Jose Ledezma Cervantes Professor Ibarra English 10 27 September 2016 A Tongue without Limitations Throughout the essay “Mother's Tongue” by Amy Tan the author uses a very explicit writing style which makes it clear for the audience to understand what is being expressed and introduced in the essay. Tans essay is a rather personal piece of writing whose purpose is not to evaluate what someone is saying but rather the meaning of the language being used. “Mother’s Tongue’s” audience are immigrants…
Factors Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Uterine Myomas Undergoing GnRH Agonist Therapy: A Meta-Analysis Rahma Novita Asdary Dharma Husada Midwifery Academy Email: novita_asdary@hotmail.com ABSTRACT Context : GnRH Agonist (GnRHa) maybe the most effective drugs in the management of myomas. However, there remains some uncertainty regarding the efficacy of the therapy because of conflicting reports in the literature. Objective : This research objective is to identify potential…
occasional viruses. These viruses would enter the bacteria by putting themselves into the genome of the bacteria. Yet, the producers found that later, the bacteria was able to develop methods of shielding themselves against the viruses by allowing other benign viruses into their genome. This would allow for the bacteria to later come up with ways to prevent the harmful viruses from impacting their genome. Researchers later found that this information formed the basis of the development of a gene…
have radiation to cure her from the cancer. After four years of being in remission, the cancer came back. This time it was on a viscous rampage. My grandmother had to receive a month of intense chemotherapy and two critical surgeries to remove the tumors that were invading her body. Seeing her go through all of this made me concerned about my own health. What is cancer? Cancer is a disease where abnormal growth of cells that divide rapidly and may invade other healthy tissues in the body.…
Skin is the body’s largest organ; it’s all over us and yet we fail to appreciate the many tasks it must do to keep us safe and disease-free. But our skin is more special and more complex than one thinks. Made up of the epidermis and dermis, our skin can resist and repair cuts and burns and many other traumas. Our skin, however, is not invincible and can sometimes fall susceptible to many different diseases and cancers, like melanoma. Melanoma Per Adam Riker, one of the authors of The…
After reading Amy Tan’s, “Mother Tongue” and Paule Marshall’s, “From the Poets in the Kitchen” I pondered and formed several opinions and reactions about these two pieces of literature. Both stories compare and contrast in many ways. In Marshall’s story, she explains how listening to her mother and her friend’s in the kitchen throughout her years as a child had blossomed her as a writer and a person. Marshall reveals instances of how this occurred and what effects it had on her mother, her…
Mammogram is also the modality that helps identify the mass or tumor, then ultrasound can be used to get a closer look at what exactly it looks like and the approximate size of the area. By using ultrasound, the sonographer or radiologist can look under the axillary region to look for and identify any axillary lymph nodes. Ultrasound is used to help guide the doctors to take samples from these lymph nodes to determine whether it is cancerous or benign. In this study, ultrasound-guided axially…
Approach to the Care of Cancer Throughout this paper, this writer will explain the diagnosis and staging of cancer. Cancer is the general name given to a group of related diseases which can occur in any part of the body. Cancer is when the body’s cells start dividing without stopping and spread to the tissues of the body. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2015 states that there is over 100 types of cancer. Cancer affects the person, family, and healthcare providers. Complications of the…
Skin is the largest organ in our body that serves a lot of important functions. Firstly, it acts as a protective barrier against mechanical injury, loss of body fluids, chemicals, particles, microbes and UV radiation. [1] It also provides sensation for touch, temperature, pressure and pain. [1] Besides, it allows mobility by providing a surface for grip. [1] It also has a role in homeostasis of body temperature. [1] Next, it is involved in production of vitamin D, and has an immunity function…
Mother Tongue Summary The essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan portrays society’s ignorance towards individuals differences from societal norms. As a result of this ignorance, individuals are treated insignificantly. Amy Tan and her mother struggle with this issue throughout their lives, constantly being treating insignificantly and not taken seriously. As a result Amy is ashamed of where she comes from and how her mother speaks. Amy eventually comes to peace with where she comes from and…