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EXPLORING THE OBSTACLES OF LATVIAN FOOD COMPANIES EXPORT TO CHINA
2016
As we know, China is the biggest trader in the world. European Commission has revealed that China has become the European Union (EU)`s second largest trading partner behind the United States, and EU is China`s biggest trading partner. This situation just proves the necessity of making good partnership with China, which is especially needed for such a small country as Latvia. The main export fields for Latvia are wood, metal, electrical devices and minerals. As the population of China is growing very fast, leading to more than one billion people in 2016 (increased for more than 41 million in last six years), the food market is in need of more and more products. Of course, Chinese market may …
Emission factors related to vehicle modal activity
2011
Polluting emissions depend on vehicle characteristics and on traffi c conditions expected after the construction of a road project. Nevertheless, in the assessment of new projects, the task of road designer becomes uncertain when the reduction in polluting emissions has to be evaluated. Moreover, vehicle emissions are highly linked to modal vehicle activity, but current emission rate models do not properly predict on-road vehicle emissions produced by modal traffi c events, as those occurring at intersections. Modal emission models require the analysis of modal activity at a microscale level in order to evaluate emission factors by a single mode (idle, acceleration, deceleration, and cruise…
"Nyt nää läskit lähtee" : lihavuusleikkaukseen hakeutuminen kuluttajan ostopolkuna
2016
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää, kuinka kuluttaja toimii hakeutuessaan vaativaan leikkaukseen. Tutkimuksessa pyritään ymmärtämään kuluttajan motivaatioita, emooti-oita ja vaikeita valintoja lihavuusleikkauksen ostopolulla. Tutkimuksen teoreettisena taustana toimivat kuluttajan ostopäätösprosessiin, erityisesti konstruktiiviseen päätös-prosessiin sekä emootioihin liittyvät teoriat ja aiempi tutkimus. Ylipainoiseen kuluttajaan, lihavuusleikkaukseen sekä terveyspalvelujen valintaan liittyvät tiedot ja teoriat muodos-tavat ostopolun maiseman. Tutkimuksessa haastateltiin 17 suomalaista kuluttajaa, joille oli suoritettu lihavuusleik-kaus. Haasteltaviksi valittiin sekä julkisen terveydenhuoll…
Receptor for advanced glycation end products is subjected to protein ectodomain shedding by metalloproteinases.
2008
The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a 55-kDa type I membrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily. Ligand-induced up-regulation of RAGE is involved in various pathophysiological processes, including late diabetic complications and Alzheimer disease. Application of recombinant soluble RAGE has been shown to block RAGE-mediated pathophysiological conditions. After expression of full-length RAGE in HEK cells we identified a 48-kDa soluble RAGE form (sRAGE) in the culture medium. This variant of RAGE is smaller than a 51-kDa soluble version derived from alternative splicing. The release of sRAGE can be induced by the phorbol ester PMA and the calcium ionophore c…
Enforcing WTO Law
2017
This contribution analyses the difference between the enforcement system provided for by the European Union legal system and the one set up by the World Trade Organisation. The reciprocal and bilateral nature of the WTO obligations and the possibility for the parties to a dispute to have recourse to negotiation (in ways not always foreseen and regulated by the Dispute Settlement Understanding) in order to resolve the issue of implementation in the post-adjudication phase of the dispute settlement procedure are features that by-and-large differentiate the WTO legal system from that of the EU and also explains the differences between the remedies provided for by the two systems.
A PSO highway alignment optimization algorithm considering environmental constraints
2013
In recent years, there has been a growing need to develop and delineate algorithms that quickly provide optimized highway alignments. The matter is very complex since it is dominated by several factors and engineers have to achieve different and relevant targets (such as minimization of construction and earthwork costs, compliance with environmental and right-of-way constraints, maximization of safety and comfort for users, conformity with geometric standards). The possible solutions of this problem are clearly infinite and only modern artificial intelligence techniques can really simplify and speed up the highway design process. In this study a search algorithm, based on a Swarm Artificial…
Increasing the Circularity of asphalt mixtures: Integrated Sustainability and Circularity Assessment as a progress monitoring tool towards more Circu…
2021
Sustainability and Circular Economy (CE) are two concepts that lately have been profoundly linked to each other. The road engineering industry has gradually been adapting practices that are considered both circular and sustainable. However, not all of these practices entirely consider the whole life environmental and circularity assessment and implications of asphalt mixtures.; which in turn leads to doubtfully circular and sustainable approaches. For this reason in this thesis, after analysing the ways that National Road Authorities implement and communicate CE through questionnaires and web searches, a Material Circularity Index quantifying framework, based on the proposed methodology of …
A Palermo il IV Congresso Internazionale
2007
Notiziario della Società Italiana di Infrastrutture Viarie incentrato sul convegno organizzato dal Dipartimento di Ingeneria delle infrastrutture Viarie di Palermo, dedicato ai temi di ricerca specifici del settore Strade, Ferrovie e Aeroporti.
Il Ministro Di Pietro al Convegno di Palermo.
2007
Notiziario della Società Italiana di Infrastrutture Viarie. Resoconto del IV Convegno internazionale della SIIV, intitolato "Advances in Transport Infrastructures and Stakeholders expectations", svolto a Palermo dal 12 al 14 Settembre 2007.
Eventi promossi da SIIV. D'attualità, ricerca e innovazione.
2008
Notiziario della Società italiana di infrastrutture Viarie su eventi culturali e scientifici organizzati presso alcune sdi afferenti.