4/9 Jacob Capizzi and Haley's Group

Article #1: Collagen Structure in Tendons

CLAIM: a tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that binds muscle to bone, and have crimps in the cells that allow extra stretching

DATA: under a microscope a tendon shows crimped cells that flatten in the first stage of stretching

WARRANT: A tendon can stretch more easily becuse its tissue cells are crimpted to allow extra stretching

BACKING: This theory has been tested to prove furthur stretching in the tendons of the body.

RESERVATION: Stretching varies in collagen tissues among individuals

QUALIFIERS: tendons differ in collagen compisition to create easier movement and stretching

Article #2: Cell adhesion

Claim: The purified factor is a mixture which appears to contain two active globular glycoprotein components.

Data:The larger has a sedimentation coefficient of 12.5S and contains polypeptide chains of about 215 000 D and the smaller is 9S and contains popypeptide chains of 94 000, 80 000 and 71 000 D.

Warrant:The mixed factor has been determined to have an isoelectric point of 4.0 and its amino acid and carbohydrate composition have been determined.

Backing:Activity of the mixed factor requires its adsorption onto the substratum surface and about 0.6-0.85 μg of adsorbed factor protein on a 9.6 cm2 surface is required for complete cell adhesion and spreading to subsequently occur.

Reservation:The mixed factor adsorbs preferentially to the substratum in the presence of a high excess of BSA and promotes increased cell adhesion and spreading as the density of the factor on the substratum is increased.

Qualifiers:Experiments with anti-factor antiserum indicated that the mixed factor preparation contains all of the FCS components involved in promoting cell adhesion and spreading.

Draft:

Part 1: After interviewing Amy Reesing, a professor in human development, there is a more defined way of studying our selected discipline. Reesing graduated with a degree in studies of human development. After being asked about the continuing debates in the field of health sciences, Reesing focused on brain development. Reesing stated “The field of medical sciences is never black and white, that is the first thing to know and accept when entering this discipline.” We can not just place a brain in a jar and watch it grow. Even if we did we can not know why or what growths and what age mean what. Reesing said that the biggest debate is over the importance of brain development within the first three years of age. Some say that it is life-threatening important and critical to create the right stimulation for the brain to grow. Others say that the brain has a quality of plasticity to always be growing, not placing such strong importance on the criticalness of the first three years of development. Reesing agrees with both ends of the argument. Reesing opinion is “I agree that the development of the brain in the first three years of life is extremely important, yet I do think that there is compensation that can be made.” When it comes to the general understanding and knowing of the discipline that Reesing is specifically in, she focuses on how and why people change and remain the same over the span of life. She mentions the three categories of development (cognitive, socioemotional, and physical), and places much importance on their interactions over several years to understand development of the human being. Reesing states that in her discipline, both quantitive and qualative data are accepted. “Quantative data including numbers and a wider-range of results are more accepted and used in the health sciences field.”

*transition to interview #2

*interview #2 summary

Part 2:

* to be written in person meeting

Part 3:

*review interviews

*review articles

*make connections between the two

*discuss pros

*discuss counter arguments

*conclusion

Chapter 10 response:

After reading Chapter Ten, I’m convinced that some of the claims the author was speaking of throughout chapter 10 will be seen throughout Wp3. By doing so, it will add copious amounts of details to our writing and give our discipline depth in our writing. Also, the interviews will bring more depth to our paper by providing hard evidence for our audience. This is extremely important because it amplifies the claims one makes throughout his or her writing. After reading chapter ten it gave me an eye opener after realizing how important adding details and making claims is to one’s writing.