More and more organizations and individuals are seeking to make sure their views are known to politicians in the hope of influencing political decisions. The representing of public and private interests plays a key part in the functioning of the European Union (EU). The activities of interests groups could partly explain the development and functioning of the (then) European Economic Community (EEC). They can form an important means of contact between the rather remote central institutions of the EU and the populations of the member states. In so doing, interest groups can play a key role in legitimizing the decisions of the EU. Today, the performance of key business sectors in Europe would be undermined without the willing and collective involvement of firms with public authorities in the governance of their affairs, because the quality of public decisions depends upon the specialist input and co-operation of the powerful interests they affect. For non-business interests, however
materials using X-rays, numerical modeling and modern data analysis methods. ISSP UL is a place where I am always happy to return, because the institute has been the source of my enthusiasm for work in science, and it is still a place to find inspiration. Along with knowledge and practical skills, ISSP UL has given me the opportunity to work with excellent researchers, and has allowed me to establish scientific contacts that have not lost their relevance.» PhD Mihails Čubarovs At the Institute from 2006 till 2010 Crystal Physics Department Currently – a process development engineer at Infineon Technologies AG, Villach, Austria «My work at Infineon is targeted at the process development of GaN epitaxial growth on Si for power applications. This involves gaining the understanding of the growth mechanisms and relations of epi parameters and electrical behavior of the resulting devices. During the times at ISSP UL I did gain
; the chronologies for spruce cover the 16th to 19th century; and the oak chronologies cover the period from the 10th to the 18th century. A large proportion of the historical structures built in Old Riga are of pine supplied along the Daugava waterway from forests growing along the river’s upper reaches as well as from the Dnieper and perhaps even the Volga basin. In such cases, dendrochronology is also utilised for ascertaining the source area of the timber. The Dendrochronological Laboratory maintains close contacts with several dendro-labs in other countries of Europe. Practical collaboration with colleagues in Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom has proved very important for dating and sourcing timber that has been exported or floated over long distances. Practical work has begun to re-format and prepare the dendrochronological information obtained at the laboratory for inclusion in databases in Latvia and abroad. The work of the laboratory
The course is a continuation of Chinese language course "Chinese VII". It introduces students to more complicated grammatical forms, literary works of the 20th.century, specific expressions, giving also a further and deeper understanding of the Chinese thought. With the increasing amount of vocabulary, students will be able to use the Chinese spoken language more freely and fluently when having direct contact with native speakers.