Law for Asylum in Albania and Some EU Regulations on Asylum Issues
This paper aims at treating from a general point of view the Albanian legislation on asylum, and to see the level of approximation with EU legislation in this field, as the asylum has become a controversial topic because of increasing demands for ...
Katrin Treska, Engjëll Likmeta
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Events and Controversies: Influences of a Shocking News Event on Information Seeking [PDF]
It has been suggested that online search and retrieval contributes to the intellectual isolation of users within their preexisting ideologies, where people's prior views are strengthened and alternative viewpoints are infrequently encountered.
Bennett, Paul +2 more
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Bubbles Acting as Micro End‐Effectors for Dexterous Manipulation and Sensing in Aqueous Environment
Inspired by bubbles, this article proposes a low‐cost method for multifunctional manipulation and sensing using microbubbles in aqueous environments. Bubbles are easily generated in situ, enabling the safe and adaptive handling of microobjects and sensing of microforces and surface textures.
Zichen Xu, Qingsong Xu
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El artículo discute aspectos ético-jurídicos de la sentencia de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos (EUA) sobre la patentabilidad de los genes humanos, en juzgamiento ocurrido en Junio de 2013.
Salvador Darío Bergel
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Basic principles of internal controlling at budgetary institutions [PDF]
In the past months at the time of the reforms of the new millennium the modernisation and transformation of the public sphere to meet the needs of globalisation and those after our accession to the European Union have been the constant topics in our ...
Anna Francsovics +3 more
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Precautionary Expertise for GM Crops (PEG): EU Workshop Report [PDF]
This policy workshop was organised as part of the research project, ‘Precautionary Expertise for GM Crops’ (PEG), funded by the European Commission. The project includes research partners in seven member states (Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, the ...
Levidow, Les
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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The European Citizens' Initiative: An Early Assessment of the European Union's New Participatory Democracy Instrument [PDF]
The world's first transnational, digital right of initiative, the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) took effect on April 1, 2012, when the EU Regulation on the citizen's initiative (No 2011/2011) entered into force.
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Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy
Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
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What Is Safe Sex ? Understanding the Need for Sex Education Reform
Currently, the United States has no standardized requirement for sex education. This has precipitated a large gap in knowledge about safe sex and a lack of consensus in current social and educational policy.
Baker, Julianne
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