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Pennsylvania’s Board of Probation & Parole recently developed a reentry program that provides intensive supervision and oversight to offenders during their reintegration back into the community. The present analysis examined findings gathered from 261 surveys and 226 interviews with program participants across four counties in Pennsylvania. Participants discussed topics related to substance abuse, program characteristics, and perceptions of program staff. Findings highlight program benefits and recidivism outcomes. Results indicate short-term effectiveness with diminished returns overtime. Improvements to the program are needed to ensure better long-term outcomes. Policy implications for offender reentry in Pennsylvania will be discussed.

The negative impact of an impaired health care executive or physician on an organization can be significant. This article reviews the literature on impaired health care executives and physicians. Case studies are provided, and recommendations are made for boards of directors, senior management, executive coaches, and employee assistance professionals to consider when faced with impaired leaders or professionals.

For the enhanced removal of anthropogenic contaminations from the subsurface, thermal enhancement has proven to be efficient. For soils of low permeability and/or contaminants of low volatility, thermal wells are used. Experimental work on the small scale to identify the chief processes and to yield parameter sets for the numerical simulation of remediation by thermal wells is presented. The numerical model is used for the systematic simulation of heat and contaminant mass transport in different porous media under changing conditions. A general overview of the remediation performance of thermal wells for different soils, contaminants and operational parameters based on the numerical investigations is given.

Surge tanks for flow smoothing can represent a significant cost of a chemical plant. Several studies have addressed improved level control algorithms to optimize the use of an already specified surge volume. However, little attention has been given to optimally sizing and locating surge tankage in continuous processes. This research addresses this question. The strategy developed is applied to a multiple unit operation process and identifies one of several alternative control schemes as superior in terms of required surge tankage.