Complexity

How does food web complexity affect the biodiversity of an ecosystem? Before we were given the question, we were taught that biodiversity is about relative abundance and species richness. Just recently we learned about the transfer of energy in food webs, while also learning more about trophic levels. Looking at how much energy you gain and how much an organism needs, I learned that eating straight off a source of plants would help organisms grow and prosper. For our group we examined the…

`It's important to understand the complexity of the human brain. The human brain weighs only three pounds but is estimated to have about 100 billion cells. It is hard to get a handle on a number that large (or connections that small). Let's try to get an understanding of this complexity by comparing it with something humans have created--the entire phone system for the planet. If we took all the phones in the world and all the wires (there are over four billion people on the planet), the number…

can see when these multiple factors work together not only for an individual but can have positive effects on a broad population level as well (Healthy People 2020). The complexity of health literacy is that it cannot be seen visibly like a wound in an office visit during a brief office interaction. In many ways, the complexity of health literacy can parallel the ingredients in a torte in that one bite alone cannot distinguish between how much is part egg and how much is part…

of ethnicities and lose my identity that the other side of my brain wants or continue to be exposed to the multiculturalism that I practically lived with and use those experiences to fight back against blatant stereotypes. Similar as Tatum’s The Complexity of Identity when she says : “Who am I? The answer depends in large part on who the world around me says I am” (Tatum 6). I want people to not tell me that I am Indian or mixed race, but I am a proud individual no matter what race I…

freshman on the school soccer team. If you take away my age and my sport, what am I? What am I, if not a daughter, a student, a sister, an athlete? This is where the question becomes difficult. You have to dive deeper. In Beverly Tatum’s article, “The Complexity of Identity: “Who Am I?”, the author explains why it’s harder for some…

Imagine yourself scaling a 500ft sheer rock wall with nothing holding you to the wall but your bare hands. It is understandable that a person may be put in this situation out of necessity and common sense dictates the only time you would perform this feat would be when necessary to preserve your life or that of a loved one. Then consider Dan Osman performing this same action just for the rush of adrenaline. Does this make him crazy? I definitely believe that a person taking such unnecessary…

The title of the peer reviewed article that I researched was Using Photographs of Contrasting Contextual Complexity to Support Classroom Transitions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. It was published in November 25, 2014. The focus of this journal article is to determine the impact of high-context and no-context photographs used with students with ADS to transition to play activities. “The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of high-content photograph with no-context…

With an ever changing and evolving healthcare system, leaders must be purvey to complexity of the nature of the advancing field. According to Weberg (2012), traditional leaders know how to apply known to solutions to known problems, but in healthcare the answers are seldomly known and issues are hard to identify before they occur. Weberg’s article, “Complexity Leadership: A Healthcare Imperative,” attempts to explain how traditional leadership skills are no match for healthcare and the effects…

Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction Venturi addresses the idea of how architecture promotes complexity and refers to it as an art. The art is in the process of construction and thinking when it comes to designing. He also expressed how he is against rationalization and rejecting complexity in architecture. I think he points out an interesting view when he says "I am for messy vitality over obvious unity", what I understand and find interesting about this is the idea of preferring the…

decades, there has been a growing trend of television shows that don’t conform to narrative storytelling norms. Jason Mittell’s conceptualization of “narrative complexity” analyzes the mechanics behind shows such as Game of Thrones; their unconventional storytelling becoming more of the norm for contemporary television. Within narrative complexity, Mittell explores television shows’ operational aesthetics, which are seen in Game of Thrones’ unorthodox plot structure. The economic decisions…