The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between somatotype components and maximal alactacid anaerobic power (MAAP) in trained subjects. The somatotype components (endomorphy: x = 2.66, S.D. = ± 0.78; mesomorphy: x = 5.45, S.D. = ±1.12; ectomorphy: x = 2.46, S.D. = ± 0.88) and total MAAP were measured in 40 male fencers (aged, x 21.79, S.D. = ± 3.97) in order to dete...

fter the recent passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Healthcare Act” or “Act”) on March 23, 2010, legislators and political figures continue to debate whether the Act is economically feasible, whether government regulation of healthcare is constitutional, and whether the Act should ultimately be repealed or left unfunded. Amid the recent controversy over the health insura...

One important consideration when studying direct democracy is the rules on agenda establishment. In their seminal series of articles, Romer and Rosenthal (1978, 1979) identified the ability of a budget maximizing monopolist referendum agenda-setter to extract a greater amount of expenditure than desired by the median voter. While in Romer and Rosenthal’s models, the agenda setter exercised cont...

The tools of realization direct democracy in Switzerland are considered. Swiss political system, levels government and distribution powers between institutions analyzed. Emphasis is placed on the fact that allows population to directly influence important decisions at all levels. citizens have opportunity vote their own through a popular initiative referendum, which optional mandatory. historic...

he Referendum on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, held on J . 8th September, 1983, endorsed by a two-to-one majority the insertion into the Constitution of Ireland a clause concerning the right to life of the unborn. A feature of the poll that has attracted considerable attention was the low turnout. Only 54.6 per cent of the electorate voted in the Referendum, and the high abstention ...