...be memorized, and also allowed for alternative means of communication. Different cultures developed their own style or writing system that eventually led to enhanced features such as record or book keeping. Depending on geographical locations in the world was also an impacting factor on how this new found “written” form of writing was preserved. We, as an American culture, have developed greatly from historical findings that have helped shape our own alphabet and writing structure into what it is known today. One of the earliest systems of writing, cuneiform was developed from the Sumerian culture around 31st century B.C.E. This particular writing system was distinguished as wedge-shaped marks that were pressed into clay tablets by a pointed object. This writing system helped to inspire the Phoenicians to develop a Phoenician alphabet—thus a major influence on the alphabet that is still in existence today. Although the cuneiform writing system became extinct by the 2nd century A.D. it was a major turning point in history as far as literature was concerned. The Sumerian culture was not the only to have early writing systems developed in ancient times. The Egyptians also had a formal writing system called hieroglyphs that combined alphabetic elements with pictures to state a message. Instead of the clay, as the Sumerians used, Egyptians used papyrus and wood as their form of “paper”. This form of writing began around 3200 B.C.E and lasted until around 400 A.D. Hieroglyphics varied...
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...history. Eridu was the oldest Sumerian site, settled during the proto-civilized Ubaid period. Situated several miles southwest of Ur, Eridu was the southernmost of a conglomeration of early temple-cities, in Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, with the earliest of these settlements dating to around 5000 BC. By the 4th millennium BC in Nippur we[who?] find — in connection with a sort of ziggurat and shrine — a conduit built of bricks in the form of an arch. Sumerian inscriptions written on clay also appear in Nippur. By 4000 BC an ancient Elamite city of Susa, in Mesopotamia, also seems to emerge from earlier villages. Whilst the Elamites originally had their own script, from an early age they adapted the Sumerian cuneiform script to their own language. The earliest recognizable cuneiform dates to no later than about 3500 BC. Other villages that began to spring up around this time in the Ancient Near East (Middle East) were greatly impacted and shifted rapidly from a proto-civilized to a fully civilized state (e.g. Ebla, Mari and...
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...work properly. Most people get enough potassium by eating a well-balanced diet. Some conditions that can lower your body's potassium level include severe prolonged diarrhea and vomiting, hormone problems such as hyperaldosteronism, or treatment with "water pills"/diuretics. How to use Slow-K oral Take this medication by mouth as directed by your doctor. To prevent stomach upset, take each dose with a meal and a full glass of water (8 ounces/240 milliliters) unless your doctor directs you otherwise. Do not lie down for 10 minutes after taking this medication. Do not crush, chew, or suck extended-release capsules or tablets. Doing so can release all of the drug at once, increasing the risk of side effects. Also, do not split extended-release tablets unless they have a score line and your doctor or pharmacist tells you to do so. Swallow the whole or split tablet without crushing or chewing. Swallow the capsules whole. If you have trouble swallowing the capsules, tell your doctor or pharmacist. Some brands may be opened and the contents sprinkled onto a spoonful of cool, soft food such as applesauce or pudding. Immediately swallow the food/medication mixture without chewing. Do not prepare the mixture ahead of time. Drink a glass of cool water after each dose to make sure you swallow all the medication. Ask your pharmacist if you have questions about your brand. Take this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same time(s) each...
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...THE TABLET With two hands grasping a thin stone tablet, Priam struggled to leap into the tree in complete silence. The branch swayed under his weight and rustled its leaves. Priam froze. Too much noise! Too much! He drew himself rigid. He refused to breathe. His heart hammered within his chest. He was close now, the tall gray mass peeking from the breaks in the leaves. His senses heightened as if he were hunting, but his knees trembled, his breaths shortened and grew louder against his will, and his instincts told him to flee. But Priam battled his instinct and sprang into the final tree. Priam perched upon a branch near the edge of the forest, eyes wide. Priam would not release his tablet, he never wished to abandon it from his strong grip, so he lowered himself onto the branch with one foot and swung the other over the branch until he sat with his legs dangling below him. The wall had not fled. And he could watch it. It was an enormous gray mass, climbing high into the sky so Priam could only see it through the canopy if he ventured to the thinnest edge of the forest. The wall never darted into its land of the Others, those that had driven his people into the forest long ago. Yet it threatened Priam, to flee, to disappear, to leave him alone. So Priam skulked toward it every time as not to awake it from its slumber. He had been successful today, and he could breathe again. As he stared at the wall, he lifted the tablet before him, his tongue wagging from the side of his mouth...
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...Introduction Moringa oleifera is a soft wood small evergreen growing plant that has various uses. It is a vital plant in India, Ethiopia, Sudan, Philippine and Pakistan (Villafuerte & Abonal, 2009). The plant is also grown in East, West and South Africa. All its parts scientifically prove to be edible. The leaves are rich in beta-carotene, vitamins and essential amino acids (Holts, 2011). The leaves also have anti-microbial and antioxidant properties. It also has anti-inflammatory properties, making it good for fever and wounds treatment. Its extracts are used to treat oxidative stress-mediated diseases and photo aging. The plant is used in cosmetic industries for its incredible beauty properties. It is used in sunscreen creams and anti-aging products. It also makes the skin glow. Drugs are extracted from the leaves, by grounding them. The drugs are used to treat a broad range of diseases, include HIV, diuretic, diabetes, arthritis, anemia, herpes simplex and bronchitis (Holts, 2011). The powder of Moringa oleifera is used as tea. The powder is filled in tea bags and used for tea. All parts of this plant are useful to the human. For drugs to be effective, they must reach their targeted organs before they disintegrate. The gastrointestinal tract has different acids and alkaline elements that could disintegrate the drugs before reaching their destination. Most drugs that are colon targeted must be bind by an element that can withstand the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract...
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...10.1 The Apple iPad Air and Samsung Galaxy are two very similar products. Both are the new generations of tablets which combine the gaming ability of the modern smartphone with the computing power of a laptop computer. In addition, these products seek to catch the eyes of user bases of all ages, from the younger kids using it for the aforementioned gaming to the college student using it for fantasy football or taking notes to the working adult who uses it for work presentations. In this analysis, it will be shown how the products are currently positioned within the market, then from there each’s internet presence, television commercials, and messages will be compared and contrasted. The market for the tablet is a rapidly growing market with the question no longer being whether or not the tablet will catch on but when will the tablet overtake the laptop computer as the preferred mobile, large computing device. In the business market, the percentage of tablets owned by a business was 11% in 2012 and is projected to rise to 18% by 2017. With such a priority on the tablet, the big electronic product companies have had their eye and hand in the industry for a while. So far, the two best companies, for a variety of reasons, are Apple with its iPad and Samsung with its Galaxy Tablet. According to TabTimes, as of Q2 in 2014, Apple was at 26.9% and Samsung at 17.2% of the total tablet market share in the world. Another interesting statistic because of the respective size of the Apple iPad...
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...What is technology doing to and for us? Sitting on the playground with a tablet avoiding a couple kids; playing with jump ropes, draw with chalk on the ground, playing hop scotch, teeter totter and swinging on the monkey bars. A seven-year-old boy is playing basketball on the tablet and when asked by his friend to come play basketball on the court. He reply’s “I don’t wanna, I’m playing on my tablet.” In schools, students are learning skills that they will need to carry them through life and to find jobs. Schools use technology more and more everyday to teach kids and relate to them. Kids are allowed to bring their own devices to class such as tablets, Ipads, and Mini Laptops and use applications that the teacher may require them to. Clearly, technology is becoming increasingly essential to learning. Students with basic academic skills improve with the use of everyday technology. With the speed of technology solving problems is becoming achievable at a faster pace. A good example of that is finding out about schools closing during bad weather. You can have an email sent to you, or even a text message sent to your mobile device, letting know if you have class. Performing school tasks as in writing research papers, finding out your grades for the semester, and submitting work is so much easier. For example flipping through pages to find a word in the dictionary while looking over it once or twice became easier. Now, you can type it in online and in seconds...
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...Business Use of Tablets In a society that is dominated by smart phones, laptops, computers and other various forms of technology, perhaps the most recent and developed device that has taken the world by storm is the tablet. Many people feel that a cell phone is limited in its abilities, and who wants to purchase a laptop that is two to three times the size and price of a tablet? A tablet is functional, reasonably priced, and a perfect device for an extremely wide spread demographic group. The amount of individuals that can benefit from the use of a tablet is large enough in itself, but adding to this list beyond individual use is rather simple. Many businesses and corporations have jumped on the tablet bandwagon, and for good reason. They increase efficiency, are optimal forms of communication, and are extremely effective in allowing certain tasks to be completed in a more professional and rapid manor. Of course, there would be an extremely detailed and confusing way to describe how tablets work, but there is also quite a simple explanation as well. Tablets are a bigger, faster, and more functional version of a smart phone. At the same time, they are smaller, lass expensive, but not as widely efficient as laptops and computers. They enable you to video chat, work on documents, have access to your email, take pictures, use various applications for entertainment purposes, and much more. You can surf the Internet, check your stock prices, tell what the weather will be for the...
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...unit pellet tablets/multiple unit particulate or pellet system commonly called MUPS. These are composed of polymer coated subunits namely pellets; which are embedded in an inert excipients matrix designed to overcome the difficulties in administering capsules and improved physico-chemical stability compared to suspensions. The functional coating like drug coating, barrier coating, enteric polymer coating is usually applied in a fluid bed coating processor provides each subunit with the characteristic desired drug release properties. The size, shape and surface morphology of the pellets to be coated are the prerequisites for coating of pellets. Design of MUPS involves formulating pellets by different techniques and further compression of these pellets into rapidly disintegrating tablets; disintegrate rapidly in the oral cavity for the delivery of coated pellets into the gastrointestinal tract or the site of release of the drug. In spite of the challenges like content uniformity of the compressed tablets, ability of the film to withstand compression force. MUPS occupy a prominent role in formulating drugs due to their greater patient compliance, process, formulation and therapeutic advantages. A design principle of increasing importance for sustained, controlled, delayed, site specific or pulsatile release preparations is the compaction of coated particles into disintegrating multiple unit tablets. One challenge in the production of disintegrating multiple unit tablets is maintaining...
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...In the future, I see tablets taking over the computer in the home, office/work place and in our schools. We can already see some of this taking place now. Testing for the work place and schools is taking place all over our country. In the home, the tablet is becoming more and more dominate. On society as a whole, tablets are saving us time, money and overall making our lives easier. Schools are implementing tablets in students’ lives, making learning easier, saving tax dollars. Students are able to access the internet from where they sit in the class room, instead of wanting on their turn at the computer or going to the library, both are at the touch of their fingers. In the work place, it is saving us time, money and energy. Employees are accessing information/documentation from the office everywhere they go. In the home, the tablets are easing our minds and making our lives easier by the touch of finger. Apps on these tablets are the can help keep our homes and families safer by turning on and off our lights, setting the “forgotten” security system, closing the garage door, turning on security cameras so we can see who is home, (such as our children), if they are supposed to be there or not, and list can go on and on. On economy, it is constantly changing. For the publishing world, it seems the tablets are causing decreases in actual published material and increasing the digital published material. People are changing to digital for several reasons; the biggest...
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...the medication (which you would present to him/her for verification) what are three possible sources to determine the identity of the medication? Case 2 A patient visits the clinic and it is determined he has a sinus infection as well as a seasonal allergies. The patient’s chart indicates an allergy to penicillin and lists current medications as atenolol. He is given a prescription for Augmentin. 1. Explain whether Augmentin is a reasonable antibiotic choice in this patient. 2. The patient is also given another medication to help with the itching of seasonal allergies. The instructions are to take ½ of a tablet before breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 10 days. How many scored tablets should the patient expect to receive? 3. For the sinus pain, the patient is told to take the following medication: acetaminophen 325 milligrams, one to two tablets taken every 4 to 6 hours as needed for pain. How should this be charted using correct abbreviations? 4. The patient has been taking...
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...I. INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH Tablets should not replace books in the future at school because in long-term it will cause a lot of health problems, lead to unwanted behaviors, and students who read from textbook will understand more than those who are not. II. BODY PARAGRAPHS Paragraph 2: 1. Topic Sentence: First of all, it has been clear that the radiation which electronic devices produce will cause various health problems 2. Supporting Points * Students will face Computer Vision Syndrome risks * Carcinogenic risk will haunt the students’ health Paragraph 3 1. Topic Sentence: Furthermore, tablets will lead to unwanted behaviors in class 2. Supporting Points * Students can easily cheat * There are too many distractions for classroom use Paragraph 4 1. Counter Arguments: a. Those who are in favor of Tablets may argue that students can learn more material than using textbooks b. They also said tablets have infinite technological features that can be used for more effective teaching method. 2. Rebuttals: c. It has been proved that students who read from textbook will comprehend more than those who read from digital devices. d. Study shows that Tablet shifts focus of learning from teacher to Technology III. CONCLUSION Concluding Sentence: At last, even though many people may put their believe in the advances of technology, they should admit that the little-bit-old-fashioned-style...
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...customers easily get to its supermarket and it provides free parking space for customers. There are some advises that Giant can do to improve its service productivity. Under self-service strategy, Giant can have an express way that let customers scan their items and make payment by themselves. This will cut down cost on salaries and customers don’t need to waste time on queuing. (Q3) Differentiation is to differentiate the organization itself from other competitors by using different strategies. Uniqueness can go beyond both the physical characteristics and service attributes to encompass everything that impacts customer’s perception of value. Such as Apple, there are many customers buy Apple products because of the brand and its’ phone and tablet have a great quality in the market of phones and...
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...provides unlimited access with subscription packages attached to their website. A consumer may have a digital subsciption intended for their smartphone device. With this subscription package, they'd have unlimited access to articles from any computer via "www.nytimes.com" and have access to the NYTimes App intended for Windows Phones, iPhones and Android-based devices. An alternative would be their tablet package which would allow devices such as the iPad or Android-powered tablets to access New York Times database and articles. 2. In terms of article content between the various options that New York Times provides, there is no difference. Each package allows unlimited access to the New York Times website giving the user the ability to view any article from 1987 to the present, while allowing the ability to view 100 articles from the period between 1923 and 1986 in their archives section of the website. The packages only between to differ when dealing with form factors. A smartphone user with the smartphone subscription would not be able to view content from an iPad or Android Tablet and vice versa. There is a subscription service that allows full digital access between all form factors, but it's the most expensive option between the digital subscription package. For those who have a print subscription to the New York Times, they would have free "All Digital Access" subcription included in their print subscription. There is, however, a difference between a digital subscriber...
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...E-business Cards Approval Letter: Team Fresh bytes wishes to revolutionize business card by eliminating the card out of the equation. By creating an application on mobile phones and tablets that will allow current and upcoming businesses to interact through our web application named Green Business Cards. GBC allows the user to create their own profile of their business, by having their contact information, information of goods and of course business information. But how do I give this information through your phone? We will provide a one custom made card that can be scanned by your phone or tablet and will sent you to your GBC profile. This application will be user friendly that anyone can create their own profile and can scan the card as simple as taking a picture on your phone. Our team decided to create GBC because we know this application be used now and in the future as we progress through the digital age. People rely on technology nowadays we believe that it is time to change business cards and virtualize it. This will help with paper waste creating an eco-friendly reputation and also creating a new and fun way of giving out your information not by a simple paper card. As mentioned this application will allow any consumer or business man to be able to connect to other business beyond a simple business card. GBC connects users to other business or business man to a unique level than what a business card usually is used for providing just a simple way to contact by...
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