UNDERSTANDING SUCCESS OF TARGETED SANCTIONS: THE EU IN ZIMBABWE

Understanding Success of Targeted Sanctions: The EU in Zimbabwe

The European Union (EU) imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe in 2002 and this article aims at evaluating the success of that decision.Applying a broader definition of success, this article assumes that sanctions can coerce, constrain and signal.Contrary to most of the literature holding that sanctions are imposed to change the behaviour of targets, this a

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Medium-Chain Fatty Acids from Eugenia winzerlingii Leaves Causing Insect Settling Deterrent, Nematicidal, and Phytotoxic Effects

Eugenia winzerlingii (Myrtaceae) is an endemic plant from the Yucatan peninsula.Its organic extracts and fractions from leaves have been tested on two phloem-feeding insects, Bemisia tabaci and Myzus persicae, on two plant parasitic nematodes, Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne javanica, and phytotoxicity on Lolium perenne and Solanum lycopersic

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Brainstem cavernomas: a surgical challenge

OBJECTIVE: The authors show their experience with brainstem cavernomas, comparing their data with the ones of a literature review.METHODS: From 1998 to 2009, 13 patients harboring brainstem cavernomas underwent surgical resection.All plain films, medical records and images were reviewed in order to sample the most important data regarding epidemiol

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