This chapter examines the effect of imprisonment on labor-market outcomes for young adults. The life-course framework suggests that imprisonment may be particularly consequential for young people making the transition to adulthood. It emphasizes the sequential connections between critical life events and the role of early events in establishing trajectories of advantage or disadvantage over the… Continue reading Effects of Incarceration on Labor Market Outcomes Among Young Adults

Summary This paper examines the proposition that sexual and contraceptive behaviours mediate the relationship between the pregnancy desires of young, unmarried women and their having an unplanned pregnancy. The sample consisted of 854 18- to 19-year-old women living in Michigan, USA. First, the positive and negative pregnancy desires of these women were measured, as were… Continue reading Mediation Models of Pregnancy Desires and Unplanned Pregnancy in Young, Unmarried Women

Objective: To determine the impact of a thyroid hormone infusion (T4) on the vasopressor requirements in children with cessation of neurologic function (i.e., brain death) during evaluation for organ recovery Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: The 1998-2002 database of a regional organ recovery program. Patients: Children <=18 yrs with cessation of neurologic function during evaluation… Continue reading The effect of a thyroid hormone infusion on vasopressor support in critically ill children with cessation of neurologic function