Standing With Asian Clients Affected by Pandemic: Counseling Recommendations Through MSJCC Framework

As COVID-19 exacerbates racial discrimination against Asian populations in the U.S., mental health concerns among Asians have increased accordingly. Thus, counselors are encouraged to provide culturally competent counseling for Asian clients who experience racial discrimination and its detrimental impacts. This article proposes recommendations for counselors to effectively serve Asian clients based on the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC) framework. Counselors can utilize the proposed considerations to alleviate mental health concerns among Asian clients

The Action Research on the Development of the Sport-Based Character Education Program

In a situation where school violence among early adolescents is very serious, such as the recent mass assault of Busan middle school girls, the development of a character education program that takes into account the unique characteristics of adolescents due to confusion in their self-identity and values is highly requested. Accordingly, in this study, we developed a sports-based practical character education model to help early adolescents naturally acquire character elements. To this end, scientific procedures for program development and According to the action research method, two modules were developed, a classroom program using sports and an integrated program, taking school conditions into account. The subjects of the study were selected through significant sampling according to the presence or absence of sports facilities among schools wishing to participate, and ultimately, two groups of first-year middle school students in the Seoul and Gyeonggi area, 24 and 28 students in total, 52 students in total, participated. Each group once a week from September 1 to November 10, 2016 It was operated in 90-minute block times, and the classroom program was implemented for 4 weeks and the integrated program was implemented for 10 weeks. To verify the effectiveness of the program, repeated measures analysis of variance was conducted to verify the differences between groups and the average difference between pre- and post-tests, and the satisfaction results of study participants were analyzed. As a result, this program was effective in personal and social character competencies, and there was no significant difference between the classroom and integrated groups, showing that both programs were effective. In addition, in terms of intrapersonal gender competency, There was a positive effect in increasing communication and community competencies in self-identity, self-management, and social personality competencies, but there was no significant difference in vision and order competencies. This study was developed as a classroom-type, integrated character education module that can be flexibly applied in school settings and is significant as a program that allows students to naturally experience character competencies. Lastly, the limitations of this study and suggestions for follow-up research were made

Direct observation of DNA target searching and cleavage by CRISPR-Cas12a

Cas12a (also called Cpf1) is a representative type V-A CRISPR effector RNA-guided DNA endonuclease, which provides an alternative to type II CRISPR-Cas9 for genome editing. Previous studies have revealed that Cas12a has unique features distinct from Cas9, but the detailed mechanisms of target searching and DNA cleavage by Cas12a are still unclear. Here, we directly observe this entire process by using single-molecule fluorescence assays to study Cas12a from Acidaminococcus sp. (AsCas12a). We determine that AsCas12a ribonucleoproteins search for their on-target site by a one-dimensional diffusion along elongated DNA molecules and induce cleavage in the two DNA strands in a well-defined order, beginning with the non-target strand. Furthermore, the protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) for AsCas12a makes only a limited contribution of DNA unwinding during R-loop formation and shows a negligible role in the process of DNA cleavage, in contrast to the Cas9 PAM.

Effects of Cheap Talk on Hypothetical Bias

‘Cheap talk’ has been proposed to reduce the hypothetical bias in value elicitation mechanisms. This study explores the effect of cheap talk in laboratory experiments by applying three preference elicitation methods; hypothetical ranking, hypothetical ranking with cheap talk, and non-hypothetical choice. Results indicate that the hypothetical willingness-to-pay (WTP) values are higher than non-hypothetical WTPs, however cheap talk was not effective at reducing hypothetical bias

U.S. Food Stamp Program and Its Implications for Korea

The purpose of the U.S. Food Stamp Program is to end hunger and improve nutrition and health. It helps low-income households who buy the food they need for a nutritionally adequate diet. Korea could introduce food assistance program such as U.S. food Stamp Program, mainly being focused on improving nutrition and health for low income families. In order to launch this program successfully, the operation system should be related to current cash assistance system for low income families, and the infrastructure for EBT(Electronic Benefit Transfer) system should be constructed in food market