CULTURAL QA 05-2021-02 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Can you write 20 things about yourselfwith every one of them involving a number? A1 Madyson April 27 Knows English I spent 12 dayswriting this answer. I have 1 brother. I can speak only 1language fluently (English). I can also speak a little Malayalam. I stopped celebratingmy b’day after I turned 7. I wonder about two colours (black pink and red velvet). I had been in mycurrent school for 7 years. My 2 fav types ofcolours are pastel and metallic. I had 1 pet cat whichwe lost. I’m 4′11”. I have created 1space in Quora. My brother and I play2 mine craft “ripoffs”. I finished reading 5books this month. My brother and my agedifference is more than 5 yrs. My parent’s agedifference is 1 year. My brother and mydad’s b’day are both on 18th but in different months. I have lived in 3houses. I’m currently writingthis answer at 11:54 am. I have listened to 38kpop songs. I started listeningkpop 5 months ago. I have been rick rolledmore than 100 times. Random facts aboutme. >From your Digest Q2 Why do farmers have to take the calvesaway from its mother right after birth? Doesn't this seem really wrong? Q2 Baird Updated April 8, 2019 StudiedAgriculture & Business Management at British Columbia Institute ofTechnology (BCIT) (Graduated 1981) Where I work we doseparate the babies almost immediatly, for several reasons: - the first milk, colostrum is absolutelyessential to the baby’s future health. If the calf has a weak suckingreflex, or if the cow is a poor mother, the calf may not nurse well. Handfeeding (the mother’s milk) ensures that the calf gets optimal nutrition. -unlike beef cows, dairy cows are often lacking inmaternal instinct. Some are wonderful mothers,while others are indifferent, careless, and more rarely hostile to the calf. -separation allows us to protect the calf frompathogens and infection. -hand-rearing imprints the calf on humans and developsa familiarity and trust that helps both herand us throughout her life. (Remember that in the first 24 hours an herbivorebaby like a calf or foal is at the same social development stage as an 8-weekold puppy.) -dairy cows have more delicate udders than beef cows.Calves have very sharp teeth and can aggressivelybunt the udder causing tissue damage and/or cut teats. A cow may kick andinjure the calf if it causes her pain. -modern dairy cows produce many times as much milk asa calf can safely consume. Too much milkcan be as dangerous as too little. -there have been studies done on cows rearing dairycalves, and this may possibly become thenorm in the future. Currently, however, the much higher mortality rate of thecalves with their mothers is the deal breaker. In nature, a 60% mortality ratein any species is normal….we seldom lose a baby, and it is always upsettingwhen we do. -in 35 years and manyhundreds of calvings, Ihave only seen a handful of cows upset at separation. It is heart breaking when it happens, but it’s alsothankfully short lived. Generally, all I have to do is open the maternity pengate and say “C’mon mama” and she walks out without a care. In the rare cases that a cowcalves outside the maternity pen, it is often difficult to identifythe mother except by examining all the ladies close to calving for evidence ofhaving done so. Q3 What are electrons called in the outermost energy level of an atom? A3 Ritwik Sunny, former Customer SupportExecutive at Ashok Leyland Answered 10m ago The electrons on theoutermost energy level of the atom are called valence electrons. The valence electrons areinvolved in bonding one atom to another. The attraction of each atom's nucleusfor the valence electrons of the other atom pulls the atoms together. Q4 What is a scientific fact that wowsyou? A4 1st answer- ChristopherStanton, Information Capitalist Answered 13h ago What is a scientific fact that wows you? It’s prettyastounding that one gram of DNA can store 215 petabytes, or 215 milliongigabytes, of data. Small wonder that it is able to encode most life on Earth. 2ND ANSWER- Rey Horton, former ProfessionalDrummer (1991-2020) Answered 13h ago Here is one-The sunis a star . it takes hydrogen & turns it into helium and burns it a trillionsof tons per. And it do this for the next 6.5 billion yrs. Also do you know itwould take 1.2 million earths to fill the sun. Wow!!- 3rd answer- Garry Horn, studied at NorthernAlberta Institute of Technology (1983) Answered 8h ago That the speed oflight which seems so amazingly fast to us in context of the universe is soslow. Q5 We daily do pooja and all but eventhough we are not able to prosper in life. Why is it so? A5 Brahamanapalle Murthy April 26 FormerRetired Internal Audit Professional at Ashok Leyland (company) (1978–2016) There are students who goes to school all the dayshowever fail in the exams. Itis like that. The student may pass in the next academic year. Your growthmay be delayed, but not denied. You will prosper indue course. Prayers / Poojas never goes waste. Perhapsthere is more prosperity in offing. Have faith and continue to do your poojas. Even if you don't do pooja god will not desert you as god never askedanybody to pray him and do pooja to him. Q6 How do I lower blood sugar with food? A6 Mohan Sundaram 16m ago Lecturer inDermatology at Govt. Medical College Palakkad (2015–present) Lowering of blood sugar by food depends on thesugar level. If you are a pre diabetic you canlower blood sugar by eating more vegetables, low glycemic foods, more fibrousfoods. Proper timing of food intake. Even then you need to adopt an optimallifestyle & exercise. So, nobody can lower blood sugar by foodalone Q7 As a doctor what is the most miraculousand unscientific thing you have experienced? A7 R.K. Shwetabh Thu Pediatric Specialistat Government of Odisha (2020–present) About 5 yr back in2015, I was working at RML Hospital as 1st yr PG resident. One day a girl child 12yrof age came to the hospital. The story behindcoming to hospital was that the parents were resident of some part ofUttarakhand .The girl had went to play with her friends in the nearby forest inevening time. The forest was considered to be a haunted one. It was very latein the evening and allthe children were hearing weird noises. Suddenly outof nowhere the girl fell down and started to have weird movements of all the 4limbs.Out of fear all the children and elderly ran away , consideringthat the girl was being possessed by some ghost.D After some times parents came to find the childstill having same weird ,throwing movements of all the four limbs.Thinking that child is possessed they took her to local tantrik, who tried hisbest but was unable to cure. The tantric was of firm beliefthat the child is possessed by strong spirit. Anyways citing noimprovement the parents thought of taking the child to local hospital fromwhere it was referred to our hospital. When I first saw andheard the story I was also perplexed .The girl was having weird movements ofall the 4 limbs. It was not voluntarily done. As I was first year and had spendjust few months, I was unable to comprehend. But whatever limited knowledge I had ,it was very clearthat it was not seizure. Till this time it wastotally unscientific and supernatural. Anyways, my consultant came and saw that girl withcool mind. He just asked one question-does thesemovements subside atsleep or not. To which guardians confirmed affirmatively-movement weresubsiding in sleep . Consultant asked to give Inj Phenobarbitone to control themovements and declaredits most probably a case of Sydenhams Chorea(Chorea associated with Rheumaticfever) and ordered tests. I was seriously surprised as I had notseen any such case early .But still I was not ready to believe. Anyways, test reportscame (ASO ,CRP, anti DNA ase level)and I couldn’t believe were very stronglypositive. ECHO was doneand Mitral Regurgitation was present fulfilling Acute Rheumatic Fever criteria.Medicines were started and the girl improved like anything and was discharged within a week fully conscious with minimal movements. Isnt it surprisingthat the thing which was completely super natural for parents, slightly supernatural to me was totally scientific to my consultant. So, the bottomline is nothing is unscientific ,the thing is we don’t know it and henceconsider it miraculous or unscientific. EDIT-For people notbelonging to medical field Chorea is a dance like involuntary moments which occurs due toinjury/infection of certain area of brain. Acute Rheumatic Fever isa disease caused by Streptococcus which damages heart, joints and sometimesbrain. Sydenham chorea(chorea in acute rheumatic fever)is a part of spectrum ofAcute Rheumatic Fever. Q8 What is ceruloplasmin? A8 2 Answers Kalleshamurthy K.N., former Commercial TaxInspector at Commercial Tax Department ,government of Karnataka (2004-2015) AnsweredSat What isceruloplasmin? Ceruloplasminis the major copper-carrying protein in the blood and plays a role in ironmetabolism. It was firstdescribed in 1948. Ceruloplasmin is a ferroxidase enzyme in humans is encodedby the CP gene. 2ND ANSWER-Girija Devi, Asst Exe Engineer Civil at Kerala State Electricity Board(1994-present)Answered Sat Ceruloplasmin isa protein that is made in the liver. It stores and carriescopper from the liver into the bloodstream and to the parts of your body thatneed it. Copper is a mineralthat is found in several foods, including nuts, chocolate, mushrooms,shellfish, and liver. Q9 Whatcauses acid rain, and why is it harmful? A9 Avirat Dhodare Answered Sat My note- Veryinformative answer if at all one cannot understand chemical formulaes. Lengthyanswer. Read leisurely. What is Acid Rain? Acid Rain as the namesuggests can be said to be the precipitation of acid in the form of rain in the simplest manner. When atmospheric pollutants like oxides ofnitrogen and sulphur react with rainwater and come down with the rain, thenthis results in Acid Rain. Acid Rain Definition Acid rain is made upof highly acidic water droplets due to air emissions, most specifically thedisproportionate levels of sulphur and nitrogen emitted by vehicles andmanufacturing processes. Often called acid rain as this concept contains manytypes of acidic precipitation. The acidic deposition takes place in two ways:wet, and dry. Wet deposition is anyform of precipitation that removes acids from the atmosphere and places them onthe surface of the earth. In the absence ofprecipitation, dry deposition of polluting particles and gases sticks to the groundthrough dust and smoke. Causes of Acid Rain The causes of acidrain are Sulphur and Nitrogen particles which get mixed with the wet componentsof rain. Sulphur and Nitrogen particles which get mixed with water are found intwo ways either man-made i.e as the emissions are given out from industries orby natural causes like how a lightning strike in the atmosphere releasesnitrogen ions and sulphur is released from volcanic eruptions. According to theRoyal Society of Chemistry, which considers him the “father of acid rain,” the word acid rain was invented in 1852 by Scottish chemist Robert AngusSmith. Smith decided on the word while studying rainwater chemistry nearindustrial towns in England and Scotland. The regular cleanrain we experience, even though it is not clean i.e water and carbon dioxidereact together to form weak carbonic acid which essentially by itself is notextremely harmful. The reaction occurring is : H2O (l) + CO2 (g) ⇌ H2CO3 (aq) The pH value ofregular rainwater is around 5.7, giving it an acidic nature. The oxides ofnitrogen and sulphur are blown away by the wind along with the dust particles.They settle on the earth’s surface after coming down in the form ofprecipitation. Acid rain is essentially a by- product of human activities which emit oxides ofnitrogen and sulphur in the atmosphere. Example – the burning of fossil fuels, unethical wasteemission disposal techniques. Sulphur dioxide andnitrogen dioxide undergo oxidation, and then they react with water resulting inthe formation of sulphuric acid and nitric acid respectively. The followingreaction will clarify the acid formation reaction: 2SO2(g) + O2 (g) +2H2O (l) → 2H2SO4 (aq) 4NO2 (g) + O2 (g) +2H2O (l) → 4HNO3 (aq) Effects of Acid Rain Acid rain is very harmful to agriculture, plants, andanimals. It washes away all nutrients which arerequired for the growth and survival of plants. Acid rain affects agricultureby the way how it alters the composition of the soil. It causes respiratory issues in animals and humans. When acid rain falls down and flows into the rivers andponds it affects the aquatic ecosystem. As it altersthe chemical composition of the water, to a form which is actually harmful tothe aquatic ecosystem to survive and causes water pollution. Acid rain also causes the corrosion of water pipes.Which further results in leaching of heavy metalssuch as iron, lead and copper into drinking water. It damages the buildings and monuments made up ofstones and metals. Real-Life Examples- Taj Mahal, one of the 7 wonders of the world, islargely affected by acid rain. The city of Agra has many industries which emitthe oxides of sulphur and nitrogen in the atmosphere. People continue to uselow-quality coal and firewood as a domestic fuel, adding to this problem. Acidrain has the following reaction with the marble (calcium carbonate): CaCO3 + H2SO4 → CaSO4+ H2O + CO2 The formation ofcalcium sulphate results in the corrosion of this beautiful monument. Statue of Liberty which is made of copper has alsobeen damaged by the cumulative action of acid rain & oxidation for over 30years and is, therefore, becoming green. Prevention ofAcid Rain The only precautionthat we can take against acid rain is having a check the emission of oxides ofnitrogen and sulphur. We have so far seenthe details of acid rain and its harmful effect on animals, plants andmonuments. Being responsiblecitizens, one should be aware of the harmful effects they cause and of theindustries which give out nitrogen and sulphur compound wastes unethically. All the above QA are based on Quora digeston 30-04 - 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 30 -4-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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