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Brazil and the institutionalization of South America: from hemispheric estrangement to cooperative hegemony

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 2011
This article argues that Brazil went from a posture of estrangement in relation to the hemispheric project represented by the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to a strategy of cooperative hegemony aimed at institutionalizing the South American ...
Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira
doaj   +1 more source

Amino‐Acid Side‐Chain Nanoarchitectonics for Tuning the Chiroptical Properties and Supramolecular Structure of Pentameric Oligothiophenes

open access: yesChemPhotoChem, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2024.
Self‐assembled Proteophenes. Oligothiophenes with distinct amino acid side‐chain functionalities along the conjugated backbone displayed distinct chiroptical and structural properties in acidic or alkaline solutions. The distinct photophysical characteristics, as well as the supramolecular structures of the assemblies were highly influenced by the ...
Linnea Björk   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Domestic coalitions in the FTAA negotiations: the Brazilian case

open access: yesContexto Internacional, 2016
This paper proposes an explanation to the domestic coalitions organised in Brazil around the FTAA negotiations, which stand as a hard case for the existing theories on political cleavages: industrialists and trade unions, albeit having shared common ...
Daniel Castelan
doaj   +1 more source

Trade and the Americas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
CRS ReportCRSTradeAmericas12Sept03.pdf: 220 downloads, before Oct.
Ahearn, Raymond J.
core   +1 more source

Limitations of the knee society score in kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Orthopaedics, Volume 11, Issue 3, July 2024.
Abstract Purpose The Knee Society Scoring System (KSS) is a frequently used outcome score which quantifies functional patients' outcomes before and after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Several problems arise when trying to implement KSS for obtaining postoperative outcomes after more personalised aligned TKAs. Scoring for valgus femorotibial angle (FTA)
Alexandra Leica   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competitive integration models in the Western hemisphere: competitive leadership or mutual denial?

open access: yesRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2013
The North Atlantic space is undergoing active reconfiguration. In the Western Hemisphere this trend is marked by the presence of three distinct models of integration: intra-regional blocks such as Mercosur and the Andean Community; the FTAA and mega ...
Cintia Quiliconi
doaj  

A fuzzy decision‐making approach for portfolio management with direct real estate investment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2009
This study incorporated expert knowledge into the classical quadratic programming approach, i.e., Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), through fuzzy set theory; in obtaining portfolio return optimization involving direct real estate investment.
Eddie Chi Man Hui   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

TRIPS‐PLUS provisions in the economic partnership agreements with the EU: The CARIFORUM's experience and lessons for West Africa

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 257-277, July 2024.
Abstract Negotiation for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and six African, Caribbean and Pacific (APC) regions has been ongoing for over a decade. These negotiations are at different phases in the seven APC regions and have faced significant challenges, hindering ratification in most of them.
Juliet A. Ogbodo
wiley   +1 more source

O Mercosul e a Alca: os interesses (irre)conciliáveis da União Européia e dos EUA Mercosur and FTAA: the conflicting interests of the European Union and the United States

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 2005
Os interesses dos EUA na América Latina e a criação da Alca são fatores determinantes para explicar o propósito da União Européia de estabelecer um Acordo de Associação com o Mercosul.
Messias de Sá Pinto   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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