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Dr. Isis is a physiologist at a major research university working on some terribly impressive stuff. She blogs about balancing her research career with the demands of raising small children, how to succeed as a woman in academia, and anything else she finds interesting. Also, she blogs about shoes. In fact, she blogs a lot about shoes.
Isis the Scientist
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- April 18, 2010
- 02:51 PM
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If You're Going to Taser a Sheep, at Least Do It Right!
by Isis the Scientist in On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess...
On Friday I read with interest a post written by my dear SciBling DrugMonkey conducted by the folks at TASER International on the effects of the TASER on anesthetized, methamphetamine-intoxicated sheep. The TASER is a device used by law enforcement agents that uses an electrical shock to disrupt neuromuscular function and immobilize suspects.
Figure 1: The multi-shot TASER X3.According to Dr. Monkey, in this study (1), The study was conducted in Dorset sheep who were [isoflurane] anesthe........ Read more »
Cevik, C., Otahbachi, M., Miller, E., Bagdure, S., & Nugent, K. (2009) Acute stress cardiomyopathy and deaths associated with electronic weapons. International Journal of Cardiology, 132(3), 312-317. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.006
Dawes, D., Ho, J., Cole, J., Reardon, R., Lundin, E., Terwey, K., Falvey, D., & Miner, J. (2010) Effect of an Electronic Control Device Exposure on a Methamphetamine-intoxicated Animal Model. Academic Emergency Medicine, 17(4), 436-443. DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00708.x
- March 14, 2010
- 11:50 PM
- 762 views
Science blogs and public engagement with science: practices, challenges, and talking out of your ass
by Isis the Scientist in On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess...
This week a couple of my Sciblings have been abuzz about an article published in some journal I'd never heard of... a minor impact journal...the Journal of Who Gives a Fuck Science Communication. Bora has a great break down of some of the major criticisms. Drugmonkey, one of the subjects of the "analysis" in this article, is also displeased and critical of the author's conclusions.I've
since read the offending article and can only tell you this - I have no
idea what the balls the aut........ Read more »
Inna Kouper. (2010) Science blogs and public engagement with science: practices, challenges, and opportunities. Journal of Science Communication, 9(1). info:/
- January 2, 2009
- 05:18 PM
- 780 views
Classics in Physiology - Kao's Neural and Humoral Dogs
by Isis the Scientist in On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess...
A few days ago I read a great post written by my brother in ScienceBlogging, PhysioProf on the generation of novel scientific ideas. His post stemmed from a post originally written by Zuska, and PhysioProf noted that one of the ways he generates new ideas is through the generation of novel methodologies. This left your humble domestic and laboratory goddess reflecting on the source of her own methods. You see, in the work that I am doing the problem came first and the method ev........ Read more »
Kao FF. (1956) Regulation of respiration during muscular activity. Am J Physiol, 185(1), 145-151. DOI: http://ajplegacy.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/185/1/145
- December 15, 2008
- 02:42 AM
- 1,123 views
Classics in Physiology - DuBois and Comroe Calculate Airway Resistance
by Isis the Scientist in On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess...
This week not many articles have tickled the fancy of the domestic and laboratory goddess. Still, at the end of last week I remarked that everything in physiology could be distilled down to Ohm's Law. Since nothing new is really exciting me, I've found myself thinking a lot about the classic papers in physiology that first inspired me to pursue a career as a physiologist. Foremost among these papers is Arthur DuBois's article in which he first describes the measurement of airway resistance........ Read more »
Arthur B. DuBois, Stella Y. Botelho, & Julius H. Comroe. (1956) A NEW METHOD FOR MEASURING AIRWAY RESISTANCE IN MAN USING A BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPH: VALUES IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AND IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE 1. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 35(3), 327-335. DOI: 10.1172/JCI103282
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