Alleged Increase Research Articles

House Dust Mite Exposure: Can It Be A Severe COVID-19 Prevention?

Background: In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many studies are looking for treatment to suppress viral replication and prevention through vaccination. However, to this day the number of incidences and deaths due to COVID-19 is still increasing. Objective: The purpose of this article is to review theoretically the alleged increase in eosinophils in house dust mite exposure can prevent the severity of COVID-19 symptoms. Methods: This article was compiled through a literature search in reputable international journals by the time 2020-2021. Result: The severity of symptoms that arise due to COVID-19 infection is one of them caused by eosinophenia. On the other hand, the host immune response to house dust mite exposure can increase the number of eosinophils through stimulation of IL-6, IL-8, GM-CSF, IL-5 and IL-33. These eosinophils will then express TLR-7 on the cell surface which makes them able to recognize SARS-CoV-2. Stimulation of this eosinophil receptor triggers the production of cytokines, degranulation, superoxide, and nitric oxide (NO) through NO synthase which has a direct antiviral effect. EDN and ECP of human eosinophils can decrease viral infectivity through a ribonuclease-dependent mechanism. Eosinophils are capable of producing extracellular traps composed of eosinophilic granule proteins bound to mitochondrial DNA in response to viral infection in vitro, especially in an oxidative lung tissue environment. Eosinophils also rapidly mobilize granules of Th1 cytokines, including IL-12 and IFN-g which are important for antiviral immune responses. Conclusion: Although available data are still limited, there are indications that eosinophils have a protective effect during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Therefore, biological agents such as exposure to house dust mites targeting eosinophils may be useful to help clarify the role of eosinophils in their antiviral response.

Private provision of teaching services: Exploring trends and developments in temporary teachers in the Netherlands

The alleged increase of temporary teachers that are sourced by private employment agencies has generated a heated debate about its benefits and pitfalls. At the same time, little is known about the scope of the private teacher employment industry and the composition of the temporary teacher workforce. Using a large and representative labor survey administered by the Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands, we provide context for the discussion and examine the scale and development of temporary teaching in the Netherlands. We furthermore depict characteristics of temporary teachers and their jobs. We find that the amount and share of temporary teachers in primary and secondary education more than doubled during the last decade. Moreover, we show that teachers who are relatively young, male and have a migration background are more likely to take up temporary teaching. Our study also shows that temporary teachers work less hours and, on average, earn less.

The Temporality of Deep Surgical Site Infection Rates Following Spinal Laminectomy and Fusion.

Deep surgical site infections (dSSI) following spinal laminectomy and fusion are serious complications associated with poor patient outcomes. The objective of this study is to investigate the monthly and seasonal variability of dSSI rates following common spinal surgeries to investigate the "July effect," which refers to the alleged increase in adverse health outcomes due to new hospital trainees at the beginning of the academic year. We performed a retrospective analysis of patients who had a dSSI following laminectomy (without fusion) or spinal fusion (with or without laminectomy) at a single large urban academic medical center between January 2009 and August 2018. The change in dSSI rate over the entire study period was calculated. The monthly and seasonal variability of dSSI were assessed using a Poisson regression model to assess for the presence of the July effect. A total of 7931 laminectomies and 14,637 spinal fusions were reviewed. The average dSSI rates following laminectomy and spinal fusion were 0.46 (SD, 0.47) and 1.26 (SD, 0.86) per 100 patients, respectively. The rate of dSSI following spinal fusion significantly decreased over the study period (rate ratio [RR] = 0.89, 95% CI 0.84-0.94, P < 0.01). With summer as the reference season, there were significantly lower dSSI rates following spinal fusions performed in the fall (RR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.39-0.98, P = 0.04 ). With July as the reference month, there was a significantly higher dSSI rate in April following spinal fusions. The overall decrease in dSSI rate over the study period is consistent with previous reports. The monthly analysis revealed no significant differences in either procedure, calling into question the July effect. This study is relevant to practicing spinal surgeons and can inform surgeons about seasonal data regarding dSSIs.

The hidden impacts: Identifying psychological burdens during the Covid-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the complexity of mental health issues and burdens. Psychological problems also arise as a domino effect of the massive crisis of the pandemic. Various studies and rapid assessments have been carried out and confirmed the alleged increase in psychological problems. However, identifying the psychological burdens that arise during the pandemic has not been explored qualitatively. For this reason, this study was conducted to identify the psychological burdens that arise during a pandemic to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affects mental health. This study used an exploratory qualitative approachby collecting data through online open-ended questions. Seven hundred and four people (462 women; x̄ age of 27.06 years) participated by purposive technique. Thematic analysis was applied to identify and analyze patterns of meaning perceived as psychological burdens during the pandemic. The study found five themes: stress related to the pandemic, anxiety, depression, emotional instability, and loneliness. This research encourages efforts to anticipate increased mental health problems when dealing with a pandemic and provide access to psychological assistance for vulnerable groups. Keywords: psychological burdens; Covid-19 pandemic; thematic analysis.

Short-Term Surgical Complications of Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Direct-to-Implant Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Women Concurrently Treated with Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer.

Background Postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) is allegedly associated with a higher risk of complications of combined nipple-sparing or skin-sparing mastectomy and subpectoral direct-to-implant immediate breast reconstruction ([N]SSM/SDTI-IBR). For this reason, this combination is usually advised against or, even, refused in women who need to undergo PMRT. Because this advice has never been justified, we assessed the short-term complications that may potentially be associated with PMRT after [N]SSM/SDTI-IBR. Methods We compared the complications requiring reintervention and implant loss occurring after 273 [N]SSM/SDTI-IBR that were exposed to PMRT within the first 16 postoperative weeks (interventional group) to those occurring in 739 similarly operated breasts that were not (control group). Additionally, we compared the fraction of complications requiring reintervention occurring after the onset of radiotherapy in the interventional group to that occurring after a comparable postoperative period in the control group. Results The fraction of breasts requiring unscheduled surgical reinterventions for complications and the loss of implants did not differ significantly between both groups but significantly more reinterventions were needed among the controls ( p = 0.00). The fraction of events after the onset of radiotherapy in the interventional group was higher than the fraction of events after 6.2 weeks in the control group, but not significantly so. Conclusion We found no prove for the alleged increase of short-term complications of adjuvant radiotherapy. Therefore, we advise that these should not be considered valid arguments to advice against [N]SSM/SDTI-IBR.

Increased Serum SP-D Level, Neutrophils and Lymphocytes Sputum in Malang Splendid Bird Market Workers

Background: Workers in the bird market have a high risk of exposure in the form of air pollution, pollutant particles including debris / organic dust, loose feathers, insects/ticks, aerosol particles in food, bird excreta (ammonia), various kinds of gram bacteria, fungi and virus. Exposure to particles will stimulate the immune system against harmful pathogens in the form of inflammatory response. An infection or injury will stimulate the secretion of Surfactant protein-D (SP-D) which is a group of collectin (collagen-lectin) with subgroups of the C-type lectin superfamily, together with bovine coglutinin, mannose-binding lectin (MBL), and CL43 protein. This aim of this study was to determine serum SP-D and neutrophil and sputum lymphocyte levels in workers at splendid bird market.Methods: A cross sectional analytic observational study on 35 subjects, analyzed the characteristics of the workers, calculated neutrophil types, lymphocytes on induced sputum and serum SP-D levels using sandwich ELISA.Results: Mean SP-D serum levels in workers in the bird market environment increased (mean SD: 81.39 + 47.656 ng/ml) from normal levels (60 ± 3 ng/ml). There was a significant positive correlation between length of exposure and serum SP-D levels (r: 0.693; p &lt;0.001). There was an average increase in the percentage of neutrophils and sputum lymphocytes (90.71% + 4.04% and 9.17% + 4.42%) compared to normal limit (50.3% + 23.5% and 2.6% + 5.2%).Conclusion: Inhalation exposure in the Bird Market environment can cause an increase in the percentage of neutrophils, sputum lymphocytes and serum SP-D levels in workers that indicate an airway inflammation process, as well as an alleged increase in alveolar wall permeability, damage and regeneration of alveolar epithelial cell type II cells (AEC type II).

Suicide versus Euthanasia in the American Press in the 1890s and 1900s: “A Man Should be Permitted to Go Out of This World Whenever He Sees Fit”

AbstractToleration of suicide and the campaign to legalize euthanasia, this article shows, are historically separate developments. From the early 1880s to the 1900s the American press featured moral discussions of suicide alongside gloomy roll calls and expressions of anxiety about an alleged increase in suicide. Focusing on an extensive discussion in the San Francisco Call in 1896, the article shows that Robert G. Ingersoll’s liberal individualist toleration of suicide clearly resonated with many Americans at the time. I trace the rise of suicide from private tragedy to public issue in the United States. Perhaps surprisingly, there was no crossover with euthanasia and no call whatever for assistance with suicide, despite the frequent employment of the plight of the terminally ill in the discussion. Finally, the article shows that those who called for euthanasia thought of it as a human utility and not a right.

Alienation Effect in Kee Thuan Chye’s Wayang Kulit Adaptations in 1984 Here and Now and The Big Purge

Existing studies have acknowledged the respective influence of Brechtian epic theatre and the adaptation of wayang kulit in Kee Thuan Chye’s plays, though largely keeping them as two separate entities. This paper focuses on Kee’s adaptation of wayang kulit in his first two published plays, namely 1984 Here and Now and The Big Purge to examine its functions in generating the Brechtian alienation effect in the selected plays. The rationales behind the increased scale of wayang kulit adaptation in The Big Purge compared to 1984 Here and Now is also explored in tandem with Kee’s alleged increase in theatrical subtlety. In the findings, the adaptation of wayang kulit in the selected plays correlates to the Brechtian alienation effect through the means of the incongruity of the wayang kulit, the role of the dalang or puppeteer and the fragmented plot structure of the wayang kulit metadrama. In The Big Purge, Kee’s increased scale of wayang kulit adaptation reflects his swerve to a more subtle style of writing as a reaction to the public perception of 1984 Here and Now and his first wayang adaptation in the play.

On violations of the Charter of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

24.07.2016 a large group of academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) wrote a letter to the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin, in which they gave an unfavorable assessment of the current state of Russian science. The letter listed a number of measures aimed at correcting the current state of science, and noted that "the time of political correctness is over, it is high time to speak out openly calling things by their proper names".Meeting with a group of academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences in December of 2016, the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin stressed the timeliness of setting the above problems and the need to eliminate the noted deficiencies, drawing attention to the fact that only outstanding scientists of international standing with significant scientific achievements should be elected as academicians of the RAS.In connection with the critical assessment of the current state of Russian science in its various fields, expressed in the aforesaid letter of the academicians, it is of some interest to analyze the scientific activities and scientific achievements of some Russian scientists, in particular, in the field of thermal power engineering. For this analysis, articles were used published in the Teploenergetika (Heat Power Engineering) journal as well as a Report prepared under agreement No.14.574.21.0017 with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (hereinafter — MoE&amp;S) on improving the thermodynamic and technical-economic efficiency of trigeneration plants at distributed and small-scale power generation facilities.As follows from this analysis, the authors of the aforesaid publications mislead the scientific community and the MoE&amp;S concerning the alleged increase of thermodynamic and technical-economic efficiency of trigeneration plants considered by them. There are no grounds for such conclusions, since the listed materials contain no specific results of experimental and/or calculation studies of thermodynamic and technical-economic efficiency of trigeneration plants. It is therefore very strange that a Committee of the MoE&amp;S signed an Act certifying “proper” implementation of Agreement No. 14.574.21.0017.

Focus of Ongoing Onchocerciasis Transmission Close to Bangui, Central African Republic.

Recently, there were anecdotal reports of a high number of persons with epilepsy, including children with nodding seizures in the Landja Mboko area located about 9 km from the capital city Bangui, Central African Republic. We suspected the area to be endemic for onchocerciasis, and that the alleged increase in the number of epilepsy cases was due to ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission. However, ivermectin mass drug distribution (MDA) had never been implemented in the area. Therefore we performed an Ov16 antibody prevalence study among children, aged 6–9 years, using the biplex rapid diagnostic test (SD Bioline Oncho/LF biplex IgG4 RDT). The overall Ov16 seroprevalence was 8.9%, and that of lymphatic filariasis (LF) was 1.9%. Ov16 seropositivity was highest in Kodjo (20.0%), a village close to rapids on the river. Our study shows that there is ongoing O. volvulus transmission in the Landja Mboko area. We recommend that the extent of this onchocerciasis focus should be mapped, and the introduction of ivermectin MDA should be considered in these communities.

Sedimentation Rate and Characteristics of Musi River Mud, Palembang City, South Sumatra

The existence of the Musi River is very important not only for the population of South Sumatra, but also for the Bengkulu and Lampung regions. The main problem is the high rate of sedimentation, and the alleged increase in heavy metal content. The research aims were to determine the sedimentation rate and metal content in river mud in dry season. Samples of water, mud, and sediments were taken in the waters of Musi Hilir in the area around Kemarau Island in August-September 2018. The results of laboratory analysis showed that the river had been moderately polluted, where the ammonia content in the water was above the quality standard, and the Fe content in the mud is classified as high (above the quality standard). The sediment accumulation in the nine samples at three stations showed at Station 1 was 0.022429739 g cm&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; day&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;. The highest accumulation rate of sediment weight was found at Station 2 which was 0.038456224 g cm&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; day&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;. The lowest sediment accumulation rate was found at Station 3, which was only 0.007109631 g cm&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; day&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;. The cause of the low accumulation of sediment at Station 3 was due to flow velocity at this location tends to be large, so that the sediment was difficult to settle. If the assumption was four months dry season, the accumulation of sediment was estimated at 26.9 tons / m&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; / 4 months.

Relativity: Towards a New Interpretation

The aim of this paper essentially lies in attributing a new meaning, coherent with phenomenological reality, to several phenomena usually classified as relativistic, such as the alleged increase of the mean lifetime of muons and the gravitational redshift. According to the model herein proposed, all the relativistic equations preserve their validity, albeit with a different connotation. We consider a Simple-Harmonically Oscillating Universe, characterized by a null curvature parameter, postulating the existence of a further spatial dimension, not directly perceivable. Time is considered as being absolute, although instruments and devices of whatever kind, commonly employed to measure it, may be significantly influenced by motion and gravity. The Planck Constant is regarded as a parameter, locally variable and subjected to a cyclic evolution. Time and space are treated as quantized physical quantities.

Playing the Other: Role-playing religion in videogames

In contemporary ‘post-secular society’, videogames like Assassin’s Creed, BioShock Infinite or World of Warcraft are suffused with religious elements. Departing from a critique on studies perceiving such in-game representations as discriminatory forms of religious Othering, the main research question of this article is: how does role-playing the (non-)religious Other in games affect the worldview of players? The study is based on a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews held with 20 international players from different (non-)religious backgrounds. Rather than seeing religion in games as representations of ‘Othering’, the analysis demonstrates that players from different (non-)religious beliefs take on different worldviews while role-playing the (non-)religious Other. Atheists relativize their own position, opening up to the logic of religious worldviews; Christians, Hindus and Muslims, in turn, compare traditions and may draw conclusions about the similarities underlying different world religions. Other players ‘slip into a secular mindset’, gradually turning towards the position of a ‘religious none’. It is concluded that playing the religious Other in videogames provides the opportunity to suspend (non-)religious worldviews and empathize with the (non-)religious Other. The relevance of these findings is related to broader sociological debates about ‘post-secular society’ and the alleged increase of religious fundamentalism, conflict and mutual Othering.

PENSION AGE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PREVENTIVE INCREASE

Time of retirement is the lever regulating a ratio of number of able-bodied Russians and pensioners - the it is higher, the bigger number of citizens become payers, but not recipients of pension payments. In this work the perspective of increase in a retirement age as a factor of macroeconomic development of the Russian Federation is studied and also possible consequences of this increase for age category of citizens and youth are analysed. The purpose of the real work - to make assessment of efficiency of alleged raising the retirement age in our country and to predict influence of this economic lever on employment of the population. It is revealed that the indicator of a retirement age, being a peculiar lever, can and has to be applied not as the instrument of economy of budgetary funds, and first of all as the mechanism of social regulation. Influence of this measure on the state, economy and welfare of various groups of the population is considered. At the end of work conclusions are drawn on benefits and costs of alleged increase.

Sexual Ethics

Sexual Ethics Victoria Reynolds Farmer (bio) Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus Laura Kipnis HarperCollins www.harpercollins.com 256 Pages; Print, $26.99 On January 13, 2014, Northwestern University issued a statement banning consensual sexual relationships between faculty and students, citing “the potential for a conflict of interest, favoritism, and exploitation” stemming from “positions of unequal power” occupied by the individuals involved. This policy—namely its central assertion that “positions of unequal power” automatically negate the consent of adults of legal age—inspired Laura Kipnis, a film studies professor there, to write the essay “Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe,” published in The Chronicle of Higher Education in February of the following year. Kipnis is no stranger to analyzing how the enforcement of gender norms relates to lived experience; her past books have covered topics such as socially constructed gender as it affects both men and women, pornography and eroticism, and the ups and downs of romance in a postfeminist age. Her Chronicle essay argues that her University’s “Great Prohibition,” as she calls the ban cited above, is characteristic of a “feminism hijacked by melodrama” that infantilizes college women by assuming that nuanced sexual decisions are so difficult for them to navigate that they need paternalistic administrative edicts to reduce the likelihood of consent altogether. Unwanted Advances exists to expand the ideas introduced in that essay—indeed, the statement “If this is feminism, it’s feminism hijacked by melodrama” appears on its cover in block letters, declaring the book’s immediate opposition to such faux-feminism. It also responds to the Title IX complaints brought against Kipnis as a result of the essay’s publication, the existence of which she uses as proof of students’ increased fragility. Like its title, the book’s central argument has two layers that work in concert with one another. First, it analyzes the recent increase in sexual assault allegations on college campuses, concluding that the issue is not actually that more assaults have occurred recently, but instead that the problem is due to a reliance on flawed and inflated assault statistics that work to reinforce this era’s “dominant [sexual] narrative, [which], on the nation’s campuses, anyway, is all about hazard.” Second, it explores the legal, political, and social ramifications of the collegiate culture that results when “a set of incomprehensible directives, issued by a branch of the federal government, are being wielded in wildly idiosyncratic ways, according to the whims and biases of individual Title IX officers operating with no public scrutiny or accountability.” If the reader expects to finish the book with a distinct sense of whether the accused or the complainant in each case profiled is telling the truth, she is likely to be disappointed. Instead, Kipnis’s book offers a personal and engaging—if at times frustratingly subjective—look at how those individual cases might be acting as a microcosm of disturbing legal trends that suggest a reductive view of female agency on campus. The greatest strength of the book’s first three chapters, which aim to indict current Title IX proceedings as biased mechanisms of interdepartmental feuds, is also their most limiting weakness. Their incredibly personal point of view makes them read more like a personal narrative than the academic exploration of a systemic social problem a reader familiar with the reasons for Kipnis’s notoriety might expect. Thus, these chapters are endearing and disappointing by turns. They center around two cases. The first charges explored are those filed against Peter Ludlow, who resigned from an endowed Philosophy position at Northwestern after two students (an undergraduate in a different department and a graduate student in his own) claimed he sexually assaulted them. The second is against Kipnis herself. In these chapters, Ludlow and Kipnis operate as affable protagonists who are ultimately well-meaning people wronged by a capricious and unfair system for trying to engage with their students in emotionally complex ways (Ludlow physically and Kipnis intellectually). Ultimately, the specifics of the cases are less important to the book’s overall goals than how Kipnis frames herself—both as a Title IX defendant and as someone in opposition to her students’ overall...

On the Absoluteness of Time

This paper aims to qualitatively summarize the results up until now obtained in investigating the compatibility between the absoluteness of time and several well-known phenomena, such as the alleged increase of the mean lifetime of muons and the so-called relativistic corrections for GPS, whose explanation is commonly provided by resorting to Einstein’s Relativity. To make the discussion more flowing, we have herein preferred to completely avoid the writing of equations. All the analytical solutions, as well as several explicative figures, can be found in the first six articles cited in the references, drafted by the same author of this manuscript.

Sistema interamericano, empresas transnacionales mineras y estados de origen: improcedencia de la excepción de falta de jurisdicción entre estados miembros

&lt;p&gt;En América Latina se ha registrado un incremento en las denuncias por violaciones de los derechos humanos ligadas con la actividad transnacional de las empresas mineras. Hasta el momento, el tratamiento jurídico de esas vulneraciones se ha estructurado en torno al ejercicio “eficaz” de la jurisdicción estatal y la atribución de responsabilidad internacional a los Estados anfitriones de las empresas transnacionales, ante la ausencia de un tratado vinculante sobre responsabilidad empresarial. Sin embargo, esta imputación es insuficiente pues —con fundamento en la falta de jurisdicción territorial— deja de lado la responsabilidad internacional de los Estados de origen de las empresas transnacionales. A partir de un análisis crítico, normativo, doctrinal y jurisprudencial del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, este artículo sugiere que la excepción de falta de jurisdicción no debe ser procedente entre Estados que pertenecen a un mismo sistema de protección de derechos humanos. Planteamos que en aras de la necesidad de cooperación, la vocación de universalidad y el carácter expansivo de los derechos, los Estados miembros de un mismo sistema de protección son responsables internacionalmente, cuando sus acciones u omisiones frente a las empresas transnacionales sean insuficientes para evitar un daño extraterritorial en materia de derechos humanos.&lt;/p&gt;

Explaining young British Muslim men’s involvement in heroin and crack

Recent years have seen an upsurge in the numbers of British Muslim men, particularly young British Muslim men aged from 18–35 involved in the sale of drugs. However, despite this alleged increase, very little is known as to what motivates young British Muslim men to become involved with drugs. This has led some commentators to deliberate whether there are perhaps cultural or religious reasons which may motivate Muslim men to become involved with drugs. This article, which is taken from a four-year phenomenological study (2010–2014) with a social group of young British Pakistani Muslim men who traded in heroin and crack argues that the young men (also known as The Boys) were not motivated by religious or cultural reasons but were instead motivated by a number of underlying issues. Factors such as deprivation, a need for status, the challenge of finding suitable paid employment, a reluctance to work in jobs that could affect status were all possible factors which explained why The Boys were involved in drugs.

Circumcision does not alter long-term glucocorticoids accumulation or psychological effects associated with trauma- and stressor-related disorders

Male infants and boys through early adolescence can undergo circumcision either for the sake of upholding religious traditions or for medical reasons. According to both, Jewish as well as Islamic tenets, circumcision is a religious rite symbolizing the bond with God. The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Council (UNC) as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strongly recommend circumcision to promote hygiene and prevent disease. This procedure has frequently been criticized by various communities claiming that circumcision in infancy and early adolescence were psychologically traumatizing with medical implications up into old age. Due to the lack of evidence concerning an alleged increase in vulnerability, we measured objective and subjective stress and trauma markers, including glucocorticoids from hair samples, in circumcised and non-circumcised males. We found no differences in long-term limbic–hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity, subjective stress perception, anxiety, depressiveness, physical complaints, sense of coherence and resilience. Rather, an increase in the glucocorticoid levels indicated a healthy lifestyle and appropriate functioning. Thus, our findings provide evidence that male circumcision does not promote psychological trauma. Moreover, a qualitative approach, the ambivalence construct, was used for the discussion, aiming at a discourse devoid of biases.

'All I Want to Say is That They Don't Really Care about Us': Reducing Police Misconduct via Social Control Theory

In response to a nationwide increase in allegations of police misconduct or police brutality, Congress amended grant funding availability in July 2016 for its “Cops on the Beat” program, an extension of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Through these amendments, Congress sought to create a larger community presence and enhance officer conflict resolution, mediation, and problem-solving skills. In this Article, the author argues that Congress did not achieve this result, resulting in greater friction between community and law enforcement interaction and a predicts an increase of future altercations. The author examines the New Orleans consent decree by applying Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory to ascertain the effectiveness of community outreach, residency requirements, and mandatory use of body cameras. In the end, he concludes that the “Cops on the Beat” Program is not viable legislation and offers suggestions based on social-bonding theory in creating legislation mirroring the New Orleans consent decree to reduce incidents of officer misconduct against the community they serve.