In Tropic of Orange (1997), Karen Tei Yamashita builds an expansive narrative on the premise that the Tropic of Cancer shifts mysteriously from its actual latitude, barely north of Mazatlán, México, to that of L.A.’s latitude: from 23.43692° north of the Equator to 34.0522° N.By doing so, Yamashita literally takes that whi
Oral diseases and periodontitis in particular are a major health burden worldwide, because of their association with various systemic diseases and with conditions such as peri-implantitis.Attempts have been made over the years to reverse bone loss due to the host disproportionate inflammatory response and to prevent failure of dental implants.To th
The proportion of older adults using medical cannabis is rising.Most of the cannabinoid research has focused on a healthy, younger population free from frailty and major comorbidity.In this case report, we describe an 82-year-old woman who was autonomous in basic and instrumental activities of daily living and Autographed Basketballs who came to ou
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, which occurred between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, displaced Africans and people of African descent into the New World.The trade affected and influenced several aspects of the world economy, boosting the economies of participating countries and creating what would become the African diaspora.While several