On the Quality of Employment in the European Union

Job quality represents a fundamental objective within the EU employment policy agenda, which allows assessing the labour market performance. The high work intensity, increase in temporary work, deterioration of working conditions and increasing competition on the labour market have caused the decline of employment quality in the EU over the last decades. The paper highlights the importance of considering the job quality as a dimension of the quality of employment services. In order to capture this new dimension, the paper proposes a set of job quality indicators, which are taken and adapted from the set of Laeken indicators. This new multidimensional approach allows measuring the job quality, which itself represents a fundamental dimension of the quality of employment services

Discussing the effects of financial openness in the CEECs

This paper is aimed at analyzing the macroeconomic benefits and drawbacks of financial globalization in the CEE area. First, the literature on financial openness and its impact on consumption, economic growth and poverty are examined, in order to see whether the empirical findings are consistent or rather divergent. Then, the paper analyzes the necessity and consequences of the financial integration in the CEE area, with a focus on the challenges imposed by the global financial crisis

Revival of Romanian exports in the context of the global economic recession

The paper examines the situation of Romanian exports in the context of the global economic crisis, by placing this issue into an EU and international framework. In order to answer this research question, the paper analyzes the impact of the banking crisis on trade, as well as the importance of trading partners for the economic growth of the exporter country. The dynamics of Romanian exports is presented in comparison with that of other countries in CEE. The paper finds similarities in the dynamics of exports within the CEE during the crisis and predicts a favourable influence of Romania’s export trading partners on the Romanian economic growth. Finally, the paper addresses some policy recommendations for the trade revival as a response to the global crisis

Peculiarities of the Romanian welfare state

This paper comparatively analyzes the characteristics of EU welfare states in order to find out the most representative welfare regime for Romania. The examination of Romanian welfare regime includes the analysis of different dimensions of welfare, as well as the structure of social services market. The paper also reveals the weak points of the Romanian social services as well as the directions to be followed in the future to improve them and to ensure a higher level of social welfare for the population

Synthesis of hematite nanowires using a mesoporous hard template

The influence of the impregnation media (ethanol or water) and the calcination atmosphere (air and NO/He) on the hematite nanowires production embedded on a hard template (MCM-41) was studied. The solids were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetic measurements. The results obtained indicate that the more appropriate conditions for the iron oxide nanowires to get inside the MCM-41 hard template seem to be reached using water as a solvent and air as calcination atmosphere.Fil: Cano, Leonardo Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas ; ArgentinaFil: Bengoa, Jose Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas ; ArgentinaFil: Stewart, Silvana Jacqueline. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Mercader, Roberto Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Marchetti, Sergio Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas ; Argentin

West Nile Virus Lineage 2 Vector Competence of Indigenous Culex and Aedes Mosquitoes from Germany at Temperate Climate Conditions

West Nile virus (WNV) is a widespread zoonotic arbovirus and a threat to public health in Germany since its first emergence in 2018. It has become of particular relevance in Germany in 2019 due to its rapid geographical spread and the detection of the first human clinical cases. The susceptibility of indigenous Culex pipiens (biotypes pipiens and molestus) for a German WNV lineage 2 strain was experimentally compared to that of Serbian Cx. pipiens biotype molestus and invasive German Aedes albopictus. All tested populations proved to be competent laboratory vectors of WNV. Culex pipiens biotype pipiens displayed the highest transmission efficiencies (40.0%–52.9%) at 25 °C. This biotype was also able to transmit WNV at 18 °C (transmission efficiencies of 4.4%–8.3%), proving that temperate climates in Central and Northern Europe may support WNV circulation. Furthermore, due to their feeding behaviors, Cx. pipiens biotype molestus and Ae. albopictus can act as “bridge vectors”, leading to human WNV infections