Essays on Walking

According to the Betty Neuman's theory, a human being is an open system which interacts with both internal and external environments (Alligood, 2014). In addition, a human is always exposed to constant stressors and he/she must move in the direction where there is holistic stability. This theory views both environments as stressors which a person is exposed to on a daily basis (Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2015). In accordance with Betty Neuman's theory, the external factor which affects the health of Mr. Reynolds include the state of being hospitalized, being a widower, living in isolation and environmental risk factors for falls. ...

Bedside reporting has currently replaced the nursing shifts that used to be time-consuming and sources of medical errors. It has helped in improving health by saving time and allowing patients to participate in their treatment. The reporting has also led to the development of strong relationships among the staffs as well as between the nurses and patients. Additionally, it creates a sense of ownership and accountability among the employees. However, successful implementation of the change requires good leadership and theory application. Therefore, the paper discusses the leadership style that can be used and theories that can be applied in ...

Essay

Needs Assessment and Rationale Falls are a serious public health issue in the United States because it is the main cause of trauma-related incidents and injury-related emergency cases, and the leading cause of unexpected deaths among the elderly. People aged 65 and above comprise the majority of casualties from falls (Al-Faisal, 2006). The prevalence of falls rises continuously with age irrespective of gender and racial/ethnic affiliation. As reported by Stevens and colleagues (2010), “each year, about one-third of all older adults fall. In 2007, an estimated 1.9 million fall injuries among persons aged 65 years and older were treated ...

Ethical Issues

Harnessing energy while walking to charge your phone would be a new technological development. The world is seeking other alternative sources of energy, especially given the looming threat of water shortage which is a problem to hydro-electricity (Wang, et al, 2016). Hence, this product will reduce the over-reliance of electricity and phone batteries thus contributing to environmental sustainability. Capturing energy from human motion is a promising energy source as it reduces exploitation of resources, particularly because it avoids extreme energy consumption. Further, people achieve significant health benefits by walking rather than driving or riding in motorcycles. More so, the ...

Abstract:

The purpose of writing this report is to determine the nature, occurrence, and pathophysiology of sleep-wake disorders after sustaining Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and their impact on recovery and relation with other effects of TBI, along with analyzing treatment options. It also presents in the meaning of sleep-wake disturbance or disorder, a method of assessing, sample characteristics features like time and severity of TBI after the injury occurred and control of significant impacts like pain, anxiety, depression or medications. Because sleep wake disorders found in human beings who get affected by mental illness. This will lead to many problems ...

Dear Finders and Losers,

In a second you will have a better idea what I am referring to. No, I am not trying to offend or mock you. I will talk about one of the oldest idioms that we still use in the era of Netflix, Snapchat and Facebook Live. The English language uses a lot of idioms that came from the ancient times, to be more precise Shakespeare times. Therefore, some of them are already outdated and do not connect to the modern reality. One of such phrases is “finders keepers, losers weepers” that has originated in the fifteenth century. A lot ...

LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) rating systems such LEED-ND are designed for the certification of exemplary neighborhood development projects which show exemplary performance in relation to smart growth, green building, and new urbanism. Contextually, such development projects include whole neighborhoods, multiple neighborhoods, and even parts of neighborhoods. By reviewing the Pilot version of the LEED-ND 2007 certification document, it is evident that LEED-ND systems are designed to drive the marketplace towards acknowledging the central doctrine of green building i.e. the simple fact that our personal, economic and environment health is significantly influenced by our immediate surroundings which include the places ...

English

There are so many airports globally, that handle a large number of people than any mode of transport. Air transport has enabled the economic growth to most of these countries. They also operate at all times of the day yearly. There are several security measures in airports which have been there since long time ago. With the current revolution in technology all over the world, I personally agree that airport security should be increased. Comparing the rate of people traveling nowadays and a long time ago, the number has greatly increased as well as the number of airlines ("Global ...

Thesis reading 1: the characters depict the loneliness they feel after they have lost love and all meaning of love, each action they do in their daily life tries to fill that hole which only leads to more misery. Thesis reading 2: the use of two different setting in the film is a depiction that emotion is the same to all people even those of different status, the outcomes of the feelings are the same.

Question

Reading 1: what is the director of the film trying to depict and what is the purpose of each character when it comes to ...

Philosophy and the Walking Dead: The Rules of “The Walking Dead”

AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is the story of a particular group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse, led by Rick Grimes, which has become one of the most popular shows on television. It was adapted for television from the comic books of the same title written by Robert Kirkman (Yuen, 2016). The show asks many questions within the story regarding life and death, what it means to be alive and what does it means to be human? It presents ethical conundrums and creates the basis for philosophical debate. There are priorities in the apocalyptic world, food, water, shelter, ...

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Woody Guthrie is a musician who has a deep influence on American music. Guthrie’s upbringing and early life had a great influence on the lyrical content of his songs in later life. His father was a democrat and a racist; also rumored to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Woody experienced the Great Depression in his early twenties and witnessed “drought, disease, crop failures and farm foreclosures” (Billet) in the farmlands of America. Guthrie and his songs represent ...

Introduction

Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is a physical disability that results from damage to the brain during development that negatively impacts the functional development of children14. Characteristics of cerebral palsy include an inability to control the body’s motor functioning with a potential to affect speech, learning, environmental exploration, and the skills required for independent living. In addition, these patients have delays in reaching milestones for gross motor development with problems moving such as weakness, spasticity, and impaired selective motor control27. Children born with the disability have varying levels of impairment, and while it usually develops by age three, it ...

Suburbanization entails the shift of the human population from the urban centers to the suburban regions leading to a phenomenon known as the urban sprawl. Many Americans now opt to reside in satellite communities otherwise known as suburbs commuting to and fro their workplaces using automobiles. The NPR report provides a vivid example of a family that left the city to live in the suburbs to avoid the rising costs of accommodation. Although it appears as if the move by the household and millions of other American families is a wise choice financially, it has serious implications on the ...

Colonization and infection

The population of elderly adults has been on a rise within the US, and this has been attributed to the improved healthcare system and especially on increased access to care for these populations. Within this perspective, life expectancy has increased and today the healthcare system is dominated by consumers within this category of elderly citizens (Koyano et al., 2014). Their risks of illness in this population is attributed to the aging mechanisms of tear and wear which therefore means that their systems and organs and particularly the defense mechanism tends to lose its agility with age. The one of ...

Moved by the need to understand what a female backpack contains, I decided to take the inventory of my backpack. The items in the backpack including the bags show that I am trendy. Below is a list of the items that I found. A 45 Liter Backpack (with wheels) which is not so big to become uncomfortable to carry but it is large enough to carry everything that I need. These are: a small backpack (18 liter) to use as a day bag to carry daily essentials such as water, guidebook, purse, phone, sunhat, snacks, scarf, and camera; walking ...

The first time I visited my girlfriend’s mother, I found a hole on my socks when I took off shoes The big day had come, finally my girl friend’s perfect strict mother took some interest in knowing more about me. I was invited to my rich girl friend’s bungalow. In fact palace would be the right word. I was busy rehearsing in my mind on my greeting lines which would impress Clara’s mother straight away. After all it was almost like impressing a queen. I wanted everything to be just perfect. I was telling myself ...

Narcolepsy is such a neurological disorder, the impact of which affects a person's ability to control its own state of wakefulness and sleep. The symptoms of narcolepsy are accompanied by excessive sleepiness and are not subject to control by the attacks of sleep that occur during the day and are somewhat dangerous. For example, sudden sleep attacks can occur at any time and for any actions. As a result, it becomes difficult to concentrate on sick people and they cannot work normally. (Chokroverty, Sudhansu) The cause of narcolepsy is still unknown, but there are many versions. For instance, scholars ...

Introduction

Development is a word that describes the process of growth, adaptation, and changes that people undergo during their lifetime characterized by personality, physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and language developments. The work of developmental psychologists helps the society to understand different developmental theories and how they influence life in various stages of life through various development theories. Development theories describe various factors that influence the development pattern of an individual that include hereditary and environmental factors. On the other hand, other psychological experts argue that development is controlled by nature and nurture that combine to influence biological factors. However, psychological developments ...

Abstract

The primary concern of the sit-to-stand and walk training tasks, prominent in the health institutions target patients with knee problems or those recovering from surgical operations as a safe means of initiating rehabilitation or healing process. The use of gait initiation process sustains the efficiency with which the patients gain their mobility through the dynamic processes anchored for coordinating center of pressure and the body center of mass of the individual patient. The demonstration of the ability to sit, stand and walk is a clear expression of the positive progress made by patients in their recovery plans. The observable ...

Additional observation and information that is required to start planning treatment

First, I would get information on any associative conditions specifically behavior since I want to enhance Riley ability to socialize with the fellow students. I would gather this information by observing his social interactions.

Determining if Riley has eating problems is also important in planning treatment.

I will get this information by giving him some food to chew and then observing the process. This information is important since it will help the Teacher Assistant in training Riley on how to feed himself. Finding if Riley has sitting problems associated with abnormal postures or hip subluxation is important. I would get this information by observing him for any gestures of uncomfortable sitting ...

Increasing of the physical exercises is a goal or health promotion program for healthy people 2020 mainly among older adults. There are some benefits associated with physical activities among older adults. As one age, their body becomes inactive and the change taking place in the body is inevitable. At this point, one is at risk of developing lifestyle or the chronic conditions since one is inactive. First, moderate physical exercises reduce chances of dying from heart disease, and chances of developing depression, stress as well as anxiety (Purnell, 2013). The exercises should be moderate because strenuous exercises will not ...

Effectiveness of Supported Angel Heel Treadmill Rehabilitation on hip fractured patients

Physiotherapist DECLARATION I, the undersigned Fatih Serkan YILDIRIMER (print name), a student of the Faculty of Public Health of Debrecen University, being fully aware of my legal liability, do thereby declare and certify with my signature that my thesis, entitled

EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORTED ANGEL HEEL TREADMILL REHABILITATION ON HIP FRACTURED PATIENT

is my own original work and that the printed and electronic literature referred to in it was used in accordance with the international rules of copyright. I understand that in the case of a thesis, it is considered plagiarism when: ● quoting word for word without quotation marks and referring to literature without proper citation. ● referring to content without citing ...

Introduction to the Community:

Community health is a critical aspect of modern day care and the need to focus on a community as the client is one of the roles of the nurses. It provides for an assessment of the overall health needs of a community based on the identification that communities or societies share behaviors and values across food choices, behaviors and preferences all that have a direct influence on the health depicted by the community in question (Nies & McEwen, 2015). The focus of this paper is on the assessment of the Brooklyn New York 11234 community as our target community which ...

Living in London which is a cosmopolitan city, one gets to know people from all over the world. People, who are not all coming from different parts of the world, which also means from different cultures, but also from various walks of lives and realities. London is one of the hubs of Europe which has received people from all over the world, who were escaping from a painful reality. Beginning with the World Wars, Communism threatening eastern Europe countries, African struggles, and not necessarily war or conflict areas but also running away from poverty and seeking new opportunities. We ...

Overview

Technology has both positive and negative implications on the lives of the people. The proliferation and advancement of technology tools have enormous effects on the lives of the people with respect to the odds of space and time thereby influencing the nature of social interactions. In particular, the technological advancements have direct effects on social evolution and social interaction across the globe, especially on the internet. The relationship between technology and social development results in the new realities of the individuals and the society. In particular, the relation between the society and technology encompasses the social networks sites, modern ...

Any person can acknowledge that sex sells, particularly Carl Jr. Considering the commercials done by Mr. Carl Jr., it is clear that he uses models that are extremely sexualized for more than ten years. There is no exception to the advert where Charlotte McKinney, a model was the center of everybody’s attention for the approximately 50 second commercial. After a closer look at the advert, this essay is to give its presentation more into what goes in the commercial rather than just boobs and burgers. Consideration is given to the distribution of characters (femininity versus masculinity), text and ...

For this assignment, I took the time to observe the built environment in my neighborhood. In my area, I noted that we have some fast food restaurants. The neighborhood also has some parks. However, I realized that not many people make use of the parks. Moreover, within the park, there is no kids’ stuff. The area also has groceries and sidewalks where pedestrians can walk and cycle as well. Moreover, the neighborhood also has public transport system. Such elements help to make up the built environment in my neighborhood. All these aspects of built environment in my checklist impact ...

Introduction

One of the most common strategies of criminal defense attorneys when representing a defendant who has an unusual condition such as a mental abnormality, is to argue either that regardless of their actions, they are nevertheless not responsible for the crime or that they never had the capacity to commit a crime. The reason that criminal defense attorneys can make these arguments is that criminal law recognizes a number of unique situations where otherwise criminal conduct should not be subjected to a determination of guilt and the offender should be exempted from the crime (LaFave, 2000). These arguments, which ...

Abstract

A complete and thorough health assessment can help in the correct diagnosis (Dingman, 1941). According to a famous saying “A case well taken is half solved”. A well taken case should include complete description of the patient’s mental, physical and social well being. Mere jotting down of physical signs and symptoms may not give the true picture of a disease. As every patient is a different individual, thorough case taking is required in order to establish the individuality of the patient. Many features of the patients may have a role to play in his or her health, therefore, ...

Autobiographical Essay

The most interesting and engaging stories in our life do not necessarily have to do with the principal milestones. One gets invaluable experience and life lessons in the course of daily life and sometimes a usual day can leave unforgettable impressions in mind forever. Growing-up and gradual moving into adulthood includes a lot of transformations and changes in our mindset, attitudes and way of thinking. Life lessons are quite bitter and in some situations I have felt really uncomfortable, ashamed, awkward and even miserable, but this is the way wisdom and endurance come into our life. Nobody is excellent ...

Discussion

Facts: Neil was a student in Medicine, who had serious shoe fetish, finding brown men’s shoes extremely exciting. One of his course mates, Thomas, bought designers loafers in Neil’s favorite brown color, and Neil was strongly attracted to them. Neil began to follow Thomas everywhere, wearing his new brown shoes in the university, taking photos of him, and often Neil made Thomas presents as brown shoe polish cream, new laces, or leaving pictures of him in his student pigeon-hole. As a result, Thomas became ill because of stress just before his exams and asked the doctor to ...

John Magill is a 75-year-old male with Parkinson’s disease, which he was diagnosed with five years ago. John was admitted to the hospital after falling at home. The physical examination revealed bruising on John’s hips and buttocks, as well as a tear on the right hip, but the X-ray did not reveal fractures in the lower extremities. The emergency department noted generalised tremor, decreased mobility, signs of confusion, agitation, and restlessness. The assessment of John’s vital signs showed that most measures are within expected ranges for an elderly person (temperature 37.2; respiratory rate 24; heart rate ...

Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand

During the US Civil War, the Union’s famous Gen. Sherman once said that war is “all hell.” Many military commanders, as well as the countless victims of warfare, have echoed this sentiment down through the ages. Certainly, warfare reveals humanity to sometimes be far less than humane. The worst characteristics of human kind are often brought to the forefront by the nature of war and its relentless objectives. But as horrible as warfare can be for the average soldier in the trenches fighting next to his comrades, it can be (and often is) even more nightmarish and unimaginably ...

Many elderly people spend more hours daily just lying or sitting down, thereby making them the sedentary age group. It is due to this inactivity that they tend to be prone to heart diseases, obesity or even early deaths as compared to the general population (Sullivan & Pomidor, 2015). Moreover, it has also been noted that as one grows older, their bodily functions decline. Physical activities can, therefore, help in slowing down this rate of deterioration. Furthermore, many seniors still want to keep in touch with their friends, neighbors and the community in general. Based on this and other factors, ...

Quantitative Research Project

Introduction When considering the characteristics of the crime as relatively independent phenomena one can understand this phenomenon as socially dangerous one. At the same time, crime is only an element of the public events. Existing and functioning in society, it permeates all different areas and various public attitudes. From this perspective, crime is a social phenomenon, which could be discussed qualitatively. Consequently, this assignment is aimed at analysis of the teaching dataset of British Crime Survey 2007-2008.

Literature Review

Crime is a social phenomenon, which is not only ontological, but epistemological. It generated all of the conditions of social life. This ...

Abstract

Evidence-based practice is a major improvement component of the modern-day healthcare system. Evidence-based practice relies on patient preferences, research findings and expertise to come up with best solutions suited to deliver the care process in the most effective manner. This project seeks to implement physical exercise among patients undergoing cancer treatment as well as those who have successfully undergone cancer therapy to prevent or reduce cancer-related fatigue. A sizeable amount of evidence suggests that physical exercise helps in preventing this form of fatigue and hence enabling this class of patients enjoy a high quality of life. The successful implementation ...

When shopping for toys for the baby, it is important to select items that are just entertaining and age-appropriate but also dolls that will boost their imagination, cognitive development, and creativity.

0-6 months

According to Wilmot (2016) infants uses their senses to learn things that are surrounding them. In the early stages of life, babies are unable to grasp objects with their hands. However, they enjoy exploring the world with the aid of their eyes and ears. Therefore, brightly colored toys and those that make noise are the most appealing for the young infants and the newborns. Also, Wilmot (2016) contends ...

The experiment was conducted in a local church whereby, I created a Youths’ Facebook account for the purpose of enhancing communication among the members who were aged between 12 to 17 years. Other that communication, the Facebook page was instrumental in giving updates about the upcoming youths activities and fun days. All members were encouraged to create their accounts and update their profiles. In a period of two weeks, over 20 youths had signed up on the Facebook page. Most of the group members uploaded their pictures time .Some of the group members liked the photos while other gave ...

Everywhere you go, you are likely to meet these very tall houses. Some of these mega structures run into hundreds of floors. It appears like a craze, some competition or sport. Investors with huge loads of cash are today investing in real estate. The idea is to come up with a fancy-looking and incredibly tall house. Unfortunately, the United States of America today houses some of the tallest buildings that the world has witnessed in its long history. Even in the face of the effects that these structures pose, it is surprising that the numbers are swelling. The authorities ...

Introduction

It is very rarely that a story could have an effect on the reader. This is why I am thankful that I encountered Wendy Mass’ “Every Soul a Star.” As I read though the story, I was able to relate to the experiences of the main characters. Being a young person I also meet challenges where I need to change. The story gives its readers important insights on how important and inevitable change is. In the story, three young people went through life changing experiences in a place called Moon Shadow Campground.

Discussion

The Moon Shadow Campground is a place ...

“The Little Mermaid,” the 1989 animated film directed by Ron Clements and John Musker and released by Buena Vista Pictures, delves on the story of a mermaid who falls in love with a human being. This film is likewise a cartoon adaptation of the original version of the novel of the same title written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1837. With regards to the Disney version, it is observable that the film incorporates several techniques that seem to diminish the innate animalistic nature of the aquatic creatures, such as the crabs, lobsters, octopus, the tropical fish, ...

Introduction

As the internet continues to grow over the years, more opportunities continue to crop up for exploitation. The chances are limitless, and rewards are unimaginable. Learning a few skills is essential, but finding a niche and capitalizing on it allows a person to tap into unquantifiable profits and growth. One of the niches that have evolved with the growth of the internet is online merchandising. Innumerable companies have taken up the open platform of online space to market and sell their products. However, some of them have developed unique ways to beat the competition and remain profitable. In this ...

Our world changes every day. Modern highly developed industrial society has quite different system of values than it used to have years ago. New technologies took their place in our lives so firmly, that we can hardly imagine a day without habitual gadgets. Especially, this point concerns the youth. Young people seem to hold their mobile phones in the hand all day long. Moreover, constantly developing stuff and games aggravate the addiction to the mobile phones. A shining example of the situation is a new version of a popular Japanese game Pokemon Go. Pokemon Go has provoked a new ...

Registering drones in the United States

Flying drones can be funny. In fact, it is a hobby for most of the United States citizens. People are buying drones at a high rate as they are all over the internet and can be accessed easily online. However, most of the users of these drones do not register with relevant authority, putting the security of the air users into deep danger. Most pilots have expressed their fear on the increased unmanned aircraft in the air. Not only the pilots have expressed their fears but also passengers. According to On Point radio, there are some people who will ...

[Assignment]

The Walker Within: How Zombies Define Humanity Since it first hit comic store shelves in 2003, The Walking Dead has captivated readers, gaining even more prominence when it was made into a television series by the same name in October, 2010 by AMC. The allure of zombies as a trope is strong; they offer an antagonist that is truly unrelenting and impossible to reason with, while their ability to carry on despite massive and traumatic injury allows for high levels of blood, guts, and gore, appealing to the horror fans that are the zombie genre’s main audience. ...

Vestibular Projections

Vestibular projections in the central nervous system consist of vestibular end organs which communicate with the brain stem and the cerebellum via the vestibular branch of the eighth cranial nerve. These nerves are also connected to the auditory fibers. Thus damage caused to these structures can cause both vestibular and auditory disturbances. The vital function of the vestibular system is to coordinate head and eye movements. The ability of the eye to stay focused on an object even while the head is moving is brought about by the vestibular system.

Vestibular Cochlear Nerve

The vestibulo cochlear nerve or the auditory nerve is ...

"Lady Lazarus," a poem written in tercets, seems to face two realities: her own, and her perceived connection to the the Jews who had to face the worst types of torments imaginable. We may never know the full extent of what Jews and other minorities had to face during this time, but this dimly toned poem certainly tries to show an almost telepathic glimpse into their pain. The first tercet looks to be based on autobiographical fact. "I have done it again./

One year in every ten/I manage it--" (all quotes are directly from Lady Lazarus, Plath).

Here, the tone is immediately ominous. The poet has done something. This is rarely a good thing. ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the rate of divorce has assumed an increasing trend. Marriage dissolution is subject to numerous discussions and studies and demonstrates intricacies in regards to several influences, triggers as well as effects. The increasing trend in divorce rates and permanent separation among married couples has attracted a substantial amount of concern across the country as well as all over the world. As a result, so many studies and research have dedicated their work to examining the causes of the increasing rate of marriage dissolution in the society today. The rate of unsuccessful union between two adults ...

Innovative Foreign Product as Business Opportunity in the US

United States has been credited with many innovations both in products and services. It is known for its technological and medical inventions that have contributed to upgrade standard of living and have provided immense service to mankind. However some innovative ideas that did not originate in US have considerable potential both as business opportunity and philanthropic initiative if imported and implemented in America. One of such inventions is the ‘Jaipur Foot’ – a prosthetic leg that was invented in India and has benefitted many since then. Prosthetic limbs are available in America too but what makes the Indian innovation unique ...

[Class Title] The human species is believed to have come from hominids, a member of the primate family where the human species is believed to have originated from after a lengthy process of evolution. The Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins present this unique history of human evolution through fossils. The exhibition covers millions of years of human evolution presented through innovative displays. One of its notable exhibits is the famous ‘Lucy’ skeleton, which was unearthed in Ethiopia by a joint American and French paleoanthropologist team sometime in 1974. The museum also showed partial skulls of the ‘ ...

What is Disobedience? Analyzing Ursula K. Le Guin’s Short Story

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas There are various ways disobedience can be defined. In the article of Erich Fromm, entitled “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem”, he mentioned that there are varieties of obedience, wherein others are life affirming and others, destructive. Fromm proves that there are psychological and moral problems attached to obedience. From this comes the question: what exactly does disobedience mean? This article analyzes the short story written by Ursula K. Le Guin, entitled “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, using the essay of Erich Fromm. It appears that there are three ...

Introduction

Self-control has been identified has the single, most basic differentiating characteristic that separates human beings from the animal species. In psychological circles as well as in past research on the subject, the term has been used interchangeably with self-regulation and behavioral regulation . Before examining the details of how and why this aspect of human behavior is crucial in ensuring that people are able to lead normal lives, it is important to understand the boundaries of the concept in itself. In the simplest of terms, self-regulated behavior is an individual’s ability to suppress their immediate impulses instead of acting ...

The Future of Food

Every Tuesday morning people would always be seen trekking towards the direction of the sunrise with their bags and some with cartons. To a visitor in the village, he or she would be confused and would think that the usual long line of people was going closer to the sun just to stare at its beauty. In the village, every morning the sun would always be seen up in the sky with beautiful horizon before it turns wild. None would be seen wasting time in the way as every footpath was marked in the same direction. Other paths in ...

As Sadcheva and colleagues (162) reasonably note, “the question of whether morality is an objective truth gleaned from nature or a socially constructed concept has been important in the philosophical study of ethics as well». In the editorial titled The Moral Instinct, Steven Pinker cultivates a rather controversial and ambiguous issue of human moral judgments, moral decisions/choices and moral dispositions. Thereby, the provocative nature of the author’s argument reveals itself as early as the introduction points to the blurred and seemingly inexplicable standards we evaluate the worth of particular prominent figures in terms of their compliance with moral ...

Three poems, which have been chosen for this paper: “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson, “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg, and “Sailing to Byzantium” by W. B. Yeats, are all very different and belong to different literary trends. However, they all are focused on the subject of death, which they depict from different standpoints, systems of beliefs, and values. In the first poem, “Because I could not stop for Death”, Emily Dickinson describes death using the image of a gentleman, who takes her into his carriage: “He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage” ( ...

Understanding the concept of Heart Failure

Heart failure (HF) can be defined as a condition wherein the heart fails to pump sufficient blood to the body at the appropriate pressure. In other heart failure cases, the heart is unable to fill enough blood or the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to other parts of the body with the desired force. Most heart failure patients suffer from both problems. Heart failure is misunderstood as the heart stops working or is about to stop working. However, it is not true but a serious condition that require immediate care (Grossman, S.C & Porth, CM 2014).

Overview

The process ...

China seems to be noticing a problem with the overuse of smart phones. One report on the subject highlights two incidents were injuries occurred from distracted smartphone users. The incident that was the most troubling was the one of the teenage boy who walked off a bridge because he was not paying attention to anything but his phone. The government it is noticing the issue in calling for a change stating “something has to be done” (Shaver, 2016). In America distracted driving or using your cell phone while driving a vehicle was an issue of concern until recent studies ...

Abrigo do Lagar Velho is a rock-shelter in the Portuguese valley that is famous for the stratigraphic range of the Upper Paleolithic human occupations within that area.

Absolute dating technique (chronometric dating) refers to the process of revealing the age on a certain time scale.

Acclimatization is the response of an organism to a gradual change in environmental conditions by adjusting and sustaining within these changes. Acheulian (Acheulean) is a tool made of stone that had round cutting edges and was used during the Lower Palaeolithic era.

Adolescent growth spurt refers to the sharp growth in height and weight rates t during adolescence.

Aegyptopithecus refers to the extinct primate of the Oligocene Period, resembling a modern-day lemur, whose fossils were found in Egypt. Afar Triangle is the region that is part of the ...

Describe which general fossil primate groups appear and radiate during the following geological epochs: Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene. For each of the geological epochs, identify the general primate group that first appears and radiates during that epoch. In addition, give the time range in millions of years for each epoch and provide at least one example of a specific primate genus and/ or species that is representative of each general primate group. 2. List and briefly describe at least five elements of the post-cranial anatomy found in humans, but not in apes, that facilitate efficient bipedal locomotion. Provide specific ...

The three impressionist paintings I have chosen include the works of Caillebotte, Monet and Conder. I chose these three artists as they are very different from one another in their styles and their use of color. I think that a variety in the office will give the office more life and leave an impression on visitors. Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte is one of my favorite impressionist period paintings. Caillebotte painted this is 1877. The painting depicts a rainy day in urban Paris. In the forefront of the painting is a man holding an umbrella with a ...