Public Lawyers and Private Clients: An Empirical Observation on the Relative Success Rates of Cause Lawyers

Law & Policy ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoav Dotan
Keyword(s):  
Success Rates ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Relative Success

Are Girls a Disadvantaged Group?

1976 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Rowlands
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Disadvantaged Group ◽  
Relative Success ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Female Disadvantage

Statistics from the Victorian H.S.C. Examination over the period 1944 to 1974 reveal consistent trends in the relative numbers of boys and girls remaining at school for the full six years of secondary education and qualifying for entrance to tertiary institutions. Coupled with this there have been trends in the relative popularity of individual subjects and of the combinations of subjects taken by large numbers of boys and girls. These trends in relative success rates and in subjects studied by the two sexes cast serious doubt on the adequacy of the “female disadvantage model” as a guide to action. Predictions derived from this model and an alternative “interdependent sub-cultures model” are examined in the light of the statistical data. The predictions of the latter model are found to conform more closely with the available data. It is suggested that, before any further commitment is made to large scale programs based on “disadvantage models”, there should be careful consideration of possible alternatives.

Responses of Emotionally Disturbed Children to PPVT—R Items of Human versus Nonhuman Content: Extension of Shipe, Cromwell, and Dunn

1986 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 863-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Atlas
Keyword(s):  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Differential Response ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Children's Drawings ◽  
Relative Success ◽  
Children’S Drawings ◽  
Intellectual Potential ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed Children

A group of 22 children with diagnoses indicating one of the severe developmental disorders were tested for differential response patterns on the PPVT—R, in an extension of earlier research carried out by Shipe, Cromwell, and Dunn in 1966. Data supported the prediction of the children's greater difficulty with PPVT—R items featuring human content than with those featuring nonhuman content. In addition, children's relative success rates on human-content items correlated positively with a measure of differentiation of the children's drawings. The results suggest that the asociality of certain disturbed children may selectively lower intellectual efficiency and lead to underestimation of their intellectual potential.

scholarly journals Is there a role for Amniotic Membrane as an antifibrotic agent in MMC-Augmented Trabeculectomy?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Roque ◽  
Fernando Trancoso Vaz ◽  
Rita Basto ◽  
Susana Henriques ◽  
Ana Sofia Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intraocular Pressure ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Amniotic Membrane ◽  
Amniotic Membrane Transplantation ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Antihypertensive Medications ◽  
Relative Success ◽  
Group 10

Abstract Purpose: Amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) has shown promising results as an antifibrotic agent in trabeculectomy. We aimed to evaluate the additional effect of AMT in M MC-augmented trabeculectomy . Methods: This retrospective study analyzed the results of the first 12 postoperative months of glaucomatous eyes submitted to Moorfields Safer Surgery Trabeculectomy with MMC alone (non-AMT group) compared to MMC and AMT (AMT group). Both groups were compared in terms of intraocular pressure (IOP), number of antihypertensive medications and need for surgical reinterventions. Absolute and relative success rates 12 months after surgery were defined as IOP <18 mmHg, without and with the use of antihypertensive medications, respectively. Results: The analysis included 51 eyes of 45 glaucoma patients (29 eyes in the non-AMT group and 22 in the AMT group). Mean IOP decreased from 24,72±5,11 mmHg and 26,86±10,62 mmHg preoperatively in non-AMT and AMT groups to 12,86±4,22 mmHg and 12,60±4,43 mmHg, respectively, at 12 months (p=0,84). Postoperative number of medications decreased significantly in both groups. Absolute success was seen in 71% of non-AMT eyes and 55% of AMT eyes (p=0,46) whereas relative success was obtained in 14% and 30%, respectively (p=0,55). Reinterventions were needed in 28% of the eyes (11 bleb injection/needling and 4 Ahmed tube implantation) in the non-AMT group and in 27% of the AMT group (10 bleb injection/needling and 1 Ahmed tube implantation) (p=0,89). Conclusion: Trabeculectomy combined with MMC and AMT did not show better results than trabeculectomy with MMC alone.

Voice Therapy With Seniors: Attendance, Outcomes, and Associated Patient Characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 814-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie E. Smith ◽  
Ruth Huntley Bahr ◽  
Hector N. Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Data ◽  
Voice Therapy ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Reflux Symptom Index ◽  
Voice Change ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Symptom Index ◽  
Younger Patients ◽  
Unsuccessful Treatment

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the attendance and success rates for seniors in voice therapy, identify any contributing patient-related factors, and compare results to existing findings for younger patients. Method This retrospective study included information from the voice records of 50 seniors seen by the same speech-language pathologist in a private practice. Analysis of attendance and outcome data divided participants into 6 groups. Outcomes for Groups 1–3 (64% of patients) were considered successful (positive voice change), while outcomes for Groups 4–6 (36% of patients) were considered unsuccessful. These data were compared to similar data collected for younger adults in a previous study. Results The attendance and success rates for seniors in this study were higher than those previously reported for younger patients. Further consideration of patient factors revealed that reports of increased stress, Reflux Symptom Index scores > 13, and higher Voice Handicap Index functional subscale scores were significant in distinguishing between patients in the successful and unsuccessful treatment outcome groups. Conclusions The relatively high attendance and success rates among this sample of seniors suggest the desire to achieve voice improvement does not diminish with age, and chances for success in voice therapy among nonfrail seniors may be greater than for younger patients.

1548: Racial Disparities in Kidney-Transplant Graft Outcomes, with a Proposal to Improve Graft Success Rates

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 419-419
Author(s):  
Constance Marks ◽  
Carlumandarlo E.B. Zaramo ◽  
Joan M. Alster ◽  
Charles Modlin
Keyword(s):  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Kidney Transplant ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Graft Success

Strict IVF Restrictions Could Lower Success Rates

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (24) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
KATE JOHNSON
Keyword(s):  
Success Rates

ITI with high-dose FIX and combined immunosuppressive therapy in a patient with severe haemophilia B and inhibitor

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (02) ◽  
pp. 155-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hauch ◽  
J. Rischewski ◽  
U. Kordes ◽  
J. Schneppenheim ◽  
R. Schneppenheim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nephrotic Syndrome ◽  
Immunosuppressive Agents ◽  
Tolerance Induction ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulins ◽  
Factor Ix ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Allergic Reactions ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Serious Infections ◽  
History Of

SummaryInhibitor development is a rare but serious event in hemophilia B patients. Management is hampered by the frequent occurrence of allergic reactions to factor IX, low success rates of current inhibitor elimination protocols and the risk of development of nephrotic syndrome. Single cases of immune tolerance induction (ITI) including immunosuppressive agents like mycophenolat mofetil (MMF) or rituximab have been reported. We present a case of successful inhibitor elimination with a combined immune-modulating therapy and high-dose factor IX (FIX). This boy had developed a FIX inhibitor at the age of 5 years and had a history of allergic reactions to FIX and to FEIBA→. Under on-demand treatment with recombinant activated FVII the inhibitor became undetectable but the boy suffered from multiple joint and muscle bleeds. At the age of 11.5 years ITI was attempted with a combination of rituximab, MMF, dexamethasone, intravenous immunoglobulins and high-dose FIX. The inhibitor did not reappear and FIX half-life normalized. No allergic reaction, no signs of nephrotic syndrome and no serious infections were observed.

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