Public Health Federalism?

This paper develops a general equilibrium model of competitive jurisdictional choice that provides insights into what is being coined 'public health federalism'. Using a standard neoclassical model of production combined with a utility maximization hypothesis, jurisdictions choose both tax rates and a level of local public health quality. Incorporating the joint determination of both tax decisions and the choice of public health standards can give rise to some interesting interrelationships between local tax revenues and public health considerations. Additionally, the model is extended to address the fiscal realities of sub-state jurisdictions in the United States. Beleaguered in a second-best setting, devolved efficiency becomes a target difficult to hit. We show that when jurisdictions rely on taxing mobile factors and mobile factor productivity is enhanced by relaxing public health mitigation, jurisdictions will choose lower levels of public health quality. JEL classification numbers: H73, I18, R13. Keywords: Federalism, Decentralized authority, COVID - 19, Public health mandates.

Public Health Federalism?

This paper develops a general equilibrium model of competitive jurisdictional choice that provides insights into what is being coined 'public health federalism'. Using a standard neoclassical model of production combined with a utility maximization hypothesis, jurisdictions choose both tax rates and a level of local public health quality. Incorporating the joint determination of both tax decisions and the choice of public health standards can give rise to some interesting interrelationships between local tax revenues and public health considerations. Additionally, the model is extended to address the fiscal realities of sub-state jurisdictions in the United States. Beleaguered in a second-best setting, devolved efficiency becomes a target difficult to hit. We show that when jurisdictions rely on taxing mobile factors and mobile factor productivity is enhanced by relaxing public health mitigation, jurisdictions will choose lower levels of public health quality. JEL classification numbers: H73, I18, R13. Keywords: Federalism, Decentralized authority, COVID - 19, Public health mandates.

DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCEDURE FOR JOINT DETERMINATION AND SEPARATION OF COBALT AND MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS FROM SOLUTIONS

The article is devoted to the scientific problem of joint determination and separation of cobalt and molybdenum compounds in spent catalysts. For the joint extraction of cobalt and molybdenum from the solution in the form of their thiocyanate complexes, a common extractant, acetone, was introduced. A method for the colorimetric determination of these compounds in solutions is proposed. The concentration limits were determined at which the procedure for the joint determination of cobalt and molybdenum is performed. For cobalt - [0.1-2.0] g / l; for molybdenum - above 0.1 g / l. A method is proposed for the isolation of cobalt and molybdenum compounds with a change in the pH of the solution.

TITANIA: Model Free Interpretation of Residual Dipolar Couplings in the context of Organic Compounds

The direct use of RDCs as restraint to construct structures based on RDCs is proposed for organic compounds. It uses the vector and dynamics information available in multi alignment data sets directly for the joint determination of conformation and configuration of organic compounds. We show that employing these data even a flat or random start structure converges into the correctly configured structure when employing multiple alignment data sets in our iterative procedure. <br>

TITANIA: Model Free Interpretation of Residual Dipolar Couplings in the context of Organic Compounds

The direct use of RDCs as restraint to construct structures based on RDCs is proposed for organic compounds. It uses the vector and dynamics information available in multi alignment data sets directly for the joint determination of conformation and configuration of organic compounds. We show that employing these data even a flat or random start structure converges into the correctly configured structure when employing multiple alignment data sets in our iterative procedure. <br>

Parenthood and the concept of the biological tie

It is widely assumed that there is value in the biological tie between parent and child. An implication of this is that adoption is often considered a less desirable alternative to procreation. This paper offers a philosophical defence of adoptive parenthood as a valuable and authentic form of parenthood. While previous defences have suggested that society’s valorisation of the biological tie is unjustified, I argue herein that the conception of the biological tie that features in the normative discourse on parenthood is too narrowly genocentric. Against this genocentric conception, recent work in the philosophy of biology has emphasised the roles of joint determination, dynamic construction, and extended inheritance in development, which I suggest can substantiate a more inclusive conception of the biological tie. Accordingly, I propose that adoptive parents form a rich variety of biological ties with their children, some of which are as heritable and formative as genetic relatedness.