When making placement decisions for juvenile offenders, court officers often consider the types of charges listed against them. We examined the pattern of offenses charged to residents of 7 types of placements in 1 county in Pennsylvania over a period of 2 years. Consistent, predictable patterns were found across placements, with more restrictive placements assigned to juveniles with more sever...

Family and personal factors that might be related to the development of food selection and eating patterns have not been well studied in children. The aim of this study was to examine whether such psychosocial factors differ in girls from four culturally diverse Girl Scout troops and how these factors are associated with dietary intakes. The social measures and dietary assessments were all obta...

We conducted a review of the peer-reviewed literature focused on conducting community health needs assessments and highlighted the necessary steps to conduct a community health needs assessment in a rural community. From the literature review, we identified three steps necessary— establishing partnerships, using a mixed methods approach, and disseminating results—to successfully conduct a needs...

In theory, usability work is an important and wellintegrated activity in developing software. In practice, however, collaboration on improving usability is ridden with challenges relating to conflicting professional goals, tight project schedules, and unclear usability findings. We study those challenges through 16 interviews with software developers, usability experts, and project managers. Fo...

Europe’s Lisbon strategy has reinforced eGovernment as a potential provider of major entomic boost by facilitating new and better services for all citizens and companies and reinforcing eDemocracy developments. The NMS are invited to play an active role in elaborating the new Information Society policy issues identified. This paper will explore the e-Readiness of NMS services environment, focus...

Spreadsheets are software programs which are typically created by end-users and often used for business-critical tasks. Many studies indicate that errors in spreadsheets are very common. Thus, a number of vendors offer auditing tools which promise to detect errors by checking spreadsheets against so-called Best Practices such as “Don’t put constants in fomulae”. Unfortunately, it is largely unk...

The objective of this article is to provide a better understanding of cost of quality (CoQ) methods by presenting a survey of published literature with specific emphasis on CoQ models and best practices, and by contributing four examples of company best practices in the area of quality management. Even though the survey shows an interest by the academic community, a CoQ approach is not utilized...

Depending on the actors involved and the environment, vegetarians and vegans may either be met with acceptance, tolerance, or hostility when they divulge their dietary practices. By interviewing vegetarians and vegans about these social interactions, this study has sought to conceptualize the subjects’ treatment as well as their feelings and actions. Throughout the study ethnographic methods ha...

The paper reports on the results of a recent study on student perceptions on agile practices. The study involved forty-five students enrolled in three different academic programs (Diploma, Bachelor’s and Master’s) in two institutions to determine their perceptions of the use of extreme programming practices in doing their design and coding assignments. Overwhelmingly, students’ experiences were...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether fruit and vegetable consumption among California adults significantly increased from 1997-2007. DESIGN Biennial telephone surveillance surveys of California adults' dietary practices. PARTICIPANTS California adults (n = 9,105 total all 6 surveys). INTERVENTION Surveillance data reporting. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Changes in fruit and vegetable consumption ove...