Development approvals

1. Background The National Institutes of Health created a number of programs to increase diversity in research workforce (Ginther, 2011). The creation of these programs allowed for minority scientists to receive additional mentoring support to become competitive for NIH R01 funding. Yet, NIH failed to determine the effectiveness of these programs, impacting the priority scores of these grant applications and the awarding of grants to the scientific teams lead by Black researchers (Ginther,…

TJ is a 20-year-old single African American female born April 3, 1995. TJ was born and raised in Queens, NY, where she was raised by both her mother and father. TJ is the middle child out of two sisters and one brother. TJ reports not having a good relationship with her siblings and feels more close to her maternal cousins. TJ resides at Services for the Underserved (SUS) which is an Apartment Treatment Program (shared housing). Apartment Treatment is geared towards providing transitional…

Running head: INFANT AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT. Three important theory’s explaining infant and adolescent development. Luis M. Villa Lifespan Growth and Development PSYC.2314 Professor D. Magreehan June 17, 2016 INFANT AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT. There are several important perspective theories that explain infant and adolescent development. The three theories that I feel important in infant and adolescent development are Erickson’s Theory, Piaget’s Theory, and Freud’s…

As an Environmental Studies student I have come to realize everything has an impact on the way this world works and many of those impacts are causes of human-environment interactions. Before reading this book, I had a basic concept about energy and the main complexities that came with it. As humans we have created a web of relationships that form our complex society and allows us to function efficiently, however, it is that connected that strains global energy needs. The smallest of changes…

Transitional objects are a self-comforting strategy use to offset emotions, fear and anxiety. The transitional object, so named because it assist the child in making transition from the dependency and protection of infancy to the independence and uncertainty of the toddler period. Attachment to an object such as a teddy bear, special blanket, swatch of soft fabric, doll or favorite piece of clothing is common and begins in the latter part of the first year, usually around 8 or 9 months. Because…

Sustainability is defined as ability of the processes as well as systems. Generally the sustainability is coordinates by sustainable development, which would be involved in four co-dependent domains such as economics, ecology, culture and politics. Sustainability in biological terms or systems refers to stay productive as well as diverse. Sustainable development: Sustainable development is the idea that assumes critical path in business and industry of the 21st century. Industry part is in…

Electricity is one of the most important things in parts of today’s society, and new means of creation have been popping up all around the globe. The new, cleaner, alternate forms of energy are becoming more efficient than the old fashioned fossil fuel power plants. Not only are these new types of energy cleaner, but nine out of ten times they are more efficient and less expensive compared to the more commonly used fossil fuel power plant. As time goes on, the environment is slowly being…

Harnessing the Power of Wind: The Potential of Wind Energy in the United States We live in a society obsessed with technology and consumed by its ever-increasing need for energy. Currently, Americans rely heavily on three main fossil fuel technologies (oil, natural gas, coal) to power their energy-consuming devices. Not only are these fuel technologies harmful to the environment, since they release large amounts of pollutants, but they are also finite (more so oil and natural gas).…

interaction among people, nations, and governments through trade liberalization, international technology exchanges and mobility of capital and information (Kaplinsky, 2013). It has an impact on the culture, environment, political systems and economic development of societies globally. Poverty, on the other hand, refers to the scarcity of resources or a situation where a country or a person lacks a given amount of resources. It is a condition where a nation lacks the necessities to enjoy the…

Increasing access to quality education, including the marginalized would lead to development, reduces poverty, improve the wellbeing, and freedom of people. Constantly, denied quality education access for the marginalized children, according to Stark (2009), compels them to a limited life span. Children from poor families suffer from poor health, malnutrition, school uncertainties, dirty water, and poor sanitation, and above all, they are exposed to illness, exploitation, injustice, abuse,…