previously stated‚ PMMA has desirable mechanical properties that are similar to that of human bone. PMMA has the ability to withstand all load forces generated in the human body without fracturing or separating. Because of this‚ PMMA is an ideal polymer for use in joint replacement surgery and bone treatments such as cranioplasty1. However‚ PMMA has a serious lack of degradability. Because of its ability to resist load forces and is fracture resistance‚ PMMA does not readily degrade in the body1. Because of
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thought it would be. It was not like in the movies or novels. It was rather ordinary and kind of boring I would say. Right at that moment‚ I realized that high school life was way over rated‚ and those stories that I’ve seen or read are some kind of fiction stories that some middle aged folks wrote. Even if it was a true story‚ that story must be extraordinarily beautiful and the chance for it to happen in real life is like one out of a thousand. The more I think about it‚ the more I realize how beautiful
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The Views of Nick Carraway F. Scott Fitzgerald writes his novel The Great Gatsby through the point of view of Nick Carraway‚ a young adult who finds himself in New York City after serving in the war for many years. His point of view changes throughout the story significantly‚ but it changes especially about Jay Gatsby‚ his neighbor. Gatsby is a mystery to all‚ but Nick becomes intrigued as he is introduced to the rumors about him. At first‚ there is a major confusion about who Gatsby truly is and
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1950’s The 1950’s where so called the birth of popular music. The first half of the decade was run by popular music‚ or classic pop. This more vocal driven music had replaced the earlier big band style. Artists such as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra where the leaders of this age of traditional pop. Often the most popular musicians that play this genre also played very well on the television and sometimes they would be featured on music special shows‚ or perhaps even have a music variety of their
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Patrice Flowers Professor Arzola English 1302 Friday‚ February 22‚ 2013 Critical Analysis of Nora Ephron “The Boston Photographs” Nora Ephron author of “The Boston Photographs” reaches out to her readers by touching their emotions by some gripping photographs. She claims “Photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism‚” this theory is proven in her writing. In Ephron essay‚ she discusses the photographs that Stanley Foreman took of an attempted rescue that turned to a devastating
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"MANY FILMS ARE A BAD INFLUENCE ON YOUNG PEOPLE."WHAT IS YOUR VIEW? The film industries of the world are developing day by day. Today there are so many films being produced that you can barely keep count. Some of them are for the benefit of the community but most of the films have a bad influence on the young people as well as on the community. These films are responsible for increase in violence‚ crime‚ illegitimacy in the society. And I completely agree with the statement that many films are a
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E-readers and e-books may have seemed like a fad‚ but clearly they are not going anywhere. There are a number of styles and types to pick from; the Nook and Kindle each have various versions and options‚ for example‚ based on your budget and your needs. Debate rages about which is the best e-reader‚ but this is about the advantages and disadvantages of an e-reader regardless of the one you buy. Advantages For starters‚ we will look at the benefits of e-readers. Do you travel a lot? If so‚ an e-reader
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How far does Fitzgerald allow us to sympathise with Gatsby? Throughout the novel Fitzgerald allows our sympathy to increase as Gatsby’s dream of Daisy falls apart. I will be looking at and analysing the techniques used by Fitzgerald to allow us to sympathise with Gatsby. Even from the very beginning of the book on pg56‚ the reader begins to sympathise with Gatsby when he is described as isolated in society: “...with complete isolation the figure of the host‚ who stood on the porch‚ his hand up
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death. Both persons read about the trial but only one of them knows that it is an extract from a book‚ the Reader (written by Bernhard Schlink) and has read the rest of the book. One of the readers is familiar with the character of Hanna Schmitz‚ the
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Readers have been responding to what they have read and experienced since the dawn of literature. For example‚ we have Plate and Aristotle who were concerned about audience responses and how plays generated pity and fear on them. Still‚ the audience or readers were passive. After the appearance of reader response theory‚ readers are activated. They involve themselves to elaborate the text‚ fill in the gaps and enact their experiences with the text. Most reader response critics can be divided into
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