Cross-sectional study

between herself and her father, Bruce Bechdel. Her discovery of her Dad’s hidden photos reveals the underlying secrets that she and he both share. This discovery also identifies the characteristics that translate from Bruce to Alison Bechdel such as cross-dressing. She uses the word “translation” to illustrate her argument that Bechdel is more like her father than she believes. She guides the reader toward seeing the homosexuality being translated from Bruce to herself by employing artistic…

For years, the American fire service thought that the number one killer of firefighters were heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies, due to the high number of them and the physical stress of firefighting. The American public probably thinks of the number one killer of firefighters to be thermal injuries or structural collapses. Surprisingly, the most powerful enemy to the fire service, a silent but deadly one, is cancer. When I first started as a Firefighter, a short nine years ago,…

The Cross The cross is a universal symbol of Christianity. You will find this symbol in many Christian rituals as well as all over the interior of Christian churches. Making a sign of the cross over a child during the baptism invokes God's protection and asks for entrance into the body of the Christian church. The cross is a symbol coming from Jesus' crucifixion on the cross. Jesus' death was his sacrifice to wipe clean all the sins of humans. The cross is one of the most familiar of all…

What are the five steps of the scientific method? 1.)Begin with curiosity: BY “on the basis of theory, prior research, or personal observation, pose a question.” 2.)Develop a hypothesis: once you have the question, form it into a hypothesis, a prognosis would be evaluated 3.)Test the hypothesis: Design and lead research to accumulate experimental proof 4.)Analyze the evidence gathered in the research: figured out if the theory was right or not 5.)Report the results: share information,…

The findings of this study on neurocognitive performance of high school athletes who incur multiple concussions suggest athletes with a history of 3 or more concussions are still impaired on cognitive tasks and concussion symptoms [6].The authors used a cohort study design, the IVs were concussion groups (0,1,2,>3), and time ( baseline, 3 days, 8 days), the DVs were neurocognitive test scores measured by Immediate Post Concussion Assessment, cognitive testing (ImPact), neurocognitive test…

I. Introduction: Magical Trans-Formation Transsexual Narratives How individuals seek to articulate their transgressive gender identities not only informs their biographies but how they understand their present selves. For instance, in the West the “wrong-body” paradigm (Benjamin 1966) that describes a gender identity at odds with the sex-assignment of an individual’s physicality/ biology at birth resulting in cognitive, emotional and physical distress (or dysphoria) is commonly referenced to…

researcher is going to implement a cross sectional study with a qualitative case study approach. The nurses will be females, ages 25-50 years old with 0-10 years of experience. The dependent variable will consist of a scale measuring negative impacts on the individual nurse from shift work. Four independent variables will be examined. They include age, experience vs. no experience, mandated vs. choice and napping. Ethical considerations end limitations of the study will be discussed further in…

The body of a report is made up of four parts, the Introduction, the Methods, the Results, and the Discussion section. Sometimes papers include a Conclusions section, especially when multiple studies are reported. The Introduction contains the thesis statement telling the reader what the research problem is and a description of why the problem is important, and a review of the relevant literature. For example, Menahem’s (1984) model of psychotherapy…

Family Resiliency, Homelessness, and Mental Health Homeless families often present with complex health concerns and social situations that overwhelm the family unit and the ability to function. Homelessness is an over-arching term fraught with substance abuse, poverty, domestic abuse, and mental health issues. These issues reach across the biopsychosocial continuum of health and social issues and contribute to a greater rate of familial clientele with mental health issues. The homeless are…

Tiet et al. (2001) study argues that IQ is a protective factor for youth, where maternal psychopathology is a risk factor for youth and children. Tiet et al. (2001) states that a higher IQ benefits youth with coping with adverse life events because they are more likely to critically think and problem solve. These children and youth are better at equipped with using their experience to positively shift their mental thinking (Tiet et al., 2001). Youth with higher IQ are able to think more…