Classical Swine Fever (CSF) virus has been confirmed for the first time in pig in Bali. The object of thisstudy was suspected CSF cases diagnosed at the diagnostic laboratory assistantship of the Faculty ofVeterinary Medicine, Udayana University, in 2007-2008. Total number of cases was 12. Case recordsincluded the signalment of case (breed, age, body weight, and the origin of respective case), clinical signs,post-mortem lesions, and histological pictures. CSF virus was confirmed using the standardized reversetranscriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for CSF from European Union. One RT-PCR productwas sequenced. CSF virus was confirmed in seven out of 12 cases (58%). The cDNA sequence wasconfirmed to be specific of CSF E2 protein coding region with 98% homology to one isolate from China thatwas available in GeneBank. Further works are recommended to elucidate the sensitivity of RT-PCR, toclarify some differential diagnose, and to find out the genetic variation of CSF virus in Bali.Key words: classical swine fever virus, Bali, RT-PCR
Interview with The Rt Hon Jim Bolger, conducted 14 April 2014 in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of the Commonwealth Oral History Project. The project aims to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965 through sixty oral history interviews with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation. It will provide an essential research tool for anyone investigating the history of the Commonwealth and will serve to promote interest in and understanding of the organisation. Biography: Bolger, James Brendan 'Jim'. 1935- . Born in Opunake, New Zealand. Elected to the Parliament of New Zealand as MP for King Country in 1972. Minister of Fisheries and Associate Minister of Agriculture, 1977-78. Minister of Labour, 1978-84. Deputy Leader of the Opposition, 1984-86. Leader of the Opposition, 1986-90. Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1990-97. Ambassador to the United States, 1998-2002. Chancellor of Waikato University, 2007- .
Vulnerable populations, who have difficulty accessing the health care system, primarily receive their medical care from hospitals. Policy makers have struggled to ensure the survival of "safety-net hospitals," hospitals that provide a disproportionate share of care to these patient populations. The objective of this article is to develop measures to guide analysis and policy for urban safety-net hospitals. The authors developed three safety-net measures: the socioeconomic status of hospital service area, Medicaid intensity, and uncompensated care burden and its market share. Cluster analysis was used to identify break points that distinguish a safety-net hospital from a non-safety-net hospital. The measures developed were stable and independent, but a data-driven binary assignment of hospitals to a "safety-net" category was not supported. These analyses call into question the empirical basis for distinguishing a specific group of hospitals as safety-net hospitals.
As it has been already said in the 70's, the Hungarian football is ill, because it's players still lag behind their foreign counterparts. The sport professional and economical disadvantages of the Hungarian football against Western-European countries are still being felt today which have raised the need for comprehensive analysis of the Hungarian players market. The base of our research was the comparison to the neighbouring Croatian and Serbian championships by the following four aspects; the average age of the playerpool, the ratio of foreign players, the player's average market value and the transfer balance of the championships. We have determined that the Hungarian championship possess the worst conditions on every scale (oldest players, biggest foreign players ratio, lowest average market value, lowest transfer balance). Based on our research we have concluded, that the Hungarian players market falls under the category of "transferers", although the volume of the transfer should still be considered low. This can be explained by the fact, that the Hungarian players are not interested in signing abroad, because the players' salaries reach those of the smaller championships' ; Már a 70-es években elhangzott, hogy beteg a magyar labdarúgás, mert a magyar játékosok elmaradnak a külföldi társaiktól. Napjainkban továbbra is érzékeljük a magyar futball sportszakmai és gazdasági hátrányát a nyugat-európai országokétól, ezért merült fel a magyar játékospiac vizsgálatának szükségessége. A vizsgálatot a szomszédos horvát és szerb bajnokságok összehasonlításával végeztük el, négy szempont a játékoskeretek átlagéletkora, az idegenlégiósok aránya, a játékosok átlagos piaci értéke, illetve a bajnokságok transzferegyenlege alapján.Megállapítottuk, hogy minden viszonylatban a legrosszabb (legidősebb játékosok, legnagyobb idegenlégiós arány, legalacsonyabb átlagos piaci érték, legkisebb transzferegyenleg) kondíciókkal a magyar bajnokság rendelkezik. Kutatásunk alapján beazonosítottuk, hogy a magyar játékospiac a "szállítók" csoportjába tartozik, bár a szállítás volumene még alacsonynak tekinthető. Ezt többek között magyarázza az is, hogy a magyar játékosok nem érdekeltek a külföldre történő szerződésben, hiszen a játékosok fizetése eléri a kisebb bajnokságokban megszerezhető fizetések mértékét.
Résumé Pas plus qu'une bibliothèque numérique n'est une bibliothèque traditionnelle numérisée, l'art en ligne est quelque chose d'autre que l'art d'hier mis en ligne. Pour pasticher la formule de Benjamin sur la photographie : la question n'est pas de savoir si le Net art est un art, mais ce que le Net renouvelle dans notre conception du travail artistique, production, réception et rebonds.
For nearly a century, state regulators played an important role in telecommunications regulation. The 1934 Communications Act gave the Federal Communications Commission authority to regulate interstate telephone service, but explicitly left intrastate calls—which comprised 98% of Depression-era telephone traffic—to state public utility commissions. By the late 2000s, however, as landline telephony faded to obscurity, scholars and policymakers alike recognized that the era of comprehensive state telecommunications regulation had largely come to an end.Perhaps surprisingly, however, the first years of the Trump Administration have seen a resurgence in state telecommunications regulation—driven not by state institutional concerns, but by policy disagreements over net neutrality. This Article addresses the broader federalism questions raised by this net neutrality clash. Part I provides an overview of telecommunications federalism from the 1934 Communications Act through the present day, looking at the division of federal and state jurisdiction over traditional telephone service, wireless telephony, and information services. Part II examines the various steps that states have taken to regulate broadband providers' network management practices in response to the Commission's Restoring Internet Freedom Order and assesses the likelihood that these initiatives will survive a federal preemption challenge. Part III looks more broadly at the question of state authority to regulate broadband network management practices. It discusses the statutory and constitutional limits on state power to regulate broadband providers. Once the sphere of potential authority is defined, Part IV addresses how states should exercise this power and highlights alternative tools available for states that wish to shape the net neutrality debate.
Souvent traitée sous l'angle économique, la question de la neutralité du Net est, en fait, une question de pouvoir. Plus spécifiquement, c'est une question d'équilibre des pouvoirs, et de contre-pouvoirs, dans une société où certains acteurs du numérique deviennent puissants. Le rapport entre les intermédiaires techniques puissants et les utilisateurs interroge le modèle de société que nous souhaitons. La neutralité du Net, telle qu'elle est protégée par les textes européens, est un élément clé de ce débat.
Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit der Lage der ungarischen Minderheiten in den Nachbarländern Ungarns. Die Problematik der Loyalität einerseits zu dem Staat dessen Bürger sie sind und andererseits zu ihrem Mutterland wird erörtert. Die Außenpolitik Ungarns in Bezug auf die Minderheitenfrage wird ebenfalls behandelt. (SOI-Gal)
