Essentially, the representative acts as the voice of those who are (literally) not present. This model was contested by Edmund Burke (1729-1797), an Irish philosopher, who also created the trustee model of representation.
Background. Mumps is an acute, self-limited, systemic viral illness characterized by the swelling of one or more of the salivary glands, typically the parotid glands. The illness is caused by the RNA virus, Rubulavirus.he mumps virus does share various epidemiologic characteristics with other well-known viral pediatric diseases, such as measles (RNA virus, of the genus Morbillivirus, in the Paramyxoviridae family) and rubella (RNA virus, of the genus Rubivirus, in the Togaviridae family). Mumps occurs worldwide.
Mumps facts. 1  Mumps is a highly contagious viral infection with an incubation period of 14-18 days from exposure to onset of symptoms. 2  The duration of the disease is approximately 10 days. 3  The initial symptoms of mumps infection are nonspecific (low-grade fever, malaise, headache, muscle aches, and loss of appetite). The duration of the disease is approximately 10 days. 2  The initial symptoms of mumps infection are nonspecific (low-grade fever, malaise, headache, muscle aches, and loss of appetite).