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Introduction Osteoporosis, a preventable and treatable disease, affects both men and women in the geriatric population. According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin diseases, osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and an increased risk of fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist.1 Geriatric patients are more at risk of developing osteoporosis due to increased age and a decrease…

Growing up with a ranching family means we rarely get time off from work or school to do fun or exciting things like ordinary families. When any opportunities come for us to go on small trips, we take them. With that, for the past ten years my dad has made vacation an annual occurrence. Vacation for us represents getting a “reward” for having a successful year of work and school year. Vacation is also a time where my entire family and I can wind down and relax for a week without having to worry…

One of the most viral videos on Youtube are parents giving their children a lemon to suck on. The hysterical faces the children make is a response to the amount of acidity they are tasting. Acids and bases can usually be defined by your senses. For example, edible acids usually have a sour taste(4). Bases are more bitter-tasting and unstable(4). But, your senses are not the only ways you could detect acids. Sometimes you have to use measurements like the pH scale to detect if a substance is…

An E-cigarette is a lithium powered gadget, that converts e-liquid which is made up of nicotine or non-nicotine, glycerin, and propylene glycol. The liquid turns into a vapor which is visible for a few seconds then evaporates. At first, e-cigarettes came to the industry to help…

At the beginning of last semester, I started watching Shameless. Shameless, created by Paul Abbott and developed by John Wells, stars William Macy and Emmy Rossum. The series is successfully able to interpolate its audience and is successfully able to relate to people. The series focuses on many issues within the Gallagher family and messages can easily be perceived through interpolation, cultural analysis, queer analysis, rhetoric and Stuart Hall’s Encoding and Decoding essay. The “Just as the…

Currently the world witnesses a very dynamic, aircraft manufacturing industry, which invests billions and billions in its projects, due to tough market competitors. In order to achieve their goal and objectives, any project requires an efficient management. However, due to a diversity of issues, goals are not always achieved nor targets are met. During the 21st century, the aircraft manufacturing industry was leaded in the world by two major’s commercial jet manufacturers, namely Boeing and…

Generalized Anxiety Disorder All people have experienced; nervousness, sleepless nights or worrying about the day to day things at one time or another. It’s only natural to worry and stress about daily events, family and personal or loved one’s health. It is when it stops being occasional and starts being a constant occurrence when a disorder develops (National Institute of Mental Health, 2015). People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) have experiences such as these often if not daily.…

INTRODUCTION Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes shifts in mood, energy, and/or activity levels. To put it simply, to carry out day to day activities can become more of a borden with the fluctuation of different moods. People who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder experience “manic” or “depressive” episodes. Manic episodes are characterized as feeling very “up”, “high” or euphoric. People who are experiencing this episode tend to talk rather quickly about different subjects to…

People may say the “selfie” was invented in the last decade; in reality wildlife have been taking their own pictures for over a century (okay--maybe not intentionally). Believe it or not, remotely triggered camera techniques date back to as early as1889! Both during and after his time as a U.S congressmen and lawyer, wildlife enthusiast George Shiras, was one of the original folks to design a camera trap. Born in 1859 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, he went on to dedicate his life to photographing…

Delayed/arrested development- this is when an abnormal physical condition is resulted from a defective gene or from developmental deficiencies, which is why learning disabilities are difficult to diagnose and sometimes it is not clear as to why it happened, however the child’s abilities and needs can be assessed to make sure they get help and support. The diagnosis for this is, sometimes learning disabilities are discovered at birth and others are diagnosed much later, when a child is diagnosed…