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Gender Differences In Youth’S Mental Health Problems During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kimberly A. Hohlfeld
Gender Differences In Youth’S Mental Health Problems During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kimberly A. Hohlfeld
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The purpose of this research paper is to examine whether young girls were more likely to experience depression and anxiety symptoms than young boys during the COVID-19 pandemic at two time points, in April of 2020 and May of 2020. An additional hypothesis that was examined was whether the presence of siblings in the home moderated the association between gender and depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. T-tests were used to analyze the mean differences in youth mental health symptoms based on gender. Young girls were found to experience significantly higher anxiety symptoms in May of 2020 than …
Perceptions Of Discrimination And Intervention Services By Asian And Asian-American Caregivers Of Children With Disabilities Throughout The Duration Of Covid-19, Angelika A. Cabang, Janet Olson
Perceptions Of Discrimination And Intervention Services By Asian And Asian-American Caregivers Of Children With Disabilities Throughout The Duration Of Covid-19, Angelika A. Cabang, Janet Olson
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Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) had large impacts on the daily lives of many in the United States from 2020 to 2023. COVID-19 caused country-wide school closures starting in the spring semester of the 2019-2020 school year. Closures had a particularly significant impact on children receiving special education services. In addition, COVID-19 had an impact on Asian-American families with many reporting an increase in Anti-Asian discrimination due to the origin of the COVID-19 virus. However, it was not known if Asian-American families experienced increases in discrimination that may have impacted their children's special education services or if their experiences with special education services …
Sexual Relationships During Covid-19, Katherine Hahn-Boisvert
Sexual Relationships During Covid-19, Katherine Hahn-Boisvert
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During the early parts of COVID-19, no one knew what to expect. In a world where it was suddenly unacceptable to shake hands or give a hug, how did sexually intimate couples navigate being sexually intimate? In this study, sexual self-disclosures, relationship satisfaction, and sexual communication satisfaction were measured during the COVID-19 pandemic. The costs and rewards of COVID-19 related self-disclosures was also measured to see what people thought was the costliest and how it would impact a sexually intimate relationship. Data was collected using an online survey which had 15 participants. The results indicated that COVID-19 had a negative …
Grocery Sales And The Pandemic, Joy A. Salentine
Grocery Sales And The Pandemic, Joy A. Salentine
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The focus of this paper is to examine the impact of COVID-19 on grocery sales in the United States. My hypothesis is that periods with higher COVID-19 severity, measured through the number of COVID-19 deaths, will show higher grocery sales, all things equal, due to the increased demand during the unusual circumstances of the pandemic. Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, I perform a regression analysis to test my hypothesis. The results confirm my hypothesis by showing that there is a positive and significant effect …
Covid-19 And The Subsequent Change On Buyer Behavior, Chloe J. Chadwick Miss
Covid-19 And The Subsequent Change On Buyer Behavior, Chloe J. Chadwick Miss
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The purpose of this Honors Capstone research project is to gain insight and understanding into how buyer behavior may or may not have changed after by the COVID-19 Pandemic through the perspectives of sales professionals, marketing professionals, and consumers themselves. This research project compared data from literary based research, 1:1 interviews, and three unique mass surveys dispersed on LinkedIn to gather information from multiple touch points. There were limitations to this research given the Pandemic is ongoing and there continues to be adjustments to this global phenomenon. Additionally, data collection from interviews and surveys was strictly voluntary and survey responses …
Impact Of Covid-19 On Informal Caregiver Stress, Emma M. Vanzuiden
Impact Of Covid-19 On Informal Caregiver Stress, Emma M. Vanzuiden
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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the entire world to isolate, as no one knew exactly what it was, how it was spread, or who was most vulnerable to fatal consequences. This global lockdown cut people off from a lot of necessary resources, including access to any healthcare that wasn’t deemed essential. While priorities shifted to protect vulnerable populations, the system failed to fully prepare their informal caregivers for taking over all of their physical, psychological, and social needs. An informal caregiver is anyone providing care for another individual outside of a professional setting. This literature review aimed to …
How Covid-19 Has Changed The Policies, Practices, And Behaviors Of The Workplace, Soha Huq
How Covid-19 Has Changed The Policies, Practices, And Behaviors Of The Workplace, Soha Huq
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The purpose of this capstone is to determine the types of changes stemming from COVID-19 in Human Resource Management and their permanence across four different specialties of HR: staffing, performance-management, training and development, and benefits. From there, the study aims to observe other changes in HR’s wellbeing and value in the workplace to aid current and future HR professionals in their career paths. This study intends to review only the work of HR professionals in their work with employees, as well as the state of HR professionals themselves. Research methods include a literature review of observed changes to HR’s function …
How Covid-19 Affects Women During And After Pregnancy, Elizabeth M. Herbert
How Covid-19 Affects Women During And After Pregnancy, Elizabeth M. Herbert
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The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected how women experience pregnancy and the postpartum period. A literature review was conducted to determine how COVID-19 affected the wellbeing and mental health of women in the United States who were pregnant in 2020 or 2021. This literature review focused on effects of COVID-19 on the general population in the U.S.; how pregnant women perceive effects of COVID-19; how pregnancy effects the mental health of women; and how these women are screened for postpartum depression and other adverse conditions or effects. Findings showed that the incidence of mental health issues in the U.S. increased significantly …
Undocumented Students During The Times Of Covid-19, Sarah N. Heinz
Undocumented Students During The Times Of Covid-19, Sarah N. Heinz
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Through the pandemic setting that society has endured during the last 9 months of 2020, the community of undocumented immigrants in the United States has dealt with some of the harshest, most excruciating effects of any group of people in the country. Undocumented immigrants deal with exacerbated lifestyles on an everyday basis prior to the pandemic, however, through circumstances that COVID-19 has brought upon them, their struggles are further complicated. Through this article, a focus is put on undocumented students during COVID-19 and the additional struggles they are facing due to the pandemic including things such as limited access to …
Inhibitors Of The Sars-Cov-2 Papain-Like Protease, Zachary P. Del Mundo
Inhibitors Of The Sars-Cov-2 Papain-Like Protease, Zachary P. Del Mundo
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The papain-like protease (PLpro) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a target enzyme for treatment of the 2019 coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19). Multiple lead competitive inhibitors to the protease have been previously discovered, particularly VIR250, HGN1034, and GYX402. Analogs of these ligands were designed using ChemSketch or Chem3D. The ligand-active site interactions of those unique ligands were observed and compared using AutoDock Tools, which also computes a predicted inhibitory constant (Ki) . Over the Fall 2020 semester, proficiency in performing several functions of AutoDock Tools was acquired, and a total of thirteen unique and original compounds …
The Effects Of Covid-19 On Pregnancy, Madison R. Cerda
The Effects Of Covid-19 On Pregnancy, Madison R. Cerda
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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic of a new strain of SARS-CoV-2, now officially named COVID-19. As a future nurse in labor and delivery I decided to focus on how coronavirus affects pregnancy. Pregnancy is considered a state of immune suppression, which makes this population especially vulnerable. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the health effects coronavirus has on the mother and fetus, while at the same time research possible treatment plans. The paper will highlight coronavirus’s history, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, obstetric workflow, how it affects the placenta, and breastfeeding recommendations. I …