Privatization in Colombia: a plant performance analysis

El artículo describe el programa de privatización en el sector real de la economía Colombiana durante los años noventa y ubica esta política en un contexto de desregulación de mercados y promoción de la inversión privada en la oferta de infraestructura publica y servicios públicos domiciliarios. El articulo evalúa el programa de privatización en los sectores manufacturero y de generación de energía eléctrica. Se hacen mediciones ex - post y análisis econométrico del desempeño de las firmas privatizadas. En el sector manufacturero la muestra analizada esta compuesta por 30 firmas manufactureras de gran tamaño, donde el Instituto de Fomento Industrial era socio fundador. Los principales resultados sugieren que estas firmas mantuvieron un comportamiento pro - cíclico relativo a su principal competidor privado y desestimaron planes drásticos de reestructuración operativa. Para el grupo de firmas de generación de energía el articulo estudia el impacto de la reforma regulatoria en el proceso de entrada al mercado, estructura de propiedad, competencia de mercado y eficiencia productiva. La medición de eficiencia productiva usa la técnica de Data Envelope Análisis para 33 plantas que representan el 85% de la capacidad instalada en la generación térmica de energía eléctrica. La muestra esta compuesta por plantas que estaban en funcionamiento antes de la reforma y las entrantes que comenzaron su operación comercial después de la reforma. Los resultados sugieren que los niveles de evidencia en la generación térmica a mejorado después de la reforma y que la política regulatoria ha tenido un efecto positivo en la eficiencia productiva.

The Degree of Competition in the Thai Banking Industry before and after the East Asian Crisis

This paper analyzes the influence of the East Asian crisis and the subsequent reforms on the oligopolistic nature of the Thai banking industry. Since the crisis, there have been substantial changes in competitive environment, including a decline in the family ownership of banks as well as the arrival of new entrants. How did these changes affect a banking industry in which the six largest local banks accounted for over 70 percent of market share? The estimated Lerner index from Bresnahan's [1989] conjectural variation model indicates the possibility of a decline in the degree of competition.

「華南銀行」の迷走と変容 -- 金融的「南進」の理想と現実 -- 1919~1945

本稿は，1919 年に日本植民地下の台北で，大正期における南進の理想を金融的に具現化するべく，日本と華僑の合弁によって創設された「華南銀行」の経営を考察する。そこからは大正から昭和において，ほぼ一貫して「南進」という文脈のなかで活動した特徴ある日系金融機関でありながらも，経済環境の悪化だけでなく，設立時からの構造的問題やずさんな経営内容によって長期間の迷走を続け，変容していった様相が浮かび上がる。具体的には，(1) 1919年の創設から数年の拡張期，(2) 経営不調から1924年と1927年に実施された第一次・第二次整理の内容，(3) 1920年代末から南洋邦人事業向け融資に深入りする背景と顛末，(4) 1930年代の第三次整理案が錯綜して迷走を続けたまま1940年代の終焉に向かった姿，などをたどる。

A cross-sectional analysis of patterns of obesity in a cohort of working nurses and midwives in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom

Objective The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and the association with demographic, reproductive work variables in a representative cohort of working nurses and midwives. Design A cross sectional study of self reported survey data. Settings Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Methods Measurement outcomes included BMI categories, demographic (age, gender, marital status, ethnicity), reproductive (parity, number of births, mother's age at first birth, birth type and menopausal status) and workforce (registration council, employment type and principal specialty) variables. Participants 4996 respondents to the Nurses and Midwives e-Cohort study who were currently registered and working in nursing or midwifery in Australia (n=3144), New Zealand (n=778) or the United Kingdom (n=1074). Results Amongst the sample 61.87% were outside the healthy weight range and across all three jurisdictions the prevalence of obesity in nurses and midwives exceeded rates in the source populations by 1.73% up to 3.74%. Being overweight or obese was significantly associated with increasing age (35–44 yrs aOR 1.71, 95% CI 1.41–2.08; 45–55 yrs aOR 1.90, 95%CI 1.56–2.31; 55–64 aOR 2.22, 95% CI 1.71–2.88), and male gender (aOR 1.46, 95% CI 1.15–1.87). Primiparous nurses and midwives were more likely to be overweight or obese (aOR 1.37, 95% CI 1.06–1.76) as were those who had reached menopause (aOR 1.37, 95% CI 1.11–1.69). Nurses and midwives in part-time or casual employment had significantly reduced risk of being overweight or obese, (aOR 0.81, 95% CI 0.70–0.94 and aOR 0.75, 95% CI 0.59–0.96 respectively), whilst working in aged carried increased risk (aOR 1.37, 95% CI 1.04–1.80). Conclusion Nurses and midwives in this study have higher prevalence of obesity and overweight than the general population and those who are older, male, or female primiparous and menopausal have significantly higher risk of overweight or obesity as do those working fulltime, or in aged care. The consequences of overweight and obesity in this occupational group may impact on their workforce participation, their management of overweight and obese patients in their care as well as influencing their individual health behaviours and risks of occupational injury and chronic disease.

Health and guardianship law : guardianship and administration application in the matter of MDC [2014] QCAT 338

The recent decision of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) in Guardianship and administration application in the matter of MDC [2014] QCAT 338, provides an important ruling on the limits of who can be appointed as an enduring power of attorney under the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 (Qld). In particular, the tribunal adopted a broad interpretation of the term "health provider" when considering the limits on who can be appointed as an enduring power of attorney under the legislation...

Estimating the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight in South Africa in 2000

Objective. To estimate the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight using the body mass index (BMI), by age and sex, in South Africa in 2000. Design. World Health Organization comparative risk assessment (CRA) methodology was followed. Re-analysis of the 1998 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey data provided mean BMI estimates by age and sex. Populationattributable fractions were calculated and applied to revised burden of disease estimates. Monte Carlo simulation-modelling techniques were used for the uncertainty analysis. Setting. South Africa. Subjects. Adults 30 years of age. Outcome measures. Deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke, hypertensive disease, osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and selected cancers. Results. Overall, 87% of type 2 diabetes, 68% of hypertensive disease, 61% of endometrial cancer, 45% of ischaemic stroke, 38% of ischaemic heart disease, 31% of kidney cancer, 24% of osteoarthritis, 17% of colon cancer, and 13% of postmenopausal breast cancer were attributable to a BMI 21 kg/m2. Excess body weight is estimated to have caused 36 504 deaths (95% uncertainty interval 31 018 - 38 637) or 7% (95% uncertainty interval 6.0 - 7.4%) of all deaths in 2000, and 462 338 DALYs (95% uncertainty interval 396 512 - 478 847) or 2.9% of all DALYs (95% uncertainty interval 2.4 - 3.0%). The burden in females was approximately double that in males. Conclusions. This study shows the importance of recognising excess body weight as a major risk to health, particularly among females, highlighting the need to develop, implement and evaluate comprehensive interventions to achieve lasting change in the determinants and impact of excess body weight.

Protonic conductivity of (NH4) 4Fe(CN)6·1.5H2O by complex admittance method

The protonic conductivity of ammonium ferrocyanide hydrate has been studied by the complex admittance method. The admittance plots show departures from ideal Debye behaviour. The values of ionic conductivity (sigma = 3.7 X 10(-5) (OMEGA-cm)-1) and diffusion coefficient (D = 3.8 X 10(-10) cm2/s) obtained at room temperature are consistent with the corresponding values estimated by an earlier NMR study.

Timing and broad-band spectroscopy of 1A 1118-61 with Suzaku

We present a timing and broad-band pulse-phase-resolved spectral analysis of the transient Be X-ray binary pulsar 1A 1118-61 observed during its outburst in 2009 January using Suzaku observations. The Suzaku observations were made twice, once at the peak of the outburst, and the other 13 d later at its declining phase. Pulse profiles from both observations exhibit strong energy dependence with several peaks at low energies and a single peak above similar to 10 keV. A weak, narrow peak is detected at the main dip of the pulse profiles from both observations in the energy bands below 3 keV, indicating the presence of a phase-dependent soft excess in the source continuum. The broad-band energy spectrum of the pulsar could be fitted well with a partial covering cut-off power-law model and a narrow iron fluorescence line. We also detect a broad cyclotron feature at similar to 50 keV from both observations which is a feature common for accretion-powered pulsars with high magnetic field strength. The pulse-phase-resolved spectral analysis shows an increase in the absorption column density of the partial covering component, as well as variation in the covering fraction at the dips of the pulse profiles, which naturally explains energy dependence of the same. The cyclotron line parameters also show significant variation with pulse phase with an similar to 10 keV variation in the cyclotron line energy and a variation in depth by a factor of 3. This can be explained either as the effect of different viewing angles of the dipole field at different pulse phases, or due to a more complex underlying magnetic field geometry.

Sapientia, 1961, Vol. XVI, nº 61 (número completo)

Contenido: Conocimiento y cultura / Octavio N. Derisi – Itinerario de Manuel Gonzalo Casas / Alberto Caturelli – Los orígenes hegelianos y la esencia del marxismo / Juan A. Casaubón – Notas y comentarios -- Bibliografía

Prudentia Iuris, 2006, n° 61 (número completo)

Editorial -- Temas de Derecho Privado -- El derecho aplicable a la contratación de servicios jurídicos / Marcelo Urbano Salerno -- La revisión del contrato / Carlos Raúl Sanz -- Apuntes sobre la tácita obligación de seguridad en el actual derecho de daños. Su particular alcance en materia de transporte de complacencia / Fernando Alfredo Urbiría -- El corpus iuris canonici: una introducción a su historia a la luz de la reciente bibliografía / Thomas Duve -- Primeras Jornadas de Derecho Natural -- El derecho natural en las sentencias del magistrado cristiano. Reflexiones de un historiador del derecho en torno de algunos pronunciamientos del Juez Tomás Casares / Ezequiel Abásolo -- El legislador divino de Las leyes / Javier H. Barbieri -- El método tópico aristotélico es un método válido para la diagramación de una Teoría General del Derecho o Introducción al Derecho Civil / Úrsula C. Basset -- Derecho natural y certeza del silogismo jurídico / Sandra T. Brandi de Portorrico -- El orden natural y la ley natural: Su conocimiento y reconocimiento / Daniel Herrera -- Tipicidad y ley natural con relación a la concreción del derecho. La autorización judicial para interrumpir un embarazo: ¿solución justa? / María Inés Montesano -- La protección jurídica del secreto religioso del ministro de culto católico en el ordenamiento jurídico argentino / María Bibiana Nieto -- Lo suyo del otro en el matrimonio: Un análisis ius filosófico de la juricidad del matrimonio y los fines estratégicos de la familia heterosexual / Ana Ortelli -- Homenajes -- Recensiones

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 338]

A sessão que votará as mudanças no regimento está marcada para esta tarde. Os grupos ainda não definiram um acordo, e continuam negociando. O Centrão assegura que tem maioria para aprovar suas propostas e mudar o sistema de votação no Plenário do Projeto de Constituição. São citadas as principais propostas do Centrão. O Deputado Carlos Sant¿anna (PMDB-BA) comenta a questão. O Deputado Jorge Leite (PMDB-RJ) afirma que o desejo dos Constituintes é colocar as coisas em ordem, e fazer uma Constituição progressista, moderna voltada para os interesses do povo brasileiro e depressa. O Deputado Sarney Filho (PFL- MA) acredita que quem deve produzir a Constituição é a maioria dos Constituintes eleitos legitimamente para elaborá-la. O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) havia mantido as vantagens salarias dos marajás de Alagoas. Mas o Governador Fernando Collor de Melo decidiu que não vai cumprir a sentença do Supremo e não vai pagar os marajás. A maioria da Constituinte apoia decisão do Governador de Alagoas e, dentre eles, estão os Deputados Eduardo Bomfim (PMDB-AL) e Amaury Muller (PDT-RS). O Senador Ronan Tito (PMDB-MG) deseja suprimir o artigo da Constituição que trata do direito adquirido, pois defende que o tema deve ser consagrado no Código Civil. O Deputado Francisco Kuster (PMDB-SC) afirma que se o partido não der apoio, os Constituintes irão buscar apoio suprapartidário para encaminhar um projeto de decisão na Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC) para impedir que o governador de Alagoas venha a pagar os salários dos marajás.

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