This document outlines an assignment to research a mathematical concept, related careers, and create a website presenting this information. Students are asked to choose an interesting mathematical concept, research careers that utilize that concept, and design a website that includes a public service announcement, voice or video recording, concept overview, and pictures of the careers.
Peer support interventions can increase breastfeeding rates. A systematic review found that peer support significantly decreased the risk of discontinuing exclusive breastfeeding in low and middle-income countries. Another study found that a telephone-based peer support program effectively maintained breastfeeding rates to 3 months postpartum among primiparous women and improved satisfaction with infant feeding. However, one randomized controlled trial found that peer support did not statistically significantly increase breastfeeding rates in the studied population.
The document discusses the concept of reality through the lens of the fictional town of Macondo from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude". It explores questions around what constitutes reality, memories, dreams, and the existence of Macondo. While Macondo seems real to its inhabitants, from an outside perspective it may only exist within the constructs of literature and the human mind. By blurring the lines between reality and fiction, Marquez leaves the reader questioning what parts of the story reflect actual existence and what remains in the realm of ideas and imagination.
This document outlines an assignment to research a mathematical concept, related careers, and create a website presenting this information. Students are asked to choose an interesting mathematical concept, research careers that utilize that concept, and design a website that includes a public service announcement, voice or video recording, concept overview, and pictures of the careers.
Peer support interventions can increase breastfeeding rates. A systematic review found that peer support significantly decreased the risk of discontinuing exclusive breastfeeding in low and middle-income countries. Another study found that a telephone-based peer support program effectively maintained breastfeeding rates to 3 months postpartum among primiparous women and improved satisfaction with infant feeding. However, one randomized controlled trial found that peer support did not statistically significantly increase breastfeeding rates in the studied population.
The document discusses the concept of reality through the lens of the fictional town of Macondo from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude". It explores questions around what constitutes reality, memories, dreams, and the existence of Macondo. While Macondo seems real to its inhabitants, from an outside perspective it may only exist within the constructs of literature and the human mind. By blurring the lines between reality and fiction, Marquez leaves the reader questioning what parts of the story reflect actual existence and what remains in the realm of ideas and imagination.
Giant freshwater microbialites up to 3 meters in diameter and height are found along a 10 km stretch of Laguna Bacalar lagoon in Mexico. The microbialites are composed primarily of low-magnesium calcite precipitated by the metabolic activity of cyanobacteria and diatoms. Elevated carbonate concentrations in the lagoon waters, derived from dissolution of limestone in the underlying karst system, support carbonate precipitation. The microbialites grew between 9,000-8,000 years ago but appear to no longer be actively forming due to grazing by abundant molluscs. The Laguna Bacalar microbialites represent one of the largest known occurrences of freshwater microbialites worldwide.
Giant freshwater microbialites up to 3 meters in diameter and height are found along a 10 km stretch of Laguna Bacalar lagoon in Mexico. The microbialites are composed primarily of low-magnesium calcite precipitated by the metabolic activity of cyanobacteria and diatoms. Elevated carbonate concentrations in the lagoon waters, derived from dissolution of limestone in the underlying karst system, support carbonate precipitation. The microbialites grew between 9,000-8,000 years ago but appear to no longer be actively forming due to grazing by abundant molluscs. The Laguna Bacalar microbialites represent one of the largest known occurrences of freshwater microbialites worldwide.