Alien Registration- Kearse, Robert (Lakeville, Penobscot County)

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Making Room: Conversations About Race and Faith Between Members of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC and St. John\u27s Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC

In this project, the candidate recorded personal stories from members of two different Baptist congregations: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (a church made up predominantly of members identifying as African-American) and St. John’s Baptist Church (a church made up predominantly of members identifying as Caucasian). Using those recordings, the candidate created a podcast called “Making Room,” and invited participating group members to listen to each other’s stories. In addition, the candidate invited these same group members to participate in conversations about issues of race, especially as they present themselves in Charlotte, NC. The candidate and group members challenged themselves with the biblical ethic of hospitality and explored conversations about how each individual might help to improve relationships between African-Americans and Caucasian Americans using that Christian ethic

Predictors of Complementary Alternative Medicine Usage Among Diabetic Adults in the United States

Available data for the last two decades have shown that the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing, with users including adult diabetics around the world. There is not a strong consensus concerning the influence of socioeconomic factors on the use of CAM by adult diabetics. The purpose of this retrospective cross-sectional study was to examine the use of CAM among U.S. adults 21 years and older diagnosed with diabetes and whether income influences the use of CAM among adult diabetics after adjusting for age, gender, and location. Cross-sectional data from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey represented noninstitutionalized U.S. adults with diabetes (n = 26,728). Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the odds of CAM use among diabetics and whether income level influences CAM use. Results showed that females had lower adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of using CAM (AOR: 0.386; p = 0.654) compared to males (AOR: 1.472; p = 0.654). After adjusting for age, gender, and location, participants with higher education levels of master’s and above (AOR: 4.214; p = 0.103) had higher odds of CAM usage compared to participants with lower education levels of high school/GED (AOR: 0.468; p = 0.626). The AOR for the association between income level and CAM use after controlling for confounders such as age, gender, and location was 0.491 (p = 0.213). Implications for positive social change include having practitioners regularly inquire on CAM use and medication adherence among diabetic patients, which may reduced mortality resulting from harmful side effects

Taxation-Federal Income Tax-Corporation Held Not Collapsible Where View to Sell Arose After Construction Completed

Petitioners had formed a corporation for the purpose of building and operating a housing project. After the construction was completed and most of the apartments rented, small cracks were discovered in the buildings. Without soliciting engineering or other technical opinion, petitioners sold their stock in the corporation. The Tax Court upheld respondent-commissioner\u27s taxing the profit from the sale of stock as ordinary income rather than capital gain, on the theory that the corporation was collapsible under section 117 (m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. On appeal, held, reversed. Since the view to the sale of stock did not exist before construction was completed, the corporation was not within the contemplation of section 117 (m). Jacobson v. Comm\u27r, 281 F.2d 703 (3d Cir. 1960)

Predictors of Complementary Alternative Medicine Usage Among Diabetic Adults in the United States

Available data for the last two decades have shown that the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing, with users including adult diabetics around the world. There is not a strong consensus concerning the influence of socioeconomic factors on the use of CAM by adult diabetics. The purpose of this retrospective cross-sectional study was to examine the use of CAM among U.S. adults 21 years and older diagnosed with diabetes and whether income influences the use of CAM among adult diabetics after adjusting for age, gender, and location. Cross-sectional data from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey represented noninstitutionalized U.S. adults with diabetes (n = 26,728). Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the odds of CAM use among diabetics and whether income level influences CAM use. Results showed that females had lower adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of using CAM (AOR: 0.386; p = 0.654) compared to males (AOR: 1.472; p = 0.654). After adjusting for age, gender, and location, participants with higher education levels of master’s and above (AOR: 4.214; p = 0.103) had higher odds of CAM usage compared to participants with lower education levels of high school/GED (AOR: 0.468; p = 0.626). The AOR for the association between income level and CAM use after controlling for confounders such as age, gender, and location was 0.491 (p = 0.213). Implications for positive social change include having practitioners regularly inquire on CAM use and medication adherence among diabetic patients, which may reduced mortality resulting from harmful side effects