There is a general agreement since Allaz-Vila’s seminal contribution that forward contracts mitigate market power on the spot market. This result is widely quoted and elaborated in studies of restructured power markets where it is generally believed that generators tend to exploit the special characteristics of this industry in order to extract higher prices. Allaz-Vila established their result...

Factor VII (FVII) plays an important role in initiation of the tissue factor-induced coagulation pathway. An increase in FVII coagulant activity (FVIIc) has been proposed as an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease. However, it remains uncertain whether high FVIIc levels are due to an increase in the activation of FVII or an increase in the concentration of FVII mass. We developed...

Mailing address: Karine Zortéa • Avenida dos Prazeres, 512 Vila Jardim 91320-150 Porto Alegre, RS Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received September 19, 2008; revised manuscript received September 22, 2008; accepted September 22, 08.

In order to verify the Trypanosoma cruzi infection in domestic domiciled dogs in a rural endemic area from the south region of the State of Bahia, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) were performed using S35 and S36 primers in 272 dogs living in the district of Vila Operaria, in the municipality of Buerarema. All animals were clinically evaluated; 2.5 mL of blood were collected through venipuncture...

Allaz and Vila (1993) argued that forward markets mitigate market power and enhance efficiency. This paper analyzes the implications of forward markets when oligopolistic firms endogenously choose capacity levels. The paper shows that the forward market that occurs after the investment decision is committed may discourage total investment and result in a Pareto-inferior outcome. However, the fo...

1. Presidente. Colégio da Especialidade de Medicina Geral e Familiar. Ordem dos Médicos. Lisboa. Portugal. 2. Departamento de Medicina Geral e Familiar. Unidade de Saúde Familiar de S. Félix da Marinha. Vila Nova de Gaia. Portugal. 3. Departamento de Medicina Geral e Familiar. Unidade de Saúde Familiar de Santiago. Leiria. Portugal. Recebido: 22 de Abril de 2014 Aceite: 05 de Maio de 2014 | Cop...

ii Executive Summary The first albacore tagging cruise for the EU-funded SCIFISH project was completed in early 2009. The main objective of the cruise was to tag albacore with conventional tags in an effort to obtain information on exploitation rates and movement. The cruise also provided the opportunity to conduct an experiment to validate the age of albacore derived from hard parts such as ot...

The inside cover picture illustrates the impact of different approaches for development asymmetric oxidative Mannich reactions to synthesize chiral β-amino carbonyl compounds, very important building blocks in organic synthesis and pharmaceutical chemistry, which have been described last years. Details can be found review by J. R. Pedro, C. Vila co-workers. (J. Rostoll-Berenguer, G. Blay, Vila,...