Attitudes of the autism community to early autism research

Investigation into the earliest signs of autism in infants has become a significant sub-field of autism research. This work invokes specific ethical concerns such as use of 'at-risk' language, communicating study findings to parents and the future perspective of enrolled infants when they reach adulthood. This study aimed to ground this research field in an understanding of the perspectives of members of the autism community. Following focus groups to identify topics, an online survey was distributed to autistic adults, parents of children with autism and practitioners in health and education settings across 11 European countries. Survey respondents (n = 2317) were positively disposed towards early autism research, and there was significant overlap in their priorities for the field and preferred language to describe infant research participants. However, there were also differences including overall less favourable endorsement of early autism research by autistic adults relative to other groups and a dislike of the phrase 'at-risk' to describe infant participants, in all groups except healthcare practitioners. The findings overall indicate that the autism community in Europe is supportive of early autism research. Researchers should endeavour to maintain this by continuing to take community perspectives into account.

Drivers of multi-scale plant community structure in agricultural field margins of South Korea

This data set describes the distribution of a total of 90 plant species growing on field margins of an agricultural landscape in the Haean-myun catchment in South Korea. We conducted our survey between July and August 2011 in 100 sampling plots, covering the whole catchment. In each plot we measured three environmental variables: slope, width of the field margin, and management type (i.e. "managed" for field margins that had signs of management activities from the ongoing season such as cutting or spraying herbicides and "unmanaged" for field margins that had been left untouched in the season). For the botanical survey each plot was sampled using three subplots of one square meter per subplot; subplots were 4 m apart from each other. In each subplot, we estimated three different vegetation characteristics: vegetation cover (i.e. the percentage of ground covered by vegetation), species richness (i.e. the number of observed species) and species abundance (i.e. the number of observed individuals / species). We calculated the percentage of the non-farmed habitats by creating buffer zones of 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 m radii around each plot using data provided by (Seo et al. 2014). Non-farmed habitats included field margins, fallows, forest, riparian areas, pasture and grassland.

Citizen volunteers in traffic safety programs: a preliminary survey. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Chemical quality of water from community systems in New York, November 1970 to May 1975 /

Includes index.

Cyclopedia of American agriculture : a popular survey of agricultural conditions, practices and ideals in the United States and Canada /

Includes indexes.

A citizen appraisal of community services for the prevention and control of delinquency in the City of Madison, Wisconsin,

Bibliography: p. 183-185.

The police heritage in England and America; a developmental survey,

Includes bibliography.

Reports comprising the survey of the Cook County jail,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Cook County jail survey,

Mode of access: Internet.

Drought planning for small community water systems /

"MTAC TR06-02"--Cover.

Fiscal year ... salary report for the Illinois public community colleges.

Description based on: 1995; title from cover.

New educational horizons : a study of community college possibilities in the southwest Chicago suburban area /

"May 1961."

Survey of industrial research laboratories.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Illinois state survey and plan for the construction of hospitals and medical facilities (P.L. 725 and P.L. 482) /

Description based on: 16th annual revision (1964)

User's handbook for phase I-FY1979 : ICCB statewide follow-up survey of FY1978 occupational program graduates.

The ICCB statewide follow-up survey of FY1978 occupational program graduates (to be conducted during January and February, 1979) is the first phase of a three-phase ICCB statewide occupational student follow-up study.