Relative survival

furry companion simply a smaller version of their deadly counterpart? According to various research, the cute domestic house cat and the cats of the wild share about 95.6% of their DNA (Ghose). In fact, the house cat retains most behavior fueled by survival instincts given to them by their wild doppelgangers; unchanged by domestication. Despite differences in eye color and pupil shape, the members of this family are indisputably wild hunters no matter their size or environment (“Comparing the…

The purpose of this study is to assess the habitat quality of Schmeeckle Reserve in regards to the needs of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes). This research will focus on the presence and relative abundance of small mammals, which serve as the main food source of the Red Fox’s diet. The vegetative habitat will also be studied; this includes the cover types present and any forage plant species used by the fox for food. The results of this study will allow for the continued management of the Red Fox in…

The nature of morality is very relative across the many different cultures in the world. Different cultures have different ways of how they view some practices of what is moral and what is not moral or ethical. And philosophers and anthropologists who study different people and their cultures have a way of rationally thinking about this topic of morality, by saying that morality cannot be viewed by one culture as correct and the other culture as wrong but it can be thought as diverse and that no…

Neuronal regeneration is a high energy demanding process however, with maturation, axonal mitochondria transport progressively declines. Mitochondria are cellular powerhouses that supply ATP; essential for neuron growth, survival, and regeneration. Motile mitochondria can become stationary and in mature axons of the central nervous system (CNS), the majority of the mitochondria become stationary with only about 20-30% remaining motile. With this reduction in mitochondrial transport, mature CNS…

Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 2006, The Road. Tells the post-apocalyptic story of a father and son traversing the ruins of the southeastern United States, after a disaster of unknown origins. The plot, follows the characters heading towards the southern coast, once their previous environment became too cold for them to survive. Only being accompanied by each other, love keeps them alive. An unbreakable bond, that is continually functional throughout the entire book, despite…

movement (Reference, Genetics). Genes accountable for the production of survival motor neurons (SMN) proteins, the SMN1 and SMN2, suffer mutations or deletions in their genes (Reference, Genetics). This causes atrophy and weakness in muscles used for motor functions (Reference, Genetics). As shown in Figure 1, the effects of this disorder are drastic and produce extremely detrimental outcomes for people suffering from it relative to those…

other experiences in the general racial climate in America during the 1960s. By all accounts they were too focused on immediate survival to worry about such things that were outside their control, but it must have been a difficult time. Yet surprisingly despite what today would be considered withering racism, in general, somehow back then black people were better off relative to whites and other races than today when there is a black president in the white house. How can this possibly be? In…

We are Going By: Oodgeroo Noonuccal Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a well-known poet that wrote poems that relates to the Aborigines’ dispossession. She increasingly got engaged in political activities that was for the support of the Aborigines and social justice during 1960. With this, she was able to contribute largely in the national organisation, the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) who had a massive role that is for the voting rights in the…

have a higher risk of cancer if their mother or grandmother had it. This statistic truly shows the risk of getting breast cancer if someone in your family has had it. “A woman’s risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Less than 15% of women who get breast cancer have a family member diagnosed with it.” (U.S. Breast Cancer, 2015). There are many statistics that have been proven over the…

Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling in the Epipelagic Zone of the Ocean Introduction: “Energy Flow’’ is an environmental process that describes the flow of energy through a food chain and attempts to ascertain the relative importance of various individual component species and feeding relationships within a particular ecosystem. “Energy” itself is defined as the ability to do work: All living plants and animals expend energy in their environment. All three laws of thermodynamics apply,…