Transference

Raymond Carver is known for writing minimal fiction; a style of writing popularized in the 1980s and heavily criticized for using new techniques. Carver’s writings are heavily influenced by his own life of alcoholism and abuse. When speaking on his past alcoholism Carver said, “It 's very painful to think about some of the things that happened back then. I made a wasteland out of everything I touched. But I might add that towards the end of the drinking there wasn 't much left anyway”…

The Schopenhauer Cure (2005) by Irvin Yalom is about a sixty five year-old psychiatrist, Julius Hertzfeld, who has been confronted by death when he finds out that he has a life threatening form of cancer, malignant melanoma. He has at least a year of good health, and he decides to live out the remaining of his life to the fullest and continue with his therapy work. Facing mortality, he began to examine his life and therapy work. Julius wondered what happened to his old patients, especially…

The Studies of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Borderline Personality Disorder, often acronymed as “BPD”, is a personality disorder that ordinarily affects your moods, relationships, self-image, and behavior. It is not very well known, however it is a very common disorder. When scientists first started researching this disorder, the name was derived from the early thought that BPD was the “borderline” between psychosis and neurosis. The name Borderline Personality Disorder was meant to…

Realism is a period of art that started in the 1850’s and has continued on in various forms since then. In a literary sense Realism is the attempt to portray life as it is and not, like the Romantics, as it should be. This philosophy is the heart of Realism and “has its origins in Descartes and Locke” who laid the groundwork for Empirical thought (Ian Watts, Rise of the Novel). Realism portrays society by using Empirical methods, the human senses, to create an objective view of reality in the…

Introduction Stretchers may not be protagonist in a tertiary care hospital but it occupies an important place in emergency department as many patients are kept on stretchers for hours and days in hospital A & E department. This exercise is defined as boarding and may lead to increased morbidity and mortality with increased length of stay (1). However it is resorted due to overcrowding. Lack of beds predominantly in public sector hospital. Additionally during disasters & calamities there is…

Reaction: Section One We stand beyond the half way point of group sessions and I do not feel that the group is developing well into the transition stage. Because there was only one group leader today, I felt awkward to speak my peace about the state of the group progress. However, I did muster-up the courage and told the leader how I felt about the handling of the last group. The leader’s perception of what happened stood different than mine. Consequently, the rest of the group spoke up and…

Table 2 lists the pharmacokinetic parameters calculated from the plasma concentrations of the three PFCs in rats that received a single IV and oral administration of PFOA (1 mg/kg), PFOS (2 mg/kg), and PFHxS (4 mg/kg). The concentration–time profiles of 3 PFCs are shown in Figure 4. The one- or two-compartment model best fitted the majority of the data. The pharmacokinetic parameters of PFOA were estimated after a single oral and IV administration of 1 mg PFOA/kg body weight and followed up for…

There are about 10 crops produced and sold to consumers in the United States and corn is one of them. Native to Central America and unknown to the world prior to 1492, corn is a form of grass, known as grain (Pollan, 2006). Today, this plant is being genetically altered. US farmers have planted genetically modified corn seeds for decades (King Corn, 2007). Genetically modified corn is a food that has undergone a process where the genetics of the plant or organism has been modified by means of…

Although the assignation of Archduke Ferdinand ignited World War 1 in July, 1914, the underlying foreign policies differences caused it. From the onset of the war, President Wilson declared the United States neutral. This declaration was made to 63rd Congress on August 19, 1914. Wilson stated, “The effect of the war upon the United States will depend upon what American citizens say and do. Every man who really loves America will act and speak in the true spirit of neutrality, which is the…

Athletics have been an important factor of life for millennia. The olympics that began in Greece are evidence of that. Sports in general have been a historically important factor around the whole world. In America, certain sports are focused on throughout the year, including baseball and basketball. Although, in this age, no sport has affected the nation as much as football. Football is at the center of many people’s lives and is what can contribute to much of family gatherings and heartfelt…