32 research outputs found
The fusion approach – applications for understanding local government and European integration
The article explores the theoretical capabilities of the fusion approach as a conceptual ‘kit’ to explain the ‘bigger picture’ of European integration from a local government perspective. Fusion addresses the rationales and methods facilitating the transfer of policy-making competences to the European level. It understands European integration as a merging of public resources and policy instruments from multiple levels of government, whereby accountability and responsibilities for policy outcomes become blurred. The article argues that the fusion approach is useful to explain the systemic linkages between macro-trajectories and the corresponding change at the local level; the fusion dynamics of the local and European levels in a common policy-cycle; and the attitudes of local actors towards the EU. Although the article concludes that local government is rather modestly ‘fused’ into the EU, fusion approaches allow examining the extent to which the local level has become integrated into the European governance system
Exploring metabolic responses of potato tissue induced by electric pulses
In this study, we investigated the metabolic
responses of potato tissue induced by pulsed electric field
(PEF). Potato tissue was subjected to field strengths ranging
from 30 to 500 V/cm, with a single rectangular pulse of 10 μs,
100 μs, or 1 ms. Metabolic responses were monitored using
isothermal calorimetry, changes on electrical resistance during
the delivery of the pulse, as well as impedance measurements.
Our results show that the metabolic response involves oxygen
consuming pathways as well as other unidentified events that
are shown to be insensitive to metabolic inhibitors such as
KCN and sodium azide. The metabolic response is strongly
dependent on pulsing conditions and is independent of the
total permeabilization achieved by the pulse. Evidence shows
that calorimetry is a simple and powerful method for
exploring conditions for metabolic stimulation, providing
information on metabolic responses that can not be obtained
from electrical measurements. This study set the basis for
further investigations on defense-related consequences of
PEF-induced stress.Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs & Frosta (Sweden).Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).Lund University (Sweden).Department of Cell and Organism Biology; Department of Plant Biochemistry
Future research on european union cohesion policy: A master class during the open days 2014
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Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields Treatment and Mash Size on Extraction and Composition of Apple Juices
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