Opposing authors provide succinct, authoritative discussions of controversial issues in emergency medicine. Authors are provided the opportunity to review and comment on opposing presentations. Each topic is accompanied by an Editor’s Note that summarizes important concepts. Participation as an authoritative discussant is by invitation only, but suggestions for topics and potential authors can ...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to explore the association between parenting style and driving behaviors. METHODS The 2006 National Young Driver Survey gathered data on driving safety behaviors from a nationally representative sample of 5665 ninth-, 10th-, and 11th-graders. A parenting style variable was based on adolescent reports and separated parents into 4 groups, (1) authoritative (high support a...

Concerns have risen sharply in recent years about the level of public disengagement with political and civic life in the UK, as evidenced by falling turnout at national and local elections, rising cynicism and lack of trust in politicians and a perceived increase in the alienation and marginalisation of some groups. Particular anxiety has been expressed, both by governments and in the media, ab...

Abstract The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has dominated Japanese politics since its foundation in 1955. party's ability to support the interests of small farmers and commitment middle-class through redistributive economic policies have been regarded as among primary factors leading prolonged hegemony. Yet, LDP occasionally relied on non-economic political appeals addressing rather conservativ...

Procurement by governments accounts for 10-15 percent of national product in most Western nations [McAfee and McMillan (1985a)]. Consequently, analyses of procurement policies apply to a significant portion of economic activity. This paper considers sequential procurement: a buyer will purchase items in sequence, with costs correlated across time. Thus, if auctions are held, bids in the first a...