Newborn

there was never any need for food or water while he was being created by Frankenstein. Like a newborn baby, the monster needs to find sustenance to keep himself alive. “I felt tormented by hunger and thirst. This aroused me from my nearly dormant state, and I ate some berries which I found hanging on the trees, or lying on the ground” (24-27). The monster uses berries to satisfy his hunger and the stream to satisfy his thirst. “I gradually saw plainly the clear stream that supplied me with drink” (55-57). These four sensations are the sole things that the monster feels in his first moments: “No distinct ideas occupied my mind; all was confused. I felt light, hunger, and thirst, and darkness” (47-49). Likewise, a newborn baby also feels these same sensations after just being born. Shelley employs direct characterization in order to further enhance the image that the monster is like a baby learning about the world. The monster bluntly describes himself as “a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept” (36-38). Here, the monster acknowledges his own infant-like state tells how he reacts to it. Being born into a new and strange world, he knows nothing about it and feels confused, helpless, and lost. As a result, he breaks down and cries because he cannot cope with the new world around him. Most newborn babies cry after coming out of the womb for the same reason. They have been brought…

The article talks about poor cities in Brazil, Shantytown called “alto do Gruzeiro” (Crucifix Hill), and Bom Jesus de mata. There is a bell that rings each time an infant or a baby dies. Most of these kids die unnamed and during birth but the fortunate babies who do survive will mostly last two or three months. Alto do Gruzeior is one of the three counties in shantytown that has the poorest representation of the third world countries, shantytown has mostly farms, ranches, sugar plantations and…

In society today, magazines, billboards, and the media depict the ideal image of beauty. The standards of attractiveness surrounding us are flawless skin, perky breast, straight teeth, and hairless bodies. Because the culture we live in is redefining good looks, people are altering their body image to adapt to these standards. Conforming to society’s standards with body modification entails measures such as altering genital appearances, cosmetic beautification, and plastic surgery. One way,…

It is the desire of parents to give birth to healthy, happy newborns. Unfortunately, just because a baby is born looking completely healthy that does not mean that the child has no underlying health issues. Thankfully, newborn state screening is performed in the hospital shortly after birth. This test can detect several potential health issues that a newborn may have. This screening provides a public service as it can alert parents to conditions that the child might need to seek treatment for.…

The purpose of this research study was to record newborns responses to speech both in their native and nonnative languages and see their responses to emotions. They were interested in testing the finding that had been found by previous researchers that infants do not have the capacity to perceive emotion until a few weeks after they are born. The researchers formulated the hypothesis that newborns differentiate between the emotional characteristics of speech and that this phenomenon is based…

conducted on female voices and maternal voices involving testing preference, discrimination, and reinforcing qualities. However, there has been little emphasis and interest shown in male voices and paternal voices in these areas. The study conducted by Anthony DeCasper and Phyllis Prescott, is one of the few studies conducted that look into paternal and male voice perception for newborn infants. This study was divided into three experiments that were divided in testing preference,…

lactation and breastfeeding support (I) compared with no support (C), influence the readmission rate (O) after discharge (T). Newborn jaundice threatens the health and well-being of newborns and is again being reported in hospitals around the country (Seagraves, Brulte, McNeely, & Pritham, 2013). Hyperbilirubinemia is the most common reason for hospital readmission of term and late preterm newborns, and remains a concern for both families and health care providers (Seagraves, Brulte, McNeely, &…

Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) for newborns. As individuals, we have a right to filter the informational input received even from the time of birth from the health care establishment. Our genetic makeup, while profound and revealing, may be so dramatically life altering that some may choose to live without knowing it at all. At this stage, WGS interpretation is still being explored and represents an area of science that the public may be wary about. This leads to the idea of WGS for newborns.…

In 2013, former United States National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden laid bay that America had become a Dystopia of electronic surveillance and pushed to the forefront the question “does the American Constitution need to be amended to protect privacy rights in the digital age?” Less than a year later Americans are thrust at another crossroad with privacy rights vs. modern scientific medicine and technology by American poet, fiction writer, and journalist Susan Scutti article The…

In society today, magazines, billboards, and the media depict the ideal image of beauty. The standards of attractiveness surrounding us are flawless skin, perky breast, straight teeth, and hairless bodies. Because the culture we live in is redefining good looks, people are altering their body image to adapt to these standards. Conforming to society’s standards with body modification entails measures such as altering genital appearances, cosmetic beautification, and plastic surgery. One way,…