Prevalence of Medication Treatment for Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder Among Elementary School Children in Johnston County, North Carolina

Objectives. This study estimated the prevalence of medication treatment for attention deficit–hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among elementary school children in a North Carolina county

Developmental Education and Community College Student Success: Are the Odds Ever in Their Favor?

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Unkonventionelle Nahverkehrssysteme mittlerer Kapazitaet im Ausland. Gegenueberstellung mit der deutschen Stadtbahn

This study was dedicated to the identification of new foreign medium capacity transit system developments, and to analyses of their particular features as compared to conventional rapid transit systems. The results contributed to the evaluation of the basic different characteristics of unconventional transit systems abroad. Solutions to the further development of rapid transit systems in the Federal Republic of Germany were inferred within the framework of an RD project on rapid transit technologies regarding comparable rapid-transit uses and the uses of the novel medium-capacity transit system. This report is largely based on a review of domestic and foreign literature, and on information provided by the public-transport companies and manufacturers. (orig./RHM)Zielsetzung der dokumentierten Untersuchung war es, neuartige auslaendische Entwickungen im Bereich der Nahverkehrssystme mittlerer Kapazitaet (Medium Capacity Transit Systems) zu identifizieren und im Hinblick auf ihre Besonderheiten gegenueber der konventionellen Stadtbahn zu analysieren. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse sollten dazu genutzt werden, die grundsaetzlichen Unterschiede der unkonventionellen Nahverkehrssysteme aus dem Ausland beurteilen zu koennen, um moegliche Schlussfolgerungen fuer die Weiterentwicklung der Stadtbahn in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im laufenden F+E-Vorhaben Technologiepaket Stadtbahnsystem beruecksichtigen zu koennen. Dies geschieht vor dem Hintergrund der vergleichbaren Einsatzspektren der Stadtbahn einerseits und der neuartigen Medium Capacity Transit Systems andererseits. Der vorliegende Bericht ist weitgehend das Ergebnis einer Auswertung in- und auslaendischer Literatur sowie von Informationen der Verkehrsbetriebe und der Hersteller. (orig./RHM)Available from TIB Hannover: F94B0349 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEBundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie (BMFT), Bonn (Germany)DEGerman

Feminist relational advocacy: Processes and outcomes from the perspective of low-income women with depression

This article describes a qualitative study of how low-income women who are struggling with symptoms of depression experience feminist relational advocacy, a new model that is informed by feminist, multicultural, and community psychology theories. Using qualitative content analysis of participant interviews, the authors describe the processes and outcomes of feminist relational advocacy from participants\u27 perspectives; they also consider how emergent themes fit with principles of the model, including the importance of women\u27s narratives, the inseparability of emotional and practical support, the centrality of the advocacy relationship, and oppression as a source of emotional distress. The article concludes with a discussion of the practice and research implications of the study, highlighting the possibilities of feminist relational advocacy as a new tool for counseling psychologists and the lessons for advocacy models in general