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Radio-frequency plasma and heat treatment of human fecal matter
Low temperature ashing of human feces for solid waste management onboard spacecraf
Why are the policies and organisations seeking to help disabled people access work failing?
In recent years successive governments, through the responsible department, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), have implemented programmes that involve private and third sector organisations competitively tendering to deliver programmes targeted at working age people including disabled people. Typically, however, these initiatives have only relatively small impacts on employment. This is not to deny that employment programmes have successfully placed some disabled people in employment rather to argue that the people most in need of support are the least served by these programmes. This occurs because the contracts have an incentive structure that rewards contractors for working with, and placing in employment, participants who are more job ready. Providers are then more likely to meet performance targets, and importantly for their finances, generate revenue income. Two examples of these programmes – the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) and Pathways to Work (Pathways) – are presented in this chapter to illustrate the argument that the marketisation of such provision can disadvantage many disabled people in the labour market
Universality of Decay out of Superdeformed Bands in the 190 Mass Region
Superdeformed nuclei in the 190 mass region exhibit a striking universality
in their decay-out profiles. We show that this universality can be explained in
the two-level model of superdeformed decay as related to a strong separation of
energy scales: a higher scale related to the nuclear interactions, and a lower
scale caused by electromagnetic decay. Furthermore, we present the results of
the two-level model for all decays for which sufficient data are known,
including statistical extraction of the matrix element for tunneling through
the potential barrier.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures. v2: some minor clarifications, minor correction
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Study of a soft lander/support module for Mars missions. Volume 3 - Appendixes Final summary report
Soft lander support module for Mars missions - lunar module radar evaluation and vernier phase simulatio
Coherent Destruction of Coulomb Blockade Peaks in Molecular Junctions
Coherent electronic transport in single-molecule junctions is investigated in
the Coulomb blockade regime. Both the transmission phase and probability are
calculated for junctions with various contact symmetries. A dramatic
suppression of the Coulomb blockade peaks is predicted for junctions where
multiple atomic orbitals of the molecule couple to a single electrode although
the charging steps are unaffected.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Employment Retention Policy
This Report investigates the potential for a statutory model of employment retention leave. A Private Members Bill (HC Bill 2006-07) [79] currently in progress through Parliament would, if enacted, offer disabled employees the right to paid leave for employment assessment, rehabilitation or re-training
Rebels leading London: the mayoralties of Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson compared
This article compares the mayoralties of the first two directly elected Mayors of London, Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson. The position offers a commanding electoral platform, but weak powers to lead a city regarded as ‘ungovernable’ (Travers 2004). The two mayors had some obvious points of comparison: both were party rebels, mavericks and skilled media operators. Both also used publicity to make up for weak powers, but courted controversy and faced charges of corruption and cronyism. Utilising Hambleton and Sweeting (2004), this article compares their mayoralties in terms of vision, leadership style and policies. Livingstone had a powerful vision that translated into clear policy aims while Johnson was more cautious, shaped by a desire for higher office. In terms of style, Livingstone built coalitions but proved divisive whereas Johnson retained remarkable levels of popularity. Where Livingstone bought experience and skill, Johnson delegated. In policy terms, the two mayors found themselves pushed by their institutional powers towards transport and planning while struggling with deeper issues such as housing. Livingstone introduced the radical congestion charge and a series of symbolic policies. Johnson was far more modest – championing cycling, the 2012 Olympics and avoiding difficult decisions. The two used their office to negotiate, but also challenge, central government. Livingstone’s rebel mayoralty was a platform for personalised change, Johnson’s one for personal ambition
How to measure the spreading width for decay of superdeformed nuclei
A new expression for the branching ratio for the decay via the E1 process in
the normal-deformed band of superdeformed nuclei is given within a simple
two-level model. Using this expression, the spreading or tunneling width
Gamma^downarrow for superdeformed decay can be expressed entirely in terms of
experimentally known quantities. We show how to determine the tunneling matrix
element V from the measured value of Gamma^downarrow and a statistical model of
the energy levels. The accuracy of the two-level approximation is verified by
considering the effects of the other normal-deformed states.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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