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A brief history of the formation of DNA databases in forensic science within Europe.
2001
The introduction of DNA analysis to forensic science brought with it a number of choices for analysis, not all of which were compatible. As laboratories throughout Europe were eager to use the new technology different systems became routine in different laboratories and consequently, there was no basis for the exchange of results. A period of co-operation then started in which a nucleus of forensic scientists agreed on an uniform system. This collaboration spread to incorporate most of the established forensic science laboratories in Europe and continued through two major changes in the technology. At each step agreement was reached on which systems to use. From the beginning it was realise…
Development cooperation projects - on the road towards social organisational capital : case study: Latvia
2010
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROJECTS – ON THE ROAD TOWARDS SOCIAL ORGANISATIONAL CAPITAL CASE STUDY: LATVIA Sintija Dutka Master’s Thesis Social and Public Policy / Master’s programme in Development and International Cooperation Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of Jyväskylä Instructor: Marja Järvelä English proof reader: Mark Dennis Time period: Autumn 2009 / Spring 2010 Pages: 97 pages + annex 4 pages The purpose of the thesis is to examine ways in which implementation of a development cooperation project influences the capacity of project implementing organisations in Latvia. Furthermore, the study aims to discover whether social capital generated during the project cyc…
Education for development in the university context. Why and for what?
2021
La educación para el desarrollo se ha venido popularizando progresivamente en las universidades españolas en paralelo con la extensión de la cooperación para el desarrollo entre estas. La educación para el desarrollo se ha visto como una oportunidad para promover el compromiso social de la Universidad y fomentar valores de solidaridad y justicia a través de la formación universitaria. La educación para el desarrollo ha puesto de relieve el componente educativo de la Universidad, a menudo subsumido por el afán formativo. Sin embargo, el alcance de la educación para el desarrollo y, sobre todo, su transversalización en los programas de estudio universitarios siguen siendo muy limitados. El ob…
TOURISM POLICY IN LATVIA - FROM A TOP-DOWN TO A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
2020
In 2019, Latvia drafted a National Development Plan [NDP 2027] for the next period, which also comprises actions for the development of the tourism sector. Unlike previous practices, approaches to drafting a common plan and developing and implementing tourism policy have changed significantly. The aim of the research is to describe the process of developing a tourism development plan, analyse the use of the latest planning and policy implementation approaches and evaluate the framework of the plan. A qualitative research strategy - a case study was used. The main research methods are document analysis, in-depth interviews and participatory observations. The process of drafting a new tourism…
Analyzing Stakeholder Diversity in G2G Efforts: Combining Descriptive Stakeholder Theory and Dialectic Process Theory
2008
Author's version of an article published in e-Service Journal, 6 (2), 3-23. Previous research indicates that the benefits of e-government initiatives are slower to realize than initially expected. This has partly been ascribed to the particularly complex settings of e-government projects, consisting of a variety of stakeholders promoting different and often conflicting objectives. Yet few studies have explicitly addressed the inherent challenges of this diversity. This study presents an analytical approach for investigating contradictory stakeholder interests by combining descriptive stakeholder theory and dialectic process theory. Descriptive stakeholder theory is concerned with why some s…
Il Consiglio europeo e la crisi del debito sovrano
2013
Il lavoro si occupa del ruolo svolto dal Consiglio europeo nel coordinamento delle politiche economiche degli Stati membri dell'UE di fronte alla crisi del debito sovrano, occupandosi in particolare di due problemi: da un lato quello della natura giuridica del Consiglio europeo e, da un altro lato, quello dei riflessi prodotti dall'intervento di quest'ultimo sul modo di funzionamento della cooperazione economica tra gli Stati membri dell'Unione.
Power struggle, submission and partnership: Agency constructions of mothers of children with ADHD diagnosis in their narrated school involvement
2014
The contemporary education paradigm highlights the interdependency of home and school expertise. This discourse analysis study examines the narrated agentive possibilities of 18 Finnish mothers of children diagnosed with ADHD to influence and be involved in their child's schooling. Mothers' strong involvement endeavor is premised on their expertise concerning ADHD, distrust of teachers' adequate knowledge of and attitude towards their child, and anxiety for their child's wellbeing. However, our analysis reveals a gap between the mothers' narrated potential agency to fight for her child's well-being and their actual capability to be involved as intended, due to unequal institutional power re…
Within-host evolution decreases virulence in an opportunistic bacterial pathogen
2015
Abstract Background Pathogens evolve in a close antagonistic relationship with their hosts. The conventional theory proposes that evolution of virulence is highly dependent on the efficiency of direct host-to-host transmission. Many opportunistic pathogens, however, are not strictly dependent on the hosts due to their ability to reproduce in the free-living environment. Therefore it is likely that conflicting selection pressures for growth and survival outside versus within the host, rather than transmission potential, shape the evolution of virulence in opportunists. We tested the role of within-host selection in evolution of virulence by letting a pathogen Serratia marcescens db11 sequent…