from effects of the financial crisis. Precise data sources are given in the appendix. Time series plots for the accession country data series are given in Figures 2.1-2.4. It is obvious from Figures 2.1-2.4 that at least some variables show trending behaviour. A unit root analysis (results not shown) indicates that the unit root hypothesis cannot be rejected for the all the considered time seri...

The creation of a monetary union in Europe on 1 January 1999 is undoubtedly one of the largest macro and politico-economic experiments in modern history. It was the cap stone of the so-called 'Maastricht Process' designed to achieve macro economic convergence, which had shaped monetary and fiscal policies in the countries striving for membership in European Monetary Union (EMU) over much of the...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Long-term videoelectroencephalogram (video-EEG) monitoring is performed to diagnose an epileptic seizure and to investigate the differential diagnosis of paroxysmal events. To provoke an epileptic seizure, an exercise method is performed in some cases during long-term video-EEG recording in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU). The purpose of this study was two-fold: to ass...

Researchers in various ®elds, from acoustic phonetics to child language development, rely on digitised collections of spoken language data as raw material for research. Access to this data had, in the past, been provided in an ad-hoc manner with labelling standards and software tools developed to serve only one or two projects. A few attempts have been made at providing generalised access to sp...

Cancer chemotherapy can cause osteopenia or osteoporosis, and yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear, and currently, no preventative treatments are available. This study investigated damaging effects of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) on histological, cellular, and molecular changes in the tibial metaphysis and potential protective benefits of emu oil (EO), which is known to possess a potent anti-i...

The European Monetary Union (EMU) has generated a variety of changes, including the loss of national monetary policy autonomy and the creation of deeper integrated intraEuropean markets for goods, services, and financial instruments. This article explores the extent to which EMU has changed the ways in which and the extent to which international financial markets influence national policy choic...

Long term video electroencephalography (EEG) in epilepsy monitoring units (EMU) is used to diagnose and treat patients with epilepsy. Injury occurs in the EMU, including reports of death. No standardized patient safety protocols exist. Our objective is to determine the frequency and contributing factors to injury in the EMU. We reviewed medical records and video EEG of patients with epilepsy ad...

Researchers in various fields, from acoustic phonetics to child language development, rely on digitised collections of spoken language data as raw material for research. Access to this data has, in the past, been provided in an ad-hoc manner with labelling standards and software tools developed to serve only one or two projects. A few attempts have been made at providing generalised access to s...

Ga samples could not be determined because of the structural phase transition, the Curie temperature decreased with increasing x in Mn Ga. The maximum magnetization of 57 emu/g (300 emu/cm) and the coercivity of 6.5 kOe were measured in the Mn Ga and Mn Ga ribbons, respectively.