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Energy Policies And Diplomatic Relations With The United States : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Krenare Thaci Jan 2011

Energy Policies And Diplomatic Relations With The United States : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Krenare Thaci

Theses

Energy policy is a hot topic around the world and it is a great concern, affecting our economic interests and presenting global challenges. Immense technological developments resulting from global warring are now emerging. Huge potential markets are anticipated for carbon trading. In order to shape the future of Energy Policy we must review the current energy situation, which has remained pretty much the same since the Arab Oil Embargo, shifts have taken place with renewables and energy efficiency. Since the Arab Oil Embargo, oil imports to the United States have doubled, reflecting demand growth as well as decline in domestic …

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Implementation Of Kosovo's Action Plan On Decentralization : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Rozafa Ukimeraj Jan 2011

Implementation Of Kosovo's Action Plan On Decentralization : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Rozafa Ukimeraj

Theses

Kosovo is passing through a dramatic transitional phase of political, economic and social development. In these circumstances decentralization has taken primacy among political and institutional developments. This capstone project addressed the problem of the implementation of the Action Plan on Decentralization in Kosovo, used by the government as a “tool”, to implement the local reform in Kosovo. The capstone project examined the main issues through the process of decentralization, including the acceptance of the decentralization by the Albanians, being the ethnic majority in Kosovo, and the impact of implementation of decentralization on the integration of Serbs.

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Parliament's Role In Prospering European Integration And The Relations Between The Republic Of Kosov And The Republic Of Serbia : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Ariana Musliu Jan 2011

Parliament's Role In Prospering European Integration And The Relations Between The Republic Of Kosov And The Republic Of Serbia : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Ariana Musliu

Theses

There are several difficulties enforcing Kosovo in European Integration. One of these is most notably the relation with Serbia. The EU does not accept members into its family that have regional disagreements. One solution that was offered by the European Union and the United States of America was for a technical dialogue to solve the problems between these two states ... Based the results from the research study the technical dialogue between Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia will continue.

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Opportunities To Foreign Investment In Kosovo : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Sytrime Dervisholli Jan 2011

Opportunities To Foreign Investment In Kosovo : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Sytrime Dervisholli

Theses

Aware of the importance of foreign investments for the economic development of Kosovo, the project identified the motivations and concerns of foreign investors for investing in Kosovo and for exploring opportunities that Kosovo offers. In addition, this project examined the process of privatization as one of the opportunities to attract foreign investment and the role of Kosovo’s Diaspora in attracting foreign investment.

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Research For Ansi Accredited “Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Program” In Packaging Science For Undergraduate Students, Ankush Sharma Jan 2011

Research For Ansi Accredited “Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Program” In Packaging Science For Undergraduate Students, Ankush Sharma

Theses

This research project is a result of a problem-solving proposal that was submitted to Program Chair Dr. Daniel Goodwin on June 28, 2010. The proposal recommends that RIT’s Packaging Science Program establish a unique Lean Six Sigma Green Belt in Packaging Science Certificate program for undergraduate students. The proposal was developed as a result of receiving input from the RIT Packaging Industrial Advisory Board, from researching packaging job descriptions and from Professor Dr. Duane P. Beck’s extensive Lean Six Sigma experience. Students who are successful in receiving the certificate will be able to demonstrate problem-solving skills in the packaging industry. …

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Manual Skills, Kevin Rowland Jan 2011

Manual Skills, Kevin Rowland

Theses

The process of manual material manipulation is disappearing from daily life. Why is it that we still have an educational and social environment that does not put the same priority on practical and theoretical knowledge as is does on virtual academics? This disconnect is particularly poignant in a field such as design that should demand the mastery of both. As a modern nation, we have repressed manual skill and incremental learning by fostering an educational climate geared solely towards the desire for white-collar status. We base the accreditation of our grade schools on the rate of their college placement and …

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Look, Cook, Learn: A Recipe For Improved Functionality In Cooking Design, Anna Mizer Jan 2011

Look, Cook, Learn: A Recipe For Improved Functionality In Cooking Design, Anna Mizer

Theses

Look, Cook, Learn: A Recipe for Improved Functionality In Cooking Design is a thesis which explores the relationship and differences between print media and digital media. Both are studied in respect to instructional cooking materials with their strengths and weaknesses .The final application involves a digital application for the Apple iPad as well as a printed recipe book. The user experience is of great importance and therefor information layering, visual layout, and consumer expectations are all considered. All information that is included in both the digital application is broken into sections depending on the function or action that the user …

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Screening Procedures For Strategic Environmental Assessment In Kosovo : [Presentation Given In November 2011]., Laura Krypa Gjakova Jan 2011

Screening Procedures For Strategic Environmental Assessment In Kosovo : [Presentation Given In November 2011]., Laura Krypa Gjakova

Theses

This capstone project considered the priorities that need to be given to the implementation of the Law Nr.03/L-230 on the Strategic Environmental Assessment, 2010 (Law on SEA). This is one of the basic horizontal environmental policy tools applicable for a wide range of issues such as climate change, water, air protection and biodiversity. Currently, Kosovo is fullfilling the European Union requirement for the transposition of the Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 27 June 2001 into national legislation. It assesses the effects of certain plans and programs on the environment. Implentation of the newly adopted …

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Department Of Engineering And Building Management Planning Capacity For Prishtina's Current And New Government Buildings : [Presentation Given In November 2011], Mimoza Kurteshi Jan 2011

Department Of Engineering And Building Management Planning Capacity For Prishtina's Current And New Government Buildings : [Presentation Given In November 2011], Mimoza Kurteshi

Theses

This capstone project assesses the restructuring of the Engineering and Building Management (DEBM) within Kosova’s Ministry of Public Administration (MPA). There are serious capacity shortages and delays in implementation of projects, in existing structure of DEBM and changes are required to be implemented.

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Burning Bright, Mei-Yu Chen Jan 2011

Burning Bright, Mei-Yu Chen

Theses

In the deeps of an old mountain, the forest has long lost its vitality. A brave young boy geared with his sword and a mystery bag, sets out on a journey to solve the mystery about the forest and save this dying world. "Burning Bright" is a six minutes 3D animation short mixing with hand-drawn flair. The total production time is about one year and three months. The following thesis report describes the technical and artistic process of making the film.

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Illustrative Neighborhood Redevelopment, Bradley Bethel Jan 2011

Illustrative Neighborhood Redevelopment, Bradley Bethel

Theses

Urban planning is implemented under many theories and purposes. But often times, due to difference in public preferences, plans can become inconsistent and lack harmony with other neighborhoods. Design theories may become muddled in other design theories. Sometimes, even basic design principles are undermined or ignored completely. The city of Buffalo, New York is distinguished by several major characteristics in area planning. However, those plans have been threatened by inconsistent planning from the past sixty years. Only in recent years have plans been sought for more concise methods to preserve the past and establish newer, progressive plans. The Illustrative Neighborhood …

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An Online Project & Portfolio Management Application: Implementing Project Selction And Prioritization Model To Reolve Priority Conflicts And To Build Strong Linkages Between Projects And The Strategic Plan, Rohit Gupta Jan 2011

An Online Project & Portfolio Management Application: Implementing Project Selction And Prioritization Model To Reolve Priority Conflicts And To Build Strong Linkages Between Projects And The Strategic Plan, Rohit Gupta

Theses

This Capstone Project will address two important problems. The first problem concerns resolving priority conflicts over the projects among the managers in an organization and the second problem concerns the gap between the projects and the organizational strategies. To complete this project, I have developed an online project and portfolio management application by using the software development life cycle methodology and project management methodology. The outcome of this project is a software product that helps in obtaining a general consensus as to which project has the highest priority. This priority awareness helps in resolving conflicts among the managers. This product …

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The Social Impacts Of Tropical Storm Ondoy And Typhoon Pepeng: The Recovery Of Communities In Metro Manila And Luzon, Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu, Maria Elissa J. Lao Jan 2011

The Social Impacts Of Tropical Storm Ondoy And Typhoon Pepeng: The Recovery Of Communities In Metro Manila And Luzon, Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu, Maria Elissa J. Lao

Sociology & Anthropology Department Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Advertising Law And Regulation By Giles Crown, Oliver Bray And Rupert Earle [Book Review], Christopher Chao-Hung Chen Jan 2011

Advertising Law And Regulation By Giles Crown, Oliver Bray And Rupert Earle [Book Review], Christopher Chao-Hung Chen

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

No abstract provided.

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Teacher Understandings Of Responsibilities For Reading Instruction In Stage One And Two English Courses Of Study In Western Australian Schools, Liana Strutt Jan 2011

Teacher Understandings Of Responsibilities For Reading Instruction In Stage One And Two English Courses Of Study In Western Australian Schools, Liana Strutt

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The purpose of the study was to explore secondary teachers’ understandings of their responsibilities towards students who demonstrate poor literacy skills with regard to the Reading Outcome in the Western Australian English Courses of Study. As an experienced secondary English teacher, the researcher was aware that the reading demands of senior secondary classrooms were challenging for some students and that many teachers were unsure of how they should respond to the needs of the students. Since the education reforms which began in Western Australia in the late 1990s and the subsequent introduction of Courses of Study in 2006, a great …

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Orthodontic-Prosthetic Implant Anchorage In A Partially Edentulous Patient, Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang, Pi-Huei Liu, Ya-Ting Wang, Yi-Jane Chen, Chung-Chen Jane Yao, Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai Jan 2011

Orthodontic-Prosthetic Implant Anchorage In A Partially Edentulous Patient, Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang, Pi-Huei Liu, Ya-Ting Wang, Yi-Jane Chen, Chung-Chen Jane Yao, Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Three-dimensional planning of a dental-implant site is critical when implants are to initially be used as orthodontic anchorage for tooth movement and to later serve as prosthetic abutments. The combined orthodontic and prosthetic implant restorative treatment of an adult patient with multiple missing teeth, an upper midline deviation, and malocclusion is described in this article. Plastic model bases combined with customized position plates allowed the precise transfer of the proposed implant position from the diagnostic arrangement to the original cast to avoid compromising subsequent orthodontic tooth movement.

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Using Growth Rate Of Reading Fluency To Predict Performance On Statewide Achievement Tests, Rachelle Whittaker Hinkle Jan 2011

Using Growth Rate Of Reading Fluency To Predict Performance On Statewide Achievement Tests, Rachelle Whittaker Hinkle

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Federal legislation has prescribed the increased use of statewide achievement tests as the culmination of a student's knowledge and ability at the end of a grade level; however, schools need to be able to predict those who are at-risk of performing poorly on these high-stakes tests. Three studies served to identify a means of predicting statewide achievement test scores in either third or eighth grade based on CBM reading scores and rates of improvement at first, second, and third grades or third, fourth, and fifth grades using readily available statistical procedures. One-half of the third-grade data was used in Study …

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A Study Of A Management Supported Single Minute Exchange Of Die (Smed) Program For The Flexible Packaging Industry, Jared Unterborn Jan 2011

A Study Of A Management Supported Single Minute Exchange Of Die (Smed) Program For The Flexible Packaging Industry, Jared Unterborn

Theses

The principle objective of this study was to quantify the effectiveness of a management supported process improvement program versus a non-management supported program. The test took two plants with the same machine and a similar job mix were chosen to implement a common process improvement program in the exact same way with the only difference being that one of the plants would have strong involvement from the management team. The data that was used to quantify this theory was an employee survey and data collection. The data showed Plant A's management supported program resulted in a 25% lower changeover time …

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Confirmation And Ministry Participation, Jeffrey S. Harper Jan 2011

Confirmation And Ministry Participation, Jeffrey S. Harper

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Social Transformation Through Pastoral Transformational Leadership : A Case Study Of Mombasa Synod, Pius N. Kagwi Jan 2011

Social Transformation Through Pastoral Transformational Leadership : A Case Study Of Mombasa Synod, Pius N. Kagwi

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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A Study Of Why Some Inner-City, African-American Churches In Chicago Have Undergone Significant Membership Declines, While Others Have Seen Large Increases In Memberships In The Post-Civil Rights Era, Norman Goodwin Jan 2011

A Study Of Why Some Inner-City, African-American Churches In Chicago Have Undergone Significant Membership Declines, While Others Have Seen Large Increases In Memberships In The Post-Civil Rights Era, Norman Goodwin

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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An Online Peer-Based Spiritual Mentoring Program For Field Missionaries, Thomas David Nichols Jan 2011

An Online Peer-Based Spiritual Mentoring Program For Field Missionaries, Thomas David Nichols

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Seeing The Big Picture : A Study Of Walk Thru The Bible's Old Testament Storyline Seminar's Impact On The Spiritual Health Of Participants, Robbie D. Phillips Jan 2011

Seeing The Big Picture : A Study Of Walk Thru The Bible's Old Testament Storyline Seminar's Impact On The Spiritual Health Of Participants, Robbie D. Phillips

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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0786: James B. Justice Collection, 2009-2011, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2011

0786: James B. Justice Collection, 2009-2011, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of two black boxes, each with the same content. Each box contains manuscript pages for various creative endeavors by James B. Justice and others, including poetry, an opera, and visual arts, as well as a CD containing the music for the opera. Selected works include a book called Idle Moments and an opera The Old Shoe Blues. A full list of the contents of the box, as typed by the author, can be found in the container list section of the finding aid.

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Low Power Digital Design Using Asynchronous Logic, Sathish Vimalraj Antony Jayasekar Jan 2011

Low Power Digital Design Using Asynchronous Logic, Sathish Vimalraj Antony Jayasekar

Master's Theses

This thesis summarizes research undertaken at San José State University between January 2009 and May 2011, which introduces a new method of achieving low power by reducing the dependency of the clock signal in the design. A clock signal consumes power even when the circuit is idle, but asynchronous circuits by default move into the idle state and involve no transition in the circuit during that state. In addition, in an active system, only the subsystem that is in use dissipates power. This work mainly focused on obtaining low power by implementing asynchronous logic. The work also studied the measure …

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Evaluating Trademark Design, Katherine L. Spencer Jan 2011

Evaluating Trademark Design, Katherine L. Spencer

Master's Theses

Trademarks serve as visual representations of a company's name, product, or values. This research sought to determine the effect of the application of human factors principles and graphic design principles on trademark design. A computerized questionnaire was employed to investigate the emotional impact, comprehension, and recall of trademarks based on their type (typographic elements or graphic elements), their subject-content compatibility, and their adherence to human factors and graphic design principles. Trademark type had a significant effect on comprehension of trademarks but no significant effect on emotional impact or recall. Trademarks with high subject-content compatibility and trademarks that use visual metaphor …

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Avant Garde In Chinese Art, Curtis Carter Jan 2011

Avant Garde In Chinese Art, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

The question that I propose to examine here is to what extent or in what sense there has been an avant-garde presence in Chinese art. And in what sense is the avant-garde present in contemporary Chinese art connected to avant-garde in the west. Before examining the relevance of the avant-garde to developments in Chinese art, it is necessary to provide a brief account of avant-garde in western art.

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The Political Body In Chinese Art, Curtis Carter Jan 2011

The Political Body In Chinese Art, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Protecting Information Privacy, Charles D. Raab, Benjamin J. Goold Jan 2011

Protecting Information Privacy, Charles D. Raab, Benjamin J. Goold

All Faculty Publications

This report for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (the Commission) examines the threats to information privacy that have emerged in recent years, focusing on the activities of the state. It argues that current privacy laws and regulation do not adequately uphold human rights, and that fundamental reform is required. It identifies two principal areas of concern: the state’s handling of personal data, and the use of surveillance by public bodies. The central finding of this report is that the existing approach to the protection of information privacy in the UK is fundamentally flawed, and that there is a pressing …

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Common Law And Statute Law In Administrative Law, Jack M. Beermann Jan 2011

Common Law And Statute Law In Administrative Law, Jack M. Beermann

Faculty Scholarship

The largely statutory appearance of U.S. administrative law be surprising in light of the existence of the federal A Procedure Act of 1946 (APA).1 The APA, including its a amendments, is a relatively comprehensive guide to much of law in the United States. It contains the procedures agencies to follow in both rulemaking and adjudication and provisions on the availability and scope of judicial review of agency action. As includes open meeting and open file requirements as well as negotiated rulemaking and legislative review of agency rules generally held view that federal courts should not make com should act only …

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