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Methods for studying coastal bivalves in a changing world : A review and implications for management
2021
Master's thesis in Coastal ecology (BIO501) Anthropogenic activities such as pollution, CO2 emission, and overfishing, are among leading reasons for global environmental change and negative impacts on the marine environment including loss of biodiversity. Marine bivalves are an example of species that suffers from such consequences while they have high value in both aquaculture and marine ecosystems. With the existence of many threats including overharvesting, invasive species, parasites, and diseases, coastal bivalves such as flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) and blue mussels (Mytilus spp) are in many places endangered. The existing knowledge gaps in the historic and current distribution, howev…
Do cold-water corals spatially correlate with submarine canyons in the Bay of Biscay? : A GIS study analysing the spatial distribution of cold-water …
2020
Master's thesis in Coastal ecology (BIO501) The seascape of the Bay of Biscay is a mysterious place. It is located to the west of France and the north of Spainand is often defined as well-differentiated geomorphological unit. The continental margin of the BoB is incised with many submarine canyons and is also thought to be a hotspot for cold-water corals.Unfortunately, it is an area under high anthropogenic pressure where intense fishing activity, bottom trawling especially, is causing major disturbances to benthic habitats such as cold-water corals. Cold-water corals have been well studied along the European margin and have more frequently been recorded in the northeastAtlantic than any ot…
Renewable electricity producing technologies and metal depletion: A sensitivity analysis using the EROI
2015
International audience; More and more attention is being paid to renewable technologies because they are seen as a great opportunity to disengage our society from its dependence on fossil fuels. Such flow-based energy resources that rely on solarenergy are supposed to lead us toward a sustainable energy future. However, because of their high capitalintensity, renewable technologies require large amounts of matter, including both common and rare metals.These metals require energy for their production, and more specifically for their extraction. The energy costassociated with metal extraction is linked to mineral ore grade, meaning that as depletion progresses, energycost increases. In additi…
R&D Offshoring and the Productivity Growth of European Regions
2013
The recent increase in R&D offshoring have raised fears that knowledge and competitiveness in advanced countries may be at risk of `hollowing out\'. At the same time, economic research has stressed that this process is also likely to allow some reverse technology transfer and foster growth at home. This paper addresses this issue by investigating the extent to which R&D offshoring is associated with productivity dynamics of European regions. We find that offshoring regions have higher productivity growth, but this positive effect fades down with the number of investment projects carried out abroad. A large and positive correlation emerge between the extent of R&D offshoring and the home reg…
Exploratory spatial data analysis of the distribution of regional per capita GDP in Europe, 1980-1995
2000
The aim of this paper is to study the dynamics of European regional per capita product over time and space. This purpose is achieved by using the recently developed methods of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. Using a sample of European regions over the 1980-1995 period, we find strong evidence of global and local spatial autocorrelation in per capita GDP throughout the period. The detection of clusters of high and low per capita products during the period is an indication of the persistence of spatial disparities between European regions. This analysis is finally refined by the investigation of the spatial pattern of regional growth. Key words:exploratory spatial data analysis; distributi…
Technological differences and convergence in the OECD
2000
Abstract. In this paper we test the homogeneity of the technological parameters among OECD countries, which is the maintained hypothesis in most of the empirical growth literature. We first identify differences in the constant term of the convergence equation estimated for the OECD 1960/1990 sample using a fixed- effects estimator. Then we provide a formal test of the homogeneity of technological parameters across groups of countries. We identify at least two different groups within the OECD, with significantly different technologies. Convergence within each group is fast, supporting the notion of club convergence. Nevertheless, the implausible parameter values obtained for the leading tech…
Deficit sustainability and inflation in EMU: An analysis from the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level
2007
Price determination theory typically focuses on the role of monetary policy, while the role of fiscal policy is usually neglected. From a different point of view, the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level takes into account monetary and fiscal policy interactions and assumes that fiscal policy may determine the price level, even if monetary authorities pursue an inflation targeting strategy. In this paper we try to test empirically whether the time path of the government budget in EMU countries would have affected price level determination. Our results point to the sustainability of fiscal policy in all the EMU countries but Finland, although no firm conclusions can be drawn about the prevalence…
Mellom fragment og totalitet : en lesning av Øystein Lønns roman Hirtshals Hirtshals med spesielt fokus på form, erkjennelse og identitet
2006
Masteroppgave i Nordisk språk og litteratur 2006 - Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand Romanens fortelleteknikk er hovedfokus i kapittel 2. Her forsøker jeg å applisere erkjennelses- og identitesaspektet på tekstens formale dimensjon. I denne delen av oppgaven ser vi hvordan den impliserte forfatteren kompliserer forståelsesprosessen ved sin tilbaketrukkethet. Fortelleren medierer situasjoner nøytralt, uten ytterligere forklaringer og vurderinger. Resultatet er en diskurs som ligner på fotografienes virkelighetsgjengivelse og filmens montasjeteknikk, og den mosaikken teksten skaper tvinger leseren inn i en aktiv deltakelse fordi sammenhengen ikke ligger ferdig fortolket. Kapitlet viser hvordan …
A new p65 isoform that bind the glucocorticoid hormone and is expressed in inflammation liver diseases and COVID-19
2021
AbstractInflammation is a physiological process whose deregulation causes some diseases including cancer. Nuclear Factor kB (NF-kB) is a family of ubiquitous and inducible transcription factors, in which the p65/p50 heterodimer is the most abundant complex, that play critical roles mainly in inflammation. Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor and acts as an anti-inflammatory agent and immunosuppressant. Thus, NF-kB and GR are physiological antagonists in the inflammation process. Here we show that in mice and humans there is a spliced variant of p65, named p65 iso5, which binds the corticosteroid hormone dexamethasone amplifying the effect of the glucocorti…
Influence of orthophosphate ions on the dissolution of tricalcium silicate
2008
International audience; Tricalcium silicate dissolution in the presence of orthophosphate ions was monitored by measuring the concentrations of calcium and silicate ions in dilute suspensions using a special dissolution cell coupled to an optical emission spectrometer. Results show that increasing adsorption of orthophosphate ions slows down the dissolution of Ca3SiO5 and that a calcium-phosphate precipitate may form at certain orthophosphate concentrations. These observations are correlated with results of calorimetric experiments carried out during the hydration of silica-rich cement pastes in the presence of the same salts.