Anomaly

In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles writes about an ancient myth telling the story of how Oedipus unwittingly not only marries his mother, Jocasta, and has four children with her, Antigone, Polyneices, Eteocles, and Ismene, but murders his father, King Laius of Thebes, as well. When they discover their predicament, Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus pierces his own eyes out. Thus, the citizens of Thebes, along with Antigone and Creon, deduce that there must be a curse placed upon Oedipus' family. Reference…

As Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas began forming contacts with each other, social and economic transformations occurred all throughout the Atlantic world in 1492 to 1750. Most of these social interactions began when Italian explorer Christopher Columbus tried to reach India going west but instead is credited for opening up the Americas for European colonization. Columbus unknowingly arrived in the New World, and the implications were profound for both the Natives and the Europeans.…

showed vulnerabilities within the system. The OPM breach was motivated by highly dedicated adversaries that may receive and recruit sources from within. Larger organizations are prone to attacks similar to the OPM hack due to its size and anomalies in the system. Hackers often monitor online and system activity that can be identified through operational patterns. Human behavior played a major role in a systematic approach that hackers used to detect…

Historical developments in the treatment of vascular malformation has been since 1762 by Hunter. Further, in 1851 Virchow and others developed a classification of telangiectasias, and of venous, arterial, arteriovenous, and cystic angiomas. The year of 1889, marked the successful excision of an intracranial AVM that was performed. Vascular malformations can be classified as Capillary telangiectasias, Cavernous malformations, Venous malformations, Arteriovenous malformations. The paper focuses…

BACKGROUND : Pre term labour is the major cause of preterm birth that affects 12 – 18 % of all births in India. Cervical shortening (effacement) is one of the first steps in the parturition process, preceding labor by several weeks. As cervical length decreases in the second trimester, the risk of spontaneous preterm birth increases , especially when effacement occurs early in the second trimester . Because effacement begins at the internal cervical os and progresses caudally , it is often…

evaluation of the method chosen, rather than a superficial commentary on poor lab techniques and sloppy work. “I should measure more accurately” is a problem with your practical skills, rather than the method of investigation. Did you record any anomalies in your practical work? How did they affect your results and what did you do to minimize their adverse effects? What weaknesses were present in the method chosen for the investigation and how could they have affected the…

disabled individuals. Critical disability theory maintains that discrimination against people with disabilities is so ordinary that it is invisible. Disability should be recognized as a minority group status, instead of being viewed as an individual anomaly. The concept…

Over the past week, we have discussed prenatal development. Although prenatal development is not an area that directly relates to the work of a child life specialist, I am personally interested in this topic for a myriad of reasons. It is incredibly interesting that the most important phases of prenatal development occur when some mothers are just discovering that they are pregnant. By the time a mother has realized she is pregnant the embryo’s brain, spinal cord, heart, and other organs have…

downgraded to a tropical storm and thankfully did little damage. But the real significance of the storm was in its timing and location. The Atlantic hurricane season officially lasts from June 1 to November and the January-born hurricane is a weather anomaly not seen since 1955. Major hurricanes with names and potential for significant damage are normally only seen from July onwards. Alex began as a tropical depression, first spotted on January 14. Within two hours, it was upgraded to a…

The Case of the Colorblind Painter This text describes the story of Jonathan I., a man that after a car accident went colorblind. It depicts his struggles and curiosities about his anomaly condition. “Mr. I.”, how the doctor Oliver Sacks referred to Jonathan, was an artist before the accident, without his color vision, he saw himself in a very deep pit where everything was in grey tones, leading him to depression at the first months. When he started to visit the Doctor, test were made and…