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Modern Literature and Body Metaphors

such as when an individual describes himself as being "torn in two", "up against a wall", or "hot-blooded" in which individuals ma...

Sodium's Physiological Effects

are not (Sodium Intake and High Blood Pressure, 2003). Guidelines indicate that Americans should not consume more that 2,400 mg o...

Healing and the Meditation Ritual

clutter and entanglements with regular meditation is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy existence. "The basis o...

Society, Weight, and Popular Culture

and 1990s, "the percentage of Americans suffering from an eating disorder has doubled, according to the U.S. Public Health Service...

How Potassium and Calcium Function in the Human Body

The writer discusses the various functions of calcium and potassium in the body and also how disruption of homeostasis in regards ...

Book 24 of 'The Iliad' by Homer

Achilles grief offends the gods. Hera argues that since Achilles is the son of the a goddess, he deserves more honor than Hector,...

CSR and PR Public Relations: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

and the customers of The Body Shop, the stakeholders involved are those who not only invest directly in the company but also those...

Barbados and the UK Based The Body Shop

In eight pages this paper examines the proposed Barbados expansion of the UK company The Body Shop with suggestions offered. Thre...

Metaphors of the Body

rational level. In order to accomplish this task, the article informs the reader that the US plans to spend $3.5 billion to rebui...

Rene Descartes and Dualism

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

Mesoamerica and Body Modifications

Olmecs had strict social hierarchy with the powerful being the wealthy and the priest who played the role of todays politicians. ...

4 Cultural Topics

America, by contrast, embraces a decidedly more individualistic notion of cultural behavior by virtue of its capitalistic existenc...

Rene Descartes and Thomas Aquinas on the Body and Mind

the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...

Human Body and the Roles of STAT, Interleukin, Macrophages, and Monocytes

the advancement to myeloid-restricted progenitor from pluripotential stem cell, a property that "generates differentiated progeny ...

Nutrition and Health Science

claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...

Feminism and the Stargate Television Series

While Carter is rescued by the rest of SG-1, Nya is caught trying to elope and her father sentences her to death by stoning as pun...

Aspects of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

of their unhappiness caused by the supposed defect. Phillips (1991) comments that "body dysmorphic disorder has been colorfully de...

Cultural Diversity and Staff Development

he will work well "with individuals and groups from a variety of cultural backgrounds and communities"; he will develop "a greater...

Alcohol Types

lives because they are used in so many products. There is alcohol in gasoline, paint, "food additives, thickeners ... antifreeze ....

Racial Diversity on the Community College Campus

appears that more minorities begin their college careers in community colleges than graduate. This means that between starting co...

Body and Mind Distinction

Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...

A Leisure Experience and its Body Impact

and felt some significant anxiety about the nature of the equipment, their expertise, the hike itself and the choice of climbing s...

Human Evolution and The Loss of Body Hair

circumstances where the advantages of having hair have become irrelevant or insignificant; and/or hairlessness presents an advanta...

Ionized Drugs' Absorption

matrix, which contains mostly cholesterol and phospholipids (Merck, 2005). The composition of lipids not only determine the permea...

Hanay Geiogamah's Body Indian

and friends understand that he has to have more alcohol so that he does not go through painful withdrawals and mental problems. In...

Predicting the US Federal Reserve System

that a slowdown would soon be under way, even though at that time the economys momentum was still very strong. The way economists...

Primate Body Configuration and Locomotion Evolution

stark differences but in no way precludes it from being an integral member of the primate family. The most prominent aspects lemu...

Legality vs. Morality in the Abortion Debate

that fetus. The intrinsic value of life is a question which is constantly being considered in our courtrooms and in the...

Rothko's Use of Color

known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express bas...

Women and the Female Body as Portrayed in Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

quoted is the translation done by Denys Johnson Davies in 1989, and English readers feel that in many instances flavors of the nu...