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Differentiated Integration and Disintegration in the EU after Brexit : Risks versus Opportunities
2019
Differentiation is becoming an increasingly salient feature of European integration. The multi‐faceted European crisis and the subsequent Brexit vote (paving the way for a ground‐breaking case of differentiated disintegration) have led scholars and practitioners to think about the consequences of differentiated integration. This article draws on five well‐established models of differentiation experienced by countries both inside and outside the Union: the EEA model; the Danish model of (quasi‐)permanent differentiation; the Swedish model of de facto differentiation; the instrumental model; and the British model of differentiated disintegration. It addresses the different risks and opportuni…
Analysis of good corporate governance at Indonesian telecom industry after privatization: case study at PT Telekom an PT Indosat
2006
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand The objective of this research is to examine whether there are differences of implementation of good corporate governance of company which privatized using different methods. This is relevant with the change of privatization pattern conducted by the government of Indonesia toward its state-owned companies, from Public Offering to Strategic Sale. One of important decisions taken by the government after the economic crisis is privatization of state-owned companies. It is done because the government finds difficulties to financing its national development programs and economic recovery. From company side, the change of …
Health literacy, socioeconomic status and digital device use among older adults
2022
Interaspecific chemical variability and highlighting of chemotypes of leaf essential oils from Ravensara aromatica Sonnerat, a tree endemic to Madaga…
2006
Ravensara aromatica Sonnerat is a tree endemic to Madagascar. The essential oil extracted from the leaves is used in aromatherapy. Previous chemical studies have generated some confusion with regard to the chemical composition of this essential oil. In order to eliminate this uncertainty, we undertook a systematic evaluation of the chemical composition of essential oils from leaves of this species. The study focused on 28 individual samples formally identified as R. aromatica. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and GC–MS. It was possible to distinguish four groups of trees through principal components analysis and agglomerative hierarchical clustering a…
Matpolitikk i Norge- fremdelses norsk? : en studie av norsk forvaltnings arbeid med politikkutvikling innenfor EØS
2014
Masteroppgave offentlig politikk og ledelse- Universitetet i Agder, 2014 Norge overtar hvert år overtar mellom 10-15 prosent av alle nye direktiver og forordninger som vedtas i EU som en del EØS-avtalen. Innenfor matfeltet, som er studiens nedslagsfelt, er ca. 90 prosent av de mange forskriftene som gis nasjonalt, ren EU/EØS-rett (NOU, 2012, s. 793). Formålet med studien er å se nærmere på hvilke aktører som påvirker politikkutformingen av det EØS-lovverket Norge implementerer og hva slags betingelser som ligger til grunn for denne påvirkningen. I problemstillingen søkes det belyst i hvilken grad politikkutformingsfasen knyttet til biproduktforordningen innenfor matfeltet er flernivåadminis…
Role perception of representatives on management boards inEU-level agencies
2009
Masteroppgave i offentlig politikk og ledelse- Universitetet i Agder 2009 This study tries to explain what role perception different representatives on management boards in EU-level agencies adopt when they are attending board meetings and what influences the representatives to adopt the role they do. Do the representatives adopt a supranational role, an intergovernmental role or an expert role on the management board? I have chosen organizational theory and institutional theory to try to explain the different roles representatives adopt on the management board. Empirically, I observed that the representatives adopt an ambiguous role perception where they have to balance the three roles. Th…
Mot en felles europeisk forsvarsadministrasjon? : forsvarsadministrasjonens handlingsrom, og iverksettingsmyndighet, i EUs flernivåadministrasjon
2013
Masteroppgave i offentlig politikk og ledelse - Universitetet i Agder 2013 EØS-avtalen preger norsk rolle i EUs flernivåadministrasjon. Tidligere forskning viser at direktorater og etater har fått en økt rolle i EUs administrasjon. I denne studien er ønsket å se om de tendensene og betingelsene er tilstede i Forsvarsadministrasjonen, som ikke direkte preges av EØS-avtalen. Problemstillingen er som følger: “I hvilken grad, og hvordan, inngår norsk Forsvarsadministrasjon i EUs flernivåadministrasjon?” Utgangspunktet for datainnsamlingen er norske og europeiske offentlige dokumenter (NOU’er, stortingsmeldinger og traktater). For å supplere og utdype analysen gjort av disse, er det brukt delvis…
Autonomy of International Bureaucracies: On the Actor-Level Autonomy in the WTO Secretariat
2014
Masteroppgave offentlig politikk og ledelse- Universitetet i Agder, 2014 The research question in this study addresses actor-level autonomy as enacted by civil servants within an international bureaucracy, namely the WTO Secretariat. The objective is to identify underlying mechanisms arguably responsible for inciting patterns of behaviour among civil servants. This study is premised on the assumption that autonomy may be studied by examining behavioural patterns of the incumbents and that such behavioural patterns largely are a consequence of mechanisms of pre-socialization, re-socialization and organizational affiliation. The study consists of two main parts. The first part is descriptive …
Pretreatment metastatic growth rate determines clinical outcome of advanced melanoma patients treated with anti-PD-1 antibodies: a multicenter cohort…
2021
BackgroundCheckpoint inhibitors revolutionized the treatment of metastatic melanoma patients. Although tumor burden and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) are associated with overall survival (OS), the impact of tumor growth kinetics remains elusive and in part contradictory. The aims of this study were to develop a novel simple and rapid method that estimates pretreatment metastatic growth rate (MGR) and to investigate its prognostic impact in melanoma patients treated with antiprogrammed death receptor-1 (PD-1) antibodies.MethodsMGR was assessed in three independent cohorts of a total of 337 unselected consecutive metastasized stage IIIB–IV melanoma patients (discovery cohort: n=53, confirmation…
Selective activation of 5-HT(2C) receptors stimulates GABA-ergic function in the rat substantia nigra pars reticulata: a combined in vivo electrophys…
2007
In vivo electrophysiology and microdialysis were used to investigate the physiological role of 5-HT(2C) receptors in the control of substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) function. Extracellular single-unit recordings were performed from putative GABA-containing neurons in the SNr of anesthetized rats, and local GABA release was studied by in vivo microdialysis in the SNr of awake freely-moving rats. Systemic administration of the selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonist (S)-2-(chloro-5-fluoro-indol-1-yl)-1-methylethylamine 1:1 C(4)H(4)O(4) (RO 60-0175) caused a dose-dependent excitation of about 30% of the SNr neurons recorded. However, the remaining neurons were either inhibited or unaffected …