International Comparison of School Psychology:

School of Psychology Seminar

Wed 28/09/2016 1-2pm LC UG06 Prof. Russell Foster, University of Oxford THE BODY CLOCK AND SLEEP: Science to Medicine All life on earth has evolved under a rhythmically changing cycle of light and darkness, and organisms from single-celled bacteria up to man possess an internal representation of time. These 24 hour cycles, termed circadian rhythms, persist in the absence of external cues, and p...

School of Psychology Seminar Series

School of Psychology Seminar Series

International Journal of Forensic Psychology

Adolescents involved in criminal activity have been found to have markedly higher rates of HIV risk-taking than their peers who are not incarcerated. This sample of 300 adolescents in detention in New South Wales in 1999 revealed high levels of substance use and HIV risk-taking behaviours compared with their school attending peers. More than a third of the sample had injected a drug and 29% use...

International School

A most important task for the risk control group of a bank is to "translate" senior management's risk appetite into absolute constraints on positions created by the traders on the floor. The directive from senior management might be "The bank can suffer a loss exceeding 3 MSEK at most once a month, and a loss exceeding 10 MSEK at most once a year". On the other hand, in the communication with t...