Research Paper CTE and Football players
Research Topics, Thesis, Annotation and Documentation
Concussions in the NFL are linked to (CTE) Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Thesis: Concussions are the leading cause to CTE based on the data more and more NFL players are developing Lou Gehrig’s disease and dementia.
Annotation: CTE was found in 110 brains of 111 deceased former NFL players. The neurodegenerative brain disease can be found in individuals who have been exposed to repeated head trauma.
Emanuel, Daniella. “CTE found in 99% of studied brains from deceased NFL players”. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/health/cte-nfl-players-brains-study/index.html, 26 July 2017. Web.
“What Is CTE?” Brain Injury Research Institute. The condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was formerly believed to exist primarily among boxers, and was referred to as dementia pugilistica. It is a progressive degenerative disease which afflicts the brain of people who have suffered repeated concussions and traumatic brain injuries, such as athletes who take part in contact sports, members of the military and others. http://www.protectthebrain.org/Brain-Injury-Research/What-is-CTE-.aspx, Brain Injury Research Institute. 10 June 2014. Web.
“Why the NFL can finally admit football causes CTE and not owe players anything”. The NFL is finally copping to CTE now that it’s not liable for it. In 2013, the NFL settled a concussion lawsuit brought by about five-thousand players.
Bien, Louis. https://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/18/11451036/nfl-concussion-settlement-cte, 18 Apr 2016. Web.
“NFL Concussions: Timeline of important brain studies”. The link between football and CTE is well-known and widely accepted in the scientific community. The study looks at the brains of players as young as 23 and as old as 89 and includes players of all positions.
Rapaport, Daniel. https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/07/26/nfl-concussion-head-trauma-studies-football-timeline, 26 July 2017.
“List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy”. A large number of American Football players have been diagnosed with or have suffered with CTE. A defective diagnosis can only be made post mortem.
Military suicides
Thesis: Is the military doing enough to help soldiers cope?
Annotation: Nearly a decade after the United States went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the suicide rate among soldiers and veterans, though lower than the civilian rate is rising sharply, leading to criticism that military leaders aren't doing enough to help service members.
Katel, Peter. Military Suicides. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2011092300, 23 Sept 2011.
“Obama Signs Suicide Prevention Bill to Aid Veterans”. The new law offers hope to veterans with PTSD by giving them greater access to mental health care. The bill is named after a Marine Corps veteran who killed himself in 2011 after he struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder following deployments to Iraq and in Afghanistan.
Lenard, Kimberly. https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/02/12/obama-signs-veterans-suicide-prevention-bill, 12 Feb 2015.
“Military And Veteran Suicides Rise Despite Aggressive Prevention Efforts”. The Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), already struggling to meet an increasing demand from troops and veterans for mental health services, are watching the suicide rates, and the growing number of those considered “at risk” of suicide, with apprehension.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/military-veteran-suicides-prevention_n_3791325.htmlWood ,David. 3 Sept 2013.
“US military veterans face inadequate care after returning from war.” Study for Congress has 'serious misgivings' about government's treatment of US troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. many receive inadequate care from the US Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
McVeigh, Karen. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/26/us-veterans-inadequate-care-war , 26 March 2013.
“Is the Military Doing Enough?” The reality is that the VA is committing resources to be able to help. Do they have the funding from Congress?
Frontline. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/themes/isenough.html , 1 March 2005.
Could Texting ruin English grammar?
Thesis: Because people write in slang and use lots of abbreviations and emoji’s and not writing out the words properly.
Annotations: “Is Texting Killing the English Language?” People have always spoken differently from how they write, and texting is actually talking with you fingers. Texting has the downfall of the written word.
McWhorter, John. http://ideas.time.com/2013/04/25/is-texting-killing-the-english-language/ , 25 April 2013.
“5 Ways Texting is Ruining Changing English”. Look in the big dictionary at the library: “SMS” and “LOL” are already there. “OMG“ and “Sexting“ are entries on dictionary websites.
Jury, Paul. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-jury/5-ways-texting-is-striker_b_657309.html , 23 June 2010.
“Is text messaging ruining the English language?” The speed and shorthand of SMS has irreversibly changed our use of English, but is this a good or bad thing? . Sending text messages has become a medium of choice for mobile phone users.
Wil. https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/is-text-messaging-ruining-the-english-language/ , 21 Feb 2017.
“OMG! Texting may ruin grammar skills, study says”. If you have teens, you’ve probably grown accustomed to seeing them lighted by the glow of a phone screen. Well, there’s some good and bad news coming from the hours they spend speed-tapping notes to one another.
Maltais, Michelle. http://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/omg-texting-may-ruin-grammar-skills-study-says/ , 6 August 2012.
“Texting May Lead to Bad Grammar”, Texting could lead to a decline in language skills, warns a new study that found tweens who text are more likely to fall short on grammar tests. Gannon, Megan. https://www.livescience.com/21887-texting-bad-grammar.html, 26 July 2012.