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Childhood injury after a parental cancer diagnosis
A parental cancer diagnosis is psychologically straining for the whole family. We
investigated whether a parental cancer diagnosis is associated with a higher-than-expected risk of
injury among children by using a Swedish nationwide register-based cohort study. Compared to
children without parental cancer, children with parental cancer had a higher rate of hospital contact
for injury during the first year after parental cancer diagnosis (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.27, 95%
confidence interval [CI] = 1.22-1.33), especially when the parent had a comorbid psychiatric
disorder after cancer diagnosis (HR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.08-1.85). The rate increment declined during
the second and third year after parental cancer diagnosis (HR = 1.10, 95% CI = 1.07-1.14) and
became null afterwards (HR = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.99-1.03). Children with parental cancer also had a
higher rate of repeated injuries than the other children (HR = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.12-1.15). Given the
high rate of injury among children in the general population, our findings may have important
public health implications.NonePublishe
The "Clubs against Drugs" program in Stockholm, Sweden: two cross-sectional surveys examining drug use among staff at licensed premises
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The objective of this study is to examine self-reported drug use among staff at licensed premises, types of drugs used, attitudes towards drugs, and observed drug use among guests. Results are presented from two measurement points (in 2001 and 2007/08). This study was carried out within the framework of the "Clubs against Drugs" program, which is a community-based multi-component intervention targeting licensed premises in Stockholm, Sweden.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted, the first in 2001 and the second in 2007/08. Staff at licensed premises attending server training were asked to participate in the anonymous survey. A survey was administered in a classroom setting and consisted of four sections: 1) demographics, 2) respondents' own drug use experience, 3) respondents' attitudes towards drug use, and 4) observed drug use among guests at licensed premises.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Data were collected from 446 staff in 2001 and 677 staff in 2007/08. The four most commonly used drugs among staff were cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine, and ecstasy. The highest rates of drug use were reported by staff in the two youngest age groups, i.e., those younger than 25 and those between the ages of 25 and 29. In 2007/08 staff reported significantly lower rates of drug use than staff in 2001. Last year drug use for the sample in 2007/08 was 19% compared to 27% for the 2001 sample. While drug-using staff compared to non drug-using staff reported more observations of drug use among guests, they were less inclined to intervene. Overall, staff reported restrictive attitudes towards drugs.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The prevalence of life-time and last year drug use among staff at licensed premises is high compared to the general population in Sweden. Lower rates of self-reported drug use among staff were reported in 2007/08. The results of this study highlight that staff at licensed premises represent an important target population in club drug prevention programs.</p
Dust in Brown Dwarfs IV. Dust formation and driven turbulence on mesoscopic scales
Dust formation in brown dwarf atmospheres is studied by utilising a model for
driven turbulence in the mesoscopic scale regime. We apply a pseudo-spectral
method where waves are created and superimposed within a limited wavenumber
interval. The turbulent kinetic energy distribution follows the Kolmogoroff
spectrum which is assumed to be the most likely value. Such superimposed,
stochastic waves may occur in a convectively active environment. They cause
nucleation fronts and nucleation events and thereby initiate the dust formation
process which continues until all condensible material is consumed. Small
disturbances are found to have a large impact on the dust forming system. An
initially dust-hostile region, which may originally be optically thin, becomes
optically thick in a patchy way showing considerable variations in the dust
properties during the formation process. The dust appears in lanes and curls as
a result of the interaction with waves, i.e. turbulence, which form larger and
larger structures with time. Aiming on a physical understanding of the
variability of brown dwarfs, related to structure formation in substellar
atmospheres, we work out first necessary criteria for small-scale closure
models to be applied in macroscopic simulations of dust forming astrophysical
systems.Comment: A&A accepted, 20 page
Directed geometrical worm algorithm applied to the quantum rotor model
We discuss the implementation of a directed geometrical worm algorithm for
the study of quantum link-current models. In this algorithm Monte Carlo updates
are made through the biased reptation of a worm through the lattice. A directed
algorithm is an algorithm where, during the construction of the worm, the
probability for erasing the immediately preceding part of the worm, when adding
a new part,is minimal. We introduce a simple numerical procedure for minimizing
this probability. The procedure only depends on appropriately defined local
probabilities and should be generally applicable. Furthermore we show how
correlation functions, C(r,tau) can be straightforwardly obtained from the
probability of a worm to reach a site (r,tau) away from its starting point
independent of whether or not a directed version of the algorithm is used.
Detailed analytical proofs of the validity of the Monte Carlo algorithms are
presented for both the directed and un-directed geometrical worm algorithms.
Results for auto-correlation times and Green functions are presented for the
quantum rotor model.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures, v2 : Additional results and data calculated at
an incorrect chemical potential replaced. Conclusions unchange
Childhood injury after a parental cancer diagnosis
A parental cancer diagnosis is psychologically straining for the whole family. We investigated whether a parental cancer diagnosis is associated with a higher-than-expected risk of injury among children by using a Swedish nationwide register-based cohort study. Compared to children without parental cancer, children with parental cancer had a higher rate of hospital contact for injury during the first year after parental cancer diagnosis (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.27, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.22-1.33), especially when the parent had a comorbid psychiatric disorder after cancer diagnosis (HR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.08-1.85). The rate increment declined during the second and third year after parental cancer diagnosis (HR = 1.10, 95% CI = 1.07-1.14) and became null afterwards (HR = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.99-1.03). Children with parental cancer also had a higher rate of repeated injuries than the other children (HR = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.12-1.15). Given the high rate of injury among children in the general population, our findings may have important public health implications
Simultaneous Diagonal and Off Diagonal Order in the Bose--Hubbard Hamiltonian
The Bose-Hubbard model exhibits a rich phase diagram consisting both of
insulating regimes where diagonal long range (solid) order dominates as well as
conducting regimes where off diagonal long range order (superfluidity) is
present. In this paper we describe the results of Quantum Monte Carlo
calculations of the phase diagram, both for the hard and soft core cases, with
a particular focus on the possibility of simultaneous superfluid and solid
order. We also discuss the appearance of phase separation in the model. The
simulations are compared with analytic calculations of the phase diagram and
spin wave dispersion.Comment: 28 pages plus 24 figures, uuencoded Revtex+postscript file
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