A Comparative Analysis of Structural Imbalance in the Face of a Debt Crisis

1989 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
MERLE HOLDEN
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
The Face ◽  
Structural Imbalance

scholarly journals Challenges of NATO aspıratıon: the dıscrepancy between rhetorıc and realıty

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Khayal Iskandarov ◽  
Piotr Gawliczek
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
The Real ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Face ◽  
Near Abroad

The Russo-Georgia war in 2008 and the conflict in Ukraine in 2014 galvanized the countries, which are namely squeezed between NATO and Russia into considering their strategies again. The paper examines Russia’s efforts to maintain its influence in its “near abroad” in the face of NATO’s enlargement. It principally focuses on identifying the challenges particular countries face as obstacles to NATO accession. The arguments raised in the paper prove that, the primary reasons of Russia-Georgia War and Ukraine conflict are associated with these countries’ NATO aspiration. An argument regarding the Alliance’s reluctance to actively engage in partner nations is also presented. The objective of the study is to consider the repercussions of NATO aspiration and introduce the real prospects of cooperation with NATO. The research methods primarily used in the book are comparative analysis and synthesis.

Cultural Brokers in Interwar Orientalism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeehyun Lim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Far East ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intellectual Tradition ◽  
Cultural Brokers ◽  
Racial Category ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Face

Chapter one examines the formation of Asian American writers in the era of Asian exclusion through a comparative analysis of Younghill Kang’s and Carlos Bulosan’s responses to Orientalism in their works. As legal exclusion created the racial category of Asian in the United States, migrant Asian writers faced the challenge of creating modern Asian subjects in literary English. Cultural brokers between Orientalist images of their countries of origin and the modern experiences of Asian migrants in the United States, Kang and Bulosan tested the boundaries of English to represent migrant experiences lived in languages other than English. As a heterogeneous cultural epistemology, Orientalism placed different constraints on Kang, who contended with the Orientalist valorization of the Far East, and Bulosan, who resorted to the Filipino intellectual tradition of the ilustrado in the face of Orientalist primitivism.

Integrating through Crises

2021 ◽  
pp. 147-163
Author(s):  
George Pagoulatos
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Capital ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
National Autonomy ◽  
The Face ◽  
Joint Reaction ◽  
The Eu

EMU was a brainchild of contrasting parental personalities. Integrationist European ambition joined disparate national pursuits to create an imperfect EMU architecture, though one amenable to correction through crises. When the debt crisis hit the periphery, recessionary national adjustment was supported by insufficient Eurozone-level reforms. The EU opted for incremental crisis management and paid a price in terms of fragmentation. The Eurozone debt crisis bequeathed a contradictory legacy of both raising the visibility of the reform agenda and raising the bar of political difficulty in bringing it about, having divided Europe between (heartless) ‘creditor’ and (reckless) ‘borrower’ countries. By raising the stakes of EU failure, the Covid-19 crisis operated as a reform accelerator. The joint reaction demonstrated that the EU maintained its survival instinct, drawing on the political capital invested in its preservation. The Eurozone’s reform conundrum remains the glaring gap between what is widely admitted as necessary and what is realized as politically feasible. Consecutive reform attempts have been frustrated by country coalitions that resist movement towards further risk sharing (through the fiscal, financial or monetary channel) or deny any further transfer of national autonomy. There are ways out of the EMU straitjacket. One is formally deferring the rules. Another is saying things without doing them. A third strategy is doing things without saying them. The momentous leap of ‘Next Generation EU’ notwithstanding, EMU remains incomplete, even though confidence in its ability to survive has been greatly boosted by its resilience in the face of the two severe, consecutive crises.

Serpentes de um fragmento urbano de Mata Atlântica: sobrevivendo ao concreto

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Breno Hamdan ◽  
Daniela Pinto-Coelho ◽  
Pedro Tourinho Dantas ◽  
Rejâne Maria Lira-da-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Boa Constrictor ◽  
Α Diversity ◽  
The Face ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The City

Although researches on richness, composition and conservation of Atlantic rainforest’s herpetofauna have focused on large and protected areas, small fragments subject to human interference are important to maintain α-diversity, as they often constitute the only relictual areas with favorable habitats for those species within the cities. In this paper, we report the richness and composition of snakes from a small urbanized area in the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), in the city of Salvador, state of Bahia, focusing on its conservation. We also propose hypotheses to explain the mechanisms that would facilitate the coexistence of these species, even in the face of an intense fragmentation process. The list of species here presented was based on the registers from the Museu de Zoologia of UFBA and the register book of the “Núcleo Regional de Ofiologia e Animais Peçonhentos da Bahia” (1987–2012). Based on the literature, each taxon was characterized with respect to habitat use, substrate, activity patterns and food habits. Nine species, belonging to the families Boidae (Boa constrictor) and Colubridae (Helicops leopardinus, Liophis almadensis, L. miliaris, L. taeniogaster, Oxyrhopus trigeminus, Philodryas olfersii, Sibynomorphus neuwiedi and Tantilla melanocephala), were registered. A comparative analysis of data from habitat and activity patterns of the species studied suggests that the coexistence of nine taxa in such fragment may be related to different combinations of substrate use and diet. Liophis almadensis (jararaquinha-false) and B. constrictor (python) showed higher relative abundance and were the only species recorded from 2010–2012, suggesting that part of the herpetofauna reported over the last 14 years may be locally extinct. This observation is even more critical because this period coincides with the suppression of almost all remaining fragments of Atlantic forest in the study area for university modernization and expansion.Additional key words: Bahia, conservation, local extinction, snakes, UFBA.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of odontometric parameters among young women with various types of face

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
V. G. Nikolaev ◽  
D. O. Shestak ◽  
S. L. Baksheeva ◽  
V. P. Efremova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Opposite Pattern ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Facial Height ◽  
The Face ◽  
Subsequent Calculation ◽  
Dental Diseases ◽  
Lower Height ◽  
Definition Of

The study of odontometric parameters seems to be relevant for the development and improvement of new methods for diagnosis and prediction of dental diseases. The study objective is to make a comparative analysis of the size of the crowns of the teeth of the upper and lower jaws, depending on the type of face. Material and methods. Odontometric and cephalometric parameters were studied, the research was conducted on 192 girls aged 17 to 20 years. Cephalometric program included the definition of the zygomatic diameter and the upper facial height with the subsequent calculation of the facial index. The face types were determined based on the value of this index. Odontometric parameters were recorded by impressions of the upper and lower jaws. Results. Reliable differences were found: a wide type of face is associated with smaller mesiodistal sizes of the crowns of the maxillary first molars, maxillary lateral incisors and maxillary canines, as well as with a lower height of the crowns of the mandibular canines. With a narrow type of face, the opposite pattern was revealed - all the above mentioned parameters in this case are higher than those of euryens. Dimensional characteristics of teeth with a medium broad face are characterized by intermediate values between the extreme types of face. Conclusion. On the basis of odontometric and cephalometric studies, the comparative analysis of the size of the crowns of the teeth of the upper and lower jaws is given depending on the type of face. It was revealed that odontometry indicators have specific features depending on the type of face. The new data obtained as a result of the research supplement and expand already known information about the parameters studied, both in theoretical and practical aspects.

scholarly journals Alfabetização em Foco: uma Análise Comparativa entre Instituições de Ensino Superior

EAD em FOCO ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Cristina Ferreira de Oliveira ◽  
Mara Rosana Pedrinho ◽  
Adriane Orenha Ottaiano
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Literacy Curriculum ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face

O trabalho versa sobre os conteúdos relacionados ao tema alfabetização?, presentes nas disciplinas nos cursos de Pedagogia, nas modalidades presencial e à distância. De cunho documental, esta pesquisa tece algumas considerações acerca da formação dos docentes, no que tange a cursos para professores nas modalidades presencial e a distância (EaD). Apresenta uma análiseacerca do rol de atividades presentes por estas instituições, além do estudo das grades e disciplinas ofertadas no que diz respeito à leitura e escrita de alunos. Os resultados indicam que a instituição de ensino superior presencial possui mais matérias sobre alfabetização (um total de treze disciplinas) em relação à faculdade de ensino a distância (seis disciplinas). Estas e outras considerações complementares são explicitadas ao longo do presente artigo.Palavras-chave: Formação docente, Alfabetização, Conteúdo curricular.Literacy on focus: a comparative analysis between Institutions of Higher EducationAbstractThis study deals with the content related to the theme "literacy" present in the disciplines of a face-to-face as well as a distant and online course of Pedagogy. The research begins with a brief historical revisitation of higher education and teacher training, regarding face-to-face as well as distant and online courses for teachers. It also presents an analysis that shows the activities carried out by these institutions, besides the study of the syllabus and disciplines that focus on students reading and writing. The results show that the face-to-face institution has more subjects on literacy (thirteen subjects in all) in comparison to the distant education institution (six subjects). This finding and others shall be explained throughout this paper.Keywords: Teacher Training, Literacy, Curriculum content.

Vulnerability and resilience of the European health care systems in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic: a framework for the comparative analysis of problematic sentinel cases

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Guido Giarelli
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
The Face ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
European Health

The main results in terms of inter-regional and intra-regional variations of the application of the concept of "health macro-region" are presented in the first part of the article in order to show how the European health care systems have differently coped with the COVID-19 outbreak. Given the high levels of intra-regional variation found, it seemed appropriate to also add an analysis by country in order to identify those "sentinel cases", given their alert value, which recorded the worst ratio between the infection rates (cases/population) and the lethality rates (deaths/cases). In order to explore the possible reasons behind the problematic coping with the pandemic of these "sentinel cases", a conceptual framework for the analysis of vulnerability, resilience and their governance in terms of sustainability of health care systems is developed in the second part, hoping its application could represent a useful contribution for best-practice solutions that could guide the management of future pandemics.

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