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Evaluation of GHA’s youth diversionary programme
To assist with funding decisions in this area and to build an evidence base, GHA commissioned an evaluation of a selection of its youth diversionary programmes in 2007
Mixed tenure orthodoxy: practitioner reflections on policy effects
This article examines mixed tenure as a policy orthodoxy. It first sets out how mixed tenure may be considered to constitute an orthodoxy within planning, being generally accepted as a theory and practice even in the absence of supporting evidence. Five elements of this orthodoxy are identified, relating to (1) housing and the environment, (2) social change, (3) economic impacts, (4) sustainable communities, (5) and sociospatial integration. Interviews with practitioners involved with three social housing estates that have experienced mixed-tenure policy interventions are reported to consider why the implementation and effects of mixed tenure might not correspond with the orthodox understanding. It is argued that policy ambiguity and weaknesses in policy theory and specification, alongside practical constraints, lie behind incomplete and counterproductive policy implementation, but a belief in pursuing the policy orthodoxy persists nevertheless
International Competition Policy and the Gats: A Proposal to Address Market Access Limitations in the Distribution Services
Materiality & the audit report: It\u27s time for disclosure
The concept of materiality has received a lot of attention in recent years as high profile accounting scandals have plagued financial reporting. Auditing Standards from the PCAOB and the AICPA require that early in an audit engagement the auditor establish a preliminary level of materiality. This preliminary level of materiality, a dollar value, is used to determine the extent of audit testing that is performed. It can be changed as the audit progresses and key financial statement numbers change. Under current standards neither the preliminary nor final materiality number is disclosed. They are known only to the auditor. This paper examines the reasons why the materiality level is so carefully concealed. It is also suggests the benefits that would accrue to users of the financial statements if the auditor\u27s materiality level were disclosed in the auditor\u27s report
International Competition Policy and the Gats: A Proposal to Address Market Access Limitations in the Distribution Services
Weighing Neutrinos with Galaxy Cluster Surveys
Large future galaxy cluster surveys, combined with cosmic microwave
background observations, can achieve a high sensitivity to the masses of
cosmologically important neutrinos. We show that a weak lensing selected sample
of ~100,000 clusters could tighten the current upper bound on the sum of masses
of neutrino species by an order of magnitude, to a level of 0.03 eV. Since this
statistical sensitivity is below the best existing lower limit on the mass of
at least one neutrino species, a future detection is likely, provided that
systematic errors can be controlled to a similar level.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, version accepted for publication in PR
Calibration of liquid argon and neon detectors with
We report results from tests of Kr, as a calibration
source in liquid argon and liquid neon. Kr atoms are
produced in the decay of Rb, and a clear Kr
scintillation peak at 41.5 keV appears in both liquids when filling our
detector through a piece of zeolite coated with Rb. Based on this
scintillation peak, we observe 6.0 photoelectrons/keV in liquid argon with a
resolution of 6% (/E) and 3.0 photoelectrons/keV in liquid neon with a
resolution of 19% (/E). The observed peak intensity subsequently decays
with the Kr half-life after stopping the fill, and we
find evidence that the spatial location of Kr atoms in
the chamber can be resolved. Kr will be a useful
calibration source for liquid argon and neon dark matter and solar neutrino
detectors.Comment: 7 pages, 12 figure
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