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An Analysis Of Protests Carried Out By Ships (Pcs) : Should Pcs Be Regulated By A New Imo Instrument?, Waldemar A. Wichmann Dec 2011

An Analysis Of Protests Carried Out By Ships (Pcs) : Should Pcs Be Regulated By A New Imo Instrument?, Waldemar A. Wichmann

World Maritime University Dissertations

This paper attempts to analyze protests1 carried out by ships as acts of objection in the exercise of the human right to protest. The purpose of the analysis is to find out whether protests carried out by ships have recognition and legitimation in the maritime industry. Also, considering the one proposal to regulate this maritime activity at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the analysis attempts to find out whether a new maritime instrument such a Code of Conduct is necessary. This academic exercise takes the reader from the analysis of the reasons why people protest and the right to protest …

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A Study On The Oversight Scheme Over Recognized Organizations Under The International Instruments, Jong Chul Park Dec 2011

A Study On The Oversight Scheme Over Recognized Organizations Under The International Instruments, Jong Chul Park

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation is a study on the oversight scheme over recognized organizations acting on behalf of flag States for consistent and effective implementation of international instruments. A brief history of classification societies, which account for the most recognized organizations, is dealt with and the concept of recognized organizations and their significance is looked into in the first stage. The legal background of delegation of flag States’ authority to recognized organizations is examined, categorized by legal instruments developed by IMO and ILO. Categories of recognized organizations are identified through consideration of their capability and performance aspects. Consolidated audit summary reports (CASR) …

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Cookbooks: Preserving Jewish Tradition, Daniel Feinberg, Alice Crosetto Dec 2011

Cookbooks: Preserving Jewish Tradition, Daniel Feinberg, Alice Crosetto

Library Faculty Presentations & Publications

Culinary traditions have played an integral role in the Jewish religion from its very beginning. Families have continually passed down these traditions from one generation to the next as a means to preserve Jewish culture as well as to maintain their Jewish identity. The authors propose that one of the methods of preserving and transmitting these culinary traditions, traditions clearly rooted in oral tradition, has been through the cookbook. While the written cookbook continues to be popular and marketable, traditional cookbook contents are becoming increasingly available online. In saving recipes for future generations, cookbooks preserve religious, cultural, and traditional elements …

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Characterisation Of Rapeseed Oil Based Resins Using Infrared And Thermogravimetry Techniques, L. Y. Mwaikambo Dec 2011

Characterisation Of Rapeseed Oil Based Resins Using Infrared And Thermogravimetry Techniques, L. Y. Mwaikambo

Tanzania Journal of Science

Rapeseed oil which is a triglyceride had undergone chemical modification on its structure to obtain hydroxyl groups. The hydroxylated chemical structure was crosslinked using methylene-pphenyl diisocyanate to produce a thermoset rapeseed oil resin. The cross linking process was monitored in situ using the Attenuated Total Internal Reflectance Fourier Transform-Infrared spectroscopy and the thermogravimetric analysis techniques. The infrared technique was also used to monitor chemical groups of the unmodified rapeseed oil. A reduction of the absorption band around 3300 cm-1 which is due to the presence of hydroxyl groups was observed indicating the occurrence of the reaction between the hydroxylated rapeseed …

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Growth Performance, Yields And Economic Benefits Of Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus And Kales Brassica Oleracea Cultured Under Vegetable-Fish Culture Integration, A. P. Shoko, A. Getabu, G. Mwayuli, Y. D. Mgaya Dec 2011

Growth Performance, Yields And Economic Benefits Of Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus And Kales Brassica Oleracea Cultured Under Vegetable-Fish Culture Integration, A. P. Shoko, A. Getabu, G. Mwayuli, Y. D. Mgaya

Tanzania Journal of Science

An experiment was conducted for 210 days to demonstrate the role of vegetable-fish culture integration in the growth, yields and economic benefits of fish and vegetables. Two 200 m2 earthen fishponds were stocked with Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus at 20,000 fish fingerlings per hectare. Pond A was fertilized with chicken manure and stocked fish fed on 35% crude protein supplementary diet referred to here as treated fish pond (TFP). Another fish pond was not fertilized and the fish stocked in it did not receive any supplementary diet referred to here as non treated fish pond (NTFP). Twelve vegetable plots of …

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Two Phase Heuristic Algorithm For The University Course Timetabling Problem: The Case Of University Of Dar Es Salaam, A. R. Mushi, A. R. Mushi Dec 2011

Two Phase Heuristic Algorithm For The University Course Timetabling Problem: The Case Of University Of Dar Es Salaam, A. R. Mushi, A. R. Mushi

Tanzania Journal of Science

University course timetabling is the problem of scheduling resources such as lecturers, courses, and rooms to a number of timeslots over a planning horizon, normally a week, while satisfying a number of problem-specific constraints. Since timetabling problems differ from one institution to another, this paper investigated the case of the University of Dar Es salaam, based on the combination of Simulated Annealing (SA), and steepest descent in a two-phase approach. Solutions have been generated which greatly outperform the manually generated ones. Furthermore, the method compares well with previous work on Tabu Search but with faster execution time and higher quality …

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Implementation Of A Tabu Search Heuristic For The Examinations Timetabling Problem, A. R. Mushi Dec 2011

Implementation Of A Tabu Search Heuristic For The Examinations Timetabling Problem, A. R. Mushi

Tanzania Journal of Science

This paper reports on the design and implementation of an algorithm for the construction of an examinations timetable. The Examinations Timetabling Problem is the problem of assigning examinations and candidates to time periods and examination rooms while satisfying a set of specific constraints. Every University has a different set of constraints and structure of examinations. Generally, timetabling problems are NP-Hard and therefore very difficult to solve. However, they are of great interest due to their important practical application in educational institutions. This paper discusses a heuristic algorithm basing on the examinations timetabling at the University of Dar es salaam. The …

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Classification Of Plants According To Their Heavy Metal Content Around North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania: Implication For Phytoremediation, N. Mganga, Mlk Manoko, Z. K. Rulangaranga Dec 2011

Classification Of Plants According To Their Heavy Metal Content Around North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania: Implication For Phytoremediation, N. Mganga, Mlk Manoko, Z. K. Rulangaranga

Tanzania Journal of Science

Plants like other living organisms respond differently under different environmental conditions. An elevated level of heavy metals is one of the stresses which results into three classes of plants depending on their heavy metal content. The classes of plant species according to their accumulated heavy metals around North Mara Gold Mine were not known. To study such classes, a line transect of 700m long was established opposite the gold mine wastes. A total of eight sampling points were systematically established each after every 100m in that transect. Fifteen plant species were sampled; at least one species per sampling point. Approximately …

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Petrography And Geochemistry Of Mafic Granulites Of The Ubendian Belt: Contribution To Insights Into The Lower Continental Crust Of The Paleoproterozoic, N. Boniface Dec 2011

Petrography And Geochemistry Of Mafic Granulites Of The Ubendian Belt: Contribution To Insights Into The Lower Continental Crust Of The Paleoproterozoic, N. Boniface

Tanzania Journal of Science

Mafic granulites of the Ubendian Belt have geochemical signature, trace and REE patterns, similar to that of the lower continental crustal rocks. A SHRIMP U-Pb single zircon date at 1977±40 Ma indicates that these rocks belong to the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian orogenic cycle, which was followed by the Mesoproterozoic tectonic disturbance that contributed to their exhumation. Orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, garnet, hornblende, plagioclase and quartz is a frequent mineral assemblage for the mafic granulites of the Ubendian Belt, and garnet frequently form corona between plagioclase and clinopyroxene. Geothermobarometric calculations have revealed the equilibration of these rocks at a temperature range between 650 and …

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Memory And The Photograph: Similar But Not Synonymous (A Semi Eidetic Synthesis Of A Semester Of Exploration), Meghan R. Gordon Dec 2011

Memory And The Photograph: Similar But Not Synonymous (A Semi Eidetic Synthesis Of A Semester Of Exploration), Meghan R. Gordon

Rollins Undergraduate Research Journal

This essay explores the distinction between a memory and a photograph, the mistake in quantifying the two as synonymous, and their influence upon each other. Through a multilateral psychological analysis the author explores the many facets that memory has and how these variation are influenced by imagery.

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Beyond Progressive Education: Why John Andrew Rice Really Opened Black Mountain College, Jennifer M. Ritter Dec 2011

Beyond Progressive Education: Why John Andrew Rice Really Opened Black Mountain College, Jennifer M. Ritter

Rollins Undergraduate Research Journal

This article analyses the career and personality of Professor John Andrew Rice. It focuses on the events and influences that shaped his decision to Open Black Mountain College in the midst of the Great Depression. His clash with Rollins College President, Hamilton Holt, is discussed at length. Rice’s role at Black Mountain College is touched upon briefly, as is Black Mountains’ emphasis on the arts and progressive teaching methods.

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The University Of Rhode Island Graduate Dual Degree Program With The Technical University Of Braunschweig – Its Added Value, Synergies, And Gains For Engineering Students, Sigrid Berka Dec 2011

The University Of Rhode Island Graduate Dual Degree Program With The Technical University Of Braunschweig – Its Added Value, Synergies, And Gains For Engineering Students, Sigrid Berka

Online Journal for Global Engineering Education

This paper takes a closer look at the learning outcomes and synergies for participants of a dual degree master program between the University of Rhode island and the Technical University of Braunschweig. It focuses on an area of international graduate level education and collaboration that has not been very well researched so far: the impact of study abroad experience on graduate engineering students. Are there any technical skills or additional research methods gained by students involved in graduate level dual degree programs? To what extent does such a research intense program have an impact on broadening research perspectives and opportunities …

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Best Of Both Worlds: Foreign Language Preparation For Purdue University’S Undergraduate Global Engineering Education Program, Yating Chang, Eckhard A. Groll, E. Dan Hirleman Dec 2011

Best Of Both Worlds: Foreign Language Preparation For Purdue University’S Undergraduate Global Engineering Education Program, Yating Chang, Eckhard A. Groll, E. Dan Hirleman

Online Journal for Global Engineering Education

Over the years, Purdue University has drastically increased the number of engineering students studying and interning abroad from less than 3% in 2000 to more than 10% in 2010. In order to increase the capacity of global engineering education curriculum, there is a need to create different study abroad programs to suit different student interests. Yet, the need of foreign language preparation remains in question. At Purdue University, researchers and administrators observed that students often self-select into study abroad programs of varying intensity according to the varying foreign language and GPA requirements. Case studies of student participants from four different …

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Somali Bibliography By Keyword --2012, Elizabeth A. Eames, Mame Nyarko F. Bonsu Dec 2011

Somali Bibliography By Keyword --2012, Elizabeth A. Eames, Mame Nyarko F. Bonsu

Somalis in Maine Bibliography

A bibliography of resources organized by topical keyword and published before 2012.

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Step Down, Justice Melvin, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2011

Step Down, Justice Melvin, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals

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Energy Savings And Peak Demand Reduction Of A Seer 21 Heat Pump Vs. A Seer 13 Heat Pump With Attic And Indoor Duct Systems - December 2011, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings Dec 2011

Energy Savings And Peak Demand Reduction Of A Seer 21 Heat Pump Vs. A Seer 13 Heat Pump With Attic And Indoor Duct Systems - December 2011, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Experiments were run in an unoccupied 1600 ft2 house, the Manufactured Housing (MH Lab) at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), to evaluate the delivered performance as well as the relative performance of a SEER 21 variable capacity heat pump versus a SEER 13 heat pump. The performance was evaluated with two different duct systems: a standard attic duct system and an indoor duct system located in a dropped-ceiling space.

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Justice’S Suspension Is Dubious, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2011

Justice’S Suspension Is Dubious, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals

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Cover Page Dec 2011

Cover Page

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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Deb O'Dell 1951-2011, Center For Persons With Disabilities Dec 2011

Deb O'Dell 1951-2011, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

No abstract provided.

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Ines Lomando V. Usa Dec 2011

Ines Lomando V. Usa

2011 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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List Of Reviewers Dec 2011

List Of Reviewers

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

No abstract provided.

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State Funding To Local Governments. Criminal Justice. Social Services. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Dec 2011

State Funding To Local Governments. Criminal Justice. Social Services. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Initiatives

Guarantees local governments their existing statutory allocations of state sales tax and vehicle license fees, to fund government services that were shifted from state to local responsibility in 2011. Continues guarantee as long as local governments have responsibility for shifted services. Prohibits legislation that increases scope of services shifted, unless state provides adequate, ongoing funds to pay for increased costs. Caps state obligation for actual costs of shifted services at amounts of guaranteed allocations. Requires four-fifths vote in Legislature to reduce local law enforcement mandates predating shift. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst of fiscal impact on state and local …

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Rediscovery Of Monotropastrum Sciaphilum (Andres) G.D.Wallace In China After 91 Years, Min Shen, Chang-Qin Zhang, Gary D. Wallace Dec 2011

Rediscovery Of Monotropastrum Sciaphilum (Andres) G.D.Wallace In China After 91 Years, Min Shen, Chang-Qin Zhang, Gary D. Wallace

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Monotropastrum sciaphilum (Ericaceae), a mycoheterotrophic member of subfamily Monotropoideae, was rediscovered at its type locality in Yunnan Province, China, 91 years after it was first collected. The type locality is the only locality from which it is known. Field observations in 2007–2010 indicated that inflorescences emerge from the soil between late April and early September. The restricted distribution of M. sciaphilum recommends its listing in the IUCN red book.

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Information System Maturity And The Hospitality Enterprise Performance, Daniela Garbin Praničević, Nikša Alfirević, Mojca Indihar Štemberger Dec 2011

Information System Maturity And The Hospitality Enterprise Performance, Daniela Garbin Praničević, Nikša Alfirević, Mojca Indihar Štemberger

Economic and Business Review

The purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate the relationship between the maturity of hotels’ information systems and their performance. This study uses customized models of information system (IS) maturity and hotel performance measurement. Since we wanted to include the intangible aspects of performance, we opted for an adapted application of the Balanced Scorecard model. In the empirical part of the paper, fundamental constructs of the model are verified, while the individual items are further evaluated by employing discriminant analysis to distinguish hotels with relatively low and high performance levels. The findings demonstrate the existence of a significant and …

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Razvoj Modela Kriterijev Za Odločanje O Uvedbi Elektronske Hrambe Dokumentov, Marjeta Horjak, Andrej Kovačič Dec 2011

Razvoj Modela Kriterijev Za Odločanje O Uvedbi Elektronske Hrambe Dokumentov, Marjeta Horjak, Andrej Kovačič

Economic and Business Review

The article deals with the importance and necessity of research on electronic storage of documents. No empirical research has been conducted in Slovenia on the relationship between regulatory complexity and its impact on decision-making when implementing electronic document storage in compliance with the law. The aim of the research is therefore to shed light on the issue of legally compliant electronic storage in the context of Slovenian regulations in comparison with other European countries and, based on the research findings, to propose recommendations for their development and the creation of a systematic approach and scientific knowledge on document storage. The …

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The Flora Of Greater San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico (2005–2010), Sula E. Vanderplank Dec 2011

The Flora Of Greater San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico (2005–2010), Sula E. Vanderplank

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

The plants of San Quintín (Baja California, Mexico) were documented through intensive fieldwork and collection of herbarium specimens to create a checklist of species. The region is located near the southernmost extent of the California Floristic Province, and the flora is influenced by the adjacent desert to the south. A total of 435 plant taxa were documented, of which 82% are native plants. Almost one in three native plant taxa in Greater San Quintín is a sensitive species, here documented as rare and/or locally endemic, and many taxa have yet to be evaluated fully for rarity and threats. Four major …

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Business Community Outreach: Exploration Of A New Service Role In An Academic Environment, Patrick Griffis, Sidney Lowe Dec 2011

Business Community Outreach: Exploration Of A New Service Role In An Academic Environment, Patrick Griffis, Sidney Lowe

Library Faculty Research

A recent special issue of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship focusing on business librarianship and entrepreneurship includes many case studies detailing entrepreneurship outreach initiatives from academic libraries. The introductory article, "Entrepreneurship Outreach: A New Role for the Academic Business Librarian" by Karen MacDonald, outlines entrepreneurial outreach initiatives in the issue, stating that they “describe three very different approaches libraries have taken to align themselves with a key mission of the university – economic development” (MacDonald, 2010, p. 159). This chapter elaborates on this previous work in describing the exploration of a new role in business community outreach as …

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The Effect Of Using Antioxidant Vitamins And Iron Supplements On The Development Of Certain Immune System Components, Lamia Abdel Sattar Dec 2011

The Effect Of Using Antioxidant Vitamins And Iron Supplements On The Development Of Certain Immune System Components, Lamia Abdel Sattar

Modern Sport

The study focuses on the impact of antioxidant vitamins (E and A) and aerobic exercise with weights on the development of immune system components in female students engaged in beginner-level sports activities. Antioxidants are essential for maintaining the body’s vitality and performance by reducing oxidative stress, which can have negative effects on the body’s functions. The research aims to determine how the combination of antioxidant vitamins and aerobic exercise influences immune system components in young female students. The study included a sample of 15 female students aged 18-20 from the first year of the College of Physical Education, with a …

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Study Of The Effectiveness Of The Skill Performance Of Taekwondo Players, Khaled Mahmoud Ahmed Dec 2011

Study Of The Effectiveness Of The Skill Performance Of Taekwondo Players, Khaled Mahmoud Ahmed

Modern Sport

The present study aims to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of skillful performance by examining the technical activities in Taekwondo contests and comparing them across different rounds. The study was conducted on four players who participated in the Iraq Taekwondo Championship for Olympic weight categories in 2009. The researcher adopted a descriptive method using a survey style, ensuring the validity and reliability of the study tool through suitable scientific methods. A form was provided for players to record their technical performance, identifying the scientific conditions necessary for it. After applying appropriate statistical treatments, the researcher concluded that offensive techniques …

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Mrs. Juanita Moody Dec 2011

Mrs. Juanita Moody

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Juanita_Moody.pdf - Funeral program for Juanita Moody

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