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The Difference Is In The Brain, Misa Kori
The Difference Is In The Brain, Misa Kori
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
A serial murder, is “the unlawful homicide of at least two people carried out by the same person (or persons) in separate events occurring at different times” (Briannica.com). A serial killer is an individual who carries out a serial murder. The thought process of a serial killer is miraculously different than that of an average person. Due to this, there is a difference in the brain activity between the two. This is important because research shows that an average person doesn’t think the same as a serial killer does. The serial killer’s brain has a decreased connectivity between the brain …
College Athletes Deserve Pay, Mentheep John
College Athletes Deserve Pay, Mentheep John
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Sports have and always will be important to Americans. There has always been a huge debate on whether collegiate athletes should be paid or not. College athletes should be paid off the position they play and their work ethic. People tend to build up a hard work ethic expecting to be rewarded in the end. For athletes, that may mean the National Football League (NFL) or National Basketball Association (NBA), but why can’t they be rewarded for their hard work while in college? If professional athletes are worth millions and get a salary, college athletes should be paid as well.
The Effects Poverty Has On Education, Osmaira Molina–Carmona
The Effects Poverty Has On Education, Osmaira Molina–Carmona
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Poverty is defined as a lack of material goods or a low level of income. Poverty is associated with a lack of sufficient income to support basic requirements such as food, clothes, and shelter. Low household income is related to reduced academic performance in children. Education gives a sense of security in life that cannot be taken away. Being well-educated increases your chances of getting a better job and opens new possibilities. According to several studies, poverty has been shown to have a direct influence on student’s educational success
Long Term Effect Of Poverty On Child Development, Amairany Molina-Carmona
Long Term Effect Of Poverty On Child Development, Amairany Molina-Carmona
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Poverty is an important social determinant of health and contributes to child health disparities. Children who experience poverty, particularly during early life or for an extended period, are at risk of a host of adverse health and developmental outcomes throughout their life course (Brooks-Gunn & Duncan, 1997). Poverty has a profound effect on specific circumstances, such as birth weight, infant mortality, chronic illness, and environmental exposure. Children living in poverty are at increased risk of inattention, impulsivity, defiance, and poor peer relationships (Boyle, 2011). Poverty and other adverse social determinants have a detrimental effect on child health and are the …
How Do Health Disparities In Minorities Lead To Incompetent Patient Care?, Gisela Meza-Guzman
How Do Health Disparities In Minorities Lead To Incompetent Patient Care?, Gisela Meza-Guzman
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Despite the yearly advances in preventative medicine with the use of advanced technology, new treatment applications, effective therapeutic methods, etc., a significant number of minorities are not receiving the proper care from medical professionals. The determinative groups that are being affected by this incompetent care occur involve race and ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, region or geography, and age. These populations have faced many challenges in receiving access to health care in the United States for generations and even when they do receive proper health care, their care may not be as efficient compared to the Caucasian population. There are necessary …
Penal Practices: An American And Norwegian Comparison, Anne Martinez
Penal Practices: An American And Norwegian Comparison, Anne Martinez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
A lot is known about prison systems around the world, especially in bigger countries. However, not much is publicly known about the inner workings of the prisons themselves. These differences range from their incarceration rates, their environments, and their health care. This research will explore those striking differences between the Kriminalsomsorgen, Norway’s correctional facility, and the United States penal system. Both of these systems have very different approaches to justice seeing as how one emphasizes retribution while the other emphasizes rehabilitation. Each section of this research will go on to discuss how the United States is severely lacking in these …
How Can The Car Industry Reduce Green House Gas Emissions, Marcos De La Torre
How Can The Car Industry Reduce Green House Gas Emissions, Marcos De La Torre
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Climate change is rapidly increasing. With the car industry being one of the biggest proprietors, how to best use non-renewable resources? should be at the forefront of our thought process. Most street and industrial vehicles use the non-renewable resource of gasoline as fuel, the burning of gasoline raises the amount of green house gases in the atmosphere causing global warming to increase. The three vehicles discussed in this research are hybrid, electric, and conventional combustion. The questions being asked are, what are the ways these three different types of vehicles affect the environment and which one is the best for …
Is Mental Health The Reason For Homelessness?, Evelyn Lopez
Is Mental Health The Reason For Homelessness?, Evelyn Lopez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Mentally ill people leave their homes and cluster in cities all over the world. The phenomenon of homelessness and its link to mental illness is growing and worrying genetically, and is impacted by infections, brain defects or injuries, and substance abuse. Now the growth of a different kind of homeless population appears to be related to mentally illness. The different types of homeless population that are being created are chronic homelessness, episodic homelessness, and transitional homeless.
How Technology Has Affected The Minds Of Adults And Children, Miavalentina Paula
How Technology Has Affected The Minds Of Adults And Children, Miavalentina Paula
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Nowadays, life can be considered more simple, logical, and strategic because of the use of technology. The way technology has developed and affected the world is astronomical. Yet, the use of technology has caused teens and young adults to become “dumber” over time. The mind simply does not work the same way it did 40 years ago. The true definition of dumb is “lacking such fundamental cognitive capacities as the ability to think critically and logically” (Begley, 2014). People quickly blame technology for the lack of skills in children and are quick to call them dumb.
Foster Care Its Effects On Mental Health, Jimena Palomares-Lagunas
Foster Care Its Effects On Mental Health, Jimena Palomares-Lagunas
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
In the United States 60% of children who have been in the foster care system are seen to have a lifetime prevalence of mental health disorders. As adolescents go into adulthood, they experience many negative effects that lead to life changing disorders. Some of them being PTSD, bipolar disorder, suicidality, and depression. Some factors that affect mental health outcomes are placement variables and the types of abuse that were endured during their childhood. Self-stigma prevents foster youth from receiving adequate help, because they are worried about what others might say. The lack of resources given by the foster care system …
America’S First World Obesity, Dismas Nsabiyumva
America’S First World Obesity, Dismas Nsabiyumva
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Obesity, defined as having a BMI of 30 or higher has been a progressing health risk throughout the globe. With a spiked increase attributed to the introduction and popularity of fast food. America became a mascot and staple for obesity rates as its increase introduced the epidemic to the world. This affects smaller develops countries which adopt Americas culture and eating habits. In the comparison of First World Countries, many follow similar trends in weight apart from a select few. Each of the countries succumb to the issue due to their similar cultures, ideologies and living conditions. For example, countries …
How Does The Education System Impact Mental Health Issues Among Teens?, Maecyn Sieborg
How Does The Education System Impact Mental Health Issues Among Teens?, Maecyn Sieborg
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Adolescent students’ (ages 13 to 18) mental health has been affected by the education system. Currently in society, there’s a lack of addressing the problems in school. US School districts compete against each other to get high academic scores. This can lead to an increase of pressure for the students to receive higher scores, rather than focusing on their individual academic potential as the focal point of their own success. This research examines journal articles that identify increased pressure on students through test scores. The expectation to take high achieving classes increases negative stress and rates of mental illnesses. The …
Child Abuse, Emily Whiting
Child Abuse, Emily Whiting
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Child abuse occurs all around the world, to children of all ages. It can be in the form of neglect, or physical, sexual, mental, and/or emotional abuse. It negatively impacts the victim and interrupts the developmental stages of youth. Neglect, physical, mental/emotional, and sexual abuse have many consequences on children, and the signs of the abuse are often present in victims’ lives.
What Affects Does Childhood Trauma Have In Adulthood, Stacy F. Yebe
What Affects Does Childhood Trauma Have In Adulthood, Stacy F. Yebe
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
In a national sample of adolescents, those who were physically and sexually abused, or witnessed violence had increased risk for current substance use disorders and PTSD .” (C. Zlotnick te al./ Comprehensive Psychiatry 49, (2008), p.163). Through research it is evident that trauma affects children's cognitive growth into adulthood. It is imperative to break the cycle of childhood trauma that impacts adulthood to refrain the trauma from having ongoing generational affects. Individuals who experience this trauma can get the help and have knowledge to outlets that can decrease the effects of trauma in childhood. It is imperative to educate individuals …
Mental Health In Adolescence, Nyabath Wal
Mental Health In Adolescence, Nyabath Wal
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Mental health includes our emotional psychological, and social wellbeing. Mental health involves how people handle real world situations. Mental health problems are usually noticed in the stage of adolescence which is between the ages of 10 and 19 years old. Mental health illnesses are caused by several different things. There is not just one cause for mental health disorders. Possible ways to treat mental health are therapy, medication, and hospitalization.
World Longest Ongoing Civil War, Kleh Mu Kpru Say
World Longest Ongoing Civil War, Kleh Mu Kpru Say
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Today, in a world where conflict arises from geopolitical and ethnics differences, Burma is a country that has faced significant impacts of civil conflict and is a country that is not often brought up. However, the conflict this country faces represents one of the most complicated and longest cases of ongoing ethnic conflict in a country. The civil conflict in Burma has negatively impacted the independence of the Karen community, caused mass human displacement and human rights violations, as well as left an entire race of people to be without a place to go for future prosperity. Over the70-years long …
White Collar Crime And Its Effect On Society, Jesus Junior Mosqueda Ramirez
White Collar Crime And Its Effect On Society, Jesus Junior Mosqueda Ramirez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
White-collar crime is defined as non-violent crime typically committed by a person who holds a white-collar job, that is, they work in a government position or business. White collar crime has detrimental effects on society, and consists of a destructive nature towards the economy. White collar crime works to make more profit for the rich and cause more hardships to the poor. Due to the lack of conversations on white-collar crime, in comparison to street crime, the public lacks knowledge on its negative effects. White-collar crime lacks media coverage because it does not garner as much attention as street crime. …
De-Escalation Training, Ellia Mora
De-Escalation Training, Ellia Mora
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
De-escalation training has been widely implemented by U.S. police agencies in the wake of adverse public reaction to recent controversial police use of force incidents. Despite the promotion from politicians, academics, expert panels, and the public, we are struggling to see the effects of de-escalation training on officers and police-citizen interactions. Police Brutality is classified as a situation where officers exercise undue or excessive force against a person(Amnesty International 2018). No national standard of training for police means that there is also no national standard on how police officers can be prosecuted for using lethal force improperly. This paper offers …
Gender And Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Nylah Rosas
Gender And Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Nylah Rosas
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
This research was done to bring forth attention to the under diagnoses of girls with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactive Disorder in comparison to boys. They mistaken the uncommon diagnoses as other disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder which could leave to a long-term effect on those children getting treated for the wrong disorder. Some girls go their entire lives without being diagnosed with ADHD and create unhealthy habits to over come their symptoms. This research looks at articles and presentations explaining the misconceptions of ADHD in girls, the short term and long-term effects of a misdiagnoses, and the ways to notice …
How Does The Foster System Connect To Juvenile Delinquency?, Mairan Rodriguez
How Does The Foster System Connect To Juvenile Delinquency?, Mairan Rodriguez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Juvenile maltreatment in homes is a large factor in today’s incarcerated youth. Victims of child abuse and neglect are predominant in the foster care system. This issue has grown to where “1/4 of foster care alumni will become involved with the criminal justice system within two years of leaving care.” (Anspach, 2018). These children who experience certain maltreatment while in foster care are at an increased risk of engaging in delinquent behavior. They often move out of the welfare system into the criminal justice system.
Problems The Lgbtq+ Community Face, Brianna Plascencia-Loza
Problems The Lgbtq+ Community Face, Brianna Plascencia-Loza
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
There is a lot of homophobia in the United States and research shows it has become a great problem to the LGBTQ+ community on a daily basis. Some of the problems consist of family being non- accepting, harassment in school, and the use of conversion therapy. These cause negative outcomes to the community such as missing school, high suicide rates, and increase depression.
Why We Should Defund The Police, Shelby A. Sanchez
Why We Should Defund The Police, Shelby A. Sanchez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Ninety-nine percent of the police departments budget throughout the country increases every year into the billions. More money is spent on keeping the “peace” than investing in young students to assure they have a bright future, avoid violence and in return, bring true peace to all communities. Police departments and even some of the population have been conditioned into believing that minority communities are naturally violent, inherently bad and need to be policed heavily. Instead, minority communities need resources and tools to break the cycle of poverty and crime. Defunding the police is a controversial topic and dangerous to bring …
Sleep Deprivation And Student Academic Success, Ashley Plascencia Orozco
Sleep Deprivation And Student Academic Success, Ashley Plascencia Orozco
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Sleep deprivation affects students health, education, and wellbeing. Minimal sleep affects students education in various ways and can negatively impact their education, learning environment and capacity to learn. Having a good sleep schedule can positively impact academic performance. Early school start times cause a cycle of afternoon sleepiness, which can influence mood, conduct, and raise the risk of accidents or injury.
The Physical And Mental Effects Of Death, Lizbeth Valente
The Physical And Mental Effects Of Death, Lizbeth Valente
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Death and grieving is a common occurrence in life. When we lose a loved one, our body naturally processes it in many ways often referred to as the 5 stages of grief. Some people may experience severe depression, anxiety, bursts of anger and other emotional disturbances that can affects one's day to day life. As much as people struggle psychologically, they also experience physical altercations; like not eating and sleeping. People feel emptiness in their life and are left to wonder “why?”.
The Effects Of Alcohol And Opioid Withdrawal During Pregnancy, Sandy Segura
The Effects Of Alcohol And Opioid Withdrawal During Pregnancy, Sandy Segura
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Alcohol and opioid withdrawal is very common, especially in the United States. People, including pregnant women go through withdrawal when they lower the number of substance(s) they have daily or just stop suddenly. Since the body is used to having a high dosage, when it’s lowered or stopped, the body reacts in ways that can be very painful commonly known as withdrawal. As for pregnant women, when they allow these substances in their body, it can be extremely harmful to the baby. These babies can develop conditions such as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) or Fetal Alcohol (FAS) syndrome. Statistics show …
Depersonalization Derealization Disorder In Teens, Samantha Sotelo-Flores
Depersonalization Derealization Disorder In Teens, Samantha Sotelo-Flores
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Depersonalization Derealization Disorder and its accompanying symptoms affect a teenager’s life. DDD is a mental disorder that affects a diagnosed individual perspective of themselves and of the world around them, making it seem distant or dream-like. I became interested in this topic because of the symptoms that lead me into a spiraling rabbit hole of cross-construct connections with other dissociative disorders.
Mental Illness: An Open Window To Adolescent Substance Abuse, Danya Torres-Lagunas
Mental Illness: An Open Window To Adolescent Substance Abuse, Danya Torres-Lagunas
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Mental illness during the adolescent years comes with its own struggles and battles. Not only the social and emotional aspects of it, but also neurological and developmental effects. By looking at the early developmental stages of adolescence, preexisting factor, and previous psychiatric disorders, e.g. MDD (Major depressive disorder) we can see that there is a correlation between mental health disorders and their effect on adolescent substance abuse.
Problems In The Healthcare System, Julie Suarez
Problems In The Healthcare System, Julie Suarez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
The healthcare system in the United States is the most prevalent and underemphasized issue in the country. It is not a single entity but rather a collection of people, institutions, and resources that provide health care services. As there are health disparities throughout the USA, navigation in the healthcare system becomes increasingly more difficult, and calls into question of the health literacy of the average American. Even as complex as this topic may seem, every citizen and individual should be aware that negotiation is always on the table and is a given right under a democratic republic. As such, a …
Should College Athletes Get Paid, Daniel O. Sotelo
Should College Athletes Get Paid, Daniel O. Sotelo
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Students competing in college sports always give it their full effort and in some instances they even tend to exceed the performance of many professionals. That being said, a few moral questions are raised such as; “Should college athletes be paid?” There is no definite set answer to this question so it can be perceived in many ways and it can vary based on one's morals and the circumstances. A scenario similar to this is brought into perspective by Deford(2014) in one of his writings when he states that “Barnes played the same course as Woods and all the other …
Psychological Self Image Impact Among Teens, Kendra Karnish
Psychological Self Image Impact Among Teens, Kendra Karnish
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
The psyche is impacted by social norms projected by society. This is evident when “Approximately 91% of women are unhappy with their bodies and resort to dieting to achieve their ideal body shape. Unfortunately, only 5% of women naturally possess the body type often portrayed by Americans in the media.” (Palmer, 2013, para. 4). Asserted norm about body image effected teens negatively. There are beauty norms that target teens throughout the world, which can cause mental health issues. This is due to pressure they feel to look or act a certain way even if these standards are physically unattainable. Research …