VA-Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program.

Purpose: We sought to develop a quality surveillance program for approximately 15,000 US veterans treated at the 40 radiation oncology facilities at the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals each year.

Methods And Materials: State-of-the-art technologies were used with the goal to improve clinical outcomes while providing the best possible care to veterans. To measure quality of care and service rendered to veterans, the Veterans Health Administration established the VA Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance program.

Recidivism in a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders.

Objectives: A broad research literature in criminology documents key aspects of how criminal offending develops and changes over the life span. We contribute to this literature by showcasing methods that are useful for studying medium-term patterns of subsequent criminal justice system involvement among a sample of serious adolescent offenders making the transition to early adulthood.

Methods: Our approach relies on 7 years of post-enrollment follow-up from the Pathways to Desistance Study.

Demographic Patterns of Cumulative Arrest Prevalence By Ages 18 and 23.

In this study, we examine race, sex, and self-reported arrest histories (excluding arrests for minor traffic violations) from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY; N = 7,335) for the period 1997 through 2008 covering cumulative arrest histories through ages 18 and 23. The analysis produces three key findings: (1) males have higher cumulative prevalence of arrest than females; and (2) there are important race differences in the probability of arrest for males but not for females. Assuming the missing cases are missing at random, about 30% of black males have experienced at least one arrest by age 18 (vs.

Assessing the nature and mix of offences among serious adolescent offenders.

Background: Much of the research on specialisation in offending tends to show that offending careers are marked by more versatile than specific criminal activity. One key limitation of this research has been that very few studies have used both official records and self-reports to study the longitudinal mix of offences.

Aims: This study uses longitudinal data to examine the mixture of offences during mid-adolescence and into early adulthood, a key transitionary period of the life course, using both self-reports and official records.

The broad-spectrum antiemetic effects ETI-385 result from stimulation of 5-HT1A and 5-HT1D receptors.

In the present study, we describe how a nonstoichiometric ratio of the isomers of 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (DPAT) produce a broad-spectrum of antiemetic effects in cats and shrews. Determination of the receptor profile of the isomers and testing them separately in cats revealed superior antiemetic effects but severe defensive behavior with the R isomer compared with the S isomer. Differing ratios yielded the best results with the 1:8 (R-S) ratio producing a drug more potent than DPAT and with negligible defensive behavior side effects.