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Democratic Legitimacy and the Competence Obligation
(2021-04-01)
What obligations are there on voters? This paper argues that voters should make their electoral decision competently, and does so by developing on a recent proposal for democratic legitimacy. It then explores three problems ...
Assessing the integration of pharmacist independent prescribers in child and adolescent mental health services
(2021-04-01)
Introduction: Owing to high demand and staff recruitment challenges, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in England have struggled to meet expectations set by the NHS and Royal College of Psychiatrists ...
The Virus Yellows Epidemic in Sugar Beet in the UK in 2020 and the Adverse Effect of the EU Ban on Neonicotinoids on Sugar Beet Production
(2021-04-01)
It is fervently to be hoped that the decision to continue the ban on neonicotinoids in the UK will not be detrimental to the long-term future of the sugar beet industry here. If yields of sugar beet suffer the same fate ...
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
(2021-04-01)
Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), incorporating exposure and response prevention (ERP) is widely recognised as the psychological treatment of choice for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Uncertainty remains ...
Assessment of endogenous fibrinolysis in clinical using novel tests - Ready for clinical roll-out?
(2021-04-01)
The occurrence of thrombotic complications, which can result in excess mortality and morbidity, represent an imbalance between the pro-thrombotic and fibrinolytic equilibrium.The mainstay treatment of these complications ...
Thrombotic complications in 2,928 patients with COVID-19 treated in intensive care: a systematic review
(2021-04-01)
A prothrombotic state is reported with severe COVID-19 infection, which can manifest in venous and arterial thrombotic events. Coagulopathy is reflective of more severe disease and anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis is ...
Variegated financialisation and pension fund asset demand: the case of Colombia and Peru
(2021-04-01)
This article seeks to explain concretely how one ‘variegation’ of financialization in the emerging economy setting is being shaped by the growth of domestic pension funds. Taking Colombia and Perú as case studies, we explore ...
Context Affects Quiet Eye Duration and Motor Performance Independent of Cognitive Effort
(2021-04-01)
Extensive literature has shown the effect of ‘Quiet Eye’ (QE) on motor performance. However, little attention has been paid to the context in which tasks are executed(independent of anxiety) and the mechanisms that underpin ...
COVID-19 lockdown induced changes in NO2 levels across India observed by multi-satellite and surface observations
(2021-04-01)
We have estimated the spatial changes in NO 2levels over different regions of India during the COVID-19 lockdown (25 March-3 May 2020) using the satellite-based tropospheric column NO 2observed by the Ozone Monitoring ...
Resilience Potential, Robustness, and Edge of Collapse
(University of Hertfordshire, 2021-04-01)
Despite a body of work investigating different types of resilience in the contexts of engineering, ecology, disaster risk reduction and social science, there is no simple way of enumerating resilience in these contexts. ...