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A review of the case material points up 4 significant findings: 1. The short period of residence in New York City of a large number of offenders, i.e., less than 6 months at the time of arrest. As is to be expected, the greatest metropolis in the world attracts the unstable, unrooted, impulsive adolescent who seeks his fortune and anonymity because life in his home town offers little adventure. They seem to take jobs of short duration, with little compensation in terms of monetary reward or satisfaction, and thus, frustrated and disappointed again, are apt to choose an easy way of survival. 2. The loss of parents by death, desertion, and broken homes was found in the life history of almost half of the offenders. In this respect this group is similar to younger and adolescent offenders, as reported by others studying delinquency. It is fair to assume, therefore, that separation from parents at the early age cited, before the tenth year, is a serious predisposing factor toward antisocial and delinquent beha...

Noradrenalin und Adrenalin werden von Katzen nach simultaner intravenoser Darreichung zum Teil unverandert in der Leber und anderen Organen gespeichert, jedoch nicht im Herzen. Nach Vorbehandlung der Tiere mit Iproniazid wird im Herzen ebenfalls eine Anhaufung der beiden Hormone gefunden. Es wird auch eine relativ grossere Inaktivierung des Adrenalins im Vergleich zu Noradrenalin festgestellt.