206 research outputs found
Letter from Helen Hopt Kleven, 1945, page 11
No full textCorrespondence (page 11 only) from Helen Hopt Kleven regarding attitudes towards resettlement of Japanese Americans to the west coast.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
Voucher funds in transitional economies : the Czech and Slovak experience
No full textVoucher funds have arisen in the transitional economies of Eastern and Central Europe that have used voucher privatization. These funds collect vouchers from citizens and use them to buy shares in enterprises. In the Czech and Slovak Republics, voucher funds are typically organized as corporations owned by the citizens who contributed their vouchers. Recently, they have also been organized as unit trusts (either open-ended or closed). A management company manages the funds under a contract that specifies the management fee. The management company is typically owned by the initial sponsor of the fund - for example, a bank. Voucher funds can give owners a diversified and professionally managed portfolio. More important, the funds select who sits on an enterprise's governance boards (which oversee management and profitability). Although experience is limited, the funds in these two countries have probably stopped most fraud and self-serving by enterprise mangers and are beginning to encourage the restructuring needed for profitability. A few funds have replaced poorly performing or dishonest managers; more often, because qualified replacements are few, they encourage managers to improve performance. There have been complaints about funds'performance. Some have made unrealistic promises to voucher holders and have appointed poorly qualified members to management boards. There is concern about conflicts of interest in the bank-sponsored funds and excessive control of enterprises. Funds typically lack capital or expertise to undertake restructuring - but few other potential owners are likely to be better qualified. The author examines 27 regulations that have been proposed for funds. Regulations in transitional economies, unlike regulations in most western countries, should encourage funds to play a strong role in corporate governance, he contends, as few potential owners have this ability. Most important, regulations should require that funds disclose information about their operations so their owners can monitor and control fund managers. The regulatory regime, the author says, should discourage monopolies and anticompetitive behavior; create incentives for fund managers to improve fund performance; discourage self-serving or fraudulent behavior by fund managers, and conflicts of interest; and eliminate high-risk investments unacceptable to fund owners. Because there is so little experience with these funds, the regulatory regime should not be unduly restrictive. As problems arise, regulations to deal with them can be added.International Terrorism&Counterterrorism,Economic Adjustment and Lending,Economic Theory&Research,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Payment Systems&Infrastructure
Modernização do Direito Societário: perspectiva transatlântica
No full textTHIS TEXT REPRODUCES PROF. DR. KLAUS HOPT´S LECTURE AT DIREITO GV ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2007. THE AUTHOR WRITES ABOUT IMPORTANT SUBJECTS RELATED TO COMPANY LAW FROM A TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVE, IT MEANS, CONSIDERING THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN LAW. HE ANALYSES THE FOLLOWING THEMES: DICLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY, DIFFERENT AGENCY PROBLEMS ON CORPORATE RELATIONS (SHAREHOLDERS VERSUS MANAGERS, MINORITY VERSUS MAJORITY, AND SHAREHOLDERS VERSUS OTHER CONSTITUENCIES), INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, MARKET LAW, SOFT COMPANY LAW, CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND, FINALLY, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT.ESTE TEXTO REPRODUZ A PALESTRA PROFERIDA PELO PROF. DR. KLAUS HOPT NA DIREITO GV EM 17 DE SETEMBRO DE 2007. O AUTOR ABORDA TEMAS IMPORTANTES DO DIREITO SOCIETÁRIO DE UMA PERSPECTIVA TRANSATLÂNTICA, ISTO É, COM O OLHAR PARA AS INFLUÊNCIAS RECÍPROCAS EXISTENTES ENTRE O DIREITO NORTEAMERICANO E O EUROPEU. DISCORRE SOBRE DISCLOSURE E TRANSPARÊNCIA, ANALISA OS DIFERENTES PROBLEMAS DE AGÊNCIA NA RELAÇÃO SOCIETÁRIA (ACIONISTA VERSUS ADMINISTRADORES, MINORITÁRIOS VERSUS MAJORITÁRIOS, E ACIONISTAS VERSUS OUTROS INTERESSADOS NA EMPRESA); OPINA SOBRE A FIGURA DOS ADMINISTRADORES INDEPENDENTES, SOBRE O DIFÍCIL TEMA DAS OPERAÇÕES ENTRE PARTES RELACIONADAS E CONFLITO DE INTERESSES. POR FIM, PASSA PELAS REGRAS DE MERCADO, SOFT LAW SOCIETÁRIA, RESPONSABILIDADE CRIMINAL E CIVIL DOS ADMINISTRADORES E ENFORCEMENT PÚBLICO E PRIVADO
Gobierno corporativo : un debate nacional e internacional
No full textEn el presente artículo, el autor efectúa un profundo análisis sobre el tema del Gobierno Corporativo, esto es del modo en que las sociedades mercantiles deben ser gestionadas. Asimismo, se enfoca en esclarecer, desde su perspectiva, los principales puntos controvertidos que se presentan en el debate internacional sobre el asunto. Para ello expondrá sus argumentos utilizando la diversa normativa internacional, principalmente europea, dirigida a regular el funcionamiento interno de las sociedades. In this article, the author makes an analysis of the issue of Corporate Governance; this is the way that corporations should be managed. Hopt focuses his attention on clarifying, from his perspective, the most controversial points presented in the international debate about this matter. The author expresses his view using the international normative, especially European, which regulates the internal procedures of corporations
Gobierno corporativo : un debate nacional e internacional
No full textEn el presente artículo, el autor efectúa un profundo análisis sobre el tema del Gobierno Corporativo, esto es del modo en que las sociedades mercantiles deben ser gestionadas. Asimismo, se enfoca en esclarecer, desde su perspectiva, los principales puntos controvertidos que se presentan en el debate internacional sobre el asunto. Para ello expondrá sus argumentos utilizando la diversa normativa internacional, principalmente europea, dirigida a regular el funcionamiento interno de las sociedades. In this article, the author makes an analysis of the issue of Corporate Governance; this is the way that corporations should be managed. Hopt focuses his attention on clarifying, from his perspective, the most controversial points presented in the international debate about this matter. The author expresses his view using the international normative, especially European, which regulates the internal procedures of corporations
Gobierno corporativo : un debate nacional e internacional
No full textEn el presente artículo, el autor efectúa un profundo análisis sobre el tema del Gobierno Corporativo, esto es del modo en que las sociedades mercantiles deben ser gestionadas. Asimismo, se enfoca en esclarecer, desde su perspectiva, los principales puntos controvertidos que se presentan en el debate internacional sobre el asunto. Para ello expondrá sus argumentos utilizando la diversa normativa internacional, principalmente europea, dirigida a regular el funcionamiento interno de las sociedades. In this article, the author makes an analysis of the issue of Corporate Governance; this is the way that corporations should be managed. Hopt focuses his attention on clarifying, from his perspective, the most controversial points presented in the international debate about this matter. The author expresses his view using the international normative, especially European, which regulates the internal procedures of corporations
Risk factors and complications followingpercutaneous gastrostomy: a case series of 1041 patients
No full textDie Taurocholat induzierte Pankreatitis der Maus - Ein Modell zur Untersuchung systemischer Komplikationen der nekrotisierenden Pankreatitis in gentechnisch veränderten Mäusen
No full textIslets of Langerhans Are Protected from Inflammatory Cell Recruitment during Reperfusion of Rat Pancreas Grafts
No full textBackground: Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury plays a pivotal role in the development of graft pancreatitis, with ischemia time representing one of its crucial factors. However, it is unclear, whether exocrine and endocrine tissue experience similar inflammatory responses during pancreas transplantation (PTx). This study evaluated inflammatory susceptibilities of islets of Langerhans (ILH) and exocrine tissue after different preservation periods during early reperfusion. Methods: PTx was performed in rats following 2 h (2h-I) or 18 h (18h-I) preservation. Leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions (LEI) were analyzed in venules of acinar tissue and ILH in vivo over 2 h reperfusion. Nontransplanted animals served as controls. Tissue samples were analyzed by histomorphometry. Results: In exocrine venules leukocyte rolling predominated in the 2h-I group. In the 18h-I group, additionally, high numbers of adherent leukocytes were found. Histology revealed significant edema formation and leukocyte extravasation in the 18h-I group. Notably, LEI in postcapillary venules of ILH were significantly lower. Leukocyte rolling was only moderately enhanced and few leukocytes were found adherent. Histology revealed minor leukocyte extravasation. Conclusion: Ischemia time contributes decisively to the extent of the I/R-injury in PTx. However, ILH have a significantly lower susceptibility towards I/R, even when inflammatory reactions in adjacent exocrine tissue are evident. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Base
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