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Chinese Communist Party Infiltration of U.S. Pacific Islands: Protecting American National Security Through Defending Strategic Pacific Assets
No full textMany Americans picture the U.S.’s Western most border to be the coast of California. However, when threats have historically formed in the Pacific, U.S. Pacific Island territories have served as the nation’s first line of defense. Today, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have slowly but ambitiously deployed new age or ‘unrestricted’ warfare tactics against the United States and allies in their long awaited plan to assume global hegemony. Their illegal infiltration and psychological operations have gone past Taipei and reached American soil in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. This paper examines how the (CCP) uses unrestricted warfare strategies to infiltrate U.S. Pacific territories, undermining American influence and sovereignty in the Indo-Pacific region. The analysis is drawn from congressional committee reports, academic studies, and historical examples to ultimately find how the CCP is infiltrating the U.S. Pacific islands, what the implications are, and how the U.S. Intelligence Community can respond. The paper argues that the Intelligence Community’s multifaceted response is vital to inform decision makers on how to create a grand strategy for the U.S. government which will be key to defeating the CCP
Overview of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
No full textTraumatic events are often unexpected and can be experienced in a variety of ways; individuals may directly be involved, witness the event, or hear about traumatic events occurring to people that they know. Traumatic events can be due to human actions (such as war, terrorism, violence, or sexual abuse), but can also be secondary to nature (such as hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, or flooding); the event itself does not determine if an event is traumatic, but rather, the individual’s perception and experience of such an event. Thus, trauma can occur at any developmental age and vary between individuals due to personal experience and interpretation
Resistance is Not Futile: Plotting a Future of Critical Thinking with AI in Nursing Education
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Minimizing Burnout in Ministry Leaders by Cultivating Sustainable Practices and Procedures to Help Foster Resilient Leaders.
No full textThis study employed a qualitative approach to explore the lived experiences of ministry leaders in developing sustainable practices and procedures that reduce burnout and foster resilient leadership. Several studies on burnout have identified gaps in the processes and methods ministry leaders use to prevent burnout. This research concentrates explicitly on leadership within the church structure. Each participant is a ministry leader and practitioner who will share their lived experiences, which will be documented through the assessment and interview process, then transcribed, coded, and analyzed for common themes. The intervention in this study will provide a strong foundation for current and future ministries to better support their leaders and members through enhanced operations and the fostering of a thriving, united community. The three-step process introduced to 21 ministry leaders tells a story that emphasizes the need for essential steps to minimize work stress by providing the necessary process and procedures to help leaders plan, implement, reflect on, and address key areas, positioning them to be effective and efficient. The implementation of the intervention becomes vital for equipping leaders with the essential tool to minimize stress, thereby building resiliency and reducing burnout. Findings from this study will provide deeper insight regarding burnout. This study will also provide new insights into procedures to minimize ministry burnout, offering leaders sustainable processes and long-term knowledge to help manage stress and mitigate burnout
Impact of a Pandemic on Clinical Research Organization Ethics: A Case Study
No full textThe purpose of this research is to examine the post-COVID ethical issues among clinical trials at clinical research organizations (CROs) in the Eastern region. This research is theoretically underpinned by the premise of evaluating the impact of post-COVID on data transparency, ethical guidelines, and protocol compliance. The institutional theory posits that insights gained from this comparative analysis will also contribute to the broader discourse on safeguarding research integrity. According to Yin, case studies are the most beneficial study design to be used, consisting of quantitative approaches (Yin, 2018). The data collected from clinical research associates (CRAs) with experience working with CROs determines the change in data transparency, ethical guidelines, and protocol compliance since the post-COVID of clinical trials. The sample of the study includes a range of 16-30 volunteered participants who will be selected from four different CROs in the East Coast. Randomly selected volunteered participants will then provide responses to the set of questionnaires developed by the researcher. The questionnaire data will undergo analysis utilizing both SPSS and Python system analysis. Specifically, the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test will be employed to confirm the significance and correlation between ethical compliance and the level of data transparency among CROs (Shen et al., 2022). In this research, while the CROs showed operational resilience by quickly adapting workflows, they exhibited a lack of ethical resilience, as evidenced by a notable decline in perceived data compliance. Therefore, strengthening ethical resilience should be a priority for CROs to sustain stakeholder confidence and organizational integrity
Academic Opportunities: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Principals that Foster Academic Achievement of Students that Attend Secondary Title I Schools
No full textThe purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study is to explore the lived experiences of principals fostering the academic achievement of students in grades six through twelve who attend public secondary, Title I schools. The theory guiding this study was Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. Maslow’s theory posits that if a person’s lower-level deficiency needs are not met, ascension to higher levels cannot happen. The central research question is: “What are the lived experiences of principals that lead secondary Title I schools and how do they foster academic achievement of their students?” Purposeful sampling was used in this study, and participants in this study were secondary school principals that work in Title I public schools, grades 6-12. Data was collected from ten middle and high school principals using individual interviews, focus groups, and a document analysis of improvement plans from schools participating in this study. The data was analyzed using van Kaam and Moustakas’ transcendental phenomenological approach. The results of this study revealed two main themes that emerged from participant responses and analysis of the school improvement plans include: lack of family resources and barriers to academic achievement prevent academic success to students that attend secondary Title I schools. As the human instrument, I identified several sub-themes, which included equity, community relations, relationship building, leadership styles, and attendance. Recommendations are also provided that propose policy changes to increase funding for Title I schools with the goal of increasing the academic achievement amongst students that attend secondary Title I schools
Internal Coherence Factors of Instructional Leadership Teams and Their Impact on Student Academic Growth: A Quantitative Predictive Correlational Study
No full textThe purpose of this quantitative, predictive correlational study is to examine the relationship that the Internal Coherence Framework factors of leadership, teacher collaboration, and collective teacher efficacy have on student academic growth measured through teacher VAM scores. This study has significance, in that, it demonstrates how Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs) based on the Internal Coherence Framework, through intentional focus on strengthening pedagogy and collective teacher efficacy, impact student achievement at the secondary school level. Junior high and high school teachers who receive VAM scores from thirteen junior high schools and eight suburban high schools in southeast Louisiana responded to the Internal Coherence Survey. This study examined if teachers’ perceptions of principals’ instructional leadership, teacher collaboration for instructional improvement, meaningful professional development, conditions and processes for school improvement, and teachers’ perceptions of the faculty’s ability to attain goals could potentially affect student academic growth data derived from Louisiana’s Value Added Model (VAM) through multiple regression analysis. The results of the study indicated that the collective factors of the Internal Coherence Framework were statistically significant predictors of student academic growth measured by teacher VAM scores. Based on these findings, it is recommended that school leaders utilize Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs) intentionally by fostering collaborative professional cultures, encouraging teacher-led professional development based on teacher needs, and cultivating collective teacher efficacy to enhance instructional coherence and, ultimately, student academic growth
Healthcare Disparities Related to Income in South Carolina
No full textLow-income individuals and families in South Carolina face significant barriers to accessing healthcare, despite the presence of public health programs like Medicaid. Many fall into the healthcare coverage gap, earning too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford private insurance. This study explored the consequences of the healthcare coverage gap by examining the relationships between income, healthcare access, and the ability to afford healthcare services among 500 adults aged 19–64 who participated in the National Health Interview Survey between 2018 and 2023. Utilizing a retrospective quantitative analysis of secondary data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the U.S. Census Bureau from 2018 to 2023, the research identifies how income level, insurance status, and the cost of care impact timely access to healthcare and the affordability of services and medications. The study further analyzed demographic variations in access and stress due to medical costs. Findings reveal that individuals in South Carolina earning between 138% and 400% of the federal poverty line consistently face delayed medical care due to cost, difficulty affording prescriptions, and high levels of stress related to medical bills—highlighting a critical need for healthcare affordability reform. The study concluded with evidence-based recommendations aimed at improving healthcare accessibility and reducing adverse health outcomes for low-income residents in South Carolina, including expanding Medicaid eligibility and strengthening employer coverage standards to ensure affordable insurance options for full-time workers