Stephen Hall Research Articles

Review of Alex Schafran, Matthew Noah Smith, Stephen Hall 2020: The Spatial Contract: A New Politics of Provision for an Urbanized Planet. Manchester:Manchester University Press.

Review of Alex Schafran, Matthew Noah Smith, Stephen Hall 2020: The Spatial Contract: A New Politics of Provision for an Urbanized Planet. Manchester:Manchester University Press.

Alex Schafran, Mathew Noah Smith, and Stephen Hall. The Spatial Contract: A New Politics of Provision for an Urbanized Planet

Alex Schafran, Mathew Noah Smith, and Stephen Hall. The Spatial Contract: A New Politics of Provision for an Urbanized Planet

Development of best practices in physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling to support clinical pharmacology regulatory decision-making-A workshop summary.

Development of best practices in physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling to support clinical pharmacology regulatory decision-making-A workshop summary.

A first approach to reconstruct the production technology of Zsolnay ceramic panel paintings with oil painting effect

Colourful and artistic ceramic panel paintings that realistically imitate oil paintings were one of the innovations of the Hungarian Zsolnay ceramic factory. Ten large ceramic panel paintings and two overdoor compositions (each containing three panels) decorated the Saint Stephen Hall in the palace of the Buda Castle (Budapest) established around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. However, the ceramic paintings were destroyed during World War II. In this study, three experimental Zsolnay panel paintings, as preparatory pieces for the original series, were examined to reconstruct the material usage and the production technology. Microanalytical investigation of the samples detached from one of the experimental panel paintings (portrait of King Béla IV) demonstrated that the panel, made of porous ceramic known as pyrogranite, was first covered by a white clay slip layer, and then by a primary white tin glaze layer, which served as a “ground” for the painting. The portrait of King Béla IV and the surrounding golden decorative motifs were created with different technologies. Coloured clay pastes (slips) were used to paint the portrait, which was then covered by a secondary transparent lead glaze, whereas a blue glaze covered by a thin layer of gold paint was applied over the primary glaze of the golden motifs. Non-destructive handheld XRF analysis revealed slight differences between the three experimental panel paintings, particularly in the tin content of the primary glaze layer and the colourants used, which were possibly related to the experimentation performed at the Zsolnay factory before the creation of the final paintings.

A Szent István-terem rekonstrukciója

To mark the coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary in 1867, Alajos Hauszmann was commissioned, following the passing of Miklós Ybl to expand and improve the Royal Palace on Castle Hill. The jewel of this project being Saint Stephen's Hall which, the culmination of works by leading artists of the time centred on a monumental fireplace executed in pyrogranite by the factory of Vilmos Zsolnay. This hall was destroyed at the end of World War II. Under the National Hauszmann Program this hall has been accurately restored to its former splendour under the guidance of architect, Tibor Angyal.

Abstract 5273: Outcomes from a religiously tailored intervention to enhance mammography uptake among American Muslims

Abstract Objective: Describe outcomes of a religiously-tailored peer-led group educational intervention addressing mammography-related barrier beliefs of American Muslims. Methods: We used focus groups and interviews with a diverse group of Muslim women aged 40 and older to identify salient behavioral, normative and control beliefs regarding mammography. We used these data to design the curriculum and messaging for a mosque-based intervention involving peer-led group education. A novel model for religious tailoring was developed to address barrier beliefs by reframing, reprioritizing, and/or reforming belief structures. Peer educators were recruited/trained from mosques to match the ethnic composition of target population. The classes involved facilitated discussions and guest-led didactics covering religion and health, and mammography guidelines. Survey data was collected pre-, post, 6 months, and one-year post-intervention which captured changes in three primary outcome variables (1) perceived mammography intention, likelihood, confidence, (2) breast cancer knowledge and (3) receipt of mammograms. Resonance with barrier and facilitator beliefs was also measured. Results: Fifty-eight Muslim women who had not had a mammogram in the past two years participated. Mean age was 50 years, with 29 being South Asian and 18 being of Arab descent. With respect to changed intention/likelihood/confidence pre-post there was a significant increase in mean perception of likelihood to obtain a mammogram (0.29, P = 0.01). Mammography knowledge also significantly increased following the intervention (p = 0.0002). Importantly, 22 participants received a mammogram at one-year follow-up. With respect to belief structures, a marginally significant increase was observed in level of agreement with mammography facilitator beliefs (p = 0.08) post-intervention. Although overall level of agreement with the outcome variable of mammography barrier beliefs did not change following the intervention (p = 0.94), there was a significant decrease in agreement with the specific belief in fatalism (p = 0.03). Multivariable models demonstrated that higher levels of agreement with fatalistic beliefs at baseline was significantly associated with a lower odds of increased mammography knowledge following the intervention (OR = 0.73), while higher religiosity at baseline was significantly associated with higher odds of increased mammography knowledge following the intervention (OR = 1.90). Conclusion: Our mosque-based intervention involving religiously-tailored messages and peer-led classes demonstrated efficacy in behavioral change by improving Muslim women's self-reported likelihood of obtaining mammograms and having 38% of participants obtained a mammogram within a year. Citation Format: Aasim I. Padela, Sana Malik, Shaheen Nageeb, Stephen Hall, Fatema Mirza, Monica Peek, Michael Quinn. Outcomes from a religiously tailored intervention to enhance mammography uptake among American Muslims [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 5273.

The Coalition's Economic Strategy; Has it made a bad thing worse?

The source of the present recession in the UK and elsewhere was the world‐wide financial crisis that followed a generalised collapse in inter‐bank and bank lending to the private sector, which led to huge falls in spending and a collapse in output in most developed countries. By effectively ignoring this amplified credit effect, supply‐side explanations place their emphasis instead on changes to the pattern of productivity shocks, downgrades in risk premia or shifts in aggregate production functions. Our review of some high profile examples of supply‐side accounts suggests that the evidence is against them and a world‐wide fall in aggregate demand seems a more likely explanation. Nonetheless, the supply‐side view still appears to be the approach preferred by the Treasury suggesting, as it does, that present levels of slack in the economy are small.The Coalition's main response to the recession here has been fiscal consolidation, based on the claim that the jump in the fiscal deficit was not due to the world recession and was instead caused by Labour's profligate spending. Also, the Coalition's strategy treats the two problems; that of ensuring recovery and that of achieving a sustainable debt ratio in the longer term as if they were the same problem. Not only are these two claims wholly wrong, the risks they pose to the economic future of the country are very large and of long duration. It is already evident that the “cuts now” programme has retarded the recovery as it assumes, incorrectly, that the deficit can be reduced by making cuts to spending without these having adverse effects on economic growth. And its precipitate rush to cut Welfare and non‐investment Education budgets are visibly leading to worse, not better, efficiency outcomes in these key sectors, in spite of government claims to the contrary. A low wage, low productivity economy seems a highly likely outcome of the present policy over the medium to longer term.

Stephen Hall Receives 2012 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–Features: Citation

Stephen Hall, a freelance science writer and science‐communication teacher, received the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–Features at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 5 December 2012 in San Francisco, Calif. Hall was honored for the article “At Fault?” published 15 September 2011 in Nature. The article examines the legal, personal, and political repercussions from a 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy for seismologists who had attempted to convey seismic risk assessments to the public. The 6.3 magnitude quake devastated the medieval town and caused more than 300 deaths. Six scientists and one government official were subsequently convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to prison for inadequately assessing and mischaracterizing the risks to city residents, despite the inexact nature of seismic risk assessment. The Sullivan award is for work published with a deadline pressure of more than 1 week.

Stephen Hall Receives 2012 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–Features: Response

The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake was, and continues to be, a tragedy of enormous proportions. It was obviously a tragedy for the 309 people who perished in the event and for their loved ones, along with the many thousands rendered homeless by the event. It continues to be a civic tragedy for this medieval jewel of a city in the heart of the Abruzzo, which is still crippled nearly four years after the event. And it has been a tragic episode for the scientific community, which has seen seven Italian colleagues convicted of manslaughter and facing serious jail time if their appeals are unsuccessful.

New evidence in health economics

The 2nd Health Econometrics Workshop took place at the Catholic University of Rome in Italy on 15–17 July 2010. The purpose of this meeting was to provide a forum where policy makers, economists and econometricians could discuss the use of statistical and econometric methods to address issues in the field of health economics. There were seven keynote speakers – leading scholars in the subject – invited to give their contributions: Alberto Holly, Stephen Hall, Badi Baltagi, William Greene, Andrew Jones, John Mullahy and Edward Norton. The meeting was attended by 50 participants from around the world, and 17 scientific papers were presented. Some of these works will be published in the forthcoming special issue of Empirical Economics.

Determining the scope ratione personae of European citizenship: customary international law prevails for now ECJ, Judgment, 20 February 2001, Case C-192/99, The Queen v. Secretary of State for the

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Prospects for the Euro: Why has it been so weak?

In this article, Stephen Hall and Brian Henry consider the reasons for the Euro's weakness since its introduction and ask what are the likely prospects for a recovery to near‐fundamental levels over the medium term. They conclude that the major factor leading to the currency's depreciation since 1999 has been a rise in the risk premium surrounding the Euro. A successful launch of Euro notes and coins may help to eliminate this premium.

Associations between Cancer and Inflammation of the Muscles

Summaries for Patients19 June 2001Associations between Cancer and Inflammation of the MusclesSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-134-12-200106190-00003 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail What is the problem and what is known about it so far?The muscles of the body sometimes become inflamed, resulting in symmetrical weakness of the legs and arms. (When the cause of inflammation is not known, it is referred to as idiopathic.) This weakness is unrelated to exercise and may be accompanied by muscle aching or tenderness. The two main types of idiopathic muscle inflammation are known as polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Skin lesions or rashes often accompany dermatomyositis. Since the early 1900s, researchers and clinicians have noted that the risk for cancer seems to be increased in people with ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: The summary below is from the full report titled “Incidence of Malignant Disease in Biopsy-Proven Inflammatory Myopathy. A Population-Based Cohort Study.” It is in the 19 June 2001 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 134, pages 1087-1095). The authors are R Buchbinder, A Forbes, S Hall, X Dennett, and G Giles.Summaries for Patients are a service provided by Annals to help patients better understand the complicated and often mystifying language of modern medicine.Summaries for Patients are presented for informational purposes only. These summaries are not a substitute for advice from your own medical provider. If you have questions about this material, or need medical advice about your own health or situation, please contact your physician. The summaries may be reproduced for not-for-profit educational purposes only. Any other uses must be approved by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoIncidence of Malignant Disease in Biopsy-Proven Inflammatory Myopathy: A Population-Based Cohort Study Rachelle Buchbinder , Andrew Forbes , Stephen Hall , Xenia Dennett , and Graham Giles Metrics 19 June 2001Volume 134, Issue 12Page: I-12KeywordsBiopsyDermatomyositisExerciseInflammationLesionsMusclesMyositisPatient advocacyPolymyositisRashes ePublished: 19 June 2001 Issue Published: 19 June 2001 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2001 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...

The Independence of the Bank Of England: an Update

In this article, Stephen Hall and Brian Henry reconsider the arguments for further coordination of fiscal and monetary policy in the UK. The recent inflation-unemployment performance in the UK has been good, but it appears mainly the result of beneficial developments in the world economy. Further improvement in the policy-making framework in the UK is called for. Many of the present drawbacks could be dealt with by treating fiscal policy on a par with monetary policy. There are arguments that further cooperation is not needed but these are unpersuasive. They recommend the setting up of an independent committee charged with reviewing fiscal decisions, and coordinating these with monetary decisions by the MPC.

Neighbourhoods and Exclusion

Neighbourhoods and Exclusion

The impacts of partnership on urban governance: Conclusions from recent European research

In this issue of the Policy Review Section , Stephen Hall and Brendan Nevin of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, review the experiences of the first three rounds of the Single Regeneration Budget and against that background consider the next steps in the development of regeneration policy. In the second article, Peter Lee also of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, examines the policy implications of the recent changes in the methods for identifying deprived areas following the introduction of the Index for Local Deprivation. In the third article, Peter Newman of the School of Built Environment, University of Westminster, and Gilles Verpraet of the Centre d'Analyses et d'Interventions Sociologiques, Paris, set out the findings of a comparative European research network which examined the nature and experience of public-private partnerships in urban governance.

Central Bank Independence and Co‐ordinating Monetary and Fiscal Policy

In this article, Stephen Hall, Brian Henry and James Nixon review the arguments that granting a central bank independence to set monetary policy leads to low inflation. An important extension to the standard analysis considers the problem which may arise if monetary and fiscal policy are then not co‐ordinated. A strategic analysis is needed to assess this. Using such a framework in an empirical analysis, the authors find that an uncoordinated policy may lead to less growth than a co‐ordinated policy, and the main effects of this lack of co‐ordination are an overvalued exchange rate and a reduction in net trade.

A matter of life and death (especially death)

A matter of life and death (especially death)

Toxicity

NephrologyVolume 3, Issue s2 p. s788-s788 Toxicity Stephen HALL, Stephen HALL Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author Stephen HALL, Stephen HALL Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 03 April 2007 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1797.1997.tb00310.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume3, Issues2September 1997Pages s788-s788 RelatedInformation

Structural change and economic behaviour: The case of UK exports

In this paper Stephen Hall, Giovanni Urga, and John Whitley apply a new econometric technique to date unknown breaks in UK export behaviour. They show how the evidence points to a structural shift in 1979. Although there is some support for a supply‐side interpretation in that there have been changes in the behaviour of prices, there has also been a shift in the underlying demand for UK exports. They also find that variables which proxy changes in the quality of UK exports, or other supply‐side influences, do not properly account for the observed structural break in UK export performance.