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The trocar is a device used in minimal invasive surgery to access and drain collections of fluid and tissue from patient's abdominal. While this device has historically had many uses it is currently most often used to perform laparoscopic surgery. Traditionally this device had a three points or pyramid design which bore the potential for […]

Readers love action adventure novels. They do not take a whole lot of brainpower to read and are a great way to fill in time while you're sitting on a long, otherwise boring flight somewhere. Writers like Clive Cussler has a very lucrative business writing action-adventure novels: there's nearly 100 million copies of Cussler's books […]

There are many types of barcode scanners available on the market as of now, and some of them are really impressive. For example, the laser scanner is a very interesting piece of equipment once you understand the principle behind it. One of the most famous alternative to laser scanners is CCD based scanners. CCD scanners […]

Fantastic stories of ghostly lights which frequently appear near railroad tracks and, according to popular imagination, are carried by the spirits of long-deceased conductors have become a permanent and tantalizing feature of American folklore. Commonly referred to as “spook lights,” the phenomenon has captured the imagination of Fortean investigators around the world. According to recent […]

I love good poetry. I can spend hours at a time reading excellent poetry, particularly reading it aloud to taste its musicality and experience the words in three dimensions. Few among us are capable of writing good poetry, though. I know because I’ve also seen my share of bad poetry. As an editor, I occasionally […]

A Little About Arlyn Arlyn DeCicco was born on May 2nd, 1954 to William D. and Toby B. Lampie. Despite the fact that she lost her dad from complications after surgery in 1984 and her mom to cancer in 1997, her parents left a strong imprint. Arlyn learned her work ethic, determination and dedication from […]

Everyone knows that you should write your term papers differently from your Facebook posts, and your journal submissions should be written differently than newspaper columns. What exactly are the differences between casual and academic writing? Between formal and informal writing? The biggest difference The single most important difference between casual writing and academic writing is […]

Three letters . That is all that I needed to hear. Three simple letters. FAB. Short for Fabulous? Not exactly. But the results earned from this simple formula for writing or presenting certainly do produce fabulous results. When I first heard the FAB formula, I was immediately hypnotized by the potential of following a simple […]

A literature review is a survey of all existing literature in a specific field. It serves two purposes. First is to exhaustively describe research done in a specific area. The second is to evaluate this body of literature to identify established findings, conflicting evidence and gaps in research. A literature review includes research articles, dissertations, […]

“Use” and “utilize” are two verbs with distinct meanings. Don’t confuse them. “Use” is to employ objects for the purposes they were designed for. “Utilize,” on the other hand, is to employ objects for unintended purposes. Authoritative proof: The Oxford English Dictionary defines the verb use as “to make use of (some immaterial thing) as […]