As a second-generation Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) graduate, I feel that attending an HBCU is one of the best experiences an individual can have. HBCUs will continue to evolve with diverse faculty, student population, and staff and professors dedicated to facilitating learning among all students. However, higher education institutions face several challenges. In this article, I have identified fundraising issues in higher education and provided ways for administrators, educators, students, and others to motivate HBCU alumni to contribute to their alma mater.

This paper has leaned on the Critical Discourse Analysis of Malcom X’s speech entitled “Organization of Afro-American Unity Program (February 21, 1965). Drawing on Fairclough’s (1989) Social-Discoursal Approach and Fowler and Kress’ (1979) Critical Classification theory, the speech has been described, interpreted and explained. The conceptual classification has been carried through lexicalization, overlexicalisation, position of adjectives and the choice between adjectives and nouns. The critical classification being a pivotal means through which ideological orientations are deduced, the interpretative and explanatory analyses have disclosed the ideologies of oppression, racism, modern slavery, unity and freedom. On balance, Afro-Americans were fraught with slavery treatments, racist power structures and oppressive aggressors and are currently confronted with racial inequalities and discriminations which sometimes culminate in manslaughters mainly by White American policemen. This unfinished battle of Malcom X should be perpetuated to the period when criminal acts and racial injustices are eradicated in the present US under Joe Biden’s administration (2020-2024) and even beyond.

This study aims to determine the effect of Carbon emissions disclosure, Social Performance, Firm Growth, and Financial Performance. This research is causal research with a quantitative descriptive approach with the object of research on manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI). The research data are secondary data obtained from looking at the financial statements of companies including manufacturing companies listed on the IDX from 2017 - 2019. The results of the study stated that carbon emissions 'disclosures and social performance affected financial performance. Firm growth strengthened the relationship between carbon emissions' disclosures and financial performance. However, firm growth weakens the relationship between social performance and financial performance.

Background: Eclampsia is a life-threatening emergency that continues to be a significant cause of maternal mortality worldwide Aim: To study the incidence of eclampsia and factors influencing maternal outcome in Karnataka population Materials and Methods: A total of 50 eclampsia cases of > 32 weeks of gestation age utilized for the present study. Patients with medical complications like anaemia, pre-existing hypertensive, diabetes, vascular or renal disease, multiple gestations, and polyhydramnios excluded from the study. The eclamptic management by Zuspan regimen, anti-hypertensive management, and obstetric management by vaginal route or cesarean section was planned for the patients in our study. The mothers followed up for evidence of a decrease in BP followed by other complications of eclampsia for six weeks, and the babies delivered are followed up during the early neonatal period for difficulties in the present study Results: The majorities of the patients belong to low socio-economic status 94%, belong to middle class 6% in the present study. The Maternal deaths occurred in the low socio-economic group with an incidence of 4.3%. Maternal mortality increases with an increase in the first fit-admission interval was observed in the present study. Maternal mortality was higher in patients with higher Blood Pressure levels at the time of admission. The Incidence of eclampsia was 0.64%, followed by maternal mortality was 0.4% in the present study. The maternal mortality was significantly higher in patients who had six or more episodes of convulsions. The maternal mortality was 10% in convulsion delivery interval >24 hours and 4.2% in convulsion delivery interval were 13-24 hours. Maternal mortality was not observed in convulsion delivery interval <12 hours in the present study. Conclusion: The incidence of eclampsia is high due to the high referral of eclampsia cases, and reflecting poor antenatal care in the present study suggests that early attention and intensive management are essential for improving the maternal outcome in eclamptic patients.

Motor and cognitive in children growth can be influenced by the practice of football. This study was enhanced with a 10-week game program at three sessions per week, which improved children's performance in motor and cognitive functions. We chose as variables for our study; agility as motor skill and mental flexibility, inhibition and visuospatial memory as cognitive functions. The participants (N = 33) were students in a football promotion center with an average age of 11.5. They were divided into two groups, 16 students from the experimental group who performed a play program and 17 students from the control group who had a regular program. The experimental post-test group showed significantly greater gains than the control group on agility measurements, visuospatial memory, mental flexibility and inhibition. In addition, our results were revealed only a correlation between mental flexibility and agility.

In the last decade, Acenitobacter baumannii has become the center of attention for microbiologists. Even amongst the ESKAPE pathogens, whose innate ability to develop resistance to various major antibiotic classes poses a threat to the nature of the modern treatment, A.baumannii is often one of the first species to develop resistance to new drugs. Because of its ability to adapt even to those inhospitable environments which would otherwise be fatal to other pathogens, A.baumannii has emerged as one of the most dangerous pathogens known to humankind and surely worthy of every bit of consideration it is getting. To coop up with the strains of the surrounding, A.baumannii exhibits a different variety of mechanisms of resistance that helps the bacteria in its survival. With the help of genetic studies and loads of experiments, we have finally learned a great deal about the mechanisms behind Aceintobacter Baumannii tremendous ability to develop immunity against antibiotics. However, against A.baumannii multiple drug regimens are used which aid each other in killing the bacteria one way or the other. The field of genetics has helped the most in identifying the various mechanisms of resistance and of course, this knowledge will help us to discover new ways of treatment that are more efficient and beneficial in our battle against the resistant strains. The optimal treatment for the MDR has yet to be established. New data is being collected every day and this clinical data is necessary for the guidance of clinicians towards the right path for choosing the best drug therapy. The discovery of therapies along with controlled trials is essential to face this problem.

Objective: The objective of the study was to explore the prevalence of different conditions in infertile men with severe male factor, based on endocrine evaluation and scrotal ultrasound. Materials and methods: The retrospective study was carried out on 86 infertile men with azoospermia and severe oligospermia who attended the Male infertility clinic of the department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. They had evaluation with serum testosterone, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). In addition they had scrotal ultrasound. Results: Most (88.37%) of them had azoospermia. Severe oligospermia was present in 11.63%. Testosterone deficiency was detected in 34.9%. Non-obstructive forms (pre-testicular and testicular causes) comprised 62.8%. Scrotal abnormalities suggestive of obstructive and non-obstructive varieties were overlapping with endocrine diagnoses. Conclusion: Majority of men with severe male factor infertility has non-obstructive azoospermia which has poor chance of sperm retrieval for in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF-ICSI). Substantial proportion of them has testosterone deficiency which needs to be treated if they do not opt for IVF-ICSI with poor prognosis or donor oocytes.

CSR practice is currently a hot topic of conversation in businesses that are experiencing legitimacy pressure from stakeholders. Businesses are not only expected to be successful in economic performance, but also in social and environmental performance. But on the other hand, business people still ignore CSR practices as an important thing, one of the reasons is cost. This study aims to provide a Christian theological perspective on CSR practices so as to encourage Christian businessmen to be sensitive to the issues that drive the importance of CSR. In addition, this study provides suggestions for further research both qualitatively and quantitatively. This research is a qualitative, multidisciplinary, phemenological study using literature study techniques that describe the relevance of CSR from the point of view of the 10 principles of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in line with Christian faith. Even though it is still global in nature, multidisciplinary research related to CSR practices has not been found so that it is a novelty in this research.

Polymers are produced in chemical industries and changes can be made in their structure through nanotechnology to use them for other chemical applications and industrial processes. Nanotechnology is used for the synthesis of chemical compounds in chemical industries that are used for the synthesis of electricity in cheap ways. Chemical industries synthesized the useful products and chemical compounds with high costs and larger amount of energy required for their production. Different types of nanoparticles such as silver, golden and green synthesis have been made process in these days. This approach for engineering based for nanoparticles utilized for different types of ceramics and spectroscopy. The use of engineered Nano fibers already makes clothes water- and stain-repellent or wrinkle-free. Nanoparticles are used as a coating to improve the smoothness and heat resistance of common household equipment such as the flat iron. Catalysis in combination of nanotechnology has become the most industrial trend to accelerate the reactions at different sectors at low cost and high quality final product. Different approaches are used using nanotechnology to improve the chemical techniques to improve their strength and working capacity.

The present paper analyzes the Digital India Program, progress made on its inclusiveness across each and every target user, and the challenges it confronts. It demonstrates how the COVID-19 pandemic with its social distancing norm and lockdown scenario has made a real contribution to boost the digital aspirations of the country’s citizens with the positive feedback action. To proceed further to make India truly digital, the paper suggests five strategies, viz., internet infrastructure to be leapfrogged, all stakeholders to work together as partners, capacity building of program executors, confidence building of users, and encouraging cocreation making it user centric.

Volatility prediction has been one of the most crucial topics in the hallways of financial markets. It is of vital significance in the areas of risk management, asset pricing and financial decision making process for several stakeholders. Many volatility models prevail for predicting future volatility but one of the most intriguing methods is the implied volatility which is mainly a market-centered volatility forecast. Present study is an attempt to know the suppositions of various researchers transversely assets and markets that have tested the predictive abilities of the implied volatility in order to understand its supremacy as compared to the other models.

Diabetes mellitus is the commonest endocrine and metabolic disorders. Patients with diabetes have about double risk to develop severe COVID-19. The severity of COVID-19 shown to be associated with dysregulation of glycemic control in diabetes. This review focus on the most obvious contributing factors linking these nowadays the two common pandemics. A broad literature search been performed on Google Scholar and PubMed for the periods between 01/01/2021 and 01/03/2021. The search includes the followings key words; diabetes, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, corona virus, ACE2 and cytokines storm. Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance in diabetes patients acts as independent risk factors for acquiring severe covid-19 complication. ACE2 expression in diabetic patients is reduced but this reduction wasn’t protective for gaining COVID-19 and even worsening the patient’s outcomes. Exaggerated inflammatory responses in diabetics towards COVID-19 is obvious and serves to transform cytokines storm to a “Cytokine Super Cyclone”. Both COVID-19 and diabetes mellitus affects each other and patients with diabetes subjected to have severe COVID-19 and with an increasing risk of mortality and worsening outcome. Diabetic persons should take great attention to keep their glycemic control as ideal as possible and it is essential to put them in the high priority list for gaining vaccination against COVID-19 virus.

Environmental pollution caused by conventional building material, had given borth to treh quest for green technology. This work evaluated the impact of cassava starch on some structural properties of sandcrete blocks produced from recycling paper. The sandcrete blocks were produced by replacement of river bed sand (sharp sand) with waste paper, at the rate of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% and 60% partial replacement; while the 1% of the cement was replaced with cassava starch powder. All the sandcrete blocks were produced at a fine aggregate to cement mix ratio of 6:1. The compressive strength, bulk density and water absorption rate of the blocks produced were dome at 28th curing day. Results obtained from the compressive strength test depicted that, regardless of the paper pulp volume, the blocks produced with cassava starch had higher compressive strength, compared to the blocks produced without cassava starch. At curing day 28, the blocks produced 10% and 20% paper pulp and cassava starch, developed compressive strengths of 2.65 N/mm2 and 2.32 N/mm2, respectively. In terms of the bocks bulk density, the result portrayed that the weight of the blocks produced with paper pulp were lighter, when compared with the control unit. It was also revealed by the results that the block containing cassava starch power had lower water abortion rate, compared to block produced without cassava starch. This study results had shown that using cassava starch as admixture, paper pulp can be used to produce sandcrete blocks for building walls of a framed structure at a little quantity (1% - 20% partial replacement).

Objective: To assess the in vitro antimicrobial activity of eight types of local honeys from Green Mountain province, Libya on different microorganisms. Methods: 100% of different types (Undiluted) of honey were studied in vitro using, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pyogenes Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans, to determine the zone of inhibition against each type of microorganism. The antimicrobial activity of honey samples was compared with standard antibiotics like Ciprofloxacin, Amoxil/clavulunic acid, Tetracycline, Gentamycin, Ampicillin/cloxacillin, Erythromycin and Nitrofurantoin was determined by the disc diffusion method. Results: The diameter of zone inhibition of honey has various values tested ranged from 11-18.5 mm for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 0-12 mm for both Streptococcus pyogenes and Escherichia coli, while with no effect for Candida albicans. Conclusions: The eight types of Libyan honey have a various antibacterial activity in-vitro.

Background: Under the term "foreign bodies" of the upper digestive tract, it is conventional to consider food impactions and foreign bodies ingested accidentally or intentionally [1]. Intentional ingestions are most often sharp or stinging foreign bodies, or even “body packing” (plastic bags, most often condoms, filled with narcotics) [2]. We’re reporting our successful experience about endoscopic extraction of a "body packing” in a young patient of 27 years old. Keywords: Endoscopic Extraction Body Packing.