Why non-superconducting metallic elements become superconducting under high pressure

We predict that simple metals and early transition metals that become superconducting under high pressures will show a change in sign of their Hall coefficient from negative to positive under pressure. If verified, this will strongly suggest that hole carriers play a fundamental role in `conventional' superconductivity, as predicted by the theory of hole superconductivity.Comment: Submitted to M2S-IX Tokyo 200

The Paris Club and African Debt

SUMMARY Peter Mountfield's article provides an insider's historical account of how working procedures evolved in the Paris Club. It also describes the main features of a Paris Club agreement, as well as the proceedings of how the Paris Club currently operates. Some suggestions follow on current issues and on proposals to deal with them. RESUME Le club de Paris L'articie de Peter Mountfield présente un compte?rendu historique vu de l'intérieur sur l'évolution des procédures actuellement en cours dans le Club de Paris. Il décrit également les principales caractéristiques d'un accord avec le Club de Paris, ainsi que les procédés employés et la façon dont le Club de Paris fonctionne. Des suggestions sont proposées pour les problèmes actuels et sur la façon de les aborder. RESUMEN El Club de París Este artículo proporciona el recuento histórico del desarrollo de los procedimientos de trabajo del Club de París, desde un punto de vista interno. Describe también las características principales de un acuerdo del Club de París y los procedimientos operativos que éste usa en la actualidad. Termina con algunas sugerencias sobre asuntos de actualidad y proposiciones para abordarlos

Skjelbreid Poiree AS

Bacheloroppgave i Forretningsutvikling og teknologi fra Handelshøyskolen BI, 2020Vi ønsket å ta for oss et selskap som benytter seg av friluftsliv eller utendørsaktiviteter direkte opp mot sin verdiskaping. Skjelbreid Poiree AS var en passende virksomhet. Selskapet ble etablert av Liv Grete Skjelbreid og Raphael Poiree og har gode verdiger og en spennende historikk. Dette gjorde selskapet til et interessant objekt for oss å jobbe videre med. Selskapet har også utfordringer som gjorde det interessant og utfordrende å jobbe med. Med tanke på selskapets utfordringer utarbeidet vi følgende problemstilling: «Hvordan kan digitale tjenester bedre synligheten og kundeflyten til Skjelbreid Poiree AS». Ved hjelp av ulike metoder har vi skapt oss en god oversikt og et klart bilde av dagens situasjon. Vi mener selskapet har et forbedringspotensial innen synlighet i markedet og på søkemotorer, samt å utarbeide en digital kalender og et bookingsystem. Vår anbefaling er å igangsette søkemotoroptimalisering for å bedre synligheten på søkemotorer som Google. Vi mener også at ved hjelp av digitalt bookingsystem som forenkler reservasjonsprosessen for kundene vil terskelen for å ta kontakt bli lavere. Tiltak som dette mener vi, vil hjelpe Skjelbreid Poiree med synligheten i markedet samtidig som tiltakene gjør selskapet mer rustet for fremtiden

Between mediatisation and politicisation: The changing role and position of Whitehall press officers in the age of political spin

Despite widespread critiques of ‘political spin’, the way governments engage with the mass media has attracted relatively little empirical attention. There is a small but growing body of research into bureaucracies’ responses to mediatisation from within which have identified tensions between bureaucratic and party political values, but this has not included the United Kingdom. There are concerns that the traditional dividing line between government information and political propaganda has come under increasing pressure as a higher premium is placed on persuasion by both journalists and politicians battling for public attention in an increasingly competitive market. Within Whitehall, the arrival of Labour in 1997 after 18 years in opposition was a watershed for UK government communications, allowing the government to reconfigure its official information service in line with the party political imperative to deploy strategic communications as a defence against increasingly invasive media scrutiny. Public relations, in government as elsewhere, has grown in scale, scope and status, becoming institutionalised and normalised within state bureaucracies, but how has this affected the role, status and influence of the civil servants who conduct media management? Within the system of executive self-regulation of government publicity that is characteristic of Whitehall, government press officers must negotiate a difficult path between the need to inform citizens about the government’s programme, and demands by ministers to deploy privileged information to secure and maintain personal and party advantage in the struggle for power. Taking 1997 as a turning point, and through the voices of the actors who negotiate government news – mainly press officers, but also journalists and special advisers – this article examines the changing role and position of Whitehall press officers in what has become known as the age of political spin, finding that profound and lasting change in the rules of engagement has taken place and is continuing