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Public-Interest Litigation before the ECtHR: Towards a Human Rights Approach to the “Universal” Protection of Cultural Heritage?
2022
Taking as a starting point the inadmissibility decision issued in 2019 by the European Court of Human Rights in the case Ahunbay and others v. Turkey, the article proposes some reflections concerning the possibility of lodging applications with the Court which are aimed at protecting collective interests and common goods as recognized (or emerging) under international law. While the case at hands concerned the specific issue of the protection of cultural heritage, it cannot be denied that, more generally, the importance in contemporary international law of public-interest litigation before international courts and tribunals is growing. And indeed, it is much discussed in the field of the pr…
The future of biological control research and application in Europe
2009
Las medidas restrictivas de la Unión Europea y su incidencia en los Derechos Humanos. Estudio del caso de Irán
2020
La presente tesis doctoral tiene por objeto el estudio de las medidas restrictivas que impone la Unión Europea (UE) contra individuos y entidades. Este instrumento es el reflejo de la evolución de la práctica internacional en materia de sanciones. Durante la década de 1990, conocida como la década de las sanciones, el recurso a medidas coercitivas unilaterales experimentó un notable incremento. Las graves consecuencias humanitarias que su adopción provocó en la población civil derivaron en una evolución hacia el concepto de sanción inteligente. Se pasó de las sanciones generales a los regímenes de medidas restrictivas de carácter selectivo en pro del respeto a los derechos humanos. No obsta…
The anthropogenic sealing of soils in urban areas
2009
The sealing of soils by impervious materials is, normally, detrimental to its ecological functions. Exchanges of energy, water and gases are restricted or hampered and an increasing pressure is being exerted on adjacent, non sealed areas. The negative effects span from loss of plant production and natural habitats to increased floods, pollution, and health risks and consequently higher social costs. Environmental Agencies produce periodical reports where the phenomenon of soil consumption by urban infrastructures is monitored with extremely sophisticated geographical tools but little specific research is available that describes the effects of soil sealing. This paper reviews some recent co…
Le nomine parlamentari: procedure ed equilibri di genere
2022
La presente ricerca mira ad analizzare, secondo una prospettiva comparata, i meccanismi gender balanced, eventualmente presenti, nelle procedure di nomina delle cariche pubbliche, di competenza parlamentare. Lo studio ha riguardato l’analisi delle modalità di nomina di Authorities, Corti costituzionali e organi di autogoverno della magistratura degli ordinamenti europei singolarmente analizzati nei precedenti capitoli della presente opera. La comparazione ha evidenziato soluzioni eterogenee, come il ricorso a meccanismi di quote percentuali o l’affermazione di misure di soft law. Fine ultimo della ricerca è stata l’individuazione di possibili interventi che potrebbero effettuarsi nell’ordin…
Genome-wide association study and mouse expression data identify a highly conserved 32 kb intergenic region between WNT3 and WNT9b as possible suscep…
2014
Item does not contain fulltext Bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex (BEEC), the severe end of the urorectal malformation spectrum, has a profound impact on continence as well as sexual and renal functions. It is widely accepted that for the majority of cases the genetic basis appears to be multifactorial. Here, we report the first study which utilizes genome-wide association methods to analyze a cohort comprising patients presenting the most common BEEC form, classic bladder exstrophy (CBE), to identify common variation associated with risk for isolated CBE. We employed discovery and follow-up samples comprising 218 cases/865 controls and 78 trios in total, all of European descent. Our disc…
Bayesian estimation of partial population continuity using ancient DNA and spatially explicit simulations.
2017
Abstract The retrieval of ancient DNA from osteological material provides direct evidence of human genetic diversity in the past. Ancient DNA samples are often used to investigate whether there was population continuity in the settlement history of an area. Methods based on the serial coalescent algorithm have been developed to test whether the population continuity hypothesis can be statistically rejected by analysing DNA samples from the same region but of different ages. Rejection of this hypothesis is indicative of a large genetic shift, possibly due to immigration occurring between two sampling times. However, this approach is only able to reject a model of full continuity model (a tot…
Predicting the potential global range of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) using biologically informed and correlative species distribution mo…
2012
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El fracaso de los proyectos de reforma en el virreinato peruano de principios del siglo XVIII. Las propuestas de Carmine Nicola Caracciolo, príncipe …
2021
Desde hace algunas décadas, una nueva corriente historiográfica ha dirigido su atención a las transformaciones que, en los ámbitos social, político y militar, impulsó el gobierno borbónico en las primeras décadas del siglo XVIII. Aunque en gran medida no tuvieron éxito, las reformas promovidas en las dos primeras décadas entre la Península Ibérica, Sicilia, Nueva España y Perú ponen de relieve un importante primer intento de hacer más funcional el gobierno de la Monarquía. Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar las propuestas de las reformas que Carmine Nicola Caracciolo elaboró durante su mandato como Virrey del Perú (1716-1721). En particular, se reflexionará sobre aquellas propuestas…
The role of eutrophication reduction of two small man-made Mediterranean lagoons in the context of a broader remediation system: Effects on water qua…
2013
In order to meet the requirements of the European Union Water Framework Directive for the Albufera de Valencia (AV) Natural Park, in 2009, several areas of free water surface constructed wetlands (FWSCWs) planted with emergent vegetation and two small shallow lagoons planted with submerged macrophytes were created over a 40-ha area formerly occupied by rice fields. This area is currently a reserve known as Tancat de la Pipa. The dual goal of this programme was to improve the quality of the hyper-eutrophicated waters of the AV lagoon, the largest littoral lagoon in the Iberian Peninsula, and to restore former lost habitats to increase the biodiversity of the area. The lagoons were mainly fed…