Macroeconomic policy interaction: State dependency and implications for financial stability in UK: A systemic review

The association between economic and financial stabilities and influence of macroeconomic policies on the financial sector creates scope of active policy role in financial stability. As a contribution to the existing body of knowledge, this study has analysed the implications of macroeconomic policy interaction/coordination for financial stability, proxied by financial assets, i.e. equity and bonds price oscillation. The critical review and analysis of the existing literature on the subject suggests that there is also ample evidence of interdependence between monetary and fiscal policies and this interrelation necessitates coordination between them for the sake of financial stability. There is also a case for analysing the symmetry of financial markets responses to macroeconomic policy interaction. On methodological and empirical grounds, it is vital to test the robustness of policy recommendations to overcome the limitation of a single empirical approach (Jeffrey–Lindley’s paradox). Hence, the Frequentist and Bayesian approaches should be used in commentary manner. The policy interaction and optimal policy combination should also be analysed in the context of institutional design and major financial events to gain insight into the implications of policy interaction in the periods of stable economic and financial environments as well as period of financial and economic distress

Water quality and the incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms in a locality in Cavite, Philippines

Purpose: Water quality is an indicator of the wellness of the environment and is directly related to the health of the people exposed to it. Worldwide, infectious waterborne diseases are the number one killer of children under 5 years old. In some areas in the Philippines, piped water system (NAWASA) is stil inaccesible and the river is still the major source of drinking water for it\u27s residents. This study aims to describe the water quality of a major source of drinking water in a locality in Cavite City, Philippines and its correlation to the occurrence of gastro-intestinal symptoms among its residents. Methods: This is a descriptive correlational study conducted by collecting water samples at three different points of the Maragondon River in Cavite City, which was submitted to the Water Distict and Department of Science and Technology for water quality testing. Incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms was collected through a survey using a convenience sample (n=240). Results: There was deviation in the normal water quality in all the three sample sites. The water sample from site C has the most deviation of water quality, with 3.7mg/L total dissolved oxygen, turbidity level at 268 Nephelometric Turbidity Unit, manganese content of 1.7mg/L and iron content of 1.4mg/L. The highest incidence of vomitting was noted on the same site where the water deviation was most pronounced.Inferential statistics determined a significant relationship between all the water qualities and the incidence of frequent stool passage and abdominal pain. while there was no significant relationship found between water quality and vomiting. Conclusion: Water source that has poor water quality is a threat to the residents of the locality, exposing them to incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms, particularly frequent stool passage, which has proven to be harmful especially to the very young and the very old population

Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste

Taboos surrounding human waste have resulted in a lack of attention to spatial inequalities in access to sanitation and the consequences of this for human, environmental and economic health. This paper explores spaces where urgent environmental health imperatives intersect with deeply entrenched cultural norms surrounding human waste and the barriers they create for the development of more appropriate excreta management systems. The primary focus is on the global South (particularly India), although literature on sanitation histories in Europe and its colonies is drawn upon to illustrate spatial and temporal differences in cultural attitudes towards excrement

Transverse beam matching under the influence of space charge

The matching of a particle beam to specific transverse parameters, imposed by various operational, functional and diagnostic reasons, is an essential procedure in most types of accelerators. While well-established methods can easily match beams of negligible self fields, their accuracy is significantly reduced in the presence of strong space-charge forces. In a pursuit of time-efficient matching solutions for space-charge influenced beams, two approaches are demonstrated in this paper: a faster and more approximative one for symmetric beam transport along periodic and dense lattices, and a more analytic one for broader beam and lattice conditions. Beam dynamics simulations and experimental measurements are used to validate the performance of the suggested methods for the matching requirements of the transverse phase–space tomography at the Photo Injector Test Facility at DESY, Zeuthen site (PITZ)