The United Nations, children's rights and juvenile justice

About the book: This book provides an essential resource for both practitioners in youth justice as well as those who are studying the subject as part of their training or an academic course. Its central aim is to equip practitioners in youth justice and the wider children's workforce with an understanding of key theoretical concepts from a range of disciplines that might inform and enhance their work The Handbook aims to encourage a critical interrogation of the ideas that underpin practice, examining such concepts as 'child development', 'crime' and 'punishment', and also provides a descriptive account of current practice in areas such as community corrections and incarceration – examining the evidence base for this and suggesting alternative strategies where appropriate. A key objective is to provide both students and practitioners in youth justice with the confidence to critically reflect on the ideas and current debates that influence work undertaken with young people

Using Machine Learning Models to Predict Student Retention: Building a State-Wide Early Warning System

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Elmer R. Smith College of Business and Technology at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science by Travis Muncie on October 30, 2020

The Relation of Cucurbit Mosaic to Wild Catnip

Cross inoculations from mosaic cucurbits to non-cucurbitaceous hosts, according to published records, have been unsuccessful except in a few cases. Doolittle obtained infection by aphis inoculation from mosaic cucumbers to Martynia louisiana, while Jagger obtained infection on Lobelia crinus var. Gracilis and Helianthus debilis. Preliminary experiments by the writer show that cucurbit mosaic can be transmitted to Nepeta cataria by the insertion of crushed mosaic leaf tissue of mosaic gourd into the stems of Catnip. Typical mosaic symptoms appeared on the tips of the leaves of the catnip in about three weeks, and after six weeks practically every leaf showed the mosaic. Mosaic of catnip has not been observed in the field by the writer, but with the ease of obtaining infection and chances of insect inoculation, this perennial host may be a source of early infection to cucumbers in the field

The use of commercial fertilizers in growing roses

Cover title.Includes bibliographical references

Work related road safety: Age, length of service and changes on crash risk

Age and experience are known to be major factors in road traffic collisions (Maycock et al., 1996) and are commonly used as predictors of crash frequency (Evans and Courtney, 1985). But age and experience are difficult to separate when investigating crash risk (Brown, 1982; Ryan et al., 1998; Mayhew and Simpson, 1990; Bierness, 1996). Experience is closely related to age but independently influences crash risk. For age, mileage-adjusted crash risk declines with age but then rises for drivers over 65 (Maycock et al., 1991). This is thought to be due to physical and cognitive declines in older people and to increased risk-taking in younger drivers (Chipman et al., 1992; Clarke et al., 1998; McGwin and Brown, 1999). For experience, even limited driving experience has a major effect on road safety. For example, there is a disproportionately higher crash rate during the first year of driving, particularly in the first few months after licensure (Sagberg, 1998). For age and experience, Mayhew et al. (2003) found larger decreases in crash risk amongst younger novices compared with older novices during the first few months of driving. This was interpreted as due to greater initial risk-taking amongst younger novices, with on-road driving experience facilitating a more rapid learning rate compared with older novices. They suggest that this was an appropriate point at which to provide training intervention. There is reasonable literature on the effects of age and experience on accident involvement, but little is known about whether these effects can be generalised to professional drivers, especially since professional drivers differ substantially from the general population of drivers

Water Conduction in Apple Trees Affected with Crown Gall

In an investigation of the effect of crown gall on apples caused by Bacterium tumefaciens, a study was made of water conduction in galled and healthy trees. The comparative rate of flow through galled and healthy apple specimens was determined by means of a U tube manomete

The effects of large applications of commercial fertilizers on carnations

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois, 1915.Typescript.Vita.Includes bibliographical references

Design and development of a bus simulator for bus driver

The bus industry is plagued by high accident costs and risks of passenger injuries. A bus simulator may offer a method of reducing accident rates by delivering targeted training to bus drivers who are most at risk. The first part of this thesis describes the design of the UK's first bus simulator, the fidelity of which was based on a thorough analysis of bus crashes. The second part describes the first studies in a multi-staged method to evaluate the training effectiveness of the simulator: face validity, effects of bus driver experience and stress on simulated performance and simulator sickness. This approach ensured that the ABS has a reasonable level of fidelity, is capable of eliciting behaviourally valid responses from bus drivers and is the first step is achieving training transfer effectiveness. The final study investigated the occurrence of self-bias in bus drivers. The conclusions drove the design of simulated scenarios to be used for bus driver training. Keywords: Bus, Simulator, Fidelity, Validity, Accidents, Driving, Stress, TrainingEThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo