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- 161: Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
- ... other. The tree struggles against nature in much the same way that the Joad family struggles against the Bank and large companies. The rains that comes at the end of the novel symbolize several things. Rain in which is excessive, in a certain way fulfills a cycle of the dust which is also excessive. In a way nature has restored a balance and has initiated a new growth cycle. This ties in with other examples of the rebirth idea in the ending, much in the way the Joad family will grow again. The rain contributes to the theme by showing the cycle of nature that give a conclusion to the novel by showing that life is a pattern of birth and death. The rain is another example of nature against man, the rain comes and floods the living quarters of the Joads. The Joads try to stop the flooding of their home, but yet again are forced back ...
- 162: Digestive System
- ... sphincter muscle keeps food in the stomach from being forced back into the esophagus. Peristalsis in the stomach churns the food and mixes it with mucus and with gastric juices, which contain enzymes and hydrochloric acid. These gastric juices are secreted from millions of small glands in the lining of the upper stomach walls. These glands pour about three quarts of fluid into the stomach daily. Similar glands in the small intestine also secrete enzymes and fluid. Hydrochloric acid secreted by the stomach sets up the sour or acid condition necessary for digestion. Certain remedies for indigestion are advertised as correcting this acid condition. If these remedies actually do get rid of the stomach acids it is not wise to take them. Acid ...
- 163: Alchemy
- ... difference between them is according to the proportion of these substances in their composition. Further, all the products of minerals present in their composition complete identity with those substances most opposed to them. Thus fulminating acid contains precisely the same quantity of carbon, oxygen, and azote as cyanic acid, and "cyanhydric" acid does not differ from formate ammoniac. This new property of matter is known as "isomerism". M. Figuier's friend then proceeds to quote support of his thesis and operations and experiments of M. Dumas, ...
- 164: Ernest Hemingway 3
- ... pleasure, and maybe he wanted to think that he was like Henry who was a nicer person. In the book, Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Malcolm Cowley focuses on the symbolism of rain. He sees rain, a frequent occurrence in the book, as symbolizing disaster. He points out that, at the beginning of A Farewell to Arms, Henry talks about how "things went very badly" and how this is connected to "At the start of the winter came permanent rain". Later on in the book we see Miss Barkley afraid of rain. She says, "Sometimes I see me dead in it", referring to the rain. It is raining the entire time Miss Barkley is ...
- 165: Heart Attacks and Its Causes
- ... levels are what make the veins and heart vulnerable to the harmful effects of cholesterol. Homocysteine corrodes the arterial walls and makes them susceptible to the effects of cholesterol (Clarke, 1997 ). Homocysteine is an amino acid that is used to build and nurture proteins. This amino acid is nonessential to sustain life, and it accumulates in the body when folate levels are exceptionally low (Kasabien, 1997). It also plays a vital role in the metabolizing of some vitamins, however it is a ... raise levels of homocysteine in the blood. Similarly, the fact that age and gender produce tendencies to heart diseases can also be explained by way of McCully's homocysteine-induced theory. Levels of the amino acid are twenty percent lower in women of reproductive age than in men of the same age. After menopause, the risk level soars back up to the level of men. As they get older, both ...
- 166: Radioactive Wastes
- ... a semi-continuous process that enables the following operations to be carried out with the same equipment: evaporation of the waste solution mixed with the 1) borosilicate: any of several salts derived from both boric acid and silicic acid and found in certain minerals such as tourmaline. additives necesary for the production of borosilicate glass, calcination and elaboration of the glass. These operations are carried out in a metallic pot that is heated in ... pellets coated with ferrous oxide and maintained at a temperature of 500 C. In the treatment of liquid wastes, the condensates collected contain about 15% ruthenium. This is then concentrated in an evaporator where nitric acid is destroyed by formaldehyde so as to maintain low acidity. The concentration is then neutralized and enters the vitrification pot. Once the vitrification process is finished, the containers are stored in a storage pit. ...
- 167: Hippies
- ... in sharing everything, from love and peace, to sexual partners and drugs. Drugs were taken often and openly within the Hippie communities. The drugs of choice were mainly marijuana, or weed, and LSD, usually called acid. Weed was smoked so freely that people would start burning a joint while walking down the street and it wasnt uncommon to see people having acid trips almost anywhere.#7 The fact was that the drugs brought the flower children closer together as a group, while fulfilling one of their goals, doing what the mainstream wasnt. Acid was extremely popular with hippies, giving them illusions of everything they wished for: peace, love and happiness. Also, psychedelics weren't widely available before the early 60s. There was peyote around, but not ...
- 168: The Use of Supplements Creatine, Androstenedione, and HMB
- ... more ATP synthesis occurs, which allows you to train your muscles to their maximum potential. This greater ATP synthesis also keeps your body form relying on the other energy system called glycolysis, which has lactic acid as a by product. This lactic acid creates the burning sensation you feel during intense exercise. If the amount of acid becomes to great, muscle movement stops. But if you keep on using ATP because of all the Creatine you have, you can minimize the amount of lactic acid produced and actually exercise longer and ...
- 169: Ernest Hemingway
- ... pleasure, and maybe he wanted to think that he was like Henry who was a nicer person. In the book, Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Malcolm Cowley focuses on the symbolism of rain. He sees rain, a frequent occurrence in the book, as symbolizing disaster. He points out that, at the beginning of A Farewell to Arms, Henry talks about how "things went very badly" and how this is connected to "At the start of the winter came permanent rain". Later on in the book we see Miss Barkley afraid of rain. She says, "Sometimes I see me dead in it", referring to the rain. It is raining the entire time Miss Barkley is ...
- 170: Ernest Miller Hemingway
- ... pleasure, and maybe he wanted to think that he was like Henry who was a nicer person. In the book, Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Malcolm Cowley focuses on the symbolism of rain. He sees rain, a frequent occurrence in the book, as symbolizing disaster. He points out that, at the beginning of A Farewell to Arms, Henry talks about how "things went very badly" and how this is connected to "At the start of the winter came permanent rain". Later on in the book we see Miss Barkley afraid of rain. She says, "Sometimes I see me dead in it", referring to the rain. It is raining the entire time Miss Barkley is ...
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