Kant with Sade: on the Relationship between the Moral Law and Jouissance in the Ethics of Psychoanalysis

In this article we explore the relationship between moral law and jouissance in Seminar: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis (1959/60) as well as in Kant with Sade (1963). As we will show, this relationship is a consequence of a change of perspective brought about by these texts, in which the concept of the real is foregrounded. Moreover, this relationship is inherently connected to a change of perspective in the way Lacan understands the death drive and is compatible with the ever stronger insertion of the concept of real in his teaching

The triumph of the commons: Working towards the conservation of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) in the Cananeia estuary, Brazil.

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Beyond Physicians: The Effect of Licensing and Liability Laws on the Supply of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

The increased use of nurse practitioners NPs and physician assistants PAs represents an important option for increasing access to healthcare I explore the effect of two types of laws on the supply of NPs and PAs occupational licensing laws that limit the practices of NPs and PAs and caps on noneconomic damages Relaxing licensing laws to allow NPs to practice with less physician oversight increases the supply of NPs in areas with few practicing physicians by 60 percent8212though the size of this increase decreases as the supply of physicians grows I find similar but weaker evidence for granting PAs more autonomy Noneconomic damages caps increase the supply of both NPs and PAs by about 60 percent at the lowest levels of physician supply Examining the effects of these laws on the prevalence of health professional shortage areas I find that licensing laws have meaningful effects on access to car

Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe

Pollen exposure weakens the immunity against certain seasonal respiratory viruses by diminishing the antiviral interferon response. Here we investigate whether the same applies to the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is sensitive to antiviral interferons, if infection waves coincide with high airborne pollen concentrations. Our original hypothesis was that more airborne pollen would lead to increases in infection rates. To examine this, we performed a cross-sectional and longitudinal data analysis on SARS-CoV-2 infection, airborne pollen, and meteorological factors. Our dataset is the most comprehensive, largest possible worldwide from 130 stations, across 31 countries and five continents. To explicitly investigate the effects of social contact, we additionally considered population density of each study area, as well as lockdown effects, in all possible combinations: without any lockdown, with mixed lockdown−no lockdown regime, and under complete lockdown. We found that airborne pollen, sometimes in synergy with humidity and temperature, explained, on average, 44% of the infection rate variability. Infection rates increased after higher pollen concentrations most frequently during the four previous days. Without lockdown, an increase of pollen abundance by 100 pollen/m3 resulted in a 4% average increase of infection rates. Lockdown halved infection rates under similar pollen concentrations. As there can be no preventive measures against airborne pollen exposure, we suggest wide dissemination of pollen−virus coexposure dire effect information to encourage high-risk individuals to wear particle filter masks during high springtime pollen concentrations.</p