The Effects of the “Chinese Virus” on the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community: Hate Crimes, Discrimination, and Violence

With the spread of the global health crisis that is COVID-19, hate crimes towards Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have skyrocketed in the U.S., largely due to the charged rhetoric and misperceptions perpetrated by the U.S. government that link COVID-19 to people of Asian descent. This project analyzes the history of discrimination towards AAPIs in the United States and its present-day context. Moreover, this analysis reveals the detrimental effects of verbal and physical assaults on the emotional and physical health of AAPIs and explores the possible solutions we can implement to decrease these crimes. Finally, I consider the implications of this phenomenon and explain that it is not just a national problem but a global one. A mixed-methods approach is utilized in order to create a holistic, balanced analytical framework. Qualitative data, including journal articles and research studies, show historical and contemporary iterations of Anti-Asian behavior. Interviews help to humanize the impact of this phenomenon on individuals, and quantitative data demonstrates the tangible impact of these crimes. My research finds that with the increase in hate crimes over the past two years, we in the AAPI community have had to change our daily routines and felt unsafe and paranoid just because of how we look. Anti-Asian hate has been ignored and buried deep in American history for too long, and COVID-19, despite its tragic consequences, allows us to unearth years of discourse and issues that must now be addressed

The Effects of the “Chinese Virus” on the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community: Hate Crimes, Discrimination, and Violence

With the spread of the global health crisis that is COVID-19, hate crimes towards Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have skyrocketed in the U.S., largely due to the charged rhetoric and misperceptions perpetrated by the U.S. government that link COVID-19 to people of Asian descent. This project analyzes the history of discrimination towards AAPIs in the United States and its present-day context. Moreover, this analysis reveals the detrimental effects of verbal and physical assaults on the emotional and physical health of AAPIs and explores the possible solutions we can implement to decrease these crimes. Finally, I consider the implications of this phenomenon and explain that it is not just a national problem but a global one. A mixed-methods approach is utilized in order to create a holistic, balanced analytical framework. Qualitative data, including journal articles and research studies, show historical and contemporary iterations of Anti-Asian behavior. Interviews help to humanize the impact of this phenomenon on individuals, and quantitative data demonstrates the tangible impact of these crimes. My research finds that with the increase in hate crimes over the past two years, we in the AAPI community have had to change our daily routines and felt unsafe and paranoid just because of how we look. Anti-Asian hate has been ignored and buried deep in American history for too long, and COVID-19, despite its tragic consequences, allows us to unearth years of discourse and issues that must now be addressed

Opinions of Mississippi Pharmacists on the Prescription to OTC Switch, and the OTC Status of Ibuprofen

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Work Related Paternal Absence among Petroleum Workers in Canada

Work-Related Parental Absence (WRPA) is common in contemporary family life. Industries such as aviation, fishing, logging, mining, and petroleum extraction all require the employee to work away from family from short to significant periods of time. In Canada’s petroleum industry, work schedules that involve parental absence are especially common. There has been ample research conducted on the impact of military deployment on families, some research on how mining families are impacted by WRPA, and a small amount of research on the effects of WRPA among offshore European petroleum workers and their families. However, there is no research currently available that investigates the impact of WRPA on Canadian oil and gas petroleum workers and their families. In this article, we share the results of a qualitative study that examined the experience of WRPA through interviewing 10 heterosexual couples. Use of Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis identified a tripartite thematic structure consisting of positive, negative, and neutral aspects of the WRPA experience, which in turn were shaped by specific adaptive strategies undertaken by families. The results of this research provide important insights into a common, yet poorly understood, lifestyle within the Canadian employment landscape

Anomalous morphology in left hemisphere motor and premotor cortex of children who stutter

Stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the smooth flow of speech production. Stuttering onset occurs during a dynamic period of development when children first start learning to formulate sentences. Although most children grow out of stuttering naturally, ∼1% of all children develop persistent stuttering that can lead to significant psychosocial consequences throughout one’s life. To date, few studies have examined neural bases of stuttering in children who stutter, and even fewer have examined the basis for natural recovery versus persistence of stuttering. Here we report the first study to conduct surface-based analysis of the brain morphometric measures in children who stutter. We used FreeSurfer to extract cortical size and shape measures from structural MRI scans collected from the initial year of a longitudinal study involving 70 children (36 stuttering, 34 controls) in the 3–10-year range. The stuttering group was further divided into two groups: persistent and recovered, based on their later longitudinal visits that allowed determination of their eventual clinical outcome. A region of interest analysis that focused on the left hemisphere speech network and a whole-brain exploratory analysis were conducted to examine group differences and group × age interaction effects. We found that the persistent group could be differentiated from the control and recovered groups by reduced cortical thickness in left motor and lateral premotor cortical regions. The recovered group showed an age-related decrease in local gyrification in the left medial premotor cortex (supplementary motor area and and pre-supplementary motor area). These results provide strong evidence of a primary deficit in the left hemisphere speech network, specifically involving lateral premotor cortex and primary motor cortex, in persistent developmental stuttering. Results further point to a possible compensatory mechanism involving left medial premotor cortex in those who recover from childhood stuttering.This study was supported by Award Numbers R01DC011277 (SC) and R01DC007683 (FG) from the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIDCD or the National Institutes of Health. (R01DC011277 - National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD); R01DC007683 - National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD))Accepted manuscrip

exPIERience

The name of this project is called “exPIERience” and the technological field of focus is virtual reality. We will be working on creating a virtual reality experience using the Oculus Rift for the Center of Coastal Marine Sciences (CCMS). The purpose of this system is to enable people to experience diving at the Cal Poly Pier even during nonoptimal diving conditions which occur frequently. CCMS hopes to attract further interest and possible momentum in future outreach such as a “Live Dive” program, where live videos of divers under the pier can be streamed. A 360° video from the diver’s perspective will be recorded during the diver’s journey through the water. These captured images will be recreated into a 3D space that will simulate an experience as if the user of the headset is the actual diver. We will need to build a camera system that will properly record an entire 360° view of the space that the diver experiences first hand. In addition to this system, an easy-to use control system must be built for proper navigation throughout the 3D space. We hope to deliver a design that will enable users of all expertise to operate the device and have the same user experience