Circumference

Smoking has a large effect on all systems of the body. W.R, a 48 year old plumber has a 36- pack year smoking history. One of the major effects of smoking is atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the hardening and narrowing of the blood vessels due to a fat and plaque buildup on the vessels. Some of the major risk factors for atherosclerosis include hypercholesterolemia, increasing age, sex- male being more prevalent than females, high blood cholesterol levels, cigarette smoking, obesity, and…

Pediatric obesity is a growing concern within the United States. According to Sarwer and Dilks (2012), approximately thirty-one percent of children in the US are overweight or obese and the number of overweight and obese children has doubled in the last twenty years. The current methods for weight loss regarding pediatric obesity focus mainly on reducing calorie intake, eating healthier foods, and exercising, much like any other weight loss plan. Most consider obesity to be a “medical condition”…

Imaging studies have transcended the historically common musculoskeletal use becoming a crucial tool in most health care fields providing valuable information in the diagnosis and management of many conditions and diseases. One of those conditions is the continuing growing epidemic of obesity in the United States of America becoming one of the major causes of mortality in our country. Obesity is not an isolated cosmetic element (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2012); it is a serious…

JD Vance; An Ivy League Hillbilly Writing On Culture America began in the late 1700s on the east coast overthrowing a mighty empire that spanned the circumference of the globe. From this a nation was born, and its people with an extreme sense of pride rapidly expanded west, over the Appalachians, across the great pains, and to the west coast, settling everywhere along the way. However, somewhere after the Great Depression in the 1900s the Appalachian region started to lag behind economically.…

true North, with more precision than the Greenwich Observatory in England and the Paris Observatory in France. As well, each side of the pyramid is indicative of true North, South, West, and East. To continue, in 1865, Piazzi Smythe measured the circumference of the Great Pyramid, which turned out to be 36524.2 inches. The average length of a year, and the time it takes the earth to orbit the sun, is 365.24 days. This shows that the people who built the pyramid most likely had some understanding…

overproduction of offspring, struggle for existence, differential survival and reproduction. My Biology class did another lab called “Origami Bird Lab.”. In this lab we started with three birds made out of paper and straws they all had the same width, circumference, and length. We flew the three birds and whichever bird flew farther bred the next generation of birds. The first offspring of every generation had no mutations while the other two birds in each generation had mutations that were…

From the moment the baby is conceived, until it is born it is affected by what the mother does. You get high your baby gets high. You drink your baby drinks. Excessive exposure to alcohol during pregnancy can inflict serious, permanent physical and mental damage on your child. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is one of the nations top concerns in unborn infants. It’s a growing problem. More and more babies are born each day with this problem. Any women are at risk of having a child with FASD. Its been…

The memorial is circular, with Neapolitan black and white marble and a circumference of 34 '3". The text “Imagine“ is written in the middle of the circle to remind us of the song Lennon wrote, imagine. On December 18, 1980, Council Member Henry J. Stern “designated this tear-shaped Central Park knoll, located on the west side…

Dwarfism- Achondroplasia There are many differences between an average height person and a little person. When looking at a little person, their shorter than normal, heads are bigger, eyebrows may touch, and the hands and feet may look a little strange. Although their body is disproportionate or their features may be deformed, they are still human. People can be viewed in many ways, but it is all about how each person look at one another. It is natural for humans to judge, but do not judge…

When Coca Cola was first created it was made to be an everyday medicine for people to use to cure their conditions. Coca Cola consumers would proudly admit that the drink is one of their most preferred beverages for the satisfying taste and the ongoing reputation to cure illnesses. However, researchers have found that drinking Coca Cola at a high rate is very unhealthy for the body because of the ingredients that the product consists of. That being said, many consumers of Coca Cola were unaware…