Essays on Abreu

Salsa is a dance style which originates from the Afro-Caribbean and Latin part of the world and it reflects the culture of this region. This dance spread all over the world and each culture adopted it and enrichened it with their specific elements. Salsa is a lifestyle, it has many health benefits when regarded as exercising, its culture is very interesting and the history of this dance is rich and each person tells their personal story through the dance. Salsa is a lifestyle which reflects the personality of each individual involved in the process. Every person has their unique ...

Growing up in a single-parent family, I learned from an early age to collaborate with my mother and my brother in everything we did. Many times, while organizing the household’s choruses, the activities within our family were very well divided. On a higher level, we all knew our functions: while I and my brother were responsible with learning, our mother was the provider of our household. My mother was not quite the prototype of a traditional mother who is dependent on the domestic sphere, taking care of her housewife’s activities. Although she made sure to also organize and coordinate the ...

Introduction

Evidently, the recent past has experienced a significant rise in lifestyle diseases, which can be managed adequately by adapting good dietary habits. Worth noting is the fact that dietary fiber plays a crucial role in managing these life style diseases. Speaking of dietary fiber this connotes to bulk or roughage in plant based foods, which cannot be digested or absorbed by the body. As such, fiber in food passes through various parts of the digestive system without undergoing any form of digestion (Abreu et al. 388). Worth noting is the fact that there exists two classes of fiber; soluble and ...

Introduction

Over the past several years, Internet addiction has become accepted as a clinical disorder that often requires treatment (Young and de Abreu xv). Today, clinics and hospitals offer outpatient services for Internet addiction and even colleges have formed support groups in order to help those who are addicted. According to the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery, Internet addiction is characterized by any compulsive behavior that involves the Internet and that “interferes with normal functioning, and causes stress on the addicts, as well as their family, friends, and loved ones” (Padwa and Cunningham 43). The Center for Internet Addiction estimates ...

When it comes to writing, there is the need for an individual to master the necessary skills as this is the only way through which an individual can communicate effectively through print media. This calls for proficiency in language understanding. Two major skills are needed for this. First there is the need for a proper understanding of language as a narrative, and also the use of research. The essay below looks at these two forms of communication and how they can be effectively utilized.

Narrative

The issue of addiction to given issues in life is a common topic of discussion among different people. ...

The following paper describes the current developments and advances in the use and application of smart packaging technology in food packaging processes. The paper focuses on the application of the technology through various methods of smart food packaging, process designs, equipment used and the current applications. The paper also gives the various applications for the smart food packaging technologies.

Oxygen Absorbers

Oxygen absorbers/scavengers refer to smart packaging technologies that work by absorbing oxygen from foods while reducing oxygen metabolism in the packaged food (Latou et al. 2010). The process is designed to decrease oxidative rancidity and stop any unintended oxidation of ...