Essays on Aging

Multispectral imaging is used oven an extremely wide spectral domain. It started with NASA using the technique for satellite imaging using kilometer-length radio waves, to the technique being used by forensic science using light in the visible to the near infrared region, to medical forensics using MeV gamma rays (National Research Council 1998) The use…

            A matter of concern for most parents nowadays is the early age at which female children get pregnant.  Such a phenomenon is due largely to the early sexual awakening of teenagers.  This awakening is the result of many factors, one of which is the media.  However, it is not so much of the sexual…

Management information systems (MIS) are currently vital for enhancing organizational management by streamlining company operations and procedures. To maximize the effectiveness of these systems and their integration with overall company functioning, strong coordination within the MIS department is crucial. In his article titled “Engaging in CIO-CxO Conversations that Matter,” Omar El Sawy interviews Peter Keen,…

Money Managing money is an important aspect in a person’s life. In the book Managing Your Money: All-in one for dummies by Ted Buena, he mentions a great scenario of how you should treat money where he states, “Just as you have relationships with people in your life, you also have a relationship switch money–…

The invention of the automatic tea bag-packaging machine by Tieback in 1949 revolutionized the tea market with the double-chamber tea bag. It meant that production volumes could be increased dramatically. Today the latest generation of these machines is capable of production speeds of almost 400 tea bags per minute, i. E. Some 4 billion per…

Instant messaging is a popular method of communicating via the Internet. Instant messaging is a form of real-time communication between two or more people. Instant messaging is different from e-mail because it is a faster mean of communication and users can see if a chosen friend or coworker is connected. Yet communicating through instant messaging…

What is functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)?             “Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging or fMRI is a non-invasive brain imaging technique which captures images of brain areas that are active at a given time due different kinds of physical sensation such as sound, sight, smell, touch, and taste” (What is Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging or FMRI?). …

Both “Tu Do Street” and “Camouflaging the Chimera” express the negotiation of racial boundaries in a new, unfamiliar environment where barriers are at once more rigid and flexible. While the speaker addresses the boundaries that exist between black and white soldiers, particularly in Tu Do Street, he also explores the relationship between himself and the…

Plastic packaging receives wide use, but there are negative environmental effects tied to the product. To obtain consumer products in our modern society, we have become more dependent on packaging. Despite packaging’s benefits, many negative implications exist. As global population escalates, the demand for packaging increases and the need to deal effectively with the growing…

Encounter form is a document or record used to collect data about given elements of a patient visit to a dental office or similar site that can become part of a patient record or be used for management purposes or for quality review activities. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) resulted…