Demographic Characteristics and Trauma Symptomology in Juvenile Justice Residents at Echo Glen Children\u27s Center

Exposure to traumatic and stressful events has become increasingly commonplace and the impact of such experiences has been well documented. Trauma events in childhood have been associated with a number of factors, including maladaptive emotional and behavioral responses, increased vulnerability for exposure to additional traumatic events, and adverse experiences later in life. Juvenile justice youth have been found to have higher rates of trauma exposure, when compared to community samples of same-aged peers. The population of youth residing at Echo Glen Children’s Center, in Snoqualmie, Washington, exhibit unique characteristics for a juvenile justice population, including age (the youngest juvenile offenders in the state of Washington), gender (the only facility for adjudicated girls in the state of Washington), and mental health (a Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (JRA) mental-health designated treatment facility). This archival study explored the relationships among demographic variables (age, gender, ethnicity, committing offense, and co-morbid mental health diagnoses) and trauma symptomology endorsed by new intake residents at Echo Glen Children’s Center. The overall aim included describing, in demographic terms, the youth entering treatment at Echo Glen, in order to gain a better sense of whether their unique characteristics relate to trauma exposure and symptomology. Four hundred and sixty-six youth, ages 10–18, completed a self-report computerized assessment, the Voice-Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (V-DISC), upon intake at Echo Glen Children’s Center from February 11, 2011, to June 30, 2014. Youth endorsement on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder items provided information on trauma exposure and symptomology and demographic information was obtained through JRA official records. Results indicated that the majority of youth entering Echo Glen have been exposed to trauma (81.3%). For trauma-exposed youth, relationships between demographic variables and trauma were evident for gender, age, committing offense, and mental health diagnoses. There was no relationship found between trauma symptoms and ethnicity. This study identified the associations among demographic characteristics, trauma exposure, and symptomology in youth entering treatment at Echo Glen Children’s Center. The electronic version of this dissertation is at AURA: Antioch University Repository and Archive, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and OhioLINK ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.ed

A Determination of Reflectivity of Opaque Ore Minerals with a Weston II Light Meter

Measurements of reflectivity of opaque ore minerals can be made with the common photographic light meter and a standard reflecting microscope, both of which are available to most Geology laboratories. During the course of the investigation, approximately 30 minerals were examined, of which 10 were duplicates. Comparable results, for the most part within 3% of previously determined valued, were obtained

Untapped Talent: Western Sydney's Remarkable but Inequitable Labour Market

This issues paper analyses the 2021 census data, considering the profound but uneven changes to educational attainment, industry mix and labour force participation. Western Sydney has registered a significant increase in its educational attainment over the past decade. The region’s proportion of higher skilled residents now sits on par with the national average. In some areas it exceeds that level. The shift is profound but uneven within the Western Sydney region, producing complex implications. Additionally, the census data reveals persistent socio-spatial polarisation between Western Sydney and the Rest of Sydney when it comes to high productivity jobs. This issues paper produces an analysis of the census data, and considers the implications of the data for policy makers in the State and Federal Governments of Australia

The effect of elevated carbon dioxide on the sinking and swimming of the shelled pteropod Limacina retroversa

Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2017. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here under a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license granted to WHOI. It is made available for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in ICES Journal of Marine Science 74 (2017): 1893–1905, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsx008.Shelled pteropods are planktonic molluscs that may be affected by ocean acidification. Limacina retroversa from the Gulf of Maine were used to investigate the impact of elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) on shell condition as well as swimming and sinking behaviours. Limacina retroversa were maintained at either ambient (ca. 400 μatm) or two levels of elevated CO2 (800 and 1200 μatm) for up to four weeks, and then examined for changes in shell transparency, sinking speed, and swimming behaviour assessed through a variety of metrics (e.g., speed, path tortuosity, wing beat frequency). After exposures to elevated CO2 for as little as four days, the pteropod shells were significantly darker and more opaque in the elevated CO2 treatments. Sinking speeds were significantly slower for pteropods exposed to medium and high CO2 in comparison to the ambient treatment. Swimming behaviour showed less clear patterns of response to treatment and duration of exposure, but overall, swimming did not appear to be hindered under elevated CO2. Sinking is used by L. retroversa for predator evasion, and altered speeds and increased visibility could increase the susceptibility of pteropods to predation.Funding for this research was provided by a National Science Foundation grant to Lawson, Maas, and Tarrant (OCE-1316040). Additional support for field sampling was provided by the WHOI Coastal Ocean Institute, Pickman Foundation, and the Tom Haas Fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

Exposure to CO2 influences metabolism, calcification and gene expression of the thecosome pteropod Limacina retroversa

Author Posting. © The Company of Biologists, 2018. This article is posted here by permission of The Company of Biologists for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (2018): jeb164400, doi:10.1242/jeb.164400.Thecosomatous pteropods, a group of aragonite shell-bearing zooplankton, are becoming an important sentinel organism for understanding the influence of ocean acidification on pelagic organisms. These animals show vulnerability to changing carbonate chemistry conditions, are geographically widespread, and are both biogeochemically and trophically important. The objective of this study was to determine how increasing duration and severity of CO2 treatment influence the physiology of the thecosome Limacina retroversa, integrating both gene expression and organism-level (respiration and calcification) metrics. We exposed pteropods to over-saturated, near-saturated or under-saturated conditions and sampled individuals at 1, 3, 7, 14 and 21 days of exposure to test for the effect of duration. We found that calcification was affected by borderline and under-saturated conditions by week two, while respiration appeared to be more strongly influenced by an interaction between severity and duration of exposure, showing complex changes by one week of exposure. The organismal metrics were corroborated by specific gene expression responses, with increased expression of biomineralization-associated genes in the medium and high treatments throughout and complex changes in metabolic genes corresponding to both captivity and CO2 treatment. Genes associated with other physiological processes such as lipid metabolism, neural function and ion pumping had complex responses, influenced by both duration and severity. Beyond these responses, our findings detail the captivity effects for these pelagic organisms, providing information to contextualize the conclusions of previous studies, and emphasizing a need for better culturing protocols.Funding for this research was provided by a National Science Foundation grant to G.L.L., A.E.M. and A.M.T. (OCE-1316040). Additional support for field sampling was provided by theWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Coastal Ocean Institute and the Pickman Foundation.2019-02-1

Co-living, gentlemen's clubs, and residential hotels : a long view of shared housing infrastructures for single young professionals

Shared housing is an important infrastructure for young single professionals living and working in the city. Co-living is a contemporary shared housing infrastructure. But it certainly is not the first. We advocate for what Flanagan and Jacobs (2019) call taking a “long view” by drawing connections between early 19th-century gentlemen’s clubs, mid-19th-century residential hotels and contemporary co-living. We argue each have been dynamic infrastructures of mobility, work, and sociality that make certain practices more or less possible and reflect on how the socio-material form of these infrastructures connects with the infrastructural work it does. We draw on our own research study into co-living, connecting our findings with research on the historical housing types. Our findings show that shrinking private spaces, maximizing productive spaces, and integrating services are strategies that animate the infrastructural work of these housing types. By linking co-living with historical housing types, we demonstrate the importance of taking a “long view” when thinking infrastructurally about novel housing practices

Experiments using multimedia interfaces in process control: some initial results

This paper reports a series of experiments using different combinations of multimedia interfaces. The task used in the experiments is the Crossman Waterbath. The media combinations are compared and contrasted to draw out pointers towards the effects of different media. It is concluded that warnings affect comprehension and should be minimised during exploratory learning. Sound results were disappointing, and had a detrimental affect on performance. However, it was thought that the problem lay with the lack of discrimination between different sound levels. Those subjects who found the task hard were greatly helped by speech warnings. In conclusion, the experiments show that different presentational styles do indeed matter, and it is possible that multimedia interfaces are particularly useful for aspects of the interface which are difficult to understand