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Current Issues in Economic Integration. Can Asia Inspire the "West"?
No full textThe current economic crisis has called into question the long term viability of the decoupling between multinational firms and the banking system. It has also cast serious doubts on the US dollar-centred monetary system, and invited reassessment of the long term viability of US-China economic relations based on a US current account deficit absorbed by Chinese financial institutions. It is also an opportunity to analyse the rise in property prices, particularly in fast-growing economies. Long term food security is also an issue, bringing to the fore the multinational firms from emerging economies (such as China and India) and calling into question the response strategies of multinational firms from the West and Japan. This book engages these key issues within the broad theme of integration, to give an up-to-date consideration of the subject, opening debate on the future stimulating role that Asia could play vis-à-vis the West, particularly the European Union. © Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan and M. Bruna Zolin 2010. All rights reserved
The spatial distribution of five species of Raillietina infecting the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
No full textM.G. O'Callaghan, M. Davies and R.H. Andrewshttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/1130524
Tagging is Connecting: Shared Object Memories as Channels for Sociocultural Cohesion
No full textLeder, K., Karpovich, A,. Burke, M., Speed, C., Hudson-Smith, A., O'Callaghan, S., Simpson, M., (2010) Tagging is Connecting: Shared Object Memories as Channels for Sociocultural Cohesion. M/C Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1 (2010) - 'cohesion
Tagging is Connecting: Shared Object Memories as Channels for Sociocultural Cohesion
No full textLeder, K., Karpovich, A,. Burke, M., Speed, C., Hudson-Smith, A., O'Callaghan, S., Simpson, M., (2010) Tagging is Connecting: Shared Object Memories as Channels for Sociocultural Cohesion. M/C Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1 (2010) - 'cohesion
Cysticercoids of five species of Raillietina Fuhrmann, 1920 (Cestoda : Davaineidae) in ants, Pheidole sp., from emu farms in Australia
No full textCysticercoids of five species of Raillietina, R. australis (Krabbe, 1869) Fuhrmann, 1924, R. beveridgei O'Callaghan, Davies & Andrews, 2000, R. chiltoni O'Callaghan, Davies & Andrews, 2000, R. dromaius O'Callaghan, Davies & Andrews, 2000 and R. mitchelli O'Callaghan, Davies & Andrews, 2000, parasitic in the emu Dromaius novaehollandiae Latham, are described. Each species was identified on the basis of the number and size of the rostellar hooks, which correspond to those of adult worms. Cysticercoids were recovered from the haemocoele of the gaster of ants belonging to the genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia. There was a trend towards an inverse relationship between the size of the cysticercoids and the parasite burden in the intermediate host
Governing urban vacancy in post-crash Dublin: contested property and alternative social projects
No full textThe scale and severity of property crashes following the global financial crisis has made vacancy a more visible and politically significant feature of cities. Although research has focused on urban experiments in vacant spaces, there has been less emphasis on how the contested property relations around vacancy remake urban governance. In this paper, we argue that debates about vacancy have been a central concern in post-crisis urban governance. In the first part of the paper we draw two conceptual approaches into a dialogue and apply them to an analysis of vacant space: that of Nicholas Blomley on property and Elizabeth Povinelli on “alternative social projects”. In the second part of the paper, we critically analyse how three groups discursively construct the need to “activate” and “re-use” vacant spaces in Dublin: grassroots groups, urban policy-makers, and financial actors. We argue that governing vacancy will be a key feature of post-crisis urbanisation
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease:Fronto-striatal atrophy contributions
No full textNeuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) have been mostly attributed to neurotransmitter imbalances. However, recent findings suggest that gray matter atrophy also contributes to NPS in PD. We contrast PD patients with different levels of NPS, who are well-matched for dopaminergic medication levels and disease stage, to identify the fronto-striatal gray matter atrophy areas associated with NPS in PD. Methods: Fifty mild, non-demented PD patients were included. We median-split the group via a neuropsychiatric screening tool (Cambridge Behavioural Inventory-Revised), which resulted in higher vs. lower NPS groups (n=25 in each group). Using T1 brain scans acquired on a 3 Tesla MRI scanner, voxel-based morphometry analysis was applied to characterize the pattern of fronto-striatal gray matter atrophy associated with elevated NPS. Results: We found that the higher NPS group was characterized by greater atrophy in the prefrontal cortex, but not striatal areas. This was further corroborated by a post-hoc analysis cross-correlating the severity of NPS with gray matter loss across the whole PD group, which revealed that atrophy in the orbitofrontal cortex and frontal pole was specifically associated with elevated NPS. Conclusions: Prefrontal cortex atrophy in PD has an additional effect to dopamine replacement therapy on the generation of NPS in these patients. These findings are an important step towards the delineation of atrophy vs. neurochemical imbalance in PD, and the results emphasize the importance of considering interactions between prefrontal atrophy and neurochemical dysfunction in the genesis of neuropsychiatric symptoms in PD
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