Pattern Recognition

Modernism and the cold war can be regarded as the twin shaping forces on cultural production in the 1950s. When some ardent practitioners tried to move beyond modernist art, others retreated from it, but it remained the defining aesthetic paradigm of the decade. As historical mode modernism became institutionalised in the 1950s as established by the Nobel laureate trio comprising the modernist writers Faulkner, Eliot and Hemingway. Kitsch and modernism were deeply entangled during the period.…

The mathematical genius Alan Turing is famously known for proposing that if a machine behaves as intelligently as a human being, then it is as intelligent as a human being. This assertion was widely unsupported in the mid twentieth century when it was first declared by Turing. At this point in time intelligent machines and computer science were new inventions, recognised by very few individuals, and understood by fewer. Since the invention of computer processors, their speeds have been…

Recovery Fundamentally, to ensure Georgia’s condition is addressed adequately to mitigate her symptoms and to reach personal recovery, she firstly must recognise she is having trouble coping and must make the decision to seek help (Commonwealth of Australia 2010; Meadows 2012, p. 60). This concept of recovery places emphasis on personal wellbeing, individual choice, empowerment and self-management through the holistic notion of living well with an ongoing mental illness, having hope and setting…

In the film Dark Days, we witnessed how groups of people, who share the same space, support each other both physically and emotionally. The same concept, or sense of community, can be applied to social media and networks created online. In fact, online communities are actually referred to as “new communities,” essentially, a community unburdened by things such as geography. Using social network analysis, which according to Katherine Giuffre (2013), “concentrates on relations among the members of…

problems (Laje, Bernert, Morse, Pao, & Smith, 2010). Although no specific regimen has shown constant efficacy, there are some medications commonly use with SMS children including Melatonin supplementation or other sleep aides to normalize the sleep patterns, anticonvulsants for seizure control, and mood stabilizers (i.e. lithium). In a study done a John Hopkins Children’s Center (2015), lithium was proved to be safe and effective in children with mood swings for short-term use when treating…

which globalization has shaped the American South by charting shifts in the demography and the economy. Raymond Mohl's Globalization, Latinization, and the Nuevo New South looks into the demographic changes of the region brought by shifting migration patterns in the 1980s and the willingness of companies to secure a low cost labor force has since culminated in a shift the black and white binary of the South into an ethnic plurality with the influx of Hispanic workers into the region. Timothy…

changes among the masses. With current issues it is about human rights and respect for other’s beliefs and cultures. This example of what the symbolic power of oneness can do. “Oneness exaggerates the qualities of persons above the boundary of recognition and diminishes the qualities of those below” (Dreier.…

synaptic plasticity, the patterns of activities in the neurons form the basis of different competition between postsynaptic targets, enabling the patterns to provide the potential mechanism for learning and memory (McAllister et al, 1999). The constant competition determines which connections will stay and which ones will be eliminated. Although synaptic plasticity only focuses on the connections of the neurons that have been created, it does not eliminate the recognition of neurogenesis as the…

intellectual challenges. That is how I would describe the summer I spent as an apprentice at a local mechanic shop near my house. Each client’s car was like a puzzle needing to be deciphered, a mystery wanting to be solved. Critical thinking, pattern recognition and good old elbow grease were keys to a job well done. At the time, I had just been accepted to transfer to UT Austin and was still unsure of the profession I would pursue. All I knew was that I hoped to pursue a career that utilized my…

Unhealthy thought patterns are present in a variety of clients and situations that social workers are likely to encounter including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, addiction to romantic partners, and aggression (Van Wormer, 2011). In the United States, where insurance…