BIO 1201 Scholarly Sources Lab Assignment Summer 2024

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BIO 1201 Sources of Information in Science Type your answers on a separate document and submit through Moodle. Lab Assignment Part One: Analysis of scientific paper To complete this assignment, read the following paper, available on Moodle: ‘Effect of 25-OH-vitamin D on fracture healing in elderly rats’ published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research in 1998. The first author listed on the paper is A.D. Delgado-Martínez. Note: There are some format differences in this article compared to what you learned in lecture. The article refers to the abstract as the ‘summary’. Also, the Introduction section is not labeled, but it is the first paragraph following the summary. For questions 1 – 7, answer the question and state the first section of the paper other than the abstract (i.e. Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, or Discussion) where you found the information. (5 points each) 1. What is the question the researchers are attempting to answer in this experiment? 2. How did the researchers measure how much the rats’ fractures had healed? 3. What is the foundation/context for this study? In other words, where does this study fit into the larger picture, or what is the basis for the study? 4. How did the mechanical strength of the rats’ bones relate to the levels of 25-OH-vitamin D in their blood? 5. What statistical test was used to analyze the data? 6. Which of the four biomechanical parameters measured were found to be different between the control and treatment groups? Which were not significantly different? 7. What were the sample sizes for the control and treatment groups? Answer Questions 8 & 9 using complete sentences (5 points each) 8. The authors mention a specific previous study (by Einhorn et. al.) about vitamin D and rat fracture healing. What were the findings of this previous study? How did these previous findings compare to those of the current study? 9. A previous study found that 25-OH-vitamin D actually impaired fracture healing in rabbits. Does this mean that one of the studies must be invalid? Why or why not? Lab Assignment Part Two: Find & summarize a primary and secondary source
BIO 1201 Sources of Information in Science Pick any scientific topic that interests you.  Find one original research article and one review article on the same topic . 10.For the original research article, write out a bibliography citation using the format given in the “Bibliography Style Guide” document posted in Moodle. (10 points) a. Next, write a paragraph (at least 4 sentences) that summarizes the main finding and explains what you found interesting about his article. (7.5 points) 11.For the review article, write out a bibliography citation using the format given in the “Bibliography Style Guide” document posted in Moodle. (10 points) a. Next, write a paragraph (at least 4 sentences) that summarizes the main finding and explains what you found interesting about this article. (7.5 points)
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