Is there a Common European Business Cycle? New Insights from a Frequency Domain Analysis

To assess the synchronization of business cycles in Europe we extract the cyclical component of industrial production in five European countries using the filter of Baxter and King (1999). The hypothesis of a joint business cycle is tested by using the frequency domain common cycle test suggested by Breitung and Candelon (2000). The common cycle hypothesis is clearly rejected for U.K. data whereas some weak evidence for a joint cyclical pattern is found for France, The Netherlands, Austria and Germany. Zusammenfassung Gibt es einen gemeinsamen europäischen Konjunkturzyklus? Neue Erkenntnisse durch eine Spektralanalyse Um die Synchronität der Konjunkturzyklen in Europa zu bewerten, wird die Zykluskomponente der Industrieproduktion in fünf europäischen Ländern identifiziert, indem der Baxter-King-Filter (1999) angewendet wird. Die Hypothese eines gemeinsamen Konjunkturzyklus wird durch einen Test auf einen gemeinsamen Zyklus im Frequenzbereich nach Breitung und Candelon (2000) überprüft. Ein gemeinsamer Konjunkturzyklus muss demnach für Großbritannien klar zurückgewiesen werden, wohingegen einige schwache Anzeichen für ein gemeinsames Konjunkturmuster für Frankreich, die Niederlande, Österreich und Deutschland gefunden werden konnten

The long-run behaviour of the terms of trade between primary commodities and manufactures : a panel data approach

This paper examines the Prebisch and Singer hypothesis using a panel of twenty-four commodity prices from 1900 to 2010. The modelling approach stems from the need to meet two key concerns: (i) the presence of cross-sectional dependence among commodity prices; and (ii) the identification of potential structural breaks. To address these concerns, the Hadri and Rao (Oxf Bull Econ Stat 70:245–269, 2008) test is employed. The findings suggest that all commodity prices exhibit a structural break whose location differs across series, and that support for the Prebisch and Singer hypothesis is mixed. Once the breaks are removed from the underlying series, the persistence of commodity price shocks is shorter than that obtained in other studies using alternative methodologies.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Long-term complete responses after 131I-tositumomab therapy for relapsed or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

We present the long-term results of 18 chemotherapy relapsed indolent (N=12) or transformed (N=6) NHL patients of a phase II anti-CD20 131I-tositumomab (Bexxar®) therapy study. The biphasic therapy included two injections of 450 mg unlabelled antibody combined with 131I-tositumomab once as dosimetric and once as therapeutic activity delivering 75 or 65 cGy whole-body radiation dose to patients with normal or reduced platelet counts, respectively. Two patients were not treated due to disease progression during dosimetry. The overall response rate was 81% in the 16 patients treated, including 50% CR/CRu and 31% PR. Median progression free survival of the 16 patients was 22.5 months. Median overall survival has not been reached after a median observation of 48 months. Median PFS of complete responders (CR/CRu) has not been reached and will be greater than 51 months. Short-term side effects were mainly haematological and transient. Among the relevant long-term side effects, one patient previously treated with CHOP chemotherapy died from secondary myelodysplasia. Four patients developed HAMA. In conclusion, 131I-tositumomab RIT demonstrated durable responses especially in those patients who achieved a complete response. Six of eight CR/CRu are ongoing after 46–70 months

APENAS UNA PARTE DE NEGRO. Valores socio-raciales y accionar político de las élites de «color quebrado» en Jamaica, Venezuela, y las Antillas Francesas (siglos XVIII y XIX)

This essay compares the socio-racial prejudices and egalitarian aspirations of “mixedblood” elites of Jamaica, Venezuela , and the French Antilles . The aim is to show how these factors affected the political activities of the members of that sector, especially during the revolutionary period and the abolitionist era. We argue that their activities had contradictory consequences fostering both the perpetuation and the downfall of discriminatory regimes established during the colonial era.Este ensayo analiza comparativamente los prejuicios socio-raciales y las aspiraciones igualitarias de las élites de «color quebrado» de Jamaica, Venezuela, y las Antillas Francesas. El objetivo es mostrar cómo esos factores incidieron sobre la actividad política de los miembros de ese sector, sobre todo durante el período revolucionario y la era abolicionista. Sostenemos que dicha actividad tuvo consecuencias opuestas, incidiendo tanto sobre la perpetuación como sobre el fin de los regímenes discriminatorios instaurados durante la época colonial

Davvero! La Pompei di fine '800 nella pittura di Luigi Bazzani

La mostra, maturata nell\u2019ambito della lunga attivit\ue0 archeologica dell\u2019Universit\ue0 di Bologna a Pompei ed Ercolano, presenta un importantepittore bolognese, Luigi Bazzani (1836-1927), che ha dedicato gran partedella sua attivit\ue0 alla rappresentazione degli scavi di Pompei. Gli oli e gli acquerelli, in gran parte inediti, ne rivelano le straordinariequalit\ue0 pittoriche e insieme l\u2019altissima fedelt\ue0 al dato reale (\u201cDavvero!\u201d), che ne fanno una fonte documentaria preziosa per gli archeologi, per recuperare un patrimonio, unico e fragilissimo, di architetture e decorazioni, oggi deteriorato o addirittura scomparso

Davvero! La Pompei di fine '800 nella pittura di Luigi Bazzani

Il progetto, tappa finale di un percorso di ricerca pluriennale condotto dall'Università di Bologna, ripercorre la produzione pompeiana del pittore bolognese Luigi Bazzani (1836-1927), soffermandosi in particolare sullo straordinario contributo che i suoi acquerelli, caratterizzati da una grande qualità artistica e da una prodigiosa abilità tecnica, rappresentano ancora oggi per lo studio dell'antica città e della sua storia, restituendo con assoluta precisione edifici e pitture oggi gravemente danneggiati o scomparsi. Progetto scientifico Università di Bologna - Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà Realizzazione Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna In collaborazione con Soprintendenza speciale per i beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei Con il contributo di Istituto Banco di Napoli - Fondazion

T cell subpopulations in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemias

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