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Hyperthermia is the medical term used to describe the overheating body. The term hyper means “high” while “thermia” means heat. This means that the person’s body is overheating (Doerr 1). Normally if the body overheats, the body has will just have to sweat the heat out. But there are times when sweating does not work, in some conditions, the temperature rises rapidly that it may place the vital organs at risk (Doerr 1). Regardless of the environmental factors, the healthy human body has a steady temperature of 98.6° F. However, if the body is challenged over a longer period of time, the body may fail to respond and thus it will experience hyperthermia (Hyperthermia). People who are at risk of hyperthermia have the following factors. The health factors are poor circulation, aging – wherein it may develop inefficient sweat glands, diseases that are involving the lungs, the heart or the kidney and other illnesses that may cause weakness to the body. The lifestyle factors on the other hand may be environment in the place where you live, overdressing, visiting the overcrowded places and the weather conditions may predispose one to develop hyperthermia (Hyperthermia 1). Different heat emergencies need to be addressed immediately. One is heat stroke. This condition occurs when the body is not capable in controlling the temperature that rises rapidly and the mechanism of sweating fails and the body temperature reaches 106°F. In this case, you can bring the person indoors or outdoors and give him the cooling remedy. You can either place the person on a cool water or place him under the shower (Doerr, 2). Another heat problem is the heat exhaustion. This is the body’s response to the excess loss in of water or salt in the sweat. People who are prone to this condition are the elderly people, those who are taking anti-hypertensive drugs or those who are working out. This can be alleviated by cooling down, giving drinks that are non alcoholic and a cool shower to mention a few (Doerr, 3). Hyperthermia has other symptoms like the heat stress, the heat fatigue, the heat syncope and the heat cramps. These can all be addressed by getting the person out of the heat and bringing him to a cooler place like in an air conditioned room, you can also offer fluids but never give alcoholic beverages, then encourage the person to have a cool shower and rest in a cool place afterwards (Hyperthermia). Hyperthermia is preventable and some of the ways where you can prevent hyperthermia are to avoid going to overcrowded places, avoid exposing yourself to a very hot weather and have enough fluid intake for you to prevent dehydration (Hyperthermia). Hypert
Identity among first and second-generation migrants is a poignant issue that they face every day. The process of accepting a new culture as well as holding on to the roots of one’s own culture is very strong. Therefore, in many cases, it is observed that cultural ambiguity arises. One becomes rootless in the process of adapting to an alien culture while trying to abide to their own culture. This essay will discuss two such films that poignantly shows the identity crisis that can be seen when cultural ambiguity arises – how people cope or change and how their lives become different is the main points both the films discusses Bhaji on the Beach and Once were Warriors discuss. Bhaji is a story of the bonding among Indian women that they find through their roots and their womanhood. The narrative spins around a day trip to the Blackpool beach of middle-class Asian women and their ironic and complex life in England. The female characters are categorized into “aunties” who are essentially conservative traditionalists, steadfast to their own traditions, and the second-generation neo-modern youths who are trying to find themselves in their mixed-identity crisis. The main characters in the movie in the “auntie”-class are Asha, a traditional, middle-class homemaker, who suffers from headaches, which turns out to be visions of the confusion lingering in her mind. Then there is Pushpa who is the most elderly “aunties” whose legs are strongly grounded in her South Asian roots. There is Simmi, the trip’s organizer who is critical of the patriarchy controlled Asian society and the giggling teenaged sisters. Then there is a woman from Bombay, Rekha who joins the group and is a contrast with the “aunties” who are traditionally Indian in their ways whereas the former is “modern” in all her manifestations. However, the two most important characters are Ginder, a young homemaker of a handsome Indian who has recently fled from her abusive husband and claustrophobic in-laws with her five-year old son and the other is Hashida who is at a crossroad of her life and has to choose between her promising medical-career and pregnancy by her West-Indian boyfriend. The movie is an expression of the “double yoke of racism and sexism” (Chadha). In this essay, I will discuss the two characters of Hashida and Ginder and the confusion their situations create in the minds of the traditionalist characters of the movie. Asha is one of the “aunties” who is first introduced in the very beginning of the movie wherein she is addressed by name by a big statue of a deity to “Know your place!” (Chadha). Asha epitomizes the submissive Asian homemaker, dwarfed by the middle-class demand of her husband’s grocery store and the consumerism around her. We are then introduced to Ginder the young somber female clutching on to a paper, which we then learn to be her final divorce papers and her son in a woman’s shelter (Ciecko 98). Hashida and her family is shown next – the former discovers of her pregnancy and her family’s dream of sending her to medical school. As the group travels to Blackpool, the movie brings in the two subplots into light i.e. Hashida’s pr
The primary research question in the study conducted by Nash, Drake, Wiley, Khalsa & Lynn (1986), was to determine the accuracy of the memories recovered from patients under hypnosis. In other previous investigations the authors had argued that in certain conditions, the interpersonal and affective reactions of patients vary. They argue that reactions of age-regressed patients could be different and childlike as compared to the simulators. In this study, the dependent variable used was the accuracy of recollections of patients under hypnosis. The independent variable of the study was the age-regression of respondents during hypnosis. Results were obtained by making use of procedures, which evaluated hypnotically regressed respondents. They evaluated their relations with transitional objects such as teddy bears. However, surveys from forensic hypnosis imply that hypnotic memories of particular events are particularly prone to misrepresentation, regardless of the theatrical and intuitively persuasive performances (Nash, Drake, Wiley, Khalsa & Lynn, 1986). To ascertain if the transitional objects observed from a hypnotic age-regressed respondent was utilised by the respondents during their childhood, the authors conducted interviews with the respondents’ parents in their second survey in 1985. The degree to which the respondent accepted or did not accept the parents’ recollection of the transitional objects was utilised as a guide. This was a measure of the accuracy of hypnotic responses and conscious recollections. All the respondents in the study were pursuing undergraduate studies at the Ohio University. They did not have any prior experiences in relation to hypnosis. For the hypnotized group, a total 16 respondents were selected. For the control gro
Introduction The Asian region as it exists today has gone through many transformations. The economic, societal, and political fronts have all experienced major transformations. These transformations have been occasioned by the adoption of Western ideologies. Traditionally, Asia has been a region that has managed to stay aloof from other regions. However, his has been changing with the passage of time and today most of the world ideologies have found their way into the region. Although this has not been something easy to achieve, the current trends show that the region is opening more to the larger world ideologies. This has in turn influenced the way the region views and approaches the rest of the society. (Niehans 58) One thing that led to the adoption of western ideologies into the Asian region was the spread of the liberal-market democracy. At the turn of the last century, most of the world was rushing to embrace most of the western ideologies. This was occasioned by the success of the regions foreign policy and the almost unstoppable globalization force. According to the Western ideological perspective, nature is viewed as a resource to be exploited. This ideology further claims that nature should be exploited to better the life of all citizens. It was this premise that made the spread of the liberal market democracy rapid in Asia. However, by adopting the free-market democracy, the Asian region lost its cultural diversity that defined it. Observers say that the western ideological perspective glorifies its cultural beliefs over those of other regions. This has led to a complete transformation of the Asian economic front to run at par with that of the West. (Geisinger) The modern era places much emphasis on science and its methods. The growth of science as a civilizing force brought about a revolution in the way the human race understood and treated the environment. This new understanding also widened the gap between people and the environment causing people to aspire to fully conquer nature. The new view by scientists led people to alter the way they connected to the natural environment. Under the new dispensation, human beings were removed from the care of the environment delegating the responsibility to scientists. This gave rise to the manipulation of nature and its subsequent degradation. As globalization came to its peak, this modern ideology regarding scientists and the environment found its way to Asia. As it is characteristic with all Western ideologies, this gave rise to the total adoption of the new ideology hence the negligence of the Asian environment. (Liu) Another Western ideology that found its way into Asia was the economic front. As the industrial revolution peaked, it brought about changes in the economic and communal structure of the society. The existing small shops were taken over by bigger divisions of manufacturing and nature and human beings were replaced by machines. This gave rise to large cities and farms. Due to an increase in productivity, there was ready labor for the factories and enough food for those who were not farmers. This led to work and resources being exch
Greenwell, E., Wyshack, G., Lise, R., Michael, J. & Ellice, L. (2012). Intrapartum temperature elevation, epidural use, and adverse outcome in term infants. Pediatrics Volume, 129 (2), 447- 454. This article was authored through a collaboration of various paediatricians. Various medical schools and hospitals contributed towards the research of this article. The article covers research on the association between elevation of intrapartum temperature and neonatal outcomes in patients administered with epidural analgesia (Greenwell et al., 2012). The research was focused on those women with singleton pregnancies that were less than thirty-seven weeks old. Neonatal outcomes for groups who were receiving an epidural and those who were not were then compared. The results were then correlated with intrapartum temperature evaluation. According to the article, the results of this research indicated an increase in temperature for those women who not receiving an epidural. Majority of those who received an epidural recorded a temperature of less than a hundred point four degrees. When it came to adverse neonatal outcomes, no significant differences were observed. The research concluded that high temperatures during birth might have adverse effects for a foetus. On the other hand, there were no notable differences in neonatal outcomes between women receiving an epidural and those not receiving one. In addition, it was observed that undetected cases of maternal infections could have been responsible for the some of the recorded adverse outcomes. This research was meant to shed light on issues surrounding epidural administration, intrapartum temperatures, and adverse neonatal effects. Lieberman, E., Lang, J., Richardson, D., Frigoletto, F., Hefner, L. & Cohen, A. (2000). Intrapartum Maternal Fever and Neonatal Outcome. Pediatrics, 105 (1), 8-13. The National Institute of Child Health and Human development supported the research on this article. The article covers research that was done to investigate the relationship between elevated maternal temperatures and neonatal outcomes. The research was limited to instances when the infants did not develop an infection. The study was focused on 1218 women with singleton pregnancies and spontaneous labour (Lieberman et al., 2000). Women who had diabetes, herpes, or whose infants developed complications were excluded from the study. The results of the research indicate that women who received an epidural were more likely to develop a fever. It was also evident that those women who developed a fever had longer gestations. The state of newborns and the timing of infant seizures were not related to fevers. The article therefore concluded that administration of epidurals increased the chances of a fever. This fever increased the chances of complications
Introduction The epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest poems written from Mesopotamia, a country that is present day Iraq. It is a story of two legends, Gilgamesh and Enkidu who were the greatest of friends. In the story, Enkidu who was created to be wild is meant to counteract the oppression of King Gilgamesh on the inhabitants of the Uruk territory. They become legends while working together and the number of dangerous encounters they conquer causes the gods to be unhappy with them. Together they make a sojourn to the wild mountains of Cedar and concertedly kill Humbaba who was the monster guarding the mountains. The wrath of the gods becomes evident when the two comrades put the Bull of Heaven to death; goddess Ishtar had sent this bull to check the excesses of Gilgamesh. It was an abomination to kill the messenger of the gods. Displeased by their actions the gods in turn kill Enkidu and this incident marks a turning point in the life of Gilgamesh. The death of his close confidant sends him to embark on a quest to discover immortality. The remaining part of his life, he spends trying to seek the solution to cheat death. The concept of immortality comes out more clearly when he sets out to meet Utnapishti who is considered an immortal hero but he breaks his heart when he announces that the gods during creation give only death but retain with them eternal life. This ideally ends his perilous search for eternity and indeed justifies the preposition that it would have been difficult for Gilgamesh to change if Enkidu would have remained alive. Enkidu’s death therefore changed the life of Gilgamesh. Discussion The entire epic can be rightly divided in two halves, the beginning essentially exploring the exploits of the two legends working together. Heroism is explicated from their conquests of the giant Humbaba and the messenger of the gods (the Bull of Heaven). Their friendship and togetherness (unity of purpose) is fundamental as they support each other to destroy a common enemy (Humbaba and the Bull). In this except “Hurry up, step up to him, do not let him go. Climb to the woods, do not be afraid.” (Tablet IV, Column V, 43-44). We see how the two collaborate and “They cut off the head of Humbaba” (Sandars, 47). This death infuriates the gods who now vow to destroy Enkidu. Enkidu finally dies and this marks the turning point in the life of Gilgamesh, he is worried and is forced to change his antics, his lifestyle and convictions, he now realizes that he was mistaken to imagine that he would live forever. The gods intentionally decide to take away his closest companion in order to warn him that one day soon, he too shall die. Confused and worri
Introduction The site of white clouds and the blue sky is a phenomenon whose wonderment is of interest to small children, scientists, and poets among others. The blue skies and white clouds are also subject to scientific studies. The interest in clouds and the sky begins in middle school when learners are introduced to the process of condensation. However, this theoretical explanation is too simplistic to address other issues that relate to the blue sky, different shapes of cloud formations, and why some clouds appear to be closer to the ground than others. Science categorizes clouds into two types; stratiform and cumuliform. In a blue sky, cumuliform clouds refer to those clouds that appear to move fast and expand at a fast rate. On the other hand, stratiform clouds appear to lay flat on the blue background. Stratiform clouds are mostly found when the weather is stable and the sky is deep blue in color. There have been several research studies and experiments in regard to the phenomenon of white clouds and the blue sky. This paper is a research essay on blue skies and white clouds. The paper includes a review of literature, a simple experimental study, and a discussion of the findings in relation to the literature analysis. Literature Review The formation of clouds is subject to several other elements including light, water vapor, and heat. The simplest method of understanding how the colors in the sky are separated is to observe how light travels through different materials. When the light comes across two forms of transparent materials, the processes of reflection and refraction produce the visual effects that observers interpret as clouds. The shape of the clouds themselves depends on whether the reflective and refractive materials are smooth or rough. Therefore, the shape of different clouds can be used to study the conditions of the atmosphere. The shape of the clouds is also important in regard to weather observations. The first person to correlate weather patterns with the shape of clouds was Luke Howard, a nature enthusiast who lived between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Shaw and Fernandez 21). The nature of the blue sky is a result of two things; the nature of light and the chemical composition of the atmosphere. When particles are evenly distributed across the sky, the color of the sky is often uniform. A blue sky has various color variations depending on the type of molecules that are found in the air and their level of concentration. Consequently, the blue sky is also consisted of other colors including yellow, red, or green (Young 43). The reason the sky appears to be blue in nature is that the eyes do not have the same capacity of color interpretation as a spectrometer. For instance, the color of the sky can change towards red as the earth’s position in relation to the sun shifts. The blue light can only be seen in instances when the air molecules are smaller than the average wavelength of light. White clouds are a combination of the light that comes directly from the sun and travels through the blue sky. Furthermore, clouds are “the water droplets in the clouds may be many
One of the recent defining trends in education is massive open online courses, also referred to as MOOC. The term was first coined in 2008 by Stephen Downes and George Siemens, the developers of the course titled Connectivism and Connectivity Knowledge (Stracke et al., 2019). 25 people attended the course in person at the University of Manitoba, while 2,300 international participants across the globe joined the classes online. Fast forward to 2011, the world’s leading universities, such as Stanford, MIT, and Harvard, introduced online courses that soon became popular due to low costs and increased accessibility. Concurrently, two former Stanford Computer Science professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, started Coursera. Today, Coursera has four million students enrolled in courses ranging from music composition to quantum physics (Stracke et al., 2019). It is hard to ignore MOOCs are swaying the education market. Not only that, but they are transforming the very understanding of education (Van Woensel et al., 2015). Universities lose their monopoly on high-quality, up-to-date knowledge while online courses democratize education for all and attract students with the convenience of studying from any place, at any time. Drones The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines drone as “an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control or onboard computers.” The very concept of drones, dates all the way back to 1849 when Austria sent unmanned balloons stuffed with explosives to Venice during a military conflict. Since then the interest in drones rose and ebbed until it reached the pivotal moment during the 1990s-2010s (Custers, 2016). In 2000, the famous Predator was used to launch missiles in Afghanistan and to search for Osama bin Laden. Six years later, the US Federal Aviation Administration issued its first drone permit, making the status of this aircraft official (Custers, 2016). The 2010s were the Golden Age of drones as rapidly developing technologies reduced the prices of the prices of microcontrollers, accelerometers, and camera sensors. Today, drones are popular with both average customers and corporations. When equipped with cameras, they are used by photographers and videographers. Big companies, such as Amazon, are trying to harness the power of drones and realize their potential to the fullest (Palmer, 2020). The retail giant is likely to launch Prime Air, a drone delivery service, in the next few years and disrupt the industry once again. Virtual Currencies (Bitcoin) The first ideas about cryptocurrencies date back to the 1980s. The main rationale was to make untraceable transactions without the interference of centralized entities, such as banks, possible. In the next three decades, there had been several attempts to launch cryptocurrencies, but the first successful product, Bitcoin, came out no earlier than in