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    A tracer study of Lebanese upper secondary school students

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    This paper presents data arising from a tracer study of 90 terminating Beirut upper secondary school students. Nearly all the students intended to transit to university, about half of them to science and technology programmes, and subsequently did so. Median anticipated earnings upon graduation were realistic, but a lack of information or guidance about higher education and career options was noted by a considerable proportion. The results of the study are discussed with reference to the as yet poorly elucidated dynamics of schooling with regard to attrition and transition to higher education and employment in Lebanon. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.ALSAMARRAI S, 2005, 31 PRUS; Boyd S., 2001, SCH FINAL YEAR SCH S; *CENTR INT AG, 2006, CIA FACTB; *CTR ED RES DEV, 2005, STAT REP AC YEAR 200; Daehlen M., 2005, J ED WORK, V18, P385; GOUVIAS D, 2005, J ED WORK, V18, P421, DOI 10.1080-13639080500327790; *GOV MALT, 2006, GUID COUNS SERV; HAJJ M, 2002, J DEV EC POLICIES, V4, P43; HASHEM ME, 2002, WORLD ED ENCY SURVEY; Humphrey M, 2004, ARAB STUDIES Q, V26, P31; International Labour Organisation, 1987, INT STAND CLASS OCC; KABBANI B, 2005, 0234 WORLD BANK; Lloyd CB, 2003, COMP EDUC REV, V47, P444, DOI 10.1086-378247; SOLIMAN AM, 1991, INT J ADV COUNS, V14, P3, DOI 10.1007-BF00116712; THEODORY GC, 1982, INT J ADV COUNS, V5, P121, DOI 10.1007-BF00119093; *UN, 2003, RES GLOB SKILL FORM; Vlaardingerbroek B, 2001, INT J EDUC DEV, V21, P315, DOI 10.1016-S0738-0593(00)00006-744

    Transformation of mucocartilage to a definitive cartilage during metamorphosis in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon-marinus

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    Is there violence in the neighbourhood? Ask the children

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    Background: Community violence is a major public health concern. Much has been written about high intensity community violence such as wars or gang violence. However, chronic low intensity community violence is greatly overlooked. The objective of the following study is to assess how children living in neighbourhoods characterized by chronic low intensity violence perceive their environment. Methods: Children drew two pictures: one of their physical neighbourhoods and the other representing what goes on in the neighbourhoods. Each child also completed a neighbourhood safety survey. Results: The participants were four hundred and five children (213 girls; 192 boys) 8-12 years old (mean = 9.70; SD = 1.26) who lived in Beirut. 75 drawings contained violent incidents (fist fights and heated verbal arguments were most commonly depicted). 168 children mentioned people fighting or quarrelling in the streets but elected not to draw them. Children reported feeling unsafe and dissatisfaction with the quality of their neighbourhoods. Conclusion: Children living in chronic low intensity community violence may feel unsafe and distrustful of their environment but may perceive violent events as regular normal occurrence. The risk of copying such behaviours and propagating violence is to be considered seriously. © The Author 2005, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved.AYALON O, 1992, PRACTITIONER, V226, P1773; SCHWABSTONE ME, 1995, J AM ACAD CHILD PSY, V34, P1343, DOI 10.1097-00004583-199510000-00020; Beal C. R., 1994, BOYS GIRLS DEV GENDE; Bell C C, 1991, J Health Care Poor Underserved, V2, P175; BLOCH DA, 1956, AM J PSYCHIAT, V133, P416; BRONFENBRENNER U, 1984, REV CHILD DEV RES, V7, P35; Bronfenbrenner U., 1979, ECOLOGY HUMAN DEV; Bryant B., 1985, MONOGR SOC RES CHILD, V50, P210; BRYCE J, 1988, INT J MENT HLTH, V18, P57; BRYCE JW, 1989, SOC SCI MED, V28, P685, DOI 10.1016-0277-9536(89)90216-5; BURGESS AW, 1993, CHILD ABUSE NEGLECT, V17, P161, DOI 10.1016-0145-2134(93)90015-W; BURKE JD, 1986, J AM ACAD CHILD PSY, V25, P536, DOI 10.1016-S0002-7138(10)60014-3; Cohen D J, 1987, Psychoanal Study Child, V42, P59; DUBROW NF, 1989, CHILD WELFARE, V68, P3; ELSHEIKH M, 1995, CHILD DEV, V66, P446, DOI 10.1111-j.1467-8624.1995.tb00882.x; FARHOOD L, 1993, SOC SCI MED, V36, P1555, DOI 10.1016-0277-9536(93)90344-4; FARVER J, 1996, CHILD DEV, V67, P29; Farver JAM, 2000, J APPL DEV PSYCHOL, V21, P139, DOI 10.1016-S0193-3973(99)00032-5; FARVER JM, IN PRESS DEV PSYCHOL; FIESE BH, 1989, J PEDIATR PSYCHOL, V14, P293, DOI 10.1093-jpepsy-14.2.293; FITZPATRICK KM, 1993, J AM ACAD CHILD PSY, V32, P424, DOI 10.1097-00004583-199303000-00026; FLICK A, 1997, CHILDREN VIOLENT SOC; Garbarino J., 1991, NO PLACE BE CHILD GR; GARBARINO J, CHILDREN DANGER COPI; Garmezy N., 1985, CHILD ADOLESCENT PSY; GARMEZY N, 1993, PSYCHIATRY, V56, P127; GROVES BM, 1993, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V269, P262, DOI 10.1001-jama.269.2.262; Hammer EF, 1980, CLIN APPL PROJECTIVE; HIBBARD RA, 1990, J CLIN PSYCHOL, V46, P211, DOI 10.1002-1097-4679(199003)46:2211::AID-JCLP22704602153.0.CO;2-C; Hoffman MA, 1996, CHILD DEV, V67, P117, DOI 10.1111-j.1467-8624.1996.tb01723.x; Horn J.L., 1997, VIOLENCE CHILDREN FA, P103; HOURANI LL, 1986, SOC SCI MED, V23, P269, DOI 10.1016-0277-9536(86)90347-3; Jenkins E., 1997, CHILDREN VIOLENT SOC; JENKINS JM, 1989, J AM ACAD CHILD PSY, V28, P182, DOI 10.1097-00004583-198903000-00006; LEWIS M, 1997, CHILDREN VIOLENT SOC; LEWIS M, 1994, UNPUB CODING MANUAL; LYONS HA, 1971, BRIT J PSYCHIAT, V118, P265, DOI 10.1192-bjp.118.544.265; LYONS J, 1987, ANN PROGR CHILD PSYC, P451; Macksoud MS, 1996, CHILD DEV, V67, P70, DOI 10.1111-j.1467-8624.1996.tb01720.x; MAGWAZA AS, 1993, CHILD ABUSE NEGLECT, V17, P795, DOI 10.1016-S0145-2134(08)80010-5; Martinez P., 1993, PSYCHIATRY, V56, P23; MOORE M, 1993, ARCH PSICOLOGIA NEUR, V54, P3; MOORE MS, 1994, TREATING SURVIVORS S, P23; NEWMAN CJ, 1976, AM J PSYCHIAT, V133, P306; OSOFSKY JD, 1993, PSYCHIATRY, V56, P36; OSOFSKY JD, 1993, UNPUB NEW ORLEANS VI; Parke RD, 1998, HDB CHILD PSYCHOL, V3, P463, DOI 10.1002-9780470147658.chpsy0308; PETERSON C, 1983, J ABNORM PSYCHOL, V92, P96, DOI 10.1037--0021-843X.92.1.96; PYNOOS R, 1986, J AM ACAD CHILD ADOL, V28, P236; PYNOOS R, 1994, J ACAD CHILD PSYCHIA, V25, P306; PYNOOS RS, 1990, PSYCHIAT ANN, V20, P334; Reiss D., 1981, FAMILY CONSTRUCTION; RICHTERS JE, 1993, PSYCHIATRY, V56, P7; RICHTERS JE, 1993, DEV PSYCHOPATHOL, V5, P609; SAIGH PA, 1988, J ABNORM PSYCHOL, V97, P338, DOI 10.1037--0021-843X.97.3.338; SAYLOR CF, 1992, CHILD PSYCHIAT HUM D, V22, P139, DOI 10.1007-BF00705888; TERR LC, 1983, AM J PSYCHIAT, V140, P1543; TERR LC, 1991, AM J PSYCHIAT, V148, P10; ZIV A, 1973, J CONSULT CLIN PSYCH, V40, P287, DOI 10.1037-h003450260

    Fixed-interval conditioned feed-intake in swine and cattle

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    HIGH-STABILITY BIMORPH SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

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    The developmental morphology of Leea guineensis. II. Floral development

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    On cell-matrix interactions in mammary gland development and breast cancer

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    [No abstract available]Dbouk HA, 2009, CELL COMMUN SIGNAL, V7, DOI 10.1186-1478-811X-7-4; Lelievre SA, 2010, J MAMMARY GLAND BIOL, V15, P49, DOI 10.1007-s10911-010-9168-y; Muschler J, 2010, CSH PERSPECT BIOL, V2, DOI 10.1101-cshperspect.a003202; Naus CC, 2010, NAT REV CANCER, V10, P435, DOI 10.1038-nrc2841; Patel VN, 2007, DEVELOPMENT, V134, P4177, DOI 10.1242-dev.011171; Streuli CH, 2009, BIOCHEM J, V418, P491, DOI 10.1042-BJ20081948; Talhouk RS, 2008, EXP CELL RES, V314, P3275, DOI 10.1016-j.yexcr.2008.07.0300

    Special issue on human resource strategies for small states

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    The developmental morphology of Leea guineensis. I. Vegetative development

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