Discours économique et évolution institutionnelle, les apports de J. R. Commons

John Roger Commons est, de manière quasi systématique, considéré comme l'un des pères fondateurs de l'ancien institutionnalisme américain. On souligne tout aussi couramment l'influence que la philosophie pragmatiste a pu avoir sur ses travaux, du moins en ce qui concerne son ouvrage de 1934. Plus rares sont les commentateurs soulignant le rôle qu'a le langage, a fortiori le langage de l'économiste, dans l'analyse qu'il fait de l'évolution institutionnelle. Notre but sera de souligner ce fait : pour Commons, dire c'est faire, dans la lignée de la linguistique performativiste, dire c'est agir sur l'évolution institutionnelle. Abstract : John Roger Commons is well known as one of the founders of old institutionnalism. It is current to emphazise his philosophical roots : the american pragmatism, at least in his masterpiece of 1934. On the other hand, it is less frequent to point out the important role that the langage, and a fortiori economics' langage, has in his understanding of institutional evolution. Our aim will be to spotlight this point : for Commons, we can do things with words, on the way of performativist linguistic, when we use words, we influence institutional evolution.

LSI-R Scores: Change Matters, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, April 2009

Past studies have shown the LSI-R risk assessment tool to be accurate in assessing the risk level of Iowa offenders. A more recent study, conducted by the University of Cincinnati, showed that a reduction in the LSI-R score over time results in a lower risk that an Iowa offender will reoffend.

LSI-R Scores: Change Matters - Part II, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections

In the last issue of the Data Download, we discussed that overall, a 10% drop in LSI-R scores for our highest risk offenders was associated with a 6% reduction in recidivism. However, LSI-R score reductions for the lowest risk offenders don't substantially affect their already low recidivism rates. The issue contained charts that showed this held true for both probationers and parolees. The charts below show that change also matters for women offenders and African-American offenders.

LSI-R Scores: Change Matters - Part III, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, June 2009

In this issue, we take a closer look at the individual risk factors measured by the LSI-R. There are several risk factors that the LSI-R assessment tool measures: Criminal History; Education/Employment; Financial; Family/Marital; Accommodations (Living Situation); Leisure/Recreation; Companions; Alcohol/Drug Problem; Emotional/Personal; and Attitudes/Orientation.

Paroxetine increases steady-state concentrations of (R)-methadone in CYP2D6 extensive but not poor metabolizers

Steady-state blood concentrations of (R)- methadone (i.e., the active form), (S)-methadone, and (R,S)-methadone were measured before and after introduction of paroxetine 20 mg/day during a mean period of 12 days in 10 addict patients in methadone maintenance treatment. Eight patients were genotyped as CYP2D6 homozygous extensive metabolizers (EMs) and two patients as poor metabolizers (PMs). Paroxetine significantly increased concentrations of both enantiomers of methadone in the whole group (mean increase for (R)-methadone +/- SD, 26 +/- 32%; range, -14% to +83%, p = 0.032; for (S)-methadone, 49 +/- 51%; range, -29% to +137%, p = 0.028; for (R,S)-methadone, 35 +/- 41%; range, -20% to +112%, p = 0.032) and in the group of eight EMs (mean increase, 32%, p = 0.036; 53%, p = 0.028; and 42%, p = 0.036, for (R)-methadone, (S)-methadone, and (R,S)-methadone, respectively). On the other hand, in the two PMs, (S)-methadone but not (R)-methadone concentrations were increased by paroxetine (mean increases of 36% and 3%, respectively). Paroxetine is a strong CYP2D6 inhibitor, and these results confirm previous studies showing an involvement of CYP2D6 in methadone metabolism with a stereoselectivity toward the (R)-enantiomer. Because paroxetine is a mild inhibitor of CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and CYP3A4, increase of (S)-methadone concentrations in both EMs and PMs could be mediated by inhibition of any of these isozymes.

LSI-R Assessment is Valid for Iowa Offenders, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, September 2006

Welcome to the first issue of the ICON Data Download, a periodic report intended to communicate findings relevant to those who work directly with offenders, as well as those involved in planning, policy and budgeting. This issue highlights work conducted by research partner Christopher Lowenkamp, Ph.D., of the University of Cincinnati and his research associate, Kristin Bechtel, M.S. Data for this analysis was provided from the Iowa Justice Data Warehouse – and takes advantage of the link between ICON and ICIS (the court database) to readily track offender recidivism.

Front form and point form formulation in P.R.M. noninteractions theorems

The front form and the point form of dynamics are studied in the framework of predictive relativistic mechanics. The non-interaction theorem is proved when a Poincar-invariant Hamiltonian formulation with canonical position coordinates is required.