Cain, Abel and Thomas Hobbes
In: History of political thought, Band 23, Heft 4, S. 611-633
ISSN: 0143-781X
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In: History of political thought, Band 23, Heft 4, S. 611-633
ISSN: 0143-781X
In: National municipal review, Band 35, Heft 6, S. 295-298
In: National municipal review, Band 35, S. 295-298
ISSN: 0190-3799
The balanced presentation afforded by convening a Citizens' Jury when considering a major question such as the introduction of a breast screening programme is advocated. This method would enable account to be taken of all the costs, both human and financial, to all those affected, both participating and organizing, as well as the benefits. Provision of such a democratic opportunity enables consideration to be given to a broad range of factors, by selection of an appropriate range of witnesses, with the advantage of involving the lay public in this decision-making process. Attendance by health correspondents, medical journalists and other media representatives enables publicization of a democracy in action whilst helping to inform the wider debate. Such an exercise could inform whether the NHS BSP should continue in its current form. © 1999 Cancer Research Campaign
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In: Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design, S. 1-24
In: Marine policy, Band 53, S. 198-212
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Marine policy: the international journal of ocean affairs, Band 53, S. 198-212
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Natural hazards and earth system sciences: NHESS, Band 14, Heft 9, S. 2487-2501
ISSN: 1684-9981
Abstract. The XWS (eXtreme WindStorms) catalogue consists of storm tracks and model-generated maximum 3 s wind-gust footprints for 50 of the most extreme winter windstorms to hit Europe in the period 1979–2012. The catalogue is intended to be a valuable resource for both academia and industries such as (re)insurance, for example allowing users to characterise extreme European storms, and validate climate and catastrophe models. Several storm severity indices were investigated to find which could best represent a list of known high-loss (severe) storms. The best-performing index was Sft, which is a combination of storm area calculated from the storm footprint and maximum 925 hPa wind speed from the storm track. All the listed severe storms are included in the catalogue, and the remaining ones were selected using Sft. A comparison of the model footprint to station observations revealed that storms were generally well represented, although for some storms the highest gusts were underestimated. Possible reasons for this underestimation include the model failing to simulate strong enough pressure gradients and not representing convective gusts. A new recalibration method was developed to estimate the true distribution of gusts at each grid point and correct for this underestimation. The recalibration model allows for storm-to-storm variation which is essential given that different storms have different degrees of model bias. The catalogue is available at http://www.europeanwindstorms.org .