Permanent Loss Of Capacity Research Articles

No Case for Plan B – Lessons for the Great Recession From the Great Depression

As calls for Plan B mount, it is increasingly being suggested that the UK is making the same mistakes as in the Great Depression of the 1930s by not expanding fiscal policy. This paper demonstrates that the UK government in the 1930s did not make serious fiscal policy errors. The evidence suggests that increasing government borrowing in the 1930s would not have significantly changed the course of the economy. If looser fiscal policy would not have made much difference to the course of the Great Depression, there are reasons to believe that it would be even less effective in current circumstances. Developed, indebted, open economies with floating currencies respond least well to increased government borrowing: the UK economy fits that description. Legitimate debate surrounds the conduct of monetary policy. Whilst it is plausible that a loose monetary policy is appropriate in the current circumstances, drawing on a comparison with the 1920s, this paper shows that, if the crash of 2008 permanently reduced the supply potential of the UK economy, loose monetary policy may simply lead to higher inflation with no benefit to output. There is, therefore, no case for Plan B where such a plan involves raising planned government borrowing. Indeed, if a fiscal stimulus is applied and has short-term benefits, there is a danger that taxes will have to rise to reverse it just as the economy recovers. It is important to note that, regardless of whether the economy has suffered a temporary or a permanent loss of capacity, supply side liberalisation could be a very important complement to fiscal austerity.

Envelhecimento e trabalho: um desafio para a agenda da reabilitação

The rapid aging of the workforce has motivated the development of studies that seek to maintain good health conditions, work ability, autonomy and the social integration of workers. To present the theoretical framework, available measurements and models for promoting work ability. In the field of rehabilitation, the sedimentation of the conceptual model of the ability to work has a normative role and may be useful for assessing whether a person has a temporary or permanent loss of capacity as well as for defining a specific rehabilitation program. The concept may further help determine different aspects, both internal and external to the person, that could result in improved or restored work ability. In order to enhance the available measurements, propose new interventions for promoting work ability and to further its use as an outcome measure in rehabilitation, it is necessary to assume that the predictors relate to the individuals, their work and their life outside of work in dynamic interactions that require analytical methods which account for the multidimensionality of the construct.

N-Allyl-N-methylpiperidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide—A film forming ionic liquid for graphite anode of Li-ion batteries

Abstract An ionic liquid, N -allyl- N -methylpiperidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide PP 13* TFSI has been successfully tested as a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) forming agent for graphite composite anode at elevated temperature of 55 °C in a purely ionic liquid-based electrolyte: 0.5 m LiTFSI in a mixture of PP 13* TFSI–PP 13 TFSI (20–80 wt.%) The reversible discharge capacity was 340–350 mAh g −1 with only a small irreversible capacity loss per cycle. The electrochemical polymerisation of the allylic double bond participates on the SEI formation on the graphite surface. In the absence of unsaturated ionic liquid, the piperidinium cation is co-intercalated into graphite and causes its exfoliation with permanent loss of capacity. The electrolyte is thermally stable up to 320 °C and reasonably conductive (2.4 mS cm −1 at 55 °C).

Hollowing Out or Filling In? Taskforces and the Management of Cross-Cutting Issues in British Government

This article considers the problem posed by the need to build policy coherence across the levels of government but with a focus on the strategic role of the centre in the hollow state. It considers the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) as an example of a structure, the taskforce, designed to meet the demands of coherence-building. It concludes that, far from the centre being hollowed out, resulting in a permanent loss of capacity, there is a growing emphasis in the core executive on strategic co-ordination and the emergence of institutions such as the SEU indicate a counter-tendency to hollowing out: filling in.