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LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING: EVOLVING BUSINESS MODELS IN ORTHOTICS BY SCHNEIDER, N.
No full textThe purpose of this letter is to continue the dialogue regarding the paper "Evolving business models in Orthotics" in the Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal Volume 4, Issue2, No.3, 2021. In it we present the perspective of the current Alberta Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP) and provide additional context and information on historical events. Finally, we provide additional clarity on how costing is approached in the Province of Alberta (Canada) and the purported inequity in compensation between the two disciplines.
Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/38313/30512
How To Cite: Pardy C, Scott S, Barnert J, Reimer C. Letter to the editor regarding: Evolving business models in orthotics by Schneider N. Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal. 2022; Volume 5, Issue 2, No.5. https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v5i2.38313
Corresponding Author: Connor Pardy, M.Sc., CPO
Alberta Orthotic and Prosthetic Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Past-President of the Alberta Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists
E-Mail: [email protected]
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4475-977
The Myth of What Is Inevitable under Ecosystem Management: A Response to Pardy
No full textIn this article, the author responds to Professor Bruce Pardy\u27s article, Changing Nature: The Myth of the Inevitability of Ecosystem Management, which appeared in Pace Environmental Law Review\u27s Spring 2003 Edition. The author criticizes Pardy\u27s characterization of change nature policy and, as an advocate of Ecosystem Management, seeks to posit his views on the policy
Institutional reform in emerging securities markets
No full textIn the long run, sound, efficient securities markets can contribute to economic growth; in the short run, they play an important role in financial liberalization. The author provides a guide to issues involved in institutional and regulatory reform of securities markets - and a discussion of the practical implications of different policy options and sequencing decisions. He argues that establishing sound securities markets requires institutional development that is a substantial task for many developing countries. Prerequisities for the development of securities markets include: (a) a macroeconomic and fiscal environment conducive to the supply of quality securities; (b) a legal, regulatory, and institutional infrastructure that can support efficient operation of the securities market. Essentially such an infrastructure must provide four things: (a) certainty about property rights and contracts; (b) transparent trading and other procedures and public disclosure by companies of all information relevant to the value of their securities; (c) protection against unfair practices by insiders and intermediaries; and (d) protection against the financial failure of intermediaries and market institutions such as clearinghouses. The author also provides examples of the policy conflicts and uncertainties that are routine in securities market reform and development, and suggests approaches to managing them.Financial Intermediation,Environmental Economics&Policies,Insurance&Risk Mitigation,Banks&Banking Reform,Economic Theory&Research
Transformative Intersections: When Indigenization and Internationalization Meet: Assessment: What Did I Learn?
No full textNot peer reviewe
Transformative Intersections: When Indigenization and Internationalization Meet: Assessment: What Did I Learn?
No full textNot peer reviewe
The effects of doxycycline on the mechanical and morphometric properties of early and established osteoarthritic bone in a canine model following anterior cruciate ligament injury
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The two-dimensional Vavilov–Čerenkov radiation in LED
No full textAbstractWe derive by the Schwinger source theory method, the power spectrum of photons, generated by charged particle moving within 2D sheet, with index of refraction n. Some graphene-like structures, for instance graphene with implanted ions, or, also 2D-glasses, are dielectric media, enabling the experimental realization of the Vavilov–Čerenkov radiation. The relation of the Vavilov–Čerenkov radiation to LED, where the 2D additional dielectric sheet is the integral part of LED, is discussed. It is not excluded that LEDs with the 2D dielectric sheets will be the crucial components of detectors in experimental particle physics
Changing Nature: The Myth of the Inevitability of Ecosystem Management
No full textIn this article, the author argues that ecosystem management is a policy choice masquerading as an inevitability. Ecosystem management is a process that measures, controls and changes ecosystems to produce the most desirable environment in human terms. The article begins with a discussion of two developments from which ecosystem management derives its legitimacy, the theory of nonequilibrium in ecosystems and the extinction of pristine systems: ecosystems exist in a fluid and dynamic state, and there are no ecosystems that are completely unaffected by human impact. Therefore, according to the prevailing view, it is not possible to preserve ecosystems in a natural state. The author questions the logic of that conclusion, arguing that neither nonequilibrium nor the absence of pristine systems dictates that ecosystems must be controlled and deliberately changed. The article\u27s contention is not that natural is preferable, but that it is possible, and that the debate between ecological preservation and environmental utilitarianism can and should occur. If science and law dictate that there are no options but to deliberately change ecosystems, as the managers believe, then the debate has no relevance. Thus, the thesis is not that ecological preservation is a better choice than ecosystem management, but that there is a choice to make
Government expenditures as a citizens'evaluation of public output : public choice and the benefit principle of taxation
No full textCombining elements from the theories of public choice and benefit taxation, the author develops a framework in which private citizens can evaluate public activities. Why, and under what circumstances, do bureaucrats increase the size of the public sector and the amount of public spending in their own self interest? What does the private sector think public output should be, what is actual public output, and how does the private sector evaluate that output? The author applies the theoretical results of an attempt to answer these questions in four Central European countries (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia), using actual data for 1989-91 and projections for 1992. Interpreting indirect evidence, he shows that the private sector would prefer less government activity in all countries, from a low of 5 percent less public spending (in Poland) to a high of one-third less (in Slovenia). If those governments were to follow those guidelines, their spending-to-GDP ratios would more closely resemble the 1987-89 average for a selected group of European market economies. The author also introduces a more rigorous, if not necessarily more objective, approach to determining optimal government spending. This approach requires little information, but uses a static model and requires faith in the direction of causality for some key variables. To the extent that one can accept those limitations, the model may be a useful operational tool in public spending evaluation.Public Sector Economics&Finance,National Governance,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Fiscal&Monetary Policy
Velocity of sound in the blackbody photon gas
No full textAbstractWe determine the velocity of sound in the blackbody gas of photons. Derivation is based on the thermodynamic theory of the photon gas and the Einstein relation between energy and mass. The spectral form for the n-dimensional blackbody is derived. The 1D, 2D and 3D blackbody radiation is specified
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