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Ocena Naravne Stopnje Brezposelnosti V Sloveniji, Marjan Senjur, Katja Zajc Kejžar Dec 2010

Ocena Naravne Stopnje Brezposelnosti V Sloveniji, Marjan Senjur, Katja Zajc Kejžar

Economic and Business Review

In this article, we estimate the movement of natural rate of unemployment in Slovenia since 1997, as the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU). The estimates based on the Kalman filter method indicate a stable decline in the NAIRU from 1997 to the end of 2004, when the lowest NAIRU was detected during the period studied, somewhere between 4.5 and 5.1%. After 2005, a gradual increase in the NAIRU occurred, which came to a halt at the end of 2007. Since the second quarter of 2007, the actual unemployment rate has been at least 1 percentage point lower than the …


Identifikacija Zaposlenih Z Organizacijo Ali S Stroko: Primer Slovenskih Računovodij In Revizorjev, Eva Repovš, Robert Kaše Dec 2010

Identifikacija Zaposlenih Z Organizacijo Ali S Stroko: Primer Slovenskih Računovodij In Revizorjev, Eva Repovš, Robert Kaše

Economic and Business Review

The concepts of organizational and occupational identification have been identified as key factors in workplace morale and behaviour. Through a survey, we determined the extent of both concepts and the link between them among Slovenian accountants and auditors. The results show that Slovenian accountants and auditors identify more with the organization than with the profession, and the level of both identifications is relatively low. Based on the results, we conclude that cultivating employees' professional identification should be in the interest of companies, as there is a positive relationship between professional and organizational identification and the latter has important positive effects …


Analiza Učinkov Uvajanja Družini Prijaznega Delovnega Okolja, Tadeja Knaflič, Anja Svetina Nabergoj, Marko Pahor Dec 2010

Analiza Učinkov Uvajanja Družini Prijaznega Delovnega Okolja, Tadeja Knaflič, Anja Svetina Nabergoj, Marko Pahor

Economic and Business Review

The success of reconciling work and family responsibilities is influenced by many factors, both at the level of individuals and their families and at the level of organisations and the state. The main objective of the paper is to present the impact of the implementation of family-friendly measures in organizations. The project covers Slovenian companies that have introduced a family-friendly company certificate. The study has shown that employers who support work-life balance measures achieve benefits in several areas, including reduced turnover and sick leave, improved retention and recruitment of staff, increased productivity, motivation, satisfaction and commitment.


All Human Rights Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others: The Extraordinary Rendition Of A Terror Suspect In Italy, The Nato Sofa, And Human Rights, Chris Jenks, Eric Talbot Jensen Dec 2010

All Human Rights Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others: The Extraordinary Rendition Of A Terror Suspect In Italy, The Nato Sofa, And Human Rights, Chris Jenks, Eric Talbot Jensen

Faculty Scholarship

On November 4, 2009, an Italian court found a group of Italian military intelligence agents, operatives from the Central Intelligence Agency and a U.S. Air Force (USAF) officer guilty of the 2003 kidnapping of terror suspect Abu Omar. Thrown in a van on the streets of Milan, the abduction took Abu Omar from Italy to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured and interrogated about his role in recruiting fighters for extremist Islamic causes, including the insurgency in Iraq. This essay posits that lost amidst politically charged rhetoric about Bush administration impunity and the “war on terror” is that the Italian …


Djibouti Code Of Conduct : An Instrument To Suppress Piracy In The Western Indian Ocean And The Gulf Of Aden, Dave Muli Dec 2010

Djibouti Code Of Conduct : An Instrument To Suppress Piracy In The Western Indian Ocean And The Gulf Of Aden, Dave Muli

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Illinois State University, One Hundred And Fifty-First Annual Commencement, December 18, 2010, Illinois State University Dec 2010

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Fifty-First Annual Commencement, December 18, 2010, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Normal, Illinois
Illinois State University
One Hundred and Fifty-First Annual Commencement
December 18, 2010


Federal Leadership In Managing America’S Rivers, Daniel P. Loucks Dec 2010

Federal Leadership In Managing America’S Rivers, Daniel P. Loucks

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.


Liquid-Liquid Phase Transition And Glass Transition In A Monoatomic Model System, Limei Xu, Sergey V. Buldyrev, Nicolas Giovambattista, H. Eugene Stanley Dec 2010

Liquid-Liquid Phase Transition And Glass Transition In A Monoatomic Model System, Limei Xu, Sergey V. Buldyrev, Nicolas Giovambattista, H. Eugene Stanley

Publications and Research

We review our recent study on the polyamorphism of the liquid and glass states in a monatomic system, a two-scale spherical-symmetric Jagla model with both attractive and repulsive interactions. This potential with a parametrization for which crystallization can be avoided and both the glass transition and the liquid-liquid phase transition are clearly separated, displays water-like anomalies as well as polyamorphism in both liquid and glassy states, providing a unique opportunity to study the interplay between the liquid-liquid phase transition and the glass transition. Our study on a simple model may be useful in understanding recent studies of polyamorphism in metallic …


The Murray Ledger And Times, December 16, 2010, The Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2010

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 16, 2010, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Bg News December 14, 2010, Bowling Green State University Dec 2010

The Bg News December 14, 2010, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 14, 2010. Volume 101-Issue 75.


Safeguarding The Security Of Public Water Supplies Using Early Warning Systems: A Brief Review, Jafrul Hasan, Stanley States, Rolf Deininger Dec 2010

Safeguarding The Security Of Public Water Supplies Using Early Warning Systems: A Brief Review, Jafrul Hasan, Stanley States, Rolf Deininger

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.


The Echo: December 10, 2010, Taylor University Dec 2010

The Echo: December 10, 2010, Taylor University

2010-2011 (Volume 98)

Taylor adds to Silent Night game tradition – WikiLeaks in world spotlight – Lighthouse service shows support – In Briefs – Snowstorm to hit Midwest – Winter Driving Tips – The Bubble – Israeli-Pakistani conflict continues after years of violence – World Voices – On This Day in History – Observations: Holidays around the world – Around the World in 30 Seconds – Breaching the Bubble – TU cribs: Christmas style – Sock-stuffing season – Look-a-like – On Brokenness – The wide world of winter – All I want for Christmas… -- Awards season forecast – Contender summaries – Christian …


Daily Eastern News: December 08, 2010, Eastern Illinois University Dec 2010

Daily Eastern News: December 08, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.


Full Volume 86: The War In Iraq: A Legal Analysis (2010) Dec 2010

Full Volume 86: The War In Iraq: A Legal Analysis (2010)

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Come The Revolution: A Legal Perspective On Air Operations In Iraq Since 2003, Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. Dec 2010

Come The Revolution: A Legal Perspective On Air Operations In Iraq Since 2003, Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Legal Considerations In Relation To Maritime Operations Against Iraq, Neil Brown Dec 2010

Legal Considerations In Relation To Maritime Operations Against Iraq, Neil Brown

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Iraq And The "Fog Of Law", John F. Murphy Dec 2010

Iraq And The "Fog Of Law", John F. Murphy

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Occupation In Iraq: Issues On The Periphery And For The Future: A Rubik's Cube Problem?, George K. Walker Dec 2010

Occupation In Iraq: Issues On The Periphery And For The Future: A Rubik's Cube Problem?, George K. Walker

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


And Justice For All: Developing Rule Of Law In The Balkans, Ryan M. Lowry Dec 2010

And Justice For All: Developing Rule Of Law In The Balkans, Ryan M. Lowry

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The United Nations created the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to bring to justice those who had committed the worst crimes during the conflicts in the Balkans during the 1990s. From the outset, this institution was envisioned to temporarily process indicted war criminals. The domestic courts in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia were seen as being corrupt and ill equipped to handle such cases; rule of law was absent or severely lacking in these countries. As the Tribunal winds down, however, both international and domestic actors have emphasized the need to strengthen their judicial systems that will create a …


The Cowl - V. 75 - N. 11 - Dec 2, 2010 Dec 2010

The Cowl - V. 75 - N. 11 - Dec 2, 2010

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 75 - Number 11 - December 2, 2010. 32 pages.


Venezuela And Russia Sign Nuclear Energy Deal, Andrés Gaudín Dec 2010

Venezuela And Russia Sign Nuclear Energy Deal, Andrés Gaudín

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

After six months of electricity rationing that took a significant political toll on President Hugo Chávez, Venezuela and Russia signed an ambitious agreement by which Russia pledged to build a nuclear power plant in Venezuela and transfer certain nuclear technology to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes. The commitment, which also included bilateral cooperation in other areas—-finance (creating a Russian-Venezuelan bank), trade, housing construction, military equipment, oil and technology provision—-makes the two countries what Russian President Dmitri Medvedev called "strategic partners."


Use Of Wireline Logs To Estimate Strength Of Cap-Rock Lithologies, Elizabeth S. Petrie, James P. Evans Dec 2010

Use Of Wireline Logs To Estimate Strength Of Cap-Rock Lithologies, Elizabeth S. Petrie, James P. Evans

Graduate Student Posters

The characterization of rock strength for cap rock, low-permeability and high capillary entry pressure, lithologies is important for modeling their response to increased fluid pressures in CO2 sequestration schemes and other geo-engineering operations such as waste disposal and recovery of fluids from plays with insufficient permeability. We investigate Mesozoic fine-grained sequences to evaluate the nature of sedimentological and structural processes that may control the nature of brittle deformation observed in these sequences. To characterize these fine-grained sequences we use a combination of data obtained from outcrop, including fracture orientation and density, lithologic stacking patterns, grain-size distributions and mineralogy to predict …


The Surge: General Petraeus And The Turnaround In Iraq, William A. Knowlton , Jr. Dec 2010

The Surge: General Petraeus And The Turnaround In Iraq, William A. Knowlton , Jr.

NDU Case Studies

When General David H. Petraeus, USA, took command of Multi-National Force–Iraq (MNF–I) on February 10, 2007, beginning his 3d tour and 28th month in Iraq, the situation was grim. Increasing sectarian violence had led to an escalation of killings of civilians in Iraq, with up to 150 corpses being found daily in Baghdad.1 The government of Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki was viewed by almost everyone as ineffective at best, and the U.S. military strategy was not well defined and clearly not working. Iraq appeared to be sliding out of control toward civil war or disintegration, and the United States appeared …


Aerodynamics Of A Supersonic Projectile In Proximity To A Solid Surface, Graham Doig, Tracie Barber, Eddie Leonardi, Andrew J. Neely, Harald Kleine Dec 2010

Aerodynamics Of A Supersonic Projectile In Proximity To A Solid Surface, Graham Doig, Tracie Barber, Eddie Leonardi, Andrew J. Neely, Harald Kleine

Aerospace Engineering

Flow around a Mach 2.4 NATO 5.56 mm projectile in close proximity to a ground plane was investigated using computational fluid dynamics for a direct numerical reproduction of live-range experiments. The numerical approach was validated against both the live-range tests and subsequent wind-tunnel experiments. A nonspinning half-model and a full, spinning projectile were examined to clarify the influence of rotation. Multiple ground clearances were tested to obtain clear trends in changes to the aerodynamic coefficients, and the three-dimensional propagation and reflection of the shock waves were considered in detail. The behavior of the flow in the near wake was also …


The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, December 1, 2010, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media Dec 2010

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, December 1, 2010, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

No abstract provided.


La Familia Drug Cartel: Implications For U.S.-Mexican Security, George W. Grayson Dr. Dec 2010

La Familia Drug Cartel: Implications For U.S.-Mexican Security, George W. Grayson Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

La Familia Michoacana burst onto the national stage on September 6, 2006, when ruffians crashed into the seedy Sol y Sombra nightclub in Uruapan, Michoacán, and fired shots into the air. They screamed at the revelers to lie down, ripped open a plastic bag, and lobbed five human heads onto the beer-stained black and white dance floor. The day before these macabre pyrotechnics, the killers seized their prey from a mechanic’s shop and hacked off their heads with bowie knives while the men writhed in pain. “You don’t do something like that unless you want to send a big message,” …


The Cold War : A View From Russia, Vladimir O. Pechatnov Dec 2010

The Cold War : A View From Russia, Vladimir O. Pechatnov

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.


Assurance And Frustration : From Ireland And The Netherlands To Jamestown., Keith A. Donahoe Dec 2010

Assurance And Frustration : From Ireland And The Netherlands To Jamestown., Keith A. Donahoe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

English experience gained from colonization attempts in the New World and in Ireland, as well as military expeditions to the European continent and the New World, helped make Jamestown more successful than any previous English colonial venture in the New World up to that time. Jamestown's early leadership successfully applied the collective English experiences from the Netherlands and Ireland to help the Jamestown colony survive. English experiences in Ireland were instrumental in developing the concepts that led to successful English colonization of North America, but English experiences in the Netherlands also played an important role. In the critical first two-and-a-half …


International Security Strategy And Global Population Aging, Christian Leuprecht Dec 2010

International Security Strategy And Global Population Aging, Christian Leuprecht

Journal of Strategic Security

To be successful, grand strategy requires objectives, concepts, and resources to be balanced appropriately with a view to defeating one’s enemy. The trouble is, of course, that Generals are always well prepared to fight the last war. In the words of Yogi Berra, predictions are always difficult, especially when they involve the future. Yet, grand strategy is all about the future. But how is one to strategize about a future that is inherently difficult to predict? One way to overcome this conundrum is to rely on independent variables that can be projected into the future with reasonable accuracy. Aside from …


Devolving Jihadism, Aaron Rosler Dec 2010

Devolving Jihadism, Aaron Rosler

Journal of Strategic Security

The danger and effectiveness of religiously motivated terrorist organizations is undeniable. However, a different type of threat is on the rise on the global playing field as a result of the ongoing operations against these organizations. "Devolved" jihadism, Islamist terrorism conducted by native, amateur, untrained and unfunded individuals, or small ad hoc groups, has recently garnered headlines and the attention of terrorists and counterterrorists alike. These devolved jihadist operations are planned and carried out by native members of a country's populace, radicalized in their home country, resulting in the interchangeable monikers of "homegrown" or "grassroots" jihadism.