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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Breitner Gomes Chaves, Hassane Alami, Brigitte Sonier-Ferguson, Erika N. Dugas
Summary: This study introduces a methodological strategy adopted by a Canadian health authority to evaluate its capacity in managing health crises. Notably, this study marks the first instance where a Canadian health authority has created a tool for emergency healthcare management, informed by literature in the field and their direct experience from handling the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Jian Yang, Chaohua Dong, Yongjin Chen
Summary: The study found a positive correlation between the Chinese government's good economic performance and trust in government, as well as a positive impact of high respect for authority on trust in government. While respect for authority may predict trust, it also weakens the effects of government's economic performance on trust in government.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Tin-Chih Toly Chen, Hsin-Chieh Wu
Summary: This research proposes a partial-consensus and unequal-authority fuzzy collaborative intelligence approach to assess and compare the overall performances of robotic applications during the COVID-19 pandemic. The experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms existing methods in preserving evaluators' original judgments.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Ziyu Zhang, Chunyan Wang, Wanzhong Zhao, Can Xu, Guoping Chen
Summary: This paper proposes a driving authority allocation strategy based on RAD, which searches for the optimal driving authority in RAD at any time through dynamic optimization. An improved simulated annealing algorithm is proposed to solve the problem effectively.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Jamie K. Wardman, Frederic Bouder
Summary: This paper discusses the efforts made by EFSA in addressing scientific uncertainty in risk assessment and communication. Although the introduction of uncertainty reforms has allowed for academic and policy dialogue, the agency still faces challenges regarding legitimacy, direction, and authority of its opinions. The reforms serve as a way for EFSA to reconcile the uncertainty paradox it faces while accommodating wider concerns and scrutiny, without compromising independence. However, the paper cautions that the increased institutional uncertainty may prompt further rethinking of stakeholder engagement and highlights the need for considering the socio-political context in assessing and communicating uncertainty.
JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Steven Epstein, Stefan Timmermans
Summary: Paul Starr distinguishes between the social authority of physicians and the cultural authority of medicine in his account of the medical profession's ascent. There is a proliferation and diversification of cultural authority in the United States, reflecting a partial movement from medicine into new terrains of health.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
J. Dalton Stevens, Scott D. Landes
Summary: This study found that the accuracy of cause of death reporting in the US is influenced by the type of death certificate certifier, with 23 states expanding signature authority. According to the research results, medical examiners had significantly higher accuracy in cause of death reporting compared to other types of certifiers.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE REPORTS
(2021)
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Business, Finance
Andrew Belnap, Anthony Welsch, Braden Williams
Summary: Tax enforcement and compliance are crucial for any tax system and can be examined by looking at taxpayer responses to different types of letters from a tax authority. This study focuses on remote firms, which have no physical presence in the tax authority's jurisdiction, and examines sales tax compliance. The findings show that tax authority correspondence increases reported sales tax base and tax payments for remote firms, primarily due to increased salience of their tax obligations. This study is significant given the rise in cross-border transactions and remote taxation.
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING & ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eric S. Dickson, Sanford C. Gordon, Gregory A. Huber
Summary: The extent to which individuals perceive legitimacy affects their intrinsic motivations to comply with authority. An experimental approach is proposed to separate the effects of an authority's costly actions on citizen behavior through both intrinsic and extrinsic channels. The findings provide credible evidence that an authority's actions can directly shape citizens' behavior by enhancing their legitimacy.
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Gus Turyn
Summary: Many philosophers distinguish between ethical and epistemic conceptions of first-person authority over our gender identities. While some argue that this authority is explained by our superior epistemic access to our own gender identities, others propose that it is grounded in ethical obligations towards others. However, the issue of whether we should believe what others say about their gender identities or simply act as though we do remains unanswered. In this paper, the author argues that mere action is insufficient and that we should actually believe others' claims about their gender identities. The author presents compelling cases that highlight the ethical wrongness of merely playing along and proposes an epistemic norm of first-person authority in addition to the ethical norm.
Review
Orthopedics
Benjamin Ferembach, Luc Favard
Summary: In orthopedics, operative reports play a crucial role and providing information about filling out the reports can improve their conformity. A study comparing junior and senior surgeons found that private-sector surgeons had better scores when not informed. Early notification of residents can enhance their conformity. The SCHOCRO score is a suitable tool for assessing operative report quality.
ORTHOPAEDICS & TRAUMATOLOGY-SURGERY & RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Przemyslaw Sleszynski, Paulina Legutko-Kobus, Mark Rosenberg, Viktoriya Pantyley, Maciej J. Nowak
Summary: This study aims to analyze the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and urban policy by examining literature. The study identifies four main levels in this relationship: direct demands for changes in health care, social issues, spatial organization, and redefining the tasks of public authority. A critical analysis of the literature from January 2020 to August 2021 was conducted, using keyword combinations in article titles for the search. The study highlights the need for urban policies to strike a balance between health and economic costs, as well as the importance of coordination among different professionals and areas.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Antonio M. Larriba, Aleix Cerda Cuco, Jose M. Sempere, Damian Lopez
Summary: Voting systems are only as useful as the level of trust from the people using them. In this proposal, the focus is on trust, with the introduction of political parties as active partners to encourage more traditional electors to participate. The system also ensures privacy for electors, operates publicly through a blockchain, and is auditable by third parties.
Article
Economics
Jacques-Aristide Perrin, Christine Bouisset
Summary: This article discusses the strategies and projects implemented by different local authority groupings in France in the domain of renewable energy and highlights the various ways in which they address the issues and challenges. The motivations driving their local public action vary depending on the sociocultural and geographic configurations of the intermunicipal entities. Renewable energy serves as a means for development and can be utilized to legitimize public energy policy or generate revenue. However, the politics of territorial energy strategy are often constrained by the scope of the intermunicipal structure, making it difficult to develop strategies that span multiple territories.
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Sofia Ellinor Bokros
Summary: This paper discusses how to respond to authoritative and expert testimony by introducing an accuracy-first approach, arguing that a deference model within a credence-based framework is more effective in capturing relevant phenomena and explaining belief updates.