Suchergebnisse

Rise of Islamic fundamentalism, relations with Israel, the Arab states, and the U.S.; land reclamation, subsidies, housing shortage, depressed sources of income.

A diversidade cultural é um fator contributivo para a evolução socioecónomica de um país. O objetivo desta dissertação é compreender os diferentes passos que o Grão-Ducado do Luxemburgo deu para se tornar num país multiétnico e compreender a relação de longa data que liga o Luxemburgo à República Portuguesa acrescentando ainda as relações de ambos os países durante a pandemia da COVID-19. Da abolição das fronteiras internas à celebração dos tratados que permitem que os cidadãos da União Europeia viagem livremente entre os Estados-Membros sem preocupações. Além disso, esta dissertação pretende demonstrar que Luxemburgo é um país consideravelmente bem-sucedido no que diz respeito ao acolhimento da diversidade. O sucesso da diversidade cultural no Ducado deve-se aos diferentes organismos que contribuem para um processo de integração eficaz, bem como às diversas políticas de integração que visam proteger os imigrantes e suas famílias. As crianças, especialmente, podem beneficiar de uma variedade de auxílios escolares que as ajudará a adaptarem-se ao sistema desde a mais tenra idade. No meu estudo, recolhi e comparei dados de diferentes fontes oficiais e relatórios para ajudar na compreensão da evolução da sociedade luxemburguesa, bem como sobre como a comunidade portuguesa se tornou a maior e mais importante comunidade estrangeira do país, explorando as relações pré-existentes entre as duas nações, desconhecidas para muitos. ; Cultural diversity is a contributing factor to the socio-economic evolution of a country. The aim of this dissertation is to understand the different steps the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg took to evolve into a multiethnic country and to understand the longtime relationship bonding Luxembourg and the Portuguese Republic adding further the relations of both countries during de pandemic of COVID-19. From the abolition of the internal borders to the signing of treaties allowing citizens of the European Union to travel freely among the Member States without worries. Further, I aim to demonstrate that Luxembourg is considerably a successful country regarding welcoming diversity. The success of the cultural diversity in the Duchy's is in the wake of the different bodies that contribute to an effective integration process as well as the different integration policies regarding immigrants and their families. Children, specially, can benefit from a variety of school aids that will help them fit into the system from an early age. In my study, I collected and compared data from different official sources and reports to help in the understanding of the evolution of Luxembourg's society as well on how the Portuguese community became the largest and most important foreign community in the country, exploring the pre-existing relations between the two nations, unfamiliar to many.

Part 1. Global Obesity Patterns and Implications -- 1. Global Obesity Patterns, an Introduction (Ginny Garcia-Alexander and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.) -- 2. Obesity: A Long-Term Global Challenge (James Bentham and Mariachiara Di Cesare) -- 3. Economic Costs of Obesity in Europe (Jutta Viinikainen, Petri Böckerman, and Jaakko Pehkonen) -- 4. Impact of Obesity on Life Expectancy Among Different European Countries, 1975-2012 (Nikoletta Vidra, Sergi Trias-Llimós, and Fanny Janssen) -- 5. Obesity with Chinese Characteristics? Prevalence and Determinants of Overweight and Obesity in China (Jiaxin Gu, Yue Yuan, Kenneth C. Land, and Qiang Fu) -- Part 2. Obesity and Demographic Processes, Structures, and Characteristics) -- 6. Obesity and Mortality (Neil K. Mehta) -- 7. Obesity and Immigration (Ginny Garcia-Alexander and Amethyst Morgan Marroquin) -- 8. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Obesity Prevalence: What Have We Learned from Demographic and Population Health Science? (Michelle L. Frisco, Kelsey Shaulis, Jennifer Van Hook, and Robert A. Hummer) -- 9. Race/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity (Patrick M. Krueger, Shawna F. Bayerman, and Eric N. Reither) -- 10. Sibling Effects on the Development of Obesity (Toni Falbo and Shengjie Lin) -- Part 3. Emerging Areas of Study -- 11. Fit for Christ or Gluttons for God? An Overview of Research on Religious Involvement and Body Mass (Terrence D. Hill, Samantha M. Galindo, and Amy M. Burdette) -- 12. Psychosocial Stressors and Obesity (Adolfo G. Cuevas, Natalie Eckert, and Keri Carvalho) -- 13. The Neighborhood Environment and Overweight/Obesity (Angelica Lopez and Kathryn Freeman Anderson) -- 14. Treatment and Outcome Disparities for Patients with Obesity in Emergency Medical Services (Jamie Kennel, Hyeyoung Woo, and Ginny Garcia-Alexander) -- Part 4. Obesity in Sexual Minority Populations. ) -- 15. Obesity Prevalence and Trends in the Asexual and Sexual Populations (Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Ceylan Engin, and Yagmur Cagatay) -- 16. Are Gay Men More Fit? Obesity and Overweight Differences among Gay and Straight Men (Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and Sharon Baker-Hughes) -- 17. Prevalence and Trends in Obesity and Overweight among U.S. Women: Do Lesbians Differ from Straight Women? (Carol Walther and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.) -- 18. Obesity and Bisexuality: Is Being 'Bi" and Issue? (Mary Ann Davis) -- 19. Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Across Gender Identities (Mary Ann Davis, D'Lane Compton, and Nicole Farris) -- 20. Conclusions, Review, and Needed Research. (Ginny Garcia-Alexander).

New economic geography : some preliminaries / Bernard Fingleton -- Models of 'new economic geography' : factor mobility vs. vertical linkages / Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano -- Testing the 'new economic geography' : a comparative analysis based on EU regional data / Bernard Fingleton -- From theory to estimation and back : the empirical relevance of new economic geography / Steven Brakman and Harry Garretsen -- Agglomeration and growth in NEG : a critical assessment / Fabio Cerina and Francesco Pigliaru -- Sinking the iceberg? : on the treatment of transport costs in new economic geography / Bernard Fingleton and Philip McCann -- Specialization and regional size / John Dewhurst and Philip McCann -- A non-parametric analysis of productivity, efficiency and technical change in EU regional manufacturing, 1986-2002 / Mark Roberts, John S.L. McCombie and Alvaro Angeriz -- A methodology for evaluating regional political economy / Paul Plummer and Eric Sheppard -- FDI : a difficult connection between theory and empirics / Anna Soci -- Agglomeration and internet exchange points : an exploration of the internet morphology / Alessio D'Ignazio and Emanuele Giovannetti -- Explaining the scarce returns of European structural policies from a new economic geography perspective / Andrés Rodriguez-Pose and Ugo Fratesi.

It is widely acknowledged that a great effort is necessary to cope with environmental problems. Focus is often upon technological change as the main way to achieve sustainability. But is it reasonable to place so much faith in technological change? The main dividing line between the optimistic and the critical view relates to the importance of distributional issues. First, an over-narrow focus upon technology diverts attention from the need to deal with distributional issues as an integral part of coping with environmental problems. Second, the technology optimists underestimate the need for changes in fundamental mechanisms, power structures and basic ideas as preconditions for influencing the direction of technological change. The paper deals with the state interventionist version of technology optimism, where it is emphasized that active industrial and technology policies should supplement market-based instruments to make sure that the technological potential for solving environmental problems is realized.