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About: University of Cyprus is a education organization based out in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Large Hadron Collider & Context (language use). The organization has 3624 authors who have published 15157 publications receiving 412135 citations.
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TL;DR: The Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire is a psychometrically sound instrument that measures two separate aspects of bullying, and whose use is supported for international studies of bullying in different countries.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Bullying is a problem in schools in many countries. There would be a benefit in the availability of a psychometrically sound instrument for its measurement, for use by teachers and researchers. The Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire has been used in a number of studies but comprehensive evidence on its validity is not available. AIMS: To examine the conceptual design, construct validity and reliability of the Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ) and to provide further evidence on the prevalence of different forms of bullying behaviour. SAMPLE: All 335 pupils (160 [47.8%] girls; 175 [52.2%]) boys, mean age 11.9 years [range 11.2-12.8 years]), in 21 classes of a stratified sample of 7 Greek Cypriot primary schools. METHOD: The OBVQ was administered to the sample. Separate scales were created comprising (a) the items of the questionnaire concerning the extent to which pupils are being victimized; and (b) those concerning the extent to which pupils express bullying behaviour. Using the Rasch model, both scales were analysed for reliability, fit to the model, meaning, and validity. Both scales were also analysed separately for each of two sample groups (i.e. boys and girls) to test their invariance. RESULTS: Analysis of the data revealed that the instrument has satisfactory psychometric properties; namely, construct validity and reliability. The conceptual design of the instrument was also confirmed. The analysis leads also to suggestions for improving the targeting of items against student measures. Support was also provided for the relative prevalence of verbal, indirect and physical bullying. As in other countries, Cypriot boys used and experienced more bullying than girls, and boys used more physical and less indirect forms of bullying than girls. CONCLUSIONS: The OBVQ is a psychometrically sound instrument that measures two separate aspects of bullying, and whose use is supported for international studies of bullying in different countries. However, improvements to the questionnaire were also identified to provide increased usefulness to teachers tackling this significant problem facing schools in many countries. Language: en
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TL;DR: The development of the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) and related methods for the numerical solution of scattering and radiation problems in fluids and solids is described and reviewed in this paper, where a brief review of the developments and applications in all areas of the MFS over the last five years is also given.
Abstract: The development of the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) and related methods for the numerical solution of scattering and radiation problems in fluids and solids is described and reviewed A brief review of the developments and applications in all areas of the MFS over the last five years is also given Future possible areas of applications in fields related to scattering and radiation problems are identified
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TL;DR: In 2008, two articles in Autosport revealed details of a new mechanical suspension component with the name "J-damper" which had entered Formula One Racing and which was delivering significant performance gains in handling and grip as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In 2008, two articles in Autosport revealed details of a new mechanical suspension component with the name "J-damper" which had entered Formula One Racing and which was delivering significant performance gains in handling and grip From its first mention in the 2007 Formula One "spy scandal" there was much speculation about what the J-damper actually was The Autosport articles revealed that the J-damper was in fact an "inerter" and that its origin lay in academic work on mechanical and electrical circuits at Cambridge University This article aims to provide an overview of the background and origin of the inerter, its application, and its intimate connection with the classical theory of network synthesis
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Robin Erbacher2, C. A. Carrillo Montoya3, Chang-Seong Moon +2154 more•Institutions (149)
TL;DR: The first direct search for lepton-flavour-violating decays of the recently discovered Higgs boson (H) is described in this paper, where the search is performed in the H→μτ_e and H→mτ_h channels, where τeτe and τ_h are tau leptons reconstructed in the electronic and hadronic decay channels, respectively.
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TL;DR: It is found that the high optical absorption of a diketopyrrolopyrrole-thienothiophene copolymer can be explained by the high persistence length of the polymer, and high absorption in other polymers with high theoretical persistence length is demonstrated.
Abstract: The specific optical absorption of an organic semiconductor is critical to the performance of organic optoelectronic devices. For example, higher light-harvesting efficiency can lead to higher photocurrent in solar cells that are limited by sub-optimal electrical transport. Here, we compare over 40 conjugated polymers, and find that many different chemical structures share an apparent maximum in their extinction coefficients. However, a diketopyrrolopyrrole-thienothiophene copolymer shows remarkably high optical absorption at relatively low photon energies. By investigating its backbone structure and conformation with measurements and quantum chemical calculations, we find that the high optical absorption can be explained by the high persistence length of the polymer. Accordingly, we demonstrate high absorption in other polymers with high theoretical persistence length. Visible light harvesting may be enhanced in other conjugated polymers through judicious design of the structure.
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Luca Lista | 140 | 2044 | 110645 |
Peter Wittich | 139 | 1646 | 102731 |
Stefano Giagu | 139 | 1651 | 101569 |
Norbert Perrimon | 138 | 610 | 73505 |
Pierluigi Paolucci | 138 | 1965 | 105050 |
Kreso Kadija | 135 | 1270 | 95988 |
Daniel Thomas | 134 | 846 | 84224 |
Julia Thom | 132 | 1441 | 92288 |
Alberto Aloisio | 131 | 1356 | 87979 |
Panos A Razis | 130 | 1287 | 90704 |
Jehad Mousa | 130 | 1226 | 86564 |
Alexandros Attikis | 128 | 1136 | 77259 |
Fotios Ptochos | 128 | 1036 | 81425 |
Charalambos Nicolaou | 128 | 1152 | 83886 |
Halil Saka | 128 | 1137 | 77106 |