Years after Colonel Aureliano Buendia faces the firing squad in One Hundred Years of Solitude, one of his descendents passionately discourses on the methods used to exterminate earth’s most venerable pest. He informs his friends that during the Middle Ages, “La Cucaracha” survived by taking advantage of “man’s congenital fear of the dark.” If one […]
Bladder and bowel dysfunction are also known as concerns with urinating or defecating. This frequently occurs due to nerve or muscle abnormality, as these structures regulate the flow of urine and the discharge of stool. Often females may feel an unwanted need to urine or pass stool without being able to control the urge. It […]
“I don’t want to do it! I should just drop out!” I yelled. There are only two terms left, but I’ve got much better things I can be doing with my time. Like not being here. But I’m stuck here; doing work I don’t want to do, being more stressed than I need to be. […]
Have you ever been through a “rebelde” time? Where you don’t care what you do, what grades you get, or what people tell you. You just did what you wanted to do. I went through that through my freshman year. My mother would always tell me, “No seas tan rebelde, piensa lo que estas asiendo […]
Bishal Nayak Professor Kevin FernsEnglish 1B15th May 2019 Revenge of Laertes and HamletThe drama Hamlet written by a great Playwright and actor who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatic, William Shakespeare. This drama was written around 1600 in the final years of the rule of […]
The elevator doors opened on the ninth floor and my sneakers squeaked along the shiny tile. Research findings plastered the hall like wallpaper. I rounded the corner to the Cardiovascular Physiology and Space Medicine Laboratory at UT Southwestern Medical School. What initially struck me as clutter was really a mini-museum of space history. Those framed […]
Birth rates in a Britain have declined in the past fifty years due to the trends that have been set in society. Between 1901 to 2010, the birth rate declined from 29 per thousand to 13 per thousand. The birth rate is the number of births per thousand of population per year. Factors such as […]
From an early age I have been fascinated with how and why people behave in the way they do together with the impact these behaviours have on others. When I was eight years of age, I read a book called ‘Flight of the Doves’, written by Walter Macken (1968). This book opened up my senses […]
Biomass conversion processes Current conversion strategiesBiomass basically is the fourth largest source of energy in the world wide. In developing countries biomass has a weightage of 35% as a primary energy and worldwide its contribution raised to 14% and is being expected to raise further. Despite the environmental challenges which we are experiencing, composition of […]
My Ami From the time I first opened my eyes in this world, till this very moment, all my acts and deeds are influenced by one person – My Mother, My Ami. Born in a society where much attention was given to a boy rather than to a female my mother constantly struggled to get […]