A multi-item model of a production-inventory system incorporating deterioration, shortages and capacity/budge constraints is considered. An optimal control policy for the model is developed using linear quadratic (LQ) theory for the case of deterministic demands. The problem of controlling large-scale production-inventory facilities is also considered, and the interaction prediction method is u...

Despite increasing efforts to improve their access, students facing socio-economic disadvantages are still underrepresented in UK higher education. In this paper, we study whether behavioural nudging with information provision through text messages, embedded within a larger programme of widening participation activities, can be effective at education application rates. We conducted two randomis...

Brown, M. J. F., Bryden, J., Budge, G. E., Bull, J. C., Carvell, C., Challinor, A. J., Connolly, C. N., Evans, D. J., Feil, E. J., Garratt, M. P., Greco, M. K., Heard, M. S., Jansen, V. A. A., Keeling, M. J., Kunin, W. E., Marris, G. C., Memmott, J., Murray, J. T., Nicolson, S. W., Osborne, J. L., Paxton, R. J., Pirk, C. W. W., Polce, C., Potts, S. G., Priest, N. K., Raine, N. E., Roberts, S., ...

In her book entitled Syrische Astrologie und das syrische Medizinbuch, Stefanie Rudolf tackles a Syriac encyclopaedia known as the Book of Medicines, which was edited and translated into English for first time by William Budge in 1913. Budge’s edition based on reading manuscript BL 9360, was, estimation, copied 1894 city Alqosh from 12th-century manuscript. Reviewed by: Émilie Villey, Published...

One problem is that the complexity of sustaining the prevention effort has not been captured well by randomised trials, which veer towards individual-level (sometimes referred to as “high-risk”) strategies rather than evaluations of structural interventions at the population level. General practitioners have a very valuable role to play, but placing the burden of prevention squarely on them wil...