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European Union Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights: An Institutional “Marriage”
No full textA possible accession of European Union (hereinafter: EU/the Union) to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR/the Convention) has been discussed in legal society for more than thirty years. The topic had widely opened after the 1979 Commission Memorandum where the major pros and cons were underlined and practical problems were addressed. This discussion led to an official request to the European Court of Justice (ECJ/the Court) in relation to the legality of such accession; the outcome was included in opinion 2/94 that found such accession incompatible with the European Community (EC/the Community) Treaty.
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Corrigendum to “Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant is entirely substituted by the omicron variant during the fifth COVID-19 wave in Attica region” [Sci. Total Environ., 856(Pt 1) (2023)/159062] (Science of the Total Environment (2023) 856(P1), (S0048969722061617), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159062))
No full textThe authors state that the printed version of the above article missed the contribution of an author, which was that the third author had contributed to the writing of the original draft in addition to methodology. The correct and final version follows. CRediT authorship contribution statement Aikaterini Galani: Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft. Athina Markou: Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Project administration. Lampros Dimitrakopoulos: Methodology, Writing – original draft. Aikaterini Kontou: Validation. Marios Kostakis: Validation. Vasileios Kapes: Methodology. Marios A. Diamantopoulos: Formal analysis, Software. Panagiotis G. Adamopoulos: Formal analysis. Margaritis Avgeris: Formal analysis, Writing– review & editing. Evi Lianidou: Writing – review & editing. Andreas Scorilas: Formal analysis. Dimitrios Paraskevis: Writing – review & editing. Sotirios Tsiodras: Writing – review & editing. Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos: Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing. Nikolaos Thomaidis: Conceptualization, Project administration, Visualization, Resources. © 2022 Elsevier B.V
Complex Bituminous Binders, Are Current Test Methods Suitable for?
No full textThe asphalt industry is constantly working to enhance the performances of asphalt materials, introducing innovative and more sustainable solutions. In this context, the incorporation of materials, such as additives, polymers, is more and more used to improve the properties of neat bitumen. This leads to even more complex bituminous binders, raising the question, are the current specifications and test methods appropriate for complex materials? To deal with this, the RILEM Technical Committee 272-PIM ‘Phase and Interphase behaviour of innovative bituminous Materials’ with its Task Group TG1 is looking at the efficiency of various test methods for complex binders with an extensive inter-laboratory program with 17 laboratories. It includes seven different binders, two neat bitumen, two polymer modified bitumen and three binders with liquid additives, emphasising on compositional and physical changes at different conditions. The focus is low temperature; while a complementary experimental program encompasses as well as testing at intermediate and high temperatures. The outcomes of the work will provide indications on how robust the current binder characterisation techniques are and establish technical recommendations for future test methods specially designed for complex binders. Some first results are presented hereby. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Le fonds de photographies anciennes de l’Institut d’archéologie classique de Strasbourg réuni par Adolf Michaelis entre 1859 et 1910
No full textThe Institute of classical Archaeology of the University of Strasbourg contains 1800 very old photographs collected by the German archaeologist Adolf Michaelis (1865-1910), the founder of this institute. If the main part of the «Michaelis collection» is dated from the years 1860 to 1900, about 200 photographs belong to the years 1850. They allow one to better know the first phase of the activity of famous photographers such as James Anderson, Giorgio Sommer, Philippos Margaritis, Dimitrios Konstantinou... . Almost all the photographers identified in the collection worked permanently or partly in Greece and in Italy. Some of them are highly talented photographers such as Paul des Granges, P. Bette, and William Stillman (Alinari, Brogi, Sommer, Sebah) and represent the principal interest of this collection.Mille huit cents très anciennes photographies, rassemblées par l’archéologue allemand Adolf Michaelis (1865-1900), sont conservées à l’Institut d’archéologie classique de Strasbourg, dont il fut le fondateur. Si la majeure partie de la «Collection Michaelis» remonte aux années 1860-1900, deux cents photographies datent en revanche de 1850. Elles appartiennent à la première phase de la carrière de photographes célèbres tels que James Anderson, Giorgio Sommer, Philippos Margaritis, Dimitrios Konstantinou... Les auteurs des photographies qui ont été identifiées dans la collection ont travaillé, continûment ou temporairement, en Grèce et en Italie. Ce sont quelques photographes particulièrement talentueux comme Paul des Granges, P. Bette et William Stillman qui donnent tout son intérêt à cette collection.Feyler Gabrielle. Le fonds de photographies anciennes de l’Institut d’archéologie classique de Strasbourg réuni par Adolf Michaelis entre 1859 et 1910. In: Ktèma : civilisations de l'Orient, de la Grèce et de Rome antiques, N°25, 2000. Hommage à Gérard Siebert. pp. 229-238
Erratum to: Review of the nutritional benefits and risks related to intense sweeteners
No full textUnfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained an error. The author’s names were included incorrectly, the surnames were presented before the forename: Bruyère Olivier, Ahmed H. Serge, Atlan Catherine, Belegaud Jacques, Bortolotti Murielle, Canivenc-Lavier Marie-Chantal, Charrière Sybil, Girardet Jean-Philippe, Houdart Sabine, Kalonji Esther, Nadaud Perrine, Rajas Fabienne, Slama Gérard and Margaritis Irène The author list has been corrected in the original article and is also included correctly below: Olivier Bruyère, Serge H. Ahmed, Catherine Atlan, Jacques Belegaud, Murielle Bortolotti, Marie-Chantal Canivenc-Lavier, Sybil Charrière, Jean-Philippe Girardet, Sabine Houdart, Esther Kalonji, Perrine Nadaud, Fabienne Rajas, Gérard Slama, Irène Margaritis.International audienc
Erratum to: Review of the nutritional benefits and risks related to intense sweeteners
No full textUnfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained an error. The author’s names were included incorrectly, the surnames were presented before the forename: Bruyère Olivier, Ahmed H. Serge, Atlan Catherine, Belegaud Jacques, Bortolotti Murielle, Canivenc-Lavier Marie-Chantal, Charrière Sybil, Girardet Jean-Philippe, Houdart Sabine, Kalonji Esther, Nadaud Perrine, Rajas Fabienne, Slama Gérard and Margaritis Irène The author list has been corrected in the original article and is also included correctly below: Olivier Bruyère, Serge H. Ahmed, Catherine Atlan, Jacques Belegaud, Murielle Bortolotti, Marie-Chantal Canivenc-Lavier, Sybil Charrière, Jean-Philippe Girardet, Sabine Houdart, Esther Kalonji, Perrine Nadaud, Fabienne Rajas, Gérard Slama, Irène Margaritis.International audienc
Erratum to: Review of the nutritional benefits and risks related to intense sweeteners
No full textUnfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained an error. The author’s names were included incorrectly, the surnames were presented before the forename: Bruyère Olivier, Ahmed H. Serge, Atlan Catherine, Belegaud Jacques, Bortolotti Murielle, Canivenc-Lavier Marie-Chantal, Charrière Sybil, Girardet Jean-Philippe, Houdart Sabine, Kalonji Esther, Nadaud Perrine, Rajas Fabienne, Slama Gérard and Margaritis Irène The author list has been corrected in the original article and is also included correctly below: Olivier Bruyère, Serge H. Ahmed, Catherine Atlan, Jacques Belegaud, Murielle Bortolotti, Marie-Chantal Canivenc-Lavier, Sybil Charrière, Jean-Philippe Girardet, Sabine Houdart, Esther Kalonji, Perrine Nadaud, Fabienne Rajas, Gérard Slama, Irène Margaritis.International audienc
Kinetic Analysis of Nanocomposites Prepared in situ Consisting of an Aliphatic Biodegradable Polyester and Fumed Silica Nanoparticles
No full textCapital structure, equity ownership and firm performance
No full textThis paper investigates the relationship between capital structure, ownership structure and firm performance using a sample of French manufacturing firms. We employ non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) methods to empirically construct the industry’s ‘best practice’ frontier and measure firm efficiency as the distance from that frontier. Using these performance measures we examine if more efficient firms choose more or less debt in their capital structure. We summarize the contrasting effects of efficiency on capital structure in terms of two competing hypotheses: the efficiency-risk and franchisevalue hypotheses. Using quantile regressions we test the effect of efficiency on leverage and thus the empirical validity of the two competing hypotheses across different capital structure choices. We also test the direct relationship from leverage to efficiency stipulated by the Jensen and Meckling (1976) agency cost model. Throughout this analysis we consider the role of ownership structure and type on capital structure and firm performance
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