Lessons from Sweden: Solidarity, the Welfare State, and Basic Income

Progressive critics of a universal basic income argue that most nations face a budgetary choice between a full basic income and investment in public goods, including universal health care, free and well-funded education, and universal pensions, and have prioritized a robust welfare state, or the Swedish Model, over basic income. But examination of Swedish economic policy reveals that the welfare state is only one of the ingredients of the Swedish Model, and that another is an interventionist labor market policy unlikely to be expandable to larger states without Sweden\u27s cultural and demographic characteristics. Indeed, evidence suggests that Sweden\u27s own recent diversification—not only of race and ethnicity but of occupational strata—will make the Swedish Model less stable in its own home. What lessons can be applied to the case for a basic income in the U.S. and other large and diverse nations or regions

Evidence for tertiary buds within latent buds of Müller-Thurgau grapevines

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Genotype by environment interactions (G x E) and stability analyses of malting Barley (Hordeum distichon L.) genotypes across northwestern Ethiopia

Seven genotypes were evaluated under rainfed conditions at seven different locations across northwestern Ethiopia with the objectives of investigating phenotypic performance, determining the magnitude of effect of genotypes, environments, and their interactions on important traits and identifying stable malting barley genotype. The highest mean grain yield was recorded at Geregera followed by Debretabor but the lowest at Motta and Burie. Among the genotypes Miscale-21 gave the highest mean grain yield followed by HB-1533. Miscale-21 and Arna provided high kernel protein whereas HB-1533 the least. High thousand kernel weight and hectoliter weight was obtained at Laygaint,, whereas Adet was the least with regard to these traits. Miscale-21 and HB-1533 had high thousand kernel and hectoliter weight. All genotypes fulfill the requirements for germination capacity. Furthermore, G x E interaction was significant for grain yield. Partitioning of the G x E interaction using AMMI showed the first IPCA axis alone explained most of the sum of squares. Moreover, the biplot of AMMI revealed clear insight into the specific and general adaptation of genotype across locations. According to stability analysis measures genotype HB-1533 was the most stable for grain yield whereas Miscale-21 showed specific adaptation in low potential environments

Possible sighting of the Indian subspecies of the Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus ginginianus in Africa

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Hvordan kan sykepleiere bidra til å sikre at tidlig tegn på sepsis blir identifisert hos eldre sykehjemsbeboere?

Problemstilling: Hvordan kan sykepleiere bidra til å sikre at sepsis blir tidlig identifisert hos eldre sykehjemsbeboere? Hensikt: Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å undersøke og belyse hvordan sykepleier, gjennom å ta i bruk alle sine ansvar- og funksjonsområder, kan bidra til å sikre at tidlig tegn på sepsis blir identifisert hos beboere på sykehjem. Metode: Denne oppgaven er en litteraturstudie, hvor det er utført systematisk gjennomgang og innsamling av eksisterende fag-, forskning- og pensumlitteratur. Resultat: Eldre mennesker bærer risikofaktor for å få sepsis, og er særlig utsatt for å bli rammet av tilstanden grunnet deres komorbide problemstillinger og fysiologiske aldersforandringer. Kunnskap om dette, samt sepsis, beboerens habituelle funksjoner, observasjon og kartleggingsverktøy vil være avgjørende i arbeidet med å oppdage sepsis hos eldre på sykehjem. Drøfting: Med utgangspunkt på de mest fremtredende funnene i de inkluderte forskningsartiklene drøftes det, i sammenheng med Nightingales sykepleieteori, teoretisk rammeverk, samt egne erfaringer, for å forsøke å finne svar på oppgavens problemstilling. Konklusjon: Det er flere faktorer som påvirker sykepleierens evne til å tidlig identifisere sepsis hos beboere på sykehjem. Sykepleierne må ha den nødvendige kunnskap og bidra til økt kunnskap og kompetanse blant kollegiet ved å utnytte deres veiledende og undervisende funksjon. Slik kan det bidra til et økt kompetansenivå hos de ansatte på avdelingen, som er nødvendig i oppdagelsen av tilstanden, samt i kvaliteten på omsorg. Ved å foreta observasjoner, bruk av kartleggingsverktøy, samt optimal ledelse og samarbeid i kollegiet kan de bidra til tidlig identifisering av sepsis hos denne pasientgruppe

Genetic variation for drought resistance in small red seeded common bean genotypes

Common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) productivity is low in major growing regions of Ethiopia mainly due to drought, caused by low and erratic rainfall. A field experiment was carried out at Gofa in Southern Ethiopia, to assess genetic variability for drought resistance in forty-nine small red seeded common bean genotypes of both local and foreign origin. The genotypes were evaluated under two soil moisture regimes, non-stress (NS) and drought stress (DS). Drought stress was initiated at flowering by withholding application of irrigation water. The average linkage method of clustering grouped the forty-nine genotypes grown under drought stress condition in five clusters. The maximum distance was found between Cluster I and Cluster III. Pattern of variation examined through principal component analysis (PCA) involving morpho-physiological traits showed that the first four PCs accounted for more than 74% of the total variation, of which 59.9% was contributed by the first two PCs. The first principal component alone explained 49.9% and was highly correlated with seed yield, harvest index and geometric mean. The second PC explained 9.7% of the total variation and was highly correlated with days to maturity and drought susceptibility index. Both PCs had higher relative contributions to the total diversity and were the ones that most differentiated the genotypes.La productivit\ue9 du haricot commun ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) est basse dans beaucoup de r\ue9gions productrices ethiopiennes principalement due \ue0 la s\ue9cheresse et aux pluies irr\ue9guli\ue8res. Un essai sur terrain \ue9tait men\ue9 \ue0 Gofa au Sud de l\u2019Ethiopie, pour \ue9valuer la variabilit\ue9 g\ue9n\ue9tique, pour r\ue9sistance \ue0 la s\ue9cheresse dans quarante quatre g\ue9notypes de petits grains de haricot rouges, tous d\u2019origine locale et exotique. Les g\ue9notypes \ue9taient \ue9valu\ue9s sous deux r\ue9gimes d\u2019humidit\ue9 de sol, non-stress (NS) et stress hydrique (DS). Le stress hydrique \ue9tait initi\ue9 \ue0 la floraison par la r\ue9duction de l\u2019eau d\u2019irrigation. A l\u2019aide de la m\ue9thode de la moyenne des liens des groupements, quarante neuf g\ue9notypes plant\ue9s en condition de stress hydrique \ue9taient class\ue9s en cinq groupes. La distance maximale \ue9tait trouv\ue9e entre le groupe-I et le groupe-III. Le mode de variation examin\ue9 par l\u2019analyse de la composante principale (PCA) impliquant des traits morpho-physiologiques a montr\ue9 que les quatre premiers PCs comptaient pour plus de 74% de la variation totale parmi lesquels 59.9% \ue9taient induits par les deux premiers PCs. Le premier composant principal expliquait seul 49.9% et \ue9tait hautement correl\ue9 avec le rendement en grains, l\u2019index de r\ue9colte et la moyenne g\ue9om\ue9trique. Le second PC a expliqu\ue9 9.7% de la variation totale et \ue9tait hautement corr\ue9l\ue9 avec les jours \ue0 la maturit\ue9 et l\u2019index de susceptibilit\ue9 \ue0 la s\ue9cheresse. Tous les PCs offraient des contributions \ue9lev\ue9es \ue0 la diversit\ue9 totale et \ue9taient celles qui avaient diff\ue9renci\ue9es le plus les g\ue9notypes

On-Site Identification of Early Böttger Red Stoneware Using Portable XRF/Raman Instruments: 2, Glaze & Gilding Analysis

Twenty‐one glazed red stoneware objects, with gilded or gold‐painted decor from different collections (Cité de la Céramique, Sèvres, France; Art Institute of Chicago, USA; a private collection) attributed to 18th century Böttger, Meissen (Saxony) have been analyzed with a portable X‐ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) and portable or fixed Raman micro‐spectrometer in laboratory/museum/collector rooms. Analysis was aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the technology of production of the gilding and black glaze, to augment what is known from the limited literature. Three different techniques to obtain a golden décor emerged as a result of this study: (i) a true gilding with gold, (ii) gold with mercury, and (iii) an alloy of copper and zinc