There is overwhelming evidence now‚ which confirm that there is association between sexual orientation of an individual and substance use. Recent research points out that higher rates of substance abuse including alcohol among youths who self-reported that they were gender minorities or had attraction with the same sex ( Lesbian‚ Gay or Bisexual)(Faulkner et al‚ 1998‚ Garofalo et al‚ 1998‚ Hahm et al‚ 2008). The exact mechanism of the interaction between sexual orientation and substance abuse is
Premium Sexual orientation Transgender Homosexuality
The Relationship Among Working Memory‚ Math Anxiety‚ and Performance Mark H. Ashcraft and Elizabeth P. Kirk Cleveland State University OBJECTIVE: The general focus of this research is to examine performance in standard cognitive frameworks and online tasks. The researchers hope to examine the influence that math anxiety exerts on mathematical cognition and to identify the processing components that are so influenced. HYPOTHESIS: The higher the math anxiety‚ the lower the working memory capacity
Premium Psychology Educational psychology Intelligence
The Executive Branch I.The President of the United States: George W. Bush i.Requirements to Hold Office: You must be at least thirty-five years old‚ a natural born citizen of the United States‚ and a resident of the US for no less than fourteen years. ii.Duties and Powers: The President must execute laws‚ commission all officers of the United States‚ and adjourn or convene both houses. It is also a duty of the President to pass and regulate laws. With the consent of the Senate he may make treaties
Premium United States President of the United States United States Senate
Duchess de Alba (Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Alvarez de Toledo (1762-1802): -fashioned herself after the fiery maja-serves as a flirtatious role-play emblematic of aristocrats during the enlightenment‚ epitome of spanishness -proactively challenged conventional feminine roles/conduct‚ elevating national dress to the level of high couture to assert her individualism -Jean-Marc Nattier’s Madame AdelaYde-de-france as Diana + Goya’s Duchess of Alba as a Maja feature aristocrates in role-playing
Premium Nationalism Spain Francisco Goya
Rosario Terracina August 20th The Great Gatsby Essay The way an author concludes a story can be key in the success of the novel. Whether the ending is satisfying or not‚ it needs to be conclusive. The reader should be able to answer and adjust to a novel’s uncertainties. The conclusion to The Great Gatsby could be see as one of the most well-designed in American Literature. Fitzgerald’s ability to wrap his novel up with only a few sentences that leave the reader in awe but still lifted from all
Premium Love F. Scott Fitzgerald Satyricon
producer of the movie RENT is Chris Columbus and the screenplay was written by Stephen Chbosky. The movie was filmed on 2005 and they used the first cast from the Broadway musical. The principal actors are Anthony Rapp (Mark)‚ Adam Pascal (Roger)‚ Rosario Dawson (Mimi)‚ Jesse L. Martin (Tom Collins)‚ Wilson Jermaine Heredia (Angel)‚ Idina Menzel (Maureen)‚ Tracie Toms (Joanne)‚ Taye Diggs (Benny). RENT is a musical from late 80’s and the stating 90’s based on the lives of a group of bohemians
Premium
But it already shows signs of the actress Hudgens was interested in becoming‚ and her skill at walking that razor-sharp line between tender/tough‚ innocent/guilty. The rest of the film‚ though‚ is more hit/miss. Rosario Dawson gives a scarily intense performance as Hudgens’ ravaged mother‚ but a rather pale and puffy Brendan Fraser looks too old to be playing her birth father‚ a character who - according to the math‚ anyway -- should be in his pampered mid-30s.
Premium 2009 singles Place Sentence
UNIQUE AND THREATENED BIODIVERSITY The patchwork of isolated islands‚ the tropical location of the country‚ and the once extensive areas of rainforest have resulted in high species diversity in some groups of organisms and a very high level of endemism. There are five major and at least five minor centers of endemism‚ ranging in size from Luzon‚ the largest island (103‚000 km²)‚ which‚ for example‚ has at least 31 endemic species of mammals‚ to tiny Camiguin Island (265 km²) speck of land north
Premium Biodiversity Philippines Plant
This literary writing will attempt to examine the impact of domestic violence (DV) in the lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender community (LGBT) and demonstrate the plethora of disparities that impact this community in the DV arena. Domestic violence is statistically more prominent in a homosexual relationship than in a heterosexual (cisgender) relationship (White & Goldberg‚ 2006). Domestic violence is associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) (Dunne‚ 2014). The National Coalition Against Domestic
Premium Homosexuality Transgender Sexual orientation
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Rationale of the Study Coffee and Milktea both have legendary past. Milk Tea‚ originally known as Bubble Tea or Pearl Milktea‚ came into existence in Taiwan‚ during the 1980’s. From a tea shop called Chun Shui Tang in Taichung‚ Taiwan. Unlikely the fully loaded pearl milk tea today‚ the oldest form of bubble tea was made by mixing cold black tea with fructose syrup using a shaker. The product was named bubble tea after seeing the layer of foam that ended up on the top of the
Premium Coffee Tea