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The aim of this article is to critically engage with the idea that Therapeutic Communities (TC’s) can be promoted as a radical alternative to prison for substance users who have broken the law in England. After grounding the discussion within the normative framework of an ‘abolitionist real utopia’ (Scott, 2013), the article explores the historical and theoretical underpinnings of TC’s. Existing literature which advocates that TC’s can be ‘otherwise than prison’, not ‘prisons otherwise’ are then reviewed, followed by a critical reflection of the strengths and weaknesses of the TC’s contribution to a broader non-penal real utopia manifesto. After evaluating evidence concerning whether TC’s necessarily are a genuine alternative to the prison place, the article concludes that whilst findings indicate TC’s could be a plausible and historically immanent non-penal real utopia for certain people in certain circumstances it is essential that we remain focused on the broader priority of chal...

We present a measurement of the mass dependence of the forward-backward charge asymmetry (A(FB)) for e(+)e(-) pairs produced via an intermediate Z/gamma(*) with mass M-ee > 40 GeV/c(2). We study the constraints on the Z-quark couplings imposed by our measurement. We analyze an integrated luminosity of 72 pb(-1) collected by the CDF-II detector in (p) over barp collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. A comparison of the uncorrected AFB between data and standard model Monte Carlo gives good agreement with a chi(2)/DOF of 15.7/15. The couplings measurements are also consistent with standard model predictions.

Background and aims: Gastric carcinoma (GC) is highly prevalent in our population. There are few studies about GC characteristics in Brazil, therefore, we report our data in a series of GC examined in a 10 years period. Material and methods: Surgical specimens from 289 patients submitted to gastrectomy were examined according to a standardized protocol. Results: Most of the tumors (n = 170, 59%) had distal localization, 230 were advanced, mainly Borrmann III type, and 36 cases were early tumors, mainly type II; 115 cases (40%) were expansive and 122 (42%) were infiltrative according to Ming's; 178 cases (62%) were intestinal-type (IGC), 61 (21%) were diffuse-type (DGC) and 50 cases (17%) were mixed type. Among IGC, 116 patients were men (65%) and 61 (35%) were women (1,9:1), mean age of 67.1± 11.8 years; among DGC 36 patients were men (59%) and 25 (41%) were women (1.4:1), mean age 59.3 ± 14.2 years, significantly lower than in IGC (p = 0.001). IGC were predominantly Borrmann types I or II, whereas DGC were commonly Borrmann types III or IV (p = 0.004). DGC were in more advanced stages than IGC (p = 0.02). Nerve invasion was more frequent in DGC cases (p < 10-7). Chronic atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia were quite common among IGC (81% and 67%) and DGC (77% and 59%). Conclusions: Our data are similar to those reported from medium and high GC risk populations. Intestinal-type distally located GC are predominant and most of the cases are advanced tumors without any possibility of curative treatment.