Global warming is not only a serious threat for humanity but increasingly structures political competition in Western Europe. The rise of green (niche) parties and public awareness the issue pressure mainstream to emphasise climate protection. Yet, while scholars reflect on factors influencing parties’ environmental agendas, we know little about what triggers standpoints role opinion plays this...

This submission is on behalf of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Tobacco Control. This Cross Party Group has membership of more than 20 MSPs from all the main parties, and was established by SCCOT (the Scottish Cancer Coalition on Tobacco). Its purpose is to take forward an effective tobacco control agenda and monitor the implementation of the UK White Paper on tobacco, Smoking Ki...

This paper describes the development of a personal warning system for preventing construction site accidents involving workers and heavy equipment. The required functions were established on the basis of a past accidents model. The system was designed to send a warning via wireless from a server computer to a worker and relevant parties according to estimation of distance between worker and equ...

The Douglas-Þr beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins, causes considerable mortality in Douglas-Þr, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco, forests. Within-stand distribution of mortality was examined in affected stands using geostatistical techniques. A 10 3 10 m grid was established in two 4-ha study sites. Live and beetle-killed host basal area was measured at each node. In a 16-ha stand, a...

Although uncommon, acquired hemophilia A (HA) is associated with a high rate of mortality due to severe bleeding. In spite of many hypotheses regarding the cause of acquired HA, there is as yet no established theory. In this study, we investigated the possibility that mutation(s) in the F8 gene may be correlated with the development of inhibitory autoantibodies. Direct sequencing analysis was p...

This article reviews three strands in the scholarship on the populist radical right (PRR). It covers both political parties and extra-parliamentary mobilization in contemporary European democracies. After definitional issues and case selection, the authors first discuss demand-side approaches to the fortunes of the PRR. Subsequently, supply-side approaches are assessed, namely political opportu...