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Tirdzniecības atvērtības ietekme uz ekonomikas izaugsmi, CAE valstu empīriskais pētījums

2021

Darba mērķis ir izpētīt tirdzniecības atvērtības ietekmi uz ekonomikas izaugsmi, izmantojot 16 Centrālās un Austrumeiropas valstu paneļa datus 2010. – 2019. gadā, salīdzinot 4 dažādus tirdzniecības atvērtības rādītājus. Apvienotie OLS un fiksētie efekti tiek izmantoti kā primārie novērtētāji, un noturības analīzei tiek izmantots sistēmas GMM tests. Apkopoto OLS un fiksēto šķērsgriezumu regresiju iegūtie rezultāti parāda, ka dažādos tirdzniecības atvērtības mērījumos tirdzniecības atvērtība pozitīvi un ļoti nozīmīgi ietekmē ekonomikas izaugsmi. GMM sistēmas testi parāda tirdzniecības atvērtības negatīvo ietekmi uz ekonomikas izaugsmi, bet nozīmīgumu ieguva tikai divi atvērtības rādītāji.

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA): What Kind of Space is Given to Fair Trade and Labour Rights?

2017

Il presente lavoro analizza da una prospettiva giuslavoristica il Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), trattato internazionale di libero scambio, da poco sottoscritto da Unione Europea e Canada: il saggio si interroga se tale trattato possa contribuire o meno allo sviluppo del fair trade all'interno delle democrazie occidentali. Nel dettaglio l'articolo analizza le clausole del CETA alla luce dei core labour standards dell'ILO, con un focus sulle clausole arbitrali di risoluzione delle controversie (Investor-State Dispute Settlement), sulle forme di partecipazione della società civile e sui meccanismi di eccezione. Nelle conclusioni, nonostante la tendenziale omogeneità socio-…

Full-scale validation of bio-recycled asphalt mixtures for road pavements

2019

Abstract Recycling of asphalt has become a well-established practice in many countries, however the road pavement industry remains a bulk consumer of extracted raw materials. Novel solutions that find root in circular economy concepts and life-cycle approaches are needed in order to enable optimisation of infrastructure resource efficiency, starting from the design stage and spanning the whole value chain in the construction sector. Itis within this framework that the present study presents a full-scale validation of asphalt mixtures specifically designed to ensure durability of flexible road pavements and at the same time enabling the reuse of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) through the i…

CITES and Cycads, a user's guide

2013

Succulent Plants, A guide to CITES-listed species

2017

This guide covers the main succulent species, other than cacti, regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). It provides information on the implementation of the Convention for these species with details on their distribution, uses, traded parts and derivatives, and scientific names. It is written for the non-expert and additional sections cover identification, guidance on CITES documentation and key resources.

Assigning Elephant Ivory with Stable Isotopes

2016

The international ivory trade remains one of the world’s most controversial wildlife trade issues. One of the main arguments for the trade prohibition is the fact that it is very difficult to distinguish legal from illegal ivory in the markets, so that the legal ivory trade would provide a perfect cover for smuggling. The purpose of this study was to analyze the variability of isotope ratios in ivory samples from Appendix I and II elephant populations in Africa to validate their potential for forensic purposes more quantitatively. We selected a subset of 293 data of ivory samples from the www.ivoryid.org database that stores isotopic ratios of δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, δ2H, and δ34S from more than …

Regulating Internet Trade in CITES Species

2013

International trade in species that are or may be endangered by collection from the wild is regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) for 176 member States (Parties). Internet commerce is a relatively new route for such trade. In 2007, the CITES Secretariat asked Parties to collect information on internet wildlife trade and report problems and implemented regulations. The reports indicated it was difficult to even approximate the influence of e-commerce on CITES-listed species (CITES Secretariat 2009). We report a case study in which we quantified international transactions over an internet auction site of CITES-listed cacti …

Energy compensation and adiposity in humans

2021

Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors Understanding the impacts of activity on energy balance is crucial. Increasing levels of activity may bring diminishing returns in energy expenditure because of compensatory responses in non-activity energy expenditures.1–3 This suggestion has profound implications for both the evolution of metabolism and human health. It implies that a long-term increase in activity does not directly translate into an increase in total energy expenditure (TEE) because other components of TEE may decrease in response—energy compensation. We used the largest dataset compiled on adult TEE and basal energy expenditure (BEE) (n = 1,754) of people living normal lives to fi…

Involvement of protein kinase Cdelta in contact-dependent inhibition of growth in human and murine fibroblasts.

2001

There is evidence that protein kinase C delta (PKCdelta) is a tumor suppressor, although its physiological role has not been elucidated so far. Since important anti-proliferative signals are mediated by cell-cell contacts we studied whether PKCdelta is involved in contact-dependent inhibition of growth in human (FH109) and murine (NIH3T3) fibroblasts. Cell-cell contacts were imitated by the addition of glutardialdehyde-fixed cells to sparsely seeded fibroblasts. Downregulation of the PKC isoforms alpha, delta, epsilon, and mu after prolonged treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA, 0.1 microM) resulted in a significant release from contact-inhibition in FH109 cells. Bryosta…

Reduction of glutathione content by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in confluent, but not in sparse cultures of human diploid fibroblasts.

1990

Treatment of confluent cultures of human diploid fibroblasts with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) (10(-7) M) resulted in a 70% reduction of the glutathione (GSH) content, compared with untreated controls. The effect, which was dose-dependent, was observed 8 h after the beginning of the treatment could be followed for up to 72 h. On the other hand, GSH reduction was specific for confluent cultures, as the level of glutathione remained unchanged by TPA treatment of sparse cultures. The addition of immobilized plasma membrane proteins to sparsely seeded cells has been shown previously to induce cellular reactions which are characteristic for confluent cultures. It was shown that TPA…