Tropics

The human body, just like animals, has evolved over time. One of the greatest biological adaptations of the humans is skin color. Today, there are 7 billion different skin tones since no skin color is identical. However, in Africa, 100 thousand years ago that was certainly not the case.[Bryce] The evolution of skin color over the past 100 thousand years is due to the combination of three factors: skin exposure, ultraviolet rays, and Vitamin D. [Jablonski and Chaplin] These factors attribute to…

2. Introduction Australia was a convict settlement as a result of British Colonisation which occurred in 1788 with the First Fleet. The indigenous people of Australia are the Aboriginals. The federation of Australia occurred in 1901 and Australia is a member of the Commonwealth. Australia is situated in the southern hemisphere and is the smallest continent and country in the world. The capital of Australia is Canberra. The population of Australia is approximately 24 million. The language…

Introduction Background: Atropine as an Alkaloid compound has been in use for ages since the times of the Roman Empire as it was used for local anesthesia. The compound was derived from common organic compounds like Tropane alkaloid that is synthesized by most solanacea family and also from berries of the plant Atropa belladonna. Comprehensive research on the compound Atropine was first carried out by German chemist Friedlueb Ferdinad Runge between 1795-1867, later German based pharmacist…

ReseCan we continue with the Great Australian Housing Dream or are there more sustainable options to support family wellbeing? This is important in Australia because of population growth, housing affordability and the impact of wellbeing on families. Research has shown that if we all want to keep living on quarter acreage blocks, there is not enough room for affordable housing and not having enough houses means that people and families can and will end up living on the streets. To make more…

Systems, or networks of interdependent components, function in cycles, so each component or element of the cycle can influence another. Feedback loops are the increase (positive loops) or decrease (negative loops) in a process or component and the fluctuation of any element of the cycle with affect the whole. Different loops interact within ecosystems and create what is referred to as “dynamic equilibrium.” In an elk population, if there is an abundance of elk being born and continuing to…

In the third section of Laura Hillenbrand’s book, “Unbroken”, was when Mac, Louie and Phil got stranded at sea. At first Louie made himself the leader, due to the pilot, Phil, being injured therefore making him the leader. He established that they would all eat two chocolate bars every day, and would drink a certain amount of water each day. However, Mac out of panic, ate all the chocolate bars. The only food source they got was from birds landing and use them to fish. Whenever, they would spot…

Career and College Research Paper A pretty, big, bubblegum pink dress is what I was wearing as I envisioned myself growing up to be a princess like the ones in the famous fairy tales. However, growing older and more mature, I discovered a huge interest in science and helping others, leading me to choose to become an epidemiologist. An epidemiologist is a “health professional who investigates patterns and causes of disease and injury in humans” (“Summary”). To accomplish my dream of attending…

Discovering Sub-Saharan Africa Sub- Saharan Africa is located south of North Africa and in the middle of the south Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Being such a large continent, it was picked to pieces territorially by early colonization’s from large countries in Europe. With colonization completely withdrawing from the continent, it lays divided and has many challenges to overcome becoming a functioning continent. Few countries in that continent have normalized the transition from a colony into a…

Global Warming The climate system of Earth responds to changes in external factors that are able to push the climate towards warming or cooling. These factors include changes in atmosphere composition (concentration of greenhouse gases), volcanic eruptions, and solar activity changes. All of these factors combined create current tendency of climate change that is described by the term “global warming”. Global warming is the continuous rise in average temperature of Earth's climate system.…

“SPICES EXPORT FROM KERALA CURRENT TRENDS & OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD” Author 1: Ashish Bhatt Institute Name:Parul Institute of Management Designation: Assistant Professor E-Mail ID: ashishkumar.bhatt@paruluniversity.ac.in Author 2: JencyValasan Institute Name:Parul Institute of Management Designation: Researcher E-Mail ID: Mailing Address: Parul Institute of Management, Parul University Vadodara, Gujarat Abstract Changing eating habits and lifestyle of consumers across the globe…