The resurgence of continental trading blocs throughout the 1980s will influence the nature and evolution of the world economy in the 1990s and beyond. In this paper, we argue that classical economic analysis of trading blocs is inconclusive, and regionalism cannot be understood in economic terms alone. We focus on an examination of the relationship that exists between trading bloc formation and...

1 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science Academy of Sciences of Moldova Str. Academiei 5, Chişinău, MD-2028 Moldova {artiom,rogozhin}@math.md 2 Åbo Akademi University Department of Information Technologies Turku Center for Computer Science, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland [email protected] 3 Rovira i Virgili University, Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics, Pl. Imperial Tàrraco 1, 43005 Tar...

Since 1990 the number of preferential trade agreements has increased rapidly. Our argument explains this phenomenon, known as the new regionalism, as a result of competition for market access. Exporters that face trade diversion because of their exclusion from a preferential trade agreement concluded by foreign countries push their governments into signing an agreement with the country in which...

J. T. Devreese, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, V. N. Gladilin Theoretische Fysica van de Vaste Stof, Universiteit Antwerpen (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium Universiteit Antwerpen (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium TU Eindhoven, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Fizica Structurilor Multistratificate, Universitatea de Stat din Moldova, s...

1 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science Academy of Sciences of Moldova Str. Academiei 5, Chişinău, MD 2028, Moldova E-mail: {artiom,rogozhin}@math.md 2 Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics Rovira i Virgili University Pl. Imperial Tàrraco 1, 43005 Tarragona, Spain E-mail: [email protected] 3 Faculty of Informatics Vienna University of Technology Favoritenstr. 9–11, ...

1 Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione Viale Sarca 336, 20126 Milano, Italy [email protected] 2 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science Academy of Sciences of Moldova Academiei 5, Chişinău MD-2028 Moldova [email protected] 3 Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology Favoritenstr. 9, 1040 Vienna, Austria E-mail...

today, with the increasing trend countries towards globalization, regionalism is also considered and regional organizations have been formed in many parts of the world geopolitical.. one of the manifestations of regionalism are regional organizations that in the second half of the twentieth century as a means to achieve regional integration in geographic areas with different functions in the ec...

The opposition in Azerbaijan has long been considered a dysfunctional political group that does not threaten the ruling regime. Large swathes of the Azerbaijani public see opposition forces as badly organized, poorly funded, and vulnerable, allowing the Aliyev regime to stand largely unchallenged in the political arena. The traditional opposition’s image of failure drove newly emerging groups t...

SETTING Twenty-four and 30 tuberculosis (TB) microscopy laboratories in Moldova and Uganda, respectively. OBJECTIVE To estimate the workload required to identify one additional case of TB with a third serial sputum smear examination. METHODS Retrospective laboratory register study to determine the prevalence and the incremental yield of TB cases from a third serial sputum smear examination ...

BACKGROUND The Republic of Moldova is considered a high endemic country with hepatitis B virus infection having a prevalence of AgHBs of 8% and higher. This paper describes the epidemic process and changes in the acute hepatitis B incidence in Moldova from 1966 until 2006. The objective was to evaluate the prophylactic measures that have led to the decline in the epidemic process of this infect...