Many self-report measures of attitudes, beliefs, personality, and pathology include items whose responses can be easily manipulated or distorted, as an example in order to give a positive impression to others, to obtain financial compensation, to avoid being charged with a crime, to get a job, or else. This fact confronts both researchers and practitioners with the crucial problem of biases yie...

Any incentivec 125 (73.1%) N/A N/A 138 (75.0%) N/A N/A NS Any financial incentive 93 (54.4%) N/A N/A 84 (45.7%) N/A N/A 0.062 Specific amount of incentive 21 (12.3%) 21 (22.6%) N/A 36 (19.6%) 36 (42.9%) N/A 0.042 Nonmonetary incentive (e.g., free medication, treatment, evaluation) 81 (47.4%) 49 (52.7%) 0.086 114 (62.0%) 55 (65.5%) NS 0.004 Number of visits 58 (33.9%) 35 (37.6%) NS 33 (17.9%) 22...

A common view is that there is little correlation between Žrm performance and CEO pay. Using a new Žfteen-year panel data set of CEOs in the largest, publicly traded U. S. companies, we document a strong relationship between Žrm performance and CEO compensation. This relationship is generated almost entirely by changes in the value of CEO holdings of stock and stock options. In addition, we sho...

organizations, educational opportunities, and governmental and community resources. The language is clear and directed toward the lay audience, yet much of the information in this concise guide is also of use to the health care worker and agents of social service involved in caring for these patients. The importance of this new book, however, lies in its provision of a ready and complete source...

Battered women (n = 159) report on their experiences with their Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) case workers. Workers most often ask about physical harm, feelings of fear, and police involvement. They least often create a safety plan, give information about work exemptions, and ask whether the partner had a gun. Women's major reasons for not talking about abuse are that the worker...

Cost-effective programmes for the prevention of disabilities in leprosy require active involvement of the patients and their families as well as an integrated team approach. This paper presents the views and recommendations of a group of 35 experienced leprologists who met at a workshop, reviewed the current scenario and worked out specific objectives, strategies and the reorganization required...

A recent meeting of leading workers' compensation (WC) researchers was held in Washington, DC to consider ways of improving the use of WC data for injury and illness prevention. Participants identified specific deficiencies that limit the application of WC data for research purposes. For example, commercial insurers are often reluctant to provide claims records to research organizations. Unlike...

Collaborative drug therapy management agreements are a strategy for expanding the role of pharmacists in team-based care with other providers. However, these agreements have not been widely implemented. This study describes the features of existing provider-pharmacist collaborative drug therapy management practices and identifies the facilitators and barriers to implementing such services in co...

Patients with an asbestos-related mesothelioma may be legally entitled to financial compensation. In this context, a physician may be called upon to apportion the contribution of an asbestos containing product or facility where there was asbestos exposure in the development of that individual's mesothelioma. This task is mathematically not simple. It is a complex function of each and the entire...

Nonlinear space-charge effects play an important role in emittance growth in the production of kA electron bunches with a bunch length much smaller than the bunch diameter. We propose a scheme employing the radial third-order component of an electrostatic acceleration field, to fully compensate the nonlinear space-charge effects. This results in minimal transverse root-mean-square emittance. Th...