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Obesity and metabolically healthy obesity: a review
Obesity is an independent risk factor for the development of chronic degenerative diseases. However, since the 80s, it has been observed that some people, despite being obese, exhibit a metabolic profile similar to that of a person of normal weight ...
Francisco G. Morales-Gurrola +2 more
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A New Reflection on the Historical connection between Muʿtazilism and tafwīḍ [PDF]
Without doubt, one of the important schools of thought in Islam is the Muʿtazilite rationalism school of thought and, in addition, one of the most challenging historical discussions also revolves around the decision of “determinism (jabr) and delegation (
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Kashani +1 more
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Probabilistic prediction of raw and BMA calibrated AEMET-SREPS: the 24 of January 2009 extreme wind event in Catalunya [PDF]
At 00:00 UTC of 24 January 2009 (24Jan09) an explosive cyclogenesis placed at the Gulf of Vizcaya, reached its maximum intensity with observed surface pressures below 970 hPa on its center.
P. Escribà +5 more
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Performance of multi-model AEMET-SREPS precipitation probabilistic forecasts over Mediterranean area [PDF]
Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) runs a daily experimental multi-model Short-Range Ensemble Prediction System (AEMET-SREPS). The role of the system horizontal resolution (0.25 degrees) on the performance of 24-h precipitation probabilistic forecasts,
A. Callado +5 more
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In humanitarian contexts, it is a difficult and multi-faceted task to enlist academics, humanitarian actors and health authorities in a collaborative research effort. The lack of research in such settings has been widely described in the past decade, but
Enrica Leresche +8 more
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A participatory approach is widely recommended for organizational interventions aiming to improve employee well-being. Employees’ participatory influence over organizational interventions implies that managers share power over decisions concerning the ...
Robert Lundmark
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Countervailing Conflicts of Interest in Delegation Games
In this paper, we investigate optimal delegation mechanisms in the presence of countervailing conflicts of interest in the context of principal–agent problems.
Saori Chiba, Kaiwen Leong
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Adiponectin, but not leptin, is associated with the metabolically healthy obesity phenotype
Background: It is currently unknown whether high adiponectin or low leptin levels induce a favorable metabolic profile in the metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) phenotype.
Yéssika Weyman-Vela +2 more
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Leaders’ Behaviors Matter: The Role of Delegation in Promoting Employees’ Feedback-Seeking Behavior
Feedback helps employees to evaluate and improve their performance, but there have been relatively few empirical investigations into how leaders can encourage employees to seek feedback.
Xiyang Zhang +5 more
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Since the Treaty of Lisbon, the legislative system of the European Union is based on a distinction between legislative acts and non-legislative acts as well as on a distinction between delegation and implementation.
Ton van den Brink, Hans van Meerten
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