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The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission
This 1:30,000 scale geological map describes Oxia Planum, Mars, the landing site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. The map represents our current understanding of bedrock units and their relationships prior to Rosalind Franklinâs exploration of this location. The map details 15 bedrock units organised into 6 groups and 7 textural and surficial units. The bedrock units were identified using visible and near-infrared remote sensing datasets. The objectives of this map are (i) to identify where the most astrobiologically relevant rocks are likely to be found, (ii) to show where hypotheses about their geological context (within Oxia Planum and in the wider geological history of Mars) can be tested, (iii) to inform both the long-term (hundreds of metres to âŒ1â
km) and the short-term (tens of metres) activity planning for rover exploration, and (iv) to allow the samples analysed by the rover to be interpreted within their regional geological context
The procedural and institutional dimension of EU anti-discrimination law
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Judicial Activism at the European Court of Justice
This book delves into the rationale, components of, and responses to accusations of judicial activism at the European Court of Justice. Detailed chapters from academics, practitioners and stakeholders bring diverse perspectives on a range of factors â from access rules to institutional design and to substantive functions â influencing the European Courtâs political role. Each of the contributing authors invites the reader to approach the debate on the role of the Court in terms of a constantly evolving set of interactions between the EU judiciary, the European and national political spheres, as well as a multitude of other actors vested in competing legitimacy claims. The book questions the political role of the Court as much as it stresses the opportunities â and corresponding responsibilities â that the Courtâs case law offers to independent observers, political institutions and civil society organisations
The European Court as a Political Actor
This book delves into the rationale, components of, and responses to accusations of judicial activism at the European Court of Justice.
Detailed chapters from academics, practitioners and stakeholders bring diverse perspectives on a range of factors â from access rules to institutional design and to substantive functions â influencing the European Courtâs political role. Each of the contributing authors invites the reader to approach the debate on the role of the Court in terms of a constantly evolving set of interactions between the EU judiciary, the European and national political spheres, as well as a multitude of other actors vested in competing legitimacy claims. The book questions the political role of the Court as much as it stresses the opportunities â and corresponding responsibilities â that the Courtâs case law offers to independent observers, political institutions and civil society organisations.
Judicial Activism at the European Court of Justice will appeal to researchers and graduate students as well as to EU and national officials.
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When moving in time is not moving in time. The case of pensioners moving to the seaside in Belgium
A multi-parameter response prediction model for rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives: To validate the IFN response gene (IRG) set for the prediction of non-response to rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and assess the predictive performance upon combination of this gene set with clinical parameters. Methods: In two independent cohorts of 93 (cohort I) and 133 (cohort II) rituximab-starting RA patients, baseline peripheral blood expression of eight IRGs was determined, and averaged into an IFN score. Predictive performance of IFN score and clinical parameters was assessed by logistic regression. A multivariate prediction model was developed using a forward stepwise selection procedure. Patients with a decrease in disease activity score (ÎŽDAS28). â„. 1.8 after 6 months of therapy were considered responders. Results: The mean IFN score was higher in non-responders compared to responders in both cohorts, but this difference was most pronounced in patients who did not use prednisone, as described before. Univariate analysis in cohort I showed that baseline DAS28, IFN score, DMARD use and negativity for IgM-RF and/or ACPA were associated with rituximab non-response. The multivariate model consisted of DAS28, IFN score and DMARD use, which showed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.82. In cohort II, this model revealed a comparable AUC in PREDN-negative patients (0.78), but AUC in PREDN-positive patients was significantly lower (0.63), which seemed due to effect modification of the IFN score by prednisone. Conclusions: Combination of predictive parameters provided a promising model for the prediction of non-response to rituximab, with possibilities for optimization via definition of the exact interfering effect of prednisone on IFN score. Trial registration (Cohort II, SMART trial): NCT01126541, registered 18 May 2010