the Social Services. A book of information regarding the Statutory and Voluntary Services. (Published annually by the Family Welfare Association. 51st edition, 1962. 7s. 6d.) This reference book is not as widely known among social workers and students as it ought to be. In a handy and readable form it covers the basic details of legislation and administration over an extensive field. Central an...

Korean Americans (KAs) with psychiatric service needs underutilizes the mainstream mental health services in United States (US). Barriers to mental health service access among KAs reflect their unique heritage and culture. More than two-thirds of KAs identify themselves as Christians, and Korean clergy have influential roles in daily lives of vast majority of KAs. By working with the Korean cle...

This draft report was prepared by NIST staff at the request of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) to serve as a point of discussion at the Dec. 4-5 meeting of the TGDC. Prepared in conjunction with members of a TGDC subcommittee, the report is a discussion draft and does not represent a consensus view or recommendation from either NIST or the TGDC. It reflects the conclusions...

Purpose: A variation in squatting technique is using arms to actively push the bar up with the upper limbs which is common in bodybuilding. This study aimed to compare the Electromyography (EMG) activity of selected muscles during squat with and without upper limb assistance. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study. Fifteen healthy male power lifters (using the convenience sampling method...

This draft report was prepared by NIST staff at the request of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) to serve as a point of discussion at the Dec. 4-5 meeting of the TGDC. Prepared in conjunction with members of a TGDC subcommittee, the report is a discussion draft and does not represent a consensus view or recommendation from either NIST or the TGDC. It reflects the conclusions...

This draft report was prepared by NIST staff at the request of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) to serve as a point of discussion at the Dec. 4-5 meeting of the TGDC. Prepared in conjunction with members of a TGDC subcommittee, the report is a discussion draft and does not represent a consensus view or recommendation from either NIST or the TGDC. It reflects the conclusions...

In Commonwealth v. Rank, 494 S.W. 3d 476 (Ky. 2016), a defendant convicted of first-degree assault, and sentenced to 15 years, moved to vacate his sentence on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. He claimed that his counsel failed to inform him of a possible defense of extreme emotional disturbance (EED), which could have lessened his offense and shortened his sentence. The defendant...

here is a splendid account of the problems facing the Probation and After-Care Service and the voluntary societies who are committed to the care of offenders in the community. It has always been perhaps the hardest job of all to persuade offenders to seek help, they see after-care societies as people who give hand outs, ongoing case-work is not for them. The author of this booklet pinpoints the...

This report summarizes the results of work conducted as a short-term pension tax policy advisor to the Philippine government. This technical assistance is being provided through the USAID-funded AGILE project. The report contains general comments on the pension reform agenda described in a draft white paper and preliminary quantitative results on the individual income tax revenue effects of the...

Voluntary active euthanasia refers to a clearly competent patient making a voluntary and persistent request for aid in dying (Brock 1999; Ogubanjo & Knapp van Bogaert 2008). In this case, the individual or a person acting on that individual’s behalf (physician or lay person, depending on the law of the country) takes active steps to hasten death (LaFollette, 1997). That active step can be eithe...