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Competitive integration models in the Western hemisphere: competitive leadership or mutual denial?
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
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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
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Limitations of the knee society score in kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty
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
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Juggling multiple agendas: the struggle of trade unions against neoliberalism in Argentina
In the context of neoliberal globalization, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) was the most ambitious international agreement introduced for the purpose of reducing or eliminating international trade barriers in the Americas.
Federico M. Rossi
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The wear of machines and mechanisms after rubbing is a major concern. The costs of manufacturing and restoration parts for agricultural machinery are enormous such as the trunnions pinions of hydraulic pumps.
I.V. Shepelenk
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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
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Os impactos ambientais industriais da alca no Brasil
This study is an attempt to estimate the industrial environmental impacts due to FTAA in Brazil. Based on these CGE model results from Tourinho and Kume (2002), we estimate the resulting changes of pollution emission and water and energy use levels in ...
Ronaldo Seroa da Motta
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Abstract This article provides an analysis of the relationship between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) focusing on its purposes and functions, by exploring the literature on interregionalism through the perspectives of three distinct schools of thought: neorealism, neoliberal institutionalism and constructivism ...
María V. Alvarez
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O Brasil, a Argentina, a ALCA e a História
O presente artigo busca interrelacionar as antigas preocupações argentinas e brasileiras com relação à implementação da ALALC com a atual perspectiva em relação à ALCA.
Carlos Eduardo Vidigal
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Argentina: entre o Mercosul e a Alca
Este artigo procura mostrar que a Argentina não está numa encruzilhada na sua política externa, tendo que escolher entre Mercosul ou Alca. Ao contrário, a Argentina vê o Mercosul como um caminho que leva à Alca, afirmando uma posição que se tornou ...
Raúl Bernal-Meza, Silvia Quintanar
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