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Best Integrated Writing Fall 2025 - Complete Edition
No full textBest Integrated Writing includes excellent student writing from Integrated Writing courses taught at Wright State University
From Stress to Social Context: Examining the Drivers of Excessive Drinking
Get PDFInvestigating different variables and the impact they have on excessive drinking can help us enhance our population’s overall quality of life. Our research examined key variables, including social associations, unemployment, education level, rural residency, mental health, physical distress, and access to mental health providers.In Ohio, excessive drinking rates increased significantly between 2016 and 2023, coinciding with a decline in social association rates. A moderate positive correlation was identified between excessive drinking and educational attainment (r = .480, p \u3c .001), suggesting increased alcohol use in more educated populations. Unexpectedly, a weak negative correlation emerged between unemployment and excessive drinking, challenging conventional assumptions. Additionally, the prevalence of frequent poor mental health in Ohio rose remarkably between 2016 and 2023, underscoring the growing burden of mental health challenges. Interestingly, no significant correlations were found between excessive drinking and rural residency or the availability of mental health providers. Lastly, a significant 37% of the variance in excessive drinking was explained by frequent physical distress, highlighting alcohol\u27s potential role as a coping mechanism.These results underscore the multifaceted nature of excessive drinking and its ties to societal and individual stressors. Addressing these issues through targeted interventions and policy adjustments could mitigate excessive drinking rates and its associated harms. Further experimental research involving longitudinal datasets and broader geographical contexts is recommended to deepen understanding and inform public health strategies
The Guardian the Month of February 2025
Get PDFNews articles from The Guardian for the Month of February 2025. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian/3674/thumbnail.jp
David Garrison, Professor Emeritus, Department of Modern Languages, College of Liberal Arts
Get PDFIn this February 17, 2025 oral history interview conducted by Kathy Morris, David Garrison reflects on his thirty-year career as Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Wright State University. He discusses the growth of the Modern Languages Department, his service as chair, his work as a translator and interpreter in the Dayton community, and the practical value of language study
The Squeeze
Get PDFIn this short story, Sam Fletcher gives a glimpse into the world of Army Engineers. Through the lens of an outsider’s perspective, this story showcases the sometimes-tenuous relationship that accompanies working with ally forces during the global war on terror. While this story is a work of fiction, it mirrors the very real connections formed by exposure to danger and shared hardship. It is dedicated to the brave Engineers Fletcher served with who risked their lives to ensure the safety of others
Make Them Hear You: Examining the Evolution of Activism and Advocacy in the Gay Rights Movement
Get PDFThis paper provides a thorough accounting and discussion of the strategies the LGBT movement employed during the past sixty years in an effort to achieve greater legal protections against exclusion and mistreatment. It offers an assessment of the successes and challenges of the movement, providing insights into the efficacies of strategies that may be employed in future waves of the movement
Addressing Pain Management Postoperatively from a Multimodal Approach in Response to the Opioid Epidemic
Get PDFThis review article explores the four-wave opioid epidemic across the United States and the postsurgical multimodal pain management approaches being implemented to help combat it. Breaking down the mechanistic approach to pain in the form of opioid-alternative analgesics, cryotherapeutic techniques, cognitive approaches, and more, this paper offers insight into how pain can be managed outside of the historical approach, while also exploring the future directions of the field as physicians and researchers alike search for ways to offer more comfort and quality of life to the patients who walk through their clinic doors
Study on Predisposing Factors and Control Measures against Cryptosporidiosis in Buffalo Calves at Cattle Colony Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Get PDFThe current study looked at the variables affecting the frequency of Cryptosporidium Parvum in buffalo calves at the Hyderabad Cattle Colony. From calves, 100 fecal samples were taken in total, preserved, and analyzed using direct smear and Ziehl-Neelsen staining methods. 74 percent of the samples tested positive for Cryptosporidium Parvum. Disease rates were higher in Nili Ravi calves (86 %) compared to Kundhi calves (62 %), with a statistically significant difference (
Postcard from James Stokes, to Milton Wright from Denver, Colorado (Rock Creek)
Get PDFAn undated Denver, Colorado postcard featuring Rock Creek, Colorado Springs, and the Cripple Creek Short Line. Sent from James Stokes his cousin, to Milton Wright.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms711_postcards/1033/thumbnail.jp