dust is a common atmospheric phenomenon in iran especially in central arid regions.  this severely affects environment as well as resident’s health. among the results of this phenomenon are respiratory diseases, bash radiation, accelerated soil erosion, desertification and degradation of ecosystems. some dusts are originated from local desert conditions but adjacency to neighboring countries de...

CONTEXT A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene has been found to be associated with a broad range of antisocial phenotypes, including physical violence. At the same time, it is well known that gang members represent some of the most serious violent offenders. Even so, no research has ever examined the association between MAOA and gang membership....

Hospitals in low crime areas, believed to be far removed from gang activity, might suddenly be involved in a gang shooting situation for which their staffs are ill-prepared, as the author relates. He describes the need to have a policy in place in advance of a gang victim arriving at your ED to avoid situations where staff and patients are put in danger. The article presents the highlights of a...

This study assessed the correlates of self-control and police contact in a sample of Chicago public high school students. The investigation examined the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, and peer association on self-control and the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, peer association, and self-control on police contact. Differences bet...

T.N.Ravi, Dr. D.I. George Amalarethinam, & Dr. R. Balasubramanian Abstract Effective scheduling strategies to improve response times, throughput and utilization are important considerations in large scale computing environments. The nearly Space Sharing strategies resulted in low system utilization and large job waiting times. Gang scheduling combines both space sharing and time sharing. This p...

We study the problem of automatically finding gang member profiles on Twitter. We outline a process to curate one of the largest sets of verifiable gang member profiles that has ever been studied. A review of these profiles establishes differences in the language, images, YouTube links, and emoji features gang members use compared to the rest of the Twitter population. We generate word embeddin...

Balasuriya, Lakshika. M.S., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Wright State University, 2017. Finding Street Gang Member Profiles on Twitter The crime and violence street gangs introduce into neighborhoods is a growing epidemic in cities around the world. Today, over 1.4 million people, belonging to more than 33,000 gangs, are active in the United States, of which 88% identify them...

Gangs have played a significant role in Chicago’s social and political history, and continue to impact the city today, as gang violence rates continue to grow despite drops in overall crime[13]. In this paper, we explore the dynamics of gang involvement between at-risk individuals, gang members, and reformed (temporarily removed) gang members. We focus on the effect that reformed gang members h...

OBJECTIVES To examine the prevalence of gang involvement, the risk and protective factors associated with gang involvement, and the association between gang involvement and exposure to multiple risk and protective factors among school-aged youth in Trinidad and Tobago. METHODS A survey instrument was administered to 2 206 students enrolled in 22 high-risk, urban public schools, from March-Jun...

Each year the national percentage of juvenile gang members decreases, while the number of gang related crimes has risen in Tennessee. Nearly 50% of gang members are currently under the age of 18. Adjudication of juvenile gang related cases is determined by the presiding judge’s discretion, but with the passing of House Bill 227 and Senate Bill 339 the offender would be automatically transferred...