Understanding Stress: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

 In todays world stress is all around the daily human life, it doesn’t matter if you are one year old or one hundred years old stress is always around you. But now you may be asking yourself what stress is. Stress is psychological and behavioral reactions. These psychological events occur when people are in … Read more

Project Monitoring and Project Control: Methods in Construction, Pharma, and IT Industries

 Project monitoring and Project Control Project monitoring involves the activities such as collecting information about project performance, providing forecasts for future work, tracking and analyzing risks, communicating status of the project. The PMBOK Guide defines this activity as collecting project performance data with respect to a plan, produce performance measures, and report and disseminate … Read more

How to Boost Your Instagram Stories Game: Tips for Content Creators and Businesses

 With Instagram constantly adapting to social media trends and killing the game with their new feature releases, it’s no wonder the platform has had such success with integrating Instagram Stories. What started off as a “you’ll never get away with copying Snapchat’s idea” has quickly turned into “Snapchat who?,” and essentially overnight. We can’t … Read more

Otis Redding: The Life and Legacy of a Soul Music Legend

  Otis Ray Redding Jr.  was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Redding's style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the … Read more

Enrique Granados: A Composer’s Late Bloom and Lasting Impact

 Rebecca Nickles Piano Literature II Dr. Kodanashvili 5/2/18 Enrique Granados A composer that was just gaining momentum with his compositions before his untimely death, Enrique Granados left a small but notable impact on the musical world. Although the majority of his compositions do not exhibit a great deal of originality, sometimes composers’ charm come … Read more

ADHD Overdiagnosis: The Need for a More Accurate Diagnostic Tool

 ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has become an increasingly controversial topic. The most common point of contention about the disorder is whether or not it is over-diagnosed. A diagnosis is the “act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms.” The issue of over-diagnosis materializes when a condition is diagnosed more times … Read more

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Do We Need a Bill of Rights in Australia? Pros and Cons Explored

 Since federation in 1901, the Constitution has been the guiding document by which all parliaments within Australia must adhere to. However, while the Constitution provides for some level of protection of human rights, a Bill of Rights would further enhance these protections. Yet, some consider turning away from the principle of parliamentary sovereignty, which, … Read more

The uses and properties of gamma radiation in Technetium-99m

 Radioisotopes play a vital role in our world, they are mainly used in medicine, agriculture, industry and scientific research. An isotope is a variant of an element where differing numbers of neutrons exist in the nucleus of the atom where the atomic number stays the same. A radioisotope is a radioactive or unstable isotope … Read more

Discovering Titan: From Huygens to Herschel

 Introduction: Titan is the largest moon of Saturn’s and is the second largest moon in our solar system. You may sometimes hear it referred to as “Earth’s Evil Twin” if you’re in Mr. Grossfeld’s Astronomy class, or as Alexander G. Hayes, Astronomer, refers to it as his “first research love” or “explorer’s utopia” and … Read more

Understand History to The Roots of Globalization and Economic/Political Policies

 History plays a fundamental role in developing a better understanding of economic and political globalization.  The movement of people and resources has a long history but was amplified by the colonialism which laid the groundwork for international relations and the adoption of neoliberal policies. Globalization has established a link between countries and the people … Read more

Simón Bolívar: The Liberator of Latin America and Defender of Enlightenment Ideals

 Simón Bolívar was a Latin American revolutionary who freed 6 countries from the Spanish’s deathly grip (Lynch, xi). The title of “the Liberator” was given to Bolívar by the people of Colombia after liberating and declaring the country as a republic (“Simón”). Besides his liberations of various countries, Simón and his army also accomplished … Read more