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Medical Sciences80%

Selected Abstracts

A public-health perspective on violence

ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 2002
K. Melinder
Objective:, To describe how specific theories and methods used in public health, especially regarding injuries, are related to violence. Method:, Theories and preventive work in injury research (above accidents) are presented and related to violence. Results: Registration of injuries and an interest in the environment are seen as specific for injuries. In prevention there is a focus on community work and the concept of ,a safe community' has been developed. Haddon's matrix offers a foundation for theoretical injury research. It is formed by cross-tabulating the trichotomy of host-agent-environment against a time dimension. Conclusion:, One practical and one theoretical model on how violence might be seen as an injury have been demonstrated. No clear evaluation has been made of the practical model up to now. The theoretical model has the advantage that the model makes it easier to get a more comprehensive picture of how different factors influence violence. [source]

Reclaiming Futures: A Model for Judicial Leadership in Community Responses to Juvenile Substance Abuse

JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JOURNAL, Issue 3 2006
JUDGE MICHAEL ANDEREGG
ABSTRACT Juvenile courts across the country have become the leading service delivery system for youths with substance abuse problems, not by choice, but by necessity. At 10 communities around the nation, judges and project staff are in their fifth year of pioneering changes to the way the juvenile justice system helps teens in trouble with drugs, alcohol, and crime. These judges are part of Reclaiming Futures, an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and they are working with local leaders to re-invent the way law enforcement, courts, probation, detention facilities, treatment providers, families, schools, and the community work together to help troubled youths succeed. Together, they have written a guide for judges, court administrators, government entities, community leaders, and interested citizens to share the knowledge and experience they have gained from the nationwide Reclaiming Futures initiative. Their goal is to encourage and motivate others to launch similar projects in their communities, and to provide a blueprint for judges and others striving to undertake this level of collaboration. [source]

The Alchemy of Jargon: Etymologies of urologic neologisms. number 6: The language of the urogenital system

THE PROSTATE, Issue 15 2009
Lochlan Shelfer
Abstract BACKGROUND As the scientific community is increasingly severed from the study of linguistics, the underlying significance of their common technical words is becoming blurred. This article will focus on the genesis of terminology of the urogenital system. METHODS These notes will give a detailed background of the history of technical terms, including how they came into being, whence they were derived, and how they impacted the scientific community through the ages. RESULTS In this installment, following terms are analyzed: Penis, Ampulla, Vas Deferens, Epididymis, Gonad, and Bladder. CONCLUSIONS This analysis of the history and significance of scientific terms common to the urological community works towards a fortification of their power by offering a reminder of their origins. Prostate 69: 1611,1612, 2009. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]

The Alchemy of Jargon: Etymologies of Urologic Neologisms.

THE PROSTATE, Issue 3 2009
Number 3: The genesis of steroid terminology
Abstract Background As the scientific community is increasingly severed from the study of linguistics, the underlying significance of their common technical words is becoming blurred. This article will focus on the genesis of terminology in the field of sexual steroids. Methods These notes will give a detailed background of the history of technical terms, including how they came into being, whence they were derived, and how they impacted the scientific community through the ages. Results In this installment, following terms are analyzed: Steroid, Cholesterol, Estrogen, Estrous, Progesterone, Estradiol, Androgen, and Testosterone. Conclusions This analysis of the history and significance of scientific terms common to the urological community works towards a fortification of their power by offering a reminder of their origins. Prostate 69:228,230, 2009. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]

The alchemy of jargon: Etymologies of urologic neologisms.

THE PROSTATE, Issue 3 2009
Number 2: Basic biochemical nomenclature
Abstract Background As the scientific community is increasingly severed from the study of linguistics, once an imperative for all scholars, the underlying significance of their common technical words is becoming blurred. This series of notes will focus on the etymologies of a series of technical scientific terms pertinent to the biomedical sciences in general and to Urology in particular. Methods These notes will give a detailed background of the history of each technical term, including how it came into being, whence it was derived, and how it impacted the scientific community through the ages. Results In this installment, the following terms will by analyzed: Biology, Biochemistry, Hormone, Protein, Lipid, Carbohydrate, Enzyme, Metabolism, and finally Chemistry. Conclusions This analysis of the history and significance of scientific terms common to the urological community works toward a fortification of their power by offering a reminder of their origins. Prostate 69:231,233, 2009. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]