HIV/AIDS Prevention: Educating Future Generations

The purpose of this study was to discover if implementing more educational interventions on HIV/AIDS would lead to lower incidents of HIV/AIDS among youth. A quantitative research design was used to determine the level of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of high school students in regard to HIV/AIDS. The targeted population were youth ages 14-18 years old, which are generally high school students who are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Participants in this study were students from Human Resources Development Institute’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program at Harper High School in Chicago, Illinois. The researcher administered questionnaires to the students at Harper High School. The researcher analyzed this data using descriptive statistics to explain the research phenomena of implementing effective interventions into school curriculums as a strategy to reduce the number of incidents of HIV/AIDS cases found among youth. Based upon the student’s responses, the researcher has learned that intervention programs that are implemented in school curriculums have significant influence on the youth population’s sexual activity and risk behaviors. This study has revealed 80% of the sample population were sexual active; with approximately 60% engaging in sexual activity by the age of 15. In revealing the sample population’s sexual activity, this study also concluded that this population lacked knowledge on HIV/AIDs as it pertains to them on their sexual risk behaviors

Student Loans can be Discharged (at Least Partially) in Bankruptcy After All

(Excerpt) Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code sets forth debts that are not dischargeable. Among the non-dischargeable debts, which a debtor will still owe after they receive a bankruptcy discharge, are debts from educational loans. As such, these student loan debts may prevent many debtors from receiving a truly fresh start following bankruptcy. Courts historically have approached the undue hardship exception to this rule narrowly, applying it only where the debtor, under the circumstances, could not reap the benefit of her education. This Article will discuss the various tests courts use to determine whether an educational debt is dischargeable. Part I will discuss the totality of the circumstances test, which represents an older, and stricter perspective. Part II will discuss the in re Johnson test, which is another minority approach to the issue. Part III will analyze the Brunner test, which courts predominantly employ when considering whether student loans should be discharged. Finally, Part IV will discuss the implications of the split

Alien Registration- Attisano, Carmella (Rumford, Oxford County)

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Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by insulin deficiency and resultant hyperglycaemia. Knowledge of type 1 diabetes has rapidly increased over the past 25 years, resulting in a broad understanding about many aspects of the disease, including its genetics, epidemiology, immune and β-cell phenotypes, and disease burden. Interventions to preserve β cells have been tested, and several methods to improve clinical disease management have been assessed. However, wide gaps still exist in our understanding of type 1 diabetes and our ability to standardise clinical care and decrease disease-associated complications and burden. This Seminar gives an overview of the current understanding of the disease and potential future directions for research and care

Alien Registration- Giambattista, Carmella (Rumford, Oxford County)

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The development and implementation of a reflective mentoring program for early childhood educators

The provincial colleges in Newfoundland and Labrador that offer Early Childhood Education Programs do not include formal mentoring opportunities for early childhood educators and students. Such a program would provide opportunities for the mentors and mentees to reflect On their teaching practices during the practical component of the program when mentees are assigned field placements in community and college child care centers. -- The study was a qualitative case study that focused on the development and implementation of a formal reflective mentoring program for experienced early childhood educators and field placement students. It was anticipated that a formal reflective mentoring program which included opportunities for reflective practices would promote reflective thinking in relation to early childhood education teaching practices. -- Through the use of interviews, observations, conferences, and journal writing, the researcher determined effective mentoring strategies and skills that the experienced early childhood educators demonstrated with students to foster and promote reflective thinking in relation to meaningful and purposeful Early Childhood Education teaching practices. -- The participants in the study were four early childhood educators (mentors), and four students (mentees). The educators were selected as mentors and were paired randomly with students (mentees) registered in an Early Childhood Education Program. The study was conducted in the child care center where the educators were employed, which was the demonstration center for one of the provincial colleges. -- The findings indicate there was an increase in the mentors' and mentees' understanding of the role of a mentor and the benefits of mentoring. As well, mentors and mentees identified coaching and modeling as effective mentoring strategies to assist and demonstrate early childhood teaching practices as they worked with children. In addition, the findings revealed the importance of conferencing and journal writing as mentoring strategies to promote reflective thinking in relation to meaningful and purposeful Early Childhood Education teaching practices. The findings also indicated that mentors must demonstrate sensitivity and encouragement to help create a non- threatening environment for themselves and mentees to think reflectively about their teaching practices. -- Recommendations are made to the Colleges' advisory committees and instructors of Early Childhood Education Programs to strengthen the field placement component of Early Childhood Education Programs

Agatha Christie: A Look Into Criminal Procedure and Gender

With 2020 being the 100th year since Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published, it seems fitting to celebrate such an accomplished author with a deeper look into the inner workings of her novels. While she wrote mystery novels that involved many detectives, the two most popular are Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. This paper will examine these two detectives in regard to the criminal procedure each uses to solve their respective cases. Would her detectives’ work hold up in court then or even today? Additionally, the difference in gender between Poirot and Marple and how that affects their crime solving methods will also be examined

Pandemic Review: South Los Angeles

IMPORTANCE The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the discussion on social inequality and vulnerabilities of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community. The understanding is that inequality is a multifaceted issue that stems from the historical mistreatment of BIPOC individuals—their sociodemographic and economic backgrounds are at the most risk in population studies. Many predictors of contracting COVID-19 included employment status (ability to work from home), education level, income (wealth), and housing conditions (environment) (Rozenfeld et al., 2020). Contracting COVID-19 in South Los Angeles was more likely to happen among those from racial and ethnic minorities and those living in poverty than among White and wealthy individuals (Allan-Blitz, Goldbeck, Hertlein, Turner, & Klausner, 2021)—this comes from an analysis of the demographics, socioeconomic, and risk factors of the community of South Los Angeles. OBJECTIVE The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected BIPOC individuals. The relationship between socioeconomic status and demographics is powerful enough to affect the care and resources of those within South Los Angeles. As a result of structural and systemic issues, the community of South Los Angeles has had a 40% higher case rate than the entire country\u27s rate (Bonilla & Bradley et al., 2021) . Understanding the reasons for this disparity will help with more health-affirming care and resources in South Los Angeles