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The North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, was a trilateral agreement established in 1994 to encourage commerce between the United States, Mexico, and Canada (Kehoe). The primary objective of NAFTA was to increase trade among the North American countries through the reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers (Kehoe). The secondary goals of NAFTA included the establishment of mechanisms to settle trade disputes, safeguard intellectual properties, and enforce environmental and labor…

The widening achievement gap seen between student subgroups in education has resulted in race-neutral policies formulated to address the underperformance in schools. In the last decade, significant steps have been taken by the government to warrant equal education and opportunities for students nationwide, regardless of race. On January 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. The NCLB is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary…

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is a district in central North Carolina that serves approximately 50,000 students in 81 schools. A year ago, several leadership changes occurred that have had large impacts on the educational community in the wake. Chief among the changes was the appointment of Dr. Beverly Emory as the new Superintendent and, in terms of technology, Kevin Sherrill as Executive Director of Technology. Prior to the transitions, there was little cohesion in terms a singular…

The Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse and Cultural Improvement Therefore, cultural competence is very vital in nursing practice particularly with patients suffering from mental health illnesses and must be considered at every step of the strategic blueprint in the prevention framework. In other to properly educate the psychiatric nurse practitioner student to appreciate differences in cultural backgrounds and personal experiences, all aspects of mental health systems should be reflective of…

associated with the costs of elevated disease burden due to higher frequency of contact between hosts [2]. Recently, it has been suggested that the formation of subgroups mitigates the association between group size and disease burden [3, 4]. Subdivided social groups are expected to experience lower outbreak size as compared to societies with no subgroups by acting as "transmission bottlenecks" to the invading pathogen…

A) The infection process of a vertebrate virus consists of 6 stages. Provide the name for each stage and provide details of the events that take place at each stage using Influenza virus A as the model. The 6 stages consist of: Attachment, Penetration, Uncoating, Biosynthesis, Assembly, and Release. Attachment is when the virus attaches or “locks” itself onto an acceptable cell. This occurs because a protein receptor is recognized by the virus and the virus attaches to the cell.…

This article presents a recent study regarding the impact antibiotics have on children’s risk of weight gain. In this study, the findings were based on more than 60,000 prescription records of children who had visited pediatricians twice or more in their first two years of life, and then the researchers analyzed the records again when the children were two years of age. The researchers looked at the association between how many times the children received antibiotics and its relevance to their…

project in BIS 341 Illegality and Belonging, my group was required to teach the class about illegality and community level ties. This assignment helped me become a good leader and collaborator by working in a group and having a leadership role in a subgroup. I created a Google Slide for my group,…

Privacy. Freedom from unauthorized intrusion; as defined by Merriam Webster. In today's day and age with technology evolving by the second, people either become paranoid or complacent in the realm of privacy. There are in-betweens, of course--but they are rare. With hackers increasing their skills, terms & agreements getting longer with more and more clauses and loopholes, and celebrity's private information leaked every other week, it's hard not to find oneself deleting history and turning of…

A social problem involves everyone in the community and expands to cities, states and the nation. Many people address social issues in different ways. Some might donate money to a cause such as homelessness, others might volunteer to work at a soup kitchen or shelter in order to sort and organize donations of clothing, bedding or even assist in serving meals. Others might even see the need of homelessness and be inspired to go to college to pursue a degree that will directly impact their job or…