Dr. Brad Roberts is a Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia. He is also an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University, Chairman of the research advisory council of the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, and a member of The Nonproliferation Review’s editorial board. He is the author of Weapons Proliferation and World Order After t...

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This is a working paper prepared by staff to the Human Subjects Subcommittee of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC). At the request of the subcommittee, the paper attempts to set out the critical issues facing the commissioners concerning the recruitment and participation in clinical research of those who are decisionally impaired. Comments Reprinted from Research Involving Person...

Violence appears to be increasing within our society along with a disregard for property as illustrated by the recent incidents on estates in Britain. The definition of violence varies and may include deliberate self-harm (DSH), damage to property, verbal abuse, threatening behaviour and physical attacks on persons or on staff (Shader et al., 1977; Fottrell, 1980; Ruben et al., 1980; Bouras et ...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Patient advisory councils (PACs) are a strategy for primary care clinics to engage patients in practice improvement. However, there is scant research on how PACs function. This study aimed to understand how PACs are organized and identify common challenges and perceived benefits of high-functioning PACs. SETTING AND POPULATION Key informants identified 8 primary care cli...

INTRODUCTION In 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded five sites to implement the Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program (CRCSDP). An evaluation is being conducted that includes a multiple case study. Case study results for the start-up period, the time between initial funding and screening initiation, provide details about the program models and start-up proces...

Three new direct-service staff participated in a program that used a video model to train target skills needed to conduct a discrete-trial session. Percentage accuracy in completing a discrete-trial teaching session was evaluated using a multiple baseline design across participants. During baseline, performances ranged from a mean of 12% to 63% accuracy. During video modeling, there was an imme...

When we speak of forest products we include not only the timber from the trees, but also such other products as derive from the bark, the leaves, or the roots. In this address, however, I shall be dealing almost exclusively with timber and its derived products. By a long-standing gentlemen’s agreement the other products, as well as certain aspects of pulping, are dealt with by the Colonial Prod...

When we speak of forest products we include not only the timber from the trees, but also such other products as derive from the bark, the leaves, or the roots. In this address, however, I shall be dealing almost exclusively with timber and its derived products. By a long-standing gentlemen’s agreement the other products, as well as certain aspects of pulping, are dealt with by the Colonial Prod...

BACKGROUND Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends that both staff and residents of long-term care facilities be vaccinated against influenza. This paper describes the influenza vaccination policies and programs, as well as vaccination rates, for staff and residents of long-term care institutions in Alberta. Such data have not previously been reported. METHODS Data wer...