Birth mass

Why is Low Birth Weight Bad? A baby with low birthweight may be at increased risk for complications. The baby 's tiny body is not as strong and he or she may have a harder time eating, gaining weight, and fighting infection. (http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=low-birthweight-90-P02382) Babies born with low birth weight are more likely to die within the first year of life. A low birth weight is considered babies under 5.5 pounds or very low birth weight is 3.25 pounds or less. According to March of Dimes preliminary data for 2012, 7.99 percent of infants were born at low birth weight, including 1.42 percent who were born at very low birth weight. 15 million babies are born prematurely each year word wide and 1 million will die. A few things that can cause a premature or low birth weight baby are smoking, low weight gain during pregnancy, increase in maternal age / being too young, or social factors. However, there are ways to help…

when she enlightened her audience about the prevalence of the mass incarceration of our African American men that still affects our society. Alexander argues several points and introduces concepts that we still face today. One of these arguments includes the argument with the war on drugs and the systematic issue of mass incarceration being a continual issue that operates on the biases of colorblindness. The essence of her arguments are captured in the concepts within three chapters of her book.…

of Black populations and other minority groups was implemented by the War on Drugs beginning in 1971, which enacted the birth of mass incarceration. According to one article, the term drug war “refers to the use of a law enforcement approach to deter or punish users, sellers, and producers of illicit drugs.” (Scherlen, 2012) This war on drugs policy has been a debatable and questionable one, and history has shown that people of color continue to be targeted by this it. Additionally, African…

continues to increase the process of McDonaldization in regards to dealing with births, as more lives become less valued because of overpopulation and distribution of scare resources become more difficult to maintain, there is a high probability that society will accept the dehumanization of humans and simply allow births only for those with the resources to sustain life, such is evident in China’s one child policy. The five dimensions of McDonaldization in regards to birthing could proceed as…

I used to think that giving birth was overrated and believed that the emotional rollercoaster leading up the birth was insincere. In my opinion, giving birth had always seemed frightening, long and most of all painful. Surprisingly, my whole outlook on giving birth and its emotional impact changed when I gave birth to my first child, Joy. I remember the day as if it was yesterday, despite the fact that it took place almost nine years ago. It was a rainy Sunday in February when I invited my best…

Twin studies aid in strengthening the correlations between fetal environment, low birth weight, and adult disease. On average, twins have lower than average birth weight as they experience reduction in growth during their third trimester due to limitations in size of the uterus (Vagero & Leon, 1994). Research involving monozygous and dizygous twins has determined that the lighter twin was more likely to develop higher blood pressure and have increased cardiovascular disease risk (Baird, Osmond,…

to sensitivity. All this goes to show that scientists barely understand genes, and may never truly understand this complex concept, and therefore should not be practicing it yet, or even ever, in order to prevent more unnecessary killing of embryos, or failures. Another reason why designer babies have no history of success is because of the lack of research, they have an extremely high failure rate. 15-24% of IVF pregnancies resulted in miscarriages and only 21.1 IVF births were successful…

was a French composer of the Renaissance Era. The place and date of his birth is uncertain, and many documents of his life has parts missing. However, what is certain is that he was known by many as one of the greatest composers of the 16th century. Josquin is probably of French and Flemish ethnicity. He sang for the courts of Rene I of Anjou and Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan. Josquin performed for the papal chapel. He was even choirmaster for Duke Ercole I of Ferrara. Perhaps the…

advanced concentration. The procedure of osmosis is vital for all living entities. So, to understand Osmosis is to understand all living things. When a solution that has the same osmotic weight as another substance, mostly one in a cell is said to be Isotonic because the solutes inside and outside of the cell or the same (Microscopy and Microscopes Magazine 2013). They balance each other out. If concentration of a solute is less outside the cell versus inside the cell, the cell tends to be…

separation techniques of filtration for the separating of the starch and evaporation for separating the water, have on the mass of the remaining substance, copper sulfate? Hypothesis: If a mixture of water, copper sulfate,…