CULTURAL QA 08-2022-07 BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Does eating cheese lead to weight gain? A1 Lucia Garcia, Worked at Hospitals Tue Most cheeses aremade from cow's milk, and a few are from goat's milk. Cheese is a natural dairyproduct. It takes 10 kilograms of milk to make 1 kilogram ofcheese, so the nutritional value of cheese is much higher than that of milk andyogurt. Cheese is rich incalcium and high-quality protein, its calcium content is 6 to 8 times that ofmilk, and its protein content is 8 to 9 times that of milk. In addition, othernutrients in cheese such as vitamin A, vitamin D, and B vitamins are also muchhigher than milk. However, cheese is a high-fat, high-calorie dairyproduct. One slice of cheese (1 ounce) contains 113 calories and 10 grams offat. Eating Too MuchCheese is More Likely to Lead to Weight Gain and Obesity than most foodsbecause even a few ounces of cheese can be high in calories and fat. Eating cheese in moderation is very beneficial to your health,and it is recommended that you eat no more than 2 slices (2 ounce) of cheeseper day Q2 Can we take an LED TV from the USA toIndia? A2 Prasanna Bhalerao, M. Sc. inElectronics & Physics, Fergusson College, Pune Wed Yes. Of course you can. However, some things to note: There will befreight charges to pay if you exceed the weight limit The TV will bechecked in as oversized item and will have to be collected separately. You will have topay 36.4% duty on the assessed value (35% ad-valorem, 4% cess). The assessed valueis as per the customs Officer judgement or your invoice amount (lessdepreciation) whichever is larger. The TV may not becovered for guarantee in India My note-It is better to purchase a TV of the same quality in India, comparing to theabove costs. Q3 What are some unknown facts abouthorses? A3 Lois L. Kersey Thu • Horses have bigger eyes than any other mammal on earth. • Horses can run within hours after birth. • Horses' teethtake up more space in their heads than their brains. • Horse hoovescontain the same proteins that are involved in human hair and nails. • Horses can sleepboth lying down and standing up. • Because horses'eyes are on the side of their head, they are able to see about 360 degrees at atime. • Horses use theirears, eyes and nostrils to express their mood. They also convey their feelingsthrough facial expressions. • Horses cannotvomit. • Horses generallyprefer sweet tastes and reject anything sour or bitter. • Horses produceabout 10 gallons of saliva a day. Q4 What is meant by W/L beside the railwayline on the board? A4 Priyanshu Tripathi, Lives in Noida,Uttar Pradesh, India (2017–present) Jul 20 Seems like you’rean observant train traveller. I hope you are talking about this board. So, W/L boards basically tell thelocomotive pilot to do some honking for a bit. Jokes aside, this boardis to alert the train driver about an upcomingcrossing and make him whistle the train. The word W here meansWhistle and the word L means Level Crossing. So, as a whole, W/L means Whistle for Level Crossing.This yellow board can usually be seen 250 mt. before the railway crossing. Q5 If a ceiling fan runs 13 hours a day,then how much unit will it consume by the end of the month? A5 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now I have read thecontent of other answers-Itdepends on the adjustment on regulator for full speed, minimum speed or mediumspeed. It also depend on wattage of fan and running period.Another important point is the years the fan is inuse. A new fan may use the specified wattage, as the fan becomes oldthe power consumption becomes more. Similarly thecondition of the condenser in the fan. Further the type of regulator also is important.When it is running with minimum speed the resistance introduced in the circuitis more, V/R=I, VI=W. Voltage is constant 230 V in India. When R is more I willbe less VI will be less, hence power consumption is LESS. When fan runs with full speedcurrent consumption will be more. However whenrunning on constant speed, whether high or medium or low, the bearing suffers wear andtear, this also affect the consumption of current. Considering allthese negligent the unit consumed will be the wattage of fan approx 80 watts x13 = 1024 watts, about 45 units in a month Q6 Can some snakes breathe underwater? A6 Ken Saladin, Former professor ofhistology (microscopic anatomy)Wed No, they have to come to the surface tobreathe air—even sea snakes, which can dive for prolonged periods.Snakes don’t have gills and can’t get oxygen from the water. A swimming watermoccasin (cottonmouth), keeping its nostrils and head above water. It is acommon misconception that venomous freshwater snakes like the water moccasinalways swim with their heads above water and nonvenomous ones like the brownwater snake swim with their heads underwater. Don’t relyon that to distinguish venomous from nonvenomous snakes you see in a lake orstream. In spiteof needing to come up for air, snakes can stay underwater for a long time.They’re champion breath-holders. The common northern water snake in the U.S.can stay submerged for up to an hour and a half to escape a predator such as aheron. Sea snakes candive up to 260 feet and spend >80% of their time underwater,hunting for eels and other prey among the rocks. When they do surface for a breath of air, theystay only about 45 seconds and then dive again.(Note: I take thesenumbers from popular nature web sites, and didn’t search the technicalliterature for verification.) Q7 Are doctors rich? A7 Pallab Roy Chowdhury (GENERAL non Ews) Livesin Kolkata, West Bengal, India Wed Contrary to whatothers say, I'll say things a bit different. Yes. Doctors are rich. But the time theybecome rich, is the time when money doesn't even matter much anymore. The average time is35 years. There is a rule of thumb that if you do your PG in anybranch, your salary will he between 80k - 1.5 L pm starting salary.But by the time you complete your PG, you will be 27–28, given that you haven'ttaken any drops or maximum one drop. If you have taken multiple drops, then itcan reach till 30 or beyond. And it's true. WhenI sat for my neet pg exam, the guy sitting beside me was 1993 born. The guynext to me was 1984.( i saw a glimpse in their admit card, I myself couldn'tbelieve it) If I take my case,I'm going to be a surgeon.Now a surgeon, at his initial days ( just afterpassing PG), we have to do a Senior residency to further hone up our skills (no body teaches you enough surgery in those 3 years, be it from even the apexhospitals) The salary is between 1-1.2L in SRship (north India).Now, a newly made surgeon will take a lot of time to get his own patients, andpractice independently..say some 3–4 years. After that only, we can expect agood practice. Same goes for allother branches, except anaesthesiology. Anaesthesiology has a good early settlement with a handsomepackage, but to earn further, they too require good clinical practice. Even if someone doesn'tdo a PG, acquire good skills at some govt hospital as non academic juniorresident, and the practice in remote areas, the result will be fulfilling. Ifsomeone wants to be a millionaire or have great private practice after justpassing his graduation,, i guess you have come in the wrong field. EARLY MONEY ANDEARLY SETTLEMENT IS NOT A THING FOR MEDICAL PEOPLE.But that shouldn'tdiscourage you to join it. After all, nowhere in the hippocartic oath we take,it is written “ I will be well settled with 2 L pa salary by 30” Trust me, do well in your field, and you'll earn way morethan 2L by 50. Q8 I accidentally left gas stove onwithout flam for 3.5 hours I smelled gas leak odor, I turned off gas stoveimmediately thankful my kitchen window was open. How long should I wait torestart gas stove? A8 Gopala Krishnan,Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now In Indiaan odour is mixed with LPG. So even when a slightest leakthis odour will be felt. Makesure no electrical switches are operated ON or OFF. I mean chimney must not beswitched ON. Keep doors and windows wide open, You have mentionedKitchen window was open. Most of the gas would have escaped since you kept ON switch in the stove to SIMposition. After waiting for about an hour or you felt least odouryou can switch on stove. Q9 What is the scientific theory on whyonly one human species has ever evolved? A9 Claire Jordan, Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Tue Because many of us have arbitrarily chosen to call onlyone species “human”. But we have the remains of many thousands of individuals of over 30 species of Hominina- that’s the group of species that fit in between us and the point where theline leading to us split from the line leading to chimps and bonobos. In genus Homo, whocould all loosely be described as human, we have Homosapiens as the only living representative, yes, but in the fossil record wehave: H, habilis H. erectus H.antecessor H. heidelbergensis H. naledi H. floresiensis H. luzonensis H. ergaster H. longi H. bodensis H. rudolfensis H. neandathalensis (I may have forgotten a few) plus theDenisovans, who might in fact have been two or three different species, and thenew “Dragon Man” who was found so recently we haven’t givenhim a name yet, and three or four “ghost groups” of whom we know nothing exceptthat their genes suddenly appeared by hybridisation in the main human line. They could have beenamong the species listed above, since for most of them we have bones but no DNA(DNA only lasts half a million years unless it’s deep-frozen, and even then, onlya million), or they could have been new species we don’t know about. It’s possibleyou are misusing “evolved” to mean “fully intelligent”. That’s a common error - in fact astarfish or a bacterium is every bit as “evolved” as we are, just in a differentdirection. If that’s what you mean, the Neanderthals and Denisovans wereprobably just as intelligent as us but in slightly different ways (we thinkNeanderthals were worse than us at maths, but better at spatial imagination),but they were adapted for a different climate. When the climate changed theirnumbers fell, and the survivors were absorbed back into the main human line bycross-breeding with H sapiens. If you mean, whyare we the only fully sapient technological species *now*, we got there firstand cornered the niche. There’s no selection pressure to push any other speciesto become like us, because they’d be competing with us. Q10 What are some of the most awkwardmoments doctors experience? A10 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital,Trivandrum Updated 5y I just finished my first year medicine, and now hadthe official license, a stethoscope around my shoulder and a sky high pride togo to the ward and see a “real” patient. On day 2 I was confronted by an elderlygentleman, with a walking stick, probably an orthopedic patient withdisability, “my son, can you please tell me where is this bank ?” “Yes uncle I willshow you”I helped him walk to the main gate of the hospital and showed him the bank right across. “do you want me tohelp you?” I asked. No, no, son, Ishall manage. Thanks for the help. God bless. He slowly limped away across theroad. I stood there, happy to help someone. After all I ama doctor, well not yet but not too far in future…… My trainof thought was broken by a loud voice of a 4th year senior student. “Hi buddy what didyou tell that old man.” “I showed him the way to the bank…” “You idiot…” hestarted laughing loudly….Heasked the direction of the blood bank, you fool. I learnt myfirst lesson in medicine. Listen carefully first before you make a diagnosis. All the above QA are from Quora website on 06-08- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 07-08-2022 -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/25319923.1406709.1659838939529%40mail.yahoo.com.
