The skull of milkfish, Chanos chanos Forsskal

The skull of the milkfish, C. chanos, is described so that it may be used as a tool in identifying the effect of artificial propagation in terms of skeletal malformations

Influence of secondary consolidation and overconsolidation on the behaviour of a soft alluvial clay

Imperial Users onl

A Regulator Caught Between Conflicting Policy Objectives

The Digital Services Act (DSA) has landed on an increased centralization of its enforcement powers in the hands of the European Commission (EC). The Regulation grants the Commission exclusive supervision and enforcement powers vis-à-vis the biggest platforms and online search engines for their most important due diligence obligations. This analysis focuses on the implications, from a fundamental rights and democratic values perspective, of opting for the EC as the body in charge of supervising and enforcing the DSA against the most powerful online platforms. Given the importance and broader implications of the DSA, the policy choice of making the EC the most important enforcer in the DSA architecture needs to be scrutinized more, especially where the centralization of enforcement powers around the EC may become recurrent in future pieces of legislation. In particular, aspects that deserve more attention relate to the difference between the EC and a separate independent EU supervisory authority and to the tensions inherent to the different policy objectives pursued by the EC, which might impact the way it performs its oversight tasks under the DSA

A Most Interesting Time: The Militarization of Containment after the Czechoslovakian Coup d\u27Etat of 1948

This paper discusses the development of American foreign policy during the first few years of the Cold War through the containment doctrine. This doctrine, which in modern times has come to mean aggressive military action against any perceived communist threat, is not at all what the architect of containment George Kennan had in mind when he first pitched the idea to the Truman Administration in 1946. The reason that the definition shifted in the course of a few short years is because of the communist coup d’état that occurred in Czechoslovakia in February 1948. Scholars have traditionally assigned more importance to the Berlin Blockade as the reason for America’s aggressive shift in relations with the Soviet Union, but my research establishes that the coup was far and away the most important event that changed the definition of containment to this military focus. The Truman Administration began to believe that direct military deterrence was the best solution to this new aggressive Soviet threat in the aftermath of the coup. Economic containment was considered to be ineffective in comparison to this threat and in the subsequent months the U.S. began acting aggressively to any potential attempts at communist expansion in both Italy and Germany as a result of this shift in mentality. The end of economic containment was found in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as it directly tied the United States to the military defense of Europe and marked the end to any meaningful Soviet American rapprochement

Notes on the pigmentation pattern in the larval developmental stages of laboratory-reared milkfish

Milkfish fry were artificially bred and reared in the laboratory and the pigmentation pattern of the different developmental stages of the larvae are described in detail, with illustrations

Determinants In The Choice Of Comprehensible Input Strategies In Science Classes

The Bilingual Education Policy, which was launched in 1974 and revised in 1987, has resulted in the limited exposure of Filipino learners to the English language. This is because the policy reversed previous policies and stipulates that in only two content area subjects, namely, Science and Mathematics is English to be used as medium of instruction. The limited exposure to English has been cited as one of the reasons for the declining proficiency in English of Filipino students since the promulgation of the policy (Gonzales, 1986). On the other hand, the use of English as medium of instruction in cognitively demanding subjects such as science and mathematics has also been given as the reason for the poor showing of students and even teachers themselves in nationwide tests in Science (Maminta, 1985). The overall downtrend in student achievement as evidenced by the poor performance on all of the tests has given rise to two issues concerning the policy. First, is the language for initial literacy and the second is the medium of instruction in science and mathematics. These language issues are crucial in as much as language is the primary vehicle of expression and thought exchange in the classroom. Teaching and learning are in fact language tasks carried out largely by means of verbal interaction between teacher and students (Bellack, et al 1966). The exchange of ideas between students and teachers is largely done through language as they talk about concepts in science, mathematics and other content areas