Despite the recovery in the world economy in 2003 and 2004, unemployment remained high in many industrial countries. Even in those countries which reported a strong recovery, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, employment levels recovered only moderately, leading many observers to wonder about a “jobless recovery”. Although employment growth typically lags behind in each cyclical ...

The “ ∫ -shaped filament” of the Orion A giant molecular cloud was mapped in N2H + J = 1→0, and its northern end, the OMC-2/3 region was observed also in HC3N J = 5→4 and CCS JN = 43 → 32 and 76 → 65. The results are compared with maps of other molecular lines and the dust continuum emission. The N2H + distribution is similar to the dust continuum distribution, except for the central part of th...

bordetella pertussis infects the respiratory tract of the human host and causes whooping cough in children. the nature of immunity against bordetella pertussis infection and disease is poorly understood. the aim of this study was to investigate cell mediated immunity in mice immunized with outer membrane component of cell wall, of b. pertussis. a group of mice were immunized with outer membrane...

Within the discussion on European governance and constitutional reforms of the EU polity the socalled "open method of coordination" (OMC) has gained much attention as a procedure that occupies an intermediary place between intergovernmental cooperation and supranational legislation. In this paper we argue that the OMC is even likely to turn into a new concept of deepening integration within a m...

We show that the elliptic curve Qu-Vanstone implicit certificate scheme (ECQV), when composed with the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA), is secure against passive adversaries under the combined assumption of the random oracle model and the generic group model. In contrast, we detail an attack on the composition of another implicit certificate scheme, proposed by Pintsov and Va...

Page 1/44 Why the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) is bad for you: a letter to the EU Vassilis Hatzopoulos

Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is endemic worldwide. The proposed treatment is expensive and there are few reports regarding reinfection rates in Brazil. The aim of this study was to compare the eradication rates obtained with two therapeutic options and to evaluate reinfection one year after treatment. This was a prospective randomized trial with 55 patients. Thirty-nine patients had activ...

What does it mean to bootstrap a compiler, and why do it? This paper reports on the first bootstrapping of a full-scale EOO (Equation-based Object-Oriented) modeling language such as Modelica. Bootstrapping means that the compiler of a language can compile itself. However, the usual application area for the Modelica is modeling and simulation of complex physical systems. Fortunately it turns ou...