Pouch shapes--origin unknown

The makers of the popular Capri-Sun drinks were unable to convincethe European Court of Justice (ECJ) that their flat-bottomedpouches for fruit drinks would be perceived as indicating origin.     

Föderalismusreform und Europäisches Umweltrecht Bemerkungen zur Kompetenzverteilung Bund – Länder vor dem Hintergrund der Herausforderungen des europäischen Gemeinschaftsrechts

§ 4 Abs. 1 S. 1 BImSchG unterwirft die Errichtung und den Betrieb besonders immissionserheblicher Anlagen der Genehmigungspflicht. Obwohl diese Voraussetzungen auch auf viele der im Bergbau verwendeten Anlagen zutreffen, sieht der Gesetzgeber für solche „Anlagen des Bergwesens“ durch § 174 Abs. 5 BBergG und § 4 Abs. 2 BImSchG eine Befreiung von der immissionsschutzrechtlichen Genehmigungspflicht vor. Der Beitrag zeigt die Einzelheiten des so geschaffenen „Konkurrenzverh?ltnisses“ zwischen Immissionsschutz- und Bergrecht im Bereich der sich immissionserheblich auswirkenden Anlagen des Bergwesens auf und verdeutlicht, dass deren „Privilegierung“ rechtssystematisch wie verfassungsrechtlich nicht hinnehmbar ist.     

South African cinema after apartheid: A political-economic exploration

Abstract

When South Africa was emancipated from the oppressive apartheid regime in 1994, it was a severely divided society in need of an inclusive national identity to bind its citizens and maintain peace. Therefore, the state targeted the cultural industries, including film, as a means of promoting symbolic representations of national unity. The film industry was further identified as a priority sector for economic growth and as a potential platform for equitable redress. This article discusses existing and emerging finance, distribution and exhibition structures in the post-apartheid film industry. It considers government interventions in the form of film policies and development strategies with the purpose of examining the influence of globalising forces, in particular neoliberalism, on the apparent market-orientation of such interventions. The results presented indicate that the post-apartheid vision of equality, freedom and diversity does not always sit comfortably with the neoliberal, free-market principles promoted in the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) programme of 1996. Moreover, it suggests that in this commercial environment, the voices of the historically oppressed black majority, rather than enjoying a sense of artistic and creative freedom, can in fact encounter commercial censorship through the commodification of films for an export-orientated market.     

Immunoenzyme AB0 blood group determination using a single hair. I

The immunoenzyme technique was used to determine the ABO blood group of strands of human scalp hair. The hair was obtained from 168 individuals of known blood groups (A1: n = 58; A2: n = 11; B: n = 28; O: n = 46; A1B: n = 16; A2B: n = 9). Immunostaining was carried out by using monoclonal anti-A, anti-B and anti-H as primary antibodies. Group-specific staining was clearly observed within the medulla of the hair. The ABO blood group of all hair samples was determined correctly by the Sternberger (PAP) or APAAP (immunoalkaline phosphatase) technique. The present study indicates that immunoenzyme techniques can be regarded as practical methods for determining ABO blood group of hair.