Charles Glaser’s Rational Theory of International Politics argues that state security competition is not an inevitable consequence of international anarchy.1 To be sure, sometimes the attempt by one state to increase its security has the unintended and unavoidable effect of decreasing the security of others—triggering a spiral of arms racing and diplomatic hostility that results in war. At othe...

In this study, we developed a structured risk checklist, the Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT), to predict any sexual recidivism among adult male offenders with a conviction for child pornography offenses. We identified predictors of sexual recidivism using a 5-year fixed follow-up analysis from a police case file sample of 266 adult male child pornography offenders in the community ...

premenstrual syndrome is a common disorder experienced by up to 50% of women during reproductive age. the prevalence of severe form of pms (pmdd) is 3% to 8 %. psychiatric disorders in pms patients have resulted in significant morbidity and in some cases caused resistance to the treatment process.390 participants (264 with pms/pmdd, and 126 healthy students of university of guilan) who complete...

the aim of this study was to investigate c-reactive protein (crp) level in preeclampsia (pe) and its association with the severity of the disease. this cross-sectional study included 43 women with mild pe, 43 women with severe pe, and 43 healthy pregnant. they were selected in the third trimester of pregnancy in the afzalipour hospital, kerman, iran, from march 2006 to march 2007. mean diastoli...

We present half field offense, a novel subtask of RoboCup simulated soccer, and pose it as a problem for reinforcement learning. In this task, an offense team attempts to outplay a defense team in order to shoot goals. Half field offense extends keepaway [11], a simpler subtask of RoboCup soccer in which one team must try to keep possession of the ball within a small rectangular region, and awa...

Antisocial individuals have problems recognizing negative emotions (e.g. Marsh & Blair in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 32:454-465, 2009); however, due to issues with sampling and different methods used, previous findings have been varied. Sixty-three male young offenders and 37 age-, IQ- and socio-economic status-matched male controls completed a facial emotion recognition task, which...

BACKGROUND In light of evidence showing reduced criminal recidivism and cost savings, adult drug treatment courts have grown in popularity. However, the potential spillover benefits to family members are understudied. OBJECTIVES To examine: (1) the overlap between parents who were convicted of a substance-related offense and their children's involvement with child protective services (CPS); a...

The study highlights the dynamics of legislative changes and current state legal regulation administrative criminal liability for violations quarantine rules. shortcomings relevant provisions were revealed, in particular, a conclusion was made about violation principle system-legal coherence legislation. Thus, there are issues delimitation provided Art. 44-3 Code Ukraine on Administrative Offen...