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Joseph Tomlinson, Plaintiff/Appellant, V. Doug Knight Construction, Inc., Defendant/Appellee Doug Knight Construction, Inc., Picture Perfect Stone Masonry; And Akita Construction, Inc., Cross-Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

Brief of Cross-Appellee, Superior Insulation Company, Inc.

Potentiality Of A Shipbuilding Industry In South Africa : Regulation Or No Regulation, Khethukuphila Sabelo Ngubane

World Maritime University Dissertations

The shipbuilding industry is undoubtedly critical for the economic growth with the offshore market still proving to be the increasingly important market segment of the industry. The industry is labour and capital intensive. The shipbuilding’s ability to contribute towards economic growth enables developing nations to create new job opportunities for local citizens, and as a result reducing poverty. South Africa is a developing nation that is faced with a high unemployment rate of 25%, and has identified the ocean economy as a potential driver to stimulate and sustain economic growth through the marine transport manufacturing industry. However, recent figures in …

Analysis Of Productivity In Dredging Project : A Case Study In Port Of Tanjung Perak Surabaya – Indonesia, Tiggi P. Hardya

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

South African Owned Shipping And Potential Benefit For South Africa : A Ship Owners’ Perspective, Tebogo Gift Mabiletsa

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of The Implementation Of The Kenya National Electronic Single Window System On Trade Facilitation /, Mwanaulu Issa Mwajita

World Maritime University Dissertations

This research analyses the impact in Kenya of the use of the Kenya National Electronic Single Window System by trade stakeholders. The study investigates the role that the establishment of the Single Window System (SWS) plays in improving the efficiency of the cargo clearance process. It also analyses the benefits and challenges that the trade stakeholders have experienced from the onset of the SWS roll-out. This research highlights relevant issues related to trade facilitation and presents an overview on the SWS as one of the tools for trade facilitation. A review of the background of trade facilitation and the relevant …

Seafarer Training In Somalia As A Deterrent To Piracy, Koki Matsushima

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Existing Conventions And Unmanned Ships - Need For Changes?, Tomotsugu Noma

World Maritime University Dissertations

Driven by ambitious technological developments in automation, statistical figures illustrating that up to ninety per cent of maritime accidents are caused directly or indirectly by Human Element and last but not least by the aspiration to make shipping cos-effective, there are numerous ongoing research and technological developments to realize unmanned ships. In the light of those recent developments this dissertation studies if there is a necessity for changes of existing conventions when introducing unmanned ships into the current maritime transportation system. ’Unmanned ships’ is new trend and there are a lot of ongoing projects. However, there are still many topics …

The Status Quo Of Vietnam’S Logistics, The Opportunities And Challenges To Become The Regional Transshipment Hubs, Duong Anh Minh

World Maritime University Dissertations

In this dissertation, the author would like to identify the role of logistics in Vietnamese economy and its importance to the overall development strategy of Vietnam. In addition, this dissertation also explores strong and weak points of logistics systems and suggests measurements to mitigate harmful impacts. The goal is to attract more investment and improve the competitiveness comparing with neighboring South East Asia countries. The cost-benefit of highway investment will also be analyzed to assess the effectiveness of the project. Two additional case studies are provided in the last chapter as examples of port development in other Asia countries.

An Application Of Accimap To Identify And Analyse The Causes Of The Eastern Star And Sewol Casualties, Yanning Jiang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Hinterland Transport On Port Operational Performance : A Jordanian Case, Anas Saleh Mohammad Alamoush

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Effectiveness Of State-Owned Shippers’ Councils : The Case Of The Ghana Shippers’ Authority, Helena Claudia Amanfu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Selection Signatures In Four Lignin Genes From Switchgrass Populations Divergently Selected For In Vitro Dry Matter Digestibility, Shiyu Chen, Shawn M. Kaeppler, Kenneth P. Vogel, Michael D. Casler

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Switchgrass is undergoing development as a dedicated cellulosic bioenergy crop. Fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol in a bioenergy system or to volatile fatty acids in a livestock production system is strongly and negatively influenced by lignification of cell walls. This study detects specific loci that exhibit selection signatures across switchgrass breeding populations that differ in in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), ethanol yield, and lignin concentration. Allele frequency changes in candidate genes were used to detect loci under selection. Out of the 183 polymorphisms identified in the four candidate genes, twenty-five loci in the intron regions and four loci …

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 31, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Capacity Of The Implementation Of Ballast Water Management Convention In Sri Lanka As Flag State, Port State And Coastal State, Thalatha Sreeni Ranasinghe

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Startup Elsewhere, Michaela Ross

Capstones

Immigrants have made outsized contributions to American innovation and entrepreneurship, but the headwinds they face in the U.S. are now driving them to return to their native countries to startup their tech companies.

U.S. immigrants make up only 13% of the country’s overall population, but they have filed over a quarter of the country’s global patent applications, won a third of America’s Nobel prizes in the sciences in the last hundred years and make up over half of all computer science Ph.D. students in U.S. universities. Immigrants also build businesses at twice the rate of native-born Americans, and over the …

Samoiniciativno Preoblikovanje Dela: Vpliv Na Zavzetost In Emocionalno Pripadnost Zaposlenih, Jani Pintar, Katarina Katja Mihelič

Economic and Business Review

Through self-initiated changes in their work (job crafting), employees can see greater meaning in their work than they would otherwise and thus fulfil their mission. Such an approach to work increases the individual's motivation, satisfaction and work performance, which in turn has a positive impact on work organisation. In the article, we examine the extent to which employees with different levels of education and number of years of work experience reshape their work and the consequences of the three dimensions of job crafting (changing tasks, relationships and cognitions). The analysis of a sample of 224 employees in organisations in Slovenia …

Masthead

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

No abstract provided.

Exploring Students’ Perceptions Of The Connection Between Personal Effort And Academic Performance, Kimberly Kinsey Mannahan, Jennifer P. Gray

Georgia Educational Researcher

The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between students’ perceptions of the link between personal effort and academic performance to promote effective pedagogy, contributing to the potential for increased retention/progression/graduation rates. Based on Treisman’s (2013) assertion that students do not connect hard work with success, the researchers hypothesized that students would fail to connect the level of effort (as measured by motivation, effort, attendance, attention/engagement, and reading the textbook) they invested in a course with performance in the course (as measured by expected course grade). A mixed-methods survey containing both quantitative and qualitative measures of effort was …

Leaving Home, Keeping The Faith, Damian J. Geminder

Capstones

This capstone explores how outreach to immigrant and non-English-speaking communities is vital to the health of the American Catholic Church.

How Can We Build A Moral Robot?, Kristen E. Clark

Capstones

Artificial intelligence is already starting to drive our cars and make choices that affect the world economy. One day soon, we’ll have robots that can take care of our sick and elderly, and even rescue us in rescue us in emergencies. But as robots start to make decisions that matter—it’s raising questions that go far beyond engineering. We’re stating to think about ethics.

Bertram Malle and Matthias Scheutz are part of a team funded by the department of defense. It's their job to answer a question that seems straight out of a sci-fi novel: How can we build a moral …

The Policy Exploration Of The South African Exclusive Economic Zone /, Thulile Khanyile

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Oil Spill Preparedness In Sweden : Prevention, Planning, And Response For Large Accidents, Jonas Pålsson

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation has analysed the Swedish oil spill preparedness between 2010 and 2015 by examining management, prevention, planning and response, and compared it to international practices. The study is based on analysis of available data, surveys administered to the coastal County Administrative Boards and municipalities, and interviews with the national oil spill experts.

Oil spills can cause significant acute damage to the environment. Sweden has a long coastline with intense shipping traffic. This suggests a high risk of a large oil spill occurring, but no oil spill over 1,200 tonnes has affected the Swedish territorial waters or Exclusive Economic Zone. …

Private Ownership Of Shipping Lines In Ghana : The Challenges And The Way Forward, Priscilla Akua Afful

World Maritime University Dissertations

Private Shipping Line is a business venture in the shipping industry that Ghana cannot boast of as compared to the ports in the country and as such the research seeks to delineate the challenges associated with private ownership of shipping lines in Ghana and the way forward towards the future.

An account is given on the challenges of private ownership of shipping lines which takes into consideration the challenges faced by the national shipping line which led to its demise. Policies made by government are assessed and examined to determine their effects on private entities. A number of solutions are …

Legal Framework And Mechanism Of Marine Fisheries Subsidies In The Aspects Of International Trade And Sustainable Development, Adijaya Yusuf, Melda Kamil Ariadno, Arie Afriansyah

Indonesia Law Review

Issues in fisheries have been regulated in various international conventions. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS 1982) has builta regime in the field of conservation and management of fishery resources based upon maritime zones or fish species that exist and available in this zone. However, UNCLOS 1982 only focuses on the issue of fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the high seas, thus it was not sufficient to overcome the problems of high frequent of fishing in maritime zones which are fully subject to the jurisdiction of coastal states, such as in …

Multiple Authorisation: The Legal Complexity Of Desentralisasi In Indonesia And The Potential Contribution Of Iias In Reducing Confusion, Michael Ewing-Chow, Junianto James Losari

Indonesia Law Review

Decentralisation system in Indonesia was introduced after the fall of the former President Soeharto with the objective of ensuring good governance and equitable development across all regions in the country. Unfortunately, the implementation of desentralisasi has been complicated. Some scholars have suggested that the model was flawed as it did not consider Indonesia’s context of less developed administrative institutions in the regions. Not only did desentralisasi cause headaches for the government, it also created confusion for foreign investors. Consequently, it affects the investment climate in the country and undermines the perception of Indonesia as an attractive place to invest in. …

The Utility Of Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test In Detecting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome With Clinical Stage, Nerve Conduction Study, And Sonography Correlations, Lin-Yi Wang, Jyun-Ying Li, Yu-Chi Huang, Mei-Yun Liaw, Tsung-Hsun Yang, Yi-Jung Hsin, Willie Lee, Jui-Kun Chang, Ya-Ping Pong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Background and purpose: Nerve conduction study (NCS) and ultrasonography (US) are used to support the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The ability of the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test (SWMT), a sensibility threshold test, to detect CTS, and its relationship to clinical severity, NCS, and US, remain controversial. We conducted this study to address this controversy. Method: Thirty-three patients presenting with typical symptoms and signs of CTS and 20 normal subjects were enrolled. SWMT on the index finger, NCS, and US of the cross-sectional area of the median nerve at the pisiform level (PCSA) were performed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves …

Automatic Detection And Quantification Of Bluff Erosion Events In Single Image Series, Martin D. Hellwig

Graduate Masters Theses

Many communities along coastlines and riverbanks are threatened by water erosion and hence an accurate model to predict erosion events is needed in order to plan mitigation strategies. Such models need to rely on readily available meteorological data that may or may not be correlated with the occurrence of erosion events. In order to accurately study these potential correlations, researchers need a quantified time series index indicating the occurrence and magnitude of erosion in the studied area. We show that such an index can be obtained by creating and analyzing a single image series using relatively cheap consumer grade digital …

Examining Sociological Differences And The Influence Of Prey Distribution And Environmental Variability In The Distribution Of A Top Marine Predator, The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus), Stefanie K. Gazda

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the influence of environmental variability on the distribution of prey, and the influence of prey spatial structure and habitat variability may have on the distributions of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Additionally I examined how sociological differences (behavior type and the changes in a foraging behavior specific to Cedar Key Florida) influences the relative roles of bottlenose dolphins within the population.

The Gowans et al. scheme assumes that small groups form small communities and that foraging groups are small and rare as there are few foraging benefits to promote grouping. Using network analysis, …

A Herpetological Inventory Of Naval Air Station Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, Jonathan P. Rose, Oliver J. Miano, Gary R. Cottle, Robert E. Lovich, Robert L. Palmer, Brian D. Todd

Western North American Naturalist

Much of the western United States is managed by state and federal agencies for multiple uses, including recreation, grazing, extraction, and defense. Biological inventories are integral to proper management and conservation of biodiversity on these lands. We surveyed for amphibians and reptiles occurring on Naval Air Station Fallon (NAS Fallon), Nevada, USA, using a variety of methods. We documented the presence of a majority of the amphibian and reptile species native to this region of the Great Basin. We found 5 species on NAS Fallon that are listed as Species of Conservation Priority by the Nevada Department of Wildlife: the …

Determinants Of Firm Innovation In Indonesia: The Role Of Institutions And Access To Finance, Edo Mahendra, Ubaidillah Zuhdi, Ratnawati Muyanto

Economics and Finance in Indonesia

This paper investigates the determinants of firm innovation in Indonesia. Using quality of local regulations index constructed by the Indonesia's Regional Autonomy Watch (KPPOD) as measure of institutions, We found that better institutional quality at the local level was associated with more innovation and that firms experiencing major obstacle in access to finance were less likely to innovate. Access to finance is more critical for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) whereas institutional quality is more important for large firms. The positive impact of better institutions on innovation is asymmetrically distributed. Better local institutional quality disproportionately benefited non-constrained firms.