The Importance of Developmental Science for Studies in Bullying and Victimization

Research on bullying and victimization, especially in school settings, has become an important area of developmental research, with strong practical implications. In this article we overview some considerations from neuropsychology, quantitative genetics, developmental neuroscience, we discuss CU traits and conduct problems, individual, group, class and school levels of analysis, developmental changes by age and context, and cross-cultural aspects. Together we argue that these can help bring about a developmental science perspective on to this area of research

Identity crime and misuse in Australia: results of the 2013 online survey

Abstract: Identity crime and misuse of personal information affect all sectors in Australia and cost individuals, business and government many millions of dollars annually. In May 2013, in order to explore the nature and scope of identity crime and misuse in Australia, the Australian Institute of Criminology was commissioned by the Attorney-General’s Department to undertake a national survey. This report presents the results of the survey. The findings confirm prior research that has found that identity crime affects a relatively high proportion of Australians who report substantial financial and other impacts

Leadership Characteristics Among Social Agency Executive Personnel

The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Smith, Alice Eldridge, Ph.D., Ph.D., Smith College, 1997, Private Practice, Brewster, Massachusetts - "Leadership Characteristics Among Social Agency Executive Personnel"The Ohio State University College of Social Wor

Alien Registration- Smith, Alice A. (Presque Isle, Aroostook County)

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A version of this article was presented before the Five College Faculty Seminar in African Studies in 1981. It emerges from the author\u27s specialization in West African and Caribbean Francophone Literature

Doctor of Philosophy

dissertationThe importance of lipid bilayers to the structure and function of cellular membranes coupled with their inherent complexity has driven the development of analytical techniques capable of high-throughput investigation of these surfaces. This work describes a continuous flow microspotter (CFM) that was modified to create micropatterned lipid bilayer arrays (MLBAs). This dissertation is divided into four main parts, with the first chapter focusing on the characterization of MLBAs using fluorescence microscopy to ensure bilayer formation and integrity. The individually addressable nature of the CFM was also demonstrated using a multi-ligand array containing ganglioside GM1, dinitrophenyl (DNP) and biotin. A multiple protein-ligand assay was performed using the ligand array to detect three different fluorescently labeled proteins (cholera toxin b (CTb), anti-DNP antibody and NeutrAvidin) from solution simultaneously. The second part of this dissertation concentrates on creating stable MLBAs using a polymerizable lipid, poly(bis-SorbPC) in order to generate a more robust biosensing platform. The poly(lipid) arrays were compared directly to the MLBAs prepared without the polymerizable lipids using fluorescence microscopy to demonstrate their superior stability. A multiple protein-ligand assay was also performed to demonstrate the utility of these arrays and their potential application as a sensor substrate. iv Next, the MLBAs were used to investigate the impact of fifteen different lipid components on small molecule-membrane binding. The lipophilic dye merocyanine 540 (MC540) was used as a model small molecule and its binding was monitored by fluorescence microscopy. These studies demonstrate the potential of using MLBAs to investigate drug membrane interactions while preserving time and cost-effectiveness. Finally, sum-frequency vibrational imaging (SFVI) was developed to provide a surface specific noninvasive, analytical technique capable of monitoring lipid structure and dynamics in a high-throughput manner. The vibrational sensitivity of SFVI was investigated with an asymmetric lipid bilayer patterned by ultraviolet (UV) radiation lithographically. The phase behavior of three different binary mixtures in a MLBA was successfully investigated using SFVI. The SFVI setup had the sensitivity, resolution and field of view required for exploring lipid bilayer properties in an array format. This dissertation presents a new approach for assembling lipid bilayer arrays in combination with a powerful analytical technique to allow exploration of the physical properties of lipid membranes in a high-throughput and noninvasive manner

Graph Partitioning With Input Restrictions

In this thesis we study the computational complexity of a number of graph partitioning problems under a variety of input restrictions. Predominantly, we research problems related to Colouring in the case where the input is limited to hereditary graph classes, graphs of bounded diameter or some combination of the two. In Chapter 2 we demonstrate the dramatic eect that restricting our input to hereditary graph classes can have on the complexity of a decision problem. To do this, we show extreme jumps in the complexity of three problems related to graph colouring between the class of all graphs and every other hereditary graph class. We then consider the problems Colouring and k-Colouring for Hfree graphs of bounded diameter in Chapter 3. A graph class is said to be H-free for some graph H if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to H. Similarly, G is said to be H-free for some set of graphs H, if it does not contain any graph in H as an induced subgraph. Here, the set H consists usually of a single cycle or tree but may also contain a number of cycles, for example we give results for graphs of bounded diameter and girth. Chapter 4 is dedicated to three variants of the Colouring problem, Acyclic Colouring, Star Colouring, and Injective Colouring. We give complete or almost complete dichotomies for each of these decision problems restricted to H-free graphs. In Chapter 5 we study these problems, along with three further variants of 3-Colouring, Independent Odd Cycle Transversal, Independent Feedback Vertex Set and Near-Bipartiteness, for H-free graphs of bounded diameter. Finally, Chapter 6 deals with a dierent variety of problems. We study the problems Disjoint Paths and Disjoint Connected Subgraphs for H-free graphs