Abstract The consistency of inspections is an important requirement official food control. Inconsistency may endanger safety and lead to mistrust in reasons leading inconsistency the mitigation are therefore important. Here we investigated distribution restaurant (n?=?4989) inspection grades from 2014 Finland elucidate for possible differences grades. analyses revealed both regional local overa...

AIMS To assess cross-level interactions between neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status (SES) on alcohol consumption and problems, and investigate three possible explanations for such interactions, including the double jeopardy, status inconsistency and relative deprivation hypotheses. METHODS Data from the 2000 and 2005 US National Alcohol Surveys were linked to the 2000 US Census t...

We discuss further a recent space-time interpretation of the c = 1 matrix model which retains both sides of the inverted harmonic oscillator potential in the underlying free fermion theory and reproduces the physics of the discrete state moduli of two-dimensional string theory. We show that within this framework the linear tachyon background in flat space arises from the fermi vacuum. We argue ...

The efficacy of both frame-of-reference (FOR) instructions and a measure of within-person inconsistency in predicting grade point average was investigated. The IPIP Big Five personality questionnaire was given to 329 students with generic instructions and ‘at school’ FOR instructions. The Wonderlic Personnel Test was also administered. A measure of withinperson inconsistency was created based o...