Shares in the EMCA : the time is ripe for true no par value shares in the EU, and the 2nd directive is not an obstacle

The most interesting proposal in the draft European Model Companies Act ( EMCA) concerning shares and the focus of this Article is the recommendation to introduce true no par value shares, as they have been in use in the US for many years and were introduced in Australia, New Zealand but also Finland more recently. Contrary to what has often been assumed, the 2nd EU Company Law Directive does not preclude no par value shares. There is nothing in the wording of the Directive to suggest otherwise, and the reference in the Directive to shares without a nominal value is a reference to Belgian law, which has allowed true no par value shares in all but name since at least 1913. EU member states could therefore introduce such shares even for public companies. True no par value shares offer a far more flexible framework in case of capital increases or mergers, but since under a no par value system there is no link between par value and shareholder rights, additional disclosure about these rights might be warranted under a no par value system. Traditional par value shares offer no protection to creditors, shareholders or other stakeholders, so that their abolition should not be mourned. The threat of new share issues at an unacceptably high discount is more efficiently countered by disclosure and shareholder decision rights

The Guardian, April 9, 1982

Eight page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian/1998/thumbnail.jp

Made in Amsterdam : a 1771 cittern by Benoit Joseph Boussu

Cittern-family instruments enjoyed popularity in the second half of the 18th century, most notably in the British Isles and France. Many such instruments from these countries have survived in museums and private collections. This ‘guittar’ fashion also took root in the Netherlands, although very few Dutch-made, late 18th-century citterns have survived. The recent rediscovery of an Amsterdam-made cittern by Benoit Joseph Boussu, previously only known about from written sources, adds another example to this small but important group of Dutch-made instruments. In this article, the Boussu cittern is comprehensively described, based on visual observations, endoscopy and CT-scanning, techniques that also enable a detailed analysis of its inner construction. The instrument’s provenance and the biography of its maker are also discussed. These analyses lead to the conclusion that a cittern, of equal quality and appearance to British and French instruments, had already been built in the Netherlands as early as 1771, and included in its design an innovative watch-key tuning mechanism

Contribuir para o desenvolvimento das estratégias de coping das pessoas com doença mental grave através da implementação de um programa de promoção de estilos de vida saudáveis

Mestrado em Enfermagem, Especialização Saúde Mental e Psiquiátrica, 2011, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de LisboaO desenvolvimento de competências resulta de um aumento de conhecimentos científicos, técnicos e éticos e da sua aplicação à prática profissional, através de um processo de experimentação, treino e reflexão, conjugando características pessoais e profissionais na acção. Este processo organizou-se em torno de dois contextos, ambulatório e internamento do DPSM, do H. S. Francisco Xavier. O primeiro decorreu nas Equipas Comunitárias de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental de Cascais e da Parede e no Fórum Sócio-ocupacional de Cascais; o segundo na Unidade de Internamento de Psiquiatria de doentes agudos do sexo masculino. O principal alvo dos cuidados foi as PDMG, às quais foi identificada uma necessidade de cuidados de enfermagem visando a promoção da saúde física e mental. A evidência comprova que as PDMG, designadamente os portadores de esquizofrenia, apresentam uma taxa de mortalidade precoce, cerca 10 a 15 anos menos do que a população em geral, assim como uma elevada prevalência de co-morbilidades físicas fortemente condicionada pelos estilos de vida não saudáveis e estratégias de coping ineficazes. Como resposta a esta necessidade de cuidados de enfermagem foi construído e implementado o programa “ SER + saudável”, desenvolvido com três grupos distintos de clientes e tendo por base, três objectivos principais: Promover estilos de vida saudáveis nas PDMG; Incentivar o desenvolvimento de estratégias de coping eficazes nas PDMG; e Promover o desenvolvimento de competências básicas de comunicação nas PDMG. Na implementação do programa segundo os contextos, constatou-se que os clientes atribuíram um enfoque diferente aos conteúdos abordados. Assim, o grupo comunitário valorizou aspectos relacionados com a saúde física e vida em sociedade, enquanto o grupo do internamento se centrou na gestão dos sintomas e na prevenção da recaída. O Programa “ SER + saudável” foi avaliado na sua globalidade pelos clientes, como tendo um impacto positivo no seu bem-estar, pelos benefícios na interacção social e pelo aumento dos conhecimentos adquiridos. Estes resultados parecem indicar que o programa contribuiu para o desenvolvimento das estratégias de Coping das PDMG

One-Pot Synthesis of Layered Disodium Zirconium Phosphate: Crystal Structure and Application in the Remediation of Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Wastewater

Inorganic ion exchangers offer advantages whenever operation at high temperatures or in oxidizing environments is required. A novel two-dimensional disodium zirconium phosphate, Zr(NaPO4)2·H2O, was reported and investigated as an ion exchanger for heavy metals. The material was synthesized by a novel minimalistic solventless approach, and its solid-state structure was determined from powder X-ray diffraction data. Zr(NaPO4)2·H2O crystallizes in the space group P21/c with cell parameters a = 8.7584(1) Å, b = 5.3543(1) Å, c = 18.1684(3) Å, β = 109.053 (1)°, and Z = 4. Its layered structure is similar to that of α-zirconium phosphate, Zr(HPO4)2·H2O. However, unlike α-zirconium phosphate which is limited in practical applications by its narrow interlayer spacing (d = 7.6 Å), the disodium zirconium phosphate has a larger spacing of 8.6 Å between planes. The material with inherent structural advantages displays excellent sorption for heavy metals such as Pb2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, and Tl+, maintaining its high selectivity with distribution coefficients, Kd, of 104–105 mL/g even in the presence of a large excess of Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+, which are commonly present in underground water. In particular, the maximum sorption capacity for the highly toxic Tl+ is a record high, 5.07 mmol/g (1036 mg/g). The fast reaction kinetics indicate that the exchangeable positions in Zr(NaPO4)2·H2O are readily accessible, in contrast to Zr(HPO4)2·H2O. The ease of preparation, benign nature, and advantageous ion-exchange properties make Zr(NaPO4)2·H2O a highly promising sorbent for the treatment of water polluted with heavy metals

The Times

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising

Homoleptic copper(I) arylthiolates as a new class of p-type charge carriers: structures and charge mobility studies

Polymeric homoleptic copper(I) arylthiolates [Cu(p‐SC6H4‐X)]∞ (X=CH3 (1), H (2), CH3O (3), tBu (4), CF3 (5), NO2 (6), and COOH (7)) have been prepared as insoluble crystalline solids in good yields (75–95 %). Structure determinations by powder X‐ray diffraction analysis have revealed that 1–3 and 6 form polymers of infinite chain length, with the copper atoms bridged by arylthiolate ligands. Weak intra‐chain π⋅⋅⋅π stacking interactions are present in 1–3, as evidenced by the distances (3.210 Å in 1, 3.016 Å in 2, 3.401 Å in 3) between the mean planes of neighboring phenyl rings. In the structure of 6, the intra‐chain π⋅⋅⋅π interactions (d=3.711 Å) are insignificant and the chain polymers are associated through weak, non‐covalent CH⋅⋅⋅O hydrogen‐bonding interactions (d=2.586 Å). Samples of 1–7 in their polycrystalline forms proved to be thermally stable at 200–300 °C; their respective decomposition temperatures are around 100 °C higher than that of the aliphatic analogue [Cu(SCH3)]∞. Data from in situ variable‐temperature X‐ray diffractometry measurements indicated that the structures of both 1 and 7 are thermally more robust than that of [Cu(SCH3)]∞. TEM analysis revealed that the solid samples of 1–5 and [Cu(SCH3)]∞ contained homogeneously dispersed crystalline nanorods with widths of 20–250 nm, whereas smaller plate‐like nanocrystals were found for 6 and 7. SAED data showed that the chain polymers of 1–3 and [Cu(SCH3)]∞ similarly extend along the long axes of their nanorods. The nanorods of 1–5 and [Cu(SCH3)]∞ have been found to exhibit p‐type field‐effect transistor behavior, with charge mobility (μ) values of 10−2–10−5 cm2 V−1 s−1. Polycrystalline solid samples of 6 and 7 each showed a low charge mobility (<10−6 cm2 V−1 s−1). The charge mobility values of field‐effect transistors made from crystalline nanorods of 1–3 and [Cu(SCH3)]∞ could be correlated with their unique chain‐like copper–sulfur networks, with the para‐substituent of the arylthiolate ligand influencing the charge‐transport properties

The Oklahoma State Capital

Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising

The Oklahoma State Capital

Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising

Homoleptic copper(I) phenylselenolate polymer as a single-source precursor for Cu2Se nanocrystals. Structure, photoluminescence and application in field-effect transistor

We present the one-dimensional polymeric structures of [Cu(SePh)]∞1 and [Cu(SeMe)]∞2 that were solved by using powder X-ray diffraction data. Using a field-effect transistor (FET) set-up, the hole mobility of complex 1 was found to be 4 × 10−2 cm2 V−1 s−1, comparable to that of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). Phase-pure orthorhombic and cubic Cu2Se were synthesized from 1 as a single precursor under vacuum and inert atmosphere, respectively