The goal of the following paper is to analyse the trade potential for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and China in the trade of food products. Even though the trade in food products is comparably low, there are several reasons why it is worth a deeper analysis. Food security is having an important role in the Chinese domestic politics. Due to environmental, socio- economic and demographic changes, China cannot be self-sufficient and is therefore dependent on food imports. Since the introduction of the One Belt One Road Initiative and the 16+1 framework, China aims to improve the cooperation and trade in food commodities with participating countries. CEE can be a reliable partner because it produces high quality products with comparative advantages. With the help of the Gravity Model, the effects of the 16+1 framework was estimated, as well as the trade potential. Following the results, the introduction of the 16+1 framework has a positive and significant effect on agricultural trade between CEE and China. However, only five countries have potential to increase their food exports to China, while the remaining eleven already exceed their food exports. China on the other hand, is exporting below its potential in most of the cases.

The aim of this essay is to get a broader understanding of the women who lived in the early Christian church. I intend to do so through a closer look into Phoebe, who is mentioned in Romans 16:1-2. I have posed two questions, one which concerns Phoebe’s mission and function in the church, the other question is regarding how Paul’s words about Phoebe can give us a wider understanding of the women in the early church. My aim with this paper is to try to solve a problem that I identified. The problem consists of gaps in the existing research which in my opinion poses difficulties in a deeper understanding of the women in the early church. I have tried to solve this by connecting different areas of research through a historical-critical method and a social-science theory on Romans 16:1-2. My conclusions are that Phoebe as a sister was reliable and loyal. Phoebe as a diákonos was a trusted servant to the congregation and Paul. Phoebe as the person who carried the letter of Romans to Rome had a special standing. Phoebe was an important part of the early church and its future, as through her Paul could present his theology in Rome.

中國經濟現形於中歐與東歐近期備受關注。16+1合作機制在四年前開始發起，號召增進雙方經濟交流往往被視為中國藉由經濟管道，嘗試提升其在歐洲的政治力量。媒體報導，特定歐盟代表以及研究學者有意識到中國在此地區的投資計畫。然而，OFDI真正的目的是什麼? 抑或中國的動機和其他國家的投資者有所不同? 這篇研究會透過相關分析，試著分析中國決定在這個地區投資的最重要決定因素，同時解讀結果。這些結果也會和其他同行研究做深入探討，來駁斥或是證明現今中國FDI的理論；還有比較中國的投資CEE的基本原則和其投資其他地區的動機。 / Chinese economic presence in the region of Central and Eastern Europe has attracted a lot of attention recently. The establishment of the so called 16+1 initiative four years ago, calling on increase of mutual economic exchange is often believed to be a Chinese bid to increase its political power in Europe by economic means. Media coverage, certain EU representatives and researchers became rather aware of Chinese investment projects in this region. However, what are the real aims this OFDI? Does the rationale to invest in CEE differ from motivations to invest elsewhere? Or are Chinese motivations different from investors from other countries? This work will try to analyze the most important determinants of Chinese decision to invest in this region by correlation analysis and while interpreting the results, those will also be investigated along with other peer studies to dis/prove current theories on China’s FDI; and to compare China’s rationale to invest in CEE with motivations to invest elsewhere.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2018-03-20T16:54:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvano Lessi.pdf: 1232073 bytes, checksum: aa3ddfebdca742394d0e88a6e69c5c69 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-20T16:54:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvano Lessi.pdf: 1232073 bytes, checksum: aa3ddfebdca742394d0e88a6e69c5c69 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The research deals with the three most important Judaic Feasts: The Feast of Pesah ( Feast of Unleavened Bread), The Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles, with a theoretical basis that has the view of the biblical books of The Old Testaments. As backdrop, this research has used the content of Deuteronomy 16, 1-17. It's said that it wasn't for sure when each of these feasts appeared, but it was said that these feasts have suffered alterations in the course of time until nowadays. The comparisons made through the study of the texts in The Old Testaments have given a better view about these alterations. The unification of The Feast of Pesah with The Feast of Unleavened bread since they were close by each other in the Judaic calendar was one of the most important alterations. Another one was the centralization of the three important feasts in the temple of Jerusalem. The analysis also shows the impacts that these changes have caused over the people of Israel. The people who used to celebrate the feasts in a familiar surrounding had to change the place of their worship. The change made by King Josiah also had a great impact over the Jewish people. It's said that such change had a political and economic reason. At last, it was analyzed the changes that had occurred in the calendar of the feasts. The Feast of Pesah which used to be celebrated in the month of Tisri was then celebrated in the month of Abib, in Deuteronomy 16, 1-17. / A pesquisa trabalha as três principais Festas judaicas: Festa do pesah (juntamente com a Festa dos pães ázimos), Festa das semanas e a Festa das tendas, trazendo um embasamento teórico que perpassa os livros bíblicos do Antigo Testamento. Como pano de fundo principal, esta pesquisa utilizou o conteúdo de Deuteronômio 16,1-17. Pode-se dizer que não se conseguiu afirmar quando surgiram cada uma das Festas, entretanto observou-se que estas Festas sofreram transformações no decorrer do tempo até os dias de hoje. As comparações feitas através do estudo de textos do Antigo Testamento deram uma visão melhor sobre estas transformações. A unificação da Festa do pesah com a Festa dos pães ázimos, por serem Festas próximas uma da outra no calendário judaico, foi uma das transformações importantes. Outra foi a centralização das três principais Festas no templo de Jerusalém. A análise também perpassa pelos impactos que estas mudanças causaram sobre o povo de Israel. O povo que tinha por costume comemorar as Festas num ambiente familiar teve que mudar o local de suas adorações. A reforma feita pelo rei Josias também teve grande impacto para o povo judeu. Podemos dizer que esta reforma teve uma finalidade política e econômica. Por fim, também foram analisadas as mudanças que ocorreram no calendário das três Festas. A Festa do pesah que era comemorada no mês de Tisri passa a ser comemorado no mês de Abib no livro de Deuteronômio 16,1-17

Since the US National Security Agency’s former contractor Edward Snowden exposed the Agency’s mass surveillance, the EU has been making a series of attempts toward a more safeguarded and stricter path concerning its data privacy protection. On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) invalidated the EU Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC on the basis of incompatibility with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the Charter). After this judgment, the CJEU examined the legality of the Safe Harbour Agreement, which had been the main legal basis for transfers of personal data from the EU to the US under Decision 2000/520/EC. Subsequently, on 6 October 2015, in the case of Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner, the CJEU declared the Safe Harbour Decision invalid. The ground for the Court’s judgment was the fact that the Decision enabled interference, by US public authorities, with the fundamental rights to privacy and personal data protection under Article 7 and 8 of the Charter, when processing the personal data of EU citizens. According to the judgment, this interference has been beyond what is strictly necessary and proportionate to the protection of national security and the persons concerned were not offered any administrative or judicial means of redress enabling the data relating to them to be accessed, rectified or erased. The Court’s analysis of the Safe Harbour was borne out of the EU Commission’s own previous assessments. Consequently, since the transfers of personal data between the EU and the US can no longer be carried out through the Safe Harbour, the EU legislature is left with the task to create a safer option, which will guarantee that the fundamental rights to privacy and protection of personal data of the EU citizens will be respected. However, although the EU is the party dictating the terms for these transatlantic transfers of personal data, the current provisions of the US law are able to provide for derogations from every possible renewed agreement unless they become compatible with the EU data privacy law. Moreover, as much business is at stake and prominent US companies are involved in this battle, the pressure toward the US is not only coming from the EU, but some American companies are also taking the fight for EU citizens’ right to privacy and protection of their personal data.