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Mdm Vani is brought in by her daughter to get her ears checked. She is 80 years old and her daughter claims that her mother has had hearing loss for a few years now. Because she lives alone in a 3-room HDB flat, she is in need of hearing aids as she has trouble using electronic devices daily and family members complain that Mdm Vani cannot hear them whenever they call her on her cellphone. This is the audiogram of Mdm Vani’s ears after conduction of the hearing test. Hearing loss…

through the innocent and youthful imagination of the bananafish and its greed for bananas. Initially, Seymour alludes to how humans’ materialistic greed causes tragic ends throughs the bananafish. He mentions that the bananafish die after talking about how they grow over time. To begin with, after Seymour first discusses about the bananafish, he talks about how “they swim into a hole where there’s a lot of bananas… [then] they behave like pigs.” The bananafish Seymour talk about in this context…

Weaning: Weaning signals the end of one phase and the beginning of another stage. It is also known as “complementary feeding”. Actually the minute baby eats something other than breast milk, weaning has begun. Weaning is the term that connotes a certain maturity on the baby’s part, which allows the baby to switch from breast milk to other foods and beverages. The main concern in weaning is when and how to wean. Weaning is done to preserve child’s enjoyment of food and drink to…

“In some Caribbean islands, braids were used as a way to escape slavery by forming intricate braid patterns that signified a map. These customs have been passed down to us which is why we take pride in the care of our hair and the art forms we can create through braiding." This quote shows the background of braids. They are not just used for style and appearance. Cultural appropriation is a concept dealing with the adoption of the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture…

He says that “...they swim into a hole where there’s a lot of bananas. They're very ordinary-looking fish when they swim in. But once they get in they behave like pigs...after they eat so many bananas they can't get out of the banana hole..they die.”(pg.14). It is a very strange way to explain an imaginary fish that you just made up to a young child, it’s a rather sad and grim concept. Unless you…

In a world filled with bigotry and animosity, humanity has created a society in which people have learned to live upon the opinions of others. Ideology can be defined as assumptions based on the beliefs and values of an individual, even though they may be incorrect due to the independent thoughts and perceptions of a person. Although not often noticed, these ideologies create prejudice towards different ways of life, such as the religious views of an individual. In modern day society when some…

Did you know that Costa Rica has some of the most bizarre food that really looks good? I found out about the food because of the awesome research that I did. I found out about demographics, Geography, Climate, health issues and visiting Costa Rica. The capital of Costa Rica is San Jose. The currency is Costa Rican colon is what the use in Costa Rica. The Population there is4.872 million people. The president of Costa Rica is Luis Guillermo Solis. There official language is Spanish. Costa Rica…

Numerous people believe poetry and prose exist merely as methods of writing; however, there is more to these forms of literature than meets the eye. While authors throughout time have used either poetry, prose, or a combination of the two in their work, both serve as literary tools that writers implement to express, persuade, inform, and inspire (among other reasons to write). Although these styles of writing involve different metrical structures, they both use the art of language to appeal to…

Review, identify, and describe anatomical plane terminology. Figure 1.2 Superior- Higher Inferior- Lower Distal- Further away from the midline Proximal- Closer to the midline Posterior (dorsal)- Back Anterior (ventral)- Front Medial- towards the mid line Lateral- Away from the midline The dog is inferior to the girl. The dog’s posterior is anterior to the girl. The dogs leash is superior to his collar. The girl left leg is distal to her right leg. Her left arm is distal from her body holding…

My best friend is Angie. We have been friends since kindergarten, so we have had many sleepovers. Every time we have a sleepover there is always some type of cooking involved, whether it’s baking banana split cupcakes, strawberry rolls, or cooking pasta. One night we decided to make crepes because I had never had them before, but she had. Crepes are a very thin pancakes and is considered a French staple. In France these are eaten as a snack or lunch and are usually sold in every neighborhood…