145 research outputs found
Policymakers' perceptions of climate policy instruments
No full textData set title: “Policymakers' perceptions of climate policy instruments”
Project title: CLICCS – B2, WP3
Project duration: 10.2021-12.2025
Project participants: Prof. Grischa Perino, Prof. Kai-Uwe Schnapp, Dr. Johannes Jarke-Neuert, Dr. Anne Gerstenberg, Sarah Fenske, Ella Karnik Hinks
This research project was set up in order to further a better understanding of the goals, perceptions and preferences about specific climate policy instruments from those who help shape and implement them. For an extensive description of the data please refer to: 10.25592/uhhfdm.16313
Type of data: qualitative semi-structured interviews
Cases: European Union, Germany, France, Poland
Interview partners: policymakers
Timeframe: 2022-2023
Contents uploaded here:
Extensive data documentation document
Anonymized interview transcripts
Questionnaire
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R v Hinks [2001] 1 AC 241, House of Lords
No full textEssential Cases: Criminal Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Hinks [2001] 1 AC 241, House of Lords. The document also included supporting commentary from author Jonathan Herring.</p
MIAMI: Microscope and ion accelerator for materials investigations
No full textA transmission electron microscope (TEM) with in situ ion irradiation has been built at the University of Salford, U.K. The system consists of a Colutron G-2 ion source connected to a JEOL JEM-2000FX TEM via an in-house designed and constructed ion beam transport system. The ion source can deliver ion energies from 0.5 to 10 keV for singly charged ions and can be floated up to 100 kV to allow acceleration to higher energies. Ion species from H to Xe can be produced for the full range of energies allowing the investigation of implantation with light ions such as helium as well as the effects of displacing irradiation with heavy inert or self-ions. The ability to implant light ions at energies low enough such that they come to rest within the thickness of a TEM sample and to also irradiate with heavier species at energies sufficient to cause large numbers of atomic displacements makes this facility ideally suited to the study of materials for use in nuclear environments. TEM allows the internal microstructure of a sample to be imaged at the nanoscale. By irradiating in situ it is possible to observe the dynamic evolution of radiation damage which can occur during irradiation as a result of competing processes within the system being studied. Furthermore, experimental variables such as temperature can be controlled and maintained throughout both irradiation and observation. This combination of capabilities enables an understanding of the underlying atomistic processes to be gained and thus gives invaluable insights into the fundamental physics governing the response of materials to irradiation. Details of the design and specifications of the MIAMI facility are given along with examples of initial experimental results in silicon and silicon carbide
Robert Goadby, the Sherborne Mercury and the urban renaissance in south-west England
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge Scholars Publishing via the DOI in this record
Job Satisfaction and Employment Equity in South Africa
No full textThis paper is the first to estimate job satisfaction equations in post-Apartheid South Africa. Absolute earnings contribute to greater job satisfaction. Racial group is also an important predictor of job satisfaction, but, when interacted with a proxy for affirmative action legislation, it is found that black job satisfaction is positively correlated with this legislation whereas coloured and to a lesser extent white job satisfaction is diminished. Copyright 2010 The author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: [email protected], Oxford University Press.
The genetics of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Current understanding and future prospects
No full textUnderstanding the genetic risk of JIA, a relatively rare chronic disease, is a challenging task, but recent research in this field has shown great advances. This review summarizes the current understanding of the genetic architecture of JIA susceptibility and proposes where this work is heading in the coming years. Insights into how we might progress this relatively understudied field will be provided, highlighting how the field will move towards the ultimate goals of predicting long-term disease outcomes at onset, predicting drug response, and move towards more targeted treatment options for children with JIA. © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved
Genetics of juvenile rheumatic diseases
No full textJuvenile rheumatic diseases are heterogeneous, complex genetic diseases; to date only juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has been extensively studied in terms of identifying genetic risk factors. The MHC region is a well-established risk factor but in the last few years candidate gene and large-scale genome-wide association studies have been utilized in the search for non-HLA risk factors. There are now 17 JIA susceptibility loci which reach the genome-wide significance threshold for association and a further 7 regions with evidence for association in more than one study. In addition, some subtype-specific associations are emerging. These risk loci now need to be investigated further using fine-mapping strategies and then appropriate functional studies to show how the variant alters the gene function. This knowledge will not only lead to a better understanding of disease pathogenesis for juvenile rheumatic diseases but may also aid in the classification of these heterogeneous diseases. It may identify new pathways for potential therapeutic targets and help in the prediction of disease outcome and response to treatment.</p
Trusting neighbours or strangers in a racially divided society: Insights from survey data in South Africa
No full textIn this paper, we investigate reported measures of trust in South Africa, collected in the 2008 National Income Dynamics Study. In particular, we compare responses to two questions asked of all adult respondents about the likelihood that a lost wallet or purse will be returned either by 'someone who lives close by' or by a 'complete stranger'. Although reported levels of trust are very low, we find that South African adults are significantly more likely to report trusting neighbours than strangers. We use ordered probit regressions to estimate the correlates of these two measures of trust and in particular, to probe race differences in trust. Consistent with studies from the USA and from South Africa, we find considerable racial variation in reported trust. In comparison with whites, other population groups in South Africa are significantly less likely to report trusting people who live close by. However, these race differences are dramatically reduced once differences in personal and neighbourhood income are controlled for. In contrast, race differences in trust of strangers are smaller, and they are even reversed among black South Africans, who appear more trusting than other population groups of strangers. © The author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. All rights reserved
Liquid Chromatography - Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Disperse Dyes for the Development of a Forensic Dye Database.
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