Single Blind Fashion Experiment

Fictitious Example of “SO WHAT”: The author did not state any outcome measures. In my opinion the researcher found that large doses of probiotic supplements lead to increased amounts of beneficial flora in the intestinal tract as demonstrated by lab measures. However the doses were so high that 100% of the research subjects experienced acute diarrhea. Therefore more research is needed before any practical guidelines can be established for patient care.

Health experts know that most antibiotic products interfere with the immune system and the digestive system. Most of these products quell probiotic bacteria

When reflecting back to experiment 3, Aseptic Technique and Culturing Microbes, I realized the large amount of microorganisms that can be found in everyday life. Many different types are found with in the human body. Theses experiments focused on two types of bacteria. First was Staphylococcus epidermidis, found on the skin, and second was Lactobacillus acidophilus, found in the gastrointestinal tract. Both have similar needs for growth when it comes to temperature, however, different growth environments are used.

The short story “Clothes” is written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in 1995. Clothes is about a young Indian woman called Sumita, and she is having an arranged marriage. The story takes place in Calcutta, India, where Sumita lives with her family and her two friends, Deepali and Rhada, before she gets married. Her father has found a great husband from California for her, Somesh Sen. She travels to California with her new husband, and is astonished how USA is, compared to India. Somesh works in a store called 7-eleven. Sumita and Somesh live with their in-laws, and want to move out. Somesh takes night shifts at 7-eleven, the earn some more money. One night, a robber comes in and shots Somesh in the chest so he dies.

A single-blind experiment was used to study the effects of respiratory and cardiovascular to different exercise levels under the impact of either a placebo or atenolol, with a total group size of 97 volunteers involved. The drug assignment of either a placebo or atenolol to the volunteers is completely randomized to avoid bias and reduce any mental influences during exercise. However, class separation into groups is mainly not randomized and with freedom to choose. Moreover, each volunteer must have had a consent form signed prior to drug administration, ensuring ethical approval. There are additional factors that are provided such as height, weight and sex. Furthermore, the measurements taken may be inconsistent and inaccurate as there

The illustration is a bar graph of bacterial diversity in a patients gut before and after he/she received a weeklong course of antibiotics. Before the antibiotics were taken, the patient has a wide range of different species of bacteria. For nine months following the 7-day antibiotic treatment, the patient’s gut was left with nothing but one type of bacteria that was resistant to the original antibiotic (Zimmer). A single course of antibiotic can be detrimental to the flora, or gut microbiota, that is so important to one’s

Gut microbiomes are unique within each individual and can be used to predict patient-specific disease activity, symptoms, severity, and responsiveness to treatment. The article further discusses the fact that there is a connection between gut microbiomes and drug metabolism. For example, certain patients may chemically reduce a drug that has been prescribed to them. There are even studies done on their stool cultures, which showed that they led to the drug being chemically reduced. Therefore, the therapeutic application concerning the personalization of treatment incorporates drug modification from microbiomes. The effects presented have the ability to further aid in understanding common drugs and provide a patient with a safer, more efficient

If I were a psychologist trying to determine if this claim is valid, I would set up a single blind experiment to see if the aroma of jasmine could help reduce depression. Aromatherapy is a type of therapy that incorporates essential oils to help improve a person’s mood (Krans). It is thought that the chemicals from the oil will travel up the nasal cavities to the olfactory receptors, which then send a signal to the olfactory bulbs, and then finally connecting to the limbic system where emotion, motivation, and memory are regulated (Ciccareli). During the single blind experiment, the participants would know I am trying to reduce depression, but would not know which scents I am testing.

The experiment will take place in a lab room located in the Griffith building at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. The room will be able to accommodate seven participants per session. Individuals that adhere to a restrictive diet for health or religious reasons such as kosher, gluten free, vegan, etc will be excluded from the study. Also, individuals that have food allergies such as allergies to tree nuts, peanut, and lactose intolerant will be excluded from the study. Finally, we will exclude individuals that are diabetic or pregnant. All participants will be given informed consent before proceeding with

The first article that was examined was “A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial: The Efficacy of Multispecies Probiotic Supplementation in Alleviating Symptoms of Irritable Bowl Syndome Associated with Constipation”. This article was written concerning a study that was done to examine the effectiveness of using probiotics to alleviate symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The main symptom that was being examined was constipation but bloating, abdominal pain, abdominal cramps, and flatulence were also looked at. Patients with IBS have been shown to have microbiota in their gastrointestinal tract that is much less stable than the microbiota in a healthy adult. This imbalance leads to problems in the digestive system including the symptoms that have been previously listed. Probiotics that are typically found in the digestive tract could be used to alleviate symptoms and restore balance. However, the correct probiotic must be chosen in order to be beneficial to the patient because probiotics are species and system specific.

Serum lipopolysaccharide concentration increased post-exercise but there was a moderate to large reduction in pre and post exercise concentration following probiotic

- It improves digestion and gut health with digestive enzymes, prebiotics and probiotics that ensure immediate absorption and immunity.

Since vitamin Bs are synthesized by the germs in the intestines, it is very important to increase the number of probiotics. When probiotics dominate bad germs, many diseases can be prevented.

Antibiotics have been shown to significantly change the makeup of the gut microbiota and in general lead to gut bacteria with less diversity.12 It is well-known that antibiotics can cause short-term alterations in gut microbiota, however the long-term effects have not been well documented. Jernberg et al. analyzed the long-term effects of a 7 day antibiotic treatment on fecal microbiota and found significant disruption in the gut bacteria, most notably a decrease in the number of Bacteroidetes bacteria.12 In fact, the Bacteroidetes bacteria never returned to its original numbers, indicating that even after short-term antibiotics have ended, long-term impacts on gut microbiota continue to persist.12 Similarly, results of a study conducted by Dethlefsin and Relman indicated that gut bacteria was quickly changed with exposure to antibiotics. After 10 months the makeup of gut bacteria stabilized but remained in an altered state.18

This mechanism of diversity caused by many flora inside the digestive track of humans are beneficial because it helps with the digestion of a more diverse product. Even if the probiotic does not help with digestion some other