and displacement in society. An individual’s ability to promote change within is largely influenced by the hardships they experience in their struggle to conform and the connectedness of identity that stems from acceptance. Tara June Winch’s novel Swallow the air‚ adapts the core concept that the perceptions and ideas of belonging are shaped within personal‚ cultural‚ historical and social contexts defining who we are resulting in a true understanding and sense of self. This notion resonates in Shaun
Premium Perception Landscape Identity
Barium Swallow A Barium swallow is a radiography contrast technique performed to visualize the esophageal portion of the Upper Gastrointestinal tract. Contrast Medium is taken orally and the lumen of the Esophagus is fluoroscopically visualized. Standard X-ray films are normally taken prior to administration of the contrast medium and these are useful in detecting perforation‚ presence of radiopaque foreign substances and gastric wall thickening. Oral contrast mediums‚ such as barium sulfate highlight
Premium Digestive system Medical imaging Abdomen
is in power. The people are slowly going insane‚ and with the city on a course of horror‚ the demons will be driven to madness. One man who intends to leave Kabul. Something is driving him back. The question is‚ what is it that’s holding him back? Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra tells a story of Kabul‚ a city in Afghanistan. The story features two protagonists and their wives‚ whom dramatically change throughout the novel due to the influence of Kabul. The protagonists are Atiq Shaukat‚ a jailer
Premium
Where one feels a sense of belonging and connectedness is largely determined by the degree to which an individual feels sense of affinity with those around him. Belonging implies a connectedness to people and places because of shared norms‚ values‚ customs and practices. Belonging also implies relationship‚ which involves a sense of familiarity with and often affection for the people and places we know‚ consequently‚ not belonging often engenders a sense of disorientation‚ rejection‚ despondency
Premium Indigenous peoples Place
Running head: VIDEOFLUOROSCOPIC SWALLOW STUDY The Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study and Dysphagia The Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study and Dysphagia The videofluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing‚ also known as the modified barium swallow‚ is considered to be the “gold standard” in the identification and evaluation of dysphagia (McMullough‚ Wertz‚ Rosenbek‚ & Dinneen‚ 1999). According to Wilcox‚ Liss‚ and Siegel (1996) “the procedure incorporates a set of modifications in bolus size‚ texture
Premium Barium swallow Speech and language pathology
The video that I observed was an adult that was given a modified barium swallow (MBS). The adult was given thin liquids to complete the MBS. The MBS observes all stages of swallowing. The oral preparatory stage of swallowing was not clearly observed in the video. However‚ the oral transport‚ pharyngeal‚ and esophageal stages of swallowing were observed. During the oral transport stage‚ the tongue forms a groove that pushes the bolus posteriorly. However‚ it was observed that the patient’s tongue
Premium Heart Blood Cardiology
known as the tree swallow. Tree swallows are small‚ insectivorous‚ migratory songbirds. Young tree sparrows have mostly brown dorsal coloration‚ and adults have blue-green iridescent dorsal coloration in both males and females. Males develop their blue-green plumage much sooner than females‚ before their first winter (Lombardo‚ Bosman et al. 1995). Females retain their predominantly brown dorsal plumage typically until after their second year (Hussell 1983). Tree swallows are migratory birds
Premium Bird Male Human
"The Day of the Swallows" I found this play to be beautifully written and yet‚ unusual and different to the rest of the play we have read. The storyline was really captivating and it spoke about a topic that is usually shunned by the Latino community. Josefa is a powerful character‚ a lesbian and a character that exposes the passions that lay inside human beings. Josefa is loved and admired by the entire town. She is thought of as an angel that gives light and beauty. Alysea is a young
Premium English-language films Fiction Debut albums
Project‚ I decided to research animals in my community‚ in particular Barn Swallow birds. With this project‚ I will observe collective data that reported the doings and the migrational patterns of Barn Swallows. This project is quite interesting to me since I have seen these birds my entire life and one of them even nested on my front porch. With the advanced
Premium North America Earth Observation
support‚ which in turn results in either the feeling of belonging or not belonging. In the three texts; “Swallow The Air” by Tara June Winch‚ the poem “Last of His Tribe”‚ and a Tropfest short film‚ “Missing Her”‚ the perceptions of belonging and not belonging are greatly associated with the connections to places and this is emphasized through a number of techniques. In the novel “Swallow The Air”‚ Tara June Winch explores belonging and not belonging through the journey of the protagonist May
Premium Perception Sociology Raimond Gaita