This study measures the influence of an ethics course on the academic integrity of second-year college students enrolled in an aviation program in the United States and their beliefs about following Federal Aviation Regulations standards. Academic integrity is defined by three variables: beliefs about not cheating, beliefs about exhibiting moral behavior, and beliefs about following a code of conduct. Normalized gains, bivariate correlations, and independent samples t-test procedures indicated significant differences in academic integrity between aviation students who took an ethics course and students who did not take an ethics course. The gain in reported moral behavior was found not to be significant. The results of the study imply that offering ethics courses to aviation students promotes their academic integrity. Future studies about other factors that influence the academic integrity of aviation students in college are recommended.Colleges and universities in the United States are putting greater emphasis on requiring their students and faculty members to exhibit academic integrity in terms of abiding by an institutional code of conduct and demonstrating ethical responsibility in completing academic assignments (McCabe, Trevino, & Butterfield, 1999). In addition, maintaining acceptable behavioral standards such as not cheating and not plagiarizing assignments is considered to be an integral component of academe. In a multi-institutional study, Gallant (2008) reported that colleges' and universities' first attempts to implement policies to convey student

This research note presents the results of an empirical study that examines the relationship between broken homes and middle‐class delinquents known to the juvenile justice system and compares the findings with a recent study that focused on the relationship between broken juveniles homes and self‐reported delinquency. A comparison of the two studies reveals that both studies found little or no relationship between broken homes and middle‐class delinquency.

Due to the rapid increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, medicinal plants are being studied as new and promising alternatives to conventional antibiotic treatment. The crude hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from Pimenta dioica, Pimenta jamaicensis and Pimenta racemosa were quantitatively assessed to determine their antimicrobial susceptibility and potency using zones of inhibition methods, minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentrations minimum (MBC) or fungicidal concentrations concentration (MFC) against Streptococcus A, Streptococcus B, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Salmonella species, Proteus mirabilis and Candida albicans. The crude ethyl acetate extract of the P. dioica was most active against Candida albicans (MFC of 1.3 mg/mL and MIC of 0.63 mg/mL) while the crude hexane extract of P. jamaicensis was most active against Streptococcus A (MBC of 0.63 and MIC of 1.3 mg/mL). The crude ethyl acetate extract of P. racemosa was most active against Streptococcus A and Salmonella (MBC of 2.5 mg/mL and MIC of 1.3 mg/mL; MBC of 0.63 and MIC of 0.63 mg/mL, respectively). Extracts from selected species of Pimenta may potentially provide a source of new antimicrobial agents for the treatment of infectious diseases.

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