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Ventilatory conditioning by self-stimulation in rats: A pilot study
1994
International audience; This article describes an experimental attempt to condition breathing pattern in rats. In this experiment, a freely moving rat was first rewarded by an electrical stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle whenever inspiratory duration (TI) exceeded 300 ms. A bidirectional control was then used: TIs longer than 400 ms were rewarded, and then TIs shorter than 300 ms were rewarded. The frequency of TIs longer than 300 ms increased when this event was rewarded, further increased when TIs above 400 ms were rewarded, and decreased during reversal conditioning (TI < 300 ms). At the beginning of the experiment, stimulation caused increased arousal and motor activity, but af…
Discussion on collaborative works on rare plants protection
2014
During the session, I presented the interest of studying rare plants and the need to assess the relative success of different conservation measures. Besides its rationale and the diverse benefits for agriculture, biodiversity and human heritage, I discussed the hassle of getting money to setup programs and get money from national and European agencies. Being sexy for decision-makers and explaining key questions for reviewers was illustrated by deciders’’ responses to three calls for public tender for research proposals in the area of agriculture and biodiversity. One proposal was for a European research grant on restoration of arable plant communities. Ten of the 52 eligible projects were a…
STREAMLINING THE BUDGET PROCESS BY PRIORITIZING PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROJECTS
2014
The substantiation of the state budget for 2014 has also considered some measures to improve budget planning activities by prioritizing public investment projects. The prioritizing approach of public investment projects in the budget process is a particularly important and complex one, involving a set of coherent and responsible evaluation, selection and prioritization activities of such projects based on a well defined prioritizing criteria and mechanism. It was started in 2012, unfortunately not as an undertaking of public decision makers in Romania, but as a requirement of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in order to improve the budget process. The reason is the fact that n…
How research projects can contribute to the development of efficient community-led projects?
2016
Trade of fish and fisheries products, including fish meal products, are influenced by both traditional trade policies, like tariffs, and non-tariff measures (NTMs). NTMs comprise several categories of measures such as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) , technical barriers to trade (TBT) as well as non-technical measures. UNCTAD (2013) provides an international classification of NTMs; see Table 1 below. NTMs are governmental measures that determine the conditions under which trade takes place. They have become increasingly important as governments reacted to consumers’ concerns about catching and production practises. Consumers are for example concerned about the application of feed and drugs…
El model PROT i la responsabilitat social universitaria: prosocialitat i transferència del coneixement a la pràctica
2019
espanolEn 30 anos de historia, el grupo LIPA (Laboratorio de Investigacion Prosocial Aplicada) de la Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) ha promovido y generado un modelo internacionalprofesional, de investigacion y formacion para la optimizacion prosocial de los territorios y organizaciones. La Prosocialidad transferida a la practica social en lipa ha generado intervenciones innovadoras que desde una apuesta por la transferencia del conocimiento, ha beneficiado de modo efectivo a personas y organizaciones, potenciando su creatividad, identidad y autonomia. Se sistematizan los resultados de intervencion profesional de proyectos sociales de lipa, para determinar cuales son indicadores de…
Evaluation of Deadweight Spending in Regional Enterprise Financing
2012
Tokila A. and Haapanen M. Evaluation of deadweight spending in regional enterprise financing, Regional Studies. The problem of deadweight spending has been previously studied using diverse methods. However, regional variations in deadweight spending have not yet been considered. An evaluation of regional business subsidies in Finland during 2000–2003 is conducted. The analysis reveals regional differences in deadweight spending in proportional and, particularly, in monetary terms. Deadweight spending is dependent on many firm-, project- and regional-level factors, which also largely account for regional differences. However, there seems to be some regional variation in deadweight spending t…
Evaluation of investment subsidies - When is deadweight effect zero?
2008
In the evaluation of investment subsidies one of the critical issues concerns the assessment of deadweight, that is, the degree to which projects would have been carried out without grant assistance. With the increasing restrictions on and cuts in subsidies for investment projects in the EU countries maximisation of the impact of the public resources that remain can be achieved through their allocation for projects with minimum deadweight. This paper studies the profile of subsidised zero deadweight investment projects – projects that would be abandoned without public subsidies – in Finland. The empirical analysis is conducted using micro level data on investment projects by private sector …
Empowering future teachers’ intercultural awareness with eTwinning
2022
This paper aims at examining the impact of eTwinning experience on empowering future teachers’ intercultural awareness within two different international eTwinning projects. The first project “What kind of World do we want?” has been given start in October 2021 and apart from University of Palermo it involves two different universities from Turkey. The second project “Qualified teacher of the future” has had its start in November with German, French and Turkish partner universities. The very first results underlines the importance of equipping students with twenty-first century skills and the important role eTwinning plays in this, as well as indicating main challenges which need to be addr…
Individuals at the heart of educational change : local level administrators' views on the development of the organization of language education throu…
2017
Suomen hallitus ja yritysmaailma tunnistavat kielitaitotarpeen. Kielten opiskelun suosio on kuitenkin laskenut vuosien ajan. Kielikoulutusta koskevan päätöksenteon hajautuessa yksittäisillä kunnilla ja päättäjillä on entistä laajemmat mahdollisuudet järjestää kielten opetusta paikallisesti tahtonsa mukaan. Aiempi tutkimus (ks. esim. Kyllönen and Saarinen 2010b) on kuitenkin osoittanut, että päättävissä asemissa olevat henkilöt eivät anna erityistä painoa kielikoulutuksen järjestämisen kehittämiselle. Tämä tutkielma kartoittaa sivistysjohtajien ja rehtoreiden kokemuksia useiden koulutuksen järjestämisen välineiden vahvuuksista ja heikkouksista. Tutkielman taustana käytetään aiempaa tutkimust…
Wykorzystanie środków unijnych w obszarze edukacji w województwie opolskim w latach 2004 - 2015. Wybrane problemy
2017
Korzystanie przez Polskę ze środków unijnych bywa kontestowane. Wydaje się konieczna i rzetelna ocena w różnych obszarach naszego życia społecznego, zwłaszcza w edukacji, zakresu i sposobu ich wykorzystania. Środki unijne w dużym stopniu wsparły różne działania. Jednak od nas samych zależy na co je wykorzystamy i jak je spożytkujemy. Badania przeprowadzone na terenie województwa opolskiego i gmin z województw sąsiednich pozwalają na stwierdzenie, że środki te przyczyniły się do aktywizacji nauczycieli, dyrekcji szkół, gmin, placówek edukacyjnych w pozyskiwaniu środków na działania podnoszące poziom wiedzy i umiejętności uczniów. Z przeprowadzonych badań wynika, że środki pozyskane za sprawą…