New Criminal Law Review Symposium on Privilege or Punish: Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties

This symposium includes three review essays by Professors Doug Berman, Naomi Cahn, and Jack Chin. The review essays are focused on a recent book by Professors Dan Markel, Jennifer M. Collins and Ethan J. Leib entitled \u27Privilege or Punish: Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties\u27 (Oxford 2009). You can download the entire book for free at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1677503. In addition to the three review essays, the collection includes an essay by the book\u27s authors that serves as a reply to this set of critiques. Collectively, we are grateful to the New Criminal Law Review, which is hosting this collection in an upcoming issue. The essays are titled, respectively: Berman: Digging Deeper into, and Thinking Better about, the Interplay of Families and Criminal Justice Cahn: Protect and Preserve? Chin: Mandatory, Contingent, and Discretionary Policy Arguments Collins, Leib & Markel: (When) Should Family Status Matter in the Criminal Justice System

Summary Tables: Essex County and the Town of Tappahannock Shoreline Situation Report

The Shoreline Inventory Summary Tables quantify observed conditions based on river systems, such as the combined length of linear features (e.g. shoreline miles surveyed, miles of bulkhead and revetment), the total number of point features (e.g. docks, boathouses, boat ramps) & total acres of polygon features (tidal marshes)

New Criminal Law Review Symposium on Privilege or Punish: Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties

This symposium includes three review essays by Professors Doug Berman, Naomi Cahn, and Jack Chin. The review essays are focused on a recent book by Professors Dan Markel, Jennifer M. Collins and Ethan J. Leib entitled \u27Privilege or Punish: Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties\u27 (Oxford 2009). You can download the entire book for free at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1677503. In addition to the three review essays, the collection includes an essay by the book\u27s authors that serves as a reply to this set of critiques. Collectively, we are grateful to the New Criminal Law Review, which is hosting this collection in an upcoming issue. The essays are titled, respectively: Berman: Digging Deeper into, and Thinking Better about, the Interplay of Families and Criminal Justice Cahn: Protect and Preserve? Chin: Mandatory, Contingent, and Discretionary Policy Arguments Collins, Leib & Markel: (When) Should Family Status Matter in the Criminal Justice System

Beam-spin asymmetry Σ\boldsymbol{\Sigma} for Σ−\Sigma^- hyperon photoproduction off the neutron

We report a new measurement of the beam-spin asymmetry $\boldsymbol{\Sigma}$ for the $\vec{\gamma} n \rightarrow K^+\Sigma^-$ reaction using quasi-free neutrons in a liquid-deuterium target. The new dataset includes data at previously unmeasured photon energy and angular ranges, thereby providing new constraints on partial wave analyses used to extract properties of the excited nucleon states. The experimental data were obtained using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS), housed in Hall B of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab). The CLAS detector measured reaction products from a liquid-deuterium target produced by an energy-tagged, linearly polarised photon beam with energies in the range 1.1 to 2.3 GeV. Predictions from an isobar model indicate strong sensitivity to $N(1720)3/2^+$, $\Delta(1900)1/2^-$, and $N(1895)1/2^-$, with the latter being a state not considered in previous photoproduction analyses. When our data are incorporated in the fits of partial-wave analyses, one observes significant changes in $\gamma$-$n$ couplings of the resonances which have small branching ratios to the $\pi N$ channel.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, Hadron Spectroscop

Abrogated Response to Cellular Stress Identifies DCIS Associated with Subsequent Tumor Events and Defines Basal-like Breast Tumors

SummaryApproximately 15%–30% of women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) develop a subsequent tumor event within 10 years after surgical lumpectomy. To date, little is known about the molecular pathways that confer this differential risk for developing subsequent disease. In this study, we demonstrate that expression of biomarkers indicative of an abrogated response to cellular stress predicts DCIS with worse outcome and is a defining characteristic of basal-like invasive tumors. Mechanistic studies identify the Rb pathway as a key regulator of this response. Conversely, biomarkers indicative of an intact response to cellular stress are strongly associated with a disease-free prognosis. Assessment of these biomarkers in DCIS begins to allow prediction of tumor formation years before it actually occurs

Do You Need a Foot-in-the-Door or Is A Toe Enough? Scripting Introductions That Induce Tailoring and Increase Participation in Telephone Interviews

Substantial research and practical experience shows that a telephone interviewer is most successful at gaining cooperation and avoiding refusals when they are free to tailor their introductory pitch to the potential respondent or household informant they reach. However, survey designers are often uncomfortable allowing interviewers to work “off-script,” and instruct interviewers to read introductory text verbatim. Further, some interviewers report being more comfortable with a script than without one. To bridge this gap between research and practice we asked, “Can we create a scripted introduction that engages the potential respondent, gets a foot-in-the-door, and facilitates interviewer tailoring?” This paper reports on a randomized experimental test of two such scripts, each implemented within the Washington Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a random digit dial (RDD) phone survey. In both phases of the experiment, sampled phone numbers were randomized to the standard BRFSS introduction or the new script. Phase 1 (August, 2018) implemented a “conversational” introduction that added or revised three features of the standard BRFSS introduction: First, the introduction included three “hook questions” (e.g., “Have you heard of the survey?”). One hook question was randomly displayed each time a phone number was called. Second, the script displayed on the first three CATI screens was modified to sound more conversational and less abrupt. Third, pause points were created to make sure the interviewer slows down and listens to the potential respondent. Each of these features is hypothesized to increase tailoring, and thus cooperation, by encouraging interaction between the interviewer and potential respondent. Phase 2 (September, 2018) replaced the conversational introduction with a “progressive scheduling” script that instructed interviewers to ask for a good time to call back to complete the interview rather than asking for complete cooperation on the call. This approach encourages a dynamic that shows respect for the respondent’s time. It also changes a large, unexpected request to a small one that the respondent can plan. While call-backs are sometimes considered undesirable outcomes, they can be a good “toe-in-the-door” technique that leads to full cooperation later. Our primary outcomes are cooperation, scheduled callbacks, and refusals. Additionally, a more conversational introduction might influence answers to questions within the interview, such as if increased rapport depresses reports of sensitive behaviors. Thus, we will also assess the effect of the modified scripts on responses to assess the nonresponse / measurement error trade-offs of this approach

Effectiveness guidance document (EGD) for acupuncture research - a consensus document for conducting trials

Abstract Background There is a need for more Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) to strengthen the evidence base for clinical and policy decision-making. Effectiveness Guidance Documents (EGD) are targeted to clinical researchers. The aim of this EGD is to provide specific recommendations for the design of prospective acupuncture studies to support optimal use of resources for generating evidence that will inform stakeholder decision-making. Methods Document development based on multiple systematic consensus procedures (written Delphi rounds, interactive consensus workshop, international expert review). To balance aspects of internal and external validity, multiple stakeholders including patients, clinicians and payers were involved. Results Recommendations focused mainly on randomized studies and were developed for the following areas: overall research strategy, treatment protocol, expertise and setting, outcomes, study design and statistical analyses, economic evaluation, and publication. Conclusion The present EGD, based on an international consensus developed with multiple stakeholder involvement, provides the first systematic methodological guidance for future CER on acupuncture.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/112870/1/12906_2012_Article_1127.pd