With an aim to determine whether a full account of consciousness is within the purview of our current scientific framework, this research investigates how the mind should be conceptualized within a substantively physical reality. The worldview put forth by Descartes— one of an unconscious, material reality including an immaterial, conscious mind— continues to shape our thought to this day but also raises the question of how exactly this immaterial mind relates...
This review analyzes and summarizes the most recent scientific research papers regarding the effects of epigenetics on Type 1 Diabetes pathogenesis and treatment. It explores possible causes and environmental factors that play crucial roles in the tragic disease through epigenetic markers, including DNA methylation, microRNAs, and histone modifications...
Esbeidy Torres Ibarra
Lone Star College
This study assesses Kentucky’s hemp industry, with an aim to explore if there is a correlation, perhaps even causation, between slave-aided hemp production and Kentucky’s decision to remain in the United States during the Civil War. The research expounds upon the role of Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, and the state legislature in establishing hemp's political and economic influence in the region through an analysis of their primary documents...
With cancer being the second deadliest killer in the world, trailing closely behind ischemic heart disease, it is no mystery why novel treatment options are sought after. It is estimated that by the year 2060, cancer will become the leading cause of death, further increasing the urgency to find new cures. While there are many different types of cancer, breast cancer is the second most prevalent and the deadliest malignancy...
Rebecca West, English author of “Indissoluble Matrimony”, was thoroughly a modernist. Modernism as a movement in England was an attempt to make sense of a world that felt alien to its inhabitants due to the cultural changes that had already occurred and the cultural shifts that were still rapidly developing (Greenblatt 1890). The formation of industry, advances in science, the reconstruction of gendered expectations and subsequent argument...