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To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.06.005 Byline: Dusten R. Hollist (a), Lorine A. Hughes (b), Lonnie M. Schaible (c) Abstract: This study used data from a national sample of youth (N=1,423) to test hypotheses derived from Robert Agnew's (1992, 2001) general strain theory concerning the relationship between adolescent maltreatment and delinquent behavior. Specifically, it focused on the extent to which the effect of maltreatment on general delinquency, serious delinquency, and substance use was mediated by negative emotions in the form of anger, anxiety, and depression. Results lend partial support to the theory. Confirming the importance of parent-child problems as a source of strain leading to delinquency, findings from ordinary least squares regression models revealed a significant association between maltreatment and all three forms of delinquent behavior. Although findings also showed that negative emotions are key intervening mechanisms influencing the magnitude of the direct effect of strain, maltreatment continued to exert significant effects even after controlling for negative emotions and both individual and family characteristics. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Sociology, University of Montana-Missoula, 321 Social Sciences Building, Missoula, MT 59812, United States (b) School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 310 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0561, United States (c) School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, United States

New high technology aids that can be used with the laboratory information system in improving the total quality management of clinical laboratories are gaining wide acceptance. They are categorized under artificial intelligence and are known as expert technology (ET). ET quickly and efficiently utilizes data entered or stored in the database. ET improves the quality of work as it automatically takes the proper measures when erroneous conditions occur. However, ET is still at its early stage of improvement and has more room for progress as it gains popularity with clinical laboratories., As laboratory information systems play an increasingly vital role in the pursuit of quality, artificial intelligence evolves from science fiction to fact. THE ESSENCE of total quality management (TQM) is [...]

For its core function-managing the data required to produce clinical patient reports-the laboratory information system (LIS) generally does a good job. But the LIS is overlooked as a tool for […]