Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” & Julia Alvarez’s “In the Time of the Butterflies

 Mary Wollstonecraft said, “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves”. Women often feel inferior to men therefore allowing them to control their lives. This statement urges women to take control of their own lives before anything else.  In “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston … Read more

Endophytic Fungi Classification: Clavicipitaceous vs Nonclavicipitaeus Groups

   Schaechter (2011) stated that endophytic fungi divided into two major groups due to variances in taxonomy, host range, colonization transmission patterns, tissue specificity and ecological function. Group one is the Clavicipitaceous endophytes (C-endophytes) which infect some grasses. Group two is the Nonclavicipitaceous endophytes (NCendophytes). While Rodriguez et al., (2009) stated another point of … Read more

Multiple Myeloma: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Clinical Significance

 Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a haematological malignancy that affects B-cells which over stimulates production of plasma cells (Dowling, Kelly and Meenaghan, 2016). MM is currently incurable however, symptoms can be managed, allowing patients to live longer. Thus the main aim with MM patients is to control disease progression with effective management of symptoms, increasing … Read more

Sloth, Malnourishment & Obesity

     An epidemic of sloth and malnourishment is plaguing our country, and the only ones we have to blame are ourselves. We as a nation are becoming less healthy by the year, and soon enough it could lead to us becoming less of a physically and mentally advanced species and more of a population … Read more

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030: Change Under Prince Bin Salman?

 For more than five decades the clerics of salafism in Saudi Arabia controlled its monarchy and pressured it to follow a super conservative Islamic path. The emerge of prince Bin Salman as a crown prince and de-facto ruler in Saudi Arabia brought the Vision 2030 that could not only fundamentally change Saudi Arabia’s economy, … Read more

Joseph Boyden’s "The Orenda" – a 17th Cent. Novel of Indigenous People in Canada

 Joseph Boyden depicts an accurate analysis of Indigenous people in Canadian history throughout the 17th century in his novel, “The Orenda”. The Orenda presents internal warfare amongst the First Nation groups and religion, which plays a key role in establishing a relationship between the First Nations and the French. Boyden implements his observation on … Read more

The Close Relation between Visual & Visuality: Understanding How We Perceive & Interpret Things

 ARE VISUAL AND VISUALITY COMPLEMENTARY? Could visuality exist without the visual? Does visuality help the visual in terms of understanding the world? The relation between those two is very close. It is true that there are many psychological studies that verify that in the act of seeing and understanding there are two steps; differentiating, … Read more

Promote Healing & Restore Health: Implementing a Sleep Hygiene Protocol for Patient Care

 As a nurse, we are responsible for patient centered care, in that all our actions must be focused individually on the patient. Rest and sleep are necessary for wound healing, protein synthesis, immune function, energy conservation, and restoration of the mind (Ganz, 2012; Gilsenan 2012) (Clark, 2017; Mills 2017). Sleep hygiene is an important … Read more

Can We Find a Second Earth? Searching for Habitable Planets & Moons Beyond Earth

 There is often discussion about life in space, aliens or Martians or other extra-terrestrials beings, however, it’s not as often asked whether there’s another planet suitable for the human race. As far as we know, the Universe is infinite, meaning there’s likely to be billions of planets and moons and out of these billions, … Read more

Hidden Connections of the Pixar Universe in one Theory.

 Text Purpose: To inform and entertain Text Structure: Sequence (Pixar history) and Description (Pixar theory) I. Introduction Hook: Have you ever read those articles or watched those videos listing some of the Pixar or Disney easter eggs? Those little connections or shoutout to other movies? Those might have been intentional…    The pixar theory … Read more

Discover How the Floundering Expat Could've Succeeded Overseas: Argos International Case Study

 The Floundering Expatriate Those chosen to represent a company in a foreign country, are often very meticulously chosen. There are countless hours of interviews, and a great deal of discussion around the potential for success of that person. In the case The Floundering Expatriate there was little discussion about who should run Argos training … Read more

Smith, Trump & Uncovering Misconceptions on the Mercantile System

 Strawmen: Smith, Trump & the ‘mercantile system’ Tristan Lockwood | ECOP610 | Essay 1 | 3300 words I   INTRODUCTION United States trade policy has been critical to the nation’s realisation of global hegemony. From the establishment of the Treasury in 1789 to today, trade policy has moved with the tide of domestic politics, often … Read more