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The Don Juan Myth In Iberian Galician Literature, Carmen Becerra Suárez Dec 2011

The Don Juan Myth In Iberian Galician Literature, Carmen Becerra Suárez

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "The Don Juan Myth in Iberian Galician Literature" Carmen Becerra Suárez discusses the presence of the Don Juan myth as it has developed in Galicia. She presents a panorama of the ways in which Galician authors — studies independently of their belonging to the Galician or Spanish literary systems — have dealt with this myth. The aim is to study the presence of the myth in this culture and the causes giving rise to several versions: from the three possibilities of "Don Juanness" found in the work of Ramón María del Valle-Inclán up through a short story …

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Narration And Identity In Iberian Galician Literature, Dolores Vilavedra Dec 2011

Narration And Identity In Iberian Galician Literature, Dolores Vilavedra

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article, "Narration and Identity in Iberian Galician Literature" Dolores Vilavedra discusses the contribution made by Galician narratives to the process of codifying models of a supposedly Galician identity. She shows how the development of literary narration has not always been gradual and that it has undergone stages of stagnation. Further, Vilavedra discusses how the narrative genre itself has gradually altered the prime objectives of its own development according to the apparent need to impose certain paradigms. She proposes that this process is closely linked, on the one hand to the process of language standardization and, on the other, …

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The Image Of Ireland In Iberian Galicia In The Early Twentieth Century, Anne Maccarthy Dec 2011

The Image Of Ireland In Iberian Galicia In The Early Twentieth Century, Anne Maccarthy

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "The Image of Ireland in Iberian Galicia in the Early Twentieth Century," Anne MacCarthy explores Galician intellectuals' relationship with Ireland in their attempt to create a Celtic imaginary for Galicia which would act as a cultural fortification in the face of centralizing forces of Castilian Spain. In periodicals prominent in the 1920s, Nós and A Nosa Terra, the wish to construct a separate identity for Galicia, apart from Spain, is often expressed and embodied in reference to Ireland. Whereas the interest in Ireland was increased by the struggle for independence in that country at the time, …

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Scholars' Mine Annual Statistics Report For Jan. 1 2011 - Dec. 31 2011, Library And Learning Resources Dec 2011

Scholars' Mine Annual Statistics Report For Jan. 1 2011 - Dec. 31 2011, Library And Learning Resources

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

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The Murray Ledger And Times, December 31, 2011, The Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2011

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 31, 2011, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Effect Of A Modified Module Insole And Foot Exercise On Foot Deformity In Children With Developmental Delay, Hung-Wen Wei, Mei-Wun Tsai, Ming-Jor Lo, Mei-Ta Ho, Su-Limg Chang, Young-Hue Yu, Yu-Rui Zhan, Mu-Jung Kao Dec 2011

Effect Of A Modified Module Insole And Foot Exercise On Foot Deformity In Children With Developmental Delay, Hung-Wen Wei, Mei-Wun Tsai, Ming-Jor Lo, Mei-Ta Ho, Su-Limg Chang, Young-Hue Yu, Yu-Rui Zhan, Mu-Jung Kao

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The effects of foot orthoses and foot exercise on foot deformity in children with developmental delay are unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a modified module insole and foot exercise on foot deformity in children with development delay. We recruited subjects from outpatient clinics of early intervention for children with development delay in Taipei City Hospital. The inclusion criteria were (1) evidence of low arch or no arch in either foot while standing or walking, (2) independent walking, and (3) age from 3 to 12 years. The 95 participants were classified into three groups: …

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President Obama And The Changing Cyber Paradigm, Eric Talbot Jensen Dec 2011

President Obama And The Changing Cyber Paradigm, Eric Talbot Jensen

Faculty Scholarship

Among the most important issues for American National Security is the national response to the growing threat from cyber activities. This threat is both ubiquitous and potentially catastrophic as recently demonstrated by both the recent decision by the UK to prioritize cyber capabilities over putting in service an air-capable aircraft carrier and the targeted effectiveness of the STUXNET worm. The evolving cyber paradigm will force the United States to reevaluate the way in which it thinks of both national security and the concept of armed conflict. To combat this threat, President Obama must refocus America’s attention, by both reallocating the …

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Experiences Of Rural Non-Va Providers In Treating Dual Care Veterans And The Development Of Electronic Health Information Exchange Networks Between The Two Systems, Michelle A. Lampman, Keith J. Mueller Dec 2011

Experiences Of Rural Non-Va Providers In Treating Dual Care Veterans And The Development Of Electronic Health Information Exchange Networks Between The Two Systems, Michelle A. Lampman, Keith J. Mueller

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Findings are presented from two focus group discussions with rural non-VA (Veterans Administration) primary care providers to better understand their experience with treating dual care veterans, those who receive care from both VA and non-VA providers. Participants reported challenges related to a lack of communication and coordination between the VA and non-VA providers. Participants agreed that improvements must be made to the current healthcare delivery model for rural dual care veterans to support seamless care. Two case studies involving VA-supported projects currently focused on bridging the two systems through the establishment of electronic health information exchange (eHIE) networks in rural …

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Steven Solomon, Water: The Epic Struggle For Wealth, Power, And Civilization, Brooklynn J. Wynween Dec 2011

Steven Solomon, Water: The Epic Struggle For Wealth, Power, And Civilization, Brooklynn J. Wynween

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Review of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, by Steven Solomon

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The New Public Management And Its Application Into The Chilean Maritime Administration, Within The Chile Navy, Dinson Baack Vasquez Dec 2011

The New Public Management And Its Application Into The Chilean Maritime Administration, Within The Chile Navy, Dinson Baack Vasquez

World Maritime University Dissertations

The importance of Maritime Administrations in the context of a globalized world has been increasing, as the international maritime community gets more involved in the shipping industry and in those issues concerning regulatory framework. In this scenario, it is necessary to analyze a tool able to provide an efficient and proactive system to meet the requirements of the private sector and also, to generate the conditions for an enhancement of the global economy. Thus, the New Public Management became the main model during the last 30 years, where governments made the necessary changes in order to achieve the purpose of …

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Culture Andintellectual Property Development In Indonesia, Agus Sardjono Dec 2011

Culture Andintellectual Property Development In Indonesia, Agus Sardjono

Indonesia Law Review

The conception of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) is generally misunderstood by among common people. In order to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of IPR, we may as well start with the most dominant point of view, namely that from the perspective of the State and Government.This point of view is dominant because the State and Government are the institutions which havethe authority to make law, to implement law and to interpret the law in the various forms of itsimplementation. A study of IPR can be taken from wider view, as cultural perspectivetake the approach of looking at various events related …

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Sustainable Fisheries In Southeast Asia, Melda Kamil Ariadno Dec 2011

Sustainable Fisheries In Southeast Asia, Melda Kamil Ariadno

Indonesia Law Review

Fisheries activity has increased significantly in number. As a result, we might see high investment in fisheries is due to the high demand for fish and fisheries products. Therefore, marine resources as well as other living resources are at risk in being harmed by excessive fisheries activities, for example: the use of trawl. Indonesia, as a Maritime State, need to impose sustainable fisheries because the principle of utilizing sustainable fisheries resources as adopted in the Law on Fisheries (Law No. 31 Year 2004 as amended by Law No. 45 Year 2009) to control fishery activities.Fishery activities are regulated not only …

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The Issues Of Access To Justice In The Case Of Dispute Resolution Within The Indigenous Community Of Tulehu, Central Maluku, Lidwina Inge Nurtjahyo Dec 2011

The Issues Of Access To Justice In The Case Of Dispute Resolution Within The Indigenous Community Of Tulehu, Central Maluku, Lidwina Inge Nurtjahyo

Indonesia Law Review

This study is aimed to analyze how customary law is practiced in strategizing dispute settlement among the villagers. In some cases, the parties who had the disputes brought their cases to the non states intermediaries to give the best remedies that fulfill their own senses of justice. As we know in the Access to Justice approaches, the disputes could be solved not only using both with state law and non-state law. These facts showed how people doing law community members in relation to dispute resolution mechanism based on customary law from the perspective of access to justice. By applying customary …

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Strategi Foresight Untuk Mengubah Perspektif Ex Ante Ke Perspektif Ex Post Dalam Proses Keputusan Auditor Independen, I Made Narsa Dec 2011

Strategi Foresight Untuk Mengubah Perspektif Ex Ante Ke Perspektif Ex Post Dalam Proses Keputusan Auditor Independen, I Made Narsa

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

This study is intended to test the effect of outcome on independent auditors’ decision, and whether the use of foresight decision aids can alter auditors’ ex-ante perspective to ex-post perspective in decision process. We use experimental design involving 206 undergraduate accounting students. They are distributed into four groups: foresight, hindsight, foresight+single outcome, and foresight-multiple outcome. We found negative outcome affects independent auditors’ decision, and foresight strategies effectively alter independent auditor’s perspective from ex-ante to ex-post perspective. We also found that in decision making process auditors consider negative information more than positive information, which reflects auditors’ conservative attitude. The results of …

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Pengaruh Modal Intelektual Dan Pengungkapan Modal Intelektual Pada Nilai Perusahaan Yang Melakukan Initial Public Offering, Wahyu Widarjo Dec 2011

Pengaruh Modal Intelektual Dan Pengungkapan Modal Intelektual Pada Nilai Perusahaan Yang Melakukan Initial Public Offering, Wahyu Widarjo

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

The objective of this research is to investigate the influence of intellectual capital performance and intellectual capital disclosure on the value of the firm after an initial public offering (IPO). The Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAICTM) method is used to measure of intellectual capital. Intellectual capital disclosure in this research is measure with Zingh and Zahn (2008) index, and value firm is determined by market value of the firm. The result of the analysis fails to support the first hypothesis that intellectual capital is affected to firm’s values. The result probably is an indication that market is incapable to assess …

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The Carbon Frame: Lobbying For Renewable Energy In The European Union, Kyle S. Herman Dec 2011

The Carbon Frame: Lobbying For Renewable Energy In The European Union, Kyle S. Herman

Master's Theses

This paper demonstrates how using the word "carbon" within global warming debates severely impedes lobbyists in favor of building stronger renewable energy policies in the European Union (EU). Within the EU, carbon is widely used to speak about many of the perils of climate change, global warming, energy policy, and contingent subject matters. In political circles, media outlets, and public debates, carbon acts a the pillar for many policies, discussions, and ideas related to fundamental errors of transferring energy from fossil fuels and nuclear sources. At the same time, however, limiting carbon does not necessarily preclude fossil fuels, such as …

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Class Notes, Georgia Southern University Dec 2011

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

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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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Landsat Remote Sensing Data As An Alternative Approach For Geological Mapping In Tanzania: A Case Study In The Rungwe Volcanic Province, South-Western Tanzania, E. E. Mshiu Dec 2011

Landsat Remote Sensing Data As An Alternative Approach For Geological Mapping In Tanzania: A Case Study In The Rungwe Volcanic Province, South-Western Tanzania, E. E. Mshiu

Tanzania Journal of Science

Rungwe Volcanic Province (RVP) is mostly covered by extrusive rocks that overlain the Precambrian basement. The use of Landsat data in this area has revealed the need of effective use of these data in geological mapping programs in Tanzania. Landsat band ratios 5/1, 3/7, 5/7 and 5/4 as well as R: G: B composite images 7:4:1, 7:5:4, 1/3:5/7:3/5 and 4/5:6/7:4/6 played an important role in identifying different rock types in the study area. Ratio images managed clearly to distinguish between mafic and felsic rocks whereby two lithological blocks were identified, Block 1 covers a combination of intrusive and metamorphic rocks …

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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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Variability In Parasites’ Community Structure And Composition In Cat Fish With Respect To Level Of Pollution In Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Tanzania, C. J. Mwita Dec 2011

Variability In Parasites’ Community Structure And Composition In Cat Fish With Respect To Level Of Pollution In Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Tanzania, C. J. Mwita

Tanzania Journal of Science

This study investigated the composition and structure of the parasite communities in Cat fish with respect to levels of water pollution in Lake Victoria. A total of 1071 Clarias gariepinus with mean TL range of 19 to 27 cm were analyzed from three localities in Mwanza Gulf (Kirumba, 298 fish infected with 15 parasite species), Nyegezi (376 fish, with 15 parasites species) and Malimbe (397 fish, with 16 parasites species). Trematodes and nematodes dominated the population with six (35.3%) and five (29.4%) species, respectively. Mean species richness and heteroxenous/monoxenous ratio showed significant changes (Fr = 8.000; p = 0.0046), being …

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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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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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Contact Metamorphism In The Supracrustal Rocks Of The Sukumaland Greenstone Belt In The North West Tanzania, N. Boniface Dec 2011

Contact Metamorphism In The Supracrustal Rocks Of The Sukumaland Greenstone Belt In The North West Tanzania, N. Boniface

Tanzania Journal of Science

Biotite-granite intrusions in meta-ironstones at Geita Hills and the Bukoli alkali-granite intrusion in metabasites at Mawemeru area produced heat that baked the respective country rocks through epidote-amphibolite- to amphibolite-facies. Critical and informative mineral assemblages in the metairostones of Geita Hills are garnet-grunerite-epidote-quartz and garnetferrogedrite- biotite-quartz and in the metabasites of Mawemeru is ferrotschermakite-(Naplagioclase)- quartz. Peak temperatures ranging between 438°C and 544°C were calculated from the above mineral assemblages and a pressure not exceeding 3 kbar was inferred to from the composition of magnesium-iron amphiboles (grunerite with XFe ratio of 0.83, i.e. Gru83). Hornfels textures in the metaironstones are suggested by …

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Identification Of Clay Minerals Of The Eastern Southern Region Of Lake Victoria By Ethylene Glycol And Heat: X-Ray Diffraction And Infrared Spectroscopy Studies, E. H. J. Lugwisha Dec 2011

Identification Of Clay Minerals Of The Eastern Southern Region Of Lake Victoria By Ethylene Glycol And Heat: X-Ray Diffraction And Infrared Spectroscopy Studies, E. H. J. Lugwisha

Tanzania Journal of Science

The effect of glycol and heat on some clay minerals of the eastern southern region of Lake Victoria in Tanzania has been studied. First, Whole Rock Powder mount XRD analysis was carried out at the measuring range 2 # ranging between 2o – 65o. Four non-clay minerals found in samples were Na-feldspar, K-feldspar, pyrope and quartz. Oriented clay mineral XRD analysis diffractograms were developed when the air-dried samples were diffracted in measuring range 2# between 2oo – 32o. Main clay mineral groups found in the samples were kaolinite, illite and montmorillonite. After glycolating the samples, it was evident that kaolinite …

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Host-Parasites Relationship For Lake Victoria Clariid Fishes And Their Parasite Fauna, C. J. Mwita Dec 2011

Host-Parasites Relationship For Lake Victoria Clariid Fishes And Their Parasite Fauna, C. J. Mwita

Tanzania Journal of Science

Host-parasite co-evolutionary relationships for the clariid fish species of the Lake Victoria basin and their parasite fauna was inferred by cytochrome b gene and the 18S rDNA using ‘a strict coevolutionary’ constrained tree method, the results of which revealed a phylogenetic incongruence between the fish hosts and their parasite fauna. The present study further indicated that the sympatric association between the clariid hosts and non-clariid fishes in Lake Victoria makes it possible for the parasites to switch from one host to another and hence the large number of shared parasites observed. The specificity of some of the parasites, e.g. Diplostomum …

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Onshore Ballast Water Treatment Stations : A Harbour Specific Vector Management Proposition, Lawrence A. Kuroshi Dec 2011

Onshore Ballast Water Treatment Stations : A Harbour Specific Vector Management Proposition, Lawrence A. Kuroshi

World Maritime University Dissertations

The discharge of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens (HAOP) found in ships ballast water from one port environment to another can have severe ecological, environmental and economic consequences, especially when they transform into marine pests. This informs the necessity to investigate treatment options that could curtail the transfer of these organisms from a source harbour. An alternative to the conventional Ballast Water Treatment Systems is investigated and proposed in this study- it entails the onshore treatment of host port water before it is loaded as ballast water into ships. The study covered sampling of Port Harcourt Harbour water in Nigeria. …

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The Ship Arrest Conventions Of 1952 And 1999 : International And Ukrainian Perspectives, Nadiya Isikova Dec 2011

The Ship Arrest Conventions Of 1952 And 1999 : International And Ukrainian Perspectives, Nadiya Isikova

World Maritime University Dissertations

The dissertation is an analytical study on international and Ukrainian perspective of the ship arrest, examining the rights and interests of claimants such as mortgagees and holders of maritime liens, but also those of shipowners and ship operators. The purpose of this research is to compare two Arrest Conventions of 1952 and 1999, taking into consideration their historical and theoretical development, problems of implementation and interpretation, differences in the list of individual maritime claims, procedures and rules regarding arrest, rearrest, release and counter security. The associated object is to carry out an assessment of the law of Ukraine on ship …

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Underwater Timber Harvesting On The Volta Lake : Implications For The Environment And Transportation, Nana Raymond Lawrence. Ofosu-Boateng Dec 2011

Underwater Timber Harvesting On The Volta Lake : Implications For The Environment And Transportation, Nana Raymond Lawrence. Ofosu-Boateng

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation is a study of the ramifications of underwater timber harvest for the environment and marine transport safety. The study is focused on the Volta Lake, located in Ghana. The work begins with a brief account of underwater timber harvesting in other parts of the world. Particular attention is paid to the modus operandi employed in the harvest and the effects for the country or region where this is taking place. A summary of the benefits and problems of underwater timber harvest is noted, following the selected global account. The dissertation then narrates the history of how timber came …

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The Current Picture And The Future Vision Of The Ship Recycling Industry : The Contributions Of Japan To Achieving Sustainable, Safe And Environmentally Sound Recycling Of Ships, Yasuhiro Urano Dec 2011

The Current Picture And The Future Vision Of The Ship Recycling Industry : The Contributions Of Japan To Achieving Sustainable, Safe And Environmentally Sound Recycling Of Ships, Yasuhiro Urano

World Maritime University Dissertations

First of all, as a basis of the discussion in this dissertation, the international regulatory instruments which cover ship recycling industry, namely, the Basel Convention, 1989 and the Hong Kong Convention, 2009, are examined focusing on their essential principles and limitations. Second, the present conditions of the ship recycling industry in the Indian subcontinent are investigated in order to make clear the problems to be addressed. The focus of the investigation is set on ships’ potential hazards, environmental risks of the beaching method, hazardous waste flow, workers’ occupational safety and health, and causes of substandard recycling operations. Furthermore, the key …

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