Essays on Heaviness

Soldiers, despite their initial conviction and training to kill, are beset with the heaviness of their first kill. Although some are reluctant in showing their mental state affect, others are more heavily affected by the things they have seen and committed in battle. Noah Pierce, a soldier who ultimately ended his life due to his traumas incurred in his two trips to Iraq, is a vivid example of PTSD. Murder, whether it is committed in war as an act of defense, is a heaviness that will haunt the soldiers who do survive and return home. Noah Pierce, being described ...

Abstract

The impact of salt on melting of ice can be described as utilizing atomic progression recreations. The harmony the point of solidification melancholy saw in the recreations is in great concurrence with trial information. The dynamic parts of liquefying are examined as far as the trading of water atoms amongst ice and the fluid stage (Brique, 1967). The ice/fluid harmony is a profoundly dynamic procedure with the incessant trade of water particles amongst ice and the fluid stage. The parity is irritated when ice dissolves and the softening continues in two phases; the restraint of the relationship of water ...

Abstract

Ergonomics is a field of applied science that focuses on arranging and designing equipment used by people in a manner that will result in optimized efficiency and safety. The emergence of humanistic management theories has created an emphasis on developing work environments that recognize employee values and needs. One such aspect of these theories is the concept of ergonomics, which recognizes the need for a safe work environment in achieving efficiency and organizational goals. The environment studied in this simulation is a simple workshop that has a computer desk, server, conveyor belt, office chair and two computer monitors. The ...

Introduction

The American Civil War stood out as perhaps the most catastrophic historical event in the history of the United States (US). The sheer propensity of the armed conflict between Union and Confederate forces resulted to more than 600,000 deaths of soldiers from both sides – a number that rendered en masse military recruitment and conscription. The pressure to reach victory was strongly felt among the ranks of Union and Confederate forces that both sides did not hesitate to advertise their need to reinforce their respective regiments. Posters, perhaps the most sophisticated and effective advertising means at the time when the ...

As a former student at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology), I can remember the transitional experience from grade school. Actually, following high school, I first attended university for two years, and failing in my second year in Engineering (I did not even qualify for Engineering in the first year; instead I began with general sciences which helped improve my grades to enter the Engineering faculty). Only with my post-secondary experience I understand the stress college bound students go through nowadays; hence, my reason and purpose as to my interest in this topic in question.

Going to college is big ...

War as Human Nature

Any individual, who had paid even a little attention to human history, would acknowledge one specific tendency in its development – most of the time humanity spent in preparing to wars, fighting them and recovering from their consequences. Peace times were not even one third of the time of human existence. In this context, the topic of warfare and human beings was the oldest topic of all poetic and verse narrations. For ages, writer and poets were discussing cruelty, nobleness, heroism and destructions of war. They would pay attention to destinies of individuals in warfare, or consequences for society, or ruinous ...