Refractive index

When we are little kids we come to learn about firefighters and the generics of their job. They respond in big fire trucks, help rescue cats from trees, and put out fires with water. Little do we really know when we are young what these men and woman have to actually experience. As we get older we get to actually see what firefighters do, we may even see them put out the fires from a distance. But as we watch from a distance, are you able to tell from one firefighter to the next what kind of…

Massey says that she was angry because she believes that space is actually what matters for geography; however, philosophers and social scientists made the space into a residual dimension. The over-focusing of time instead of space is the factor that Massey is angry about; she believes that space has dynamic and three-dimensional. Space changes the way of human beings’ lives. People cannot just simply consider space and flat and describe it without its context. 2. Massey says that space is “the…

Body mass index is a ratio created between the height and weight of a patient. The equation to find this number is weight divided by height squared; then you multiply that number by 703. This number then places you into a weight category. These categories are underweight, normal, overweight, obese and morbidly obese. Bariatric patients are those who are morbidly obese and have a body mass index of 40 or greater (McFadden). When you have a bariatric patient, or morbidly obese patient, there are…

Intro: Consider a math final in a stressful period in high school students’ careers. Due to some freak coincidence, every student in a class has forgotten their pencil--and, every student knows that the more pencils they have, the more they work they can write down for partial credit. A pile of used mechanical pencils sits unregulated in a corner. One student, Dylan, realizes that he can take one of those pencils and get a better grade than others in the class. In fact, he can take as many as he…

Mithila Sharma 161 – Response Paper 2 Part I Globalization is conceptualized as a process that erodes national boundaries, integrates national economies, cultures, technologies and governance and produces complex relations of mutual interdependence. (KOF, 2016) In today’s world however Globalization is a double-edged sword that does aim to provide benefit to all economies, but it also comes with its share of disadvantages. With an all-encompassing effect on this globe, which no society or…

Within the last six years at the church I attended, the pastor’s wife has given multiple prayer requests about her experiencing difficulty breathing and uncontrollable allergies. Upon further investigation, she informed me that she would constantly cough and have whizzing spells. After her and the pastor moved into a different house, she began to notice a difference in her health. She was not only able to breathe better, but her allergies seemed to have subsided. After further inspection,…

Sub-Saharan Africa is an endlessly revolving door of policy challenges and changes for the United States and other global leaders. Many of the countries in the region gained independence during the 1960s, and development, health, and government organization have been slow in terms of reaching global standards. The area is prone to diseases such as Malaria, HIV, and Ebola, although significant progress has been made in decreasing the number of cases of each of these. Economically, the region has…

Body Mass Index or BMI, is used to determine childhood overweight and obesity. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), “overweight is defined as a BMI at or above the 85th percentile and below the 95th percentile, for children and teens of the same age…

achieve your health goals quickly, but safely. There is a variety of screening procedures used during a health screening such as questionnaires, interviews, observations, informed consent and health monitoring tests such as blood pressure, body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio ect. PAR-Q's (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire) is a self-administered form that contains questions focused on symptoms of heart disease…

The Gallup World Poll, created in 2005, tracks the world’s most important issues by conducting studies worldwide that include 99% of the adult population. Some of the issues, for example, include “food access, employment, leadership performance, and well-being”(Gallup). The survey used consists of 100 questions, which are mostly global-based, but some “region-specific” questions. The same questions are asked for every country so statisticians can compare the data in each country every year.…