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mental health issues (Norrish & Vella-Brodrick, 2009). Similarly, Melnyk, Kelly, and Lusk (2014) proposed a group therapy technique using cognitive behavioral interventions called COPE, which focuses on the importance of altering negative thought patterns, maladaptive beliefs, and other cognitive processes in attempt to promote behavioral and emotional change. Instead of focusing on adolescent groups as a whole, a trial was conducted on a sample of sixteen adolescents identified as having…

individuals are faced with as a condition for genocide. He claims that when individuals are confronted with difficult life conditions they turn to scapegoating, that is, they claim that some other group is at fault for their suffering. Therefore, they become justified in “turning against and harming members of another group” (Staub 1999, pg. 305). It can also be said that segregated individuals in poor states are more inclined to revolt against the state over perceived inequality, and are…

American muscle meets Italian beauty: an all-time-great combination. Ford wanted a mid-engined sports car to sell in its Mercury showrooms and the De Tomaso Pantera was the result of a partnership between Henry Ford and Alejandro de Tomaso, an Argentinian small-time producer of exotic sports and racing cars. Ford engineers took a look at the Mangusta, De Tomaso’s previous offering, and thought its backbone chassis was too weak. So Detroit-born car designer Tom Tjaarda, who had just started…

The Playground Negotiation is a true to life case that takes place in Ithaca, New York. There are two officials, one from the volunteer involvement and the other in support of the Parks and Recreation Department both groups make up the Ithaca Special Projects Task Force. They have both been elected to decide on whether to fund a playground for the neighborhood. Whether they decide to build a playground or not, this task force is responsible of whether to fund the playground or choose a later…

Glassner states, “ A host of studies indicate that by downplaying the suffering of victims and their family’s the media does a disservice to minority neighborhoods where those victims live” (112). This generates negative attention towards minority groups who seem to get blamed for all negative problems happening in society. The shift into blaming minorities as the cause for…

according to Gregg Kilday article, Guy Aoki the MANAA founding president, is quoted saying “Many in Japan have been so brainwashed by western culture that they have developed an inferiority complex about their own. They assume that in order for an American film to be successful it has to star a white actor” (Kilday 3). What…

describe the ancient Greeks and Romans. Even though Anderson’s “imagined communities” is not directly parallel in the ancient world, it is at least applicable as a way of getting at the constructed nature of identity in terms of defining “in” and “out” groups. [MAYBE MOVE TO THE CHAPTER WITH ANTHONY…

does not tell the whole story. Aside from ACT UP’s insider vs. outsider dynamic, we can also analyze another form of segmentation that is otherwise regarded as one of the groups’ major strengths, the formation of “affinity groups” (00:22). United in Anger does acknowledge the somewhat discordant agendas and priorities that each group supported, but minimizes the disparity between the support each received. For example, there were many activists solely concerned with the short-term “drugs into…

support affirmative action. First off they wish to switch the negative impacts brought on to the people by years of ¨separation¨of origins . They also want to verify minorities are being represented in schools and in the workforce they want all Americans to receive a fair chance at a job. One thing they do to make it a bit easier for people to get a job is to putting reachable requirements for those of whom want to apply for a job of a manager or supervisor. Supporters of Affirmative action also…

Fig. 2 show the protons nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) of HBA and HBA-BMF. In Fig. 2a,terminal methyl group present in fatty acid chain show the peak at around δ = 0.9 ppm.31 The proton of −CH2− groups of the fatty acid backbone and terminal methyl group attached proton show the peak between δ =1.20−1.59 ppm.30 The peak at δ = 5.4 ppm is attributed to the protons attached to the olefinic carbon atom (−CH=CH−) of fatty acid,28 this peak provides the evidence of the presence of fatty acid…