Mad in America

Coercive Measures in Psychiatry are Increasing, Traumatic, and Linked to Systemic Failings

This week, Mad in America explores three studies related to the use of coercive psychiatric measures. The first finds that ...
The White House

CONTINUING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY

Section 1. Purpose. This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary. Sec. 2. Reducing the Scope of the Federal ...
IEEE

Transitive Reduction Approach to Large-Scale Parallel Machine Rescheduling Problem With Controllable Processing Times, Precedence Constraints and Random Machine Breakdown

Abstract: This paper studied a novel parallel machine rescheduling problem with controllable processing times under machine breakdown and precedence constraints. This problem is strongly $\mathcal {NP ...

Pain-free 'tripod' restraint brought in to Scottish jails

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) says the technique will reduce injuries among prison officers and inmates following three ...
SciELO

Factors associated with the use of physical restraint in intensive care patients

Objective: To verify the frequency of physical restraint in patients and the factors associated with its use in the intensive care unit. Method: An observational and prospective study on the use of ...