Lucas Garden

We sometimes feel isolated and ignored by others regarding either achievements or personality. I also had such an experience that my works had been put aside and not recognized, which led me to depression as Sergei Rachmoaninoff had suffered from serious depression as well after his first Symphony was unsuccessfully premiered and discouraged by severe criticisms. With the help of psychotherapy treatments by Dr. Dahl, he successfully escaped from depression and became confident for his capability as a composer. He started to compose the  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 , and it was successfully premiered and greatly praised by the audiences. Needless to say, he won reputation as a composer around the world. It might be because of such a background in his life that the Piano concerto has been always beneficial for me to heal my depression and reduce stress from criticisms.  The second movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 is the most beautiful and rom...

The human placenta is a maternal organ which has an important role in supplying oxygen as well as nutrients to the fetus through umbilical cord during pregnancy. It composes of fetal and maternal components (known as Decidua basalis ). As shown in the below figure, fetal vessels spread over the placental surface of the fetal side. Therefore, the fetal side is almost occupied by significant fetal arterial and venous blood flows. The fetal side of the placenta (taken from the department of pathology) The maternal side of the placenta  (taken from the department of pathology) Those fetal vessels branch out and finally form a complex structure of villous trees which are grouped in the unit known as ' cotyledons ' which look discriminated by valleys in the maternal side. The maternal bloods are supplied in the intervillous space through spiral arteries in decidua of the maternal side which is attached to the uterine wall. Oxygen and other gases are transported through fe...