Environmental Technology Transfer in a FDI Regime A Developing Country Perspective

The environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment is still to be explored totally. It is often argued that investment may come to a region or country where environment protection norms are less strict. Investors may be induced to outsource their pollution-intensive production where the expected cost of pollution abatement is significantly less. This gave birth to the much debated idea of 'pollution havens', parallel to low-wage havens. Developing countries are more vulnerable to such cases since the environmental legislation and monitoring is not rigorous over there. Again, many have debated that such 'pollution havens' does not typically exist or at the best, transient in nature. Over the last decade, as a result of its policy towards opening up of the economy to the global markets, the extent of multinational activities and their share in trade and industrial production have risen steadily in India. Viewing this development, this paper primarily attempt to show the very existence of such a pollution haven in Indian scenario, analysing time series data for industrial production and international trade of identified pollution intensive industries in the country. Then it argues that, even if of transient nature, the phasing out of such a pollution haven regime is typically dependent upon the active institutional intervention. One important factor, this paper identifies, is of making of state-of-the-art knowledge base of impact analysis and alternative production possibilities that help design prudent environmental policy regime. Also it searches for the right kind of institutional interface at the international, national and industry level; and endeavours to find the implications thereof.FDI, Environment, Technology Transfer, Developing Country

Two Cooks Sallins Menu 2017

Over the past 20 years Nicola has worked in professional kitchens in Dublin, London and Sydney. For the last 6 years Nicola has been teaching professional courses at Cooks Academy, her passion for teaching and passing on her craft and knowledge to her students has made her transition to front of house an easy one.From her classical training in The Westbury and as a young Chef, competing Internationally with the Irish Culinary Team to the modern Halo Restaurant at The Morrison Hotel as a Sous Chef and finally to the Cookery school there is a wealth of experience both in food and life. Nowadays Nicola has a keen interest in alternative healthy cooking for her family and her guests.JosefJosef has been working in professional kitchens for more than 20 years, he swapped his passion for art and design to pursue a career in Gastronomy. He has travelled together with Nicola to Australia, London and France mastering his craft.Originally from Malta Josef arrived in Ireland in 2002 and although has left many times to travel and work all around the world, he calls Ireland home. He has held the title of Best Chef in Kildare for 3 years, he also helped The Brown Bear to win Best Newcomer and best Restaurant a number of times. Josef has a passion for vegetables therefore seasonality plays a massive part of the Menus design.He uses modern techniques to prepare, cook and serve both meat and vegetables, where the flavour combinations and extraction of flavour have to be tasted to be believed.“We met in Dublin in 2002 in the Kitchen at the Westin we both were extremely competitive and challenged one another’s culinary ability and knowledge from the start, the challenge continues to this day and drives us to know more and learn more and push ourselves everyday” Nicola“As chefs we want to prepare cook and serve our food fresh everyday to preserve the flavour and freshness that is lost over time hence the small Menu” Josefhttps://arrow.tudublin.ie/menus21c/1234/thumbnail.jp

Anticompetitive Contracts in the U.K. Pay-TV Market

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In vivo analysis of CCM3, a gene involved in cerebral cavernous malformation development

IN VIVO ANALYSIS OF CCM3, A GENE INVOLVED IN CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION DEVELOPMENT. Aimee Two, Angeliki Louvi, and Murat Gunel. Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs), one of the most common vascular malformations of the central nervous system (CNS), occur due to both sporadic and familial mutations in any of the three CCM genes: CCM1, or KRIT1; CCM2, or malcavernin; and CCM3, the Programmed Cell Death 10 gene. As the most recently discovered of these genes, CCM3 remains poorly understood. In vitro analysis has suggested a role for it in apoptosis, but in vivo studies of this gene are limited and thus are the goal of the current work. Using conditional knockout mice in which Ccm3 has been inactivated in neural cells, experimental animals were created that develop lesions resembling human CCMs. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry were used to compare staining patterns of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin, both expressed in astrocytes, with vimentin being expressed specifically in activated astrocytes, as well as connexin43, a gap junction protein that links astrocytic foot processes along the blood brain barrier (BBB), and aquaporin 4, a water channel expressed exclusively in astrocytes, between control and experimental brains. Results showed an increase in GFAP and vimentin expression in experimental brains, suggesting increased glial activation, but a decrease in that of connexin43 and aquaporin 4, suggesting an abnormality of these astrocytes. Given that CCMs represent endothelial cell and not astrocyte pathology, these results suggest that lesion formation may be related to disrupted communication within the neurovascular unit

PENGARUH TERPAAN KONTEN INSTAGRAM @ummcampus TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN MAHASISWA MENDAFTAR KULIAH DI UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG (Studi Pada Mahasiswa 2021 Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)

The increasing number of prospective students in Indonesia and the rapid development of information technology have led to the need for Instagram users to meet the informational needs of prospective students. This is crucial in capturing the attention of Instagram users and influencing their decision to enroll as university students. Therefore, this research aims to determine the significant impact of the content exposure on Instagram @ummcampus on the registration decisions of 2021 students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang. The research adopts a quantitative approach, employing a survey method. The sample for this study consists of active students from the 2021 cohort at Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, selected through proportional accidental sampling. Data analysis techniques involve descriptive analysis and simple linear regression analysis. The results of the simple linear regression test show Y = 1.383 + 0.587X, indicating that with each increase in the exposure value of social media content on Instagram @ummcampus, the decision to register as a prospective student at Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang will increase by 0.587. The positive regression coefficient implies that there is an influence of Instagram @ummcampus content exposure on the decision of prospective students to enroll in the university. Based on the coefficient of determination, the level of decision-making regarding prospective student registration is influenced by Instagram content exposure by 62%, while the remaining 38% is influenced by other variables not examined in the study

Mis-Designing the UK Electricity Market

electricity auctions, regulation

Contracts and Competition in the Pay-TV Market

Contracts, licensing, pay-TV

Toeholds, takeovers and football

auctions, toeholds, vertical integration, sports rights