The Normal

Everybody has their own definition of normal. Some may say that to be normal one must be without any psychological and physical disabilities. Whereas other people think that normal means to be living life to the fullest, with no restraints. I on the other hand believe that there is no such thing as normal. I will be discussing the effects that dominant groups, cultural and gender norms have on the term “normal”. Dominant groups are those of the majority, and they hold a higher social status,…

John Schwartz’s book, “Oddly Normal” illustrates how his third child showed signs that he was gay at a very young age. The content of the book that made it readable was not because his son was gay or the criticism that him and his wife received as parents, but the style and tactic that he wrote with made it readable for us. In Schwartz’s book, he uses many of the characteristics that John Trimble the author of the “Writing with Style” shows that are what makes a book readable. John Schwartz…

Normal Anatomy and Physiology Blood is one of the components that make up the circulatory system in the human body. Blood functions as a transport system for oxygen and nutrients with other systems dependent on it for oxygen perfusion and removal of waste materials. Blood has different components predominantly red blood cells (RBC also known as erythrocytes, “are the largest portion of blood cells” ranging between “4,200,000 – 6,100,000/mm3” and depended on age and gender in the body of a…

Cecil, I enjoyed reading your post. Why do you feel it relevant to use the quote you chose in regards to operating outside the normal boundaries of the military. What are the normal boundaries of the military, every branch has communities within communities that all have different expectations of what they expect their personnel to do. All have politics but they are all different in many ways and yet the same. Personally this has in a way affected me in my military career I am from a very…

average of nine and a half hours of sleep. On Saturday the third, I fell ill. Because of my sickness, I received twelve and fourteen hours of sleep on Sunday and Monday night as well as taking multiple naps. This in turn affected my average and is less normal of sleep patterns for me. I did not allow myself to sleep when my body tried to send messages, saying that I’m tired. Instead, I stayed awake until 11, 12:30, and even 2 AM studying and finishing homework. What I did not realize was at that…

period and places being discussed. Different cultures, time periods, and the 107 billion people that have ever lived have shaped and molded “gender roles” to their liking but, the whole discussion can be boiled down to one thing and that’s the idea of normal. Normality is defined as a state of being typical, used or expected. In essence this is what gender roles are. The are expected…

At Atlantis Vision Center in Indian Harbour Beach, FL, we often get common, yet important, eye care questions. One such inquiry is the meaning behind the term “20/20 vision.” This term expresses normal visual acuity (in other words, the sharpness, or clarity, of vision) measured at a distance of 20 feet. People with 20/20 vision can clearly see the objects that should normally be seen at 20 feet. However, 20/20 does not necessarily mean perfect vision. The term only indicates the sharpness…

Along my journey, I encountered the following distributions; Normal, Exponential and Gamma. Additional continuous distributions are Weibull, Lognormal, and Beta. Normal Distribution (ND) is the first discovered landmark. ND is the most common distribution with regard to the central limit theorem which defines the averages of the variables from independent distributions…

in this experiment in order to see if there is a difference in the two population means of stride length in the two different species, N. rattus and N. squamipes. This is because the boxplots appear to be roughly symmetrical, as well as, both normal quantile-quantile plots look roughly linear. Considering two-sample t-procedures are quite robust to violations of the normality assumption, the t-procedure will likely perform well in this scenario. It is important to note that the second…

friction. Theory: Friction is a force that opposes motion. Static friction prevents an objects being set into motion by an external force. Kinetic friction opposes the progress of a sliding object. Static friction is given by Fs< usn where N is the normal force between the object and its support surface and us is the coefficient of static friction. There-fore, the coefficient of static friction is given by Us= fs, max/ N Where F s, max is the…