Should Marxists support universal basic income (UBI), i.e., a regular cash paid to all without means test or work requirement? This paper considers one important argument that they should, namely UBI would be instrumentally effective in helping bring about communism. It argues previous answers this question have insufficient attention logically prior question: what is Marx’s account of communis...

Abstract This paper analyses the human right to science (RtS) in relation data (DS) and its applications, particularly, monetization. It advances an approach that balances three aspects of RtS, namely, protection from harmful science, benefit-sharing participation derives corresponding sets state duties. First, RtS implies duty end monetization so far as it entails practices rights, including u...

Background: In the context of UK Government’s ‘prevention agenda’, Laura Webber and colleagues have called for a ‘health in all policies’ approach. Universal Basic Income (UBI) is system cash transfers to citizens. Recent research suggests it could significantly benefit population health, including via reducing stress. However, Finnish trial policy with similarities UBI has influenced debate. T...

introduction: ubiquicidin 29-41 (ubi) is a fragment of the cationic antimicrobial peptide that is present in various species including humans. the purpose of this study was to investigate radiochemical and biological characteristics of [6-hydrazinopyridine-3-carboxylic acid (hynic)]-ubi 29-41 designed for the labeling with 99mtc using tricine as coligand. methods: synthesis was preformed on a ...

Ubiquinone is an essential redox component of the aerobic respiratory chains of bacteria and mitochondria. It is well established that mammalian ubiquinone can function in its reduced form (ubiquinol) as a lipid-soluble antioxidant preventing lipid peroxidation. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that prokaryotic ubiquinone is involved in the defence against oxidative stress...

Pricing using a Generalised Linear Model is the gold standard in auto insurance industry and rate regulation. Additive applications pricing are receiving increasing attention from academic researchers actuarial professionals. The practice has constantly shown evidence of significantly different premium rates among rating territories. In this work, we build predictive models for claim frequency ...

Energy problem is becoming one of the toughest issues nowadays. In order to meet the increased demands regarding energy awareness, we have been developing a new way of representing and interacting with energy in electric products, specifically home appliances. The Ubi-PowerMeter is such a paradigm, which consists of hardware devices including smart meters and residential gateway, wireless commu...