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Death and Culture
2018
Taking cues from the surging popularity of thana-tourism, this paper argues that its prevalence echoes the end days of capitalism. The predominant forms of tourism in a society reflect the ethos of that society. What we once called ‘mass tourism' reflected the spirit of classical capitalism; later, ecotourism and various other alternative forms of tourism reflected a critical turn in capitalism, often called the ‘sympathetic capitalism'. These were incremental alternations, however. Thana-tourism is a qualitatively discontinuous form of tourism and its surge should thus correspond with a similarly discontinuous, radical, shift in capitalism. The authors present scholarly perspectives to bri…
Infrastructures and Productivity in the Spanish Regions
1996
The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of public capital, the types of infrastructures in which it is invested, and their territorial distribution in the gains in productivity of the private sector in the Spanish regions in the period 1964-1991 using panel data techniques to control for unobserved state-specific characteristics. The results obtained show how the infrastructures most directly linked to the productive process present a significant and positive effect on productivity. They also show the importance of the network effect of the infrastructures of a productive nature as well as a decrease in the elasticity associated with such infrastructures as development progresses. El p…
Infrastructure and Regional Economic Growth: The Spanish Case
1994
CUTANDA A. and PARICIO J. (1994) Infrastructure and regional economic growth: the Spanish case, Reg. Studies 28, 69-77. This paper considers the measurement of infrastructure capital in the Spanish regions and examines the regional disparities found. The relationship between income and infrastructure is studied in order to determine the impact of public capital in accounting for regional disparities in incomes. The empirical evidence shows that infrastructure has a significant positive effect on the income disparities at regional level. CUTANDA A. et PARICIO J. (1994) L'equipement et la croissance economique regionale, Reg. Studies 28, 69-77. Cet article considere la mesure du capital affec…
From the fine arts to a cultural policy Dijon 1919 to 1995: The example of a regional capital in France
1996
(1996). From the fine arts to a cultural policy Dijon 1919 to 1995: The example of a regional capital in France. The European Journal of Cultural Policy: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 341-358.
Essais sur la qualité de l'éducation et la croissance économique
2007
This essay has for main goal to contribute in the domains of economics of education as well as the macroeconomics' explanation of the growth process. The thesis is structured in two segments whose include both three chapters. The first part is based on macro-economic side, while the second tends to specify certain visions responds to a micro-economic nature as to supplement interrogations resulting from the global solution of the quality of education.The first part consists in dealing about the methodology in the construction of alternate indicators concerning the quality and the inequality in distribution for human capital. The indicators on the quality of the human capital are set up on i…
E-learning in radiology: an Italian multicentre experience.
2012
Objective: The aim of this study was to design, deliver and evaluate an e-learning teaching programme for post-graduate radiodiagnostics training that would involve various post-graduate schools throughout Italy. Materials and methods: All of the Directors of Italian post-graduate schools of radiodiagnostics were sent an e-mail on 27 September 2010 informing them of our willingness to set up an e-learning project for the academic year 2010-2011 in the form of single-subject teaching seminars. The proposed subjects were the semeiotics of the various organs and apparatuses in the context of "Urgent/Emergency Pathology". After having received registrations, a calendar of lessons was planned to…
Les sources de la qualité de l'éducation : une nécessaire distinction du niveau économique des pays
2006
06036; L'objectif de ce travail est de tester l'existence d'une fonction de production éducative à partir de données issues des enquêtes internationales sur les acquis des élèves. Les résultats des estimations avec l'échantillon global d'une part, puis avec distinction selon le niveau économique des pays montrent des différences significatives quant aux relations entreinputs et outputs éducatifs. On constate qu'à mesure que le niveau économique des pays s'élève, l'impact des variables financières de l'éducation sur la performance aux tests diminue. Les relations diffèrent également avec la variable taille des classes. Ainsi, les incohérences trouvées dans les analyses antérieures en matière…
Twenty Years of HIV-1 Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: Time to Reevaluate their Toxicity
2011
Twenty years of effective clinical application have consolidated non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) as essential components of the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) employed in the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). However, as the disease has come under control, there has been growing emphasis on the long-term adverse effects induced by this chronic pharmacological therapy. Although traditionally considered to be safe and well-tolerated drugs, there is mounting evidence that associates NNRTI with the onset of cutaneous reactions, neuropsychiatric symptoms, hepatotoxicity, metabolic disturbances and gastrointestinal toxicity. Though the clinical…
Future Perspectives in NNRTI-Based Therapy: Bases for Understanding Their Toxicity
2011
Continuous administration of the drugs included under the term Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) has turned AIDS into a chronic disease, at least in developed countries (Panos et al., 2008). The initial development of these drugs was particularly rapid and focused on clinical efficacy before all other considerations. However, as the disease has come under control, there has been growing emphasis on the long-term adverse effects associated with this therapy. The first drug for the treatment of HIV infection, zidovudine (AZT), was approved in 1987. The number of other antiretroviral drugs already approved for use or under development continues to grow, and the primary aim of resear…