In the decades since alcoholism became widely recognized as a disease (Jellinek, 1960), evidence for alcohol-induced physical damage has accumulated both in quantity and in detail. Prominent amongst the affected organ systems at-risk is the brain, which responds to alcohol in a variety of ways. Free radicals formed during metabolism of alcohol damage the brain. Acetaldehyde, which is generated ...

Abstract We link the county-level rollout of stay-at-home orders during COVID-19 pandemic to anonymized cell phone records and consumer spending data. document three patterns. First, caused people stay home: measures mobility declined 6% 7% within two days when order went into effect. Second, large reductions in sectors associated with mobility: small businesses retail chains. Third, we estimat...

Background: Reducing length of hospital stay (LOS) is a policy aim for many health care systems and is thought to indicate efficiency. Methods: A MedLine search was undertaken for articles relating to 'LOS', 'early discharge' or 'patient discharge' between 1983 and 1997 and a selective search was undertaken for material published before 1983. Results: Routine data showed that there were variati...

• Objective: To determine the characteristics and resource utilization associated with long-stay patients in academic children’s hospitals. • Study design and methods: Retrospective cohort study using the Pediatric Health Information System database, which includes data from 34 noncompeting children’s hospitals in the United States. We defined long-stay patients as those with a length of stay (...

of Pro Elsevie The retention of nursing faculty is a growing concern in the United States and a major challenge for nursing education administrators. Aim: This descriptive study used Herzberg's Motivation– Hygiene Theory of Job Satisfaction to explore the factors that predict nursing faculty's job satisfaction and intent to stay in academe. Method: Institutional review board approval was obtain...

An editorial is presented to the article public message Stay Safe, Home has gained global currency for pandemic Topics include according Mary Douglas, home realization of specific ideas, a kind space that serves as both memory machine;and essays in section grapple with myriad meanings

How to stay married by J illy Cooper Methuen, 12s. 6d. With a new divorce Act on the statute book and the inevitable actual increase in recorded divorces that will follow such legislation, Marital stability will remain in the

Iterated games, in which the same economic interaction is repeatedly played between the same agents, are an important framework for understanding the effectiveness of strategic choices over time. To date, very little work has applied information theory to the information sets used by agents in order to decide what action to take next in such strategic situations. This article looks at the mutua...