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1. The Politics of Delinquents.

Author

Deibert, Gini R.

Subjects
TEENAGERS, CRIMINOLOGY, PRACTICAL politics, SOCIOLOGY
Abstract

Adolescent political participation and belief in the institutional legitimacy have been widely used as predictors of long-term prosocial behaviors within the field of political science. However, this topic has not been extensively examined within sociology or criminology. This study attempts to rectify gaps within criminology as well as extend related works in political science by addressing how political institutional legitimacy and civic participation are related to delinquency. Previous studies suggest that there is an inverse relationship between political beliefs and participation and antisocial behavior. The findings of the current study indicate a strong relationship between delinquency and faith in American political institutions. The relationships, however, vary in direction by type of political measure suggesting partial support for existing political science research. This study critiques the educational program policies based on existing research. Further policy implications of the current findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2004
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2. EU-ADR healthcare database network vs. spontaneous reporting system database: preliminary comparison of signal detection.

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Trifirò G, Patadia V, Schuemie MJ, Coloma PM, Gini R, Herings R, Hippisley-Cox J, Mazzaglia G, Giaquinto C, Scotti L, Pedersen L, Avillach P, Sturkenboom MC, van der Lei J, and Eu-Adr Group

Subjects
Europe, Humans, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems organization & administration, Data Mining methods, Databases, Factual statistics & numerical data, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions epidemiology, Medical Records Systems, Computerized statistics & numerical data
Abstract

The EU-ADR project aims to exploit different European electronic healthcare records (EHR) databases for drug safety signal detection. In this paper we report the preliminary results concerning the comparison of signal detection between EU-ADR network and two spontaneous reporting databases, the Food and Drug Administration and World Health Organization databases. EU-ADR data sources consist of eight databases in four countries (Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, and United Kingdom) that are virtually linked through distributed data network. A custom-built software (Jerboa©) elaborates harmonized input data that are produced locally and generates aggregated data which are then stored in a central repository. Those data are subsequently analyzed through different statistics (i.e. Longitudinal Gamma Poisson Shrinker). As potential signals, all the drugs that are associated to six events of interest (bullous eruptions - BE, acute renal failure - ARF, acute myocardial infarction - AMI, anaphylactic shock - AS, rhabdomyolysis - RHABD, and upper gastrointestinal bleeding - UGIB) have been detected via different data mining techniques in the two systems. Subsequently a comparison concerning the number of drugs that could be investigated and the potential signals detected for each event in the spontaneous reporting systems (SRSs) and EU-ADR network was made. SRSs could explore, as potential signals, a larger number of drugs for the six events, in comparison to EU-ADR (range: 630-3,393 vs. 87-856), particularly for those events commonly thought to be potentially drug-induced (i.e. BE: 3,393 vs. 228). The highest proportion of signals detected in SRSs was found for BE, ARF and AS, while for ARF, and UGIB in EU-ADR. In conclusion, it seems that EU-ADR longitudinal database network may complement traditional spontaneous reporting system for signal detection, especially for those adverse events that are frequent in general population and are not commonly thought to be drug-induced. The methodology for signal detection in EU-ADR is still under development and testing phase.

Published
2011

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