16144 research outputs found
Sort by
Coca-Cola: Bottling Happiness
No full textOver the years, sexism, racism, and heterosexism have begun leaking into commercials and advertisements due to an excuse that these ideas are necessary to sell products. This study focuses on the representation in Coca-Cola’s “Taste the Feeling“ campaign released in January of 2016. By showing commercials that feature mainly straight, white, beautiful, cisgender, and heterosexual characters, Coca-Cola fails to acknowledge a majority of people around the globe. The company has forced target groups of people to see themselves in this majority lens without giving representation to all and therefore invalidating individuals’ own unique life experiences. Research found that Coca-Cola deliberately included actors of certain races, ethnicities, and sexualities to target specific demographics within their target market
Influence of Faith Based Prison Reform on Recidivism
No full textThe goal of the research presented is to measure the effectiveness of faith based prison reform programs in the U.S. That is, reform programs that use religion, primarily Christianity, which influence changed behavior. The effectiveness of faith based prison reform will be measured by comparing and contrasting it with other prison reform programs both within in the prison, and those utilized during the re-entry process. It will be measured against programs in the U.S. by examining the differences of said behavior of inmates in prison that do have these programs and prisons that do not. Recidivism rates and in prison behavior will be use as primarily measures among several others. The U.S. spends roughly $22,000 per year to keep prisoners incarnated. Multiply this by the two million prisoners the U.S. houses, the U.S. spends a large amount of money housing prisoners. By reducing recidivism the U.S. can begin reducing the prison population, and, by extension, start directing money previously used for prison towards other government funded programs
Mental Health within Residency
No full textMedical school brings with it much stress, as the rigors of medical education are tiring, extensive, and consuming. This often increases during residency and can take a serious toll on residents’ mental well-being, both in the short and long term, affecting their functioning both within and outside of the program. Residency can adversely affect residents’ level of anxiety, depression, stress and more, deteriorating job performance and overall mental stability. This study focuses on pediatric residents and their mental health and overall mental well-being. We used longitudinal data from a larger children’s hospital. Building on theories prioritizing the importance of repeated interactions within specific groups, and how these interactions influence a sense of familiarity and commonality, leading to enhanced mental health. Findings indicate that the more friends reported within the residency the more respondents report trust in co-residents, affective regard for co-residents, greater social unity, and higher commitment to co-residents. Second, the more socially integrated residents were within the program, the lower their reported overall stress, fewer reported days experiencing bad mental health, and better overall self-rated health. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, as residents report more friends within the residency program they also report feeling “alone” less often
Bio-Inspired Control of Civil Infrastructure
Get PDFCivil infrastructure is constantly at risk for failure due to unpredictable high impact loadings such as earthquakes and high winds. Over the course of the last decade, a bio-inspired wireless sensor node has been developed for the purpose of more effective structural monitoring and control. This node draws inspiration in its functionality from the mammalian cochlea found in the inner ear and benefits of the node include its real time frequency decomposition capabilities as well as its ability to compress high amounts of data. In this study, a bio-inspired control algorithm, which draws inspiration from the mechanisms employed the biological central nervous system for sensing and control, was applied to a single story structure in order to produce more effective methods of control. Specifically, the structure’s performance when subject to control was simulated using Newmark’s method and the effectiveness of the control was quantified. It was determined that this algorithm produced effective displacement control by reducing the maximum displacement of the single story structure by 42.90%, as well as reducing the normalized displacement over the entire time period by 32.33%
Stress Buffer or Identity Threat?: Negative Media Portrayal, Public and Private Religious Involvement, and Mental Health in a National Sample of US Adults
Get PDFGuided by the stress process tradition, complex links between religion and mental health have received growing attention from researchers. This study gauges individuals’ public and private religiosity, uses a novel measure of environmental stress—negative media portrayal of religion—and presents two divergent hypotheses: (1) religiosity as stress-exacerbating attachment to valued identities producing mental health vulnerability to threat and (2) religiosity as stress-buffering social psychological resource. To assess these hypotheses, we analyze three mental health outcomes (generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and general mental health problems) in national U.S. data from 2010 (N = 1,714). Our findings align with the stress-buffering perspective. Results show that individuals low in public and private religiosity tend to have worse mental health with greater negative media portrayal. High public or private religiosity tends to nullify the relationship between negative media portrayal and mental health
Honoring an Inmate through Socially Engaged Art
No full textSocially engaged art is frequently used as a vessel of change. An artist can bring together his/her vision and a community of people together in order to collaborate on art aimed at making a social impact. Collaborations such as these can produce bold messages that foster change in society. Specifically, the fight for social justice has been greatly supported by socially engaged art. In a recent first year seminar (FYS) project, students collaborated to prepare and host a dinner party on behalf of a local inmate and his family. The gathering explored concepts of honoring and remembering loved ones, as well as accepting and forgiving them. In order to frame the event as socially engaged art, the dinner incorporated student-designed visual elements, such as placemats with stories of transformation by other inmates as well as decor highlighting Gregory’s poetry. Gregory’s reflections of his own journey were also included in a book that was presented to the family at the dinner. In the book designed by students, Walking Gregory’s Neighborhood, Gregory takes Professor Pelz on a tour of his neighborhood through poetic descriptions of formative sites. A second FYS class prepared the food for the dinner party and thoughtfully considered hospitality arrangements for the evening, enacting Gregory’s wishes in every detail for the event. This class focused on extending hospitality and utilizing food and connection to bring comfort. Preparation for the project consisted of learning about prejudices and discrimination that inmates and former inmates face, the disparity in incarceration rates between different races, and the effects of mass incarceration. Through this project, students directly observed the positive impacts that socially engaged art can have on a group of people
Love and Information: Stage Management
No full textThe project will show the process of stage managing Love and Information from start to finish, and the effort required to stage manage a full production. Stage management is the organization and coordination of actors, production staff, set, light, sound, and costume designers, crew members, and additional production crew, the end result being the creation of a fully-fledged theatre production. This process involves running production meetings, recording notes in rehearsals for the designers, recording blocking notes to track actor movements, marking the location of cues for sounds or lights, and then running the show once it opens. This is referred to as “calling” the show, which involves giving cues for the light and sound board operators, as well as for backstage crew and a projector operator. The notes taken over the course of the production, as well as the script with the list of cues, are held in a large prompt book which represent the culmination of the stage manager’s work
Same Sex Marriage in the United States
No full textOne of the currently contested issues in our society is that of the legality of same-sex marriage in the United States. The goal of my project was to objectively consider the arguments put forth on the either side of the debate by both the media and academic scholars. In so doing, I desired (1) to pinpoint faulty reasoning in popular arguments found on opposing sides of the issue of same sex marriage, and (2) to present cogent arguments for both stances in a way accessible to the general population. In order to accomplish this accessibility I chose the format of dissemination for my research to be that of a Prezi presentation. I believe that this format is one that can be accessible for all people while still retaining a high level intriguing academic thought. My hope is that with my research, people will have an increased capability to think critically about the issue of the legality of same sex marriage in our country and thoughtfully formulate their own positions while respecting those of others
The Anchor, Volume 130.19: March 8, 2017
Get PDFThe Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor\u27s history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular