Population and labour force projections for 27 European countries, 2002-052: impact of international migration on population ageing: Projections de population et de population active pour 27 pays européens 2002-052: impact de la migration internationale sur le vieillissement de la population

Population and labour force projections are made for 27 selected European countries for 2002-052, focussing on the impact of international migration on population and labour force dynamics. Starting from single scenarios for fertility, mortality and economic activity, three sets of assumptions are explored regarding migration flows, taking into account probable policy developments in Europe following the enlargement of the EU. In addition to age structures, various support ratio indicators are analysed. The results indicate that plausible immigration cannot offset the negative effects of population and labour force ageing

Rural World, Migration, and Agriculture in Mediterranean EU: An Introduction

AbstractThis book investigates the dynamics that are reshaping human and natural landscapes in the European agrarian world, with a specific focus on Mediterranean Europe. We focus here on more marginal rural settings, where the potential for agricultural intensification is structurally limited. These areas in particular have suffered from the geographical and socio-economic polarization of development patterns and have paid a relevant burden to the recent crisis

Ethnic profiling in the Netherlands? A reflection on expanding preventive powers, ethnic profiling and a changing social and political context

Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, accountability, and effectivit

Implantomics: A Paradigm Shift in Implantology

Implantomics is the science of the implantome. The implantome is a blend of the two terms implant and proteome. The proteome is defined as the protein complement of the genome. The term proteome also implies the mass screening of proteins for the determination of all proteins - and indirectly of all genes - involved in a certain tissue or organ response. In this sense the term proteome is employed here in a new way to specify the totality of proteins associated with a foreign body inserted into the human body. It will be addressed, why the determination of the implanttome is important and which role the implantome may play in the bone-implant interface

Controlling Leakage of Potential Juxtacrine Self-Assembled Monolayer-BMP-2 Surfaces

A question which has been intriguing researchers since 1969 is whether covalently linked hormones or growth factors on surfaces are still biologically active i.e. still bind and activate cell surface receptors in the insoluble state. The objective of the present work was to find evidence for the absence of any release or leakage of rhBMP-2 covalently linked to self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) prepared from dithiobis(succinimidyl-undecanoate) on gold surfaces