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Commercial Sexual Exploitation And Missing Children In The Coastal Region Of Sao Paulo State, Brazil, Gilka Jorge Figaro Gattás, Claudia Figaro-Garcia, Tatiana Savoia Landini, Richard J. Estes

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has emerged as one of the world’s most heinous crimes. The problem affects millions of children worldwide and no country or community is fully immune from its effects. This paper reports first generation research of the relationship that exists between CSEC and the phenomenon of missing children living in and around the coastal regions of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, the country’s richest State. Data are reported from interviews and case records of 64 children and adolescents, who were receiving care through a major youth serving non-governmental organization (NGO) located in the …

Comparing Campus Discipline Rates: A Multivariate Approach For Identifying Schools With Significantly Different Than Expected Exclusionary Discipline Rates, Eric A. Booth, Miner P. Marchbanks Iii, Dottie Carmichael, Tony Fabelo

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Campus behavior management is important for ensuring classroom order and promoting positive academic outcomes. Previous studies have shown the importance of individual student and campus personnel characteristics and campus context for explaining campus discipline rates (e.g., rates of suspension and expulsion). Assessing campus discipline rates, while controlling for these individual and campus characteristics, is important for the monitoring, evaluation, and intervention role of policymakers as well as state and federal level education agencies.

Systems or metrics exist that measure other student outcomes (i.e., academic performance) with controls for individual and campus characteristics, but none exist that monitor these differences for …

For Safety’S Sake: A Case Study Of School Security Efforts And Their Impact On Education Reform, Rachel Garver, Pedro Noguera

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Several studies have shown that the need to create safe and orderly schools has increasingly been addressed in a manner that disconnects these priorities from broader concerns related to student success, school culture, and child development. In this paper, we explore the consequences of expanding security procedures in response to an incident involving interracial conflict at an urban high school in the United States. We offer this case study to demonstrate how the primacy placed on safety and security resulted in the neglect of other important educational goals, such as academic engagement and a positive school culture. Through an analysis …

Computerizing Social-Emotional Assessment For School Readiness: First Steps Toward An Assessment Battery For Early Childhood Settings, Susanne A. Denham, Hideko H. Bassett, Katherine Zinsser

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

The transition into formal schooling is a crucial foundation that can set children on a cycle of success or failure in both academic and social domains. A child’s abilities to express healthy emotions, understand emotions of self and others, regulate emotion, attention, and behavior, make good decisions regarding social problems, and engage in a range of prosocial behaviors, all work together to promote a successful school experience.

However, many children have deficits in these skills by school entry, and educators lack the requisite tools to identify, track and assess skills these children need to learn. Thus, because social-emotional learning (SEL) …

Measuring Success In Public Education: Whether Wanted Or Not, Robert D. Sanborn, Angelo P. Giardino

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Robert Sanborn and Angelo Giardino's introduction for Volume 3, Issue 2: Measuring Success in Public Education.

October 3, 2012 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, October 03, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

No abstract provided.

Wednesday Communiqué, 10/3/2012, Chaouki Abdallah

Publications of the Provost's Office

No abstract provided.

Phoenix, 2012-10-03, Student Life

Phoenix

The Phoenix is a student newspaper published at Governors State University since August 2002. The newspaper features student reporting, opinions, news, and photos.

Volume 104 Issue 5, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

High-Frequency Ultrasound M-Mode Monitoring Of Hifu Ablation In Cardiac Tissue, Ronald Kumon, Madhu Sudhan Reddy Gudur, Yun Zhou, Cheri X. Deng

Physics Presentations And Conference Materials

Effective real-time HIFU lesion detection is important for expanded use of HIFU in interventional electrophysiology (e.g., epicardial ablation of cardiac arrhythmia). The goal of this study was to investigate rapid, high-frequency M-mode ultrasound imaging for monitoring spatiotemporal changes in tissue during HIFU application. The HIFU application (4.33 MHz, 1000 Hz PRF, 50% duty cycle, 1 s exposure, 6100 W/cm²) was perpendicularly applied to porcine cardiac tissue with a high-frequency imaging system (Visualsonics Vevo 770, 55 MHz, 4.5 mm focal distance) confocally aligned. Radiofrequency (RF) M-mode data (1 kHz PRF, 4 s × 7 mm) was acquired before, during, …

Weekly News Digest 10/03/2012, Jenna Ray

Weekly Bulletin Archive

In this issue:

● Midwest Philosophy Colloquium Returns to Morris

● Piano Solos Will Accompany Sculpture Installations in The Enchanted Garden Preludes

● Morris Rises 68 Places in Washington Monthly Rankings

● Coach Dan Magner Becomes the Winningest Women's Soccer Coach in Morris History

Spartan Daily October 3, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 139, Issue 19

Seizing Opportunity: A Special Invitation Collection, Michael Williams

Administrative Issues Journal

The AIJ editorial board constantly looks for ways to keep the journal professionally relevant. With this in mind, we approached Dr. Michael Williams, Associate Dean of the MBA Program for the School of Business and Technology at Thomas Edison State College, about writing an introduction to our 2012 conference theme, Seizing Opportunities. Dr. Williams is a scholar-practitioner who offers a unique philosophical insight into the import of seizing opportunities in our professional and personal lives. He was excited about exploring the theme for this issue through the lens of change as a nexus of opportunity. We hope you find this …

Infrared Thermography For Noninvasive Real-Time Monitoring Of Hifu Ablation, Yi-Sing Hsiao, Ronald Kumon, Cheri X. Deng

Physics Presentations And Conference Materials

Infrared imaging for spatiotemporal temperature measurements was explored in this study for non-contact monitoring of temperature increases generated by HIFU ablation. Using ex vivo cardiac tissue specimens, we investigated the correlations between the occurrence of events during HIFU ablation (e.g., lesion formation, cavity formation) and the 2D spatiotemporal temperature of the tissue surface measured during HIFU ablation from an infrared camera. An increase in the rate of temperature rise was observed when lesions formed at or slightly beneath the tissue surface. Spatial shifts in the maximum temperature location away from the HIFU focus were often observed with continuing HIFU exposure …

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (10/3/2012), University Of Rhode Island

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper Archives)

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island school newspaper.

From Genome To Flying Cyberalloys: The First Half Century, G. B. Olson

Harnessing The Materials Genome: Accelerated Materials Development via Computational and Experimental Tools

No abstract provided.

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, October 3, 2012, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of George Fox University.

The Cord (October 3, 2012)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

The Bates Student - Volume 142 Number 03 - October 3, 2012, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

Nor'easter News Volume 6 Issue 2, Nor'easter News Staff

Nor'easter News

The fifty-fifth issue of the University of New England's student-run newspaper, Nor'easter News.

Volume 50, Number 7: October 03, 2012, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Anchor, Volume 126.05: October 3, 2012, Hope College

The Anchor: 2012

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

A Survey Of The Intention To Pursue Graduate Studies In Information Technology, Myungjae Kwak, Kirill Yurov, Kevin Floyd, Neil Rigole, Yuliya V. Yurova

HCBE Faculty Presentations

Proposed/completed study The mission of the School of Information Technology at Macon State College is to educate students in information technology in ways that lead to fulfilling managerial careers and enhance the economic vitality of Central Georgia. To accomplish the mission, the School of Information Technology is preparing a Master’s degree program that can be offered within the next few years. To use limited resources efficiently, the school needs to focus on a few concentrations that are in demand by students and meet the workforce needs of the local area (Calhoun et al. 2008). Therefore, two IT concentrations were chosen …

We Are…Marshall, October 3, 2012, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

10-03-2012 Baskets On Display In Honor Of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

October is "Breast Cancer Awareness Month," and the Weatherford Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is helping to spread the word.

October 3, 2012 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

No abstract provided.

Rotunda - Vol 91, No 6 - Oct 3, 2012, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

Unh Receives Outstanding Community Tree Farm Award, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2010s

No abstract provided.