removal of tumor has been proven 100% effective when the cancer is below Stage 2. A combination of chemo and surgery is also an effective method of treatment. Many doctors apply direct chemotherapy when the patient is still open on the table to kill any cancer cells that might reproduce after the procedure has concluded.
Transplantation: The most common transplantation is stem cells. Bone marrow transplant is a common treatment for patients with leukemia and lymphoma. Also, umbilical chord blood transfusion is 95% effective for people with these two types of blood cancer. The umbilical chord is frozen after birth to preserve the blood inside it for later use. People might be a match to another person chord blood.
Hyperthermic Therapy: This is a surgical procedure in which a probe is implanted into the tumor. The probe is controlled by a machine that makes the probe itself heat up into really high temperatures (up to 50 degrees Centigrade). The hope is that the heat kills the tumor cells for later using surgery to remove the rest of the tumor that survived.
2. Learn the known causes of some cancers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer:
Chemicals: The origin of some cancers have been studied and doctors came to the conclusions that some cancers develop because of the body's exposure to certain chemicals. The DNA of the cancer cells is trackable for mutations such as: mutagens and carcinogens. For example, all the chemicals inside cigarettes are the #1 proven cause of lung cancer. Alcohol also triggers the development of cancer cells in the liver and the endocrine glands.
Diet and Exercise: The lack of physical activity and obesity are related to approximately 30-35% of cancer deaths around the world (14-20% in the USA). Obesity makes the immune and endocrine system work not the way the should and that is a pathway to cancer. Diets that include low vegetables and high consumption of meats are linked to a high percentage of cancer (especially colon cancer). High salt diets for example are directly linked to gastric cancer.
Infection: Very few infectious diseases are linked to cancer. The most studied infectious cause of cancer is the HPV (human papilloma virus) which is directly the cause of cervical carcinomas in women. Men can also contract the virus but they will not develop the growth of cancer cells. Statistically, 8-10 women are infected with HPV. More than half of these women that are infected do not show symptoms at all.
Radiation: Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation cause 10% of all invasive cancers. The most common cancer caused by the exposure of radiation is leukemia (many of the survivors of Hiroshima's and Nagasaki's bombs were diagnosed with leukemia because of the radiation of the bomb). Ultraviolet radiation (non-ionizing) is a very common cause of skin cancer. The most common non-ionizing radiation cancer is the nevoid basal cell carcinoma (type of skin cancer).
Heredity: Some cancers can be hereditary and some are not ("sporadic cancers"). Hereditary cancers are the ones caused by an inherited genetic defect. Some of these syndromes include: certain inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 that carry a 75% risk of breast cancer, non-polyposis colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer.
Physical Agents: Some of the substances that cause cancer are not chemical, but physical. The exposure to asbestos, naturally occurring mineral fibers which are the major cause a mesothelioma (lung cancer). Asbestos that are introduced to the body by the air way take up approximately 10 years to develop.
Hormones: Some hormones play a role in the development of cancer by promoting cell proliferation. An unbalanced hormone level in the body can cause the development of cancer in the breast, prostate, ovary, testicles, thyroid gland, and bones. The children (daughters) of women that have had breast cancer have significantly higher levels of estrogen and progesterone. These high levels of hormones make these girls more vulnerable to the development of breast cancer.
3. Learn about the classification of tumors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer:
Carcinoma: These are tumors derived from epithelial tissue. This group includes many of the most known cancers (mostly in the aged people) such as: breast, prostate, lung, pancreas, and colon.
Sarcoma: These are cancers arriving from the connective tissue (for example: bone, cartilage, fat and nerve). Each of these end up developing from cells originating from mesenchymal cells outside the bone marrow.
Lymphoma: This and also leukemia arise from hematopoietic (blood-forming) cells that leave the marrow and tend to mature in the lymph nodes of the blood.
Germ Cell Tumor: Cancers that are derived from pluripotent cells (cells that have stem cell power, they can cross the three layers germ layers of the human body: endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm.) They on the most part appear in the testicle or the ovary.
Blastoma: This is a specific type of tumor that are derived from immature "precursor" cells or embryonic tissue. They are more common in children than in older people. '''
• The next Google day I want to research the ways to create a free application.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Palace of the Light of Faith
If you had the opportunity to sleep in this mind blowing place in all of the 1788 rooms WITHOUT counting 257 bathrooms and the Banquet Hall;
You would have to sleep for 4.89863013699 years. I WANT TO SLEEP THERE
You would have to sleep for 4.89863013699 years. I WANT TO SLEEP THERE
Print What You Like
1. Link: http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/
2. My tech tool is called: "Print What You Like". The purpose of this technological website (it is free) is to be able to print what ever you want that is displayed on your screen (the title itself says that). You need to download it to your computer to have it permanently or you can access the website each time you want to print whatever you want.
3. How to use this website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJbh_WIivbg (this is a video to help you understand how to use it, it is really simple and fast.)
• First of all you need to create an account to able to use it.
• Go to the place where it says: "Bookmarklet".
• On the first section ("To Install") and click on the link to be able to have it on a bookmark.
• On the bar where it says: "Enter a URL". Put one, and hit the "Start" button on the keyboard.
• The website that you chose will appear on the screen with a "Print What You Like" window on the right portion of the screen.
• Highlighter whatever you want to print out on the website displayed on the rest of the screen that is not occupied.
• Manipulate with the other tools (all of them can be found in the PWYL window) and do whatever you want or should do.
• Hit the "Print" button on the PWYL window.
• Approve the preview, select a printer (if you have one) and print.
• Have fun using this website!
4. Example:
In this snapshot you can see various things. for example:
• The entire screen in which you are working on.
• The website you want to print and the PWYL window to work on it.
• The tool you can use to manipulate the website when you print on the PWYL window.
• The yellow part is the highlighted part that are going to be printed when you print.
Here is an example of another website where only one part of the actual text in going to be printed (shaded in yellow).
5. How students can use this:
Well, imagine you are doing a homework. You have to print an e-mail that your teacher sent you. I bet it has happened to all of us, that when you print an e-mail the entire display is printed. But with this tool you can actually select the part of the e-mail (or whatever your homework is) that you want to print and leave out the things you want to leave out.
My second example has happened to me various times. When you are going to print from a graphic website (www.biodigitalhuman.com for example) you are not able to print from the website when you hint print directly from your computer. Teacher nowadays don't consider: "I couldn't print it!" an excuse. So to prevent further fights you can use this tech tool. As I said earlier in this post; you need to put the URL of the exact thing you want to print, select it suing the mouse, and print it.
This is a very simple tech tool to use. It doesn't involve a lot steps and honestly I doesn't require rocket science to figure this out. From now own I am going to use this to print a lot of things.
2. My tech tool is called: "Print What You Like". The purpose of this technological website (it is free) is to be able to print what ever you want that is displayed on your screen (the title itself says that). You need to download it to your computer to have it permanently or you can access the website each time you want to print whatever you want.
3. How to use this website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJbh_WIivbg (this is a video to help you understand how to use it, it is really simple and fast.)
• First of all you need to create an account to able to use it.
• Go to the place where it says: "Bookmarklet".
• On the first section ("To Install") and click on the link to be able to have it on a bookmark.
• On the bar where it says: "Enter a URL". Put one, and hit the "Start" button on the keyboard.
• The website that you chose will appear on the screen with a "Print What You Like" window on the right portion of the screen.
• Highlighter whatever you want to print out on the website displayed on the rest of the screen that is not occupied.
• Manipulate with the other tools (all of them can be found in the PWYL window) and do whatever you want or should do.
• Hit the "Print" button on the PWYL window.
• Approve the preview, select a printer (if you have one) and print.
• Have fun using this website!
4. Example:
In this snapshot you can see various things. for example:
• The entire screen in which you are working on.
• The website you want to print and the PWYL window to work on it.
• The tool you can use to manipulate the website when you print on the PWYL window.
• The yellow part is the highlighted part that are going to be printed when you print.
Here is an example of another website where only one part of the actual text in going to be printed (shaded in yellow).
5. How students can use this:
Well, imagine you are doing a homework. You have to print an e-mail that your teacher sent you. I bet it has happened to all of us, that when you print an e-mail the entire display is printed. But with this tool you can actually select the part of the e-mail (or whatever your homework is) that you want to print and leave out the things you want to leave out.
My second example has happened to me various times. When you are going to print from a graphic website (www.biodigitalhuman.com for example) you are not able to print from the website when you hint print directly from your computer. Teacher nowadays don't consider: "I couldn't print it!" an excuse. So to prevent further fights you can use this tech tool. As I said earlier in this post; you need to put the URL of the exact thing you want to print, select it suing the mouse, and print it.
This is a very simple tech tool to use. It doesn't involve a lot steps and honestly I doesn't require rocket science to figure this out. From now own I am going to use this to print a lot of things.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Digital Nation
Agreements:
1. I agree that the internet and almost every single electrodomestic device are useful for almost every single task and that they should be encouraged in school because it is a new and effective way of education.
2. I also agree that in families people are feeling desconnected because of texting and the internet because almost every member of the family is connected to these all the time, which makes direct dialouge imposible.
3. I think it is correct when they say that teachers are feeling doubtful in putting assigments online because students are getting distracted easily because of all the things they can do in a computer or an electronic device instead of homework.
4. I agree that people should be tought how to use a computer responsibly to ge the things that need to get done, done. Everybody that uses technology a lot may be having problems with this.
5. I agree that people shouldn't multitask because the brain can't handle doing to things simultaniously (scientifically and medically proven by neurologists). They are reaserchs that say that multitasking might be damaging our brains.
6. I agree that sometimes technology affects your communication skills because you now communicate in a different way, and the people that are not use to this new ways of communication are being negatively rammificated.
7. I agree with the MIT teacher that says that the way that they teach with technology has changed because now they have access to a lot of different things. This is reflected in the exams that they do when they need tyo use technology.
8. I agree that now you can go on the internet and solve any doubt or question you have on your mind by just typing it on google and reading evberything that pops out.
9. I agree that people should spend less time on the internet in pages that are not education related for their own good (facebook, twitter, tumblr, etc...)
10. I agree that the quality of the work that studentsd make when they are simultaniously doing something on the net because the distraction makes the quality and even the quantity worst.
11. I agree that technology is a two faced thing because it can be the best thing in the world but it can also cause an addiction because you can see that people start going crazy (literally) whe they don't have access to the technology decives that they normally used.
12. I agree with Bubbe (cooking grandma) because she is a victim of the poeple that start becoming addicted to the technology devices and she feels the ways of communication are being affected by this. She feels lonely (she feels the gao between her, technology, and other people.)
13. I do agree that playing any video games on a dailyu basis and 4 hours a day for example is a bad thing because then they create an addiction to playing these and not for doing productive things.
14. I agree that technology offers a way of connection with your friends that is often a lot easier because you can communicate in different ways easier, but it also healthy to make other plans with your friends apart from using technology
15. I agree with the man that syas that internet doesn't really bring people together but it makes being alone less lonely. Meaning that now being alone is more bearable. Being don't really feel alone when they are actually alone.
16. I agree that now people use the internet to do the things or say the things that they don't dare to say face to face. People hide behind their computer screens to be a different perosn and to create a different identity when they are using their computer. Now you don't know who they really are.
Disagreements:
1. I disagree that the education on technology devices should be stopped because it is an amazing way to learn in a more complex way because you have the gate to almost every single resource available in the internet.
2. I disagree that using the internet on a dialy basis is equal or more dangerous to drunk driving because in srunk driving you can literally die out of an accident and in using internet on a dialy basis (irresponsibly) you are just lowing the quality of brain capacity that is still bad but you cannot compare it to that.
3. I disgaree that video games are 100% bad because they have the posibility to explore a fantasy world that they never can live in the real world. It is OK to play video games sprangly (not on a daily basis). Bercause it is a way of spending your free time.
4. I disagree that making students learn how to use a computer at the same time they are learning how to read (education in South Korea) is bad because they end up being the masters of technlogy, and in the world of today a person that knows how mto use a computer well has the gates of knowledge opened forvever. AS LONG AS they teach them to use them responsibly.
1. I agree that the internet and almost every single electrodomestic device are useful for almost every single task and that they should be encouraged in school because it is a new and effective way of education.
2. I also agree that in families people are feeling desconnected because of texting and the internet because almost every member of the family is connected to these all the time, which makes direct dialouge imposible.
3. I think it is correct when they say that teachers are feeling doubtful in putting assigments online because students are getting distracted easily because of all the things they can do in a computer or an electronic device instead of homework.
4. I agree that people should be tought how to use a computer responsibly to ge the things that need to get done, done. Everybody that uses technology a lot may be having problems with this.
5. I agree that people shouldn't multitask because the brain can't handle doing to things simultaniously (scientifically and medically proven by neurologists). They are reaserchs that say that multitasking might be damaging our brains.
6. I agree that sometimes technology affects your communication skills because you now communicate in a different way, and the people that are not use to this new ways of communication are being negatively rammificated.
7. I agree with the MIT teacher that says that the way that they teach with technology has changed because now they have access to a lot of different things. This is reflected in the exams that they do when they need tyo use technology.
8. I agree that now you can go on the internet and solve any doubt or question you have on your mind by just typing it on google and reading evberything that pops out.
9. I agree that people should spend less time on the internet in pages that are not education related for their own good (facebook, twitter, tumblr, etc...)
10. I agree that the quality of the work that studentsd make when they are simultaniously doing something on the net because the distraction makes the quality and even the quantity worst.
11. I agree that technology is a two faced thing because it can be the best thing in the world but it can also cause an addiction because you can see that people start going crazy (literally) whe they don't have access to the technology decives that they normally used.
12. I agree with Bubbe (cooking grandma) because she is a victim of the poeple that start becoming addicted to the technology devices and she feels the ways of communication are being affected by this. She feels lonely (she feels the gao between her, technology, and other people.)
13. I do agree that playing any video games on a dailyu basis and 4 hours a day for example is a bad thing because then they create an addiction to playing these and not for doing productive things.
14. I agree that technology offers a way of connection with your friends that is often a lot easier because you can communicate in different ways easier, but it also healthy to make other plans with your friends apart from using technology
15. I agree with the man that syas that internet doesn't really bring people together but it makes being alone less lonely. Meaning that now being alone is more bearable. Being don't really feel alone when they are actually alone.
16. I agree that now people use the internet to do the things or say the things that they don't dare to say face to face. People hide behind their computer screens to be a different perosn and to create a different identity when they are using their computer. Now you don't know who they really are.
Disagreements:
1. I disagree that the education on technology devices should be stopped because it is an amazing way to learn in a more complex way because you have the gate to almost every single resource available in the internet.
2. I disagree that using the internet on a dialy basis is equal or more dangerous to drunk driving because in srunk driving you can literally die out of an accident and in using internet on a dialy basis (irresponsibly) you are just lowing the quality of brain capacity that is still bad but you cannot compare it to that.
3. I disgaree that video games are 100% bad because they have the posibility to explore a fantasy world that they never can live in the real world. It is OK to play video games sprangly (not on a daily basis). Bercause it is a way of spending your free time.
4. I disagree that making students learn how to use a computer at the same time they are learning how to read (education in South Korea) is bad because they end up being the masters of technlogy, and in the world of today a person that knows how mto use a computer well has the gates of knowledge opened forvever. AS LONG AS they teach them to use them responsibly.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Biometric Security
I know absolutely nothing about this topic. Honestly, I don't even know why I chose it.
Questions:
What is Biometric Security?
Why is it used?
What is it used for?
What is it protecting?
Links:
http://www.digitalpersona.com/LP-GOOGLE/?target=Biometric%20security&gclid=CJD33K361bICFQQGnQodrT8ASw
http://www.fulcrumbiometrics.com/?gclid=CL3IyuX61bICFQTznAod0HwAPA
http://www.findbiometrics.com/biometrics-security/
Things I learned:
- Biometric security is a way to protect electronic and technological devices by using something from the human body to access it (fingerprint, iris, tongue).
- A device can have many biometric ways of security and some can just have one. Only the person who has it's fingerprint for example registered, is the only one that can access the device.
- Retina scans may interfere with the proper functioning of the device if not scanned properly.
- Gathering the information of the owner of the device (such as his/her fingerprint) is associated with criminal behavior and it can have negative ramifications.
- There are two different types of eye scans (retina and iris). The iris scan is less invasive and less damaging for you eye but weaker. The retina scan is more invasive and more dangerous to the eye itself but a lot safer in terms of security.
- Voice commands are also part of biometric security.
- Fingerprint identification is starting to be used in printers
- Biometric security is now being used in amusement parks that get a lot of visitors to have a better control of their customers.
Summary:
Investigating this topic was really interesting because biometric security is one of the most or the most efficient and safe way to have private information away from other people. You can notice that biometric security is used in every single action movie (mostly the ones that have to do with futuristic topics) and nowadays in computers such as Lenovo you can see that they have fingerprint scanners. IN the future maybe passwords won't be used anymore because of this more sophisticated way of keeping information in devices safe. Even here at CNG the gates are incorporating the use of fingerprint to register the entrance to school.
Last Question:
In how much time will biometric security be used in school computer labs?
Questions:
What is Biometric Security?
Why is it used?
What is it used for?
What is it protecting?
Links:
http://www.digitalpersona.com/LP-GOOGLE/?target=Biometric%20security&gclid=CJD33K361bICFQQGnQodrT8ASw
http://www.fulcrumbiometrics.com/?gclid=CL3IyuX61bICFQTznAod0HwAPA
http://www.findbiometrics.com/biometrics-security/
Things I learned:
- Biometric security is a way to protect electronic and technological devices by using something from the human body to access it (fingerprint, iris, tongue).
- A device can have many biometric ways of security and some can just have one. Only the person who has it's fingerprint for example registered, is the only one that can access the device.
- Retina scans may interfere with the proper functioning of the device if not scanned properly.
- Gathering the information of the owner of the device (such as his/her fingerprint) is associated with criminal behavior and it can have negative ramifications.
- There are two different types of eye scans (retina and iris). The iris scan is less invasive and less damaging for you eye but weaker. The retina scan is more invasive and more dangerous to the eye itself but a lot safer in terms of security.
- Voice commands are also part of biometric security.
- Fingerprint identification is starting to be used in printers
- Biometric security is now being used in amusement parks that get a lot of visitors to have a better control of their customers.
Summary:
Investigating this topic was really interesting because biometric security is one of the most or the most efficient and safe way to have private information away from other people. You can notice that biometric security is used in every single action movie (mostly the ones that have to do with futuristic topics) and nowadays in computers such as Lenovo you can see that they have fingerprint scanners. IN the future maybe passwords won't be used anymore because of this more sophisticated way of keeping information in devices safe. Even here at CNG the gates are incorporating the use of fingerprint to register the entrance to school.
Last Question:
In how much time will biometric security be used in school computer labs?
Friday, September 21, 2012
Google Day #1
The goals for I have for today are:
1. Learn how to create a successful "brow-sable" application (at least get started in it). Here are some links that will help me accomplish this goal.
http://cloud.google.com/products/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=appengine-search-global (This website is very helpful because it walks you through the steps you need to follow to create a successful application, also it provides different tutorials for different types of apps that are focused in different topics. This will be very helpful since I want an app that is focused in one topic specifically.)
http://www.appsbar.com/?gclid=CKOrzbP_xrICFQP0nAodZX8AXw (This second website consists in a tutorial that has three steps to create an application and also leaving on in the web for people to see. It also allows you to connect it directly with different social networks so you can make the publicity that you want to give your brand new application easier.)
2. Learn even more about the human body itself to end up understanding more how this amazing machine works and how can it be exposed to different types of diseases.
https://www.biodigitalhuman.com/ (This is one of the most amazing anatomy and medical website I have ever visited because this shows you and lets you browse through the human body with the different systems united or separately. It also provides different diseases that any of these organs within the systems you choose to browse in can be exposed to. I want to give special thanks to one of my best friends Nicolás Cruz, he was the one that showed me this website.)
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/SciTech/Anatomy-Alphabet-245492.html (This is a website that lets you take a quiz of 25 questions about the human body. The questions include multiple choice and free answer. In the free answer questions you need to type in the answer and in the multiple choice they give you 4 possible answers. It is also timed so you can see how much time did you take to answer each question. In the end it gives you a score. This trivia helps you learn a lot because when you get a answer wrong it corrects you with true information.)
3. Learn about oncology more deeply (cancer).
http://emedicine.medscape.com/oncology (This website offers you the possibility to look at almost every single type of cancer classified by location and by type. In each tab that you click the website offers you with information about the cancer itself, diagnosis, treatment, staging and prognosis. The majority of the things that I want my dictionary to have are listed in this website.)
http://www.thelancet.com/collections/oncology?collexcode=119 (This website is slightly different than the other one because they list the cancers by system like respiratory, endocrine, digestive, etc. It also include visual information like videos and clinical pictures that were taken during the procedures made to cure cancer. Also there are articles about each one.)
Next class I want to get knowledge (deep) about cancer.
1. Learn how to create a successful "brow-sable" application (at least get started in it). Here are some links that will help me accomplish this goal.
http://cloud.google.com/products/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=appengine-search-global (This website is very helpful because it walks you through the steps you need to follow to create a successful application, also it provides different tutorials for different types of apps that are focused in different topics. This will be very helpful since I want an app that is focused in one topic specifically.)
http://www.appsbar.com/?gclid=CKOrzbP_xrICFQP0nAodZX8AXw (This second website consists in a tutorial that has three steps to create an application and also leaving on in the web for people to see. It also allows you to connect it directly with different social networks so you can make the publicity that you want to give your brand new application easier.)
2. Learn even more about the human body itself to end up understanding more how this amazing machine works and how can it be exposed to different types of diseases.
https://www.biodigitalhuman.com/ (This is one of the most amazing anatomy and medical website I have ever visited because this shows you and lets you browse through the human body with the different systems united or separately. It also provides different diseases that any of these organs within the systems you choose to browse in can be exposed to. I want to give special thanks to one of my best friends Nicolás Cruz, he was the one that showed me this website.)
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/SciTech/Anatomy-Alphabet-245492.html (This is a website that lets you take a quiz of 25 questions about the human body. The questions include multiple choice and free answer. In the free answer questions you need to type in the answer and in the multiple choice they give you 4 possible answers. It is also timed so you can see how much time did you take to answer each question. In the end it gives you a score. This trivia helps you learn a lot because when you get a answer wrong it corrects you with true information.)
3. Learn about oncology more deeply (cancer).
http://emedicine.medscape.com/oncology (This website offers you the possibility to look at almost every single type of cancer classified by location and by type. In each tab that you click the website offers you with information about the cancer itself, diagnosis, treatment, staging and prognosis. The majority of the things that I want my dictionary to have are listed in this website.)
http://www.thelancet.com/collections/oncology?collexcode=119 (This website is slightly different than the other one because they list the cancers by system like respiratory, endocrine, digestive, etc. It also include visual information like videos and clinical pictures that were taken during the procedures made to cure cancer. Also there are articles about each one.)
Next class I want to get knowledge (deep) about cancer.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Google 20% Project
For my Google 20% propject I nwill create an Oncology Dictionary where you can find all the necessary information for a good knowledge of what cancer is. I am planning to create an application where you can freely search and browse through all the categories of cancer. It will include the information itself and media to have a better knowledge. The skills that I am going to enforce in this project specifically are:
- App cretating: create and use an online application.
I am going to present my project publically by letting an individual eprson coming up to the computer and browse around the application itlself. This will show the entire class what is cancer, how is it created, the different types of cancer and how do we treat it. Later on you can acces the napplication on your own if you want to learn some more about this disease.
- App cretating: create and use an online application.
I am going to present my project publically by letting an individual eprson coming up to the computer and browse around the application itlself. This will show the entire class what is cancer, how is it created, the different types of cancer and how do we treat it. Later on you can acces the napplication on your own if you want to learn some more about this disease.
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