Delaware County Community College

Abstract Demographic trends manifest in family law cases, and this article examines the demographic factor of age. Beyond metaphors of a “graying society,” population aging affects family structures, caregiving responsibilities, and legal disputes. Through a U.S. perspective with comparative insights, this article highlights how aging intersects with custody, divorce, domestic violence, multigenerational interdependencies and responsibilities, and family conflict dynamics. Case studies illustrate why age‐inclusive approaches and multigenerational perspectives on family cases can facilitate dispute resolution. We also extend attention to the aging of family law professionals as we increasingly work in multigenerational spaces with potentially difficult conversations around capacity and retirement.

Before 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration required mifepristone to be dispensed in person, limiting access to medication abortion. To estimate the effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of dispensing mifepristone for medication abortion using a mail-order pharmacy. This prospective cohort study was conducted from January 2020 to May 2022 and included 11 clinics in 7 states (5 abortion clinics and 6 primary care sites, 4 of which were new to abortion provision). Eligible participants were seeking medication abortion at 63 or fewer days' gestation, spoke English or Spanish, were age 15 years or older, and were willing to take misoprostol buccally. After assessing eligibility for medication abortion through an in-person screening, mifepristone and misoprostol were prescribed using a mail-order pharmacy. Patients had standard follow-up care with the clinic. Clinical information was collected from medical records. Consenting participants completed online surveys about their experiences 3 and 14 days after enrolling. A total of 540 participants were enrolled; 10 withdrew or did not take medication. Data were analyzed from August 2022 to December 2023. Mifepristone, 200 mg, and misoprostol, 800 µg, prescribed to a mail-order pharmacy and mailed to participants instead of dispensed in person. Proportion of patients with a complete abortion with medications only, reporting satisfaction with the medication abortion, and reporting timely delivery of medications. Clinical outcome information was obtained and analyzed for 510 abortions (96.2%) among 506 participants (median [IQR] age, 27 [23-31] years; 506 [100%] female; 194 [38.3%] Black, 88 [17.4%] Hispanic, 141 [27.9%] White, and 45 [8.9%] multiracial/other individuals). Of these, 436 participants (85.5%; 95% CI, 82.2%-88.4%) received medications within 3 days. Complete abortion occurred after medication use in 499 cases (97.8%; 95% CI, 96.2%-98.9%). There were 24 adverse events (4.7%) for which care was sought for medication abortion symptoms; 3 patients (0.6%; 95% CI, 0.1%-1.7%) experienced serious adverse events requiring hospitalization (1 with blood transfusion); however, no adverse events were associated with mail-order dispensing. Of 477 participants, 431 (90.4%; 95% CI, 87.3%-92.9%) indicated that they would use mail-order dispensing again for abortion care, and 435 participants (91.2%; 95% CI, 88.3%-93.6%) reported satisfaction with the medication abortion. Findings were similar to those of other published studies of medication abortion with in-person dispensing. The findings of this cohort study indicate that mail-order pharmacy dispensing of mifepristone for medication abortion was effective, acceptable to patients, and feasible, with a low prevalence of serious adverse events. This care model should be expanded to improve access to medication abortion services.

Methyl ethyl sulfides are used in organic synthesis and scientific research. Significant amount of ethyl methyl sulfide is emitted to the atmosphere due to biological activity in the sea, and the concentration of ethyl methyl sulfide is result of anthropogenic and human activity. Methyl ethyl sulfides has a negative effect on the atmosphere as it produces sulfuric oxides in the environment. The study of methyl ethyl sulfide oxidation products is of value to know the fate of its oxidation products in the atmosphere. The objective of this work is to find the products of oxidation of methyl ethyl sulfide under standard conditions and at different temperature using thermodynamic data. For all conceivable reaction paths of oxidation of radicals of methyl ethyl sulfide radicals, entropy and Gibb's free energy change were computed. The enthalpy change for the chemical pathways was computed as well, and the results were compared to those obtained using the CBS-QB3 DFT approach.  It has been found that the energetically favorable stable products formed from oxidation of ethyl methyl sulfide at standard conditions, 298 K and 1 atm pressure are acetaldehyde (CH3CH=O), thioformaldehyde (CH2=S),  thio-acetaldehyde (CH3CH=S), and formaldehyde (CH2=O).