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The Real Option Theory Application In Ship Finance—Hb Company As An Example, Shang Ran

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Analysis On Global Special General Cargo Shipping Market, Xingyue Weng

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Research On Vertical Relationships Of Enterprises In The Shipping Industrial Chain, Rui Xie

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Portfolio Analysis Of Market Investments In Oil Tanker Transportation, Zeye Xu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Competitive Appraisal Of Shanghai Container Port In East Asian Regions, Leyi Yin

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Research On Simulation Of Rational Utilization Of Coal Berths At Qingdao Port, Fengming Yu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Research On The Planning Strategy Of Fangcheng Port Within Southwest Coastal Ports, Yiyi Yu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Measuring Port Performance Of Shanghai Yangshan Deep-Water Port By Using Dea Model With Ahp Restrain Cone, Wenjie Zhao

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Shenzhen Port Capacity Based On Queuing Theory, Xin Xu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Research On The Connection Of Contrainer Transport Between The Waterway And The Railway Along The Downstream Area Of Yangtze River, Wenjiang Qiu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Paxton, Creed Edgar, 1876-1958 (Sc 2284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2284. Letter, 1 February 1900, from Creed Paxton, Frankfort, Kentucky to his sister. At the time he was serving in the state militia during the contested election between William Goebel and William S. Taylor. His company was stationed in the Senate chambers of the state capitol building.

Counterterrorism Intelligence Analysis: Language As Threat, Vulnerability, And Risk, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the role of language in describing possible membership in or connection to al Qaeda.

Through The Looking Glass: Finding And Freeing Modern-Day Slaves At The State Level, Michelle L. Rickert

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article delves into the interaction between federal and state laws prohibiting human trafficking. The article advocates for comprehensive human trafficking laws at the state level, including police training, victim aftercare, forfeiture, and prosecution as essential elements. It looks comprehensively at the existing state laws prohibiting human trafficking. Additionally it examines the five existing models for state law and suggests benefits and potential improvements for each model. The article concludes y advocating a holistic law prohibiting human trafficking in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Spy Scandal: We Haven't Heard The Last Laugh Yet, Nicholas Hayes

University Chair in Critical Thinking Publications

No abstract provided.

The Positive- And Negative-Right Conceptions Of Freedom Of Speech And The Specter Of Reimposing The Broadcast Fairness Doctrine ... Or Something Like It, Adam Fowler

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A key theoretical debate underlying the now defunct Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulation known as the Fairness Doctrine is conflict over what constitutes the right to freedom of speech: a positive or negative conception. Similarly, since repeal of the Doctrine, other FCC measures to uphold the “public-interest” standard in broadcasting have relied on a positive conception of speech. This thesis demonstrates the history of this debate through court cases, news reports, scholarly articles and historical documents. It then is argued that the positive-right nature of these regulations is problematic philosophically, constitutionally and practically. The positive-right conception lends itself to an …

Spy High: The Secret Of Secret Russian Agents, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses Russian spying the United States, the psychology of espionage, and how spying as such may be part of the human condition.

Energy: A Review Of Federal And Indiana State Information Resources, Bert Chapman

Libraries Research Publications

Provides an overview of U.S. Government and Indiana State Government energy information resources.

Agriculture: A Review Of Federal And Indiana State Information Resources, Bert Chapman

Libraries Research Publications

Provides an overview of information resources on agriculture from the U.S. Government and Indiana State Government.

Defining International Terrorism: Historical Reality And The African Experience, Kwame B. Antwi-Boasiako

Faculty Publications

Violence is terror and terror is violence. Liberators, freedom fighters, revolutionaries and terrorists have all become labels of convenience. Terrorism, historically, has been institutionalized by some governments to their advantage. Academicians and politicians fail to agree on the issues surrounding terrorism hence defining terrorism has become an academic puzzle. The ambiguity in its definition has also contributed to lack of any universal comprehensive acceptable theory. The literature on terrorism by and large accused weaker nations of supporting terrorism. This paper argues otherwise by using the African experience, slavery and colonization, to question the literature on terrorism. Nations throughout history have …

Jim Butterfield, Nate Coe

International Faculty Researchers

Post-Cold War Russia has provided WMU political science professor Dr. Jim Butterfield with an exceptional model for conducting research on transition environments and the role civic initiative plays in defining the public agenda and addressing collective action dilemmas.

Jim Butterfield's website

World War I And The "System Of 1896", Robert P. Saldin

Political Science Faculty Publications

Realignment theory has long offered the primary framework for understanding American political history, particularly as it relates to the party system. The ‘‘System of 1896’’ is central to the theory and holds that William McKinley’s victory in that year ushered in a Republican-dominated era lasting until Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election in 1932. The 10 years of partial—and six years of total—Democratic control of Congress and the White House (1910–20) during this 36-year stretch (1896–1932) remains an anomaly among realignment theorists. I conduct content analyses of Democratic and Republican party documents and media commentary and find that World War I …

201018 Obiter Dicta: Fireworks In July 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

201019 Obiter Dicta: Mid-July 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

201020 Obiter Dicta: Late July 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Is Hong Kong Democratizing, Dexter S. Boniface, Ilan Alon

Faculty Publications

We argue that the transition to Chinese authority has not undermined democratic governance in Hong Kong and that voice and accountability have improved since the handover. We seek to explain this surprising result and conclude with a discussion of the implications of our findings for China, Taiwan, and cross-strait relations.

Perpetrators In Their Midst, David Akerson

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The two articles, “Another Human-Rights Irony at the U.N.” by Anne Applebaum and “UN Elects Rights Violators to Human Rights Council” by Edith Lederer, both set forth the problems encountered by the UN Human Rights Council and its predecessor, the Human Rights Commission. Namely, that member states with notorious human rights records will exploit the Council to their political advantage. As Applebaum points out in her article, “authoritarian regimes have long battled to join the council...the better to prevent any outsiders from investigating their own governments.”

July Roundtable: The Un And Human Rights Introduction

Human Rights & Human Welfare

An annotation of:

“Another human-rights irony at the U.N.” by Anne Applebaum. The Washington Post. May 4, 2010.

and

“UN elects rights violators to Human Rights Council” by Edith M. Lederer. Associated Press. May 13, 2010.

Human Rights Abusers, The Human Rights Council, And The Un, James Pattison

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The predecessor to the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Human Rights, had several notable failings. These included double standards in the selection of which states were to be subject to scrutiny, membership of the Commission by states notable for their egregious human rights records, and the shielding of the P5 members of the Security Council and their allies from criticism. The Human Rights Council, it was hoped, would avoid these flaws and, in doing so, push human rights further up the UN agenda. For instance, the General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/251, which set up the Council, claimed that the Council’s …

The Chilean Left In Power: Achievements, Failures, And Omissions, Evelyne Huber, Jennifer Pribble, John D. Stephens

Political Science Faculty Publications

In his introduction to this volume, Weyland locates the administrations of Socialist Presidents Ricardo Lagos (2000-06) and Michelle Bachelet (2006- 2010) closest to the moderate pole among current leftist governments in Latin America. We concur and hope to contribute to the discussion by elucidating the sources of this moderation and examining the performance of these governments in the areas of political management, economic policies, and social policies and labor market reforms. The Lagos and Bachelet governments have pursued similar market-friendly economic policies to their predecessors. Although both presidents have made important progress in overcoming the political institutionallegacies of Augusto Pinochet's …

Landmarks, Portents, Or Just Curves In The Road?, Carol Nackenoff

Political Science Faculty Works

No abstract provided.