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Abstract This study investigates the gut microbiota’s role in hibernation. It will involve euthermic 13-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) during summer when they are active and winter during hibernation season. We investigated this in aroused squirrels using cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS), a technique that provides a real-time indication of fuel use by measuring the ratio…

In Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Dahl conveys dramatic irony through the devious and cold-hearted character of the wife, Mary. After Mary kills her own husband, she goes to the grocery store to set up an alibi. She talks to the clerk to make him think that Patrick is at home waiting…

To trust there is a possibility for a better outcome. To dream and have courage to believe it is possible. To have faith in powers beyond own control. All these concepts relate to hope. Emily Dickinson uses her poem, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers,” to show that hope is contained in the soul of…

Speak is an ironic title for a story where the main character, Melinda, chooses not to speak. In the captivating novel, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino enters her first year of high school. Prior to the start of freshman year at Merryweather High School, Melinda goes to a party with three other friends,…

The problem with Beowulf Pride In Beowulf, the poem became famous back in the mid 1700’s which at the time had no author. Beowulf became famous for defeating enemies across the world, such as Grendel. Although, Beowulf shows great pride in his abilities at times he’s a little conceded. However, Beowulf is one who likes…

Medicare Fraud Medicare fraud is a topic I am familiar with due to working in the Durable Medical Equipment industry for just over ten years in various departments including compliance. While in compliance and billing management positions, I have attended webinars regarding fraud as well as kept up to date on ever-changing Medicare regulations. For…

So Much Happiness It is difficult to know what to do with so much happiness. With sadness there is something to rub against, a wound to tend with lotion and cloth. When the world falls in around you, you have pieces to pick up, something to hold in your hands, like ticket stubs or change….

Since I before exist on this world, the legend of Romeo and Juliet reaction paper touches the heart of every lovers. They serve as the role model of truelove and sacrifice. A fairytale that even had a tragic ending, still consider as a happily ever after. No one can separate them even the death. The story…

The year 1955 marked the beginning of what we know today as The Race for Space. What started as a contest for power between the US and USSR, rooted in Red Scare paranoia, somehow developed into scientific (and even cultural, as will be discussed in this essay) advancements that propelled us into the final frontier;…

The ancient Greek writer, Sophocles suggests that while there are factors beyond mankind’s control that we have the power to make choices that affect our destiny. In his play, Oedipus the King, Sophocles makes it quite clear that although everyone is born with a fate, you have the ability to alter its direction and toll….