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40 University of Maryland • Inaugural Edition
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Table of Contents
Part Two: 2008 Abstracts and Featured Papers
ABSTRACTS
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) ...................................................... 43
Sharis Erwin
What Factors Affect Gas Price? ..................................................... 44
Wenji Hoe
How Do African American Male Relationships with their Mothers
Affect Their Relationships with their Spouses? ............................. 45
Sharelle Law
Hydrogen Purification ................................................................. 46
Ren Liu
Father/Son Relationship Trajectories in Low-Income Families ......... 47
Valencia K. Morton
Racial Healthcare Disparities in the African
American Community .............................................................. 48
Nichelle Newton
Lighting Conditions and the Social Behavior and
Communication of Human Beings:
A Conceptual Analysis of the Literature ...................................... 50
Adanze Okoroha
Postpartum Depression and the Factors that Influence It ................. 51
Omolola I. Olakanye
The Impact of Anti-Immigration Policy in Virginia’s
Prince Williams County on Women’s Reproductive Health
Specifically with STI’S and HIV ................................................. 52
Cintya Renderos
The Impact of Gentrification ........................................................ 53
John Sanders
An Examination of the Delivery of Services in Emergency
Rooms in Urban Areas of the United States and Canada ............... 54
Tahera Sparks
STI’s and HIV/AIDS and African Immigrants: What do Church
Leaders, Health Professional and Young Adults Have to Say? ......... 55
Manuela Tingbo
Gender Difference in Schizotypy and Loneliness ............................ 56
Shauntia D. White
FEATURED PAPERS
The Correlation between the Elimination of Nutritional Risks
and Food Insecurity and Cultural Food Preferences Among
WIC Program Recipients in Fairfax County, Virginia ................... 57
Rashida Ali-Mubarak
Assessing African American College Persistence at a
Predominantly White Institution Using the Cultural
Capital Theory: A Research Proposal .......................................... 74
Calvin Anderson-Vines
Minority College Students’ Perceptions of College Preparation
Experiences and Their High School Counselors:
One Year Later-A Revised Perspective ......................................... 91
Brittney Chisley
Rehabilitative Methods and the Affect on Juvenile Delinquents ...... 104
Kelie Darbouze
Case Study on 4 Subjects to Determine the Best Determinant
of VO 2 MAx: % Body Fat or Dietary Habits: 2008 ....................... 118
Oluwabunmi I. Fakilede
Power of United States Political Parties and Street Gangs:
An Analysis of the Strategies Used to Secure Power ................... 130
Kathyleen Guevara
The Factors Human Resource Managers Use to Determine Whether
They are Going to Hire a College Graduate and How
They Communicate their Expectations and Qualifications .......... 143
Tiarra Hailey
African American Vernacular English ........................................... 155
LaWanda Lewis
Posttraumatic Growth and Religiosity in Latino College Students
Who have Experienced Psychological Trauma ........................... 166
Franklin Mesa
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Risky Sexual
Behavior in Adolescence .......................................................... 187
Kristian Owens
Traditional Medicine in the Gambia ............................................ 202
Ana Peterson