The Distribution of Dree Sponsored Manufacturing Investments in Atlantic Canada 1972-75

The formation in 1969 of the Department of Regional Economic Expansion (DREE) was widely welcomed in Atlantic Canada; this federal initiative represented the intent to provide a more coordinated and comprehensive institutional framework within which to administer an enlarged system of financial support for programmes of regional economic development with funding priorities assigned to Eastern Canada. However, even though DREE has been extremely active and visible in the region in providing assistance for infrastructure provision, manufacturing expansions and a variety of other activities, it has, since its inception, faced a mounting tide of criticism.   This paper constitutes a further analysis of the RDIA programme for the 1972-75 period during which time the scheme became firmly entrenched, widely known to entrepreneurs both inside and outside the region, and the policy of (decision-making) decentralization completed. The scope of the study is an examination of the allocation of RDIA grants awarded to manufacturing firms in the four Atlantic Provinces. In particular an attempt is made to assess the extent to which the distribution of RDIA awards has been consistent with the long run strategy for development advocated by DREE for Atlantic Canada. The next two sections outline more fully the objectives of the paper and the nature of this strategy

Exploring the Anti-Hypoxaemia Effect of Hydromethylthionine : A Prospective Study of Phase 3 Clinical Trial Participants

Funding Information: This work was funded by TauRx Therapeutics Ltd., Singapore.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Eye Tricks

Catalog for the exhibition Eye Tricks held at the Seton Hall University Walsh Gallery, November 12 - December 15, 2007. Curated by Jeanne Brasile and Jason Marquis. Includes the essay Illusion / Elusion by Jason Marquis. Includes color illustrations

Eye Tricks

Catalog for the exhibition Eye Tricks held at the Seton Hall University Walsh Gallery, November 12 - December 15, 2007. Curated by Jeanne Brasile and Jason Marquis. Includes the essay Illusion / Elusion by Jason Marquis. Includes color illustrations

Effects of oxidized and reduced forms of methylthioninium in two transgenic mouse tauopathy models

Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the contributions of Bettina Seelhorst (histological analysis), Anna Thoma (animal care), Marlene Arthur (animal dosing) and Pierre-Henri Moreau (experimental discussions). This work was supported by TauRx Therapeutics Ltd., Singapore.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Coherent matter wave inertial sensors for precision measurements in space

We analyze the advantages of using ultra-cold coherent sources of atoms for matter-wave interferometry in space. We present a proof-of-principle experiment that is based on an analysis of the results previously published in [Richard et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 010405 (2003)] from which we extract the ratio h/m for 87Rb. This measurement shows that a limitation in accuracy arises due to atomic interactions within the Bose-Einstein condensate

Unsettling the role of culture as panacea: The politics of culture-led urban regeneration in Buenos Aires

In recent years the rise of culture as a universal cure to a myriad of urban, social and economic ‘diseases’ has been celebrated without precedent, both in policy and academic accounts. Unlike these celebratory discourses, this paper provides a critique of the politics underpinning culture-led urban regeneration in order to unsettle the role of culture as panacea. Drawing on a case study – the on-going redevelopment of the post office palace into a commemorative cultural centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina – the analysis offers an in-depth account of the policy process by which industrial heritage is redeveloped through a cultural rhetoric. The analysis reveals how the recycling of the post office building enabled multiple meanings of culture to emerge and circulate within a range of policy, architectural, urban regeneration, real estate and media discourses. These, in turn, express existing disputes over the making of cultural policies, the uses of heritage, the image of the capital city and the value of the post office. In the redevelopment of the postal building, the paper argues, policy invocations of culture were aimed at de-politicising cultural activities in post-2001/2002 crisis Argentina, when politics had become a synonym of corruption and mismanagement. The paper concludes by drawing attention to the urgent need to adopt a critical perspective to the study of culture-led urban regeneration in Latin America, one which situates the analysis in historical and political terms and acknowledges the contending circumstances out of which these urban strategies often emerge