C Chambers 1 , DM Skowronski 1 , S Sabaiduc 1 , M Murti 2 , R Gustafson 3 , S Pollock 4 , D Hoyano 5 , S Allison 6 , M Krajden 7 1. British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada 2. Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, Canada 3. Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver, Canada 4. Interior Health Authority, Kelowna, Canada 5. Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, Canada 6...

Talcot Parsons suggested in 1963 that there are basically three kinds of authority: utilitarian authority, coercive authority, and persuasive authority. In this paper, I show that the models developed by Gibbons and Rutten (1997), Hirshleifer (1991), Skaperdas (1992), Akerlof (1976) and Basu (1986) can be viewed as models where issues such as authority, power, influence and ideology, in the sen...

This paper analyzes the authority control practices in molecular biology using literature review and scenario analysis and makes a comparison with bibliographic authority control. The analysis indicates the absence of conceptual authority control model in molecular bioinformatics. In addition to traditional knowledge organization tools, authority control in molecular biology requires the use of...

comparing the islamic logic and jurisprudential principles, and basedon the separation between minor and major authorities (hujjiyyatsughrawi wa kubrawi), it can be proved that (1) minor authority ofsuitable verbal text per nexum (al-mantuq al-muwafiq al-iltizami),minor authority of suitable concept per nexum (al-mafhum al-muwafiqal-iltizami), and minor authority of contrary concept (al-mafhum ...

Researchers of the Chinese bureaucracy generally believe that policy promotion depends on the power of the party committees because they have absolute authority in China. This intuitive argument, however, lacks support from rigorous empirical research and theoretical analyses. Through close observation of the Bureau of Justice, this paper analyzes how differentiated authority affects organizati...

Since the introduction of martial law and general mobilization, number criminal offenses committed by military personnel has increased dramatically. According to Office Prosecutor General, under Art. 426-1 “Abuse power or authority a official” 4 times in 2022 amounted 426. The practice qualifying shows significant problems enforcement uneven procedural decisions. These are primarily due lack re...

While many themes have been explored in relation to religion online—ritual, identity construction, community—what happens to religious authority and power relationships within online environments is an area in need of more detailed investigation. In order to move discussions of authority from the broad or vague to the specific, this article argues for a more refined identification of the attrib...

Common programming practice grants excess authority for the sake of functionality; programming principles require least authority for the sake of security. If we practice our principles, we could have both security and functionality. Treating security as a separate concern has not succeeded in bridging the gap between principle and practice, because it operates without knowledge of what constit...

Authority is both a pragmatic condition of much public discourse and form argumentative appeal routinely used in it. The goal this contribution to propose new account challenging authority that benefits from the interplay resources recent speech act theory argumentation theory. Going beyond standard approaches two disciplines, paper analyzes nuanced forms establishing and, especially, discourse...

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 532 I. OVERVIEW OF SMART GRID DEVELOPMENT ....................... 533 II. WHY NUSP-CONSUMER INTERACTIONS SHOULD BE REGULATED .............................................................................. 534 A. What are NUSPs and How Do They Interact with Consumers? ....................................