Nose

Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin is about a six year old boy living in communal housing with his father in Moscow, Russia during the 1900’s. As he slept under the table, Sasha awoke immediately at the sound of guards running up the stairs. While he watched his dad get taken away by the guards, he sat there helplessly. He got kicked out of his apartment by his neighbor and worked his way over to his aunt Larisa’s apartment. As soon as the streetcar dropped him off at his prison-like…

What Causes Chronic Nose Itch? A few years ago, when I was still living down in North Carolina, I worked as a part-time cashier at a grocery store. One day, a customer came into my line and whispered, “You just touched your nose. Could you use some hand sanitizer before touching my groceries?” Or, something to that effect. I was mortified. First off, my nose itch is chronic and constant. It’s embarrassing, but there’s nothing I can do about it. Second of all, I didn’t pick my nose, I scratched…

main focus. However, to reach that goal the characteristics that are assumed to play a factor in the development of the disease must be researched. In the case of white nose syndrome researchers believe that environmental characteristics and sex can predict survivorship in bats with white nose syndrome. Since, it is known that white nose syndrome takes place during hibernation researchers began with a mock setup of the hibernation practices of the little brown myotis. This study would…

graders in a crowded hallway wasn’t even enough to drown out his voice or hide his actions. I can still hear “Big Nose Rhodes” echoing through the hallways at Robidoux Middle School. I can still see the big smile on Kris Kerns’ face as he walked down the hallway across from me. He would whip his head back and grabbing his eye and out loudly over the crowd, “OUCH! You got me again, big nose Rhodes.” Sixth, seventh and eighth grade are not years I really care to remember. I was not…

Breaking my nose playing baseball is my worst memory of ever playing the sport. It hurt like nothing I’ve ever felt before, and I didn’t even know what happened. At first, I had no clue what had happened. When I was ten, I signed up to play for my first select baseball team. They were from Waterloo and called the Blue Diamonds. I was only okay with playing for them because my friend Sam played with me. They had the tryouts in August, and we both made the team. We were a pretty good team and we…

Short Nose What is A Short Nose? A short nose ideally occupies about 1/3rd of the vertical height of the face, and is considered shortened when it occupies less than 1/3. Such kind of nose has over exposed nostrils from the front. For this reason, in medical terminology it is also referred as an upturned nose In cosmetic rhinoplasty, short nose correction is considered as the most difficult nose job as it requires an in-depth understanding of the nose anatomy. . A combination of techniques…

Bats in the Belfry: The Origin of White-Nose Syndrome in Little Brown Bats Kelsey Prickett BIO 108 Caroline Solomon February 4, 2016 In 2006, a disease called White-nose syndrome (WNS) was discovered. This disease was developed by a Pseudogymnoascus destructans fungus (Dechaine & Johnson, 2014). The P.destructans is a cold-growing fungus (Hayman et al., 2016). This type of a disease is a significant threat to bats in the United States. White-nose syndrome had been spreading all…

Excessive Nose Picking. The paper explains why Excessive Nose Picking should be classified as a mental disorder and should be implemented into the next revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Included in this discussion, the paper reviews the specific behaviors and/or characteristics for the new diagnosis. It is important to note that the second section takes an in-depth look at the demographic criteria of individuals that are impacted by excessive nose…

I have always been insecure about my nose. Every picture I take, my nose is all my eyes see. I know this sounds like every high school girl on the planet, but I have a reason. From the ages of five to twelve, I could not catch a break: I broke my nose 3 times. The first time was simply a misunderstanding of basic physics. My playroom, also known as my sanctuary, was the only place where I made the rules. One rainy day when I was stuck inside, I decided I was going to sky dive. The plan was…

English 3302 studies along with Technical Communications by Paul Anderson. The technology chosen would aid the organization in many of its goals regarding bat conservation. A volatile organic chemical (VOC) derived from bacteria is found to hinder white-nose syndrome fungus growth in bat colonies across America. These VOCs will be the main focus of my white paper. This technology must be introduced to the organization I chose because they are best fit to utilize it. The Bat Conservation…