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How care home management can make the most of their MP
No full text There are many reasons why a care home manager may want to talk to their MP, from budget concerns to lobbying for an amendment to a bill going through parliament. In this article, Adam Bernstein explains how to go about contacting a home's local MP </jats:p
Adam Smith and The Law
No full textThe law is one of the main subjects in Adam Smith’s studies. He deals with it in the Lectures of Jurisprudence (LJ) and in the Wealth of the Nations (WN) and his ethical and philosophical premises are exposed in the Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS). This interest in law is consistent with enlightenment culture which aspired to elaborate a great Science of Legislation in order to have enough knowledge to reform society and replace the Ancien Régime institutions with new ones able to support the course of progress and improve the life of the people.
Yet, Smithian thought, while sharing the cultural aim of his age, is divergent from Juridical Enlightenment in many ways. I explain this divergence by going back to the deep epistemological and analytical differences between the Scottish and European Enlightenment, showing how Smith’s approach to the doctrine of natural law is antithetic to the utilitarian and contractualistic approaches typical of other enlightenment schools. Indeed, if Smith develops a theory of law founded on economic thesis, it is very discordant with an efficiency-inspired economic analysis of law, which has its early expression in the works of exponents of Juridical Enlightenment, such as Cesare Beccaria, Gaetano Filangieri, and Jeremy Bentham. In the next section, I describe Smith’s concepts of law and rights in the works of Jurisprudence. The second section is devoted to the role of justice, since its enforcement is considered the legislator’s main duty. In the following section I compare the Smithian theory of law to the ideas of Juridical Enlightenment. The final section argues why Smith’s reflection on law is not to be considered as a precedent of economic analysis of law. A short conclusion closes this chapter
IMPOSTOS SOBRE CONSUMOS NOCIVOS: ENTRE A SAÚDE PÚBLICA E O RISCO DE PROTECIONISMO DISFARÇADO
No full textA taxação de produtos prejudiciais à saúde, denominados “impostos sobre o pecado”, é uma estratégia para desencorajar o consumo de itens como tabaco, álcool e alimentos insalubres. Originada na era de Adam Smith, essa prática tem recebido apoio de organizações de saúde globais, como a OMS, que reconhecem seu potencial em promover hábitos saudáveis. Entretanto, à medida que esses impostos evoluem, surgem preocupações econômicas e comerciais. A OMC, por exemplo, destaca os riscos de protecionismo encoberto, especialmente quando produtos importados sofrem taxações diferenciadas. O Brasil, ao propor o “Imposto Seletivo” que engloba preocupações de saú-de e ambientais, enfrenta esse delicado equilíbrio. Assim, torna-se essencial que a implementação desses tributos seja clara, embasada em ciência e alinhada com normas internacionais para prevenir acusações de protecionismo
ADAM-17 concentration is increased in severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
No full textRationale: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) can lead to an uncontrolled increase in protease activity. One such protease - ADAM17 - is a sheddase enzyme that has been implicated in many pulmonary pathologies. ADAM17 activity is increased in the lungs of COPD patients, and here we investigated the systemic and local levels of ADAM17 in patients with different AATD phenotypes. Methods: Whole blood was collected from 28 patients and processed for serum: 12 MM COPD, 4 MZ (+1 SZ), and 13 ZZ. Twelve of these patients (3 MM, 3 MZ (+1 SZ), 5 ZZ) underwent bronchoscopy, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was collected. There were no significant differences between age and sex between phenotype groups. ADAM-17 and related cytokines were measured by ELISA. Clinical and biochemical data were retrieved from the Beaumont Hospital Alpha-1 clinic. Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for inter-group comparisons, and cytokine levels were correlated with clinical readouts using Pearson correlation. Results: ADAM17 levels were increased in serum of ZZ patients compared to healthy controls (MM) (p=0.00225). Serum ADAM-17 levels correlated with IL-6 and sTNFR1 concentration in serum (pConclusions: This data suggests that ADAM-17 may have a role in the pathogenesis of severe AATD. Additional investigations of ADAM17 activity and further PFTs are underway in this cohort.</p
Application of the IS-MP-IA model to the German economy and policy implications
No full textExtending the IS-MP-IA model developed by Romer (2000) and applying the GARCH (Engle, 1982, 2001) methodology, the author finds that equilibrium GDP in Germany is positively affected by stock market performance and real exchange rate appreciation, and negatively influenced by the expected inflation rate, the government deficit/GDP ratio, and the U.S. federal funds rate. The relatively low deficit/GDP ratio of 1.83% in 2003 indicates that its fiscal condition was healthy. However, some other EU members may need to exercise fiscal discipline. Because real appreciation has a positive impact on output, a stronger euro may not be a concern for Germany but may be worried by those EU member nations which depend upon exports to stimulate their economies.
Presentación y problemática de la Weltanschauung de A. Schaff
No full textPonència del professor Adam Schaff que presenta i incia el Seminari dedicat a les seves qüestions i punts de vista filosòfics781.mp4
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Winning redefined, a new brand positioning for MP Motorsport
No full textMP Motorsport is a talent educating race team participating in the classes below the Formula 1. The problem with the lower classes and therefore MP Motorsport as well is that these classes don’t get much attention and exposure. As a company run by people with passion the branding and positioning is more something that naturally emerged from this passion rather than a series of conscious decisions. This makes it fragile. A more conscious strategy and vision on how MP Motorsport needs to be branded and positioned against their competition that is more than “look how cool racing is” is needed to become more attractive for sponsoring. This report describes the process from analysis to finding the right positioning and an advise for a new brand identity and an implementation plan to help becoming more attractive for sponsoring goals. The analysis done with employees showed a unique characteristic that will help the team to position themselves against the competition; the family atmosphere. This atmosphere is what also characterises their contradictory personality. This personality is on one hand leading and ambitious and on the other hand modest and involved. Competition and stakeholder analysis have been performed to find the right combination of being unique to the competition, desirable for the stakeholders (the fans and sponsors) and builds upon the core strengths of the company. Then using the brand key model, a positioning is made with the essence: Be your best self. The belief, “in everyone hides a talent” and values like “everyone is equal” and “together we succeed” combined with the essence and the positioning resulted in a brand story that describes the feeling MP Motorsport wants to communicate. To manifestate the brand, an advise has been set up for a tone of voice and tone of image. Wrapped in a concept called “winning redefined” this advise is part of the whole implementation plan that should lead the way for the team to implement the newly created brand in short and long term actions. In 3 phases MP Motorsport is advised to start with a clear brand introduction to the target groups Gen Z and potential sponsors. The next phase revolves around creating a community to attract both Gen Z talents and subsequently sponsors to interact with the team and each other. Finally the last phase is long term focused and aims for sustainable growth. In this phase the community is established and can expect various opportunities to discover and develop a whole range of talents, sponsors and gen z are connected to each other via MP Motorsport and the team is able to finance the lower classes without the pressure of the money drivers bring along.Strategic Product Desig
Derivations (MP) and Evaluations (OT)
No full textThe main claim of this paper is that the minimalist framework and optimality theory adopt more or less the same architecture of grammar: both assume that a generator defines a set S of potentially well-formed expressions that can be generated on the basis of a given input, and that there is an evaluator that selects the expressions from S that are actually grammatical in a given language L. The paper therefore proposes a model of grammar in which the strengths of the two frameworks are combined: more specifically, it is argued that the computational system of human language CHL from MP creates a set S of potentially well-formed expressions, and that these are subsequently evaluated in an optimality theoretic fashion.The definitive version of this paper is published in Linguistics in Potsdam 25 (2006).Broekhuis, H. (2006). Derivations (MP) and Evaluations (OT)*. In H. Broekhuis & R. Vogel (Eds), Linguistics in Potsdam 25. Optimality Theory and Minimalism: A possible Convergence? Potsdam : Universitätsverlag PotsdamISBN: 9783939469544 (published book)This research is supported by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO), grant 276-70-00
Visit of Peter Kyle, MP, and UK Delegation to ATLAS in the frame of CERN's 70th anniversary and attending the CERN70 official ceremony
No full textPeter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and UK delegation attending CERN70 ceremony. Delegation includes: - Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP - Olive Baring, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State - Dr Shabana Haque, Deputy Director for Research Infrastructures at DSIT and CERN Council delegate - Ms Felicity Howe, Head of Research Infrastructures (International), DSIT - Nicola Bartlett, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State - H.E. Mr Simon Manley CMG, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN Office and other international organisations in Geneva - Matthew Puttick, Senior Policy Advisor, UK Mission - Mr Osian Lewis, First Secretary (Commercial Affairs), UK Mission - Beatrice Rose, First Secretary (Public and Press), UK Mission - Dr Mike Lamont, Director for Accelerators and Technology, CERN - Dr Pippa Wells, Deputy Director for Research and Computing, CERN - Dr David Francis, Resources Coordinator for ATLAS, CERN - Professor Mark Thomson, Executive Chair of STFC and CERN Council delegate - Dr Sara Alderweireldt, Physicist, ATLAS Collaboration, University of Edinburgh - Professor Pedro Teixeira Dias, Physicist, ATLAS Collaboration, RHUL - Ms Rosanne Zara Hasan, Physics PhD student, ATLAS Collaboration, RHUL - Dr Adam Rennie, Physicist, ATLAS Collaboration, UCI and University of Glasgow The delegation visited the LHC tunnel at Point 1 and the ATLAS Experiment, before attending the official CERN70 Official Ceremony
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