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A more targeted approach to foreign direct investment: the establishment of screening systems on national security grounds

2018

The process of liberalization of international trade and of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has constituted a broadly accepted trend during the last few decades and FDI inflows have expanded constantly since the end of the 1980’s. However, signs of a certain crisis of the positive and one-way attitude towards international trade and FDI exist nowadays. The increase in the flux of FDI coming from developing and emerging countries to developed economies, the sudden relevance of foreign sovereign investors, the changing environment for national security or the quest to protect technologies and sectors of the economy considered vital for the host country, its sovereignty and competitiveness are…

Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Chinese National Oil Companies

2015

Developed countries have become increasingly suspicious about the rapid growth of Chinese investments in their home countries and abroad, commonly citing potential threats to national security and global governance as the main sources of anxieties. As a result, policy measures in some developed markets have been put in place to create additional regulation and oversight, specifically in highly regulated and strategic industries, such as the oil sector. This article refutes a number of popular myths about Chinese investments in the global oil industry, and suggests a more rigorous dialogue with the Chinese authorities relating to their integration into international institutions.

Chemistry and bioactivity of natural products

2011

Managing a boreal forest landscape for providing timber, storing and sequestering carbon

2015

Human well-being highly depends on ecosystem services and this dependence is expected to increase in the future with increasing population and economic growth. Studies that investigate trade-offs between ecosystem services are urgently needed for informing policy-makers. We examine the trade-offs between a provisioning (revenues from timber selling) and regulating (carbon storage and sequestration) ecosystem services among seven alternative forest management regimes in a large boreal forest production landscape. First, we estimate the potential of the landscape to produce harvest revenues and store/sequester carbon across a 50-year time period. Then, we identify conflicts between harvest re…

Investīcijas Latvijā

2016

Investīcijas ir viens no noteicošiem priekšnosacījumiem valsts izaugsmes veicināšanā un ekonomiskā stāvokļa ietekmēšanā. Diplomdarbā tiek aplūkota un raksturota investīciju plūsma. Darba mērķis ir analizējot investīciju attīstību, to nozīmi un piesaisti Latvijas ekonomikā, izdarīt secinājumus par investīciju kavējošiem faktoriem un izvirzīt priekšlikumus kavējošo faktoru novēršanai vai to ietekmes mazināšanai. Diplomdarba pamatdaļa sastāv no divām daļām – no teorētiskās un analītiskās. Pirmajā daļā tiek raksturota investīciju būtība un nozīme valsts ekonomikā, kā arī tiek apskatīta un izanalizēta to dinamika. Otrajā daļā tiek pētīti un analizēti investīciju kavējošie faktori Latvijas ekonom…

De la ley de barrios al diseño de políticas locales de empleo

2009

(Erm) de Manlleu, localidad de la provincia de Barcelona. La investigación forma parte de un conjunto de acciones integradas llevadas a cabo en el Erm a partir de la aplicación de la denominada Ley de Barrios, impulsada por el Gobierno catalán. La Ley facilita el desarrollo de actuaciones en el ámbito local, especialmente en el terreno urbanístico. Pero, como mostraremos, puede ser también un instrumento eficaz para desarrollar políticas de promoción del empleo ligadas al territorio. Un tipo de políticas que remite a la importancia que viene adquiriendo el ámbito local en cuestiones de empleo; y que se refleja en los numerosos estudios que se realizan en torno a la idea del desarrollo local…

Implications of irradiating the subventricular zone stem cell niche

2016

Radiation therapy is a standard treatment for brain tumor patients. However, it comes with side effects, such as neurological deficits. While likely multi-factorial, the effect may in part be associated with the impact of radiation on the neurogenic niches. In the adult mammalian brain, the neurogenic niches are localized in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventricles and the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, where the neural stem cells (NSCs) reside. Several reports showed that radiation produces a drastic decrease in the proliferative capacity of these regions, which is related to functional decline. In particular, radiation to the SVZ led to a reduced long-term olfactory memo…

Le infrastrutture di telecomunicazioni: quale semplificazione amministrativa?

2009

Analisi delle ambivalenze della nozione di semplificazione riferita alle infrastrutture di telecomunicazioni

Novel inhibitors in development for hepatocellular carcinoma

2010

The multikinase inhibitor sorafenib was the first agent to demonstrate a survival benefit for patients with locally advanced or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although sorafenib represents a landmark in the treatment of HCC and proved molecularly targeted therapy to be effective in this disease, it represents just the first step towards an improvement in systemic therapy. Since then, novel inhibitors have been evaluated in early clinical trials, showing potential activity.This article aims to review novel inhibitors emerging in the field of advanced HCC. An Internet-based search was performed to identify abstracts, clinical trials ( www.clinicaltrials.gov , last accessed 30 Nove…

Adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of acetonitrile: FT-IR investigation

2003

Abstract The photocatalytic degradation of acetonitrile was carried out in liquid–solid regime in a batch reactor by using two types of commercial TiO 2 powders (Merck and Degussa P25) as photocatalysts. The concentration of acetonitrile and non-purgeable organic carbon (NPOC) were monitored. The initial rate of acetonitrile conversion was found higher on TiO 2 Merck than on TiO 2 P25. FT-IR spectroscopy was used to investigate the molecular features of the adsorption and photo-oxidation of acetonitrile on the two TiO 2 powders in a fully surface hydrated form. Acetonitrile was found adsorbed on Ti 4+ surface ions and hydroxyl groups for both types of TiO 2 . This interaction appeared fully…