In discussions on democratic legitimacy, Christiano’s position is often characterized as a monistic position, i.e. a strong and persuasive version of fair deliberative proceduralism. Democracy is thus seen as a realization of public equality in collective decision-making. The presented case for democracy is non-instrumental, and the quality of outcomes produced by a democratic decision-making p...

Credibility assessments are an important but complex part of asylum procedures. The current study investigated psychological assumptions underlying credibility in Finnish first-instance procedures and how these fit with widely accepted science. Following previous research, we categorized 56 real-life cases from the Immigration Service. We found that officials held about truthful applicants pres...

We’re developing a Hungarian database and a network map that makes political decisions of public bodies on various alternatives of law-making, granting public procurements, tenders, privatization procedures and EU funds searchable, analyzable and transparent.

In this paper we give a new abstract framework for the study of Knuth-Bendix type completion procedures, which are regarded as semidecision procedures for theorem proving. First, we extend the classical proof ordering approach started in [6] in such a way that proofs of different theorems can also be compared. This is necessary for the application of proof orderings to theorem proving derivatio...

•Increta in a prophylactic hysterectomy specimen for Lynch syndrome is rare.•Individualizing risk-reducing procedures after childbearing is important.•Shared decision making should include the timing of prophylactic surgery.•Minimizing surgical risks in the postpartum period should be discussed.

We show that delaying fully-expansive proof reconstruction for non-interactive decision procedures can result in a more efficient workflow. In contrast with earlier work, our approach to postponed proof does not require making deep changes to the theorem prover.

context despite advancements in the science of surgery, minimizing bleeding from parenchymal tissue of the liver continues to be one of the challenges surgeons are facing to protect patients’ lives. however, the number of surgeries needing incisions in the liver tissue, e.g. metastatectomy, is constantly increasing. conclusions the excessive blood loss and the long time needed to control the bl...

• Rural Indians cannot rely on official procedures to obtain social welfare entitlements. The rural poor make claims local politicians access welfare. Claims-making by people in India combine elements of 'clientelism', 'citizenship' and 'political society'. An agonistic account claims-making recognises its heterogeniety while appreciating the importance both consent contestation.

conclusion metallic stent placement is a safe and effective procedure for salvage of native hemodialysis fistula after unsuccessful balloon angioplasty. results twenty-one stents were applied. the anatomical and clinical success rate was 100%. seventeen additional interventions were done for 11 (55%) patients due to stent thrombosis or stenosis during follow-up. our 1- and 2-year secondary pate...

Israeli author Daniel Sperling brings to a light a disturbing practice that is taking place in some teaching hospitals throughout the world--the practice of resuscitation procedures on newly dead patients without the consent of the next-of-kin. Mr. Sperling examines some of the policies and procedures in place to prevent such practice and also looks at the ethical principles that should guide s...