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“Titirangi Is The Mountain”: Representing Maori Community In Auckland, Daniel Rosenblatt

Pacific Studies

Although “culture movements” of the sort that have become increasingly common in the Pacific and elsewhere are reactions and responses to colonialism and globalization, and are often at least partly inspired by imported models, they nevertheless have locally (culturally) specific content and effects. This is because the things that are “revived” are always grounded in particular local institutions, genres of practice, traditions of interpretation, and modes of expression. Form in these cases carries content, and the content is for that reason rooted in local socially inherited traditions. Contemporary New Zealand Maori liken urban communities to those based on kinship, and …

Aerospace Expeditionary Force Implementation And The Effect On Team Cohesion, Michael J. Zuhlsdorf

Theses and Dissertations

A statistical analysis of deployed and deploying airmen was conducted to provide insight and defensible support for Aerospace Expeditionary Force Center commanders to base teaming initiatives and policy decisions. To ensure that the results of this research are applicable across the Air Force, the research examined the effect of the Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment process, comprised of individual anxiety, group unity, and work-group characteristics, on team cohesion, deployment commitment, and team effectiveness. The sample obtained included 643 airmen who had deployed within a 12-month period or who were scheduled to deploy within the next 3-month period. The results of the …

Analysis Of Gps Satellite Allocation For The United States Nuclear Detonation Detection System (Usnds), Aaron J. Bell

Theses and Dissertations

We present an approach for identifying salient input features in high feature to exemplar ratio conditions. Basically we modify the SNR saliency-screening algorithm to improve the solution of the optimal salient feature subset problem. We propose that applying the SNR method to randomly selected subsets (SRSS) has a superior potential to identify the salient features than the traditional SNR algorithm has. Two experimental studies are provided to demonstrate the consistency of the SRSS. In the first experiment we used a noise-corrupted version of the Fisher s Iris classification problem. The first experiment designed to prove the fidelity of the SRSS …

Review Of: Legalization And World Politics (Judith L. Goldstein Et Al. Eds.), James Pross

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: Legalization and World Politics (Judith L. Goldstein et al., eds., MIT Press 2001). Preface, Bibliographic References. ISBN 0-262-57151-X [319 pp. $24.95. Paper, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142- 1493].

Review Of: Peter Hoffman, Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, And The Prospects For A Cleaner Planet, William H. Shaw Iii

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: Peter Hoffman, Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet (MIT Press 2001). Illustrations, Foreword, Acknowledgments, Notes, Index. ISBN 0-262-08295-0 [289 pp. $32.95. Cloth, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142- 1493].

Comparing Bottled Water And Tap Water: Experiments In Risk Communication, Branden B. Johnson

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author discusses results of experiments in risk communication comparing bottled water and tap water.

世貿組織與貿易相關投資措施協定與跨國投資之規定問題, 王泰銓, 楊士慧

CAPS Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.

兩岸入世貿後智慧財產權爭議解決之探討, 王琇慧

CAPS Working Paper Series

兩岸經過十多年來漫長的努力終於在今年一起進入WTO，對兩岸而言均是歷史上新頁，審視成立WTO 之目的，乃在提倡自由貿易精神、卻除關稅障礙，強調開放市場，分享經濟主權，並就會員國彼此間因不同的規範制度所引發之相關爭議，尋求共同的解決機制，因此，兩岸入世後，對於相關智慧財產權之爭議解決途逕除了原有的一般個案爭訟、雙方諮商模式外'WTO 協定並提供一多邊之爭端解決機制(爭端解決規則與程序瞭解書(UNDERSTANDING ON RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SEffiEMENT OF DISPUTE，簡稱WTO-DSU) 。

WTO 向有「經濟聯合國」的類稱，台灣在加入九叮O 後，首須了解WTO 所有之規範'尤其在發生國與國間或跨國之爭端事件時，對於WTO-DSU 多邊爭端解決的規則與操作，更須清礎、熟悉，才能避免錯誤並確保自身權益。由於種種環境因素，有關兩岸的雙方諮商無法擴展開來，因此，於兩岸均入世貿後，有認為將可透過WTO-DSU 之多邊爭端解決方式，為兩岸的對話閉關另一扇窗口，果如此，是否意味著制後對兩岸有關智慧財產權爭議的解決，可迴避雙邊諮商，而將之改置於WTO-DSU 多邊爭端解決模式來處理?應值得探討。

入世後瓊台農業項下自由貿易展望, 李昌邦

CAPS Working Paper Series

1998年3月，中國(海南)改革發展研究院正式提出“關於實行瓊台農業項下自由貿易的建議報告”。 這項建議的提出，曾在海內外產生反響，但由於種種原因，未能實施，今天當中國和中國臺灣先後加入WTO 之後，此項建議，是否還有價值，是否可行，在新形勢下如何推動，本文將對這些問題進行探討。

中國大陸加入世貿組織對大陸經濟發展之影響, 田君美

CAPS Working Paper Series

WTO 是世界最大的多邊貿易組織，是各國與國際經濟體系聯系與合作的重要橋梁，多年來WTO 致力於推行商品和服務貿易自由化、知識產權保護和貿易法規公開化等，通過貿易政策審議機制和爭端解決機制，對世界貿易和投資產生著重大影響。由於世界貿易組織是一個以市場經濟及公平貿易為基礎的多邊貿易體制，而中國大陸經濟體制是20 餘年來，從計劃經濟體制調整到社會主義市場經濟體制，因此，在加入WTO 後其政府、企業及各產業均必須面對市場開放與競爭的衝擊。本文將從經濟制面、產業面及總體經濟面等觀點，探討中國大陸加入WTO以後，到大陸經濟發展之影響。

兩岸工業部門國際分工程度之比較分析, 吳中峻

CAPS Working Paper Series

本文擬從長期的資料著手，首先以產業內貿易指數觀察兩岸貿易型態與國際分工的變化情形，接著針對產業內貿易指數的缺點提出疑問，並配合貿易專業化係數或質易特殊化係數(Trade Specialization Coefficient, TSC) 重新定義國際分工型態。由TSC值進一步觀察兩岸歷年對全球貿易中，工業部門的國際分工型態，並以「雁行」理論，探討兩岸產業的發展關{系。

本文共分陸節，除前言外，第貳節是圓際貿易與國際分工型態的文獻回顧，第參節敘述貿易資料來源與國際分工指標，第肆富有分析臺灣地區國際貿易與分工型態時間趨勢，第伍節說明臺灣地區產業政策與國際分工型態反轉的形成，最後則是結論。

加入Wto對台灣與大陸證券業之衝擊與因應, 吳桂燕

CAPS Working Paper Series

根據WTO議程，大陸將於2001 年年底加入WTO。而依據主要會員國之共識，台灣亦將隨後入會。兩岸入會後，首先將被迫往開放的方向調整，在金融服務業亦將面臨開放問題。台灣與大陸未來皆必須逐步開放金融市場，金融業包括銀行業、證券業、保險業等皆將受到外國金融業激烈的競爭，而兩岸間金融往來亦將可能發生。在全球金融化的趨勢下，競爭將愈趨激烈，尤其來自國外的金融業，挾持龐大的資金與經驗豐富的人力資源，將對兩岸金融業的經營與發展產生巨大的衝擊與影響。其次，兩岸面對入會後最大的挑戰是人才的競爭，尤其金融服務業人才爭奪戰將是中國入會後不可避免的趨勢。

Economic Crisis In South East Asia : A Study Of Implications For Global Economy By Surendra S Yadav And P K Jain, Hindustan Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 2000., Pradeep Banerjee

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

兩岸入會後的金融新情勢, 薛琦

CAPS Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.

University Reporter - Vol. 06, No. 07 - March 2002, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

A Revaluation Of Pasolini's Salò, A. Robert Lauer

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his study "A Revaluation of Pasolini's Salò" A. Robert Lauer argues that in his last film, Salò o Le centoventi giornate di Sodoma, Pasolini deals specifically with Fascism as substance and system, as well as -- structurally and intentionally -- with the Sadeanism of Les 120 Journées de Sodome. Morever, as a self-consuming artifact, in Salò Pasolini condemns simultaneously the excesses and failures of the postmodern state and advances the concept of a new peratology based on a greater sense of personal and historical responsibility. To demonstrate his points, Lauer refers to four cinematographic techniques that …

Architects & Antiquities, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the exhibit of illustrated architectural books from the collections of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. The exhibit focused on the career of South Carolina architect Robert Mills (1781-1855), now best-known as architect of the Washington Monument. Several of the titles were among those that Mills himself listed as influencing his development as an architect, while other represented the major schools of architectural influence from which he drew his work.

Courting Desire And The (Al)Lure Of David E. Kelley's Ally Mcbeal, Kathleen Kelly Baum

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article"Courting Desire and the (Al)lure of David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal" Kathleen Kelly Baum compares the tropes of desire and the law in David E. Kelley's television series Ally McBeal with similar motifs extracted from Lacanian theory. In her study, Baum explores the psychological and social implications of thematic characterizations and situations from the television series' five seasons by engaging Lacan's premise that subjective identity results from an economic relation between self and other -- a relation that is continuously mediated by symbolization and governed by social mores and cultural imperatives. In addition, Baum traces ways in which …

Literary Translation In Britain And Selective Xenophobia, Eric Dickens

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Literary Translation in Britain and Selective Xenophobia," Eric Dickens discusses the fact that fewer translations of works of contemporary prose, poetry, and essays appear in Great Britain than perhaps anywhere else in Europe. Dickens attributes this shortfall to various factors, including poor language teaching and an indifference to foreign languages in general, but also to a degree of smugness with regard to literature written in English being "the best in the world." In his study Dickens covers such areas as the availability of literary translations in bookshops, the attitudes of publishers, and the effect of prizes on …

Community-Based Targeting Mechanisms For Social Safety Nets: A Critical Review, Jonathan H. Conning, Michael Kevane

Economics

This paper interprets case studies and theory on community involvement in beneficiary selection and benefit delivery for social safety nets. Several considerations should be carefully balanced in assessing the advantages of using community groups as targeting agents. First, gains from utilizing local information and social capital may be eroded by costly rent-seeking. Second, the potential improvement in targeting criteria from incorporating local notions of deprivation must be tempered by the possibility of program capture by local elites, and by the possibility that local preferences are not pro-poor. Third, intended outcomes may be undermined by unforeseen strategic targeting by local communities …

The Endogeneity Problem In Electoral Studies: A Critical Re-Examination Of Duverger's Mechanical Effect, Kenneth Benoit

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Studies of electoral law consequences typically treat electoral laws as exogenous factors affecting political party systems, even while acknowledging that political parties often tailor electoral institutions to suit their own distributional needs. This study represents a departure from that approach, directly examining one aspect of the endogeneity of electoral systems: the endogeneity of Duverger's ‘mechanical’ effect. Theory clearly posits that the Duvergerian ‘psychological’ effect of electoral rules occurs in anticipation of their reductive mechanical effect, yet in empirical models this endogenous character is typically ignored. In this paper I formalize the two types of Duvergerian effects of electoral laws in …

Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Betty Blodgett, Kevin Force, Jennifer Vaughan, Cate Weeks, Jonathan Paver

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

You Can Be A Leader Of The 21st Century, J. K. Kharbanda

Management Dynamics

No abstract provided.

Commercial Regional Space/Airborne Imaging, Ugur Akyazi, Ali Durmus, Birce Boga Bakirli, Arif Arin

Theses and Dissertations

In this work goal programming is used to solve a minimum cost multicommodity network flow problem with multiple goals. A single telecommunication network with multiple commodities (e.g., voice, video, data, etc.) flowing over it is analyzed. This network consists of: linear objective function, linear cost arcs, fixed capacities, specific origin-destination pairs for each commodity. A multicommodity network flow problem with goals can be successfully modeled using linear goal programming techniques. When properly modeled, network flow techniques may be employed to exploit the pure network structure of a multicommodity network flow problem with goals. Lagrangian relaxation captures the essence of the …

Thinking About Local Living Wage Requirements, Timothy J. Bartik

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

This paper reviews what we currently know about the benefits and costs of different varieties of a "living wage": a local government requirement, now adopted by over 50 local governments, for wages above the federal minimum imposed on employers with some financial link to the local government. The review includes economic theory, empirical research on local labor markets, and empirical research on the living wage. The paper concludes that moderate living wage requirements applied to the local government's own employees, and contractors' and grantees' employees who are funded by the local government, may do more good than harm. Excessive living …

Interpersonal Forgiveness In Elementary School-Aged Children, Susan M. Goss

Student Work

The purpose of this study was to extend the adolescent and adult research and assess how forgiveness develops in elementary school-aged children. Sixty-three children aged 7 to 12 reported how willing they would be to forgive three types of transgressions (emotional, physical, and property) involving an accidental or deliberate act, with or without an apology, and of either low or high severity. In addition, empathy, prosocial behavior, and religiosity were measured. Age, empathy, prosocial behavior, and religiosity were not related to willingness to forgive as had been expected. However, gender differences were found, with boys reporting a greater willingness to …

2002 March, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for March of 2002.

Real Money Balances And Production Efficiency: A Panel-Data Stochastic Production Frontier Study, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

This paper examines the effect of four alternative measures of real money balances on production efficiency using annual panels of 10 developed and 10 developing countries. Using maximum likelihood, separate stochastic production frontiers are estimated, along with the parameters of an equation relating technical inefficiency to real money balances. The results for the sample of developed economies indicate that increases in real simple-sum M1, simple-sum M2, Divisia M1, and Divisia M2 enhance efficiency in the production sector. On the other hand, in the sample of developing nations, there is no evidence that real money balances reduce technical inefficiency.

Native Wellness For The New Millennium: The Impact Of Gaming, Maria Napoli

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The challenges confronting Native people have been studied over the years. Their plight in dealing with alcoholism, colonization, poverty and health and mental health problems still exists outnumbering all other minority groups in the United States. For decades, Native people have relied upon the federal government to provide services, which were often not sensitive to Native values. During the last decade, gaming has given Native people have an avenue to enter higher education, develop tribal enterprises, tribal courts and health and mental health programs that meet the needs of their communities. Most importantly, Native people have reclaimed their independence. Since …

O'Odham Himdag As A Source Of Strength And Wellness Among The Tohono O'Odham Of Southern Arizona And Northern Sonora, Mexico, Teri Knutson Woods, Karen Blaine, Lauri Francisco

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Tohono O'odham are fostering strength and wellness in their community by translating increased economic self-sufficiency and resources derived from gaming into social, health, and educational services which maintain their tribal traditions, thereby providing an effective path toward the maintenance of cultural identity, or O'odham Himdag. Cultural identity serves as a source of client strength and as a protective factor contributing to client wellness. O'odham Himdag describes a way of life, encompassing Tohono O'odham culture. This article is a theoretical exploration of O'odham Himdag as a path toward cultural identity among the Tohono O'odham of Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, …