John Green

matter and soil quality. It is very important in organic farming systems to increase soil quality and fertility in order to increase crop yields and protect against pests and diseases. Green manures crops can be used to provide nitrogen, increase organic matter content among other things, it is important to select a green manure crop that meets your goals. Bantry Bay was at one point in time very well known for their turnips, the secret was that the farmers were using mussels as a soil…

Everything about Silk and Silk sarees A natural fiber made fabric that is get woven in the textiles to make a perfect fabric or cloth, is Silk, the base fabric of all. Natural silk is the most sober ones and mainly there are 4 types of natural silk that are produced and induced from silk-worms. Among them, mulberry silk is the very well known, commercially. It comes from silk-worms and it is also the most contributed one (around 90%). India is the second largest producer of silk fabric after…

INTRODUCTION Air, water and soil constitute our natural environment but with the increasing population and the prevalent lifestyle, there is a steady strain on the air we breathe, the water we drink and the soil or land on which we live and which provides us livelihood.The Xenobiotic compounds undergo a number of processes in the environment and interact with living entities i.e., cells, organs and tissues, and cause significant impairment of physiological functions. Environmental biotechnology…

An Argument for Industrial Farming The world’s population is projected to reach nine billion people by 2050. More concerning is the fact the future global population growth is projected to be concentrated in parts of the world already experiencing difficulties feeding its current populations, including parts of Latin America, Africa and South Asia (Bowman 2007). Industrial farming and its enhanced methods are the only way will be able to feed the world’s population in the coming years. The…

3-Describe wired LAN, its purpose, basic configuration, and supported standards. Specifically explain the VLAN concept and its use within the wired LAN infrastructure. What healthcare use can you envision for wired LAN? If unsure, search the literature for answers. A wired LAN connects computers within an organization in a network configuration and each PC on the LAN must connect to the network with a network interface card (NIC). The NIC needed varies by which cabling is used for the…

Critically examine the relationship between ‘water scarcity’ and famines. Introduction Famine occurs when numbers of people die rapidly as they have not had enough food to eat. Some people die from ‘actual starvation – acute wasting – and others die from diseases that attack them in their wasted state’ (Paarlberg 2010: 46). Contrastingly, it is ‘not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat’ (Sen 1981: 1). One way that famine occurs is by the ‘structure of ownership’ (ibid.). This…

Whether you want to admit it or not, at some point everyone will have to follow with the green movement. Despite the statistic to decide to build green--or sustainable--has voluminous benefits, there will be disadvantages that need to be considered. Concerns such as rate, capital, and measureable readiness and whereabouts constraints are taken into account when choosing to build green. What we need to realize is we have almost reached a point where we can no longer sustain ourselves as a…

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom,” (George S. Patton). We all face through hardships, failures, and cause mistakes once in a while because no one is perfect, but what makes us as success is overcoming the struggles we face. I have overcome many throughout my life, being born with a cleft palate, constantly moving, and my first year of college experience at Texas Tech University. Moving to the land of opportunity with no background or fluency of English at the age of 7,…

In this article, Mathew Baelor and C. O’Niel Krekorian studied the ability of the Desert Iguana (Dpisosaurus dorsalis) to detect chemical cues of predators via chemoreception. In their experiment, they used the California Kingsnake, which preys on lizards in the wild; therefore, making it an optimal predator stimulus. On the contrary, the researchers used the western shovel-nosed snake, a sympatric species to the California kingsnake, to test the general response of the iguana’s snake chemcials.…

Tea has been a long time traveler, conquering the world one county at a time, and is known for being one of the healthiest beverages. For over 700 years people have started, as well as ended their day with a nice hot cup of tea; reaping the benefits of its herbal medicinal properties. Did you know that during the time of the Han Dynasty in China, between 202 BC and 220 AD, tea was extremely hard to come by and was only able to be drank by the rich and people from Royal families? It wasn’t until…