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The nurse practitioner evaluates a 36 y/o female who presents to the clinic interested in starting on combination ethinyl estradiol-norgestimate oral contraceptive therapy. A thorough evaluation of the patient’s social history should include documentation of what risk factor linked to worsening cardiovascular disease; especially in combination with combined oral contraceptive treatment?

In class we discussed a 2015 a modifier screen that led to a new discovery about a cellular mechanism involved in C9orf72 ALS/FTD. Researchers modeled C9orf72 ALS/FTD by expressing (G4C2)30 in the fly eye. 1) Which statement below best summarizes the results of the modifier screen? [C] A. Over-expression of an RNAi against RanGap was a suppressor. B. Over-expression of an RNAi against RanGap was an enhancer. C. Over-expression of RanGap was a suppressor. D. Over-expression of RanGap was an enhancer. E. A knock-out mutation in RanGap was a suppressor. F. A knock-out mutation in RanGap was an enhancer.   2) Which statement is the best conclusion from the above result? [D] A. Dipeptide repeat proteins that arise from a microsatellite expansion in C9orf72 are toxic. B. A microsatellite expansion in C9orf72 disrupts stress granule formation. C. In ALS, proteins with prion-like domains that should undergo reversible liquid-liquid phase separation instead form insoluble aggregates. D. A microsatellite expansion in C9orf72 disrupts nucleocytoplasmic transport. E. A microsatellite expansion in C9orf72 disrupts TDP-43 localization.

A combat-sport athlete asks whether increasing vitamin D from 50,000 IU/week to 110,000 IU/week will necessarily produce greater performance gains. Based on the study presented in class, the best answer is:

Which of the following is true about scotopic vision?

The stapes is connected to the __________, which leads into the cochlea.

Why is the Wada test used to put to sleep one cortical hemisphere before brain surgery?

Roan has a unique visual perception disability called prosopagnosia. Which of the following would cause her difficulties?

Proper bread making takes a lot of time. To reduce this time, commercial bakeries often add stabilizers, dough softeners, and preservatives when making bread. 

Adults are recommended to eat fewer than about 50 grams of added sweeteners each day. This equates to roughly 12 teaspoons of added sweeteners. 

For safe fish consumption, it’s best to consume fish caught in local lakes, rivers, and streams in the United States. Fish from these sources have undetectable levels of chemical toxins, bacteria, and viruses.