Socially Responsible Investing from a Christian Perspective

This paper attempts to determine the criteria that make investing in a particular company ethical according to a Christian economic ethic. Categories examined include product, environmental impact, employee relations, multinational corporations, and corporate governance

Three One Act Plays: The Rising of the Moon; Frenzied Finance; The Brink of Silence

Three one-act plays were preformed at John Carroll University by the Little Theatre Society on December 4, 1936 in the new University Heights location.https://collected.jcu.edu/plays/1112/thumbnail.jp

Descriptive Analysis of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Teacher in Space Program

Manned space flight, long popular in fiction and possible in theory, became fact through a number of related events stemming from World War II: rocket tests that began as an ex tens ion of wartime German techno logy; high-altitude high-speed jet and rocket aircraft research and development; and perfect ion of atmosphere reentry capabilities for ballistic missile systems. Building upon previous achievements, new plateaus in air and space transportation have been reached--military aviation, air mail, commercial passenger service, the jet age, and manned space flight. Now, a new era is upon us. The beginning of regularly scheduled runs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Space Shuttle to and from earth orbit in the 1980's marked the coming of the space age. The Shuttle turned formidable and costly space missions into routine and economical operations that generate maximum benefits for all people. The Shuttle opened space to men and women of all nations. Long before the success of the Apollo moon-circling mission (December 21-27, 1968), Americans began signing up for trips to the moon. Not for two decades would the first private citizen in space become reality And by then, over one million people had submitted their names for a trip into outer space. On August 27, 1984, NASA launched one of the most ambitious educational initiatives in its 27-year history: the Teacher in Space Project. This dissertation traced the development of the Teacher in Space Program. It began with an investigation of a basic question: "Why does man explore? 11 From there, it reviewed the development of the "unique personality" and the evolution of the space flight participant program. Chapters III and IV outline the Teacher in Space Program. The remainder of the text considers educational innovations which have resulted from the Teacher in Space Program

BMI, Body Image, Emotional Well-Being and Weight-Control Behaviors in Urban African American Adolescents

Importance: While urban African American adolescents face significant health disparities associated with overweight and obesity that follow them into adulthood; there is limited data on body image, emotional well-being, and weight control behaviors in this population to design effective public health interventions.Objective: This study was designed to understand the association of weight status to adolescent weight control, body image, and emotional well-being responses, in African American high school students.Design/Setting/Participants: The study cohort consisted of 776 students, mean age 15.8 years (±1.2). Data from Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS) student surveys and anthropometric studies were collected at School-Based Health Centers.Main Outcome Measures: Associations between adolescent responses on the GAPS and body mass index (BMI) status (healthy weight: 5th to less than 85th percentile, overweight: 85th to less than 95th percentile, obese: 95th percentile or greater) were estimated using logistic regression and dose- response plots.Results: There were statistically significant associations between BMI category and weight control (ranging from a mean 5.18 to 7.68 odds of obesity) and body image (3.40 to 13.26 odds of obesity) responses. Responses to weight control and body image questions exhibited a dose- response for odds of overweight and obesity. Feelings of depressed mood were associated with obesity (1.47 times the odds of obesity compared to students who did not endorse depressed mood; 95% CI, 1.01 to 2.13) but not overweight status.Conclusion and Relevance: Overweight and obese urban African American adolescents are more likely to screen positively on weight control risk behaviors and negative body image questions than their normal weight peers. The weight control and body image measures on the GAPS may provide information to identify youth in need of services and those motivated for brief school-based weight control interventions