Search results for "Metis"

The Netherlands

1997

Mainstreaming gender in the EU-accession process: the case of the Baltic Republics

2005

Since the early 1990s, the Baltic states have gone through processes of economic transition and liberalization. Although various reports give an overview of gendered impacts of these economic reforms, they fail to elaborate on the more complex relations between gender, citizenship, and social exclusion. This article explores these relations in more detail. The first decade of reforms in the Baltic states resulted in a lack of economic prospects, in particular for women from minority groups and women working in low-pay sectors. This made them increasingly vulnerable to trafficking for sexual purposes: migration to Western Europe was an attractive alternative for those without work, whether …

The effect of peer socioeconomic status on student achievement: a meta-analysis

2010

Previous studies on the effects on students’ test scores of their peers’ socioeconomic status (SES) have reported varying results. In order to understand why researchers have alternately found small effects, large effects, or no effects at all, a meta-regression analysis including an extensive database of 30 studies on the topic was conducted. Results show that the size of the compositional effect that researchers find is strongly related to how they measure SES and to their choice of model. Measuring SES dichotomously (e.g. free lunch eligibility) or including several average SES variables in one model leads to smaller effect estimates than using a thoroughly constructed composite that inc…

Editorial special issue on Community structure in complex networks

2013

Involving universities in regional upgrading in the periphery

2015

This chapter presents and discusses two cases of regional upgrading involving public-run universities in two Northern European countries, Norway and the Netherlands. More specifically, it illuminates how academic groups associated with the field of medicine took pro-active steps to establish and further develop regional coalitions which, over time, have resulted in situated learning. The focus on processes of university-regional engagement and mutual satisfaction in a context where universities are pressured to be globally excellent allow lessons to be drawn for regions in Southern Europe. Subtle transfer is nevertheless required to account for universities’ autonomies and organisational ca…

Future capabilities of CME polarimetric 3D reconstructions with the METIS instrument: A numerical test

2015

D.H.M. would like to thank STFC and the Leverhulme Trust for their financial support. P.P. would like to thank STFC and the Leverhulme Trust. The computational work for this paper was carried out on the joint STFC and SFC (SRIF) funded cluster at the University of St Andrews (Scotland, UK). Context. Understanding the 3D structure of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is crucial for understanding the nature and origin of solar eruptions. However, owing to the optical thinness of the solar corona we can only observe the line of sight integrated emission. As a consequence the resulting projection effects hide the true 3D structure of CMEs. To derive information on the 3D structure of CMEs from whit…

Controlled intermittent shortening contractions of a muscle-tendon complex: muscle fibre damage and effects on force transmission from a single head …

2005

This study was performed to examine effects of prolonged (3 h) intermittent shortening (amplitude 2 mm) contractions (muscles were excited maximally) of head III of rat extensor digitorum longus muscle (EDL III) on indices of muscle damage and on force transmission within the intact anterior crural compartment. Three hours after the EDL III exercise, muscle fibre damage, as assessed by immunohistochemical staining of structural proteins (i.e. dystrophin, desmin, titin, laminin-2), was found in EDL, tibialis anterior (TA) and extensor hallucis longus (EHL) muscles. The damaged muscle fibres were not uniformly distributed throughout the muscle cross-sections, but were located predominantly ne…

Design and physicochemical characterization of poly(amidoamine) nanoparticles and the toxicological evaluation in human endothelial cells: applicatio…

2013

In this study, we investigated nanoparticles formulated by self-assembly of a biodegradable poly(amidoamine) (PAA) and a fluorescently labeled peptide, in their capacity to internalize in endothelial cells and deliver the peptide, with possible applications for brain drug delivery. The nanoparticles were characterized in terms of size, surface charge, and loading efficiency, and were applied on human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (hCMEC/D3) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (Huvec) cells. Cell-internalization and cytotoxicity experiments showed that the PAA-based nanocomplexes were essentially nontoxic, and the peptide was successfully internalized into cells. The result…

Priekšmetiskā pasaule J.Jaunsudrabiņa “Baltajā grāmatā” un “Zaļajā grāmatā”, un E.Birznieka-Upīša “Pastariņa dienasgrāmatā”. Motīva salīdzinājums

2018

Bakalaura darbā „Priekšmetiskā pasaule J. Jaunsudrabiņa „Baltajā grāmatā” un „Zaļajā grāmatā”, un E. Birznieka-Upīša „Pastariņa dienasgrāmatā”. Motīva salīdzinājums” ir raksturota priekšmetiskā pasaule J. Jaunsudrabiņa un E. Birznieka-Upīša autobiogrāfiskajos darbos, pievēršot uzmanību arī laikmeta kontekstam – 19. gs. otrajai pusei. No darbos ieraugāmajiem priekšmetiem raksturotas trīs priekšmetu grupas – ikdienā nepieciešamākās mēbeles (galds, gulta, krēsli u.c.), apgaismes priekšmeti un mūzikas instrumenti. Ar šo priekšmetu palīdzību iespējams raksturot darbos rādīto laikmetu, atklājot tā sadzīvi, kā arī tam raksturīgās izklaides iespējas. Darbā tiek veikts arī salīdzinājums, kuri priekš…

Cultural variation of leadership prototypes across 22 European countries

2000

This study sets out to test the assumption that concepts of leadership differ as a function of cultural differences in Europe and to identify dimensions which describe differences in leadership concepts across European countries. Middle‐level managers (N = 6052) from 22 European countries rated 112 questionnaire items containing descriptions of leadership traits and behaviours. For each attribute respondents rated how well it fits their concept of an outstanding business leader. The findings support the assumption that leadership concepts are culturally endorsed. Specifically, clusters of European countries which share similar cultural values according to prior cross‐cultural research (Rone…