Search results for "SAMU"

Saharan dust absorption and refractive index from aircraft-based observations during SAMUM 2006

2009

During the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) conducted in summer 2006 in southeast Morocco, the complex refractive index of desert dust was determined from airborne measurements of particle size distributions and aerosol absorption coefficients at three different wavelengths in the blue (467 nm), green (530 nm) and red (660 nm) spectral regions. The vertical structure of the dust layers was analysed by an airborne high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL). The origin of the investigated dust layers was estimated from trajectory analyses, combined with Meteosat 2nd Generation (MSG) scenes and wind field data analyses. The real part n of the dust refractive index was found almost constant w…

Esteettisen kritiikki : moderni kokemus ja esteettinen teoria

2008

Kaukasia geopoliittisen toiminnan näyttämönä : Kaukasian alueen geopoliittista tarkastelua läntisten, venäläisten, turkkilaisten ja iranilaisten intr…

2003

Bíblia. Llibres històrics. Llatí. Seleccions

Ms. il·luminat Títol donat pel catalogador Col·lació: Vitel·la, f. i (pergamí actual) + ii (paper) + 261 (en blanc el f. 91v, 260v i 261 ) + ii (paper) + i (pergamí actual) ; numeració moderna a llapis Composició: Text de la Bíblia i dels comentaris en dues o tres columnes, amb nombre de línies variable. Pautat amb mina de plom Escriptura: Gòtica textual cal·ligràfica Decoració: Caplletres miniades amb motius antropomòrfics i vegetals. Calderons, titolets i majúscules alternant tintes de color blau i vermell Enquadernació: Restaurada, plateresca, pell verda sobre fusta, amb ferros freds. Al centre, en el plànol anterior, amb ferros daurats, l'escut d'armes del duc de Calàbria entre florons;…

El arte integrado en la batalla. Estudio tecnológico previo a la restauración de cinco armaduras japonesas del Museo del Ejército de Toled

2011

A lo largo del siglo XVIII la moda Chinoiserie se difundió entre las cortes europeas. Basada en modelos chinos y japoneses, la veremos reflejada tanto en la pintura como en la arquitectura, las artes decorativas o el arte textil. Durante este periodo se importaron numerosos objetos de Extremo Oriente con destino a los palacios y casas señoriales, factor determinante en el auge del coleccionismo de piezas de arte exótico, como las lacas japonesas y la porcelana china. Un caso excepcional es el constituido por las armaduras samuráis, verdaderas obras de arte elaboradas en materiales muy diversos y dotadas de una complejidad notable. El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar los estudios previos…

Organizational dissent and workplace freedom of speech : a qualitative study of young professional intra-urban migrant workers in Shanghai

2014

Chinese economy reform triggered the largest domestic labor migration in human history. These 150 million migrant workers are treated as second-rate citizens in urban cities because of the discriminatory household registration system: Hukou. Previous studies have predominantly focused on blue-collar migrants while the professional workers, the potential permanent city dwellers, received little attention. This study attempts to fill this gap by exploring the perception of workplace freedom and preference of dissent strategy among professional migrant workers in Shanghai. Eight young and well-educated migrants participated in this study through semi-structured online interviews. This study no…

The real exchange rate in the long run: Balassa-Samuelson effects reconsidered

2017

Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample period. Although the traditional Balassa-Samuelson model is not consistent with these results, we suggest an explanation of the results in terms of contemporary variants of the model that incorporate the terms of trade mechanism. Specifically we argue that changes in trade costs over time may affect the impact of productivity on the real exchange rate over time. We undertake simulations of the modern versions of the Balassa-Samuelson model to show that…

Moving to become healthier?

2020

This paper examines individuals’ health and whether it improves when individuals move from a region with poorer health on average to a region with better health on average. We used data from Finland, which is a country with large regional differences in health behaviours and outcomes. We found no evidence that moving from a less healthy region to a healthier region would have any significant effect on the health of individuals who move compared with the health of other individuals. We also examined the potential heterogeneity in the analysed relationships. We found evidence of a relationship between moving itself and health improvements, but this generally true only for our subsample of ind…

An exploration of organization dissent and workplace freedom of speech among young professional intra-urban migrants in Shanghai

2017

This study explores the factors influencing the dissent behavior and perceptions of workplace freedom of speech among young Chinese professionals who are intra-urban migrants. It attempts to grasp the role of the Chinese household registration system, referred to as Hukou, in migrants’ professional and everyday life. Fourteen interviews were conducted with young, well-educated intra-urban migrants who possessed middle-income jobs but did not possess a Shanghai registration (Hukou). This study reveals that traditional Confucian values are significant in shaping Chinese migrant workers’ expressions of dissent and perceptions of workplace freedom of speech. Findings from this study demonstrate…

The Role of the Exchange Rate Regime in the Process of Real and Nominal Convergence

2013

During the last decade, economists have intensively searched for evidence on the importance of the Balassa-Samuelson (B-S) hypothesis in explaining nominal convergence. One general result is that B-S can at best explain only part of the excess inflation observed in the European catching-up countries, which suggests that other factors may be at play. In these and related studies, however, the potential role of the exchange rate regime in affecting price convergence in Europe has been overlooked. In this respect, we claim that the choice of the exchange rate regime has decisively affected the path of nominal convergence. To show this, we first model the (endogenous) choice of the exchange rat…