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Boscarato, Ilan. "Integration of catalytic technology into marine engine pollution abatement system." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trieste, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10077/4501.
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2009/2010La ricerca condotta nel presente lavoro di tesi è stata condotta nell’ambito del progetto ECOMOS. Il progetto consiste in ricerca di base e ricerca applicata e lo scopo del lavoro era sviluppate tecnologie innovative per l’abbattimento degli inquinanti gassosi prodotti da motori marini. In tal senso il lavoro è stato condotto su due filoni principali: - Uno riguardante la ricerca di base, in cui sono stati verificati gli effetti del supporto su catalizzatori a base di argento operanti in condizioni di miscela magra utilizzando un idroreattore catalitico. - Uno riguardante la ricerca applicata, che ha richiesto l’analisi e razionalizzazione dello stato dell’arte circa l’abbattimento delle emissioni gassose inquinanti nel settore marino allo scopo di proporre un modello di sistema integrato per l’abbattimento; la verifica della fattibilità della proposta utilizzando catalizzatori modello a base di platino; lo studio del disegno e la costruzione di un impianto micro pilota su scala di laboratorio per l’abbattimento delle emissioni di un motore marino facente uso di catalizzatori a base di Pt/Al2O3 ed infine la realizzazione di un impianto pilota con la collaborazione di Cetena. I principali risultati ottenuti possono essere riassunti in: - Ricerca di base: o Il supporto risulta avere un forte effetto sull’attività catalitica o L’attività catalitica può essere modificata scegliendo l’opportuno supporto o La resistenza all’avvelenamento provocato dalla presenza di zolfo nei gas può essere aumentata tramite l’introduzione di zirconia nel supporti, ma ulteriori test sono necessari per razionalizzare completamente quanto osservato - Ricerca applicata: o Il catalizzatore a base di platino supportato su allumina, Pt/Al2O3, ha dimostrato di essere stabile ed attivo anche in presenza di elevate concentrazioni di SO2 nella fase gassosa suggerendo la possibilità di utilizzo nel settore marino. o È stato identificato un inaspettato fenomeno di condensazione, per la cui completa caratterizzazione sono richiesti ulteriori test. o Acqua ed anidride carbonica hanno effetti limitati sull’ossidazione dell’ossido di azoto mentre sopprimono la reazione di condensazione. o La presenza di idrocarburi sopprime l’ossidazione di NO o I test sull’impianto pilota di laboratorio hanno dimostrato che il catalizzatore scelto è attivo nell’ossidazione di NO, ma si conferma la necessità di ossidare prima tutti gli HC. o È stata confermata la necessità di ossidare No ad NO2 qualora si vogliano abbattere le emissioni di ossidi di azoto tramite assorbimento in acqua di mare mentre si è confermata l’efficacia per l’abbattimento di SO2. o L’impianto di laboratorio ha consentito il dimensionamento del catalizzatore per l’impianto pilota. o I problemi riscontrati nell’impianto di laboratorio hanno suggerito modifiche che sono state applicate all’impianto pilota.
The research conducted in the present thesis was carried out within the framework of the ECOMOS project. The project consists of basic and applied research and overall scope of the work was to develop novel marine pollution abatement technologies. Accordingly, the work was carried out along two main directions: - fundamental research, in which the effect of the support on lean deNOx activity of Ag-based catalyst were investigated using a catalytic microreactor; - and applied research, which involved a recognition and rationalization of the state of the art in marine pollution abatement to purpose a model of integrated system; the verification of the feasibility of the purpose, using a model Pt catalyst; the study of the design, of the layout and the construction and testing of a laboratory-scale plant for the abatement of emissions from marine engines using Pt / Al2O3 catalysts and the dimensioning of a pilot plant in collaboration with Cetena. The main results found on the two directions are summarized in the following lists: - Basic studies: HC SCR on Ag based catalyst: The support effect is clearly evidenced as a main contributor to catalytic activity; The activity can be tuned by using appropriate supports; The resistance to sulphur poisoning can be improved by the introduction of zirconia in the support, but further test are needed to fully address this observation; - Fundamental studies: The Pt/Al2O3 catalyst tested in the microreactor demonstrated activity and stablity even in the presence of high SO2 concentration suggesting the possibility of its use in the marine sector; An unexpected phenomenon was found, the condensation process in which NOx are dissolved in SO3 mists, which need further studies to be completely elucidated; H2O and CO2 have only small negative influence on the NO oxidation but suppress the condensation; HC suppress NO oxidation, the necessity of oxidising the HC before NO oxidation becomes effective, has been demonstrated; Pilot plant tests revealed that the Ecocat catalyst is active for NO oxidation but the need to oxidise all the carbonaceous species was again confirmed; The monolith has an activity comparable to that found in the microreactor studies using model mixtures. In this way activities of powdered catalysts could be related to honeycomb analogues; The need to oxidize NO to NO2 to favour the absorption into the scrubber was confirmed; The scrubber effectively abates SOx; The problems of crusting and the excessive pressure drop found in the micro scrubber provided indications on how to modify the pilot plant; The real plant design and construction has been completed, in cooperation with the industrial partners; The catalytic section was designed and completed; The pilot plant is now ready for the tests.
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Domson-Lindsay, Albert. "Towards a broader application of decision-making paradigms: a case study of the establishment of ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002981.
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The thesis in the main, looks at the decision-making process which underlined the Economic Community of West African States' attempt to end the Liberian crisis. It examines the establishment of ECOMOG to intervene in the Liberian civil crisis and the various pacific attempts to resolve the Liberian question. It does so through the medium of decision - making theory and some of the conceptual models that have flowed out of it. The thesis' focus on the decisional process of a regional body marks an attempt to broaden the scope of application of decision - making paradigms, which are usually employed to analyse decisions of national governments. The imperative for analysing the decisional process of ECOWAS in its quest to find solution to the Liberian problem has in part been dictated by the novelty of the ECOMOG concept. It marks the first major attempt of a sub - regional economic organization to successfully find solution to a civil conflict, as a result, there are numerous lessons to be gleaned from its failures and successes. Its relevance in the African context, with its intractable conflicts cannot be overemphasized. It has also been motivated by the fact that more works need to be produced on the decision-making processes of governments and regional bodies within the continent. The thesis argues that, both rational and "irrational" elements infused the decisional process of ECOW AS in its bid to solve the Liberian Crisis. Among other things, Policy-makers were influenced in their choice of decision by rational calculations based on national interest. It examines the clash of interests which characterized the establishment ofECOMOG as an tntervention force, the impasse this fostered and how it was eventually resolved. It postulates that exteljIlal actors influenced the decision process and that policy :Qiakers were aided to make the decisions they made by other organs in the decisional chain. The "irrational" component of the process, among other things, could be seen from the fact that the Liberian question was solved in " bits and pieces". Besides, blunders were committed through defective decision - making mechanism. The thesis concludes by offering suggestions to improve the quality of ECOW AS decision-making process with regard to conflict resolution and how to achieve regional consensus.
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Rodriguez, Caceres Esthefany Paola, Pezo Lucila Raquel Yarasca, Candia Johahn vincent Villagomez, Moreno Galvani Casseli Gavidia, and Vela Jeniffer Vanessa Vela. "ECOGAS." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655352.
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El objetivo del presente plan de negocios es la creación de la empresa ECOGAS, la cual se dedica al reciclaje de residuos orgánicos, ya sean generados en los hogares, restaurantes, mercados minoristas y mercados mayoristas, la cual serán recicladas y convertidas en gas natural al 100%, siendo una gran alternativa de consumo energético para los miles de hogares que buscan generar ahorro y generar menos acumulación de basura.
La generación de energía es un factor importante para su salud y la protección del medio ambiente, sin embargo, sin una buena implementación del modelo de negocio será imposible satisfacer dicha necesidad, la cual consideramos que es una gran oportunidad de negocio, ya que existe un mercado desatendido que no está cubierto por el gobierno central. Empezaremos brindando nuestro servicio a personas de 25 a 50 años de edad del NSE B y C, que practican el reciclaje empleando la tecnología de manera recurrente ya sea mediante celulares, computadoras y que tienen la necesidad de contar con un servicio de gas más económico y seguro. La publicidad que realizaremos a la empresa será básicamente en internet, con mayor enfoque en las redes sociales
Finalmente, en nuestro análisis financiero realizado como estudio de la empresa tenemos un costo de oportunidad del capital (COK) de 10.91% y un costo promedio ponderado de capital (WACC) de 9.32%. Por lo tanto, podemos concluir que, de acuerdo con los análisis realizados en el presente trabajo, el desarrollo de la empresa ECOGAS es viable económicamente.The objective of this proyect is the creation of the company ECOGAS, which is dedicated to the recycling of organic waste, whether generated in homes, restaurants, retail markets and wholesale markets, which will be recycled and converted into natural gas by 100%, being a great alternative for energy consumption for the thousands of homes that seek to generate savings and generate less accumulation of garbage. Power generation is an important factor for your health and the protection of the environment, however, without a good implementation of the business model it will be impossible to satisfy this need, which we consider to be a great business opportunity. Neglected market that is not covered by the central government. We will begin by providing our service to 25 to 50 year-old housewives, from NSE B and C, who practice recycling and who use technology on a recurring basis either through cell phones, computers and who have the need to have a cheaper and safer gas service. The advertising that we will carry out to the company will be basically on the internet, with a greater focus on social networks Finally, in our financial analysis carried out as a study of the company, we have an opportunity cost of capital (COK) of 10.91% and a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 9.32%. Therefore, we can conclude that, according to the analyzes carried out in this work, the development of the ECOGAS company is economically viable.
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Velasco, Juliana. "Regional Organizations and the Durability of Peace." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5882.
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This thesis investigates the role of regional organizations in peacemaking and peacekeeping, particularly on the effects of peace agreement duration. This is important because the United Nations has been traditionally seen as the default international peacekeeping force but recently, more responsibility is being given to regional organizations. This study hypothesizes that regional organizations' ability to clear commitment problems, create specific agreements, and willingness to enforce agreements make them the most effective third parties to deal with many conflicts. However, the study also hypothesizes that regional organizations are less fit to mediate conflicts based around ethnicity, identity, or religious disparities. By utilizing a mixture of logistic regression and case studies, the results illustrate that regional organizations are an essential asset to creating agreements that elongate the duration of peace. In testing for the partiality of regional organizations, the specifics of agreements made, the willingness and capabilities of enforcement, the reason for the conflict and the institutionalization of the organization, quantitative and qualitative results illustrate that regional organizations are a valid tool for conflict management.M.A.
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Kulendi, Yonny. "Security cooperation in Africa : lessons from ECOMOG /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA342226.
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Thesis (M.A. in International Security and Civil-Military Relations) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997."December 1997." Thesis advisor(s): Paul Stockton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-140). Also available online.
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Adebajo, Adekeye. "Pax Nigeriana? : ECOMOG in Liberia, 1990-1997." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310155.
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Olonisakin, 'Funmi. "Reinventing peacekeeping in Africa : conceptual and legal issues in ECOMOG operations /." The Hague ; London ; Boston : Kluwer law international, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb377396360.
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Ieropoulos, Ioannis A. "EcoBot : towards an energetically autonomous robot." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429696.
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S��nchez, Tello Jorge Carlos. "Inversi��n, flujos de capital y tipo de cambio real en Chile." Thesis, Universidad de las Am��ricas Puebla, 2012. http://catarina.udlap.mx/u_dl_a/tales/documentos/lec/sanchez_t_jc/.
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Corte, Cruz Pablo Sigfrido. "Evaluaci��n de impacto del programa de apoyos directos al campo (PROCAMPO)." Thesis, Universidad de las Am��ricas Puebla, 2011. http://catarina.udlap.mx/u_dl_a/tales/documentos/dec/corte_c_ps/.
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Chmelová, Lenka. "Zahraničná politika Nigérie." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-77399.
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This thesis deals with main principles and goals of Nigerian foreign policy, their evolution - success and failures, during the 50 year's existence of independent Nigeria. First chapter determinates the principles and goals, which more or less apply for each and every Nigerian government, militaristic and civil as well. Remaining three chapters describe and analyze the development of Nigeria's external relations in the three contexts of Nigeria's international interaction: domestic, regional and external.
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Delachaux, H. "Les freres des ecoles chretiennes. Recherche sur les origines et les documents fondateurs des freres des ecoles chretiennes." Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991STR20043.
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Une modeste oeuvre scolaire remoise est le point de depart de la societe des freres des ecoles chretiennes. L'interet porte a ces commencements, le besoin d'en determiner, d'une part, les dates essentielles, d'autre part, les documents fondateurs, ont guide nos recherches. La naissance lente d'un etat de vie original pour son epoque ont pose deux problematiques. La premiere, elucider les divergences de dates dans les diverses biographies de st j-b de la salle, le fondateur; la comparaison minutieuse de ces textes et l'appel aux facteurs historiques et humains ont rendu assurees ces dates: installation de fondateur et des maitres, rue neuve, 21 juin 1682; attribution d'un habit distinctif en 1684; c'est une communaute de non-clercs, maitres d'ecoles. La seconde: discriminer les documents fondateurs. Les regles de discernement de descartes ont guide notre methode. Une etude minutieuse, voire aride, de la logique interne des textes possibles, a porte ses fruits; sont reconnus ainsi : deux formules votives (1691-1694), l'acte d'election du superieur (1694) et le "memoire sur l'habit". Ils jalonnent la progession: la communaute des maitres (1682) devient la "communaute des freres" (1684); puis, "association-union vouee a dieu" (21 nov. 1691), enfin, complet etablissement de la societe en 1694. L'etude fait decouvrir les deux aspects conjoints: la societe-communaute"; la "societe-finalite" a savoir l'emploi et le ministere du frere. Le droit naturel de la societe est consacre par des voeux. De plus, les voeux d'union ou de stabilite developpent une spiritualite mystique d'unionThe beginning of an educational organisation at rheims was the start of the society of the christian schools' brothers. The interest for those beginnings, the need to fix the precise dates and the foundation-documents inspired us. The birth of the "institute" set up two questions: to clear up the varied dates in biographies of st j-b de la salle the founder, the detailed comparison of the texts in their historical background steadily fixed the dates of the installing rue neuve on june 21 st 1682 and the assigment of the habit in 1684. It was a non-clerical society. Then, to discriminate the foundation-documents according to the "rules of discrimination" by descartes. A minute study of the internal logic of the texts has born fruit. So two formulas of the vows (1691 and 1694) - the election act of the superior (1694) and the memoir of the habit were studied. So, the progresison: the "sodality of teachers" became the community of brothers in 1684, then the unionassociation consecrated to god on nobember 21 st 1691 and the complete establishment of the society in 1694. The study reveals the two joint aspects as "societycommunity" and "society-finality" that means the employment and ministry of the brothers. The "natural right" of the society is consecrated by vows. Moreover the vows of union or stability develop a mystic spirituality of union
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Madichie, Nnamdi O. "Customs unions theory and the ECOWAS experience." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2002. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19996/.
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The study traces the evolution of West African economic integration efforts, leading up to the formation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The original Lagos Treaty of 1975 is reviewed against the background of its revised 1993 Abuja version under the framework of the Customs Unions theory. This study is undertaken to ascertain the consistency of regional integration theory with the stated objectives of ECOWAS. It questions, for example, whether the Customs Unions theory and its welfare effects could actually explain the experience of regional integration of West Africa in general, and within ECOWAS in particular. In other words, the critical success factors and/or moderating influences in ECOWAS are examined against the background of the Community's objectives as set out in its two Treaties. The study also benefits from a wide range of discussions on different political and economic bases for regional integration theory: functionalism, neofunctionalism, federalism and intergovernmentalism and their relevance to ECOWAS. Strange enough, while these 'isms' are demonstrated to be inconsistent with ECOWAS objectives having dwelt more on regional integration efforts in Europe, no other study on West African integration has examined ECOWAS along these lines. The experience of ECOWAS is made against the backdrop of Customs Unions within Africa, such as the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADCC); and others outside Africa in regions like the European Union (EU), North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) and the South American Customs Union (MERCOSUR). One emerging pattern of such comparison reveals that ECOWAS has wavered from its stated objectives in favour of the static principles of customs unions theory and consequently been unable to improve its record on the welfare levels of contracting states. The implication of such departures from its original objectives is that market inter-penetration and intra-regional trade within ECOWAS has neither yielded the desired welfare gains nor improved levels of industrialisation, sustained growth and economic development. It is safe to conclude, therefore, that despite considerable efforts at achieving regional economic integration in ECOWAS, the result has been dismal largely as a result of applying unrealistic models of customs unions theory to the West African situation. It is therefore posited that the process of regional economic integration in other parts of the world and particularly in Europe, are not readily applicable in the West African context, where the economic, political and institutional foundations are not only grossly dissimilar but largely at variance.
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Olonisakin, Olufunmilayo Titilayo. "Peace creation and peace support operations : an analysis of the ECOMOG operation in Liberia." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310492.
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Di, Chio Cecilia. "ECOXPS - extended particle swarms to simulate biological systems." Thesis, University of Essex, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495805.
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ESCANDE, ROBERT. "Programme d'enseignement de la neurochirurgie aux ecoles d'infirmieres." Aix-Marseille 2, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993AIX20061.
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Vargová, Soňa. "Vplyv čínskych investícií na vzťahy ECOWAS a EÚ." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-75578.
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This thesis is devoted to analyzing the impact of Chinese investments in the region of West Africa on relations between ECOWAS and European Union. The first chapter characterizes Community of West African States - geographically, demographically and especially in the area of macroeconomics. Following chapter focuses itself on relations of PRC and ECOWAS. Particular attention is paid to foreign direct investments, which is China realizing in the area. ECOWAS relations with the European Union and the changes that have occurred in recent years are described in the third chapter of the thesis. A separate section describes the Economic Partnership Agreements. The conclusion represents the analysis of changes in trade relations between ECOWAS and the EU.
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Davis, Robert Brent. "The law and econom(etr)ics of corruption." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/13372.
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Corruption has become a deep-rooted feature of many economies and societies around the world. At the same time, there has been growing efforts both in international and municipal law to tackle, if not eliminate, the problem of corruption. This thesis looks at the effectiveness of such laws. In doing so, it draws on the toolkit of leximetrics (the application of econometrics to the law) to rigorously and transparently examine whether the creation of legal instruments lead to a behavioural change in impacted actors. The study also undertakes an expansive review of the theories of, and the literature on, law and economics, and develops new perspectives on the law and economics of corruption.
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Mwandumba, Judith Victoria. "African solutions to African problems : learning from ECOMOG s experiences in Liberia and Sierra Leone." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3759.
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BITTENCOURT, Frederico Luis Domingues. "Ecos de Narciso [manuscrito]: leitura do livro Ecos." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2009. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/2432.
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Previous issue date: 2009-03-27This study proposes to examine the book Echoes: the jewel of Pandora, of the goiana poet Yêda Schmaltz. To do so, she takes as its leitmotif the update, processed in the book, the myths of Echo and Narcissus. The reinvention of classical myths noticed in Echoes is exemplary of an applicant in the work of the author, which is, in the narratives of antiquity, one of the main centers of creation of her literature. In this case, the archetypal mythological women are treated in different and successive books in order to reveal the various stages of psychological growth of women. In Echoes, the character of the same name, unlike the original narrative, overcomes the rejection and beats the challenges of loving relationship. This overcoming causes in the I lyric the reach of the true love, which necessarily involves the development of self, the self-love, only to then distribute it to the others. Considering the development of this study, first of all, there will be a presentation of the author and her literature. Then, as this study includes the upgrade of classical myths in a modern poet, it will present some considerations on myth and on the relationship myth and poetry, seeking, as possible, establish a dialogue between these considerations and poems of the book covered. Finally, the procedure will be to rescue the narrative of Echo and Narcissus, as it appears in Ovid, the recovery of interpretations and theories about the narrative and also to examine, through the comment of paradigmatic poems, recovering the difference that Yêda Schmaltz stablishes about the myths of Echo and Narcissus
Este estudo propõe examinar o livro Ecos: a jóia de Pandora, da poeta goiana Yêda Schmaltz. Para tal, toma como fio condutor a atualização, processada no livro, dos mitos de Eco e Narciso. A reinvenção de mitos clássicos notada em Ecos é exemplar de um processo recorrente na obra da autora, a qual encontra, nas narrativas da Antiguidade, um dos principais núcleos de criação de sua obra. Nesse processo, os arquétipos mitológicos femininos são tratados em diferentes e sucessivos livros, de modo a revelar as diversas etapas do crescimento psicológico da mulher. Em Ecos, a personagem de mesmo nome, diferentemente da narrativa original, supera a rejeição e vence os desafios da relação amorosa. Essa superação faz com que o eu lírico alcance o amor autêntico, que perpassa obrigatoriamente pela valorização de si mesmo, pelo auto-amor, para só em seguida distribuílo aos outros. No desenvolvimento deste estudo, primeiramente, far-se-á uma apresentação da autora e da sua obra. Em seguida, como o trabalho contempla a atualização de mitos clássicos em uma poeta moderna, serão apresentadas algumas considerações sobre mito e sobre a relação mito e poesia, procurando, sempre que possível, estabelecer um diálogo entre essas considerações e poemas do livro contemplado. Por fim, proceder-se-á ao resgate da narrativa de Eco e Narciso, conforme aparece em Ovídio, à recuperação de interpretações e teorias sobre essa narrativa e também ao exame, por meio de comentário de poemas paradigmáticos, da recuperação com diferença que Yêda Schmaltz realiza dos mitos de Eco e Narciso
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Eriksson, Lisa. "ECOWAS fredsinsats i Liberia : En folkrättsenlig eller folkrättsstridig intervention?" Thesis, Örebro University, Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-735.
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Olika frågor och problematik kring reglerna för intervention samt samspelet mellan regionala organisationer och FN utgör stommen i denna uppsats. Syftet är att utreda om ECOWAS fredsinsats i Liberia (1990-1997) var en folkrättsenlig intervention. Då insatsen hade dels fredsbevarande, dels tvingande inslag samt möjligen kunde ses som en humanitär intervention är huvuduppgiften att utreda om ECOWAS hade ett sådant samtycke som krävs för fredsbevarande insatser, om ECOWAS hade fått ett bemyndigande av säkerhetsrådet enligt art 53 i FN-stadgan för den tvingande delen av insatsen samt om insatsen kunde karaktäriseras som en humanitär intervention.
Det framkommer att det som är viktigast i utredningen i förhållande till dessa frågor är huruvida ECOWAS kunde grunda sitt ingripande på Liberias regerings samtycke allena, om retroaktiva bemyndigande av säkerhetsrådet är giltiga samt om det har utvecklats tillräcklig praxis och opinio juris för att rättfärdiga humanitära interventioner av regionala organisationer som sedvanerätt.
Analysen visar att samtliga dessa frågor måste besvaras nekande, i varje fall i ett inledande skede. ECOWAS insats i Liberia var således till en början en folkrättsstridig intervention. Det utesluter dock inte att den kan ses som en föregångare för humanitära interventioner. Bland annat positiva reaktioner från omvärlden tyder även på att den kan komma att spela en viss roll i utvecklingen för det framtida samarbetet mellan regionala organisationer och FN.
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Haberstrau, Marianne. "Ecolog : un environnement pour la programmation en logique contrainte." Paris 11, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993PA112448.
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Dans cette these nous presentons ecolog, un environnement concu pour la definition et l'experimentation de langages de programmation en logique contrainte, que nous avons implante. L'objectif est de pouvoir definir en ecolog logiques et systemes de contraintes, de pouvoir les combiner et enfin de pouvoir ecrire des specifications dans les logiques contraintes ainsi definies et les executer. Le mecanisme d'execution se fonde d'une part sur les regles de deduction specifiees dans la logique (contrainte) et d'autre part sur les regles de resolution de contraintes. Nous decrivons tout d'abord le langage permettant de specifier la synthaxe des formules et des contraintes. La particularite des grammaires d'ecolog est leur parametrisation par la specification. Puis nous decrivons le langage permettant de specifier les regles de resolution de contraintes. Les regles de resolution de contraintes sont des schemas de regles de reecriture dans une algebre de formules. Nous definissons ensuite le langage d'expression des regles de deduction de la logique. Les differences essentielles avec la resolution de contraintes sont liees au non-determinisme et a la terminaison. Enfin, etant donnees une logique contrainte et la specification d'un programme et d'une requete dans cette logique contrainte, il nous faut definir un mecanisme d'execution. Cela revient a preciser une strategie d'utilisation des regles de deduction et de resolution de contraintes. Pour cette partie, nous nous sommes inspires des tactiques du demonstrateur isabelle. Nous terminons notre expose en presentant quelques logiques (logique equationnelle, clauses de horn) et systemes de resolution de contraintes (disunification, regles d'unification avec sortes ordonnees) deja implantes en ecolog
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Francis, David J. "The Politics of Economic Regionalism: Sierra Leone in ECOWAS." Ashgate, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3064.
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NoThe primary objective of this book is to provide an analytical understanding of the nature, dynamics and complexity of the politics of economic regionalism through the prism of Sierra Leone in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book also discusses the following issues: the evolution of economic regionalism in West Africa and the conceptual framework for analysis; the expansion of the economic regionalism; developments within the West Africa sub-region with that of the transformation of the global economy and international political system; political, economic and security developments within ECOWAS; and the civil war in Sierra Leone.
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Guzm��n, Figueroa Ana Luz. "Supermodularidad y Complementariedad en Comercio Internacional." Thesis, Universidad de las Am��ricas Puebla, 2012. http://catarina.udlap.mx/u_dl_a/tales/documentos/lme/guzman_f_al/.
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Ezekwesili, Chinweuba E. "Can the Monetary Integration of ECOWAS Improve Intra-Regional Trade?" Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/279.
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A gravity model is used to evaluate the effects of currency union on intra-regional trade of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) member states. The panel data used includes bilateral observations for fourteen years spanning 1994 through 2006 for 16 countries. Controlling for determinants and deterrents of trade, I find the presence of a currency union three times as likely to increase intra-regional trade between ECOWAS member countries. In addition, I find that the effect on trade creation has been steadily falling since 1994.
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Leite, Maria de Lourdes Souza. "Educação em Economia Solidária: a V Feira Paraibana de Ecosol." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2011. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/4655.
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Our goal in this study is to analyze the educational dimension in the construction and realization of V Fair Paraibana Solidarity Economy in Paraiba, seeking to identify the elements of the solidarity economy in the process and what is its connection with popular education, the prospect of building a new form of economic organization supportive, aimed at generating employment and income, through practices of solidarity organized by subjects entrepreneurs with the support of Sponsoring Organizations of the Movement in the State and Federal Government. For this, we refer back to 2006, during which the movement of Ecosol Paraiba was awarded by the National Fair Ecosol. As also happened to take up the challenge of inserting an educational space at these events. The central assumption that guided our work in that search was that the educational activities undertaken by institutions that promote the Movement of Paraiba Ecosol have contributed to the subjects see themselves as subjects of law and his actions in organizing resistance capitalist economy. The methodology that we elected to guide our research was the qualitative approach through the techniques of semi-structured interviews, documentary research, photographic documentation, participation in seminars, lectures and activities of the organization and the Fair and literature review. Despite the difficulties, educational activities, present this experience in ways explicitly or implicitly, are focused on the emancipation of the subject in view of (re) places them in their rightful place.
Nosso objetivo neste estudo é analisar a dimensão educativa no processo de construção e realização da V Feira Paraibana de Economia Solidária (Ecosol). Busca-se identificar os elementos constitutivos da Ecosol nesse processo e qual a sua vinculação com a Educação Popular, na perspectiva de construir uma nova forma de organização econômica solidária, que vise à geração de trabalho e renda, através de práticas solidárias organizadas pelos sujeitos empreendedores, com o apoio das Instituições de Fomento ao Movimento Estadual de Ecosol e do Governo Federal. Para tanto, tomamos como referência o ano de 2006, período em que o Movimento da Ecosol na Paraíba foi contemplado pelo Programa Nacional de Feiras de Ecosol, como também passou a assumir o desafio de inserir nesses eventos um espaço educativo. A suposição central que norteou nossas buscas neste trabalho foi a de que as ações educativas realizadas pelas Instituições de Fomento ao Movimento da Ecosol na Paraíba têm contribuído para que os sujeitos se percebam como sujeitos de direito, bem como para a organização de suas ações de resistência à economia capitalista. A metodologia que elegemos para guiar nossa pesquisa foi a abordagem qualitativa através das técnicas de entrevista semiestruturada, pesquisa documental, registro fotográfico, participação em seminários, palestras e atividades de organização e realização da Feira, e revisão bibliográfica. A partir da análise das falas dos sujeitos entrevistados e da prática concreta da organização e realização da Feira, compreendemos que esse evento configura-se como uma ação econômica organizada de forma solidária, cooperativa e autogesionária. Mesmo com as dificuldades encontradas, as ações educativas presentes nessa experiência, de forma explícita ou implícita, estão voltadas para a emancipação dos sujeitos na perspectiva de (re) colocá-los no seu lugar de direito.
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Colesso, Walter. "RC-Ecomap: a valid and reliable tool toassess intimate relatioships." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3427407.
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In the assessment of intimate relationship, researchers have to conciliate two possible and hazy levels of investigation: Idiographic and nomotethic approach. The Ecomap is suggested as an instrument that could link clinical practice and research, qualitative and quantitative method, idiographic and nomothetic approach. Although the Ecomap is widely utilized, due in part to its ease of administration, it has not been validated in the literature as a reliable and valid tool in spite of efforts to carry out it.
This study aims to overcome the methodological limits of the traditional Ecomap, proposing a new reliable and valid Ecomap to assess intimate relationships, for practice and research. By reviewing the literature on the Ecomap has been examined the methodological limits of the tool. In order to overcome the limits, it was created a new Ecomap (RC-Ecomap) to assess intimate relationships of individuals (I RC-Ecomap), couples (C RC-Ecomap), and families (F RC-Ecomap). The new instrument was based on the Relational Competence Theory of L ‘Abate (1995, 2000, 2005). Examples of Individual, Couple, and Family RC-Ecomaps are presented following an idiographic approach. Then a series of nomothetic research studies are presented in order to verify psychometric properties, reliability, internal, and concurrent validity (Italian and Spanish versions), predictive, and differential validity (parents of psychotic patients, alcoholics attending a rehabilitative program, high and low scores at the Narcissism Scale, with Italian participants) of RC-Ecomap.
The results suggest that RC-Ecomap is a valid and reliable tool to assess intimate relationship, emphasizing its bridge function between in clinical practice and research. But more research is needed with more extensive and balanced groups of non-clinical participants, especially in the Spanish context, and with other clinical groups.
A RC-Ecomap training program is proposed.Nell’assessment delle relazioni significative i ricercatori si sono sempre trovati di fronte al problema di dover conciliare i due possibili livelli di analisi che possono essere ricondotti agli approcci di tipo idiografico e nomotetico. La letteratura indica l’Ecomappa quale strumento che riesce a conciliare pratica clinica e ricerca, aspetto qualitativo e quantitativo, approccio idiografico e nomotetico. Sebbene l’Ecomappa sia uno strumento largamente utilizzato per la sua facilità di impiego, essa non è stata ancora dimostrata l’attendibilità e validità dello strumento, nonostante le ricerche condotte in questa direzione. Lo studio presentato ha come l’obiettivo di superare i limiti metodologici dell’Ecomappa tradizionale, proponendo una nuova eco mappa per l’assessment delle relazioni significative, da utilizzare sia nella pratica clinica sia nella ricerca. La rassegna della letteratura sull’Ecomappa ha permesso di evidenziare i limiti metodologici dello strumento tradizionale, punto di partenza per la costruzione di una nuova proposta: l’Ecomappa di Competenza Relazionale (RC-Ecomap) per l’assessment delle relazioni significative di singoli (I RC-Ecomap), coppie (C RC-Ecomap) e famiglie (F RC-Ecomap). Il nuovo strumento è stato operativizzato attraverso la Teoria della Competenza Relazionale di Luciano L’Abate (1995, 2000, 2005). Allo scopo di mostrare il suo utilizzo nella pratica clinica, sono presentati alcuni esempi di applicazioni di RC-Ecomap secondo l’approccio idiografico di un individuo, una coppia, una famiglia e una famiglia problematica. Una serie di ricerche nomotetiche sono presentate per evidenziare le caratteristiche psicometriche, di attendibilità, validità concorrente (versione italiana e spagnola), validità predittiva, validità differenziale (con parenti di pazienti psicotici istituzionalizzati, alcolisti che stanno seguendo un programma riabilitativo, soggetti con alti e bassi punteggi a una scala di Narcisismo) di RC-Ecomap. I risultati suggeriscono che RC-Ecomap è uno strumento affidabile e valido per l’assessment delle relazioni significative, che evidenziando la sua funzione di collegamento tra pratica clinica e ricerca. Comunque nuove ricerche sono necessarie con campioni più estesi e bilanciati (soprattutto per la versione spagnola) clinici e non clinici. La presentazione dello studio termina con la proposta di un programma di addestramento all’uso di RC-Ecomap sviluppato nel corso di due anni di esperienza con gli studenti dell’Università di Padova e Siviglia.
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Pacheco, Diego. "Ecos da resistência." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/99359.
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O objetivo desta dissertação é compreender como os grupos dos onze, ou comandos nacionalistas, se formaram e atuaram em Santa Catarina nos anos de 1963 e 1964. Será avaliada a conjuntura política e social dos anos 1960, especialmente em Santa Catarina, relacionando os grupos em questão com os grandes temas internacionais do período. Busca-se, também, um maior entendimento acerca do alcance das ideias trabalhistas entre os trabalhadores brasileiros, buscando compreender como se deu o desenvolvimento, no seio desse segmento da população, do getulismo, e daquilo que identifico, aqui, como um novo tipo de trabalhismo ou, talvez, uma atualização dessa cultura política. Para isso, utilizando o arquivo do Supremo Tribunal Militar, os recentes processos da Comissão de Anistia do Ministério da Justiça e depoimentos, procuro perceber a relação desses atores com setores de posições políticas diferentes, como a imprensa, a Igreja e algumas facções político-partidárias, e suas afinidades e aproximações com os outros segmentos da esquerda. Serão avaliados também os projetos políticos que estavam no horizonte desses trabalhadores, identificando, assim, o papel que o movimento desempenhou no período que antecedeu o Golpe Civil-Militar de 1964.
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Jorge, Thiago Perez. "Ecos de corpos." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2017. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/180915.
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Isto não é uma Tese convencional. É uma prática de si. Apreendida no diálogo entre História e Filosofia, produz suas próprias figuras de linguagem, para a empreitada de pensar e de ler fontes típicas do ofício do historiador. A priori e a posteriori em permanente relação. Desta forma, organiza-se em duas partes, a saber: 1. Platôs ou Ensaios, que tanto expõe a caixa de ferramentas do curso do pensamento, quanto privilegia a tomada da consciência histórica. 2. Narrativa Histórica, espaço no qual a escrita histórica fica evidenciada mediante uso das fontes (jornais, imagens, diários de padres, crônicas, poesias, etc.). Organiza-se em Atos e Cenas, que buscaram circunscrever os recortes das fontes a partir dos problemas em análise. É genealogia quando se move por aspectos das relações de saber-poder-ética. É obra de arte que recruta suas figuras de linguagem em favor da leitura das fontes. Como questão-base, a Tese busca compreender elementos do chamado fator lúdico na constituição de modos morais de ser naquilo que se considerou ser prática de diversão. Mais especificamente, intentou-se uma investigação para refletir processos que produziram sensibilidades à beira do mar, mas também imerso nele. Destacando-se dentre as práticas de diversão: o footing e dois tipos de piquenique. Da conclusão do ponto de vista histórico, na Ilha de Santa Catarina, antes da invenção do mar para banho, tem-se a invenção do PIC NIC.
Abstract : This is not a conventional Thesis. It is a practice of self. Seized in the dialogue between History and Philosophy, it produces its own figures of language, for the work of thinking and reading sources typical of the office of the historian. A priori and a posteriori in permanent relation. This way, it is organized in two parts, namely: 1. Platôs or Essays, which both expose the toolbox of the course of thought, and privilege the taking of historical consciousness. 2. Historical Narrative, a space in which historical writing is evidenced through the use of sources (newspapers, images, diaries of parents, chronicles, poetry, etc.). It is organized in Acts and Scenes, which sought to circumscribe the cut of the sources from the problems under analysis. It is genealogy when it moves through aspects of knowledge-power-ethical relations. It is a work of art that recruits its figures of language in favor of reading the sources. As a basic question, the thesis seeks to understand elements of the so-called play factor in the constitution of moral ways of being in what was considered to be a practice of amusement. More specifically, an investigation was undertaken to reflect processes that produced sensibilities at the edge of the sea, but also immersed in it. Standing out among the practices of fun: the jogging and two types of picnic. From the conclusion of the historical point of view, in the Island of Santa Catarina, before the invention of the sea for bath, we have the invention of the PIC NIC.
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Soremi, Titilayo. "Narrating policy transfer : renewable energy and disaster risk reduction in ECOWAS." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34580.
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The thesis contributes to the policy transfer literature through the examination of narratives presented by policy actors engaged in policy transfer. The actors’ policy narratives are analysed through the application of the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF). With the use of the NPF, the research investigates the portrayal of narrative elements, including, setting, character, plot, and moral, by the transfer actors, in depicting their perception of the transfer process and object, and of the other actors involved in the policy transfer. The investigation is aimed at having a better understanding of factors that facilitate the occurrence of policy transfer i.e. transfer mechanisms, such as, conditionality, obligation, and persuasion, and how they manifest and drive the transfer process. To examine how policy narratives may inform the manifestation of transfer mechanisms, the research studies two cases of policy transfer involving international governmental organisations (IGOs) as transfer agents. These are i) the transfer of renewable energy policy by the European Union to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and ii) the transfer of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy by the United Nations International Strategy for DRR (UNISDR) to ECOWAS. The thesis argues that the mechanisms of conditionality and persuasion were involved in the transfer of renewable energy policy, while the mechanism of obligation can be observed in the transfer of DRR policy. It further argues that the portrayals of the narrative setting, character, plot and moral, in the policy narratives of the transfer agents and recipient, shaped the manifestation of these transfer mechanisms. The application of the NPF to the two case studies enabled the identification and association of different policy narrative elements that will likely characterise specific transfer mechanisms. In addition, the study highlights the opportunity of broadening policy transfer research beyond a limited geographical reach, through covering two instances of policy transfer to a region in sub-Sahara Africa. It also broadens the group of actors that are often studied in the literature by considering policy transfers initiated and led by IGOs.
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Darboe, Ndey Ramou. "REGIONAL SECURITY ANALYSIS : ECOWAS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN THE GAMBIA." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78750.
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Farronato, Cristina. "Eco's chaosmos : medieval models for a postmodern world /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9975887.
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Maia, Mariana Paes da Fonseca. "ECODOR: proposta de mistura sustentável destinada à fabricação de dormentes de concreto." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2012. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/1736.
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O Brasil é um país de grandes dimensões e as ferrovias, nesse contexto, desempenham um papel fundamental viabilizando o transporte de grandes volumes e, também, de passageiros, principalmente ao se considerar a ascensão do seu mercado interno e externo. A presente pesquisa constitui-se de um estudo da viabilidade técnica, comercial e econômica de uma mistura destinada à fabricação de dormentes de concreto armado, observando os fatores ambientais, sociais e econômicos que integram o conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável. Neste contexto, empregou-se uma mistura constituída por cimento Portland, agregado miúdo (proveniente do rejeito do beneficiamento do mármore), agregado graúdo (proveniente do britamento de rocha gnáissica), fibra de vidro (rejeitos de fibra ótica) e água; avaliada nos ensaios de resistência à compressão, resistência à tração por complexão diametral, resistência à tração na flexão, módulo de elasticidade e absorção de água por imersão e capilaridade, segundo as normas brasileiras vigentes. Efetuou-se, ainda, um planejamento tecnológico para análise das possibilidades de inserção do produto resultante no mercado, onde foi possível concluir a viabilidade do emprego dessa nova mistura.
Brazil is a large country and the railroads in this context play a key role enabling the transport of large volumes and also passengers, especially considering the rise of its domestic and foreign markets. This research is by a study of technical and economic feasibility of a mixture used in the manufacture of concrete sleepers, observing the environmental, social and economic problems that integrate the concept of sustainable development. In this context was used a mixture of Portland cement, fine aggregate (from the waste of the marble processing), coarse aggregate (from the stamping gneisses) glass fiber (optical fiber waste) and water, measured in compressive strength, tensile strength by diametrical complexion, the bending tensile strength, modulus of elasticity and water absorption by immersion and capillarity tests, according to the standards generally prevailing. Finally, was performed a technology planning to analyse the possible insertion of the resulting product on the market, where it was possible to conclude the viability of this new mixture.
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Costa, Vidal Antonio de Azevedo. "Ecos do tempo perdido." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/7432.
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Resumo: Neste trabalho investigo o fenômeno tecnológico tal como o mesmo foi percebido em uma modernidade dominada pelo conflito de temporalidades diversas, durante o período compreendido entre o final do século XIX e o início do XX. Neste cenário, foi privilegiado o olhar que, embora distanciado, volta-se obsessivamente para a simbologia da máquina e seus muitos ícones, sejam eles reais ou imaginários. Neste contexto, foram objeto de análise duas máquinas simbólicas do desenvolvimento tecnológico: a máquina de guerra convertida em sonho de progresso, o couraçado, e a máquina de sonho transformada em arma de guerra, o aeroplano. Em especial, conferese atenção para a forma de sua percepção pelos olhares de observadores para os quais só se davam a conhecer pelo veículo do texto. O estudo estendeu-se pelo viés da inserção da máquina no fenômeno da guerra, que é tomada no momento em que a mesma atinge a sua expressão mais contemporânea, qual seja: a guerra mundial, midiática e tecnológica – partindo-se, para efeito de pesquisa, da Guerra Hispano-Americana e estendendo-se para outros conflitos do período, como a Guerra Russo-Japonesa, a Guerra Yankee-Mexicana e a Guerra do Contestado, e terminando por fechar com a guerra mundial propriamente dita – a Grande Guerra de 1914-18. As fontes utilizadas foram, em sua maior parte, os periódicos curitibanos “A Republica” e “Diario da Tarde”, assim como o seu análogo carioca “O Paiz”, e uma seleção de outros jornais e revistas do período. Também foram utilizados textos literários considerados significativos para a abordagem do tema, em particular a obra de Júlio Verne e a de H.G. Wells, esta última sendo tomada como uma interferência que contribui para ampliar, com a análise de suas guerras fictícias, o campo de estudo da questão da temporalidade. A correlação destes tempos no diálogo entre as várias referências permitiu formular o quadro de um movimento negado, sob a vasta gama de imagens que, não obstante, o afirmam, revelando as alegorias com as quais se forma a percepção de futuro como espaço moderno por excelência.
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Fachinello, Sandra Albuquerque Reis. "Ecos digitais: propostas poéticas." Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, 2007. http://tede.udesc.br/handle/handle/734.
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The art produced with digital mean, known as digital art, involves complex questions related to the specificity of the digital media which question the ways of production, exhibition, distribution, aesthetic appreciation, authorship, that encloses the quarrels of copyright, industrial patent, free and commercial software. This study also tackles a variety of issues concerning digital production, from the poetical possibilities explored, to the quarrel of problems such as domain and access of digital language. The present research investigates artistic proposals that use digital environment, the relation between the poetical richness and the technological and technical knowledge, which depends on the access to digital means. Reflecting on the story of artists who explore the digital media, as well as texts of theoreticians and art critics, the adopted methodology was the bibliographical research and interviews with the artists: members of the SCIArts group, Tania Fraga and Malu Fragoso. The criteria for the selection of these artists was based as their contribution to the field of Brazilian digital art through exhibitions an participation in events which discuss art and technology. The study examines the poetical process of the digital production present in artworks, such, interactive installations and artistic proposals of the digital medias, as the Poetical Atrator , Gravity Fluxions: pulsations and the Tracajá Project . Were clearly articulated in speeches of the interviewed artists and in the importance of the quarrel on the technique and technology and about questions of the access and domain implied at the digital art research. The artists alert for the necessity of support to the creation of groups to research free software, for development of appropriate means of evaluations in brief that are not specific for research in digital ways, to the increase of public funding that would finance equipment and programs of high cost, and discussion on the property right of these equipment and programs. They also point out the precariousness of the critical and the exhibition spaces without the necessary structure to slow this kind of artworks in Brazil. The research Digital Echoes - poetical proposals considers that the poetical proposals in digital ways - low or high tech - creates a space of fertile artistic and critical exploration
A arte produzida com meios digitais, nomeada de arte digital, envolve questões complexas suscitadas pela especificidade dos meios digitais que questionam os modos de produção, de exibição, de distribuição, de apreciação estética, de autoria, que abrange as discussões do direito autoral, patente industrial, software proprietário e livre. Enfim, são questões que vão desde as possibilidades poéticas exploradas até o domínio e acesso da linguagem digital. A presente pesquisa busca perceber nas propostas artísticas que se utilizam do digital, a relação entre a riqueza poética e o conhecimento técnico e tecnológico, o qual depende do acesso aos meios digitais. Refletindo sobre o relato de artistas que exploram os suportes digitais, assim como de textos de teóricos e críticos de arte, a metodologia adotada foi a pesquisa bibliográfica com entrevistas semi-estruturadas e presenciais com os artistas do SCIArts, Tania Fraga e Malu Fragoso. A escolha destes artistas deu-se pelo caráter de serem artistas brasileiros pesquisadores em meios digitais, com exposições e participações em eventos atuais que discutem arte e tecnologia. O estudo aponta o processo poético dos meios digitais presente nas instalações interativas e propostas artísticas das mídias digitais como o Atrator Poético, Gravity Fluxions: pulsations e o Projeto Tracajá, que ficou mais esclarecido nas falas dos artistas entrevistados e na pertinência da discussão sobre a técnica e tecnologia e sobre questões de acesso e domínio implicadas nas pesquisas em arte digital. Os artistas alertam para a necessidade do incentivo à criação de grupos de pesquisa, que investiguem software livres, para a adequação das avaliações nos editais que não são específicos para pesquisas em meios digitais, para o aumento de editais de fomento que consigam financiar equipamentos e programas de custo mais elevado, e para a discussão sobre o direito de propriedade desses equipamentos e programas, além de salientarem a precariedade da crítica e dos espaços de exposição sem a estrutura necessária. A pesquisa Ecos digitais - propostas poéticas considera que as propostas poéticas em meios digitais sejam low ou hight tech criam um espaço de exploração fértil
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Savio, Lígia. "Metaformose: ecos e reflexos /." Florianópolis, SC, 2000. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/78953.
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Dias, Sabatha Catoia. "Entre ecos e travessias." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2016. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/167969.
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Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Gradução em Linguística, Florianópolis, 2016.Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-20T04:40:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 341612.pdf: 12174370 bytes, checksum: d7800df49ae13ae3b51e0806748e1f6d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016
Este estudo tem como tema leitura, entendida como encontro de palavras, como processo de compartilhamento de sentidos em inter-relações humanas instituídas por gêneros do discurso, no âmbito da cultura e da história. O objetivo da pesquisa é compreender o espaço para processos de ensino e de aprendizagem que tomem o ato de ler pela via do encontro em se tratando do trabalho de professores de Português dos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental em escola pública situada em Florianópolis, pertencente à rede de ensino do estado de Santa Catarina, considerando o uso mais efetivo ou menos efetivo do livro didático na implementação da disciplina. Assim, o estudo é levado a termo para responder à seguinte questão geral de pesquisa, em seus desdobramentos internos: Há espaços ? nas propostas docentes fundadas mais efetivamente ou menos efetivamente no livro didático de Língua Portuguesa ? para processos de ensino e de aprendizagem que considerem o ato de ler pela via do encontro? Em os havendo, como se configuram? Em não os havendo, o que se coloca em seu lugar? Para responder a tal questão e atender ao objetivo, assumindo-se como metodologia de análise Diagrama Integrado decorrente de simpósio conceitual (CERUTTI-RIZZATTI; MOSSMANN; IRIGOITE, 2013), discutem-se dados gerados por meio de entrevistas e rodas de conversas realizadas com duas professoras e sete alunos participantes de pesquisa, além de pesquisa documental e observação de aulas em duas turmas dos mencionados anos. O aporte teórico delineado para tratamento do tema ancora-se em teorizações de Vigotski (2007 [1978]), no campo da psicologia da linguagem, que focalizam a relação entre intrassubjetividade e intersubjetividade; postulados bakhtinianos (2010 [1920/24]), na área da filosofia da linguagem, acerca do ato responsável; e de estudos do letramento, na antropologia da linguagem, com base sobremodo no pensamento de Street (1984; 1988; 2003), Barton (1994), Hamilton (2000) e Heath (2001 [1982]). Em se tratando da análise dos dados, infere-se estarem a aula de Língua Portuguesa, em sentido amplo, e a leitura, em sentido estrito, em uma ecologia a requerer novas ingrediências para o encontro de palavras, haja vista a prevalência de ações prototípicas voltadas para o ensino de conhecimentos gramaticais taxionômicos e normativos, conhecimentos estes que orientam o uso do livro didático em sala de aula, em uma dissociação com a inserção cronotópica dos alunos. O estudo problematiza a lógica sob a qual se consolida a presença do livro didático nas aulas de Língua Portuguesa em que a educação para a leitura temlugar, sinalizando para a importância de discussões sobre a atuação da Universidade nos processos de formação inicial e continuada de profissionais da área da Língua Portuguesa, a fim de que as ações escolares abram espaços à educação para a infuncionalidade, com vistas à uma formação humana integral, considerando a necessidade de agudização da criticidade em tempos atuais, desafio para a educação em linguagem, nesta tese sob a ênfase das complexas relações que professores e estudantes estabelecem com o livro didático, tomado como artefato de destaque na esfera escolar sob o endosso institucional.
Abstract : This study has as theme reading understood as encontro of words as a process of sense sharing in human interrelations established by discourse genres in the field of culture and history. The objective of the research is to comprehend the space for teaching and learning processes that take the act of reading by the encontro perspective in what concerns Portuguese teachers work in the final years of Elementary Education in public school located in Florianopolis, belonging to the state network education of Santa Catarina, considering the more effective or less effective use of the textbook in the implementation of the subject. Therefore the study is executed to answer the general research question in its internal developments: Are there spaces ? in the teachers proposals based more effectively or less effectively in the textbook of Portuguese language - for teaching and learning processes that consider the act of reading by the encontro perspective? If there are, how are they configured? If there are not, what stands in its place? To answer this question and attend the goal, taking as analysis methodology Integrated Diagram resulting from conceptual symposium (CERUTTI-RIZZATTI; MOSSMANN; IRIGOITE, 2013), data generated through interviews and conversation circles with two teachers and seven students research participants, as well as documentary research and classes observation in two classes of the mentioned years are discussed. The theoretical framework outlined to issue treatment is based in theorizing of Vigotski (2007 [1978]), in the field of the psychology of language, focusing the relationship between intrassubjectivity and intersubjectivity; Bakhtin postulates (2010 [1920/24]) in the area of language philosophy, basing the responsible act; and literacy studies, in the language anthropology, based mostly in thought of Street (1984; 1988; 2003), Barton (1994), Hamilton (2000) and Heath (2001 [1982]). In what concerns the data analysis, it is inferred that the Portuguese class, in the broad sense, and reading, in the strict sense, in an ecology that requires new ingredients for the encontro of words, given the prevalence of prototypical actions aimed to taxonomic and normative grammatical knowledge teaching, knowledge that guide the use of the textbook in the classroom, in a dissociation with students cronotopic. The study questions the logic under which is consolidated the presence of the textbook in Portuguese classes in which education for reading takes place, signaling the importance of discussions on the University role in the initial and continuing formation processes of professionals in the Portuguese language area, aiming thatthe school actions open spaces to education for infunctionalty with a view to an integral human formation, considering the need for intensification of criticality in current times, challenge for education in language, in this thesis under the emphasis of the complex relationships that teachers and students establish with the textbook, taken as prominent artifact in the school sphere under the institutional endorsement.
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Belmakki, Mohamed. "African sub-regional organizations in peacekeeping and peacemaking : the Economic Community Of West African State (ECOWAS) /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Mar%5FBelmakki.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2005.Thesis Advisor(s): Karen Guttieri, Letitia Lawson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-75). Also available online.
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Benur, Abdelati M. "Product diversification, product relationships, and the ecomic resilience of Libyan tourist destinations." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2013. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19348/.
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Tourism product diversification becomes important not only to attract wider a range of tourists and increase market-share but also to ensure adaptation and resilience to enable tourist destinations to effectively prepare for crises. This study examines whether tourism product diversification enhances adaptability in order to make tourist destinations in Libya more resilient. The study examines the diverse patterns of tourism product development. It does this in relation to the patterns of use of alternative and mass tourism products, and the patterns of relationships between these products, for the cases of Tripoli and Alkhoms. Three frameworks were developed deductively in order to understand and evaluate these research issues. They were applied then to assess the patterns of development, the relationships between tourism products, and their influence on inherent economic resilience. Primary qualitative data were collected by means of in-depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with respondents from the supply and demand sides of the tourism industry. Observation and various other secondary data sources were also utilized. The collected data were critically analyzed and interpreted in relation to the themes identified in the frameworks. It was found that diverse patterns of development and relationships evolved between the tourism products. Alkhoms depended on promoting two concentrated types of tourism products that are consumed in different seasons by completely separated sectors (domestic and international tourists). By contrast, Tripoli has developed a wider range of tourism products enabling it to attract larger numbers of tourists from both sectors, and thus it was less influenced by seasonality and forces of decline. In addition, spatial proximity and thematic features have encouraged more businesses - related to tourism to agglomerate near to Tripoli's tourist attractions, resulting in stronger linkages of compatibility and complementarity between its tourist attractions. Such agglomeration has led to more job generation and an improved ability to adapt to change, resulting in greater inherent economic resilience. In contrast, in Alkhoms, the spatial proximities between the main two dissimilar attractions have not been properly exploited. This has caused them to be managed and marketed in isolation, and resulted in Alkhoms having less resilience in the face of seasonality effects and other forces of change. It is argued that destinations that enjoy a wider range and scale of tourism products can develop ways of collaborating that could increase the flexibility and adaptability of the tourism offerings. This can mean they are better placed to meet the changeable and sophisticated needs of tourists, thereby nurturing economic resilience.
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LAROCHE, VERONIQUE. "Les grandes ecoles dans les pays de la loire : etude socio-geographique." Nantes, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995NANT3015.
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L'objectif de cette these est d'etudier les grandes ecoles implantees dans les pays de la loire ainsi que leurs etudiants. La premiere partie est une presentation des ecoles a travers leur historique, leur fonctionnement, leur mode de recrutement, leur organisation pedagogique, leur place au niveau national et leurs liens avec le monde professionnel. Dans la seconde partie, l'origine geographique, scolaire et sociale des etudiants est abordee ainsi que leur niveau de vie, leur mode de logement et de deplacement. Les pratiques socio-spatiales estudiantines sur le lieu d'etudes et dans la ville constituent le theme de la troisieme et derniere partie. Il s7agit de l'analyse des pratiques culturelles, sportives, de loisirs et des habitudes de consommation des etudiants des grandes ecolesThe objective of this doctoral thesis is to study and examine the grande ecoles set up in the pays de la loire as well as the young people who study in this school establishents. This work is divided into three parts. The first part is a presentation of the grandes ecoles through their history and the importance of the region on the national level, their functionning, their recruiting, their pedagical organisation, their linkes with the professional environment. The second part deals with the geographical, academic et social origins of the students and precise their way of life, their housing and moving modes. Finally, the third part develops the social and spatial praticies in the school and in the town. More precisally, it squares with an analisis of the cultural, sporting and leisure praticies and the consuption habits of the grandes ecoles's students
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Darchy-Koechlin, Brigitte. "Les élites étudiantes internationales face au modèle d'excellence des Grandes Ecoles françaises." Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012IEPP0056.
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À partir d'un travail qualitatif approfondi réalisé au sein de quatre Grandes Écoles françaises (Sciences Po, Ecole polytechnique, École normale supérieure, École des Hautes Études Commerciales), cette thèse contribue à la compréhension, à travers le regard des étudiants étrangers scolarisés dans les Grandes Écoles étudiées des dynamiques d'internationalisation qui façonnent et recomposent ce segment particulier de l'enseignement supérieur français. La thèse adopte ainsi un double point de vue : on s'intéresse aux stratégies d'adaptation que les étudiants mettent en œuvre face aux exigences qui sont celles des institutions françaises, d'une part ; sans oublier, d'autre part, que ces dernières développent quant à elle des stratégies d'ajustement pour faire fructifier le capital scolaire de ces élites étudiantes qu'elles sont appelées à accueillir tout en garantissant l'excellence de leurs curricula. L'analyse comparée des quatre institutions a permis de montrer les enjeux de légitimité qui se cachent derrière les processus d'internationalisation et invite à opposer deux modèles contrastés : un pôle constitué par les Grandes Écoles d'État que sont l'École Normale Supérieure et l'École Polytechnique, à l'internationalisation plus lente et limitée ; et un pôle plus libéral et autonome représenté par l'École des Hautes Études Commerciales et Sciences Po, écoles plus promptes et radicales dans la captation de ressources internationales et dans la mise en œuvre de stratégies d'ouverture afin de conquérir une place plus légitime dans un champ national des Grandes ÉcolesStarting from a thorough qualitative work conducted within the four French “Grandes Écoles” (École Polytechnique, École Normale Supérieure, École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Institut d’Études Politiques), this thesis contributes - through the attention of the foreign students attending the “Grandes Écoles” under scrutiny along with that of the administrative staff of those schools - to the understanding of the international dynamics making up and recomposing this particular side of the French Higher Education system. In this respect, the thesis takes into account a two-fold approach: on the one hand, a survey of the adjustment strategies (individual and collective) which the students use when facing the French institutions requirements without forgetting, on the other hand, that the latter develop adjustment strategies in order to capitalize on the school assets of these student elites they are marked out to receive while vouching for the excellence of their curricula. The comparative analysis of the four institutions enabled us to show the legitimacy stakes underlying the internationalisation processes leading to the opposition of two contrasting patterns: on the one hand, the leading state schools such as the École Normale Supérieure and the École Polytechnique, showing a slower limited internationalisation and, on the other hand, the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, and the Institut d’Études Politiques
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Châtelet, Anne-Marie. "Les ecoles primaires a paris 1870-1914 : definition et elaboration d'un equipement." Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991STR20001.
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La troisieme republique, poursuivant une idee de la revolution, fait de l'enseignement primaire un service public laic. Ce developpement s'accompagne de la creation de nombreux edifices scolaires. Que les idees des republicains puissent etre incarnees a travers l'architectire a quelque chose de fascinant, et c'est ce rapport dialogique entre une idee et sa realisation que l'on a tente de saisir a travers l'histoire de l'elaboration des edifices scolaires. Abordant les batiments construits entre 1870 et 1914 a paris, l'etude combine trois approches differentes. A partir des textes et reglements ministeriels, sont definis le role et les ambitions de l'etat. De l'analyse des parcelles et de leur formation est degagee la politique fonciere municipale. Enfin, de l'examen des projets et des realisations, est caracterisee la rethorique architecturale. Ainsi se dessine l'architecture scolaire. Deconsideree ou plutôt meconnue, elle se revele etre un champ d'experiences reussies. Elle est fille de cette fin de siecle et de ses courants les plus progressistes unis sous la banniere de la raisonPersuing an idea of the revolution, the iiird republic made of primary education a non-religious public service. Side by side with this development went the foundation of numerous schools. That the republican ideas should be embodied in architecture is quite fascinating and it is this dialogistic relationship between an idea and its realisation that we have attempted to grasp through the history of the elaboration of school buildings. Taking building constructed between 1870 and 1914 in paris, this study combines three lines of approach. Texts and ministerial regulations led to the definition of the role the ambitions of the state. From the analysis of land percels and their formation emerged the municipal land policy. Finally, an examination of the projects and realizations permitted the characterization of the architectural rhetoric. Thus is shaped school architecture. Ignored or rather unknown, it proves to be a successful field of experience; born of this "fin de siecle" and its most progressive mouvements united under the banner of reason
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Yakubu, Nansata. "The ECOWAS Parliament as a tool for conflict prevention in West Africa." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2015. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/59194/.
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This thesis seeks to examine the effectiveness of the ECOWAS Parliament in conflict prevention in West Africa. From a holistic perspective, it also discusses the emergence of regional parliaments and specifically analyses their contribution to conflict prevention. This thesis is the first to assess how the ECOWAS Parliament attempts to prevent conflict in West Africa and how effective this has been. It presents the argument that, bodies such as the ECOWAS-P which are mandated as the legislative organs in a region otherwise noted for protracted conflicts play a crucial role in preventing conflict. The study employed participant observation (specifically in the ECOWAS-P), case study methods, elite interviews, parliamentary and archival research. The thesis greatest contribution lie in undertaking an institutionalist approach to conflict prevention and drawing from public administration developed and applied a performance management tool to help assess how the ECOWAs-P has succeeded at this task. It finds that with no provision made for the parliament in the regional conflict prevention mechanism, it has had to employ normative initiatives to be relevant in conflict prevention. The research exposes that the lack of a universal suffrage mode of election of EMPs emphasises its democratic deficit. The thesis concludes that, the ECOWAS-P as a new institution provided under the revised treaty of 1993 is increasingly gaining more responsibility as a body for conflict prevention and prospectively the enhancement of its powers by the draft supplementary act passed in December 2014 will help it in making binding laws.
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Cernicky, Jan. "Regionale Integration in Westafrika eine Analyse der Funktionsweise von ECOWAS und UEMOA." Bonn Manama New York, NY Florianópolis Scientia Bonnensis, 2008. http://d-nb.info/990850846/04.
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Ashby, Robert P. "Causes and implications of socio-ecomic differentiation in residential energy efficiency retrofitting." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2013. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19289/.
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Analysis of fuel expenditure statistics indicates that for the majority of householders, more fuel efficient homes can explain approximately 15% of fuel demand changes between 2002 and 2008. The analysis suggests that other factors, such as rising fuel costs and warmer winters, account for vast majority of the demand changes during this period. But in upper quartile income households, any demand reduction brought about by energy efficiency was undetectable against the changes caused by price and temperature variations. This thesis provides evidence of disproportionately low insulation retro-fitting rates in upper quartile income homes and suggests two predominant causes. Firstly, approximately 95% of upper quartile income householders were ineligible for retro-fit assistance from the state agencies and secondly, the relative value of energy efficiency is less in the most affluent households, because the proportion of income spent on fuel tends to decline as incomes rise. Fuel expenditure statistics indicate that the household fuel demand reductions delivered by greater household energy efficiency between 2002 and 2008 would have been approximately 30% greater if the most affluent households had retro-fitted basic energy efficiency measures at similar rates to their lower income neighbours. Household surveys in two affluent districts support one of the principal findings from the study of fuel expenditure statistics, that energy efficiency tends to be less valuable to affluent households, which tends to make the fuel rich, collectively, more apathetic towards energy efficiency. However when motivational barriers are removed, the fuel rich tend to accept energy efficiency retro-fits in disproportionately large numbers. The thesis concludes that effective household emission reduction programmes need policies which also stimulate greater energy efficiency by increasing the value of energy efficiency, particularly in affluent homes.
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Lang, Michael. "Entwurf und Implementierung eines zeitgesteuerten Schedulers für eCos." kostenfrei, 2008. http://www.opus.ub.uni-erlangen.de/opus/volltexte/2008/1015/.
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Maserumule, MH. "Good governance as a sine qua non for sustainable development in the new partinership for Africa's development (NEPAD): A conceptual perspective." Journal of Public Administration, 2005. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000905.
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Empirical and textual analyses of development issues seem to suggest that
the fundamental flaw in the early initiatives1 of Africa’s leadership to address
the socio-economic problems of the continent was embedded in neo-liberal
inspired economic reductionist approach to development. This approach is premised
on the ‘econo-mythical invocation that if the economics are right everything
else would fall into place’ (Cernea 1994:07). An economic reductionist approach
to Africa’s development is inadequate. Cultural, sociological, psychological, political
and administrative factors are also important dimensions of development that
merit substantial consideration in the quest for the solution of the socio-economic
problems besetting the African continent. For development to be sustainable a
multi-disciplinary approach is required. In this article the political administrative
dimension of development with specific reference to good governance in the New
Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is, from a conceptual perspective,
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Gandois, H. N. A. "The emergence of regional security organisations : a comparative study on ECOWAS and SADC." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:82c09a8b-6a13-45dc-b017-a89ceaaea7f8.
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The emergence of regional security organisations during the 1990s in Africa proved to be of great significance for the lives of many Africans, including those living in conflict-torn countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire or the Democratic Republic of Congo, but, at the same time, this phenomenon has been understudied. This dissertation explores why regional security organisations with an agenda of democratic governance emerged in Africa in the 1990s. This question is answered with two in-depth case studies on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Driven by an empirical puzzle, this study is both hypothesis-testing and hypothesis generating. The study starts by laying out the different possible factors put forward by several bodies of theory in international relations to explain the emergence of ECOWAS and SADC as security organisations. These hypotheses are then tested throughout the history and the evolution of ECOWAS and SADC in order to highlight the circumstances of their creation and their qualified failure as economic communities. This is followed by a comparative analysis of the security and democracy mandates entrusted to ECOWAS and SADC by its member states based on the study of the legal texts that outline the specific objectives of each regional security organisation and the tools they were given to implement their mandates. The study finally analyses the implementation records of ECOWAS and SADC in order to assess the commitment of their member states to their new democracy and security mandate. The research concludes with the two following hypotheses: 1) A security agenda cannot emerge without the involvement of the regional hegemon. 2) What the regional hegemon can do, including affecting the speed of the transformation, is constrained by the acceptance of its leadership by its neighbours (legitimacy) and by state weakness (capability).
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Jaye, Thomas. "ECOWAS intervention in the Liberian Civil War : issues of sovereignty, strategy and security." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367011.
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Fukuda, Nobutaka. "Fertility decline in Japan since the 1970s : socio-ecomic factors or attitudinal factors?" Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8303e991-71bf-4198-bc87-d2090c0415d6.
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This study investigates the influence of socio-economic and attitudinal factors on recent changes in marriage and fertility in Japan. Using macroand micro-data (collected especially for this research), the study examines the validity of three main theories: (1) the New Home Economics theory; (2) Easterlin's theory; and (3) the ideational (or attitudinal) theory in detemining Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour. The findings of this study show that socio-economic factors exert a substantial effect on Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour. More specifically, an increase in women's earning capacity raised their marriage age, lowered the level of their fertility, and lengthened their birth intervals. This evidence is in agreement with the New Home Economics theory. On the other hand, relative economic status also affected Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour. An improvement in the economic situation of young adults encouraged them to marry earlier, and to have more children. These findings support Easterlin's theory. However, comparing the two theories, the longitudinal trend of marriage and fertility pattern in Japan is better explained by the New Home Economics theory than Easterlin's theory. The level of women's wages had a relatively stronger impact on these patterns than their relative economic status. The findings also reveal that attitudinal factors play a significant role in determining Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour. As women became less committed to traditional norms and values, they married later, had fewer children and lengthened their birth intervals. Likewise, the reinforcement of women's individualistic attitudes raised their marriage age, lowered the level of their fertility, and delayed their entry to parenthood. This evidence indicates that marriage and fertility pattern in Japan cannot be due entirely to socio-economic factors. Comparing socio-economic and attitudinal factors, the former had a greater influence on marriage and fertility behaviour than the latter. We conclude from the findings of this study that Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour are affected both by socio-economic and attitudinal (ideational) factors, but the influence of the latter is secondary.