Is Withdrawal from the European Union a Manageable Option? A Review of Economic and Legal Complexities. Bruges European Economic Policy (BEEP) Briefing 28/2013

Withdrawal from the EU is no more a taboo subject. However, the process by which it can happen is unclear and potentially complex. The purpose of this paper is to show that a withdrawing Member State will not only rid itself from the constraints and obligations of EU rules, but it will also have to re-invent many policies and institutions to fill the gap left by the non-application of EU rules. The paper examines closely the case of the UK and Scotland and concludes that outright exit is not the best option for a withdrawing Member State. The best, but possibly the least feasible, option is an intermediate arrangement falling between full membership and complete separation from the EU. The exact position between the two extremes can only be determined by the exit negotiations and will be influenced by the political climate that will prevail at that time. While the final destination of an acceding country is well known [full adoption of the obligations of EU membership], the exiting country will be embarking on a trip with unknown destination and full of surprises.

What can Arab countries learn from the post-communist transition? MEDPRO Commentary, 31 May 2012

More than a year has passed since the start of the political uprising against the authoritarian regimes in the Arab world. But, as demonstrated by the ongoing unrest in Syria, the process is far from over. Meanwhile, nations that have already rid themselves of their authoritarian rulers (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen), must decide where to go now and how to manage their political and economic transitions. To a lesser extent, a similar challenge is being faced by those constitutional monarchies (such as Morocco or Jordan) that accelerated reforms in order to avoid political destabilisation.   Many politicians and experts, especially those from Central and Eastern Europe, suggest that their Arab colleagues should learn from the post‐communist transition of the early 1990s. However, while learning from others’ experience is always a useful exercise, the geopolitical and socio‐economic context of the Arab revolution appears to be different, in many respects, from that of former Soviet bloc countries more than twenty years ago.

Japan Again under Abe – Fresh Start or More of the (not so Great) Same? Bertelsmann Asia Policy Brief 2015/01, February 2015

After Japan’s snap Lower House elections called on December 14 by old – and now new – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it will hopefully be the former, but probably the latter. This is the very opposite of what Abe promised would happen after his two-year tenure, which included many missed opportunities to adopt badly needed economic reforms capable of leading the country back onto a path of sustainable economic growth. While the jury is still out on whether Abe will focus this time around on economic reforms as opposed to attempts to boost the country’s defense profile and get rid of Japan’s constitutionally prescribed pacifism, his (very) nationalist and at times revisionist political track record suggests that it could be the latter yet again.

Comparison of IgG concentrations by radial immunodiffusion, electrophoretic gamma globulin concentrations and total globulins in neonatal foals

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY: Failure of transfer of passive immunity (FTPI) in foals is associated with a risk of infection and death. The current diagnostic gold standard is quantification of immunoglobulins using radial immunodiffusion (IgG-RID). Routine diagnosis is often performed using semi-quantitative tests. Concentrations of serum electrophoretic gamma globulins (EGG) and total globulins may be useful to assess FTPI, but few studies have investigated their use. OBJECTIVES: To assess agreement between IgG-RID and EGG, and evaluate the accuracy of total globulin concentration to diagnose FTPI based on both IgG-RID and EGG. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective study. METHODS: 360 serum samples were harvested at 6-24 hours post natum from 60 German Warmblood foals. Concentrations of EGG, IgG-RID and total globulin concentration (calculated from total proteins and albumin) were measured. Agreement between EGG and IgG-RID was assessed using Bland-Altman plots and Passing-Bablok regression. The accuracy of total globulin concentration was assessed using rank correlation and ROC curve analysis. RESULTS: Good agreement was found with slightly lower EGG than IgG-RID concentrations (Bland-Altman systemic bias, -1.9 g/L) which was more pronounced at higher concentrations (regression equation: IgG-RID = -0.78 +1.28xEGG). Correlations between total globulin concentration and EGG, and total globulin concentration and IgG-RID were 0.93 and 0.79, respectively. The area under the curve was 0.982 and 0.952 for EGG <4 g/L and <8 g/L, and 0.953 and 0.899 for IgG-RID <4 g/L and <8 g/L. Sensitivities and specificities of total globulin concentration in the diagnosis of FTPI were comparable to commonly used screening tests, but cut-offs could be selected to achieve sensitivities of >95% with 71.2% (IgG-RID) and 90.5% (EGG) specificity for <4 g/L, and >90% with 66.0% (IgG-RID) and 87.9% (EGG) specificity for <8 g/L. CONCLUSIONS: There is good agreement between EGG and IgG-RID, with slightly more conservative estimates of immunoglobulins obtained using EGG. Total globulins may be a useful and economic quantitative screening test with cut-offs achieving high sensitivities, but analyser-specific cut-offs may be necessary. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. KEYWORDS: IgG; electrophoresis; foal; globulins; horse; radial immunodiffusion. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Historia General de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas i tierra firme del mar oceano /

Mode of access: Internet.

[Dīwān] [microform]

Microfilm.

Relation de l'ambassade au Kharezm (Khiva) de Riza Quoly Khan

Index alphabétique S. [303] - 334. - Enth. ausserdem: Carte pour servir á l'intelligence du voyage de Riza Qouly Khan au Kharezm

Die Klimatologie in den geographica Strabos ...

Diss.

... Illinois agricultural education report.

Description based on: 2000 ; each issue has distinct cover title.

Household hazardous waste collection.

The IEPA is proud to sponsor these worthwhile programs around the state to help citizens safely rid their homes of unwanted pesticides, paints, automotive fluids and other household items that could pose a threat to our landfills, homes or environment, if disposed in a an unsafe environment.

Six letters on subjects very important to England.

On the domestic and internal state of England.--On our foreign relations and policy.--On Ireland.--On the navy, army, and colonial system.--On the possibility and mode of getting rid of the greater part of the national debt without injustice to any individual.--To the gentry and people of England.

Die Klimatologie in den geogprahicha Strabos : ein Beitrag zur physischen Geographie der Griechen.

Thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen.

Dvori︠a︡nstvo v Rossīi ot nachala XVIII vi︠e︡ka do otmi︠e︡ny kri︠e︡postnago prava.

Xerox reprint, 1968, by Univ. Microfilms.

From point defects to plate tectonic faults

Understanding and explaining emergent constitutive laws in the multi-scale evolution from point defects, dislocations and two-dimensional defects to plate tectonic scales is an arduous challenge in condensed matter physics. The Earth appears to be the only planet known to have developed stable plate tectonics as a means to get rid of its heat. The emergence of plate tectonics out of mantle convection appears to rely intrinsically on the capacity to form extremely weak faults in the top 100 km of the planet. These faults have a memory of at least several hundred millions of years, yet they appear to rely on the effects of water on line defects. This important phenomenon was first discovered in laboratory and dubbed ``hydrolytic weakening''. At the large scale it explains cycles of co-located resurgence of plate generation and consumption (the Wilson cycle), but the exact physics underlying the process itself and the enormous spanning of scales still remains unclear. We present an attempt to use the multi-scale non-equilibrium thermodynamic energy evolution inside the deforming lithosphere to move phenomenological laws to laws derived from basic scaling quantities, develop self-consistent weakening laws at lithospheric scale and give a fully coupled deformation-weakening constitutive framework. At meso- to plate scale we encounter in a stepwise manner three basic domains governed by the diffusion/reaction time scales of grain growth, thermal diffusion and finally water mobility through point defects in the crystalline lattice. The latter process governs the planetary scale and controls the stability of its heat transfer mode.

A VERDADE É A CONVERSA: Aproximações inesperadas entre o neo-pragmatismo de Richard Rorty e a Teologia da Libertação em Juan Luis Segundo

Este estudo é uma tentativa de promover uma partilha de perspectivas entre o neo-pragmatismo do filósofo Richard Rorty, mormente a partir das obras Filosofia e o espelho da natureza e Contingência, Ironia e Solidariedade e a Teologia da Libertação, em seu mais proeminente representante, Juan Luis Segundo, com o foco principal nas obras Libertação da teologia e O dogma que liberta. Desenvolve-se aqui uma aproximação de olhares para a verdade e a revelação, concebendo-as como processos pedagógicos. A verdade, como conceito não apenas religioso, do que se busca para dar sentido ao mundo e a vida humana e a revelação, como uma experiência marcada pela linguagem e expectativas religiosas de significado existencial são experiências similares e constituem-se não como o resultado de um processo de aprendizagem, mas como o processo em si mesmo, aberto e em constante renovação. A verdade, assim, não seria aonde se chega, mas os caminhos pelos quais se vai. Encontrar os pontos de contato e as possíveis mútuas contribuições do pensamento do filósofo Richard Rorty, e sua filosofia edificante, e do teólogo Juan Luis Segundo, e sua ideia de revelação como processo pedagógico, será meu esforço de aproximação entre suas proposições e a construção de uma proposta que não fuja à linguagem e condição humanas. O humano, que marcado pela liberdade, tem na contingência de suas construções um limite para as suas conquistas e um espaço para a sua libertação de qualquer processo desumanizador.