Ethics is a topic of great importance for professional school psychologists. The National Association of School Psychologists’ (NASP) Principles for Professional Ethics is a document that originated in 1974 and was most recently revised in 2010. The function of this document is to guide school psychologists’ conduct in their professional careers. This study examines the content of school psychology journals, the NASP school psychology newspaper, and NASP convention abstracts from the last 16 years to evaluate the ethical topics being discussed within the school psychology community. A search of the publications related to ethics provides answers to several questions while highlighting the contemporary concerns and interests of school psychologists. The findings of this study include the representation of ethical issues in four domains to varying degrees. The greatest topics of interest and concern for school psychologists were found to be related to assessments and interventions while issues related to professional behaviors seem underrepresented in the literature.

<p>Proteins of the band 4.1 superfamily are characterized by their sequence similarity to the ERM proteins ezrin, radixin and moesin, which are involved in cell motility, adhesion of cells, and signal transduction events. Little is however known of the function of ERM proteins in the nervous system, though an essential role for radixin and moesin in neuronal growth cone motility has been suggested. </p><p> This thesis is focused on the cloning, functional characterization and description of the tissue distribution in rat brain of MIR, a novel member of the band 4.1 superfamily. </p><p> The cDNA of MIR encods a protein of 445 amino acids which is composed of an ERM-homology domain and a RING finger, separated by an interregion. To reveal the cellular function of MIR, PC12 cell lines overexpressing MIR was generated and observed to inhibit NGF stimulated neurite outgrowth. </p><p> To elucidate the signal transduction of MIR by which it exerts its physiological activity, the yeast two-hybrid system was employed to screen for proteins that interact with MIR. A number of interactors known to regulate the cytoskeleton was obtained - among them myosin regulatory light chain-B which controls the actomyosin complex - and a novel type 2 membrane protein denoted NSAP for its similarity to saposin A-D. Overexpressed NSAP induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells and enhanced cell adhesion in fibroblasts. </p><p> The tissue distribution of MIR in rat brain, as determined by immunohistochemistry studies, showed that MIR is localized especially to neurons in hippocampus and cerebellum. The chromosomal localization of the MIR gene was assessed to 6p22.3-23, a region lost in the 6p23 deletion syndrome.</p><p> These results suggests that MIR is expressed in neurons in discrete regions of rat brain where it may regulate neurite outgrowth by modulating the cytoskeleton.</p>

Proteins of the band 4.1 superfamily are characterized by their sequence similarity to the ERM proteins ezrin, radixin and moesin, which are involved in cell motility, adhesion of cells, and signal transduction events. Little is however known of the function of ERM proteins in the nervous system, though an essential role for radixin and moesin in neuronal growth cone motility has been suggested. This thesis is focused on the cloning, functional characterization and description of the tissue distribution in rat brain of MIR, a novel member of the band 4.1 superfamily. The cDNA of MIR encods a protein of 445 amino acids which is composed of an ERM-homology domain and a RING finger, separated by an interregion. To reveal the cellular function of MIR, PC12 cell lines overexpressing MIR was generated and observed to inhibit NGF stimulated neurite outgrowth. To elucidate the signal transduction of MIR by which it exerts its physiological activity, the yeast two-hybrid system was employed to screen for proteins that interact with MIR. A number of interactors known to regulate the cytoskeleton was obtained - among them myosin regulatory light chain-B which controls the actomyosin complex - and a novel type 2 membrane protein denoted NSAP for its similarity to saposin A-D. Overexpressed NSAP induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells and enhanced cell adhesion in fibroblasts. The tissue distribution of MIR in rat brain, as determined by immunohistochemistry studies, showed that MIR is localized especially to neurons in hippocampus and cerebellum. The chromosomal localization of the MIR gene was assessed to 6p22.3-23, a region lost in the 6p23 deletion syndrome. These results suggests that MIR is expressed in neurons in discrete regions of rat brain where it may regulate neurite outgrowth by modulating the cytoskeleton.

The focus of this thesis is on the process of myth-making (mythopoeia) in the Dutch National Socialist Movement (NSB) and the Swedish National Socialist Workers' Party (NSAP), using a cultural pragmatic approach to analyse the practicalities and implementation of mythopoeia comparatively. A variety of fascist performances, scripted and unscripted, are considered as having mythopoeic potential, and understood as performative in character, i.e. constituting the thing they claimed to represent. Multiple parts of this mythopoeic process are analysed: the resources, organisation, and technologies required to implement it, and the nature of the process, the events, performances, in other words the actual implementation, and reception by audiences. Secondly, it uses respectability as a means of seeing how in a national context this process was limited, inhibited, or otherwise defined by the standards of the public and media, to which fascists ultimately tried to appeal, thus providing an external perspective on fascist activities to contextualise them. The thesis is divided into four chapters, which deal with the party apparatus, leader myth, political uniforms, and the role of aesthetics and spectacle respectively. Together these chapters explore the relationship between mythopoeia and respectability as refracted through party organisation and administration, as embodied by the 'charismatic' fascist Leader, in the day-to-day behaviour and appearance of the rank-and-file, and ultimately the holistic experience of fascist aesthetics, i.e. the fully scripted and organised spectacles of party congresses. Ultimately it is shown that the fascist movements of Sweden and the Netherlands were highly innovative organisations. Mythopoeia had a powerful mobilising capacity, which could make up for the diminutive financial power and low membership figures of fascist parties. Finally it appears that the relationship between myth and respectability was not a straightforward dialectical one, but multivalent, and highly dynamic.