scholarly journals Trends in survival of patients with Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia in the USA: an analysis of 3691 cases

Blood ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 121 (24) ◽  
pp. 4861-4866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano J. Costa ◽  
Ana C. Xavier ◽  
Amy E. Wahlquist ◽  
Elizabeth G. Hill
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Burkitt Lymphoma ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Past ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The Usa

Key Points Survival of patients with BL improved substantially in the United States during the past decade, mainly among young adults. Survival of patients with BL remains relatively low, particularly for older and black patients, identifying an unmet need.

scholarly journals Where to buy a house in the United States amid COVID-19?

2020 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2094604
Author(s):  
Wei Zhai ◽  
Zhong-Ren Peng
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central Area ◽  
The United States ◽  
Home Prices ◽  
The Past ◽  
Coastal Cities ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Multiple Metrics ◽  
American Economy

Home prices and rent prices in the USA have been growing steadily over the past decade. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated entire sectors of the American economy, which makes the homebuying decision more intricate. We mapped multiple metrics to indicate the best place to buy a house amid COVID-19. For many counties in the central area of the USA, the price-to-rent ratio highly recommends people to buy a house, but the home prices have declined since the outbreak of COVID-19. The price-to-rent ratio and increasing home price suggest that people should not buy a home in big coastal cities under the current circumstances.

scholarly journals Conservation's New Look in the USA

Oryx ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Author(s):  
Stewart L. Udall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
General Attitude ◽  
Wise Use ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Sustained Yield ◽  
New Look

The last ten years have seen immense advances in the conservation field in the United States. Thanks to the hard spadework of the conservation bodies, the general attitude towards wildlife has changed from ignorant and unregarding exploitation to demands for wise use on a sustained yield basis; people's interest in and knowledge about conservation has made possible a long and varied list of legislation. More than any other one person the man responsible for this is Stewart Udall, for the past eight years Secretary of the Interior with charge of all conservation matters. On his retirement in January this year Mr Udall kindly accepted our invitation to sum up this remarkable ‘new look’ in the USA.

The Racial Disparity Gap in Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Survival Has Been Eliminated in Children but Not in Older Adolescents and Young Adults.

Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 76-76
Author(s):  
Aaron Viny ◽  
Joanne M. Hilden ◽  
Anthony Stallion ◽  
W. Archie Bleyer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Myelogenous Leukemia ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
Acute Myelogenous

Abstract Overcoming disparities in the successful treatment of minority cancer patients has been a major challenge. In particular, blacks/African Americans face a higher likelihood of developing and dying from each of the four most common malignancies in the United States (breast, prostate, colon, and lung cancer) as well as from other cancers. Among children, leukemia and lymphoma have also shown a worse outcome in black patients versus whites. Given the success of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) in reducing the racial deficit in leukemia and lymphoma, we examined national survival data from the U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program for trends in survival difference between white and blacks with leukemia and lymphoma, as a function of age at diagnosis. The annual 5-year relative survival rate trends during 1975 to 2000 for all leukemia and all lymphoma (including Hodgkin lymphoma) showed convergence in white and black children (age <10), comparable trends in 10- to 19-year-olds, and divergence in those 20 to 29 years of age with blacks doing progressively worse than whites. The age dependent patterns were qualitatively similar for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with convergence in <10 year-olds and divergence in 20- to 29-year-olds apparent in each type of leukemia and lymphoma. For the year 2000, the trends in 20- to 29-year-olds project a 20 to 25% survival deficit for blacks versus whites for acute myelogenous leukemia and a 5 to 10% deficit for other leukemia and lymphomas. The fact that the deficits between white and black patients with leukemia and lymphoma have been overcome for pediatric patients in the United States indicates that this can also be achieved in young adults and older adolescents. A major solution would be access to clinical trials through COG or other clinical trials for the next older age group. The current National Cancer Institute Progress Review Group offers recommendations that are relevant to these disparate outcomes observed in this study; these will be reviewed. Figure Figure

scholarly journals Indoor Tanning Trends Among US Adults, 2007–2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Bowers ◽  
Alan C. Geller ◽  
Elizabeth Schofield ◽  
Yuelin Li ◽  
Jennifer L. Hay
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Health Information ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indoor Tanning ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Trends ◽  
Mailed Survey ◽  
Over Time

Objectives. To examine indoor tanning trends among US adults, and the relation to indoor tanning youth access legislation. Methods. This study analyzed the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), a mailed survey, from the years 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018 (combined n = 20 2019). Results. Indoor tanning prevalence decreased significantly over time among all US adults from 2007 (10%) to 2018 (4%; P < .001), among young adults aged 18 to 34 years (14% to 4%; P < .001), and among both women (14% to 4%; P < .001) and men (5% to 4%; P < .05). Indoor tanning significantly decreased in states that enacted youth access legislation by 2018, but did not significantly decrease for other states. Frequent indoor tanning was common in 2018; about one quarter of respondents who reported any indoor tanning did so 25 times or more in the past year. Conclusions. This study identifies several challenges in continuing to reduce indoor tanning in the United States. Youth access legislation may be effective for reducing tanning among the broader population of tanners; however, there remains a need for focus on highly frequent tanners, as well as men.

scholarly journals CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CRIME IN THE USA

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
М. М. Забарний
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Rate Of Decline ◽  
Evolving Model ◽  
Criminal Statistics

Some components of crime prevention strategies are a thing of the past, others have undergone significant metamorphoses, and still others have emerged in the last ten years, but in general the state and dynamics of crime as a result of the evolving model of preventive criminal policy and law enforcement remain stable. certain parameters that characterize modern crime, "suddenly" change the course (annual "minuses" are replaced by "pluses" and vice versa) and such fluctuations are sporadic. The mention of the "surprise" of such changes is primarily due to the fact that all these years in the United States there is an annual and significant increase in population, which for obvious reasons changes the crime rates (levels) in general and its types. The article is devoted to the problem of objective assessment of crime in the United States and the interpretation of the changes - absolute and relative indicators at a particular time. The indicators of crime in the USA are investigated; statistical data are presented; the structure and prevalence of crime is described. Criminal statistics data in the United States draw a meaningful and informative, but largely diagnostic picture of the phenomenon of modern crime in this country. The presented data of criminal statistics point to the prospect for more detailed, including comparative criminological research with the obligatory account of the requirements for the comparability of certain national indicators of crime statistics. The prevalence of homicide in any country has been found to be the most common and visible indicator of crime. In general, it should be noted that in absolute terms, the prevalence of homicides in the United States, as in several other countries, has remained quite stable for many years. Note that stable prevalence is generally one of the characteristics of this category of crimes. In Japan, for example, in the past 12 to 15 years, the number of murders has decreased annually by only a few (no more than 10 to 12) statistical units. From this point of view, the rapid rate of decline in the number of murders in Ukraine does not look at all convincing, as many studies of domestic criminologists have long and quite clearly indicated. As can be seen from the above data, the dynamics of relative homicide rates in the United States are outwardly less distinct, since, as noted, it is offset by annual and very significant population growth (over the past three years, it has grown by 7 million people).

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-168
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Noyalas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Entire Volume ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Mind ◽  
Key Points ◽  
New Evidence

The book’s conclusion provides perspective on several key points. First, leaning on the viewpoint of distinguished historian Nell Irvin Painter, the conclusion establishes that the historical interpretation of the past is fluid and must evolve as new evidence and viewpoints emerge. Additionally, the conclusion highlights the idea prevalent throughout the book which contends that emancipation did not occur at one singular moment, but rather on multiple occasions. Third, this study’s conclusion highlights the theme of hope, another thread which runs throughout the entire volume. While the book’s conclusion highlights the importance of hope to African Americans, it also points out the author’s hope that individuals can begin to approach this difficult topic with objectivity and an open mind in order to gain a more complete understanding of the complexities of the United States’ most tumultuous and transformative moment.

The Red Cross in the USA: Water Safety and First Aid

1966 ◽  
Vol 6 (59) ◽  
pp. 90-96
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
The Past ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
The Usa

The year 1964 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the American National Red Cross water safety program. In that year, 232 persons were awarded the coveted Certificate of Merit for saving lives through skills learned in Red Cross courses. The certificate they won, which is signed by the President of the United States and the Chairman of the American Red Cross, may be granted to people who have had water safety or first aid training. Both programs share in the overall purpose of the American organization's Safety Services: the saving of lives through public education in accident prevention and through courses that teach people how to respond when accidents do happen in the home, at work, on the highway, in the water, and elsewhere. Thousands of heroes and heroines, many unrecognized, have used their training to avert tragedies throughout the United States over the past 50 years.

Locus of Control in Young Adults in Russia and the United States

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 599-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki A. Rawdon ◽  
Frank N. Willis ◽  
Emily J. Ficken
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Leadership Success ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
National Difference

A comparison of scores on perceived relative economic status and locus of control was made between young adults in Russia and in the United States prior to the fall of communism. 84 students in Moscow and 88 students in the USA were voluntary participants. There was no national difference in mean perceived, relative economic status. The Russian students scored more external than the USA students on over-all locus of control and on the subcategories of Luck/Fate, Academics, Leadership/Success, and Politics. This pattern reversed with the Respect subcategory. USA students scored more external than those in Russia. These findings agree with past comparisons of samples from collectivist and democratic societies.

scholarly journals In Search of the “Good Life”: The Appeal of the Tiny House Lifestyle in the USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Severin Mangold ◽  
Toralf Zschau
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Good Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Good Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Meaningful Experiences

Over the past decade, tiny houses and the lifestyle they promote have become a world-wide phenomenon, with the trend especially impactful in the United States. Given their broad appeal and increasing prominence within popular culture, it is surprising how little research exists on them. To help to better understand what motivates people to adopt this lifestyle, this paper presents insights from an exploratory study in the United States and offers the first contours of a new conceptual framework. Situating the lifestyle within the larger economic and cultural forces of our times, it argues that going “tiny” is seen by tiny house enthusiasts as a practical roadmap to the Good Life: A simpler life characterized by more security, autonomy, relationships, and meaningful experiences. The paper ends with a brief discussion of broader implications and directions for future research.

A Lower Incidence of Left-Handed Writing among Young Adults in Bulgaria than in the USA

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Pollard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Lower Incidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Low Incidence ◽  
The Right

The incidence of left-handed writing among 590 young Bulgarian adults was 6.4%, significantly lower than that reported in two studies of students in the United States. Of those writing with the right hand, 10.8% stated that they had been forced to change their preferred hand for writing. The parents of the Bulgarian sample had a similar low incidence of left-handed writing (5.9%). Left-handed writing was almost three times more likely if one or both of the parents wrote with the left hand.

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