BACKGROUND Continued high rates of smoking among socioeconomically disadvantaged women lead to increases in children's health problems associated with exposure to tobacco smoke. The pediatric clinic is a "teachable setting" in which to provide advice and assistance to parents who smoke. OBJECTIVE To evaluate a smoking cessation intervention for women. DESIGN Two-arm (usual care vs intervent...

We develop and apply a set of hypothesis tests with which to study changes in the angular distribution of points in delay space. Crack and Ledoit (1996) plotted daily stock returns against themselves with one day's lag. (This might be described as a plot in \delay space"). The graph shows these points collected along several rays from the origin. They correctly attribute this \compass rose" pat...

The transradial approach (TRA) for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with lower rates of vascular complications and acute kidney injury when compared to the transfemoral approach (TFA). Urine metabolites and proteins may be useful in identifying the dynamic changes at the vascular endothelial cell level. We attempted to explore the changes in the measurab...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine what effects pediatric primary care interventions, focused on promotion of positive parenting through reading aloud and play, have on the socioemotional development of toddlers from low-income, primarily immigrant households. METHODS This randomized controlled trial included random assignment to 1 of 2 interventions (Video Interaction Project ...

This paper expands on an idea recently voiced by neo-Brandeisians and formally modelled economists in the past two decades – namely, that Chicago School’s arguments for harmless efficiency generating nature of vertical integration do not apply zero-priced monetized markets. We build these findings developing a non-formal, incentive-based theoretical model shows how non-interventionist School ap...

Abstract This systematic literature review sought to reconcile the evidence of efficacy for interventions and approaches enhancing self-regulation and/or executive function in preschool settings. Following PRISMA methodology, a comprehensive search 20 years intervention research identified 85 studies that met inclusion criteria. Interventions were categorised by approach coded their characteris...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the usefulness popular reporting (PR) in an Italian city as a dialogic accounting tool for promoting citizens’ engagement with digital platforms. This aims contribute debate on democratic technologies focus PR and platforms, using theoretical lens accounting. Design/methodology/approach A longitudinal case used analyse implementation evolution Tur...