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Alexandre Dubois - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transnationalising entrepreneurship in a Peripheral Region the translocal embeddedness paradigm
Journal of Rural Studies, 2016Co-Authors: Alexandre DuboisAbstract:Abstract In a time when Regional innovation strategies have to increasingly be place-based, the ability of small firms to engage in globalized networks appears as a necessary condition for the competitiveness of Peripheral Regions. To date, there is only scarce scientific evidence about what conditions enable Peripheral small firms to be innovative and successfully positioned in global markets. Using translocal embeddedness as a conceptual framework, this research examines the relational biographies of 5 cases of internationalized Peripheral small firms from northern Sweden. It shows that firm internationalisation does not lead to a reduced participation in more localized forms of interactions. By highlighting the importance of local agency, i.e. the ability of the firm to actively engage in multiple webs of relations, this research aims at improving our understanding of globalization as potentially cohesive process leading to the reconfiguration of local interactions rather than as a disruptive force dismantling them.
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Transnationalising entrepreneurship in a Peripheral Region – The translocal embeddedness paradigm
Journal of Rural Studies, 2016Co-Authors: Alexandre DuboisAbstract:Abstract In a time when Regional innovation strategies have to increasingly be place-based, the ability of small firms to engage in globalized networks appears as a necessary condition for the competitiveness of Peripheral Regions. To date, there is only scarce scientific evidence about what conditions enable Peripheral small firms to be innovative and successfully positioned in global markets. Using translocal embeddedness as a conceptual framework, this research examines the relational biographies of 5 cases of internationalized Peripheral small firms from northern Sweden. It shows that firm internationalisation does not lead to a reduced participation in more localized forms of interactions. By highlighting the importance of local agency, i.e. the ability of the firm to actively engage in multiple webs of relations, this research aims at improving our understanding of globalization as potentially cohesive process leading to the reconfiguration of local interactions rather than as a disruptive force dismantling them.
Ines Santeriveira - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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multi scale assessment and spatial modelling of agricultural land abandonment in a european Peripheral Region galicia spain 1956 2004
Land Use Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Eduardo Corbellerico, Rafael Crecentemaseda, Ines SanteriveiraAbstract:Abstract The environmental, cultural and economic consequences of land use change, including abandonment of agricultural use, have been recognized for a long time. It has often been assumed that the transformations of the agricultural systems in developed countries (and particularly in Europe) took place, for the main part, in the immediate years after the Second World War. In this paper we present a review of different statistical and cartographic sources available for a Peripheral Region in Europe (Galicia, Spain) characterized by small-scale farming and a very fragmented property system, that suggests otherwise: modernization of agriculture apparently took place without major changes in agricultural area until the country gained access to the European Economic Community, and the effect of Common Agricultural Policy reforms during the decade of 1990 is suggested as a major driver for the net decrease of agricultural area in the Region between 1956 and 2004. On the other hand, this paper emphasizes the spatial complexity of agricultural abandonment with a case study, showing a large degree of variability at municipal scale and thus the need of future EU-level projects to work at least at municipal (Local Administrative Units 2, LAU 2) level. Finally, a multinomial logistic model for observed changes is included that shows how biophysical limitations were the main drivers behind abandonment of agriculture at parcel scale, while structural qualities related to property structure were strongly associated to the incorporation of former shrublands to agricultural use. Besides, Farm Structure Surveys were revealed as an unreliable source for the assessment of changes in total agricultural area in the studied Region.
Inés Santé-riveira - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Multi-scale assessment and spatial modelling of agricultural land abandonment in a European Peripheral Region: Galicia (Spain), 1956–2004
Land Use Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Eduardo Corbelle-rico, Rafael Crecente-maseda, Inés Santé-riveiraAbstract:Abstract The environmental, cultural and economic consequences of land use change, including abandonment of agricultural use, have been recognized for a long time. It has often been assumed that the transformations of the agricultural systems in developed countries (and particularly in Europe) took place, for the main part, in the immediate years after the Second World War. In this paper we present a review of different statistical and cartographic sources available for a Peripheral Region in Europe (Galicia, Spain) characterized by small-scale farming and a very fragmented property system, that suggests otherwise: modernization of agriculture apparently took place without major changes in agricultural area until the country gained access to the European Economic Community, and the effect of Common Agricultural Policy reforms during the decade of 1990 is suggested as a major driver for the net decrease of agricultural area in the Region between 1956 and 2004. On the other hand, this paper emphasizes the spatial complexity of agricultural abandonment with a case study, showing a large degree of variability at municipal scale and thus the need of future EU-level projects to work at least at municipal (Local Administrative Units 2, LAU 2) level. Finally, a multinomial logistic model for observed changes is included that shows how biophysical limitations were the main drivers behind abandonment of agriculture at parcel scale, while structural qualities related to property structure were strongly associated to the incorporation of former shrublands to agricultural use. Besides, Farm Structure Surveys were revealed as an unreliable source for the assessment of changes in total agricultural area in the studied Region.
Thomas P Andriacchi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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central and Peripheral Region tibial plateau chondrocytes respond differently to in vitro dynamic compression
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2009Co-Authors: Scott L Bevill, Paul L Briant, Marc E Levenston, Thomas P AndriacchiAbstract:Summary Objective The objective of this study was to test the hypotheses that chondrocytes from distinct Regions of the porcine tibial plateau: (1) display Region-specific baseline gene expression, and (2) respond differently to in vitro mechanical loading. Methods Articular cartilage explants were obtained from central (not covered by meniscus) and Peripheral (covered by meniscus) Regions of porcine tibial plateaus. For baseline gene expression analysis, samples were snap frozen. To determine the effect of mechanical loading, central and Peripheral Region explants were exposed to equivalent dynamic compression (0–100kPa) and compared to site-matched free-swelling controls (FSCs). mRNA levels for type II collagen (CII), aggrecan (AGGR), matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1), MMP-3, MMP-13, A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 4 (ADAM-TS4), ADAM-TS5, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1), TIMP-2, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) were quantified using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results At baseline, mRNA levels for the structural proteins CII and AGGR were approximately twofold greater in the central Region compared with Peripheral Region explants. In vitro dynamic compression strongly affected expression levels for CII, AGGR, MMP-3, and TIMP-2 relative to FSCs. Response differed significantly by Region, with greater upregulation of CII, AGGR, and MMP-3 in central Region explants. Conclusions Chondrocytes from different Regions of the porcine tibial plateau express mRNA for structural proteins at different levels and respond to equivalent in vitro mechanical loading with distinctive changes in gene expression. These Regional biological variations appear to be related to the local mechanical environment in the normal joint, and thus may indicate a sensitivity of the joint to conditions that alter joint loading such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, meniscectomy, or joint instability.
Madhvi Shakya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Transient State Finite Element Model to Analyse Thermal Variations in Peripheral Region of Human Limb undergoing Healing after Surgery
IOSR Journal of Mathematics, 2014Co-Authors: Namrata Gupta, Madhvi ShakyaAbstract:The temperature distribution in human tissues is significantly affected by the introduction of an abnormality. The study of temperature distribution in different layers of Peripheral tissue is intended to contribute in the diagnosis of many disorders in various organs. In this paper, an axisymmetric one dimensional model has been developed to study transient state temperature distribution in different layers of normal and post surgery Peripheral (abnormal) tissues of human limb. Taking into account the variable physiological parameters in dermal layer of Peripheral Region, the well known Pennes' bio heat equation is used to analyse and compare the time-dependent temperature distribution of normal and abnormal tissues using finite element technique. A computer program in MATLAB has been developed to simulate the results.
