Several principles have been proposed for determining whether the apportionment of seats of a législative house by a given method is fair. In this work a certain family of methods that satisfy the "fair share" criterion is introduced and it is shown that such methods also satisfy other criteria like the "near fair share" and the "partial population monotonicity", The family includes the traditi...

Both in the Introduction to the Treatise of Human Nature and in the Abstract, Hume expressly declared that his goal was to contribute to the development of a “science of man” methodologically akin to the natural sciences, and capable of emulating their “accuracy” and explanatory success. He regarded these sciences as starting from careful observation of phenomena, and proceeding to the establis...

We outline key conclusions of the World Health Organisation's report 'Making Fair Choices on the Path to Universal Health Coverage (UHC)'. The Report argues that three principles should inform choices on the path to UHC: I. Coverage should be based on need, with extra weight given to the needs of the worse off; II. One aim should be to generate the greatest total improvement in health; III. Con...

around the world there is a growing consensus that students' rights must be protected, regardless of race, creed, color, sex, religion, and socioeconomic status. one of these rights is the educational equity. however, little is known about these phenomena in nursing education. the aim of this study was to explore the educational equity from the perspective of nursing students. a qualitative stu...

Minimally invasive surgery has for many applications replaced open surgery, since the amount of tissue, which has to be cut, is reduced to a minimum, resulting in a quicker recovery of the patient connected with reduced post operational stress. But minimally invasive surgery has restricted the working environment of the surgeon due to the loss of two mayor human senses, three dimensional vision...