An Incomplete Inclusion of Non-cooperators into a Rawlsian Theory of Justice

John Rawls’s use of the “fully cooperating assumption” has been criticized for hindering attempts to address the needs of disabled individuals, or non-cooperators. In response, philosophers sympathetic to Rawls’s project have extended his theory. I assess one such extension by Cynthia Stark, that proposes dropping Rawls’s assumption in the constitutional stage (of his four-stage sequence), and address the needs of non-cooperators via the social minimum. I defend Stark’s proposal against criticisms by Sophia Wong, Christie Hartley, and Elizabeth Edenberg and Marilyn Friedman. Nevertheless, I argue that Stark’s proposal is crucially incomplete. Her formulation of the social minimum lacks accompanying criteria with which the adequacy of the provisions for non-cooperators may be assessed. Despite initial appearances, Stark’s proposal does not fully address the needs of non-cooperators. I conclude by considering two payoffs of identifying this lack of criteria

Reviewing resistances to reconceptualizing disability

I attempt to adjudicate the disagreement between those who seek to reconceptualize disability as mere difference and their opponents. I do so by reviewing a central conviction motivating the resistance, concerning the relationship between disability and well-being. I argue that the conviction depends on further considerations about the costs and extent of change involved in accommodating individuals with a particular disability trait. I conclude by considering three pay-offs of this clarification

Jantzen filtration of Weyl modules, product of Young symmetrizers and denominator of Young's seminormal basis

Let $G$ be a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$, $\Delta(\lambda)$ denote the Weyl module of $G$ of highest weight $\lambda$ and $\iota_{\lambda,\mu}:\Delta(\lambda+\mu)\to \Delta(\lambda)\otimes\Delta(\mu)$ be the canonical $G$-morphism. We study the split condition for $\iota_{\lambda,\mu}$ over $\mathbb{Z}_{(p)}$, and apply this as an approach to compare the Jantzen filtrations of the Weyl modules $\Delta(\lambda)$ and $\Delta(\lambda+\mu)$. In the case when $G$ is of type $A$, we show that the split condition is closely related to the product of certain Young symmetrizers and, under some mild conditions, is further characterized by the denominator of a certain Young's seminormal basis vector. We obtain explicit formulas for the split condition in some cases

Monopole-Antimonopole Pair Dyons

Monopole-antimonopole pair (MAP) with both electric and magnetic charges are presented. The MAP possess opposite magnetic charges but they carry the same electric charges. These stationary MAP dyon solutions possess finite energy but they do not satisfy the first order Bogomol'nyi equations and are not BPS solutions. They are axially symmetric solutions and are characterized by a parameter, $-1\leq\eta\leq 1$ which determines the net electric charges of these MAP dyons. These dyon solutions are solved numerically when the magnetic charges of the dipoles are $n=\pm 1, \pm 2$ and when the strength of the Higgs field potential $\lambda=0, 1$. When $\lambda=0$, the time component of the gauge field potential is parallel to the Higgs field in isospin space and the MAP separation distance, total energy and net electric charge increase exponentially fast to infinity when $\eta$ approaches $\pm 1$. However when $\lambda=1$, all these three quantities approach a finite critical value as $\eta$ approaches $\pm 1$.Comment: 20 pages, 9 figures, 2 table

What attracts vehicle consumers’ buying:A Saaty scale-based VIKOR (SSC-VIKOR) approach from after-sales textual perspective?

Purpose: The increasingly booming e-commerce development has stimulated vehicle consumers to express individual reviews through online forum. The purpose of this paper is to probe into the vehicle consumer consumption behavior and make recommendations for potential consumers from textual comments viewpoint. Design/methodology/approach: A big data analytic-based approach is designed to discover vehicle consumer consumption behavior from online perspective. To reduce subjectivity of expert-based approaches, a parallel Naïve Bayes approach is designed to analyze the sentiment analysis, and the Saaty scale-based (SSC) scoring rule is employed to obtain specific sentimental value of attribute class, contributing to the multi-grade sentiment classification. To achieve the intelligent recommendation for potential vehicle customers, a novel SSC-VIKOR approach is developed to prioritize vehicle brand candidates from a big data analytical viewpoint. Findings: The big data analytics argue that “cost-effectiveness” characteristic is the most important factor that vehicle consumers care, and the data mining results enable automakers to better understand consumer consumption behavior. Research limitations/implications: The case study illustrates the effectiveness of the integrated method, contributing to much more precise operations management on marketing strategy, quality improvement and intelligent recommendation. Originality/value: Researches of consumer consumption behavior are usually based on survey-based methods, and mostly previous studies about comments analysis focus on binary analysis. The hybrid SSC-VIKOR approach is developed to fill the gap from the big data perspective

Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) Technology for Biological Treatment of Sewage

The sequencing batch reactor (SBR) has become popular in recent years since Irvine and Davis (1979) described its operation. The SBR achieves the processes in a framework of space compared to the conventional system, which achieves in terms of space. There are generally 5 operational steps in a SBR cycle namely Fill, React, Settle, Draw and Idle. A bench scale SBR was studied at 2 different strategies. The study was conducted at different cycle times (6h, 8h and lOh) and different operational mode based on the ratio of anaerobic and aerobic period (1/2.7, 1/1 and l.7/l). The study was undertaken to investigate the effluent quality, removal efficiency, SVI and kinetic growth coefficient. Results from strategy A (different cycle time) showed that increases in cycle time led to decrease in the removal of TSS, COD and BODs. Best results were obtained for the system with the 6h-cycle time, followed by the 8h-cycle time and lastly was the 10h-cycle time. Six hours cycle time was chosen for strategy B mainly due to the overall better removal efficiency on TSS, COD and BODs. There were 3 operational modes being examined in strategy B, they were 112.7 (longest aerobic period), 1/1 and 1.7/1(shortest aerobic periods). Best results were obtained from the 1/2. 7 operational mode with the longest aerobic period (lowest Li, which was 1. 22 mg/mg.d), followed by 1/1 operational mode and lastly was the 1.711 operational mode. The higher removal efficiency was associated with the longer aerobic period, the kinetic growth coefficient and SVI also increased with the increasing of aerobic period. Therefore, the 6h-cycle time and 112.7 operational mode appeared to be the most reliable option in this study. F or further studies, more work could be done to have a better understanding of the SBR system. For instance, inclusion of an anoxic period in the React step would enhance denitrification process to achieve better effluent quality. Moreover, kinetic growth model can be further explored by thymidine assay

Nuclear dipole polarizability from mean-field modeling constrained by chiral effective field theory

We construct a new Skyrme interaction Sk$\chi$m$^*$ by fitting the equation of state and nucleon effective masses in asymmetric nuclear matter from chiral two- and three-body forces as well as the binding energies of finite nuclei. Employing this interaction to study the electric dipole polarizabilities of $^{48}$Ca, $^{68}$Ni, $^{120}$Sn, and $^{208}$Pb in the random-phase approximation, we find that the theoretical predictions are in good agreement with experimentally measured values without additional fine tuning of the Skyrme interaction, thus confirming the usefulness of the new Skyrme interaction in studying the properties of nuclei. We further use this interaction to study the neutron skin thicknesses of $^{48}$Ca and $^{208}$Pb, and they are found to be consistent with the experimental data.Comment: Significantly revised, 7 pages, 4 figures. Published version in PL

Production Of Antimicrobial Compounds From A Local Marine Bacterial Isolate, Bacillus Sp.(S1A4) [QR82.B3 L732 2007 f rb].

A total of 160 strains of marine microorganisms were supplied by the Fisheries Research Institute, Penang. They were collected and isolated from samples all over the shores of Malaysia. Sejumlah 160 pencilan mikroorganisma marin telah dibekalkan oleh Institut Penyelidikan Perikanan, Pulau Pinang. Daripada jumlah tersebut, 134 adalah pencilan bakteria, 9 aktinomiset, 3 kulat, and 14 yis

Artist Featured in Volume 3 IJMS: Anto Sg

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