Here is my completion report:
Reading:
- academic articles 26h
- book 8h 40 min
- textbook 11h
- lecture materials 2h
47,5 hours
Listening lectures in english
- nutrition 16h
- yoga 1h 10min
17 hours
Speaking english
- study group with Laura 14h 25min
- speaking with chinese 6h 30 min
21 hours
Watching movie or document
- watching movie and
discussing about it 6,5h
-watching a document 1h
7,5 hours
ALMS meetings and forms 11h 35 minutes
(last meeting included)
Writing
- an essay 4h
- this blog (i did´n count)
over 4 hours
Time: 40 minutes
Time in total: 108 hours 35 minutes
keskiviikko 25. huhtikuuta 2012
Reading academic articles for laboratory course
25th April
I have read aging academic, articles this time for my laboratory course. Subjects were histones (DNA binding proteins), mitochondria enzyme cytochrome c oxidase and lysosomal enzyme; acid phosphatase. I read about histones, whose have been analyzed using sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. I found out that there are many different size of histones and that they are very durable for acids. Cytochrome c oxidase transforms electrons and is very important enzyme for production of ATP. Acid phosphatase cleaves many chemical bonds and helps cells to clean waste.
I used again google dictionary and tried to pronounce new words in english.
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 107 hours 35 minutes
I have read aging academic, articles this time for my laboratory course. Subjects were histones (DNA binding proteins), mitochondria enzyme cytochrome c oxidase and lysosomal enzyme; acid phosphatase. I read about histones, whose have been analyzed using sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. I found out that there are many different size of histones and that they are very durable for acids. Cytochrome c oxidase transforms electrons and is very important enzyme for production of ATP. Acid phosphatase cleaves many chemical bonds and helps cells to clean waste.
I used again google dictionary and tried to pronounce new words in english.
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 107 hours 35 minutes
lauantai 21. huhtikuuta 2012
Watching document: Food that Kills
21th March at 21pm to 2pm
I watch youtube document Food That Kills- Full Documentary . It is actually lecture kept by Dr. Michael Klaper. It is about animal fat and it´s harmfulness. I wrote my bachelor work about essentially fatty acid and its metabolites in inflammation. Those essentially fats are plant fats and it was interesting to listen/watch kind of other side of fats. This doctor also spoke for vegetarian diet. I am vegetarian, but not health reasons but ethical reasons. I don't think totally same all thinks he said but mostly agree.
Time: 1 hour
Time in total: 105 hour 35 minutes
I watch youtube document Food That Kills- Full Documentary . It is actually lecture kept by Dr. Michael Klaper. It is about animal fat and it´s harmfulness. I wrote my bachelor work about essentially fatty acid and its metabolites in inflammation. Those essentially fats are plant fats and it was interesting to listen/watch kind of other side of fats. This doctor also spoke for vegetarian diet. I am vegetarian, but not health reasons but ethical reasons. I don't think totally same all thinks he said but mostly agree.
Time: 1 hour
Time in total: 105 hour 35 minutes
Filling SILL worksheet
21th March at 20pm to 21 pm
I filld my SILL worksheet and i noticed that all other parts where proven but not last part (part F). Which was social strategies. I have proven mostly in cognitive strategies and metacongitive strategies (part B and part D).
Time: 40 minutes
Time in total: 104 hours 35 minutes
I filld my SILL worksheet and i noticed that all other parts where proven but not last part (part F). Which was social strategies. I have proven mostly in cognitive strategies and metacongitive strategies (part B and part D).
Time: 40 minutes
Time in total: 104 hours 35 minutes
Re-doing CEFR self-assessment grid (yellow paper) and evaluation form (beige paper)
21th March
SILL
I think I have developed in english during this course. I have learned many new words, reading skills, speaking skills and writing skills.
My results are:
UNDERSTANDIN
Listening: C1
Reading: B2-C1
SPEAKING
Spoken interaction C1
Speken production B2-C1
Writing B2
Writing is still hard and frustrating for me. But it is hard also in finnish because of my dyslexia. I think I have proven most in reading academic articles. That is very nice to notice and it will help me later with my studies.
Evaluation form
I also filld ALMS evaluation form
Time: 55 minutes
Time in total: 103 hours 55 minutes
SILL
I think I have developed in english during this course. I have learned many new words, reading skills, speaking skills and writing skills.
My results are:
UNDERSTANDIN
Listening: C1
Reading: B2-C1
SPEAKING
Spoken interaction C1
Speken production B2-C1
Writing B2
Writing is still hard and frustrating for me. But it is hard also in finnish because of my dyslexia. I think I have proven most in reading academic articles. That is very nice to notice and it will help me later with my studies.
Evaluation form
I also filld ALMS evaluation form
Time: 55 minutes
Time in total: 103 hours 55 minutes
Study group with Laura
21th March at 12am to 3pm
I had a group meeting with Laura. Today we studied laboratory protocols and techniques. It is very nice to speak english with Laura, because she is very good in english. She have been working many years in international company and used english daily. My ALMS course is about to finish and this was probably last time we had meeting in english. It have been very good for me that I had opportunity to speak about biochemistry issues in english with her. I think that these skills will be useful later.
Time: 3 hours
Time in total: 103 hours
I had a group meeting with Laura. Today we studied laboratory protocols and techniques. It is very nice to speak english with Laura, because she is very good in english. She have been working many years in international company and used english daily. My ALMS course is about to finish and this was probably last time we had meeting in english. It have been very good for me that I had opportunity to speak about biochemistry issues in english with her. I think that these skills will be useful later.
Time: 3 hours
Time in total: 103 hours
Watching movie with my husband and discussing about it
17th March at 21pm to 1am
Titanic came on TV. We decided to watch it (and cover subtitles). Everyone knows the story of Titanic and most have seen this hollywood movie, so it is not reasonable to write about that. It is now 100 years since Titanic was sank. This movie published 1997, I was 12, and I loved Leonardo di Caprio. Now he seem young, too young and I sow story of peoples who were young and foolish. I´m so grateful I´m not anymore so young and foolish and beginning to know who I am. And most important not trying to be anyone else. This is what we spoke with my husband.
English in this movie was very easy and clear.
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 100 hours
Titanic came on TV. We decided to watch it (and cover subtitles). Everyone knows the story of Titanic and most have seen this hollywood movie, so it is not reasonable to write about that. It is now 100 years since Titanic was sank. This movie published 1997, I was 12, and I loved Leonardo di Caprio. Now he seem young, too young and I sow story of peoples who were young and foolish. I´m so grateful I´m not anymore so young and foolish and beginning to know who I am. And most important not trying to be anyone else. This is what we spoke with my husband.
English in this movie was very easy and clear.
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 100 hours
Reading book: Teaching yoga
3th March to 21th March
I decided to read book for this course in english. I have read several academic texts and now I decided to read book: "Teaching Yoga- exploring the teacher-student relationship", written by Donna Farhi. I also listen bonus cd which came with book "Holding a Heart in Our Hands" (72:20 minutes.
I have been teaching yoga for little bit over one year. I love it. I graduated from Yoga Nordic as Registered Yoga Teacher in February this year.
It is really great book and It reminds that teaching yoga and also generally in life, the more I learn, the more I realize that I have only scratched the surface. I think that the main message in yoga is that we are all one, that distance between humans is not a real. Problems in world are caused by this illusionary distance, we think that if everything is good our own live we are happy, even others would suffer. And if we work to make other people happy and hole, we become happy and hole. That is why teaching yoga is so beautiful. The book it self is much more practical but i always tend to go deep when speaking yoga :)
Time: 9 hours 50 minutes
Time in total: 96 hours
I decided to read book for this course in english. I have read several academic texts and now I decided to read book: "Teaching Yoga- exploring the teacher-student relationship", written by Donna Farhi. I also listen bonus cd which came with book "Holding a Heart in Our Hands" (72:20 minutes.
I have been teaching yoga for little bit over one year. I love it. I graduated from Yoga Nordic as Registered Yoga Teacher in February this year.
It is really great book and It reminds that teaching yoga and also generally in life, the more I learn, the more I realize that I have only scratched the surface. I think that the main message in yoga is that we are all one, that distance between humans is not a real. Problems in world are caused by this illusionary distance, we think that if everything is good our own live we are happy, even others would suffer. And if we work to make other people happy and hole, we become happy and hole. That is why teaching yoga is so beautiful. The book it self is much more practical but i always tend to go deep when speaking yoga :)
Time: 9 hours 50 minutes
Time in total: 96 hours
Reading academic articles in laboratory course
16th to 20th April
I am attendin in laboratory course: Biokemian erikoistumistyöt = Spelzialist work in Biochemisty.
Lectures and teaching are in Finnish, but we need to do coursework's and all materials are in english.
So I have read several academic articles about biotin, avidin, glycophorin a and peroksidase.
I tried to pay attention to spelling.
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 86 hours 10 minutes
I am attendin in laboratory course: Biokemian erikoistumistyöt = Spelzialist work in Biochemisty.
Lectures and teaching are in Finnish, but we need to do coursework's and all materials are in english.
So I have read several academic articles about biotin, avidin, glycophorin a and peroksidase.
I tried to pay attention to spelling.
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 86 hours 10 minutes
Listening lecture: Micronutrient deficiencies
12th April and 17th April at 14pm to 16pm
I think these two lectures about micronutrient deficiencies were the most interest lectures of this nutrition course, but maybe even ever. It was also easy to listen because speaker was Riitta Freese, and she spoke good english and it has become clear that finnish people speak quite good and understandable english. Chinese, Indian and japanese peoples pronunciation is not always very clear.
An example of micronutrient deficiency disorder: anemia
1. Iron deficiency: hemoglobin synthesis decreases
- copper and vitamin A defiencies cause iron metabolism disturbed and so cause anemia
2. Folate deficiency: disturbed DNA synthesis
-B12 defiency cause disturbed folate metabolism and so cause anemia
=> Not easy, but SO SO INTRESTING!!!
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 81 hours 10 minutes
I think these two lectures about micronutrient deficiencies were the most interest lectures of this nutrition course, but maybe even ever. It was also easy to listen because speaker was Riitta Freese, and she spoke good english and it has become clear that finnish people speak quite good and understandable english. Chinese, Indian and japanese peoples pronunciation is not always very clear.
An example of micronutrient deficiency disorder: anemia
1. Iron deficiency: hemoglobin synthesis decreases
- copper and vitamin A defiencies cause iron metabolism disturbed and so cause anemia
2. Folate deficiency: disturbed DNA synthesis
-B12 defiency cause disturbed folate metabolism and so cause anemia
=> Not easy, but SO SO INTRESTING!!!
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 81 hours 10 minutes
Studying lecture materials: Social transfers against poverty and malnutrition: what do we know about their effectiveness
3th March at 2pm to 4pm
Dr. Miguel Nino Zarazua from World institute of Development Economics Research United Nations University kept lecture Social transfers against poverty and malnutrition: what do we know about their effectiveness. I couldn't attend this lecture, so i had to study it by my self and it took many hours.
Here is material for lecture: http://www.chronicpoverty.org/uploads/publication_files/socialtransfersfullreport.pdf
Something positive sometimes in this course; there is significant economic progress in recent times. Especially Africa is progressed. Yes, but still maternal and children malnutrition are the underlying cause of 3,5 million deaths annually. Differences between stunting and wasting reflects a growing problem: child obesity. Poverty is main reason for malnutrition all over the world.
While reading this material I noticed that my reading skills in english has improved during this course. Nice.
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 77 hours 10 minutes
Dr. Miguel Nino Zarazua from World institute of Development Economics Research United Nations University kept lecture Social transfers against poverty and malnutrition: what do we know about their effectiveness. I couldn't attend this lecture, so i had to study it by my self and it took many hours.
Here is material for lecture: http://www.chronicpoverty.org/uploads/publication_files/socialtransfersfullreport.pdf
Something positive sometimes in this course; there is significant economic progress in recent times. Especially Africa is progressed. Yes, but still maternal and children malnutrition are the underlying cause of 3,5 million deaths annually. Differences between stunting and wasting reflects a growing problem: child obesity. Poverty is main reason for malnutrition all over the world.
While reading this material I noticed that my reading skills in english has improved during this course. Nice.
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 77 hours 10 minutes
Study group with Laura
15th March at 1pm to 4pm
I had group meeting with my friend Laura, we prepared to laboratory course reading Lehninger´s Biochemistry in english together. It is easier together because i knew some words and she knew other. And because she is so dear we could speak in english so that i get hours here.
I have noticed that it is much easier to speak english with friends than foreigners.
Time: 3 hours
Time in total: 73 hours 10 minutes
I had group meeting with my friend Laura, we prepared to laboratory course reading Lehninger´s Biochemistry in english together. It is easier together because i knew some words and she knew other. And because she is so dear we could speak in english so that i get hours here.
I have noticed that it is much easier to speak english with friends than foreigners.
Time: 3 hours
Time in total: 73 hours 10 minutes
lauantai 14. huhtikuuta 2012
Listening lecture: Acute and chronic malnutrition and its consequences
29th March at 2pm to 4pm
Marja Mutanen spoke today about acute and chronic malnutrition and its consequences.
Wasting = nääntyminen
Marasmus = maratismi , it means energy and protein starvation
How it shows:
-grossly underweight = vakava alipaino
-no body fat = ei ihonalais rasvaa
-gross muscle wasting = vakava lihaskato
-old man´s face
-no oedema = ei turvotusta
-normal hair
Causes for wasting:
-early weaning = varhainen vieroitus
-dilute foods afterwards = laimennetut ruoat sen jälkeen
-poverty/ ignorance = köyhyys / tietämättömyys
-poor hygiene -> gastroenteritis -> a vicious cycle starts = huono hygenia -> suolistotulehdukset -> noidankehä on valmis
-diarrhoea -> poor appetite and more dilute foods and more dilute foods = ripuli -> huono ruokahalu ja laimennettua ruokaa
-appletion of nutrients -> intestinal atrohpy -> susceptibility to diarrhoea increases = ravinteiden puutokset -> suolen atropia -> herkkyys ripulille kasvaa
Kwashiorkor = kwashiorkori, protein defiency, with relatively adequate carbohydrate intake
How it shows:
-oedema
-will not eat
-skin: patches of pigmentation and desquamation = iho: laikkumaista pigmentaatiota ja ihottumaa
-hair pale and thinned
-miserable and apathetic = onneton ja apaattinen
-moon face
-liver usually palpable
Causes for kwashiorkor:
-in poor rural children, displaced from the breast = köyhät maaseudun lapset, rinnasta vieroitetut
-given very low protein starchy porridge (cassava) = annetaan vähäproteiinista tärkkelyspitoista puuroa (cassavaa)
-adequate carbohydrate -> insulin secretion maintained -> spares muscle protein = riittävästi hiilihydraatteja -> ylläpitää insuliinin eritystä -> säästää lihasten proteiinia
-shortage of liver amino acids -> decreased synthesis of albumin and lipoproteins -> oedema and lipid accumulation to liver
= aminohappojen puute maksassa, albumiinin ja lipoproteiinin synteesin väheneminen, turvotus ja rasvan kertyminen maksaan
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 75 hours 10 minutes
Marja Mutanen spoke today about acute and chronic malnutrition and its consequences.
Wasting = nääntyminen
Marasmus = maratismi , it means energy and protein starvation
How it shows:
-grossly underweight = vakava alipaino
-no body fat = ei ihonalais rasvaa
-gross muscle wasting = vakava lihaskato
-old man´s face
-no oedema = ei turvotusta
-normal hair
Causes for wasting:
-early weaning = varhainen vieroitus
-dilute foods afterwards = laimennetut ruoat sen jälkeen
-poverty/ ignorance = köyhyys / tietämättömyys
-poor hygiene -> gastroenteritis -> a vicious cycle starts = huono hygenia -> suolistotulehdukset -> noidankehä on valmis
-diarrhoea -> poor appetite and more dilute foods and more dilute foods = ripuli -> huono ruokahalu ja laimennettua ruokaa
-appletion of nutrients -> intestinal atrohpy -> susceptibility to diarrhoea increases = ravinteiden puutokset -> suolen atropia -> herkkyys ripulille kasvaa
Kwashiorkor = kwashiorkori, protein defiency, with relatively adequate carbohydrate intake
How it shows:
-oedema
-will not eat
-skin: patches of pigmentation and desquamation = iho: laikkumaista pigmentaatiota ja ihottumaa
-hair pale and thinned
-miserable and apathetic = onneton ja apaattinen
-moon face
-liver usually palpable
Causes for kwashiorkor:
-in poor rural children, displaced from the breast = köyhät maaseudun lapset, rinnasta vieroitetut
-given very low protein starchy porridge (cassava) = annetaan vähäproteiinista tärkkelyspitoista puuroa (cassavaa)
-adequate carbohydrate -> insulin secretion maintained -> spares muscle protein = riittävästi hiilihydraatteja -> ylläpitää insuliinin eritystä -> säästää lihasten proteiinia
-shortage of liver amino acids -> decreased synthesis of albumin and lipoproteins -> oedema and lipid accumulation to liver
= aminohappojen puute maksassa, albumiinin ja lipoproteiinin synteesin väheneminen, turvotus ja rasvan kertyminen maksaan
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 75 hours 10 minutes
keskiviikko 11. huhtikuuta 2012
Spending day with Chinese and speaking English
6th April at 10 am to 6pm
My husbands friend is married with Chinese woman and they have two children. Their older daughter is four years old and our boy is tree year old. They like to play together. We spend day together with children, so they could play and we could sit down and talk. It was nice.
I think speaking english was quite easy for me. It was difficult sometimes to listen Dan´s (Chinese women) english, but i always did understood what she meant.
Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
Time in total: 70 hours 10 minutes
My husbands friend is married with Chinese woman and they have two children. Their older daughter is four years old and our boy is tree year old. They like to play together. We spend day together with children, so they could play and we could sit down and talk. It was nice.
I think speaking english was quite easy for me. It was difficult sometimes to listen Dan´s (Chinese women) english, but i always did understood what she meant.
Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
Time in total: 70 hours 10 minutes
Reading academic articles
3th April at 9 am to 3 pm
I read today several academic articles and studied english same time. I used google dictionary. I think that i have significantly improved reading academic articles. I read faster and i don´t need dictionary so much anymore.
Time: 6 hours
Time in total: 63 hours 40 minutes
I read today several academic articles and studied english same time. I used google dictionary. I think that i have significantly improved reading academic articles. I read faster and i don´t need dictionary so much anymore.
Time: 6 hours
Time in total: 63 hours 40 minutes
torstai 29. maaliskuuta 2012
Listening lecture: Significance of human parasites for malnutrition
27th March at 2 pm to 4 pm
Sakari Jokiranta kept this lecture. What i thought first was: disgusting! I hoped that he would not have many pictures. He did, and they were disgusting. Anyway at end of lecture i was filled with compassion for those people with parasites.
Most parasites that cause problems for human are zoonoses, which means they can live in animals and humans. Parasites can be category for tissue, blood and intestinal parasites. Parasites are most common in Africa and Asia. All parasites won't cause morality but cause immune suppression and malnutrition, some doesn't cause any problems at all. They can also carry HI-virus. Time from contact to symptoms takes 1 hour to 28 days.
Parasites:
Protozoas = alkueläimet
Helminths = loismadot
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 57 hours 40 minutes
Sakari Jokiranta kept this lecture. What i thought first was: disgusting! I hoped that he would not have many pictures. He did, and they were disgusting. Anyway at end of lecture i was filled with compassion for those people with parasites.
Most parasites that cause problems for human are zoonoses, which means they can live in animals and humans. Parasites can be category for tissue, blood and intestinal parasites. Parasites are most common in Africa and Asia. All parasites won't cause morality but cause immune suppression and malnutrition, some doesn't cause any problems at all. They can also carry HI-virus. Time from contact to symptoms takes 1 hour to 28 days.
Parasites:
Protozoas = alkueläimet
Helminths = loismadot
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 57 hours 40 minutes
Listening lecture: Fetal malnutrition
22th March at 2pm to 4pm
Katja Korhonen spoked today about fetal malnutrition. Malnutrition doesn't mean just undernutrition, but also overnutrition, also quantity and quality of food.
It is very very important to take care maternal nutrition, because it will partly determine how healthy or sick you are an adult. All trimesters are important but first trimester malnutrition has biggest causes. It can even cause miscarriage.
This was very interesting lecture and Katja Korhonen spoked very good english so it was easy to listen.
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 55 hours 40 minutes
Katja Korhonen spoked today about fetal malnutrition. Malnutrition doesn't mean just undernutrition, but also overnutrition, also quantity and quality of food.
It is very very important to take care maternal nutrition, because it will partly determine how healthy or sick you are an adult. All trimesters are important but first trimester malnutrition has biggest causes. It can even cause miscarriage.
This was very interesting lecture and Katja Korhonen spoked very good english so it was easy to listen.
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 55 hours 40 minutes
Listening lecture: Challenges in global food production
20th March at 2pm to 4 pm
First we watch a video and i wrote points up:
Main causes for malnutrition are
1. Insufficient grain reserves = riittämättömät vilja varastot
2. Fluctuating energy prices = energian hinnan vaihtelut
- this effects transport in food production
3. Population trends = väestön kehitys
-18 million new people every year more to feed
4. Rapid economic growth
5. Speculators = keinottelijat
6. Extreme weather = äärimmäiset sääolosuhteet
How to help pour people in developing countries to have enough food
1. Increase investment = lisätä investointeja
- to grain reserves and agriculture
2. Protect natural resources = suojella luonnon varoja
3. Boost research and development = edistää tutkimusta ja kehitystä
- better seeds and tools
Food production should increase by 70% by 2050 to meet the increasing demand for food. Milk, eggs and meat production won't be solution. It takes a lot more energy and land to produce animal products than vegetables and grain. 30-50% of food is wasted, half in developing countries and half on developed countries. In developing countries because inadequate management and storage. In developed countries mostly during processing, retailing or household. Wasted food is an environmental stress in addition it increases demand for food.
If we would stop wasting food only 4% growth in agricultural land is needed by 2050. More water is also needed and again produce animal products takes many times more water than produce grain.
Climate change will be a huge problem for agriculture in 2050.
Here is something i learned.
Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Time in total: 53 hours 40 minutes
First we watch a video and i wrote points up:
Main causes for malnutrition are
1. Insufficient grain reserves = riittämättömät vilja varastot
2. Fluctuating energy prices = energian hinnan vaihtelut
- this effects transport in food production
3. Population trends = väestön kehitys
-18 million new people every year more to feed
4. Rapid economic growth
5. Speculators = keinottelijat
6. Extreme weather = äärimmäiset sääolosuhteet
How to help pour people in developing countries to have enough food
1. Increase investment = lisätä investointeja
- to grain reserves and agriculture
2. Protect natural resources = suojella luonnon varoja
3. Boost research and development = edistää tutkimusta ja kehitystä
- better seeds and tools
Food production should increase by 70% by 2050 to meet the increasing demand for food. Milk, eggs and meat production won't be solution. It takes a lot more energy and land to produce animal products than vegetables and grain. 30-50% of food is wasted, half in developing countries and half on developed countries. In developing countries because inadequate management and storage. In developed countries mostly during processing, retailing or household. Wasted food is an environmental stress in addition it increases demand for food.
If we would stop wasting food only 4% growth in agricultural land is needed by 2050. More water is also needed and again produce animal products takes many times more water than produce grain.
Climate change will be a huge problem for agriculture in 2050.
Here is something i learned.
Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Time in total: 53 hours 40 minutes
keskiviikko 21. maaliskuuta 2012
Reading academic articles
19, 20 and 21 March
I have read now tree days several academic articles in english for my bachelor term paper. I have progress a lot. At same time I wrote up words that where new for me and find them with google dictionary. I have read articles for 14 hour in tree day. I will take 7 hours here.
I put here some of them (I lost that paper i wrote them):
suppression = tukahduttaminen
dendritic cell = dendriitti solu (puolustusjärjestelmän soluja)
migration = liikehdintä
infiltration = tunkeutuminen
cytoprotection = solua suojaava
elusive = saavuttamaton
Time: 7 hours
Time in total: 51 hours 30 minutes
I have read now tree days several academic articles in english for my bachelor term paper. I have progress a lot. At same time I wrote up words that where new for me and find them with google dictionary. I have read articles for 14 hour in tree day. I will take 7 hours here.
I put here some of them (I lost that paper i wrote them):
suppression = tukahduttaminen
dendritic cell = dendriitti solu (puolustusjärjestelmän soluja)
migration = liikehdintä
infiltration = tunkeutuminen
cytoprotection = solua suojaava
elusive = saavuttamaton
Time: 7 hours
Time in total: 51 hours 30 minutes
maanantai 19. maaliskuuta 2012
Writing an essay
I am having laboratory course Genetecnology, which material is in english. I need to write an essay also and it was okay to write it also in english so i did to get practice and hours in here. Here is my essay:
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 46 hours 30 minutes
LacZ gene and Lac promotor- genetecnology´s little helper
β-galactosidase
LacZ gene is E.coli´s gene for LacZ protein; β-galactosidase, also called beta-gal or β-gal, lactase is sub class of β-galactosidase. It is a hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes sertain hydrolyzes of disaccharides into monosaccharides. β-galactosigase hydrolyzes β-glycosidic bond formed a galactose molecules in lactose, lactosylceramides, ganglioside GM1 and many glycoproteins.
Lactose (beta-D-Lactose) is formed from galactose and glucose and hydolyzed by β-galactosidase.
Lac operon
LacZ gene is part of lac operon, that is formed from promotor, operator, LacZ, LacY, LacA and terminator. LacY encodes β-galactoside permease, a membrane protein that pumps lactose into the cell. Lac A encodes β-galactoside transacetylase, an enzyme that transfers an acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to β-galactosides. Only lacZ and lacY seems to be necessary for lactose catabolism. Lac operon is activated with presens of Catabolite activator protein (CAP) and halts in presens of lac repressor. Lac repressor is secreted in absense of lactose and CAP is secreted in absence of glucose. That is when it is reasonable to produse energy from lactose. This dual control mechanism is known as diauxie.
LacZ as a reporter gene
In gene tecnology and molecular biology reproter gene is a gene that can be attach to a regulatory sequense of another gene of intrest. Reporter genes are used to detect cells that includes gene of intrest.
In bacteria a common reporter gene is lacZ gene. Cells are growth on a medium that contains the substrate analog that can be detected.
Lactose analogs
There are many lactose analogs that are useful for work with the lac operon. Usually they are substituted galactosides, wherw the glucose moiety of lactose is replased by another chemical group. Most common are isopropyl-β-D-thio-galactoside (IPTG), X-gal (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-D-galactoside) phenyl-β-D-galactose (phenyl-Gal) and ortho-Nitrophenyl-β-galactoside (ONPG).
IPTG creates a chemical bond with the sulfur (S), which can´t be hydrolyzated. IPTG binds to the lac repressor and inactivates it. This will trigger transcription of lac operon. IPTG is used in vivo studies, because it doesn´t metabolized by E.coli it´s consentration is constant.
X-gal is consisting of galactose linked to a substituted indole. When β-galactosidase cleaves bond between them and when free indole is oxidized it will turn blue. X-gal it self is colorless.
ONPG is consisting of galactose linked to a substituted ortho-nitrophenol. Free ortho-nitrophenol has a yellow color. ONPG it self is colorless.
Blue white screening
Blue white screening is tecnique that is used to detection of successful ligantions in vector-based gene cloning. When competent cells are growth with X-gal, if bacterial colony will turn white ligantion is succeed, if it turns blue it is´n. This is baced on alpha-complementation. LacZ gene whitch is split in two LacZα and LacZΩ part and only together they make functional enzyme. If plasmid is cleaved between them and insert is attached, then LacZ gene can´t produce β-galactosidase.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortho-Nitrophenyl-β-galactoside
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 46 hours 30 minutes
Watching movie and discussing about it
18th March at 7pm to 10.30 pm
We watched movie: Love actually with my husband. He had doubts about that it would been too romantic, but it was good and funny movie. It was easy british english and easy to follow. Discussion about it was also easy and relax. Movie was 135 minutes and we discussed about it for little less than 30 minutes. It would be 2 hours and 45 minutes but i but 15 minutes lesser here.
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Time in total: 42 hours 30 minutes
We watched movie: Love actually with my husband. He had doubts about that it would been too romantic, but it was good and funny movie. It was easy british english and easy to follow. Discussion about it was also easy and relax. Movie was 135 minutes and we discussed about it for little less than 30 minutes. It would be 2 hours and 45 minutes but i but 15 minutes lesser here.
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Time in total: 42 hours 30 minutes
Listening lecture: Food habits in Africa and Asia - main concerns for child nutrition
15th of March 14pm to 16pm
Heli Kuusipalo kept lecture about undernutrition in Afganistan and Malawi. I learned about standard to estimate nutrition in developing countries focusing on mother and children under five year old. Most important is to develop schools to produce seeds, seedlings and saplings, and also teach to children about nutrition and it´s impacts so that they can offer better life for their children.
New words:
seedling = taimi, siementaimi
sapling = taimi, nuori puu
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 39 hours
Heli Kuusipalo kept lecture about undernutrition in Afganistan and Malawi. I learned about standard to estimate nutrition in developing countries focusing on mother and children under five year old. Most important is to develop schools to produce seeds, seedlings and saplings, and also teach to children about nutrition and it´s impacts so that they can offer better life for their children.
New words:
seedling = taimi, siementaimi
sapling = taimi, nuori puu
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 39 hours
Listening lecture: World nutrition situation, conceptual framework of malnutrition, definitions, the Millennium Development Goals
13th of March at 14pm to 16pm
Today I attend to first lecture from course Nutritional problems in low income countries. I take this course just to study English and listen it. It is not necessary for me but it seemed interesting.
Professor Marja Mutanen spoked about nutritional problems most in India and Africa. There was also background article: Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences (Lancet 2008; 371: 243-60), witch I read.
I think main point where that it is important to get all vitamins and minerals, with protein, so that human can develop normally. It doesn´t help enough if we send just some of them, because body needs all of them. Undernutrition has short-term consequences; like mortality and disability but also long-term consequences like intellectual ability, economic productivity, reproductive performance and increased risk to have metabolic or cardiovascular disease.
New words for me:
reproductive = lisääntymis-
inadequate = riittämätön
poverty = köyhyys
dwelling = asunto
assets = omaisuus
remittances = rahalähetykset
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 37 hours
Today I attend to first lecture from course Nutritional problems in low income countries. I take this course just to study English and listen it. It is not necessary for me but it seemed interesting.
Professor Marja Mutanen spoked about nutritional problems most in India and Africa. There was also background article: Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences (Lancet 2008; 371: 243-60), witch I read.
I think main point where that it is important to get all vitamins and minerals, with protein, so that human can develop normally. It doesn´t help enough if we send just some of them, because body needs all of them. Undernutrition has short-term consequences; like mortality and disability but also long-term consequences like intellectual ability, economic productivity, reproductive performance and increased risk to have metabolic or cardiovascular disease.
New words for me:
reproductive = lisääntymis-
inadequate = riittämätön
poverty = köyhyys
dwelling = asunto
assets = omaisuus
remittances = rahalähetykset
Time: 2 hours
Time in total: 37 hours
tiistai 13. maaliskuuta 2012
Second ALMS private meeting with Leena Koskinen
12th March at 2 pm
We met with Leena Koskinen, an english teacher. We discussed about my developing with this course. Everything seems to progressed fine.
Time: 20 minutes
Time in total: 35 hours
We met with Leena Koskinen, an english teacher. We discussed about my developing with this course. Everything seems to progressed fine.
Time: 20 minutes
Time in total: 35 hours
keskiviikko 8. helmikuuta 2012
Reading textbook for exam
I have read Lehninger´s Biochemistry book for my final exam for bachelor degree. I have now read it for 11 hours and 189 pages. I have translated summary´s in finish. I used google dictionary and noticed that you can also listen how a word is pronounced.
New words for me:
plausible = uskottava
molten globule = sula pisara
protein folding = proteiinien laskostuminen
regions = alueet
infrequently = harvoin
constrains = rajoittaa
residue = tähde, eli peptidi ketjussa oleva aminohappo
porous = huokoinen
appropriate = tarkoituksen mukainen
percolates = suodattaa
altered = muuttunut
equilibrium constant = tasapainovakio
fluctuate = vaihtelee
cleavage = pilkkoa
Time: 11 hours
Time in total: 34 hours 40 minutes
New words for me:
plausible = uskottava
molten globule = sula pisara
protein folding = proteiinien laskostuminen
regions = alueet
infrequently = harvoin
constrains = rajoittaa
residue = tähde, eli peptidi ketjussa oleva aminohappo
porous = huokoinen
appropriate = tarkoituksen mukainen
percolates = suodattaa
altered = muuttunut
equilibrium constant = tasapainovakio
fluctuate = vaihtelee
cleavage = pilkkoa
Time: 11 hours
Time in total: 34 hours 40 minutes
tiistai 31. tammikuuta 2012
Reading academic articles
31th January at 8am to 1pm
I was very studious today and i read several academic articles and books for my bachelor work. I spend first 5 hours for reading and then i wrote 2 hours and I get 5 pages ready. I write it in Finnish so that didn´t count in here. I used google dictionary if there was some words I didn´t knew. I have noticed that I need to look same words many times before I will remember them. But it is nice to notice that more I read them, more easier it is every time.
I am very proud of my self.
Time: 5 hours
Time in total: 23 hours 40 minutes
I was very studious today and i read several academic articles and books for my bachelor work. I spend first 5 hours for reading and then i wrote 2 hours and I get 5 pages ready. I write it in Finnish so that didn´t count in here. I used google dictionary if there was some words I didn´t knew. I have noticed that I need to look same words many times before I will remember them. But it is nice to notice that more I read them, more easier it is every time.
I am very proud of my self.
Time: 5 hours
Time in total: 23 hours 40 minutes
Study group with Laura
30th January at 5pm. to 8pm.
We met with Laura in library. We wrote our final project in bioinformatic course. And also spoked in english about bioinformatics. Four hours of hard work and we get almost finish of our project. I learned new word cleavage site of protein, it means place where protein is cut after it has managed it´s target in cell.
Time: 4h
Time in total: 18 hours 40 minutes
We met with Laura in library. We wrote our final project in bioinformatic course. And also spoked in english about bioinformatics. Four hours of hard work and we get almost finish of our project. I learned new word cleavage site of protein, it means place where protein is cut after it has managed it´s target in cell.
Time: 4h
Time in total: 18 hours 40 minutes
perjantai 27. tammikuuta 2012
Second ALMS group session
25th January at 2-3.30 pm
We meet second and last time today with ALMS group. We discussed about our SILL-forms in small groups and looked different way to report about learning. It was of cause obvious that i was already decided that i will use this blog.
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Time in total: 14 hours 40 minutes
We meet second and last time today with ALMS group. We discussed about our SILL-forms in small groups and looked different way to report about learning. It was of cause obvious that i was already decided that i will use this blog.
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Time in total: 14 hours 40 minutes
tiistai 24. tammikuuta 2012
Study group with Laura
24th January at 10.20am to 14.45pm
Today I used several databases and read articles in english in my bioinfomatics course. It is a web course, witch is totally in english, now I am already making my final project in there. In final project we are given a protein, mine is delta 6 desaturase. I made this project today with my study friend Laura. We also discussed in english, because I asked for this english course.
I put here something i wrote today about that enzyme;
Time: 4 hours 25 minutes
Time in total: 13 hours 10 minutes
Today I used several databases and read articles in english in my bioinfomatics course. It is a web course, witch is totally in english, now I am already making my final project in there. In final project we are given a protein, mine is delta 6 desaturase. I made this project today with my study friend Laura. We also discussed in english, because I asked for this english course.
I put here something i wrote today about that enzyme;
Human Delta 6 desaturase
Using: NCBI databace
Gene: FADS2 fatty acid desaturase 2 [ Homo sapiens ]
Gene ID: 9415, updated on 8-Jan-2012
Intruduction for delta 6 desaturase:
Linolenic acid witch is the main dietary essential fatty acid is metalized by the body to important sustances. First step is to make it gammalinolenic acid, this step is slow, rate limiting step, particulary in humans. Delta 6 desaturase is katalyzing enzyme in this reaction. If delta 6 desaturase doesn’t work normally or doesn’t exisist in enough, it causes problems. Deseas linked to this are at least atopic eczema and diametes, witch are exempes of inadequate delta 6 desaturation.
(David F Horrobin, Fatty acid metabolism in health and disease: the role of delta-6-desaturase, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1993): http://www.ajcn.org/content/57/5/732S.short)
Atopic eczema
Atopic eczema is an inherited form of dermatitis, patients are more susceptible than normal to viral infectins and to allergic reactions of various types. Patiens have high consentrations of immunoglobin E and an elevated rotio of lymphocytes (T-helper to T-suppressor).
(David F Horrobin, Fatty acid metabolism in health and disease: the role of delta-6-desaturase, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1993):http://www.ajcn.org/content/57/5/732S.short)
Diabetes mellitus
Diabets is a cronic disease, where pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. This leads to an increased concentration of glucose in the blood, hyperglycaemia.
(WHO, health topics: http://www.who.int/topics/diabetes_mellitus/en/)
Time: 4 hours 25 minutes
Time in total: 13 hours 10 minutes
maanantai 23. tammikuuta 2012
Assessmentig my English skills using the CEFR self-assenssment grid
23 January 2012 at 8.00-8.45 pm
I assessment that my understanding would be level B2 in both listening and reading. Speking skills i would assessment to level B1 or B2 in spoken interactions, spoken production to B1.
In Writing i am also uncertain if i am B1 or B2, i am not sure if i can "write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to my interests".
Time: 45 minutes
Time in total: 8 hours 45 minutes
I assessment that my understanding would be level B2 in both listening and reading. Speking skills i would assessment to level B1 or B2 in spoken interactions, spoken production to B1.
In Writing i am also uncertain if i am B1 or B2, i am not sure if i can "write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to my interests".
Time: 45 minutes
Time in total: 8 hours 45 minutes
ALMS plans
23th January 2012 at 7 pm.
I make my plan about how to manage this course:
I will attend to English Book Club.
I copy this text in library's page:
This will give me at least 4 hours of speaking in group and reading thous books will take probably 15 hours per book. So if i will attend 3 times, i will get 45 reading hours. But i am very slow reader so it can take even more.
Then i am planning to watch english movies with my husband and then discussing about them whit him. Three movies would take maybe 5 hours and discussions 1 hour.
Reading articles will be something i will do several hours because i am doing my Bachelor work at same time. I will get rest hours there, because i will certainly read english articles more than 108 hours.
If i will have in english lessons i will take them with, but i am not sure yet if i am attending any.
Time: 1 hour
Time in total: 8 hours
I make my plan about how to manage this course:
I will attend to English Book Club.
I copy this text in library's page:
You can join our English Book Club on the 1st floor in Sello Library at 2 pm:
On January 25th we will talk about: Hanif Kureishi: Something to tell you
You can pick up the books at the Fiction & Non-fiction information desk on the 1st floor a month in advance, and ask for us if you have any further questions
Next:
On February 22nd: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a yellow sun
On March 21st: J. M. Coetzee: Disgrace
On April 25th: Paul Auster: Sunset Park
This will give me at least 4 hours of speaking in group and reading thous books will take probably 15 hours per book. So if i will attend 3 times, i will get 45 reading hours. But i am very slow reader so it can take even more.
Then i am planning to watch english movies with my husband and then discussing about them whit him. Three movies would take maybe 5 hours and discussions 1 hour.
Reading articles will be something i will do several hours because i am doing my Bachelor work at same time. I will get rest hours there, because i will certainly read english articles more than 108 hours.
If i will have in english lessons i will take them with, but i am not sure yet if i am attending any.
Time: 1 hour
Time in total: 8 hours
Creating this blog
23th January 15.00 pm
I decided to do this course using blog. I think it is easy to follow and which the best, can't lose it :)
Time: 30 minutes
Time in total: 7 hours
I decided to do this course using blog. I think it is easy to follow and which the best, can't lose it :)
Time: 30 minutes
Time in total: 7 hours
Writing my language history using kaleidoscope
23th January at 5.30-7.00 pm
I decided to do this task using kaleidoscope. It was good choose because it was nice to use. I wrote there so i won't repeat all here. It took surprisingly long time to do it, when i read all texts there and then typed my own text. I can see, that i haven't wrote english for a while.
Time: 1,5 hours
Time in total: 6,5 hours
I decided to do this task using kaleidoscope. It was good choose because it was nice to use. I wrote there so i won't repeat all here. It took surprisingly long time to do it, when i read all texts there and then typed my own text. I can see, that i haven't wrote english for a while.
Time: 1,5 hours
Time in total: 6,5 hours
Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL)
23th January 2012 at 4-5 pm.
I filled the SILL form and find out that my strength is compensation strategies and my weakness is metacognitive strategies. Compensation is very familiar to me, i usually don't worry for making mistakes and speak out even I'm not sure if i speak correct. Someone could think that it's weakness, because i don't learn if i don't try to be precise all the time. I don't anyway think so, i think it is my way to learn. If i would have to be right every time i open my mouth i would be quite quiet.
Metacognitive, i had to check that word in dictionary. It was defined "cognition about cognition" or "knowing about knowing". Even that word metacognitive makes me a headache, so i am sure it is my weakness.
Time: 1 hours
Time in total: 5 hours
I filled the SILL form and find out that my strength is compensation strategies and my weakness is metacognitive strategies. Compensation is very familiar to me, i usually don't worry for making mistakes and speak out even I'm not sure if i speak correct. Someone could think that it's weakness, because i don't learn if i don't try to be precise all the time. I don't anyway think so, i think it is my way to learn. If i would have to be right every time i open my mouth i would be quite quiet.
Metacognitive, i had to check that word in dictionary. It was defined "cognition about cognition" or "knowing about knowing". Even that word metacognitive makes me a headache, so i am sure it is my weakness.
Time: 1 hours
Time in total: 5 hours
Firs ALMS group session
The 18th of January 2012 at 2-6 pm.
We had first group meeting in kielikeskus, where i had never visited before. We explored what we need to do in our course and we filled few forms to find out what kind of learners we are. We also read texts and discussed them in groups. I had nice group and we had good conversation about stammering, witch was our topic.
It was nice to speak english for long time in small groups. I had courage to open my mouth in small group, but i didn't felt anyway comfortable to speak english for hole class.
I find out that i am a mixture of analytic and informal learner. I think it is true.
Time: 4 hours
Time in total: 4 hours
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