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Spotted fever group rickettsioses present a threat to human health worldwide. These bacteria are the cause of potentially fatal febrile illnesses in humans. They are transmitted by arthropod vectors such as ticks, mites, fleas and lice, which are associated with vertebrate host animals including rodents and companion animals. Background Rickettsia are obligate intracellular bacteria that are widely distributed throughout the world, causing both emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases…

Isolation Kills It is the year 1916, and a local farmer, John Wright, is found with a rope around his neck, dead in his own home. In Susan Glaspell’s one-act play, Trifles, the characters are hard-pressed to discover a motive behind the murder of Mr. Wright. His wife, Mrs. Wright, is a prime suspect in the case. While the men search the house for clues, the women linger in the kitchen. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale are able to slowly piece together a possible motive when they take into…

In the summer break, I review two research articles on the topic, “Bariatric surgery versus non-surgical treatment for obesity.” The main objective of this review is to compare two articles on the same topic and analyze their statistical results to understand which method of treatment is more effective. Both articles have different kind study design. The BMJ article (article 1) study design is systematic review and meta-analysis based on randomized control trial, where New England Journal of…

This Land Is Your Land is a poem written by Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie in February of 1940; in April of 1944 it was eventually set to music and turned into a song. On the first reading of this poem, especially when one takes into account the song that was learned in childhood, it has a very patriotic feel to it, “This land is your land this land is my land / this land was made for you and me” (Guthrie 1:1, 1:4). Upon closer inspection, when the last three stanzas of the poem are taken into…

This journal will include many topics and connections to real life. This is the third book of the Asylum series by Madeleine Roux. A quick summary of the book would be that there are 3 characters who are spending their senior year on the road and things don’t go as planned. They start to get weird text messages from someone who had died a long time ago. They now have to find out why that’s happening and stop it. One of the three characters are named Dan and he is a very important character. He…

The Boons and Banes of Bariatric Surgery “Losing Weight Fast vs. The Inconvenience” The Trends of Bariatric Surgery Obesity has inflicted people due to the rise of high calorie products, which comprise the majority of food that we eat almost every day. This results to the increase of people developing various health problems like diabetes, hypertension, slow metabolism, coronary heart disease, and even cancer. There are more illnesses to mention and all rooted from being obese. Since obesity…

researched Barrett’s extensively. The only thing I wanted to do was to stop its progression and promote healing. My primary physician placed me on medication that would minimize the production of stomach acid. I still wanted to do more. I researched Roux-en-Y, a bariatric surgery. I thought if the acid was not able to travel up the esophagus, I would heal. I brought the research to my physician and he referred me to Carolinas Weight Management and Wellness Center. The facility offered two…

outside of France was negative. Still, even with all bad, Napoleon came to France when they needed him most, amidst all the death and insanity of the French Revolution. Many people took advantage of the French Revolution to gain power, including Jacques Roux, Maximilien Robespierre, Jacques Hebert, and Napoleon. Napoleon was the final one to take advantage of the French Revolution, he finally ended the radical movement with his dictatorship. The French Revolution had positive ideals at first,…

depression. I was not living life. I was completely miserable, along with my three children and my husband. On January 29, 2004, I had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. That day, my life changed forever mentally, emotionally, and physically. Through the good, bad, and the ugly, gastric bypass saved my life. According to the National Library of Medicine (2015), Roux-en-Y gastric…

they had everything in common. Furthermore, Christians are called to be a part of one body: there should be no isolation in us (Romans 12:4-5). There has not been a lot of research on the interplay between belief in Christ and loneliness. However, Le Roux found that there was a significant negative relationship between faith and loneliness. Frequent prayer, regular church attendance, and having a strong relationship with Christ were all negative predictors of loneliness. This finding is…