Which group of bacterial species is the API 20E used to identify? API 20E test is used to identify the enteric bacteria which are the gram-negative bacteria that reside in the intestines   Can you use API20E strips to identify Gram-positive bacteria? If you try so, what results in you might get? Strips cannot be used for the identification of gram-positive bacteria. It is specific to gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae species. If the test is done on gram-positive bacteria, there will be oxidation of cytochrome C and this is because gram-positive bacteria are oxidative in nature. As a result, there will be no color changes to help in the identification. The result will be negative. For this reason, gram-positive are identified using another system called the API-Staph Two students perform API20E with the same bacterial culture but get different API numbers. What might be the reason for this discrepancy? There might be some experimental errors when performing the test, and this may cause them to get different results. There might be a difference in color identification to determine if the result is…

Different importance associated with an externship Externship is a short term learning opportunity that a student is involved in following his or her field of study. There are different importance that is associated with an externship. One of them is that it exposes one to the real implementation of what has been learned in class. This is through allowing working in an environment that relates to ones’ academic field. Another reason why one should attend an externship is that it provides a chance to learn. In it, a student is exposed to a variety of resources that help in learning. Moreover, it makes integration of classwork and field practices easier. During the externship, one is exposed to other professionals. This is through meeting them during the day to day activities that one is assigned. From these professionals, one is able to identify opportunities that might be of great importance in the future. Additionally, they help in solving problems that might require experience in the field, and one could not get them from classwork. Another advantage associated with externship is that…

Nutrition and you  Child Obesity has been on the rise in the past century. This has been caused by the mode of feeding in our daily programs with junk foods forming a more significant share of it. The issue of children and obesity cannot be burdened to one group as being responsible. The most significant blame will always go to the parent. They are responsible for whatever gets in the mouth of the child. This responsibility has been a load to many parents preferring to buy ready-cooked junk food because they are either busy at a job or can’t make time to cook healthy meals for their children. The society has been responsible for encouraging the sale and intake of junk foods, with most companies being given credit instead of focusing on the damage made on children. Vitamin D is essential in our bodies as it regulates the levels of calcium and phosphorus needed in our bodies. The older adults also need vitamin Sources, which these people can get Vitamin D includes fatty fish like salmon and tuna, beef liver,…

British Colonial Rule in the Philippines In the 1890s, Emilio Aguinaldo joined an armed rebellion that advocated for the independence of the Philippines .after his exile in 1898, Emilio, with the encouragement of the Americans, returned from exile and proclaimed himself as the president. William McKinley, the American president at the time, denied the Philippines independence and decided to establish American rule. This was after Spain surrendered her longtime colony of the Philippines to the United States following her defeat in the Spanish-American war. This decision by the then-president led to a length, devastating war against the Filipinos. Emilio, who was reading the same script with the Americans during the Spanish-American war, was very disappointed by president McKinley’s disrespect to Filipinos’ right to freedom. In 1899, he published his grounds for objecting to American imperialism in the North America Review. He castigated the UNITED States for failing to grant Philippines independence. The rule of the United States in the Philippines was acquired in 1903, killing more than 4000 American soldiers and 100,000 Filipinos. Emilio continued to reprimand the United States’…

Diversity among Muslims             Owing to current political debates about extremists who commit crimes in the name of their faith, people continue to assume the homogeneity of all Muslims. Especially in countries with a relatively small Muslim population, little is known about the differences that may exist between Islamic believers. Levi Geir Eidhamar, a theologian at the University of Agder, published an article in the Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations journal in 2018 that illuminated on intra-Muslim diversity. Awareness of diversity among Muslims is critical for psychologists to provide appropriate patient treatment and care for their Islamic clients.             Eidhamar’s main argument is that Islamic religious norms may vary geographically since they are a product of human interpretation which is influenced by the values and culture of their surrounding societies. The study used interviews in Norway and Indonesia to gauge attitudes towardsIlswife- beating and specific gender roles for spouses. Norwegian Muslims constitute a minority of the population and have an increased awareness of gender equality issues. Indonesia, on the other hand, comprises the most extensive global Muslim population and still holds…

Generalizability recruiting and training Generalizability is the extent to which the findings in a study are simplified for widespread application. The generalized outcome applies to a large sample group or the entire population. The process does not consider context, and the larger the population of application, the better the generalization. Regardless, from the case study “Planning a Program Evaluation,” the sample group is the prospective foster families. The organization in the case study is a child welfare organization. The primary focus of the organization is foster care, specifically, the recruiting and training of foster parents. The organization undertook specific steps to ensure the generalizability of the outcome. The first approach was implementing a new training program for all its outlets for prospective foster families. The organization wanted to reduce foster placement disruptions and quality service assurance by developing a standard training program. Additionally, the same instructors conduct the entire training process. The data collected from the training session is also viable for generalization. It is critical to note that most of the processes involved in recruiting and training are based…

Obamacare The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes known as Obamacare, was enacted in 2010. The ACA aimed at providing affordable health insurance coverage for every American and protecting the consumers from insurance organization tactics which might restrict care or drive up patient costs (Béland, Rocco, & Waddan, 2016). The Obamacare strategy was working to extend health coverage to uninsured Americans and gradually reduce the rise of healthcare costs. One of the benefits of ACA involves more Americans having health insurance. The number of uninsured Americans decreased since Obamacare, as more people have access to affordable, high-quality health insurance. Another benefit is that health insurance has become more affordable for many Americans. Over tens of millions of uninsured Americans can be able to afford health insurance. Obamacare provides tax credits for insurance to the middle class; those income falls below 400% of the poverty line and extends Medicaid of the federal poverty level. Insurance companies have to spend more than 70% of insurance premiums on improvements and medical care. Obamacare also aims to prevent insurance companies from making an unreasonable rate…

Social and economic impacts of the Great Depression on California The 1930s was the period of hard times for California, the nation, and the entire world. This particular situation resulted from the crash of the United States stock market of the United States, initiating the most severe economic depression not only in California but across the western world. This situation was compounded by the prolonged drought in the American Midwest, which destroyed farms and crops. For most millions of individuals and businesses, fear and failure crippled in as prosperity and optimism had been before the economic decline. The great crash meant that owners of the manufacturing plants could no longer sell their goods and therefore laid off the workers. Lack of employment caused the workers to lose their savings and unable to make purchases causing additional businesses to close down. Families fell into poverty, and businesses failed while the response to the ordeal was ineffective and confused. There was the resurgence of nativism, and xenophobia was experienced during the Great Depression. The nativists of California eagerly sought the scapegoats to…

The Murder of Donnah Winger What Investigative Mistakes Did the Detectives Make? While detectives had in their investigations concluded that Roger Harrington, a cab driver, had murdered Donnah Winger, the bloodstain pattern at the crime scene showed that the detective had made several mistakes in their investigations. For instance, Thom Bevel, an expert in crime scene reconstruction and bloodstain analysis, explains that while Mark Winger had seen Harrington kneeling next to Donnah with a hammer he was using to batter her, the vast amount of bloodstains on the wall on the ceiling, furniture, and the southern wall suggested that the Donnah’s killer must have been kneeling in a perpendicular stance. The killer’s arm must have also been moving in a north-south motion, not east-west, as Mark Winger had claimed. Bevel’s view is supported by Schram and Tibetts (2017) who hold that investigators can use blood spatter evidence to determine the direction of blood spatter, the distance from the blood source to the surface where they were deposited, the type of weapons used, and the location of other objects, surfaces, and…

The debate about abortion The debate about abortion often seeks to know whether it is morally right to terminate a pregnancy before the normal childbirth. Opposers of abortion assert that it is always a wrong act, while supporters believe that it is morally right, especially under certain circumstances. Nonetheless, abortion is a particularly painful topic for individuals who may find themselves in a moral dilemma about whether to terminate a pregnancy or not. Based on the moral underpinnings associated with the aspect, the debate is one of the most polarizing issues in the world. To understand the ethical precepts of the abortion debate, it would be prudent to understand the moral status of the fetus as well as the meaning of personhood and human life. Nevertheless, it is also prudent to consider the right and opinion of the gestating mother. The mother has the right to choose the course of her life without necessarily being bound by the moral definitions of personhood and human life. However, the right to make a choice should not supersede the right of the fetus…