The issues of double-counting, use-constructing, and selection effects have long been the subject of debate in the philosophical as well as statistical literature. I have argued that it is the severity, stringency, or probativeness of the test—or lack of it—that should determine if a double-use of data is admissible. Hitchcock and Sober ([2004]) question whether this ‘severity criterion’ can pe...

Examination of the change strategies associated with successful long-term sobriety remains an understudied area in addiction research. The following study recruited individuals with long-term sobriety (range 16-25 years continuous abstinence). Subjects (n = 11 were surveyed on demographic information, problem history, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) affiliation, and helping behaviors within several l...

While sleep is clearly a major risk factor for dying in a fire, in this review it is argued that in most fire fatalities during the sleeping period additional risk factors are also operating. This view is consistent with the data from empirical sleep studies and smoke alarms where most (but not all) adults tested will awaken to a signal reaching the pillow at 75 dBA. However, research suggests ...

AIM The aim of the present study was to determine whether inebriated patients falling on stairs sustain more severe head injuries than sober patients because of a delayed reaction time and a pathological coagulation and clotting system. PATIENTS AND METHODS The files of 140 head-injured patients who came to admission after falling on stairs were retrospectively reviewed with respect to demogr...

Studies have consistently shown that both consumption of acute amounts of alcohol and elevated antisocial psychopathic traits are associated with an impaired ability for prepotent response inhibition. This may manifest as a reduced ability to inhibit prepotent race biased responses. Here, we tested the effects of acute alcohol consumption, and elevated antisocial psychopathic traits, on judgmen...

Abstract We give two concrete examples of continuous valuations on dcpo’s to separate minimal valuations, point-continuous and valuations: (1) Let ${\mathcal J}$ be the Johnstone’s non-sober dcpo, μ valuation with ( U )=1 for nonempty Scott opens )=0 $U=\emptyset$ . Then, is a that not minimal. (2) Lebesgue measure extends Sorgenfrey line $\mathbb{R}_\ell$ Its restriction open subsets λ. its im...

Inspired by locale theory, we propose “pointfree convex geometry.” We introduce the notion of convexity algebra as pointfree convexity space. There are two notions of point for convexity algebra: one is chain-prime meet-complete filter and the other is maximal meet-complete filter. In this paper we show the following: (1) the former notion of point induces a dual equivalence between the categor...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of alcohol intoxication to time-to-presentation following injury, fracture type, mechanism of injury leading to fracture, and initial diagnostic radiology interpretation performance of emergency physicians versus diagnostic radiologists in patients who present to the emergency department (ED) and are subsequently diagnosed with fract...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine (a) whether among sober (blood alcohol concentration [BAC] = .00%) drivers, being drug positive increases the drivers' risk of being killed in a fatal crash; (b) whether among drinking (BAC > .00%) drivers, being drug positive increases the drivers' risk of being killed in a fatal crash; and (c) whether alcohol and other drugs interact in inc...

Numerous investigations indicate a close link between violent behavior, homicide (murder) and alcohol intoxication. With increased frequency of drinking and the chronic consummation of alcohol, the risk of the fatal outcome or homicide and victimization caused by violence is more likely to occur. Studies conducted on convicted murderers suggested that about half of them were under the heavy inf...