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Spectral Profiling of Early αsyn Aggregation in HEK293 Cells Modified to Stably Express Human WT and A53T-αsyn [PDF]
Alpha-synuclein (αsyn) misfolding and aggregation underlie several neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s disease. Early oligomeric intermediates are particularly toxic yet remain challenging to detect and characterize within cellular systems.
Priyanka Swaminathan +7 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE FTAA [PDF]
Paper presented at the 24th West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference, Granada, July 19-12, 2002. Environmental issues have become important in trade agreement negotiations. NAFTA explicitly includes environmental provisions and they are affecting ongoing WTO and FTAA negotiations.
Colyer, Dale, Colyer, Dale
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Labour rights in the FTAA [PDF]
Excerpt] Without an overall trade agreement containing stronger labour rights linkage than that of the NAALC model, advocates will have no central forum or mechanism for dealing with workers' rights in the Americas. This paper suggests that labour rights advocates can and should shape a new viable social dimension in hemispheric trade and demand its ...
Compa, Lance
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The FTAA and the Location of FDI? [PDF]
The role of regional integration agreements (RIAs) as a determinant of the location of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has become an increasingly relevant issue for emerging economies. While the concerns regarding the impact of RIAs on FDI for countries in Latin America may be related to a number of RIA initiatives of different types (sub regional ...
Levy Yeyati, Eduardo +2 more
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Evaluating energy consumption patterns in novel foamed ternary alkali-activated masonry blocks [PDF]
This study endeavors to tackle the energy requirements of the building sector by employing passive design strategies. However, there exists a dearth of comprehension regarding the energy efficiency performance of foamed alkali-activated materials.
Sunil Nandipati +7 more
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The Luminescent Conjugated Oligothiophene h-FTAA Attenuates the Toxicity of Different Aβ Species [PDF]
Ann-Christin Brorsson, Livia Civitelli
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From Miami to Cartagena: nine lessons and nine challenges of the ftaa [PDF]
In Miami in December 1994 the heads of State of 34 countries of the hemisphere decided to construct a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by the year 2005.
ROBERT DEVLIN, LUIS JORGE GARAY
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Potential Impact of the Free Trade Area of the Americas on the U.S. Sugarcane Industry
Countries and regions are moving to liberalize trade throughout the world. Many bilateral and multilateral agreements have been signed in the past few years and others are under negotiation.
José Alvarez
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Will FTAA Bring Income Convergence? [PDF]
By the beginning of year 2006, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, FTAA, will be launched. Mixed expectations and concerns about its effects on the individual economies have grown in the area since this process started in December, 1994. This paper aims to discuss a particular expectation - or concern - which is: Will this liberalization of the ...
Maya Ochoa, Cecilia +1 more
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US trade policy for Latin America under the Bush administrations (2001 – 2009)
The author considers the trade policy of George Walker Bush – its basis and ways of implementation. That is why the article presents a brief digression in the 1990’s, as the origins of George W. Bush’s trade policy go back to those times.
Anastasia Kosenko
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