The newly elected Labour government has pledged to ‘reinvigorate the Private Finance Initiative’, as part of the new emphasis on ‘public/private partnerships’ in the delivery of core public services. This article assesses the merits of using private finance to deliver public services against three criteria: whether it will lead to additional investment in social infrastructure, whether it repre...

Three human rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines (Rh10, Rh18, and Rh28) have been established from three independently derived xenografts. These lines have been characterized as mesenchymal in origin (reactivity to desmin and vimentin antibodies) and as expressing a human fetal muscle surface antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody 5.1 H11. Measurable levels of creatine phosphokinase have been detecte...

Son yıllarda tribolojik araştırmalar yağlara katkılar ekleyerek onların sürtünme ve aşınma özelliklerini iyileştirmek üzerine yoğunlaşmıştır. Bu çalışmada, ısıl işlem uygulanmış sıcak iş takım çeliği malzemeden numunelerin kuru koşul, katkısız yağ ağırlıkça %5, %10, %15, %20 %25 grafit katkılı yağlarda özellikleri incelenmiştir. Aşınma deneyleri ball-on-disc deney düzeneği ile gerçekleştirilmiş...

This paper examines the impact of quality governance on energy sector in MENA region, particularly, political stability and government effectiveness. Several macroeconomic variables are taken into account a panel analysis, study employs POLS Fixed effect approaches to find out if government's effectiveness among all indicators have vital role promoting efficiency MENA. Panel data for period 200...

Article history: Received 14 November 2014 Received in revised form 20 May 2015 Accepted 21 May 2015 Available online 29 May 2015 This paper investigates the relationship between political instability and labour market institutions. We develop a theoretical model in which political instability creates incentives for a government to introduce labour market regulation in the economy. The distorti...

We studied the prevalence of influenza A virus in wintering waterfowl from the Central Flyway on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Of 5,363 hunter-harvested migratory and resident waterfowl and wetland-associated game birds sampled during 3 consecutive hunting seasons (September-January 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09), real-time reverse transcription-PCR detected influenza A matrix sequences in 8.5% of s...

The UK Road Fund was set up in 1921 and financed by earmarked taxes, but was unsuccessful as a form of road finance and abandoned in 1937. The paper examines why earmarking failed and what problems arise for replacing road taxes by hypothecated road charges. These charges would need to be regulated and could evolve into a more efficient system of road pricing. The paper claims that recent exper...