In this paper, a new method is presented for quantifying dependence in output among wind farms connected to an electricity grid. Overall stability of a grid is an important consideration. If output of wind farms is highly correlated, serious stress can be placed on the local infrastructure and...

The quality of service which could be delivered by the U.S. healthcare system is in contrast with the customer’s perceived expectations and reported levels of satisfaction. Due to the uncertainty about stakeholder views and the anomaly of the third-party payment system, healthcare service...

Do 'informed' or 'expert' patients challenge dominant traditions in biomedicine or simply adopt these as conventional ways of thinking about body shape and size, illness and health? This paper examines this question in relation to the use of the weight-loss drug Xenical by participants in an...

The authors argue for the necessary, but not privileged, place of geography in understanding the nature of wage labor in the capitalist world. Approaching their topic from Marxist, neo-Marxist, and Institutionalist perspectives they draw a portrait of the social relations of labor and draw attention

The author critically examines the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) -- the latest urban initiative to be introduced by the British government -- through the use of urban regime theory. Set against the backdrop of the shift from govern<i>ment </i>to govern<i>ance</i>, the SRB is read as a mechanism through...