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δ Orionis: Further temporal variability and evidence for small-scale structure in the interstellar medium
No full textWe report here the detection of both spatial and temporal variations in interstellar absorption in the line of sight to δ Orionis. First, we present new high-resolution (R≈110 000) observations of the interstellar D lines of Na i towards both δ Ori A and C. Comparison of these spectra highlights variations in absorption between the two stars, indicative of small-scale spatial structure in the interstellar medium in this direction over distances of less than ≈15 000 au (the projected separation of the two stars). Components with the largest Na i column densities and lowest velocity dispersions are, in general, found to be subject to the greatest differences; in fact the narrowest component detected is only observed in one of the sightlines. This effect has also been reported by Meyer & Blades. Secondly, we present new ultra-high-resolution (R≈900 000) Na i D1 observations and high-resolution (R≈110 000) Ca ii H & K observations of δ Ori A which, through ultra-high-resolution work conducted between 1994 and 2000, has been shown to exhibit a time-variable interstellar Na i absorption component. These new observations, while revealing the further reduction in intensity of the time-variable Na i absorption, indicate constant Ca ii absorption over the same period. This results in a dramatic reduction in the Na°/Ca+ abundance ratio, perhaps indicating the line of sight to be gradually probing a less-dense outer region of an absorbing filament
Introduction to the special issue: the persistent challenges to European Banking Union
No full textpeer reviewedThe papers of this special issue investigate the persistent challenges to European Banking Union and explore the tensions between broader financial stability objectives and national political and socio-economic pressures through a diversity of lenses. In this introduction, we examine two main issues that need to be addressed in order to strengthen Banking Union: the incomplete institutional design of Banking Union and the difficulties encountered in applying the different elements of Banking Union to loosen sovereign-bank ties. These elements include the so-called ‘single’ rulebook, supervision, resolution, and financial mechanisms to support and resolve banks
Priobiotics and prebiotics in inflammatory bowel disease
No full textL. Prisciandaro, G.S. Howarth and M.S. Geierhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3181956
One money, two markets? EMU at twenty and European financial market integration
No full textpeer reviewedThis contribution combines neo-functionalism and historical institutionalism to understand the implications of differentiated integration in Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and Banking Union (BU) for the single market in financial services in the European Union (EU). From the 1980s, the relaunch of the Single Market and monetary integration in the EU were presented by the supporters of EMU as mutually reinforcing, as in the logic of the Commission’s Report ‘One Market, One Money’. Initially, EMU appeared to reinforce financial integration, especially in the Euro Area banking sector, even though EMU was a case of differentiated integration in the EU. Subsequently, the incomplete EMU triggered the sovereign debt crisis, which undermined financial market integration and was addressed through the establishment of BU, which reinforced differentiated integration. Both EMU and BU have negative implications for the ‘singleness’ of the single market in financial services, potentially resulting in ‘One Money, Two Markets’
Banking Union as Holy Grail: Rebuilding the Single Market in Financial Services, Stabilizing Europe's Banks and 'Completing' Economic and Monetary Union
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Kiama bound Budd cars at Bombo, New South Wales, 1981 [picture].
No full textPart of collection: Buckland collection of railway transport photographs.; Title from inscription on reverse.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4542168
Banking on Stability: The Political Economy of New Capital Requirements in the European Union
No full textpeer reviewedThe Basel III Accord on a ‘Global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems’ was issued in late 2010 as the cornerstone of the international regulatory response to the global financial crisis. Its adoption into European Union (EU) legislation has, however, been met with considerable member state reticence and intra-EU negotiations are ongoing. This paper investigates the political economy of new capital requirements in the EU, arguing that the institutional features of national banking sectors convincingly account for the divergence in EU member state preferences on capital rules
Josephiella Matsunaga & Howarth & Kumashiro 2019, n. sp.
No full text<i>Josephiella</i> n. sp. A (apparently undescribed) <p> <b>NEW STATE RECORD</b></p> <p> An agaonid wasp new to science was discovered causing galls on the stems of <i>Ficus microcarpa</i>. Terminal stems of affected trees appeared unhealthy with a sparse foliar canopy. Initial observers of this damage were under the assumption that the same species which causes leaf galling on <i>F. microcarpa</i> (<i>Josephiella microcarpae</i>) was also causing the galling on stems of the same plant. However, closer examination of the stem-galling wasps showed that while both the leaf-galler and the stem-galler are morphologically similar in many ways, this in fact may be a different species. Both leaf and stem-gallers can be found on the same plant. Jean-Yves Rasplus, co-author of the leaf-galling <i>J. microcarpae</i>, agreed that this could be an undescribed species and is currently working on its species description.</p> <p> Subsequent to the initial discovery of this stem-galler on Oahu in 2012, infested <i>F. microcarpa</i> were quickly noted on Hawaii and Maui. In May, 2016, galled <i>F. microcarpa</i> stems with exit holes were collected from Molokai and in July, 2017, from Kauai. However, material from these islands were too old and no adults could be recovered. Therefore, we do not list the collection data below, and in the list of new species we noted a question mark next to these islands until the adults are confirmed. <i>Josephiella</i> n. sp. A, along with <i>Josephiella microcarpae</i>, lobate lac scale (<i>Paratarchardina pseudolobata</i>), and other ficus-feeding species has contributed to the weakening of large banyan trees on Oahu.</p> <p> <b>Collection records: OAHU</b>, Manoa, 13.VII.2012, ex. <i>Ficus microcarpa</i> stems, coll. D. Hulbert, det. J.-Y. Rasplus, 6.X.2012.</p> <p> <b>HAWAII</b>, Hilo, 30.VII.2012, ex. <i>F. microcarpa</i> stems, coll. C. Hirayama, L. Larish & S. Chun, det. B. Kumashiro, VIII.2012.</p> <p> <b>MAUI</b>, Wailuku, 6.VIII.2012, ex. <i>F. microcarpa</i> stems, coll. M. Fukada, VIII.2012. Vouchers at HDOA.</p>Published as part of <i>Matsunaga, Janis N., Howarth, Francis G. & Kumashiro, Bernarr R., 2019, New State Records and Additions to the Alien Terrestrial Arthropod Fauna in the Hawaiian Islands, pp. 1-71 in Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 51 (1)</i> on pages 11-12, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10832895">10.5281/zenodo.10832895</a>
Sustainable Aviation Futures: Crises, Contested Realities and Prospects for Change
No full textPurpose - This chapter examines the torsions and blind spots that structure the contemporary debate on the politics and policy of aviation. It also generates different scenarios for the future of air travel, which can help to unblock the current impasse about the perceived costs and benefits of aviation and its attendant infrastructural needs. Originality - This chapter characterises and evaluates the competing frames that organise the contested realities of air transport. By mapping out the current fault lines of aviation politics and policy, the chapter is also able to delineate four main scenarios regarding the future of aviation, which we name the ?post-carbon?, ?high-modernist?, ?market regulation? and ?demand management? projections respectively. Methodology/approach - The chapter problematises and criticises the existing literature, policy reports and stakeholder briefings that inform the contemporary standoff in UK aviation policy. It uses the definition of sustainable development as a heuristic device to map and identify the fault lines structuring contemporary debates on aviation futures. It then builds upon this analysis to delimit four different scenarios for the future of flying. Findings - The chapter analyses the contested realities of aviation politics. It re-affirms the political nature of such divisions, which in turn structure the rival understandings of aviation. The analysis suggests that the identified fault lines are constantly reiterated by competing appeals to ambiguous and contradictory evidence-bases or policy frames. Ultimately, the chapter claims that any significant reframing of aviation policy and politics rests on the outcome of political negotiations and persuasion. But it also depends on the broader views of citizens and stakeholders about the future challenges facing society, as well as the way in which governments and affected agents put in place and coordinate the multiple arenas in which a dialogue over the future of aviation can be held. Aviation futures cannot be reduced to the narrow confines of the technical merits or claims surrounding the feasibility of policy instruments
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