Railguns: Fictitious Weapons or the Next Big Step?

 Abstract Railguns are often viewed as fictitious weapons that futuristic civilization could only use. They are weapon choices in any video games and sci-fi movies depicted with a futuristic timeline. They seem just out of reach in today’s times but a not too distant future to the common American. Many research articles and test … Read more

Mass Media in Canada: Search for Identity+ Diversity + Dilemma

 Canada, a term originating from the Iroquoian word "Kanata" that defines "village,” is anything but; in fact, the second largest country in the world is much diverse and divided. When it comes to anything associated with the wilderness nation, multifariousness seems to be the theme, making Canada "not an easy country to define, to … Read more

How Convergence Culture & Remediation Impact Everyday Life

 Brandon Roddy Dr. Walter Iriarte October 28, 2018 Convergence Culture and Remediation Convergence culture and remediation is uses throughout our everyday life. Remediation is comprehended as the procedure of revival of old substance performed by new media. This implies the new correspondence media refashion the substance of the past media, along these lines remaining … Read more

What Causes ADHD & Its Impact On Life

 Background/History of disease What is ADHD? It is a Neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosed mostly in children at the average age of seven. Boys are twice as likely to et diagnosed with ADHD than girls are. Therefore, adults can also show symptoms and be diagnosed as well. ADHD wasn’t recognized as a mental disorder until the … Read more

Examples of moral progress throughout history

1) Slavery The most striking example of moral progress is the abolition of slavery which was seen as justifiable in the old ages as well as recent as 150 years ago. Slavery can broadly be described as the ownership, buying and selling of human beings for the purpose of forced and unpaid labor. The slave-owner … Read more

History of Meningitis: From Hippocrates to Vaccines

 Meningitis and Its Impact On Our History    Meningitis is an infection that affects the meninges, which are the delicate membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. There are 3 types of this disease: bacterial, viral and fungal. The one that will be focused on specifically will be the bacterial type, due to … Read more

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Racism, Inequality and a Legacy of Health Care Disparities

 In the non-fiction novel, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, the setting contributes to the overall tone of the story in many ways. Foremost, this story takes place in the 1950s and the 1960s which is a gloomy time period as treatments for cancer have not yet been developed. Additionally, this … Read more

Horrors of Smallpox: How the World’s Deadliest Disease Nearly Wiped Humanity Out

 In 1977, the last natural case of smallpox was recorded in Somalia. Three years later, the World Health Organization announced the eradication of smallpox entirely, with the exception of small samples for research. Today, we hardly ever think about smallpox compared to other, more relevant diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Ebola, or Zika. But there … Read more

History and Clinical Manifestations of Yellow Fever

 The significance of Yellow Fever Yellow fever virus is estimated to cause 200,000 cases of disease and 30,000 deaths globally each year, with 90% of those cases occurring in Africa (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018).  The ‘yellow’ in the name refers to the skin color that occurs when the infection involves the … Read more

The Pros & Cons of Immunization

 Vaccines have been around for hundreds of years. We discovered the idea of vaccines after people who survived diseases were immune to catching it again. When we get a disease, our bodies work hard to eradicate the disease. At the same time our body produces antibodies. Antibodies attach to the disease and remove it … Read more