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The gastrointestinal tract is a collection of organs that work together to enable the body to digest and absorb numerous substances. It is often described as a long muscular tube starting at the mouth, and ending at the anus. The esophagus, stomach, small intestine (consisting of the duodenum, jejunum, and the ileum), and the large intestine (consisting of the cecum, ascending, transverse, and descending colon, the sigmoid, rectum, and anus), all make up the gastrointestinal tract. The esophagus…

Philosophy Bites The podcast of my choice expounds on the topic “Deception with Words” that essentially tends to specifically dwell on the two concepts of “lying” and “deception” as the grand indicators of deception. The two subjects intrinsically gravitate to the construct of deception as a significant aspect of on-on-one engagement that betrays the norms of conversation and ruins the credibility of the “informant” position that parties in the conversation assume. Deception is such a common…

In 1953, legislation created the Small Business Administration (SBA) to further business activities across the United States (U. S. Small Business Administration, n.d.). Specifically, the agency’s purpose was to aid those individuals in the start-up, management, and financing of their small business dreams, as well as provide opportunities to conduct business with the federal government (U. S. Small Business Administration, n.d.). Today, the 28 million modest companies provide more than 50…

me as I dreaded what could happen with the nearing customer. Her walk and talk communicates an air of arrogance, and her curt response to my question, “How are you today?” affirmed this. Thankfully, I completed the transaction, managing to make the small talk that is expected of me, but my uneasiness apparantly alarms the customer who looks doubtful at my actions.I hand her cash back, only to be notified that I had forgotten her change amid the jumble of bills, bags, and the receipt. My anxiety…

Energy Consultants, LLC is a small startup company specializing in residential energy audits and like any company have some strengths and weaknesses. The company has one employee and started with performing one audit per week which after two weeks increased to around five energy audits a week throughout southeastern Connecticut. Energy Consultants LLC works very hard in doing their job well. They do this by keeping up with the latest trends and technology by attending training seminars and…

October 1, 2007 was the second most important day of my young life. It was the day my business officially opened for operations. This day fell a very short second to the date of my daughter and only child’s birth. The business was to be called Love My Curves Ladies Apparel and would offer clothing, accessories and shoes for plus sized women. I designed and sewed by request as well as ordered items from wholesale companies to sell at my retail store location in Des Moines Iowa. I created a…

The Effects of Small and Large Businesses Small and large businesses both affect the average American every day, why is this and why is there so much competition between the two? The question is always asked, “Which are better, small businesses or large businesses”? People always like to assume the bigger the better, but is this true? Does bigger always mean better? So many comparisons are made, including, the effect the company has on the economy, the effect the business has on its employees,…

Pigs and mammals share a number of similarities in external features. Pigs and mammals have -an umbilical cord -ears, eyes, mouth -four limbs -an anus on the exterior - a scrotal sac (male pigs) like most mammal males -hair (fur, whiskers) -teeth, tongue and two nostrils (Nose) The fetal pig does indeed have pelage and tactile. Firstly, the pelage covers most of the body such as the (dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior etc). The pelage alsos possesses a relatively short length. Moreover,…

The body makes secretin when chyme enters the duodenum of the small intestines. Like others, secretin is made by special cells in the duodenum. As we have learned for some of the other hormones, secretin targets the stomach to make less enzymes and acid, and to make the mixing action slow down. More importantly…

Innovation The newest technology innovation I have recently read about featured bendable 3D-printed structures. The creators call the process 4D printing because the structures change over the fourth dimension, which is time. This happens when subjected to stimuli, which in this case is heat. “Engineers from Massachusetts Technology, (MIT) and Singapore University of Technology have devised this new fabrication that uses ultraviolet light to print these structures that…