Synthesis Essay

Over 5,000 years ago the people of Mesopotamia created a form of writing, making it the first recorded language. This writing was a way to communicate and record information. This form of writing is called pictograms that then developed into a script called cuneiform. Pictograms where very easy, there one symbol indicated what was there to be counted and another symbol that indicated the amount or the number. But as the numbers where higher it started to be more difficult so indograms where created

For a long time, exercise was frowned upon when an individual was sick, especially if the disease was as severe as cancer. However, exercise, if prescribed and monitored effectively, can improve the well-being of an individual with cancer. Too much rest has been linked with loss of function, muscle weakness, and soreness; however, exercise can assist and reverse each of these qualities. Not only will the patient be more functional and stronger, but the mental status of the patient can also be greatly

Comment on the data you have gathered in the following general manner: The units used and if different from KeV/µm the conversion factor between them. Usually the linear energy transfer (LET) is expressed in units of KeVµm-1 in water. The conversion of units between KeVµm-1 and MeVcm-1 is 1 KeVµm-1 = 10MeV cm-1.1 The variation in stopping power value with energy for protons. A heavy charged particle traversing matter loses energy mainly through the ionization and excitation of atom. A heavy

As an apathetic killer of 300,000 innocent individuals in America, obesity is one of the largest controversial diseases of discussion in America’s history. Although obesity itself isn’t the direct cause of these numerous deaths, it is the lead contributor in augmenting the chance of the incidence of heart disease and diabetes which equate to the leading causes of death in the United States. Solving the puzzle of obesity can save the lives of friends and family members everyone loves and cherishes

1. The pattern I believe that is most prevalent is that many of the deaths, which include the idea of revenge, did not go as planned. Shakespeare doesn’t condemn the guilty by killing them off and exonerate the innocent by letting them live. This is not true because Shakespeare kills off Ophelia when she was innocent of crime. The ending of Hamlet is surrounded by death. Hamlet involves the death of good and bad characters. The deaths in the end were motivated by the theme of revenge. Polonius- Polonius

In a world overpowered by television, magazines, phones, and computers, media influence our society and have become an important part of our daily life. Trying to escape from media is impossible, because wherever we go media will always find a way to capture our attention. People who are dependent on the media are being affected by it unknowingly. Although there are many negative aspects of media, society depends on the persuasiveness of the media. Due to the violence that the media uses, people

Preparing Isoamyl Acetate by the Fischer Esterification Emily Whitsett Lab Partner: Ariel Dryden May 5th, 2015 Organic Chemistry Lab B Experiment performed on April 30th, 2015 Abstract Purpose The purpose of this experiment was to prepare isoamyl acetate from isoamyl alcohol and glacial acetic acid by Fischer esterification. Introduction Esters are derivatives of carboxylic acids. Instead of having the –COOH group, an ester will include an alkoxy substituent which is

Ever since the beginning of Nixon’s War on Drugs, psychoactive substances have been given a bad rap. This is especially true for psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin (the psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms), dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and of course the list could go on and on. But as research has recently begun again on these compounds, scientists are finding more and more reason for these substances to be reevaluated. In addition to helping with anxiety and depression, psychedelics are today

Failures, drug addicts, lazy, alcoholics, repulsive, ignorant, criminals are some ways some of you might describe homeless people. Would you spare a few dollars to a homeless man, even though you dont know whether it would go to food or a drug dealer? Should you even be responsible for a grown man's well being? You may walk down the street today and look down at a homeless person sitting on the street and decide to save an extra dollar for your fat wallet. I know who I'm loathingly looking down at

After reading the written speech and listening to the speech’s audio, it is clear that the audio speech had a much larger effect than the written speech because the audio speech showed the true emotion behind the words better than the written speech could. One example of the audio speech showing more emotion is the line “That’s why I leave this stage tonight even more optimistic about this country than I was when we started. This generation coming up — unselfish, helpful, creative, patriotic — I’ve