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In the Nursing Standard article, a male student Lee Smith who has been a healthcare assistant for eight years talks about his tattoos. He mentions that he thought that his body art would cause controversy before he started working as a nurse. Although he concluded that it did not discomfort his patients and was mostly just asked several questions about them. The tattoos he had were located on either end of his neck, a very noticeable place. His tattoos were inoffensive as he had both of his…

Question 1. Using medical terminology describe the symptoms Mr. B is complaining about. Mr. B has described polydipsia as a feeling of very thirsty and complained polyuria as frequent urination. Question 2. What does HbA1c measure? HbA1c refers to glycated haemoglobin which develops when haemoglobin joins with glucose in the blood, becoming ‘glycated’ (Choudhary& Kishanrao, 2015). The HbA1c test counts the number of glycosylated red blood cells and reports it as a percentage (Little& Sacks,…

hip-hop and rap music often use degrading terminology in regards of women. Subconsciously, this creates a barrier between the two sexes. Men feel that it is permitted in today’s society to use and damage a woman’s dignity by treating them as sexual bodies. In correspondence to these man made ideas, women often submit themselves as such through participating in vulgar music videos, modeling in advertisements, and pornography. Pornography itself is the portrayal of sexual objectification of women…

Dr. Lauren Dundes and Antonia Francis in the journal article, “Inking and Thinking: Honors Students and Tattoos” (2016), suggest that, for Honor students, tattoos are an act of defiance in reference to the expectations placed on them. Dundes and Francis support their claims by presenting evidence from a study the authors conducted. The author’s purpose is to explain why there is a substantial difference in the number of honors versus non-honors students who get tattoos in order to prove that…

PROJECT PLAN 2 Introduction The main objective of the project is to produce the immunosuppressant drug, Cyclosporine from Tolypocladium Inflatum. Patients who undergo solid organ transplantation require an immunosuppressive drug to prevent rejection by decreasing the body's own natural defense to foreign tissues, and Cyclosporin A is one of the most commonly used immunosuppressive drugs in the organ transplantations. Cyclosporin A is a cyclic nonribosomal peptide, consisting of 11 amino acids…

As I read the body rituals that Miner describes such as “inserting a small bundle of hog hairs into the mouth and moving that bundle around in the mouth, also visiting a holy-mouth man once or twice a year who uses a variety of tools to locate any tooth decay, references men scraping and lacerating the surface of the face with a sharp instrument” it was easy to identify these to our routines of brushing our teeth, going to the dentist and a man shaving his face. I believe Miner is referring to…

There are many myths of body image that affect and influence how we see our body image. But there are four myths wich are the most important. The first one says that how you look is more important than who you are, But does your weight really matter in order to be successful in life? In this generation most people think that way, Who wouldn't like to have a well shaped body, and have a successful life. However, in this society some of the people who consider themselves atractive tend to feel…

Tattoos and Piercings Bias Tattoos and piercings have become more and more popular fashion statements as artists continue to create new ideas, as well as the acceptance of the ink and jewelry. Although it may seem that there is an approval towards this style, many are put into stereotypical categories based on their appearance. Regardless of who the person truly is, the bias associated with tattoos and piercings often leads him/her to be percieved as less intelligent, fraudulent, and less…

fluid redistribution and a reduction to immune system effectiveness. The first problem caused by weightless environment is great loss of muscle mass. On Earth, we constantly use certain muscles, which are called antigravity muscles, to support our bodies against the gravity. However, in the space where there is little or no gravity, we no longer keep using these muscles. As a result, these muscles would atrophy or, in other words, start to get smaller and weaker. According to the research of…

After graduation a person often enters into a state of rebellion. For myself, I experienced a mild form of the phenomenon. I wanted to get an ear piercing. I had grown up in a culture where tatoos and piercings had tranformed from a social taboo into a cultural norm. At my high school, anyone who was anyone had a cartlidge piercing. I was never allowed to follow this trend because my mother said that it was not practical because of cheerleading. As our textbook states (Frings, 2008) "fashion…