A patient with respiratory allergies develops a persistent cough and fever.  The fungus that is isolated from this patient displays numerous large conidia which chain together, with both longitudinal and transverse cross-walls and dark pigmentation.  The most likely organism involved is:  

Which of the following Aspergillus sp. has a cinnamon brown color with smooth walled conidia that are formed at the end of two rows of phialides (biseriate) which point straight up covering at least ½ of the vesicle?

Cats have this shape for their mature RBCs.

this cells major function is phagocytosis and pinocytosis

follow neutrophils into inflamed, traumatized, or infected tissue byfollowing chemokines

Reading comprehension. Lectura Read about Pedro, then indicate whether each statement is true or false. (5 x 2 pts. each = 10 pts.) Pedro es de Chile, pero (but) sus padres son argentinos. Muchas personas de su familia viven en Chile. La familia de Pedro es muy grande. Su madre tiene cuatro hermanas y un hermano. Su padre tiene tres hermanos. Pedro estudia en la universidad y su especialización es contabilidad. Pedro toma cinco clases y trabaja en el gimnasio los martes y domingos en la tarde. Pedro is from Argentina, but his parents are from Chile.  Pedro comes from a small family.          Pedro’s major is business administration.     Pedro takes five classes.         Pedro works at the gym every Tuesday and Saturday.

L5.2: The present progressive. Fill in the blanks with the present progressive form of the verbs (10 x 1 pt. each = 10 pts.) Rubén (jugar) ping pong con su hermano. María y Luis (estudiar) italiano. Tú (nadar) en la piscina del hotel. El Sr. Velázquez (comer) la ensalada (salad). Vosotros (comer) en la cafetería.

they can kill large pathogenic organisms like protozoa and some parasitic worms by degranulating and releasing enzymes and proteins that disrupt the plasma membrane of parasites.

Charred Times Café regularly measures the time taken to prepare a meal to ensure that the meal preparation process stays under control. What tool(s) should the café use to check if the meal preparation process is under control? Choose all correct answers.

L2.1, L3.3: Present tense of -AR, -ER, -IR verbs: Conjugate the verbs in parenthesis (5 x 2pts = 10pts.) Tom y yo (hablar) con mis padres los domingos. Tú (estudiar) español. Ustedes (leer) en la noche. Vosotros (comer) en la cafetería. Yo (escribir) un correo electrónico.