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  • 1
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    American Dolorologies : Pain, Sentimentalism, Biopolitics (2014)
    Albany, NY : SUNY Press
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    ISBN: 9781438450230
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Cultural studies
    Keywords: History ; Social Science / Slavery ; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture ; History / United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 〈i〉Offers a critical history of the role of pain, suffering, and compassion in democratic culture.〈/i〉〈br/〉〈br/〉〈i〉American Dolorologies〈/i〉 presents a theoretically sophisticated intervention into contemporary equations of subjectivity with trauma. Simon Strick argues against a universalism of pain and instead foregrounds the intimate relations of bodily affect with racial and gender politics. In concise and original readings of medical debates, abolitionist photography, Enlightenment philosophy, and contemporary representations of torture, Strick shows the crucial function that evocations of "bodies in pain" serve in the politicization of differences. This book provides a historical contextualization of contemporary ideas of suffering, sympathy, and compassion, thus establishing an embodied genealogy of the pain that is at the heart of American democratic sentiment.〈br/〉〈br/〉〈b〉Simon Strick〈/b〉 is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Literary and Cultural Research Berlin in Germany
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    Domestic violence and sexuality : what's love got to do with it? (2014)
    Bristol : The Policy Press
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    ISBN: 9781447307433
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-ressource (vii, 240 Seiten)
    Edition: 1st published
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Donovan, Catherine, 1961 - Domestic violence and sexuality
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Domestic disturbances, patriarchal values
    DDC: 362.829208664
    Keywords: Same-sex partner abuse ; Social sciences ; Social Science / Violence In Society ; Europe Social conditions ; Electronic books ; Homosexuelles Paar ; Häusliche Gewalt
    Abstract: This book provides the first detailed discussion of domestic violence and abuse in same sex relationships, offering a unique comparison between this and domestic violence and abuse experienced by heterosexual women and men. It examines how experiences of domestic violence and abuse may be shaped by gender, sexuality and age, including whether and how victims/survivors seek help, and asks, what's love got to do with it? A pioneering methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative research, provides a reliable and valid approach that challenges the heteronormative model in domestic violence research, policy and practice. The authors develops a new framework of analysis - practices of love - to explore empirical data
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    Gendering women : identity and mental wellbeing through the lifecourse (2014)
    Bristol, UK : Policy Press | [Berlin] : BiblioLabs
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 271 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    DDC: 305.3
    Keywords: Electronic books
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    Soncino - Gesellschaft der Freunde des jüdischen Buches : Ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte (2014)
    [s.l.] : De Gruyter Oldenbourg
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    ISBN: 9783110368208 , 9783110339215
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (256 p)
    Keywords: Literary Collections ; Anthologies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In May 1924, the Soncino Society of the Friends of the Jewish Book was founded in Berlin. Named after the Soncinos, a 15th to 16th century Jewish-Italian family of printers, it was the first society of Jewish bibliophiles, and set the goal of publishing rare Jewish books and Hebrew printings. The eight essays in this volume explore the history of the Society and its commitment to Hebrew book culture."
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    The making of Englishmen : debates on national identity 1550 - 1650 (2014)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004243873
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 347 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Studies in the history of political thought Volume 8
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Stroh, Hilary The making of Englishmen
    DDC: 942.05
    Keywords: National characteristics, English History 16th century ; National characteristics, English History 17th century ; Group identity History 16th century ; Group identity History 17th century ; Nationalism and literature History 16th century ; Nationalism and literature History 17th century ; English language Rhetoric ; Political aspects ; Political science ; Political Science ; Electronic books ; England ; Nationalbewusstsein ; Geschichte 1550-1650
    Abstract: Making the Englishmen: Debates on National Identity 1550-1650 asks how Englishmen defined themselves at a time of profound change and uncertainty. It will seek to contextualise the ways in which Englishness came to be construed as free, plain and unCatholic, and situate this construction as part of a larger attempt to create a narrative which would distinguish them from the rest of Europe. But all such attempts were fraught with anxiety and contestation. The normative ideals of Englishness were constantly being undermined, affronted and ignored. In the disarray characteristic of the post-Reformation era, there were constant fears that the Englishman was becoming both slavish and treacherous in political, cultural and religious ways. Englishness was under threat
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    How human rights can build Haiti : activists, lawyers, and the grassroots campaign (2014)
    Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press
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    ISBN: 9780826519955
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    DDC: 342.729408/5
    Keywords: Civil rights lawyers ; Human rights workers ; Human rights ; Civil rights lawyers ; Haiti ; Human rights ; Haiti ; Human rights workers ; Haiti ; Electronic books ; Westindien ; Karibik ; Politik ; Internationale Politik ; Menschenrecht ; Menschenrechtler
    Abstract: Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Kolera and the United Nations -- 2. "Judge Him": Pursuing Duvalier -- 3. The Rule of Law, Political Will, and Haiti -- 4. The Raboteau Trial -- 5. How Not to Save a Country: Lost Opportunities in the Post-Earthquake Response -- Figures 1-12 -- 6. Beyond the Courtroom -- 7. The Donkey and the Horse: Haiti and the United States -- 8. Creating Victory for the People -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Kolera and the United Nations""; ""2. “Judge Him�: Pursuing Duvalier""; ""3. The Rule of Law, Political Will, and Haiti""; ""4. The Raboteau Trial""; ""5. How Not to Save a Country: Lost Opportunities in the Post-Earthquake Response""; ""Figures 1-12""; ""6. Beyond the Courtroom""; ""7. The Donkey and the Horse: Haiti and the United States""; ""8. Creating Victory for the People""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
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    Arab TV-Audiences : Negotiating Religion and Identity (2014)
    Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang
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    ISBN: 9783653048353
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (150 Seiten)
    Keywords: Language arts ; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmentation. More than a thousand Arab satellite TV channels alongside other new media platforms are offering all kinds of programming. Religion has also found a vital place as a topic in mainstream media or in one of the approximately 135 religious satellite channels that broadcast guidance and entertainment with an Islamic frame of reference. How do Arab audiences make use of mediated religion in negotiations of identity and belonging? The empirical based case studies in this interdisciplinary volume explore audience-media relations with a focus on religious identity in different countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, and the United States
    Abstract: Contents: Ehab Galal: Where has the authority gone? New imperatives and audience research – Ehab Galal: Audience responses to Islamic TV: Between resistance and piety – Khalil Rinnawi: Cyber religious-national community? The case of Arab community in Germany – Ratiba Hadj-Moussa: Maghrebi audiences: Mapping the divide between Arab sentiment, Islamic belonging and political praxis – Noha Mellor: Religious media as a cultural discourse: The views of the Arab diaspora in London – Vivian Ibrahim: Watching the history of the «present»: Religion and national identity in the Egyptian diaspora – Lise Paulsen Gala: Minority religion mediated: Contesting representation
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    Mesolithic Settlement in the North Sea Basin : A Case Study from Howick, North-East England (2014)
    Havertown : Oxbow Books
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    ISBN: 9781782974604
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (607 Seiten)
    Keywords: Excavations (Archaeology) ; England ; Northumberland ; Howick Site (England) ; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric ; England ; Northumberland ; Mesolithic period ; England ; Northumberland ; Northumberland (England) ; Antiquities ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The archaeological remains at Howick consist of a Mesolithic hut site and an Early Bronze Age cist cemetery located on a modern cliff edge overlooking a small estuary. This volume is devoted solely to the reporting and interpretation of the Mesolithic remains. Three huts had been constructed on the Howick site, all on the same footprint, with no evidence to indicate a gap between these occupations, and the remains inside the hut were all consistent with its use as a habitation site. The lithic material from Howick is the most accurately dated assemblage from any British Mesolithic site and is a classic example of a narrow-blade industry. Typically for Britain these sites date from around 7500 cal BC but the Howick dates indicate an earlier start for this type of industry. The chipped stone assemblage from Howick is all made from locally occurring beach pebble flint which fits into the wider pattern of localised raw material acquisition by groups elsewhere in North-East England. A wide variety of tool types were found within the hut reflecting the diverse activities that appear to have taken place there. With such a wide range of resources on offer on a year-round basis, the site is interpreted as a base camp settlement that was used by the same group and their descendants over a period of several generations lasting for somewhere in the region of 200 years. The size of the hut indicates its use by a family-sized group. The Howick excavations have forced a rethink of the scale and nature of Mesolithic settlement in North-East England, as well as the relationship between this and other regions around the North Sea Basin. It is hoped that this work will help encourage further research into the Mesolithic of the region and its interactions with adjacent areas of upland, other North Sea Basin communities, as well as groups occupying the lands further
    Abstract: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SUMMARY -- RÉSUMÉ -- ZUASAMMENFASSUNG -- SAMENVATTING -- DANSK RESUMÉ -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- Setting the Scene -- Scope of the Volume -- Site Discovery -- Aims -- Field Research Strategy -- Site Location -- Previous Archaeological Work in the Howick Area -- 2 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY -- Objectives -- Location and Geology -- Methods Statement -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- 3 FIELDWALKING -- Introduction -- Method Statement -- Taphonomy -- Density -- Distribution -- Assemblage Chronology -- Raw Material -- Types -- Activity in the Wider Landscape -- 4 TEST PITS -- Methods Statement -- Distribution and Artefact Density -- The Lithic Assemblage -- 5 EXCAVATION OF THE HOWICK HUT -- Methods Statement -- Site Stratigraphy -- The overburden -- Mesolithic Hut -- Phase 1a Hut (see Figs. 5.6-5.9) -- Phase 1b Hut (see Figs. 5.10-5.12) -- Phase 2 Hut (see Figs. 5.13-5.16) -- Phase 3 Hut (see Figs. 5.17-5.20) -- Phase 4 Hut Re-Occupation (see Fig. 5.21) -- Features and Activity Outside the Mesolithic Hut -- Conclusions -- 6 ABSOLUTE DATING -- Introduction -- General Approach -- Objectives -- Sampling -- Radiocarbon Analysis and Quality Assurance -- The Results -- Calibration -- Analysis and Interpretation -- Sediment Sequence -- 7 CHIPPED STONE TOOLS -- The Lithic Assemblage -- Stratigraphic and Spatial Distribution -- Overall Summary and Discussion -- 8 BEVELLED PEBBLES, COARSE STONE TOOLS AND OCHREOUS MATERIAL -- Ochreous Material -- 9 RESIDUE AND USE-WEAR ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS -- Residue Analysis -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Use-Wear Analysis -- Results -- Cluster analysis -- Cluster 1 -- Cluster 2 -- Cluster 3 -- Cluster 4 -- Cluster 5 -- Cluster 6 -- Cluster 7 -- Cluster 8 -- Microliths -- Scrapers -- Unretouched tools.
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    Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense : status of current research, prioritizing areas of need, and recommendations for moving forward (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087720 , 083308772X , 9780833087737 , 0833087746 , 0833087738 , 0833087711 , 9780833087713 , 9780833087744
    Language: English
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ramchand, Rajeev Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; Research ; United States ; Suicide Prevention ; Government policy ; Military research ; Suicide Prevention ; Research ; Psychology, Military ; Suicide ; Military research ; Suicide ; Psychology, Military ; Military research ; Personnel management ; Research ; Psychology, Military ; Suicide ; Prevention ; Government policy ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; United States Armed Forces ; Mental health services ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The study indexed each of 12 research goals according to rankings of importance, effectiveness, cultural acceptability, cost, and learning potential provided by experts who participated in a multistep elicitation exercise. The results revealed that research funding is overwhelmingly allocated to prevention goals already considered by experts to be effective. Other goals considered by experts to be important and appropriate for the military context receive relatively little funding and have been the subject of relatively few studies, meaning that there is still much to learn about these strategies. Furthermore, DoD, like other organizations, suffers from a research-to-practice gap. The most promising results from studies funded by DoD and other entities do not always find their way to those responsible for implementing suicide prevention programs that serve military personnel
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    Capacity building at the Kurdistan region statistics office through data collection (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085177 , 0833086480 , 0833085174 , 9780833086488
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 75 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Abramzon, Shmuel Capacity building at the Kurdistan region statistics office through data collection
    Keywords: LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Statistical services ; Iraq ; Kurdistān ; Statistics ; Kurdistān (Iraq) Statistical services ; Kurdistān (Iraq) Statistics ; Kurdistān (Iraq) ; Kurdistān (Iraq) ; Electronic books
    Note: "Rand Labor and Population , "RR-293-KRG"--Page 4 of cover , "Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government , At head of title: Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Planning , Includes bibliographical references
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    How do we know what information sharing is really worth? : exploring methodologies to measure the value of information sharing and fusion efforts (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833083869 , 0833083872 , 0833083864 , 9780833083876
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (31 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Jackson, Brian A., 1972- How do we know what information sharing is really worth?
    Keywords: Selective dissemination of information ; Intelligence service ; Information policy ; Communication in law enforcement ; Government information Access control ; Terrorism Prevention ; Domestic intelligence ; Exchange of government information ; Selective dissemination of information ; Intelligence service ; Information policy ; Communication in law enforcement ; Government information ; Terrorism ; Domestic intelligence ; Exchange of government information ; Selective dissemination of information ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; United States ; COMPUTERS ; Internet ; Security ; Communication in law enforcement ; Domestic intelligence ; Exchange of government information ; Government information ; Access control ; Information policy ; Intelligence service ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the sharing of intelligence and law enforcement information has been a central part of U.S. domestic security efforts. Though much of the public debate about such sharing focuses on addressing the threat of terrorism, organizations at all levels of government routinely share varied types of information through multiagency information systems, collaborative groups, and other links. Given resource constraints, there are concerns about the effectiveness of information-sharing and fusion activities and, therefore, their value relative to the public funds invested in them. Solid methods for evaluating these efforts are lacking, however, limiting the ability to make informed policy decisions. Drawing on a substantial literature review and synthesis, this report lays out the challenges of evaluating information-sharing efforts that frequently seek to achieve multiple goals simultaneously; reviews past evaluations of information-sharing programs; and lays out a path to improving the evaluation of such efforts going forward
    Note: "RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center , "This research was conducted within the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center ... a joint center of two research divisions: RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment, and the RAND National Security Research Division"--Back cover , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web Page (PDF) , "RR-380-OSD"--Page 31 , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-30)
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    Central banking at a crossroads : Europe and beyond (2014)
    London : Anthem Press
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    ISBN: 9781783083602 , 1783083603 , 9781783083046 , 1783083042
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 283 pages)
    Series Statement: Anthem frontiers of global political economy
    Keywords: Banks and banking, Central ; Banks and banking, Central History 21st century ; Banks and banking, Central Law and legislation ; Banks and banking, Central ; Banks and banking, Central ; Banks and banking, Central ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Finance ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Banks & Banking ; Banks and banking, Central ; Banks and banking, Central ; Law and legislation ; Finance ; Business & Economics ; Banking ; Economics, finance, business and management ; Economics ; History ; Economic and financial crises and disasters Mod Economic and financial crises and disasters ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Constraining descretion in bank regulation / Andrew G. Haldane -- Fallacies and irrelevant facts in the discussion on capital regulation / Anat R. Admati, Peter M. Demarzo, Martin F. Hellwig, and Paul Pfleiderer -- Complexity, interconnectedness : business models and the Basel system / Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Paul Atkinson, and Caroline Roulet -- At the brink of insolvency : shallow recapitalization exercise fails to bolster Europe's ailing banks / Jakob Vestergaard and Maria Retana -- Bank resolution in comparative perspective : what lessons for Europe? / Charles Goodhart -- Resolving problem banks : a review of the global evidence / Martin Cihák and Erlend Nier -- Bank resolution in New Zealand and its implications for Europe / David G. Mayes -- Collateral and monetary policy / Manmohan Singh -- The ECB and the political economy of collateral / Daniela Gabor -- The backstory of the risk-free asset : how government debt became "safe" / Nina Boy -- Central banking post-crisis : what compass for uncharted waters? / Claudio Borio -- Reconceptualizing central bank unconventional policies : long positions on no-growth capitalism / Ismail Ertürk -- The relationship between central banks and governments : what are central banks for? / Sheila C. Dow -- Is new governance the ideal architecture for global financial regulation? / Annelise Riles
    Abstract: Constraining descretion in bank regulation / Andrew G. Haldane -- Fallacies and irrelevant facts in the discussion on capital regulation / Anat R. Admati, Peter M. Demarzo, Martin F. Hellwig, and Paul Pfleiderer -- Complexity, interconnectedness : business models and the Basel system / Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Paul Atkinson, and Caroline Roulet -- At the brink of insolvency : shallow recapitalization exercise fails to bolster Europe's ailing banks / Jakob Vestergaard and Maria Retana -- Bank resolution in comparative perspective : what lessons for Europe? / Charles Goodhart -- Resolving problem banks : a review of the global evidence / Martin Cihák and Erlend Nier -- Bank resolution in New Zealand and its implications for Europe / David G. Mayes -- Collateral and monetary policy / Manmohan Singh -- The ECB and the political economy of collateral / Daniela Gabor -- The backstory of the risk-free asset : how government debt became "safe" / Nina Boy -- Central banking post-crisis : what compass for uncharted waters? / Claudio Borio -- Reconceptualizing central bank unconventional policies : long positions on no-growth capitalism / Ismail Ertürk -- The relationship between central banks and governments : what are central banks for? / Sheila C. Dow -- Is new governance the ideal architecture for global financial regulation? / Annelise Riles
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    Police department investments in information technology systems : challenges assessing their payoff (2014)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089878 , 0833089870
    Language: English
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    Parallel Title: Print version Jackson, Brian A Police department investments in information technology systems
    DDC: 363.2/0285
    Keywords: Police Information technology ; Evaluation ; Police ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The potential effects of information technology (IT) systems on police productivity will be driven, in part, by the match between the technology and police activities. In modern policing, how information is used for reactive response to incidents is significantly different from proactive and community-policing activities, so we expect the effects of IT to be quite different. The authors developed a logic model of police functions to guide examination of the different expected effects of IT on productivity. The logic model helped guide a statistical analysis in an effort to identify productivity and budgetary effects of different IT investments in police departments. However, even the best available data were insufficient to break down police agencies' use of the technology at a sufficient level of granularity to provide meaningful results. Future efforts to assess the effects of IT systems on law enforcement performance can benefit from the results of the logic modeling and exploratory analysis. Specifically, it is important to collect data not just on department acquisition of IT systems, but also on how the systems are used and the activities that the use is intended to support. In considering potential productivity improvement from IT use, analysts need ways to measure relative levels of effort devoted to different police functions because the role of IT as a force multiplier means that its benefits will be driven, in part, by the force available to multiply
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    Religion and conflict attribution : an empirical study in the religious meaning system of Christian, Muslim and Hindu students in Tamil Nadu, India (2014)
    Boston : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004270817 , 9004270868 , 9004270817 , 9789004270862
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Radboud studies in humanities VOLUME 3
    Series Statement: Radboud studies in humanities
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    Parallel Title: Print version Anthony, Francis-Vincent Religion and conflict attribution
    Keywords: Hinduism ; Islam ; Christianity ; Violence Religious aspects ; Hinduism ; Islam ; Christianity ; Violence ; Islam ; Religion ; Violence ; Religious aspects ; RELIGION ; Comparative Religion ; India ; Tamil Nadu ; Christianity ; Hinduism ; Tamil Nadu (India) Religion ; Tamil Nadu (India) ; Electronic books
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    (Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing (2014)
    Bielefeld, Germany : transcript Verlag | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
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    ISBN: 9783839429150 , 3839429153 , 9783837629156 , 3837629155 , 3839429153 , 3837629155 , 9783839429150 , 9783837629156
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (443 pages)
    Edition: First edition
    Series Statement: Culture & theory
    Series Statement: Edition Kulturwissenschaft v. 55
    Parallel Title: Print version (Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim, Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing.:First edition
    Keywords: Postcolonialism ; Postcolonialism ; Humanities ; History ; History: specific events and topics ; National liberation and independence, post-colonialism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Colonialism & Post-Colonialism ; Postcolonialism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity -- 3. The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism -- 4. (Re- )Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York -- 5. (Re- )Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo -- 6. (Re- )Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia -- 7. (Re- )Mediating Orientalism.
    Abstract: Media depictions of Arabs and Muslims continue to be framed by images of camels, belly dancers, and dagger-wearing terrorists. But do only Hollywood movies and TV news have the power to frame public discourse? This interdisciplinary study transfers media framing theory to literary studies to show how life writing (re- )frames Orientalist stereotypes. The innovative analysis of the post-9/11 autobiographies "West of Kabul, East of New York", "Letters from Cairo", and "Howling in Mesopotamia" makes a powerful claim to approach literature based on a theory of production and reception, thus enhancing the multi-disciplinary potential of framing theory
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    Essential vulnerabilities : Plato and Levinas on relations to the Other (2014)
    Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press
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    ISBN: 9780810129948 , 0810167824 , 0810129949 , 0810167824 , 9780810129948 , 9780810167827
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    Series Statement: Rereading ancient philosophy
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    Parallel Title: Print version Achtenberg, Deborah, 1951- Essential vulnerabilities
    Keywords: Lévinas, Emmanuel ; Levinas, Emmanuel ; Plato ; Levinas, Emmanuel ; Plato ; Other (Philosophy) ; Self (Philosophy) ; Other (Philosophy) ; Self (Philosophy) ; PHILOSOPHY ; Ethics & Moral Philosophy ; Other (Philosophy) ; Self (Philosophy) ; Philosophy & Religion ; Philosophy ; Lévinas, Emmanuel ; Plato ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In Essential Vulnerabilities, Deborah Achtenberg contests Emmanuel Levinas's idea that Plato is a philosopher of freedom for whom thought is a return to the self. Instead, Plato, like Levinas, is a philosopher of the other. Nonetheless, Achtenberg argues, Plato and Levinas are different. Though they share the view that human beings are essentially vulnerable and essentially in relation to others, they conceive human vulnerability and responsiveness differently. For Plato, when we see beautiful others, we are overwhelmed by the beauty of what is, by the vision of eternal form. For Levinas, we are disrupted by the newness, foreignness, or singularity of the other. The other, for him, is new or foreign, not eternal. The other is unknowable singularity. By showing these similarities and differences, Achtenberg resituates Plato in relation to Levinas and opens up two contrasting ways that self is essentially in relation to others."--Page 4 of cover
    Description / Table of Contents: Violence -- Freedom -- Creation -- Knowledge -- Time and the self -- Violence, freedom, creation, knowledge -- Glory and shine -- Conclusion.
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    José Emilio Pacheco : reescritura en movimiento (2014)
    México, D.F : El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios
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    ISBN: 9786074626568 , 6074626561 , 6074626561 , 9786074626568
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (207 pages)
    Edition: Primera edición
    Series Statement: Serie Literatura mexicana XIV
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version José Emilio Pacheco
    Keywords: Pacheco, José Emilio Literary style ; Pacheco, José Emilio Criticism and interpretation ; Pacheco, José Emilio ; Pacheco, José Emilio ; Poets, Mexican Intellectual life 20th century ; Poets, Mexican ; Electronic books ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary ; Pacheco, José Emilio ; Literary style
    Abstract: Memoria del escritor : palabra "que no cesa" / Yvette Jiménez de Baéz -- José Emilio Pacheco / Luzelena Gutiérrez de Velasco -- A José Emilio Pacheco, siemprevivas / Yvette Jiménez de Baéz -- Variaciones sobre La arena errante de José Emilio Pacheco : I Motivo poemario, II del pormenor significativo a una visión del mundo / Yvette Jiménez de Baéz -- Crónica de la fugacidad : la poesía de José Emilio Pacheco / Hugo J. Verani -- José Emilio Pacheco, poeta elegiaco / Anthony Stanton -- Aproximaciones a poetisas japonesas / Carmen Dolores Carrillo Juárez -- Morirás lejos : la inofensiva y consoladora utilidad de las narraciones / Gabriela Leal -- José Emilio Pacheco y el nouveau roman / Luzelena Gutiérrez de Velasco -- Huellas del 68 en textos de José Emilio Pacheco / Edith Negrín -- A 30 años de la publicación de Las batallas en el desierto / José Emilio Pacheco
    Note: "Incluye también un texto inédito suyo que leyó cuando le otorgaron el Premio Alfonos Reyes en El Colegio de México"--Back cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    Escritos de la muerte de mi padre (2014)
    México, D.F : El Colegio de México
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    ISBN: 9786076284261 , 6076284269 , 6076284269 , 9786076284261
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Primera edición
    DDC: 868/.509
    Keywords: Funeral orations ; Funeral orations ; Electronic books ; Funeral orations
    Note: "Edición no venal" -- Title page verso
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    Glass making in the Greco-Roman world : results of the ARCHGLASS project (2014)
    Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press
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    ISBN: 9789462700079 , 9461661576 , 9462700079 , 9461661576 , 9789462700079 , 9789461661579
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (189 pages)
    Series Statement: Studies in archaeological sciences 4
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Glass Making in the Greco-Roman World
    RVK:
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    RVK:
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    RVK:
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    Keywords: Glassware History ; Glassware industry History ; Glassware industry History ; Glassware industry History ; Glass History ; Glass History ; Glass History ; Glass manufacture History To 1500 ; Glass manufacture History ; Glass manufacture History ; Glass manufacture History ; Glassware History ; Glassware, Roman ; Glassware, Ancient ; Glassware, Classical ; Glassware ; Glassware industry ; Glassware industry ; Glassware industry ; Glass ; Glass ; Glass ; Glass manufacture ; Glass manufacture ; Glass manufacture ; Glass manufacture ; Glassware ; Glassware, Roman ; Glassware, Ancient ; Glassware, Classical ; Glass manufacture ; Glassware ; Glassware, Ancient ; Glassware, Classical ; Glassware industry ; Glassware, Roman ; Archaeology by period ; region ; Archaeology ; Classical Greek and Roman archaeology ; Mediterranean Region ; Middle East ; Rome (Empire) ; Humanities ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Archaeology ; History ; Antiquities ; Glass ; Middle East Antiquities ; Mediterranean Region Antiquities ; Rome Antiquities ; Middle East ; Mediterranean Region ; Rome ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Glasherstellung ; Antike
    Abstract: This book presents a reconstruction of the Hellenistic-Roman glass industry from the point of view of raw material procurement. Within the ERC funded ARCHGLASS project, the authors of this work developed new geochemical techniques to provenance primary glass making. They investigated both production and consumer sites of glass, and identified suitable mineral resources for glass making through geological prospecting. Because the source of the raw materials used in the manufacturing of natron glass can be determined, new insights in the trade of this material are revealed. While eastern Mediterranean glass factories were active throughout the Hellenistic to early Islamic period, western Mediterranean and possibly Italian and North African sources also supplied the Mediterranean world with raw glass in early Roman times. By combining archaeological and scientific data, the authors develop new interdisciplinary techniques for an innovative archaeological interpretation of glass trade in the Hellenistic-Roman world, highlighting the development of glass as an economic material
    Abstract: This book presents a reconstruction of the Hellenistic-Roman glass industry from the point of view of raw material procurement. Within the ERC funded ARCHGLASS project, the authors of this work developed new geochemical techniques to provenance primary glass making. They investigated both production and consumer sites of glass, and identified suitable mineral resources for glass making through geological prospecting. Because the source of the raw materials used in the manufacturing of natron glass can be determined, new insights in the trade of this material are revealed. While eastern Mediterranean glass factories were active throughout the Hellenistic to early Islamic period, western Mediterranean and possibly Italian and North African sources also supplied the Mediterranean world with raw glass in early Roman times. By combining archaeological and scientific data, the authors develop new interdisciplinary techniques for an innovative archaeological interpretation of glass trade in the Hellenistic-Roman world, highlighting the development of glass as an economic material
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    Songs of the empty place (2014)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925022230 , 1925022234
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Monographs in Anthropology
    Series Statement: Monographs in anthropology series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Weiner, James F.; Songs of the Empty Place : The Memorial Poetry of the Foi of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
    Keywords: Foi (Papua New Guinean people) Music. ; Ethnomusicology Papua New Guinea. ; Folk music Papua New Guinea. ; Folk music ; Ethnomusicology ; Foi (Papua New Guinean people) ; Ethnomusicology ; Foi (Papua New Guinean people) ; Folk music ; History & Archaeology ; Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania ; Papua New Guinea ; Southern Highlands Province ; Papua New Guinea ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions ; Music ; Songs and music ; Papua New Guinea Songs and music. ; Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) ; Papua New Guinea ; Electronic books
    Abstract: For 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. This book contains the transcriptions, translations, and descriptions of the songs he recorded. The texts of women's sago songs (obedobora), men's ceremonial songs (sorohabora), and women's sorohabora are included. Men turn the prosaic content of womenís sago songs into their own sorohabora songs, which are performed the night following large-scale inter-community pig kills, called dawa. While women sing sago songs by themselves, men sing their ceremonial songs in groups of paired men. Women also have their own ceremonial versions of such songs. The songs are memorial in intent; they are designed to commemorate the lives of men who are no longer living. Most commonly they do so by naming the places the deceased inhabited during his lifetime. These song texts and translations are introduced by Weiner. Ethnomusicologist Don Niles then brings together information about each type of song and considers these Foi genres in relation to those of neighbouring groups, highlighting aspects of regional performance styles. Consideration is also given to the poetic devices used in Papua New Guinea songs. Eighteen recordings illustrating the Foi genres discussed in this book are available for download. It remains uncertain how such songs may be affected by the major oil extraction project that has been undertaken in the region for more than two decades. This book will interest students of anthropology, ethnomusicology, linguistics, verbal art, aesthetics, and cultural heritage
    Abstract: Preface:Singing the earth in the Mubi valley /James F. Weiner --Introduction:Foi songs and the performance, publication, and poetry of Papua New Guinea sung traditions /Don Niles --Women's sago songs (obedobora) --Men's songs (sorobabora) --Women's songs (sorohabora).
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    Dictionary of world biography (2014)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925022254 , 1925022250
    Language: English
    Edition: Second edition.
    Series Statement: ANU. Lives series in biography
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jones, Barry; Dictionary of World Biography
    Keywords: Biography Dictionaries. ; Authors, Australian ; Biography ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Reference ; Authors, Australian ; Biography ; Dictionaries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: About the Author; Abbreviations; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
    Abstract: Jones, Barry Owen (1932- ). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry, abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the 'post-industrial' society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of 'the Third Age' and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983-90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987-90 and Customs 1988-90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991-95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992-2000, 2005-06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860- (1965), Joseph II (1968), Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty is Death (1968). Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. He received a DSc for his services to science in 1988 and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have been elected to all four Australian learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's one hundred 'living national treasures' in 1998, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006
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    Die böhmischen Länder in den Wiener Zeitschriften und Almanachen des Vormärz (1805-1848), Teil III : Kunst : Tschechische nationale Wiedergeburt, Kultur- und Landeskunde von Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien, kulturelle Beziehungen zu Wien (2014)
    Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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    ISBN: 3700177399 , 3700171358 , 9783700171355 , 9783700177395
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (lvi, 426 pages)
    Series Statement: Open Access e-Books
    Series Statement: Knowledge Unlatched
    Series Statement: Veröffentlichungen zur Literaturwissenschaft des Instituts für Kulturwissenschaften und Theatergeschichte Nr. 31
    Series Statement: Sitzungsberichte Bd. 855
    Series Statement: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse
    DDC: 016.94371
    Keywords: Austrian periodicals Bibliography ; Public opinion ; Electronic books ; Public opinion, Austrian ; Austrian periodicals ; Civilization ; International relations ; Literature ; Austria ; Austria ; Vienna ; Czech Republic ; Bohemia ; Bibliography ; Public opinion ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) Foreign public opinion, Austrian ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) Bibliography In literature ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) Bibliography Civilization ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) Relations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Das Wiener Vormarz-Slavica-Projekt am Institut fur Kulturwissenschaften und Theatergeschichte der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften befasst sich mit der nichtpolitischen Metternich'schen Presse, indem es eine Auswertung im Hinblick auf eine spezifische Fragestellung liefert. Die vorliegende Publikation ist der dritte Teil des funften Bandes der daraus hervorgegangenen komparatistischen Reihe, betitelt: Die bohmischen Lander in den Wiener Zeitschriften und Almanachen des Vormarz (1805-1848). Tschechische nationale Wiedergeburt - Kultur- und Landeskunde von Bohmen, Mahren und Schlesien - Kulturelle Beziehungen zu Wien. Nachdem Teil I (2011) die Bereiche Belletristik und Pressewesen und Teil II (2013) die Bereiche Sprachwissenschaften - Philosophie, Asthetik, Rhetorik - Geschichte - Bildungsinstitutionen erschlossen haben, wird in Teil III das Material zu den Kunsten (Musik - Bildende Kunste - Darstellende Kunste) systematisch erfasst. Einmal mehr wird ins Gedachtnis gerufen, dass bohmische Musiker europaweit auftraten, auch die Neue Welt und das Russische Reich bespielten, besonders aber auch an den Wiener Buhnen teils an massgeblicher Stelle als Komponisten, Solisten oder Kapellmeister wirkten. Berichte uber die bildenden Kunste in den bohmischen Landern vermitteln einen Einblick in das zeitgenossische Kunstgeschehen. Es ist ein uberwiegend transnationaler Trend auszumachen. Notizen uber neuerrichtete Denkmaler verweisen auf Bestrebungen, im offentlichen Raum die habsburgische Macht symbolisch zu festigen, aber auch dem Landespatriotismus sichtbare Zeichen zu setzen. Das Theaterleben betreffend ist zu erfahren, dass die Leserschaft der Wiener Blatter, allen voran der Theaterzeitung, daruber im Bilde war, was in Prag gespielt wurde. Man erfuhr, dass Auffuhrungen von tschechischen Stucken und musiktheatralischen Produktionen mit Libretti in tschechischer Ubersetzung nur in beschranktem Rahmen (Nachmittagsvorstellungen) moglich waren. Uber das Repertoire des sogenannten bohmischen Theaters wurde en detail Bericht erstattet. Der vorliegende Band erschliesst reichhaltige Quellen zur Theater-, Musik- und Kunstgeschichte der Biedermeierzeit und schlagt ein bedeutendes Kapitel der Pressegeschichte auf
    Abstract: Once more we are made aware of the fact that during the first half of the 19th century Bohemian musicians performed successfully outside their home country, in Europe as well as in the New World and in the Russian Empire, including careers in Vienna and we also learn that the readers of Viennese journals in the first place of the "Theaterzeitung" got firsthand information about the repertoire of the theatres in Prague and of theatres elsewhere. Reports and reviews about the life in the applied arts in the Bohemian lands being a rather lesser known chapter of art history allow us an insight in this field. The volume in question offers a reach source of information concerning the history of music, applied and performing arts in the Bohemian lands under Habsburg rule in the first half of the 19th century from the perspective of Viennese media
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    Sonic modernities in the Malay world : a history of popular music, social distinction and novel lifestyles (1930s-2000s) (2014)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004261778 , 900426177X , 9789004259867 , 9004259864
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 375 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde volume 290
    Series Statement: Southeast Asia mediated volume 5
    Uniform Title: Music on Dutch East Indies radio in 1938
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sonic modernities in the Malay world
    Keywords: Music Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Popular music History and criticism ; Popular music History and criticism ; Music Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Musiksoziologie ; Popmusik ; MUSIC ; Instruction & Study ; Theory ; Malaysia ; Indonesien ; Malaysia ; Indonesia ; MUSIC ; Genres & Styles ; General ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; History ; Music ; Social aspects ; Popular music ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Sonic Modernities situates Southeast Asian popular music in specific socio-historical settings, hoping that a focus on popular culture and history may shed light on how some people in a particular part of the world have been witnessing the emergence of all things modern. In its focus on pioneering artists, their creative use of new genres and border crossing technologies it aims at a rewriting of Southeast Asia's twentieth century from the perspective of popular music makers, the entertainment industry and its ever changing audiences"--
    Abstract: Sonic histories in a Southeast Asian context / Bart Barendregt -- Music on Dutch East Indies radio in 1938 : representations of unity, disunity, and the modern / Philip Yampolsky -- "Dirty dancing" and Malay anxieties : the changing context of Malay ronggeng in the first half of the twentieth century / Jan van der Putten -- Disquieting degeneracy : policing Malaysian and Singaporean popular music culture from the mid-1960s to early-1970s / Adil Johan -- Pop goes Melayu : Melayu popular music in Indonesia, 1968-1975 / Andrew N. Weintraub -- Pop Melayu vs. pop Indonesia : marketeers, producers and new interpretations of a genre into the 2000s / Emma Baulch -- Worlds of sparkling lights : popular music and youth cultures in Solo, Central Java / Lars Gjelstad -- Seductive pleasures, eluding subjectivities : some thoughts on dangdut's ambiguous identity / Bettina David -- Notes on dangdut music, popular nationalism, and Indonesian islam / Jeremy Wallach -- Politicians who love to sing and politicians who detest singing / Kees van Dijk -- Musical aspects of popular music and pop sunda in West Java / Wim van Zanten -- Modernizing songs of the forest : indigenous communities negotiate tensions of change in Malaysia / Tan Sooi Beng.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index
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    Antike Malerei zwischen Lokalstil und Zeitstil : Akten des XI. Internationalen Kolloquiums der AIPMA, 13.-17. September 2010 (2014)
    Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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    ISBN: 3700177771 , 3700176589 , 9783700176589 , 9783700177777
    Language: Italian , English , French , German , Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (2 Bände,1083 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Denkschriften 468. Bd
    Series Statement: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse
    Series Statement: Archäologische Forschungen Band 23
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Antike Malerei zwischen Lokalstil und Zeitstil
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Antike Malerei zwischen Lokalstil und Zeitstil
    DDC: 759.938
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    Keywords: Painting, Ancient Congresses ; Antiquities, Prehistoric Congresses ; Painting, Ancient Congresses Themes, motives ; Electronic books ; Antiquities, Prehistoric ; Painting, Ancient ; Conference papers and proceedings ; Konferenzschrift 2010 ; Antike ; Wandmalerei
    Abstract: [Bd. 1.]Textband --[Bd. 2.]Tafelband.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 987-1065) , Band 1, Textband , Band 2, Tafelband , In Italian, with twenty two contributions in English, twenty three in French, nine in German and nine in Spanish
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    In the lands of the Romanovs : an annotated bibliography of first-hand English-language accounts of the Russian Empire (1613-1917) (2014)
    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1783740590 , 1783740574 , 1783740574 , 1783740582 , 1783740604 , 1783740612 , 9781783740598 , 9781783740574 , 9781783740604 , 9781783740581 , 9781783740611 , 9781783740574
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (440 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cross, Anthony In the lands of the Romanovs : an annotated bibliography of first-hand English-language accounts of the Russian Empire (1613-1917)
    Keywords: Europe ; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) ; Lifestyle, sport and leisure ; Reference works ; Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects ; Russia ; Travel and holiday ; Travel writing ; REFERENCE ; Bibliographies & Indexes ; TRAVEL ; Russia ; Regions & Countries - Europe ; History & Archaeology ; Russia & Former Soviet Republics ; Bibliographies, catalogues Mod Bibliographies, catalogues ; Russia (Federation) ; Eastern Europe ; Encyclopaedias and reference works ; Bibliography ; History ; Russia Bibliography History 1801-1917 ; Russia Bibliography History 1689-1801 ; Russia Bibliography History 1613-1689 ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Over the course of more than three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia, foreign visitors and residents produced a vast corpus of literature conveying their experiences and impressions of the country. The product of years of painstaking research by one of the world's foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, In the Lands of the Romanovs is the realization of a major bibliographical project that records the details of over 1200 English-language accounts of the Russian Empire. Ranging chronologically from the accession of Mikhail Fedorovich in 1613 to the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917, this is the most comprehensive bibliography of first-hand accounts of Russia ever to be published. Far more than an inventory of accounts by travellers and tourists, Anthony Cross's ambitious and wide-ranging work includes personal records of residence in or visits to Russia by writers ranging from diplomats to merchants, physicians to clergymen, gardeners to governesses, as well as by participants in the French invasion of 1812 and in the Crimean War of 1854-56. Providing full bibliographical details and concise, informative annotation for each entry, this substantial bibliography will be an invaluable tool for anyone with an interest in contacts between Russia and the West during the centuries of Romanov rule."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Reigns of the First Romanovs: Mikhail Fedorovich (1613-1645), Aleksei Mikhailovich (1645-1676), and Fedor Alekseevich (1676-1682) -- 2. Reigns of Peter I (1682-1725), including joint reign with Ivan V (1682-1696) and regency of Sophia (1686-1689), and Catherine I (1725-1727) -- 3. Reigns of Peter II (1727-1730), Anna Ivanovna (1730-1740), Ivan VI (1740-1741), and Elizabeth (1741-1762) -- 4. Reigns of Peter III (1762) and Catherine II (1762-1796) -- 5. Reign of Paul I (1796-1801) -- 6. Reign of Alexander I (1801-1825) -- 7. Reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855) -- 8. The Crimean War (28 March 1854-27 April 1856) -- 9. Reign of Alexander II (1855-1881) -- 10. Reign of Alexander III (1881-1894) -- 11. Reign of Nicholas II (1894-1917) -- Bibliography of Bibliographies -- Index of Authors.
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    The Anglo-Scottish ballad and its imaginary contexts (2014)
    Cambridge : Open Books Publishers
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    ISBN: 1783740299 , 1783740280 , 1783740272 , 1783740302 , 1783740310 , 9781783740284 , 9781783740307 , 9781783740291 , 9781783740314 , 9781783740277
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Atkinson, David, 1955 February 23- Anglo-Scottish ballad and its imaginary contexts
    Keywords: Ballads, English History and criticism ; Ballads, Scots History and criticism ; Literary studies: general ; Literature and literary studies ; Literature: history and criticism ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ; Ballads, English ; Ballads, Scots ; Great Britain ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This is the first book to combine contemporary debates in ballad studies with the insights of modern textual scholarship. Just like canonical literature and music, the ballad should not be seen as a uniquely authentic item inextricably tied to a documented source, but rather as an unstable structure subject to the vagaries of production, reception, and editing. Among the matters addressed are topics central to the subject, including ballad origins, oral and printed transmission, sound and writing, agency and editing, and textual and melodic indeterminacy and instability. While drawing on the time-honoured materials of ballad studies, the book offers a theoretical framework for the discipline to complement the largely ethnographic approach that has dominated in recent decades. Primarily directed at the community of ballad and folk song scholars, the book will be of interest to researchers in several adjacent fields, including folklore, oral literature, ethnomusicology, and textual scholarship."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: Preface -- 1. Where is the ballad? -- 2. On the nature of evidence -- 3. Textual authority and the sources of variance -- 4. The material ballad -- 5. Sound and writing -- 6. Agency, intention, and the problem of version (with a brief history of ballad editing) -- 7. Palimpsest or texte génétique -- 8. Afterword: 'All her friends cried out for shame'.
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    Myths That Made America : an Introduction to American Studies (2014)
    Bielefeld, Germany : Transcript Verlag
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    ISBN: 1322079161 , 3839414857 , 3837614859 , 9781322079165 , 9783839414859 , 9783837614855
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: American studies v. 1
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Literature and literary studies ; Literature: history and criticism ; Literary studies: general ; HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; General ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; American ; General ; United States ; History ; United States History ; Errors, inventions, etc ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Christopher Columbus and the Myth of 'Discovery' -- Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love -- Pilgrims and Puritans and the Myth of the Promised Land -- American Independence and the Myth of the Founding Fathers -- E Pluribus Unum? The Myth of the Melting Pot -- Agrarianism, Expansionism, and the Myth of the American West -- Expressive Individualism and the Myth of the Self-Made Man.
    Abstract: This essential introduction to American studies examines the core foundational myths upon which the nation is based and which still determine discussions of US-American identities today. These myths include the myth of discovery, the Pocahontas myth, the myth of the Promised Land, the myth of the Founding Fathers, the melting pot myth, the myth of the West, and the myth of the self-made man. The chapters provide extended analyses of each of these myths, using examples from popular culture, literature, memorial culture, school books, and every-day life. Including visual material as well as study questions, this book will be of interest to any student of American studies and will foster an understanding of the United States of America as an imagined community by analyzing the foundational role of myths in the process of nation building
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    Mégare et les établissements mégariens de Sicile, de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin : Histoire et institutions (2014)
    Bern : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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    ISBN: 3035202613 , 3034304617 , 9783035202618 , 9783034304610
    Language: French
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (562 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Robu, Adrian Megare et les etablissements megariens de Sicile, de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin
    Keywords: TRAVEL ; Europe ; General ; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY ; Ancient Languages ; Social conditions ; Ancient history: to c 500 CE ; Archaeology by period ; region ; Archaeology ; Classical history ; classical civilisation ; History ; History: earliest times to present day ; Humanities ; Literary studies: classical, early and medieval ; Literary studies: general ; Literature and literary studies ; Literature: history and criticism ; Medieval European archaeology ; Greece ; Guidebooks ; History ; Greece Guidebooks ; Greece History ; Greece Social conditions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover; Remerciements; Table des matières; Introduction 1; i. Pourquoi la colonisation mégarienne? 1; ii. Structure de l'ouvrage 5; iii. Historique de la recherche 8; iv. Analyse des sources : les sources littéraires et documentaires 11; Partie I: La cité de Mégare à l'époque archaïque 15; I.1 Le synoecisme mégarien 15; I.1.1 La liste des cinq mérè (" districts ") mégariens de Plutarque 16; I.1.2 Le catalogue des vaisseaux mégariens chez Strabon 34; I.1.3 Les rapports entre Mégare et Corinthe à l'époque archaïque 41.
    Abstract: I.1.4 La colonisation et le synoecisme mégariens : deux phénomènes contemporains du haut archaïsme 50I.2 Les conflits de Mégare avec Athènes pour la possession de l'île de Salamine : une affaire de néoi? 55; I.2.1 Les traditions relatives aux combats menés par les Mégariens et les Athéniens à l'époque archaïque 56; I.2.2 Conflits et rivalités entre Mégare et Athènes : récits mythologiques et cultes 63; I.2.3 Les enjeux de la possession de Salamine 76; I.3 Les luttes internes à Mégare au VIe siècle 82; I.3.1 Mégare à l'époque archaïque : renversements politiques et troubles internes 82.
    Abstract: II. 1.2 Sélinonte 159II. 1.2.1 Les récits et les découvertes archéologiques concernant la fondation de Sélinonte 159; II. 1.2.2 Les premiers rapports entre les Sélinontins et les indigènes 168; II. 1.2.3 L'expansion de Sélinonte dans la Sicile occidentale à l'époque archaïque 171; II. 1.2.4 Les causes de la fondation de Sélinonte 177; II. 1.2.5 Les rapports de Sélinonte avec Mégara de Sicile et Mégare de Grèce 188; II. 1.2.6 Les caractéristiques de la première implantation urbaine de Sélinonte 195; II. 2 Les établissements mégariens de la Propontide 201; II. 2.1 Astacos 201.
    Abstract: I.3.2 Kakoi et agathoi chez Théognis 89I.4 Conclusions : les causes de la colonisation mégarienne 100; Partie II: Les établissements mégariens de Sicile, de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin 117; II. 1 Les établissements mégariens de Sicile 119; II. 1.1 Mégara 119; II. 1.1.1 Les récits et les découvertes archéologiques concernant la fondation de Mégara 119; II. 1.1.2 Les rapports entre les Mégariens et les Sicules 138; II. 1.1.3 Les causes de la fondation de Mégara et les rapports avec la métropole 145; II. 1.1.4 Les caractéristiques de la première implantation urbaine de Mégara 148.
    Abstract: II. 2.1.1 Les récits concernant la fondation d'Astacos 202II. 2.1.2 Le " réseau mégarien " et la fondation d'Astacos 206; II. 2.1.3 L'occupation athénienne et bithynienne d'Astacos 213; II. 2.1.4 Les rapports entre Astacos, Olbia et Nicomédie 217; II. 2.2 Chalcédoine 222; II. 2.2.1 Les récits concernant la fondation de Chalcédoine 222; II. 2.2.2 Chalcédoine ou la " Cité des Aveugles " : les raisons de l'installation des Mégariens sur la rive asiatique du Bosphore 231; II. 2.2.3 La date de fondation de Chalcédoine et la chronologie des installations mégariennes en Propontide 240; II. 2.3 Sélymbria 243.
    Abstract: Megare est la seule cite de Grece antique a avoir essaime des colonies aussi bien en Sicile que sur les rives de la Propontide et dans le Pont-Euxin. A partir des recits antiques, des inscriptions et des documents archeologiques, l'auteur se propose d'offrir une nouvelle interpretation d'un mouvement colonial unique en son genre. Etudiant les causes du depart des Megariens, il revele le role determinant joue par les conflits qui opposaient les familles aristocratiques. Il montre aussi que les fondations megariennes furent le resultat d'une sorte de synoecisme primitif, d'un rassemblement de pl
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    1964, das Jahr, mit dem "68" begann (2014)
    Bielefeld [Germany] : Transcript
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    ISBN: 3839425808 , 383762580X , 9783837625806 , 9783839425800
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (375 pages)
    Series Statement: Studien des Göttinger Instituts für Demokratieforschung zur Geschichte politischer und gesellschaftlicher Kontroversen Band 7
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als 1964, das Jahr, mit dem "68" begann
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    Keywords: Nineteen sixty-four, A.D ; Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D ; Nineteen sixties ; European history ; History ; Humanities ; Regional and national history ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Western ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Germany ; Nineteen sixties ; Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D ; Nineteen sixty-four, A.D ; Politischer Wandel ; Sozialer Wandel ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Frontmatter --Inhalt --1964 /Lorenz, Robert ; Walter, Franz --Rassist und Aktivist /Geiges, Lars --Von Atombomben und Kommunisten /Butzlaff, Felix --Hase, Hut und Happenings /Kiegeland, Julia --Pop Art in Deutschland /Zimmer, Miriam --Mythos Minirock /Gmeiner, Jens --Die Symbiose des Steinkäfers /Klatt, Jöran ; Rahlf, Katharina --„Oberkommando Warentest" /Marg, Stine --Weigerung und Eschatologie /Walter, Franz --„Ein Preis wird vergeben, und ich lehne ihn ab." /Nentwig, Teresa --Nelson Mandela - im Kampf um Ideale /Brüssler, Lisa --„Let my people go!" /Lorenz, Robert --Willy Brandt und die 1960er Jahre /Blöcker, Yvonne --Das Ende der Eiszeit /D'Antonio, Oliver --Katastrophe und Reform /Messinger, Sören --Die Kampagne vor dem Dogma /Bebnowski, David --Vom Herz der deutschen Industrialisierung zum Kulturartefakt /Kopp, Julia --Der verschwundene Mensch /Schmitz, Christopher --Von der Fremdbestimmung in den reaktionären Kampf /Hiemann, Roland --Vor dem Kahlschlag /Lühmann, Michael --1968 /Lorenz, Robert ; Walter, Franz --Autorinnen und Autoren --Backmatter.
    Abstract: The year 1968 is commonly connected with the upending of traditional social structures and the entrance of civil rights progress. However, this date was not the starting point but rather the point of culmination for political and social change, for much of what connects with the significant year of 1968 has earlier roots. The year 1964 was witness to numerous events in a turning point that heralded the coming social upheaval. With reference to different social and political episodes This volume questions the commonly recognized significance of 1968 and demonstrates, that a significant proportion of mental modernization took place much earlier
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    The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925 : Theory of a Genre (2014)
    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1909254770 , 1909254789 , 1909254797 , 1909254762 , 1909254754 , 9781909254794 , 9781909254763 , 9781909254787 , 9781909254794 , 9781909254787 , 9781909254756 , 9781909254770
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (223 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Goyet, Florence Classic short story, 1870-1925 : theory of a genre
    Keywords: Literature History and criticism ; Theory, etc ; Literature Philosophy ; Literary form History ; Fiction and related items ; Fiction: special features ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers ; Literature and literary studies ; Literature: history and criticism ; Short stories ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; Semiotics & Theory ; Literary form ; Literature ; Philosophy ; Literature ; Theory, etc ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: ""An explicit distance""""The use of types: subversion or immersion?""; ""“Deceptive representations� of reality""; ""The great man""; ""“We are simply the case�: James and abstract entities""; ""Reading at face value: the double distance""; ""9. Dialogue and Character Discreditation""; ""Direct and indirect speech: Verga�s novel versus short stories""; ""Dialect and distancing""; ""Foreign terms""; ""10. The Narrator, the Reflector and the Reader""; ""Unreliable narrators and reflectors""; ""Reliable narrators and reflectors""; ""11. Distance and Emotion""
    Abstract: ""Permanence of types""""5. Conclusion to Part I""; ""Hypotyposis and schematisation""; ""Short stories, sensational news items and serials""; ""The short story: privileged object of narratology""; ""PART II: MEDIA""; ""6. Exoticism in the Classic Short Story""; ""The role of the press""; ""Exotic subjects""; ""The constraints of the newspapers""; ""Exceptions to the rule""; ""7. Short Stories and the Travelogue""; ""Praise of nature, criticism of culture""; ""From vision to judgement: guidelines for description""; ""PART III: READER, CHARACTER AND AUTHOR""; ""8. A Foreign World""
    Abstract: ""The short story with a dilemma""""Readers� emotional response to the classic short story""; ""12. Conclusion to Part III: Are Dostoevsky�s Short Stories Polyphonic?""; ""Epilogue: Beyond the Classic Short Story""; ""Lengthy stories: the long Yvette after the brief Yveline""; ""Fantastic tales: the deconstruction of the self""; ""Authors at a crossroads""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""read""; ""Naturalism""; ""Parox""; ""Verga""; ""James1""; ""Chek""; ""fan2""; ""Mau""; ""Stev""; ""ohen""; ""Verg1""; ""Tieck""; ""Akutagawa1""; ""James2""; ""Akutagawa2""; ""Chek1""; ""Mau1""; ""James""
    Abstract: "The ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity. Yet during the time when the short story was at its most popular--the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--even the greatest writers followed strict generic conventions that were far from subtle. This expanded and updated translation of Florence Goyet's influential La Nouvelle, 1870-1925: Description d'un genre à son apogée (Paris, 1993) is the only study to focus exclusively on this classic period across different continents. Ranging through French, English, Italian, Russian and Japanese writing--particularly the stories of Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Giovanni Verga, Anton Chekhov and Akutagawa Ryunosuke--Goyet shows that these authors were able to create brilliant and successful short stories using the very simple 'tools of brevity' of that period. In this challenging and far-reaching study, Goyet looks at classic short stories in the context in which they were read at the time: cheap newspapers and higher-end periodicals. She demonstrates that, despite the apparent intention of these stories to question bourgeois ideals, they mostly affirmed the prejudices of their readers. In doing so, her book forces us to re-think our preconceptions about this 'forgotten' genre."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: STRUCTURE""; ""1. Paroxystic Characterisation""; ""Extremes in the fantastic short story""; ""2. Antithetic Structure""; ""Secondary tensions""; ""Editing antithetic tension: Maupassant and James""; ""3. Ending with a Twist""; ""The “twist-in-the-tail� and antithetic tension ""; ""The “Twist-in-the-tail� and retroreading""; ""“Open� texts and tension""; ""4. The Tools of Brevity""; ""Preconstructed material""; ""Character types""; ""Recurring characters and empty characters""; ""Tight focus""
    Abstract: ""James3""""end""; ""Chek2""; ""Mau2""; ""retro""; ""Chek3""; ""fan3""; ""Mau3""; ""read1""; ""precon""; ""read2""; ""type""; ""type1""; ""read3""; ""Chek5""; ""prov""; ""Mau4""; ""cyc""; ""emo""; ""James5""; ""James4""; ""type2""; ""Mau5""; ""James6""; ""hyp""; ""fait""; ""novel""; ""news""; ""Mau6""; ""news1""; ""Gil""; ""Fanful""; ""Ver2""; ""Ver3""; ""Chek6""; ""sat""; ""int""; ""read4""; ""Joyce""; ""Prou""; ""Mau7""; ""read5""; ""News2""
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    Law as Change : Engaging with the Life and Scholarship of Adrian Bradbrook (2014)
    Adelaide : The University of Adelaide Press
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    ISBN: 9781922064783 , 9781922064806
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 346.940092
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This book brings together those people who worked closely with Bradbrook, each an expert in their own right, to honour a career by critically engaging with the contributions Bradbrook made to property and energy law. Each author has chosen a topic that both fits with their own cutting-edge research and explores the related contributions made by Bradbrook. Most unusually, this collection ranges widely across property law, energy law and human rights
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    DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781922064806
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    Long night of the tankers : Hitler's war against Caribbean oil (2014)
    Calgary : University of Calgary Press | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
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    ISBN: 9781552387603 , 1552387607 , 1552387631 , 1552387615 , 1552387623 , 9781552387597 , 1552387593 , 9781552387634 , 9781552387610 , 9781552387627
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 344 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Edition: Also issued in print and PDF version
    Series Statement: Beyond boundaries series no. 4
    Series Statement: Knowledge Unlatched Backlist Collection 2016
    Series Statement: History
    Series Statement: Beyond boundaries
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Bercuson, David Jay, 1945 - Long night of the tankers
    DDC: 940.5451
    Keywords: Military operations, Naval Submarine Submarine ; Petroleum industry and trade History ; Petroleum industry and trade ; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns ; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations ; Submarine ; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German ; Military operations, Naval ; Military campaign ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Deutschland ; Karibik ; Alliierte ; Zweiter Weltkrieg ; Seekrieg ; Erdölversorgung
    Abstract: Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a lesser-known but critical component of the Atlantic naval theatre during World War II. Using war diaries, after-action reports, and first-hand accounts, authors Bercuson and Herwig examine the story behind Operation Neuland, the German plan to interrupt vital oil supplies from reaching the United States and the United Kingdom by preventing Allied oil tankers from leaving refineries in the Caribbean. The story begins in February 1942 and follows this German attempt to scuttle the Allied war machine through to the end of the war. Told largely from the German perspective, it details the planning and execution of the Germans and the diplomatic, political, and military responses of the Allies, particularly the United States, to overcome the German effort. Winner, 2014 John Lyman Book Award for U.S. Naval History (North American Society for Oceanic History)
    Abstract: 1. "Rum and Coca-Cola" : The Yankees Are Coming! -- -- 2. Attack on Aruba -- 3. Long Night of the Tankers -- 4. Martinique -- 5. "The Ferret of Port of Spain" -- 6. War Comes to St. Lucia -- 7. Torpedo Junction -- 8. Hunting Off the Orinoco -- 9. War Beneath the Southern Cross -- 10. The Allies Regroup -- 11. White Christmas -- 12. The Allies Strike Back -- 13. A Hard War: Hartenstein and U-156 -- 14. High Noon in the Caribbean and the South Atlantic -- 15. Gundown: U-615 and U-161
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes , Also issued in print and PDF version. , In English
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    The imagined and real Jerusalem in art and architecture (2014)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004270855 , 9789004270824
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (304 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Radboud studies in humanities 2
    Series Statement: Radboud studies in humanities
    Keywords: Humanities ; Electronic books ; Jerusalem ; Kunst ; Architektur
    Abstract: In "The imagined and real Jerusalem in art and architecture" specialists in various fields of art history, from Early Christian times to the present, discuss in depth a series of Western artworks, artefacts, and buildings, which question the visualization of Jerusalem
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    Dilemmas of adulthood : Japanese women and the nuances of long-term resistance (2014)
    Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press | New York : JSTOR
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    ISBN: 9780824839024 , 0824839021 , 0824836960 , 9780824836962 , 0824838874 , 9780824838874 , 9780824870898 , 0824870891
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 209 Seiten)
    DDC: 305.40952
    Keywords: Self-perception in women Longitudinal studies ; Women Longitudinal studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies ; HISTORY ; Self-perception in women ; Women ; Longitudinal studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: " ... Rosenberger investigates the nature of long-term resistance in a longitudinal study of more than fifty Japanese women over two decades. Between 25 and 35 years of age when first interviewed in 1993, the women represent a generation straddling the stable roles of post-war modernity and the risky but exciting possibilities of late modernity. By exploring the challenges they pose to cultural codes, Rosenberger builds a conceptual framework of long-term resistance that undergirds the struggles and successes of modern Japanese women. Her findings resonate with broader anthropological questions about how change happens in our global-local era and suggests a useful model with which to analyze ordinary lives in the late modern world"--Publisher.
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    Cultural heritage ethics : between theory and practice (2014)
    Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 9781783740697
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (230 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cultural heritage ethics : between theory and practice
    DDC: 363.690681
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    Keywords: Cultural property Management ; Museums Moral and ethical aspects ; Restitution ; Ethik ; Kulturerbe ; Electronic books ; Kulturerbe ; Ethik ; Restitution
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    Haftung für den Missbrauch von zugangsdaten im internet (2014)
    Baden-Baden, [Germany] : Nomos
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    ISBN: 9783845255910
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 online resource (501 pages).
    Edition: 1. Auflage.
    Series Statement: Internet und Recht Band 14
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 343.4309944
    Keywords: Computer networks ; Law and legislation ; Germany ; Telecommunication ; Law and legislation ; Germany ; Electronic books
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    In the land of the eastern queendom : the politics of gender and ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan border (2014)
    Seattle : University of Washington Press
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    ISBN: 9780295993065 , 0295993065 , 0295993073 , 9780295993072
    Language: English
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    Edition: First edition
    Series Statement: Studies on ethnic groups in China
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tenzin, Jinba In the land of the eastern queendom
    DDC: 305.800951
    Keywords: Matrilineal kinship China ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou ; Matriarchy China ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou ; Ethnicity China ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou ; Ethnology China ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou ; Matriarchy ; Matrilineal kinship ; Ethnicity ; Ethnology ; Ethnicity Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou ; China ; Ethnology Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou ; China ; Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) Ethnic relations ; Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) Social life and customs ; Matriarchy Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou ; China ; Matrilineal kinship Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou ; China ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; HISTORY ; Asia ; China ; Ethnic relations ; Ethnicity ; Ethnology ; Manners and customs ; Matriarchy ; Matrilineal kinship ; Gender & Ethnic Studies ; Social Sciences ; Ethnic & Race Studies ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) Social life and customs ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) Ethnic relations ; China ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou ; Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) Ethnic relations ; Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) Social life and customs ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) Ethnic relations ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) Social life and customs ; China ; Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The story underlying this ethnography began with the recent discovery and commercialization of the remnant of an ancient "queendom" on the border between Sichuan and Tibet. Recorded in classical Chinese texts, this legendary matriarchal domain has attracted not only modern-day tourism but also the vigilance of the Chinese state. Tenzin Jinba's research examines the consequences of the development of the "queendom" label for local ethnic, gender, and political identities and for state-society relations."--Cover
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    Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants (2014)
    [s.l.] : IWA Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781780401171
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 p)
    Series Statement: Scientific and Technical Report Series
    Keywords: Science ; Science / Applied Sciences ; Science / Environmental Science ; Technology & Engineering / Environmental ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Wastewater treatment plants are large non-linear systems subject to large perturbations in wastewater flow rate, load and composition. Nevertheless these plants have to be operated continuously, meeting stricter and stricter regulations. Many control strategies have been proposed in the literature for improved and more efficient operation of wastewater treatment plants. Unfortunately, their evaluation and comparison - either practical or based on simulation - is difficult. This is partly due to the variability of the influent, to the complexity of the biological and biochemical phenomena and to the large range of time constants (from a few minutes to several days). The lack of standard evaluation criteria is also a tremendous disadvantage. To really enhance the acceptance of innovative control strategies, such an evaluation needs to be based on a rigorous methodology including a simulation model, plant layout, controllers, sensors, performance criteria and test procedures, i.e. a complete benchmarking protocol. This book is a Scientific and Technical Report produced by the IWA Task Group on Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants. The goal of the Task Group includes developing models and simulation tools that encompass the most typical unit processes within a wastewater treatment system (primary treatment, activated sludge, sludge treatment, etc.), as well as tools that will enable the evaluation of long-term control strategies and monitoring tasks (i.e. automatic detection of sensor and process faults). Work on these extensions has been carried out by the Task Group during the past five years, and the main results are summarized in Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants. Besides a description of the final version of the already well-known Benchmark Simulation Model no. 1 (BSM1), the book includes the Benchmark Simulation Model no. 1 Long-Term (BSM1_LT) - with focus on benchmarking of process monitoring tasks - and the plant-wide Benchmark Simulation Model no. 2 (BSM2).
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    Computational Hydraulics (2014)
    [s.l.] : IWA Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781780400457
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 p)
    Keywords: Science ; Science / Applied Sciences ; Science / Environmental Science ; Technology & Engineering / Environmental ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Computational Hydraulics introduces the concept of modeling and the contribution of numerical methods and numerical analysis to modeling. It provides a concise and comprehensive description of the basic hydraulic principles, and the problems addressed by these principles in the aquatic environment. Flow equations, numerical and analytical solutions are included. The necessary steps for building and applying numerical methods in hydraulics comprise the core of the book and this is followed by a report of different example applications of computational hydraulics: river training effects on flood propagation, water quality modelling of lakes and coastal applications. The theory and exercises included in the book promote learning of concepts within academic environments. Sample codes are made available online for purchasers of the book. Computational Hydraulics is intended for under-graduate and graduate students, researchers, members of governmental and non-governmental agencies and professionals involved in management of the water related problems.
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    The Witching Hour and Other Plays (2014)
    Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press
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    ISBN: 161811400X , 1618117084 , 1618113984 , 1618113992 , 9781618117083 , 9781618113986 , 9781618114006 , 9781618113993
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (202 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sadur, Nina, 1950- Witching Hour and Other Plays
    Keywords: Sadur, Nina Translations into English ; FICTION ; General ; LITERARY COLLECTIONS ; Russian & Former Soviet Union ; FICTION ; General ; Sadur, Nina ; Translations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction: Nina Sadur's fantastic theater /by Mark Lipovetsky translated by Nadya L. Peterson --Go! /translated by Nadya L. Peterson --Pechorin: in memoriam /translated by Margarit T. Ordukhanyan --Red Paradise /translated by Nadya L. Peterson and Kathryn Szczepanska --The witching hour /translated by Anna Gordeychuk and Nadya L. Peterson --Afterword /by Karin Sarsenov.
    Abstract: Nina Sadur, the playwright, occupies a prominent place in the Soviet/Russian drama pantheon of the 1980s and 1990s, a group that has with few exceptions been generally ignored by the Western literary establishment. The plays included in this volume offer some of Sadur's most influential works for the theater to the English-speaking audience for the first time. The collection will appeal to readers interested in Russian literature and culture, Russian theater, as well as women's literature. Sadur's plays are inspired by symbolist drama, the theater of the absurd and Russian folklore, yet are also infused with contemporary reality and populated by contemporary characters. Her work is overtly gynocentric: the fictional world construes women's traditionally downplayed concerns as narratively and existentially central and crucial. Sadur's drama has exerted a tremendous influence on contemporary Russian literature
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Translations from the Russian
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    Social engineering penetration testing : executing social engineering pen tests, assessments and defense (2014)
    Waltham, MA : Syngress
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    ISBN: 9780124201828 , 0124201822
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (1 v.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.3/72
    Keywords: Social engineering ; Electronic books ; local ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Social engineering attacks target the weakest link in an organization's security human beings. Everyone knows these attacks are effective, and everyone knows they are on the rise. Now, Social Engineering Penetration Testing gives you the practical methodology and everything you need to plan and execute a social engineering penetration test and assessment. You will gain fascinating insights into how social engineering techniques including email phishing, telephone pretexting, and physical vectors can be used to elicit information or manipulate individuals into performing actions that may aid in an attack. Using the book's easy-to-understand models and examples, you will have a much better understanding of how best to defend against these attacks. The authors of Social Engineering Penetration Testing show you hands-on techniques they have used at RandomStorm to provide clients with valuable results that make a real difference to the security of their businesses. You will learn about the differences between social engineering pen tests lasting anywhere from a few days to several months. The book shows you how to use widely available open-source tools to conduct your pen tests, then walks you through the practical steps to improve defense measures in response to test results. Understand how to plan and execute an effective social engineering assessment Learn how to configure and use the open-source tools available for the social engineer Identify parts of an assessment that will most benefit time-critical engagements Learn how to design target scenarios, create plausible attack situations, and support various attack vectors with technology Create an assessment report, then improve defense measures in response to test results
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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    Economic analysis of international law : contributions to the XIIIth Travemünde Symposium on the Economic Analysis of Law ; (March 29 - 31, 2012) (2014)
    Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck
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    ISBN: 9783161535123
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 337 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic analysis of international law
    DDC: 341
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    Keywords: Rechtsökonomik ; Law ; Law / International ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 2012 ; Völkerrecht ; Ökonomische Theorie des Rechts ; Internationales Recht ; Ökonomische Theorie des Rechts
    Abstract: The topics covered in this volume range from classics of the on-going discussion on the economic analysis of international law - such as the issue of legitimacy of customary international law - to more recent topics such as internet privacy, private military contractors, the fight against piracy, the International Criminal Court and the highly topical issue of land grabbing
    Note: Enthält 9 Beiträge , Literaturangaben
    DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-153512-3
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    Bewusstsein : Grundlagen, Anwendungen und Entwicklung (2014)
    Berlin, Germany : MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft
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    ISBN: 9783954661633 , 9783954661626
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (240 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Bewusstsein
    DDC: 153
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    Keywords: Parapsychology Research ; Parapsychology Social aspects ; Awareness ; Consciousness ; Sociology ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bewusstsein ; Psychologie
    Abstract: Angesichts der enormen technologischen Fortschritte und unseres Wissens über unsere äußere Natur benötigen wir ein neues Gleichgewicht in der Vertiefung und Erweiterung des Wissens und der Kompetenzen unseres "Weltinnenraums" (Rilke), unseres Bewusstseins. Dies erfordert eine zunehmende wissenschaftliche Erforschung dessen, wie unser Bewusstsein funktioniert: biologisch, psychologisch, spirituell, sozial, individuell, kollektiv, ästhetisch. Es erfordert darüber hinaus die Entwicklung einer Bewusstseinskultur, die uns hilft, uns unseres Bewusstseins bewusst zu werden
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    Sharīʿa in Africa today : reactions and responses (2014)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004262126
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 281 Seiten) , Karten
    Series Statement: Islam in Africa Volume 15
    Series Statement: Islam in Africa
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sharīʿa in Africa today
    DDC: 340.5/9096
    RVK:
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    BE 8607
    Keywords: Islamic law ; Islamic courts ; Law ; Law ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Subsaharisches Afrika ; Islamisches Recht
    Abstract: Sharīʿa in Africa Today. Reactions and Responses explores how Islamic law has influenced relations between Muslims and Christians, through a series of case studies by young African scholars working in four African countries: in Sudan where total Sharīʿa was applied until recently; in Nigeria where the Northern states re-introduced Sharīʿa courts; in Kenya where the place of Islamic courts has been contested in constitutional debates; in Tanzania where Muslims are calling for the re-introduction of Islamic courts
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 259-269 , Part 1: Sudan: total shari'a , "Shari'a and reality": a domain of contest among Sunni Muslims in the District of Shendi, Northern Sudan , Contradicting state ideology in Sudan: Christian-Muslim relations among the internally displaced persons in Khartoum - the case of Mandela and Wad al-Bashir Camps , Part 2: Nigeria: "re-implementation of shari'a" , The evolution of the independent shari'a panel in Osun State, South-West Nigeria , "Education is Education": contemporary Muslim views on Muslim women's education in northern Nigeria , 'We Introduced shari'a" - the Izala Movement in Nigeria as initiator of shari'a-reimplementation in the north of the country: some reflections , Part 3: Kenya: "place of shari'a in the constitution" , Debates on kadhi's courts and Christian-Muslim relations in Isiolo Town: thematic issues and emergent trends , "Necessity removes restrictions": Swahili Muslim women's perspectives on their participation in the public sphere , Women's views on the role of kadhi's courts: a case study of Kendu Bay, Kenya , Part 4: Tanzania: "calls for the re-introduction of shari'a" , Demand for the re-Introduction of kadhi's courts on the Tanzanian mainland: a religious, social and political analysis , "Chaos will never have a chance": shari'a debates and tolerance in a provincial Tanzanian town
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    Lament in Jewish Thought : Philosophical, Theological, and Literary Perspectives (2014)
    Berlin : De Gruyter
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    ISBN: 9783110339963
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (372 p)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lament in Jewish thought
    DDC: 809/.88924
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Social Science / Jewish Studies ; Electronic books ; Judentum ; Klagelied ; Rezeption ; Literatur ; Philosophie ; Scholem, Gershom 1897-1982 ; Klage
    Abstract: This collection features essays by leading scholars on the philosophical, theological, poetic and cultural aspects of lament, touching on the textual traditions of lament in Judaism, from Biblical, rabbinic and medieval iterations to contemporary Yemenite oral lamentations. The volume also includes four texts on lament by Gershom Scholem, translated here for the first time into English, as well as essays interpreting Scholem`s challenging work
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    Alternative Water Supply Systems (2014)
    London : IWA Publishing | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
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    ISBN: 9781780405513
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 462 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Diagramme
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe 2019
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    AR 22320
    Keywords: Science ; Science / Environmental Science ; Electronic books ; Wasserversorgung ; Regenwasser ; Abwasser ; Wiederverwendung
    Abstract: Owing to climate change related uncertainties and anticipated population growth, different parts of the world (particularly urban areas) are experiencing water shortages or flooding and security of fit-for-purpose supplies is becoming a major issue. The emphasis on decentralized alternative water supply systems has increased considerably. Most of the information on such systems is either scattered or focuses on large scale reuse with little consideration given to decentralized small to medium scale systems. Alternative Water Supply Systems brings together recent research into the available and innovative options and additionally shares experiences from a wide range of contexts from both developed and developing countries. Also covered are the technical, social, financial and institutional aspects associated with decentralized alternative water supply systems. These include systems for greywater recycling, rainwater harvesting, recovery of water through condensation and sewer mining
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    Medical fitness and resilience : a review of relevant constructs, measures, and links to well-being (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833078988 , 0833078984 , 9780833078995 , 083307900X , 0833078992 , 0833078976 , 9780833078971 , 9780833079008
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Print version Shih, Regina A Medical fitness and resilience
    Keywords: United States ; United States Airmen ; Health and hygiene ; United States ; United States Civilian employees ; Health and hygiene ; United States Civilian employees ; Health and hygiene ; Medicine, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) Case studies ; Families of military personnel ; Medicine, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Families of military personnel Medical care ; Families of military personnel Health and hygiene ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Behavioral Symptoms ; Delivery of Health Care ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Health Occupations ; Health ; Human Activities ; Medicine ; Military Medicine ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Persons ; Physical Fitness ; Population Characteristics ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Psychological Phenomena and Processes ; Psychophysiology ; Resilience, Psychological ; Stress, Psychological ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Medicine, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Medicine ; Military & Naval Medicine ; Psychology ; Social Sciences ; United States ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; General ; MEDICAL ; Clinical Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Diseases ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Internal Medicine ; United States ; Case studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The context of this report -- Introduction -- Preventive screenings -- Facilitators and barriers to accessing appropriate quality health care -- The presence and management of chronic conditions -- The presence and management of injuries -- Interventions to promote medical fitness -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between medical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature, which address preventive care, the presence and management of injuries and chronic conditions, and facilitators and barriers to access of appropriate health care. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of medical fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews interventions designed to promote those constructs, focusing generally on preventive care as one of the most promising ways to reduce the prevalence and burden associated with medical conditions and injuries
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    From stalemate to settlement : lessons for Afghanistan from historical insurgencies that have been resolved through negotiation (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082428 , 0833082426 , 9780833082435 , 0833082442 , 0833082434 , 083308237X , 9780833082374 , 9780833082442
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 73 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR469
    Parallel Title: Print version Clarke, Colin P From stalemate to settlement
    Keywords: Insurgency History ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Insurgency ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; Afghanistan ; LAW ; International ; History ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In June 2013, the Afghan Taliban opened a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments. Negotiations between the United States and the group that sheltered al-Qaeda would have been unthinkable 12 years ago, but the reality is that a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan is one of several possible end games under the current U.S. withdrawal plan. Negotiating an end to an insurgency can be a long and arduous process beset by false starts and continued violence, but a comprehensive review of historical cases that ended in settlement shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative." This research examines 13 historical cases of insurgencies that were resolved through negotiated settlement in which neither side (insurgents or counterinsurgents) unambiguously prevailed. Taken together, these cases reveal that the path to negotiated settlement generally proceeds in seven steps in a common sequence. Although this resulting master narrative does not necessarily conform precisely to every conflict brought to resolution through negotiation, it can serve as an important tool to guide the progress of a similar approach to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "In June 2013, the Afghan Taliban opened a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments. Negotiations between the United States and the group that sheltered al-Qaeda would have been unthinkable 12 years ago, but the reality is that a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan is one of several possible end games under the current U.S. withdrawal plan. Negotiating an end to an insurgency can be a long and arduous process beset by false starts and continued violence, but a comprehensive review of historical cases that ended in settlement shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative." This research examines 13 historical cases of insurgencies that were resolved through negotiated settlement in which neither side (insurgents or counterinsurgents) unambiguously prevailed. Taken together, these cases reveal that the path to negotiated settlement generally proceeds in seven steps in a common sequence. Although this resulting master narrative does not necessarily conform precisely to every conflict brought to resolution through negotiation, it can serve as an important tool to guide the progress of a similar approach to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw."--Provided by publisher
    Note: "This report builds on previous RAND Corporation research on the demonstrated effectiveness of a variety of concepts for counterinsurgency ... at the core of the current research is an analysis of the correlates and conditions of negotiated settlements in historical insurgencies."--Preface , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references
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    A program manager's guide for program improvement in ongoing psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080523 , 0833084844 , 0833080520 , 9780833084842
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 42 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND toolkit v.4
    Parallel Title: Print version Ryan, Gery W Program manager's guide for program improvement in ongoing psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs
    Keywords: Medical care Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Quality assurance Management ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Medical care ; Health services administration ; Quality assurance ; Mental health services ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Brain ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Veterans Mental health services ; Depression, Mental ; Brain Injuries therapy ; Program Evaluation ; Mental Health Services ; Quality Improvement ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; Depression, Mental ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Brain ; Wounds and injuries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in coping with the stressors from a decade of the longstanding conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These programs, which address both psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI), number in the hundreds and vary in their size, scope, and target population. To ensure that resources are wisely invested and maximize the benefits of such programs, RAND developed a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess whether the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs to conduct assessments of how well the program is performing and to implement solutions for improving performance. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs
    Abstract: Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in coping with the stressors from a decade of the longstanding conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These programs, which address both psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI), number in the hundreds and vary in their size, scope, and target population. To ensure that resources are wisely invested and maximize the benefits of such programs, RAND developed a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess whether the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs to conduct assessments of how well the program is performing and to implement solutions for improving performance. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "RR-487/4-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42)
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    Evaluating the California Mental Health Services Authority's Suicide Prevention initiative : year 1 findings (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085283 , 083308528X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (18 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: Mental health services Evaluation ; Suicide Prevention ; Mental health services ; Suicide ; California ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Suicide ; Prevention ; Electronic books
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    Sourcing and global distribution of medical supplies (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085184 , 0833085182
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: Materials management Evaluation ; Materials management ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Medical supplies ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical care ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical supplies ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
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    Strategies for private-sector development and civil-service reform in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085917 , 0833086332 , 0833085913 , 9780833086334
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 106 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1117-1
    Parallel Title: Print version Hansen, Michael L Strategies for private-sector development and civil-service reform in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq
    Keywords: Public service employment ; Civil service ; Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Public service employment ; Civil service ; Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Law, Politics & Government ; Government - Asia ; Manpower policy ; Economic policy ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Government - Non-U.S ; Civil service ; Economic development ; Iraq ; Public service employment ; Iraq ; Kurdistān ; Kurdistān (Iraq) Economic policy ; Kurdistān (Iraq) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This monograph provides strategies to increase private-sector employment, including ways to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector, in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq. Prepared for and at the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), this monograph is based on a variety of research methods and analyses. These include a review of the existing literature, analyses of survey data, analysis of Kurdistan regional and Iraqi national documents and laws, and a qualitative assessment of numerous conversations with government officials and private-sector employers. The KRG can develop its private sector by removing obstacles to starting or expanding a business, by identifying sectors for which conditions are particularly favorable for private-sector growth and supporting them, and by outsourcing and privatizing some functions that the KRG currently performs. However, private-sector growth does not guarantee that civil-service workers will leave for private-sector employment. Civil-service workers will need the qualifications necessary for private-sector jobs and will have to expect that the benefits of private-sector employment outweigh the benefits of civil-service employment. At the same time, as the KRG devises methods for encouraging civil-service workers to leave for the private sector, a key challenge will be to ensure that the most productive employees stay with the KRG in order to ensure the proper functioning of government
    Abstract: This monograph provides strategies to increase private-sector employment, including ways to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector, in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq. Prepared for and at the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), this monograph is based on a variety of research methods and analyses. These include a review of the existing literature, analyses of survey data, analysis of Kurdistan regional and Iraqi national documents and laws, and a qualitative assessment of numerous conversations with government officials and private-sector employers. The KRG can develop its private sector by removing obstacles to starting or expanding a business, by identifying sectors for which conditions are particularly favorable for private-sector growth and supporting them, and by outsourcing and privatizing some functions that the KRG currently performs. However, private-sector growth does not guarantee that civil-service workers will leave for private-sector employment. Civil-service workers will need the qualifications necessary for private-sector jobs and will have to expect that the benefits of private-sector employment outweigh the benefits of civil-service employment. At the same time, as the KRG devises methods for encouraging civil-service workers to leave for the private sector, a key challenge will be to ensure that the most productive employees stay with the KRG in order to ensure the proper functioning of government
    Note: "MG-1117-1-KRG"--Page 4 of cover , "Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government , At head of title: Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Planning , Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106)
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    Evaluating the impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085139 , 0833086499 , 0833085131 , 9780833086495
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxiii, 152 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Hanauer, Larry Evaluating the impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies
    Keywords: United States Management ; Evaluation ; United States ; National security International cooperation ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; International cooperation ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; Management ; Evaluation ; Military assistance, American ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. However, recent DoD budget constraints have put pressure on the regional centers (RCs) to increase efficiency. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked RAND to conduct a study on the overall impact of the RCs, their effectiveness in advancing DoD policy priorities, the ways in which they assess their programs, and ways in which they could improve their impact and efficiency and the resulting outcomes. The RAND study team found that centers have had great success at the missions they have undertaken. They are high-impact components of U.S. security cooperation and engagement efforts, despite their relatively small budgets. The team identified 24 ways in which the centers advance U.S. interests, including building partner capacity, building relationships, fostering pro-U.S. outlooks, offering unique opportunities for engagement, and promoting regional dialogue that reduces tensions. However, RCs should improve impact-oriented data collection and analysis for improved assessment, methodically collecting such data over time. OSD and the combatant commands should improve their oversight and management of the RCs to ensure alignment with department- and theater-level objectives. In addition, OSD should maintain the RCs' focus on regional security challenges rather than refashioning them to address specific threats. Options to consider for greater impact include evaluating the balance between core residential courses and in-region workshops and determining whether and to what extent the centers should develop customized programs for DoD components so as to secure funds beyond the core budget they receive from OSD
    Abstract: The five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. However, recent DoD budget constraints have put pressure on the regional centers (RCs) to increase efficiency. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked RAND to conduct a study on the overall impact of the RCs, their effectiveness in advancing DoD policy priorities, the ways in which they assess their programs, and ways in which they could improve their impact and efficiency and the resulting outcomes. The RAND study team found that centers have had great success at the missions they have undertaken. They are high-impact components of U.S. security cooperation and engagement efforts, despite their relatively small budgets. The team identified 24 ways in which the centers advance U.S. interests, including building partner capacity, building relationships, fostering pro-U.S. outlooks, offering unique opportunities for engagement, and promoting regional dialogue that reduces tensions. However, RCs should improve impact-oriented data collection and analysis for improved assessment, methodically collecting such data over time. OSD and the combatant commands should improve their oversight and management of the RCs to ensure alignment with department- and theater-level objectives. In addition, OSD should maintain the RCs' focus on regional security challenges rather than refashioning them to address specific threats. Options to consider for greater impact include evaluating the balance between core residential courses and in-region workshops and determining whether and to what extent the centers should develop customized programs for DoD components so as to secure funds beyond the core budget they receive from OSD
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RR-388-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152)
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    Final report : evaluation of tools and metrics to support employer selection of health plans (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082411 , 0833086073 , 0833082418 , 9780833086075
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 72 pages)
    Edition: Final report
    Series Statement: Rand corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mattke, Soeren. Final Report Evaluation of Tools and Metrics to Support Employer Selection of Health Plans
    Keywords: Health planning ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; Health planning ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; Health planning ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Insurance ; Risk Assessment & Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) places strong emphasis on quality of care as a means to improve outcomes for Americans and promote the financial sustainability of our health care system. Included in the ACA are new disclosure requirements that require health plans to provide a summary of benefits and coverage that accurately describes the benefits under the plan or coverage. These requirements are intended to support employers' procurement of high-value health coverage for their employees. This report attempts to help employers understand the structural differences between health plans and the performance dimensions along which plans can differ, as well as to educate employers about available tools that can be used to evaluate plan options. The report also discusses the extent to which these and other tools or resources are used by employers to inform choices between health plans
    Abstract: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) places strong emphasis on quality of care as a means to improve outcomes for Americans and promote the financial sustainability of our health care system. Included in the ACA are new disclosure requirements that require health plans to provide a summary of benefits and coverage that accurately describes the benefits under the plan or coverage. These requirements are intended to support employers' procurement of high-value health coverage for their employees. This report attempts to help employers understand the structural differences between health plans and the performance dimensions along which plans can differ, as well as to educate employers about available tools that can be used to evaluate plan options. The report also discusses the extent to which these and other tools or resources are used by employers to inform choices between health plans
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    Contextualising the neolithic occupation of Southern Vietnam : the role of ceramics and potters at An Son (2014)
    Australian National Univeristy, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021752 , 1925021750 , 9781925021745 , 1925021742
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 456 pages)
    Series Statement: Terra australis 42
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sarjeant, Carmen; Contextualising the Neolithic Occupation of Southern Vietnam
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    Keywords: Prehistoric peoples Vietnam, Southern. ; Ceramics Vietnam, Southern ; An So'n. ; Potters Vietnam, Southern ; An So'n. ; Potters ; Ceramics ; Prehistoric peoples ; Potters ; Ceramics ; Prehistoric peoples ; Ceramics ; Potters ; Prehistoric peoples ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Archaeology ; Southern Vietnam ; Antiquities ; Vietnam, Southern Antiquities. ; An So'n (Vietnam) Antiquities. ; An So'n (Vietnam) Antiquities ; Vietnam, Southern Antiquities ; An So'n (Vietnam) ; Vietnam, Southern ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Excavated in 2009, An Son, Long An Province, southern Vietnam has been dated to the second millennium BC, with evidence for neolithic occupation and burials. Very little is known about the neolithic period in southern Vietnam, and the routes and chronology for the appearance of cultivation, domestic animals, and ceramic and lithic technologies associated with sedentary settlements in mainland Southeast Asia are still debated. The ways in which the ceramic material culture at An Son conforms to the wider neolithic expression observed in Southeast Asia is investigated, and local and regional innovations are identified. The An Son ceramic assemblage is discussed in great detail to characterise the neolithic occupation, while considering the nature of craft production, manufacturing methods and the transference of traditions. Contextualising the neolithic in southern Vietnam is conducted through a comparative study of material culture between An Son and the sites of Bé̂n?ò, Bình Đa, Cù Lao Rùa, Cái Vạn, Cà̂u Sá̆t, Đa Kai, Đình Ông, Lộc Giang, Rạch Lá, Rạch Núi and Suó̂i Linh, all in southern Vietnam. Another analysis is presented to contextualise An Son in the wider neolithic landscape of mainland Southeast Asia, between An Son and Ban Non Wat, early Ban Lum Khao, early Ban Chiang, early Non Nok Tha, Khok Charoen, Tha Kae, Khok Phanom Di, Nong Nor (phase 1), Samrong Sen, Laang Spean, Krek, Bàu Tró, Mán Bạc and Xóm Rè̂n. The aspects of material culture at An Son that appear to have ancestral links are considered in this research as well as local interaction spheres
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-440)
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    Data_flood : Helping the Navy Address the Rising Tide of Sensor Information (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND/National Defense Research Instittue
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    ISBN: 9780833084309 , 0833084321 , 0833084291 , 0833084305 , 9780833084293 , 9780833084323
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 63 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation
    Parallel Title: Print version Porche, Isaac R Data_flood
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Electronic intelligence ; Electronic intelligence ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Economics ; General ; Electronic intelligence ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities; What Is "Big Data"?; How Big Is Big?; The Navy's Big Data Challenge; The Navy's Big Data Opportunity; Chapter Two: What the Navy Wants from Big Data; Where Am I?; Where Are My Friends?; Where Is the Enemy?; Where Is Everyone Else?; Situational Awareness: A Vital Goal; Chapter Three: Barriers to Benefiting from Big Data; Timely Consumption; Accurate Integration; How Analysts Cope Today
    Abstract: Chapter Four: Dynamically Managing Analyst WorkloadsChapter Five: Alternatives for Dealing with Big Data; Baseline; Alternative 1: Applications (Adding More Tools to the Baseline); Alternative 2: Consolidation (Adopt a Service-Oriented Environment); Alternative 3: Cloud (Join the Distributed Cloud); Advantages and Disadvantages of the Alternatives; Differences Among the Baseline and the Alternatives; Summary of the Baseline and Alternatives; Chapter Six: Analysis; Performance; Cost; Risk; Chapter Seven: Recommendations; Move Forward with Alternative 3 (Cloud)
    Abstract: Chapter Four: Dynamically Managing Analyst WorkloadsChapter Five: Alternatives for Dealing with Big Data; Baseline; Alternative 1: Applications (Adding More Tools to the Baseline); Alternative 2: Consolidation (Adopt a Service-Oriented Environment); Alternative 3: Cloud (Join the Distributed Cloud); Advantages and Disadvantages of the Alternatives; Differences Among the Baseline and the Alternatives; Summary of the Baseline and Alternatives; Chapter Six: Analysis; Performance; Cost; Risk; Chapter Seven: Recommendations; Move Forward with Alternative 3 (Cloud)
    Abstract: Navy analysts are struggling to keep pace with the growing flood of data collected by intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors. This challenge is sure to intensify as the Navy continues to field new and additional sensors. The authors explore options for solving the Navy's "big data" challenge, considering changes across four dimensions: people, tools and technology, data and data architectures, and demand and demand management
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    Looking for love in the legal discourse of marriage (2014)
    Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian Nacional University Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021820 , 1925021823 , 9781925021790 , 1925021793
    Language: English
    Keywords: Marriage ; Love ; Marriage law ; Husband and wife ; Marriage. ; Love. ; Marriage law. ; Husband and wife. ; Marriage ; Love ; Marriage law ; Husband and wife ; Family law ; Family law: marriage and divorce ; Law ; Laws of Specific jurisdictions ; LAW ; Family Law ; Divorce & Separation ; Love ; Husband and wife ; Marriage ; Marriage law ; Electronic books
    Abstract: His book examines the (in)visibility of romantic love in the legal discourse surrounding modern Australian marriage. It looks at how romantic love has become a core part of modernity, and a dominant part of the Western marriage discourse, and considers how the ideologies of romantic love are (or are not) replicated in the legal meaning of marriage. This examination raises two key issues. If love has become central to people's understanding of marriage, then it is important for the legitimacy of law that love is reflected in both the content and application of the law. More fundamentally, it requires us to reconsider how we understand law, and to ask whether it is engaged with emotions, or separate from them. Along the way this book also considers the meaning of love itself in contemporary society, and asks whether love is a radical force capable of breaking down conservative meanings embedded in institutions like marriage, or whether it simply mirrors them. This book will be of interest to everyone working on love, marriage and sexuality in the disciplines of law, sociology and philosophy -- From OAPEN library website.
    Abstract: Introduction -- 1. Love and marriage -- 2. The diminishing significance of sexual intercourse -- 3. The continuing importance of economic factors -- 4. The foregrounding of love in the same-sex marriage debate -- 5. Conclusion: law, love and marriage
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    Improving interagency information sharing using technology demonstrations : the legal basis for using new sensor technologies for counterdrug operations along the U.S. border (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084941 , 0833085700 , 0833084941 , 9780833085702
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 84 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gonzales, Daniel Improving interagency information sharing using technology demonstrations
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Civil-military relations ; Drug control Technological innovations ; Drug traffic Prevention ; Border security ; Interagency coordination ; Information networks Management ; Military law ; Civil-military relations ; Drug control ; Drug traffic ; Border security ; Interagency coordination ; Information networks ; Military law ; Information networks ; Management ; Interagency coordination ; Military law ; Law - U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Law - U.S ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Border security ; Civil-military relations ; United States ; Drug control ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed new sensor technologies to support military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. These new capabilities may be useful in counterdrug (CD) operations along the southern U.S. border. DoD has held technology demonstrations to test and demonstrate new technologies along the southern border--because the field conditions along the border closely resemble those in current military theaters of operation and because they can also reveal whether new technologies are useful for CD operations led by domestic law enforcement agencies. However, there are legal questions about whether such technology demonstrations fully comply with U.S. law and whether advanced DoD sensors can legally be used in domestic CD operations when they are operated by U.S. military forces. In this report, the authors examine federal law and DoD policy to answer these questions. Some parts of U.S. law mandate information sharing among federal departments and agencies for national security purposes and direct DoD to play a key role in domestic CD operations in support of U.S. law enforcement agencies, while other parts of the law place restrictions on when the U.S. military may participate in law enforcement operations. Reviewing relevant federal law and DoD policy, the authors conclude that there is no legal reason why a DoD sensor should be excluded from use in an interagency technology demonstration or in an actual CD operation as long as a valid request for support is made by an appropriate law enforcement official and so long as no personally identifiable or private information is collected. The authors recommend DoD policy on domestic CD operations be formally clarified and that an approval process should be established for technology demonstrations with a CD nexus
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed new sensor technologies to support military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. These new capabilities may be useful in counterdrug (CD) operations along the southern U.S. border. DoD has held technology demonstrations to test and demonstrate new technologies along the southern border--because the field conditions along the border closely resemble those in current military theaters of operation and because they can also reveal whether new technologies are useful for CD operations led by domestic law enforcement agencies. However, there are legal questions about whether such technology demonstrations fully comply with U.S. law and whether advanced DoD sensors can legally be used in domestic CD operations when they are operated by U.S. military forces. In this report, the authors examine federal law and DoD policy to answer these questions. Some parts of U.S. law mandate information sharing among federal departments and agencies for national security purposes and direct DoD to play a key role in domestic CD operations in support of U.S. law enforcement agencies, while other parts of the law place restrictions on when the U.S. military may participate in law enforcement operations. Reviewing relevant federal law and DoD policy, the authors conclude that there is no legal reason why a DoD sensor should be excluded from use in an interagency technology demonstration or in an actual CD operation as long as a valid request for support is made by an appropriate law enforcement official and so long as no personally identifiable or private information is collected. The authors recommend DoD policy on domestic CD operations be formally clarified and that an approval process should be established for technology demonstrations with a CD nexus
    Note: "RR551-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "RAND National Security Research Division , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84)
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    Psychological fitness and resilience : a review of relevant constructs, measures, and links to well-being (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085689 , 0833085689 , 9780833080769 , 0833080768
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 48 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Project Air Force series on resiliency
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Robson, Sean Psychological fitness and resilience
    Keywords: Families of military personnel Health and hygiene ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Psychology, Military ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Airmen Health and hygiene ; Stress management ; Families of military personnel ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Psychology, Military ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Airmen ; Stress management ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities ; Behavioral Symptoms ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Personality Assessment ; Persons ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Psychological Phenomena and Processes ; Psychophysiology ; Resilience, Psychological ; Stress, Psychological ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Psychology, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Stress management ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Engineering ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of psychological fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews construct measures, well-being, and resilience outcomes as well as interventions designed to promote the psychological fitness constructs
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of psychological fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews construct measures, well-being, and resilience outcomes as well as interventions designed to promote the psychological fitness constructs
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-48)
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    Indigenous Australians and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (2014)
    Anu, Acton, A.C.T. : Australian National University Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021899 , 1925021890 , 9781925021882 , 1925021882
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Research monograph no. 34
    Keywords: National Disability Insurance Scheme (Australia) ; National Disability Insurance Scheme (Australia) ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Services for ; Australia. ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Care ; Australia. ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Government policy ; Australia. ; Long-term care insurance Law and legislation ; Australia. ; Long-term care insurance Law and legislation ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Care ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Services for ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Government policy ; Long-term care insurance ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities ; Health Insurance and Medicare Legislation - U.S ; Law - U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Australia ; Social issues and processes ; Society and culture: general ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare ; Long-term care insurance ; Law and legislation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: developing the National Disability Insurance Scheme -- 2. Disability in the indigenous population -- 3. Disability support services: indigenous users and barriers to access -- 4. Current dataset gaps and limitations -- 5. Delivering disability services -- 6. Existing evaluations of service delivery models -- 7. Providing a disability workforce -- 8. Key issues for disability service delivery models for remote Indigenous communities -- Appendix 1: Projection methodology for Remote Service Delivery Areas -- Appendix 2: How indigenous persons with a disability were identified in the NATSISS, Census and SDAC -- Appendix 3: Key questions to inform NDIS and mapping to available data -- Appendix 4: Data sources on disability for the Indigenous population -- Appendix 5: Attachment tables
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    Early and school-age care in Santa Monica : current system, policy options, and recommendations (2014)
    [Santa Monica, California] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086624 , 0833086626 , 9780833084996
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (17 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report (Rand Corporation) v. RR-289-CSM
    Keywords: Early childhood education ; Early childhood education ; HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) ; Early childhood education ; California ; Santa Monica ; EDUCATION ; Elementary ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In July 2012, the City of Santa Monica Human Services Division and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District contracted with the RAND Corporation to conduct an assessment of child care programs in Santa Monica. The project sought to assess how well Santa Monica's early and school-age care programs meet the needs of families. Recommendations for improvement focused on advancing access, quality, service delivery, and financial sustainability
    Abstract: In July 2012, the City of Santa Monica Human Services Division and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District contracted with the RAND Corporation to conduct an assessment of child care programs in Santa Monica. The project sought to assess how well Santa Monica's early and school-age care programs meet the needs of families. Recommendations for improvement focused on advancing access, quality, service delivery, and financial sustainability
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    License plate readers for law enforcement : opportunities and obstacles (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833086532 , 0833086553 , 083308710X , 0833086545 , 0833086537 , 9780833086549 , 9780833087102 , 9780833086556
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 102 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gierlack, Keith License plate readers for law enforcement
    Keywords: Automobile theft investigation Technological innovations ; Crime prevention Technological innovations ; Police Equipment and supplies ; Automobile theft Prevention ; Automobile theft investigation ; Crime prevention ; Police ; Automobile theft ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; United States ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Automobile theft ; Prevention ; Police ; Equipment and supplies ; Social Sciences ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Law enforcement agencies across the country have quickly been adopting a new technology to combat auto theft and other crimes: automated license plate reader (LPR) systems. These systems can capture the image of the license plate of a passing vehicle and compare the plate number against official "hotlists" that show an array of infractions or reasons why it may be of interest to authorities. But because LPR technology is relatively new in the United States, opportunities and obstacles in its use in law enforcement are still under exploration. To examine issues about this technology, RAND conducted interviews with law enforcement officers and others responsible for procuring, maintaining, and operating the systems. Champions of LPR technology exist at many levels, from tech-savvy officers who use it every day, to chiefs who promote it, to other officials and policymakers who believe LPR technology is a significant force multiplier for police departments. Challenges exist, however, to realizing more widespread acceptance and use of the technology. Chief among these are privacy concerns related to the retention and potential misuse of LPR data, technical and bureaucratic impediments to sharing data among law enforcement agencies, and constraints on the availability of staffing and training needed to support LPR systems."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "Law enforcement agencies across the country have quickly been adopting a new technology to combat auto theft and other crimes: automated license plate reader (LPR) systems. These systems can capture the image of the license plate of a passing vehicle and compare the plate number against official "hotlists" that show an array of infractions or reasons why it may be of interest to authorities. But because LPR technology is relatively new in the United States, opportunities and obstacles in its use in law enforcement are still under exploration. To examine issues about this technology, RAND conducted interviews with law enforcement officers and others responsible for procuring, maintaining, and operating the systems. Champions of LPR technology exist at many levels, from tech-savvy officers who use it every day, to chiefs who promote it, to other officials and policymakers who believe LPR technology is a significant force multiplier for police departments. Challenges exist, however, to realizing more widespread acceptance and use of the technology. Chief among these are privacy concerns related to the retention and potential misuse of LPR data, technical and bureaucratic impediments to sharing data among law enforcement agencies, and constraints on the availability of staffing and training needed to support LPR systems."--Provided by publisher
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    Divine domesticities : Christian paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific (2014)
    Anu, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021950 , 1925021955 , 9781925021943 , 1925021947
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Divine domesticities : Christian paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific.
    Keywords: Indigenous women Asia. ; Indigenous women Pacific Area. ; Missions Asia. ; Missions Pacific Area. ; Indigenous women ; Missions ; Missions ; Indigenous women ; Indigenous women ; Missions ; Missions ; Indigenous women ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Indigenous women ; Missions ; Asia ; Pacific Area ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Paradoxes of Domesticity: Missionary Encounters in the Making of Christian Homes in Asia and the Pacific / Hyaeweol Choi and Margaret Jolly -- Part One. Permeability and Paradox: Revisiting Domestic and Public in Asia and the Pacific : 1. The Missionary Home as a Pulpit: Domestic Paradoxes in Early Twentieth-Century Korea / Hyaeweol Choi -- 2. Missionaries and "A Better Baby Movement" in Colonial Korea / Sonja M. Kim -- 3. All Other Loves Excelling: Mary Kidder, Wakamatsu Shizuko and Modern Marriage in Meiji Japan / Rebecca Copeland -- 4. Raising the Standards of Family Life: Ginling Women's College and Christian Social Service in Republican China / Helen M. Schneider -- Part Two. Sacred and Secular Genealogies: Christian Missions and States--Colonial and Contemporary : 5. Sacred Genealogies of Development: Christianity and the Indian Modern / Kalpana Ram -- 6. "Ol Meri Bilong Wok" (Hard-working Women): Women, Work and Domesticity in Papua New Guinea / Jemima Mowbray -- 7. "Tired for nothing"? Women, Chiefs, and the Domestication of Customary Authority in Solomon Islands / Debra McDougall -- Part Three. The Architectonics of Home and Emotion: New Christian Families in Conversion Experiences : 8. Agency and Salvation in Christian Child Rescue in Colonial India: Preena and Amy Carmichael / Annie McCarthy -- 9. Deviant Domesticities and Sexualised Childhoods: Prostitutes, Eunuchs and the Limits of the State Child "Rescue" Mission in Colonial India / Jessica Hinchy -- 10. A New Family: Domesticity and Sentiment among Chinese and Western Women at Shanghai's Door of Hope / Sue Gronewold -- 11. From Open Fale to Mission Houses: Negotiating the Boundaries of "Domesticity" in Samoa / Latu Latai -- 12. Paradoxical Intimacies: The Christian Creation of the Huli Domestic Sphere / Holly Wardlow -- Part Four. On and Beneath the Skin: Embodiment and Sensuous Agency : 13. Paradoxical Performances: Cruel Constraints and Christian Emancipation in 19-20th-Century Missionary Representations of Chinese Women and Girls / Shih-Wen Sue Chen -- 14. Bibles, Baseball and Butterfly Sleeves: Filipina Women and American Protestant Missions, 1900-1930 / Laura R. Prieto -- 15. The Materiality of Missionisation in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea / Anna-Karina Hermkens -- 16. A Saturated History of Christianity and Cloth in Oceania / Margaret Jolly
    Abstract: Paradoxes of Domesticity: Missionary Encounters in the Making of Christian Homes in Asia and the Pacific / Hyaeweol Choi and Margaret Jolly -- Part One. Permeability and Paradox: Revisiting Domestic and Public in Asia and the Pacific : 1. The Missionary Home as a Pulpit: Domestic Paradoxes in Early Twentieth-Century Korea / Hyaeweol Choi -- 2. Missionaries and "A Better Baby Movement" in Colonial Korea / Sonja M. Kim -- 3. All Other Loves Excelling: Mary Kidder, Wakamatsu Shizuko and Modern Marriage in Meiji Japan / Rebecca Copeland -- 4. Raising the Standards of Family Life: Ginling Women's College and Christian Social Service in Republican China / Helen M. Schneider -- Part Two. Sacred and Secular Genealogies: Christian Missions and States--Colonial and Contemporary : 5. Sacred Genealogies of Development: Christianity and the Indian Modern / Kalpana Ram -- 6. "Ol Meri Bilong Wok" (Hard-working Women): Women, Work and Domesticity in Papua New Guinea / Jemima Mowbray -- 7. "Tired for nothing"? Women, Chiefs, and the Domestication of Customary Authority in Solomon Islands / Debra McDougall -- Part Three. The Architectonics of Home and Emotion: New Christian Families in Conversion Experiences : 8. Agency and Salvation in Christian Child Rescue in Colonial India: Preena and Amy Carmichael / Annie McCarthy -- 9. Deviant Domesticities and Sexualised Childhoods: Prostitutes, Eunuchs and the Limits of the State Child "Rescue" Mission in Colonial India / Jessica Hinchy -- 10. A New Family: Domesticity and Sentiment among Chinese and Western Women at Shanghai's Door of Hope / Sue Gronewold -- 11. From Open Fale to Mission Houses: Negotiating the Boundaries of "Domesticity" in Samoa / Latu Latai -- 12. Paradoxical Intimacies: The Christian Creation of the Huli Domestic Sphere / Holly Wardlow -- Part Four. On and Beneath the Skin: Embodiment and Sensuous Agency : 13. Paradoxical Performances: Cruel Constraints and Christian Emancipation in 19-20th-Century Missionary Representations of Chinese Women and Girls / Shih-Wen Sue Chen -- 14. Bibles, Baseball and Butterfly Sleeves: Filipina Women and American Protestant Missions, 1900-1930 / Laura R. Prieto -- 15. The Materiality of Missionisation in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea / Anna-Karina Hermkens -- 16. A Saturated History of Christianity and Cloth in Oceania / Margaret Jolly
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    New security and justice sector partnership models : implications of the Arab uprisings (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085757 , 0833089854 , 0833085751 , 9780833089854
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 70 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als McNerney, Michael J. (Michael Joseph) New security and justice sector partnership models
    Keywords: Military assistance, American ; Political planning ; Security Assistance Program ; Arab Spring, 2010- ; Military assistance, American ; Political planning ; Security Assistance Program ; Arab Spring, 2010- ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Middle East ; Military assistance, American ; Political planning ; Security Assistance Program ; Arab Spring (2010- ) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The United States faces a unique set of challenges and opportunities in strengthening security and justice sector partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa. Against the backdrop of the Arab uprisings, the U.S. government has issued policy guidance relating to foreign assistance more broadly and security sector assistance in particular. RAND researchers analyzed potential new partnership models that could help implement this guidance, simultaneously strengthening security and justice sector cooperation and promoting reform across the Arab world and beyond. They devised the Enhanced Partnership Planning Model, which focuses on improving collaborative planning, rather than on using assistance as leverage to require partner nations to do what the United States wants. The model serves as a flexible framework that could support tailored, rigorous SJS planning by U.S. and partner nation stakeholders. This framework can support both policy-makers and program managers as they seek to implement new policy guidelines that integrate elements of accountability and reform while continuing to advance core U.S. interests and equities in a rapidly evolving regional context
    Abstract: The United States faces a unique set of challenges and opportunities in strengthening security and justice sector partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa. Against the backdrop of the Arab uprisings, the U.S. government has issued policy guidance relating to foreign assistance more broadly and security sector assistance in particular. RAND researchers analyzed potential new partnership models that could help implement this guidance, simultaneously strengthening security and justice sector cooperation and promoting reform across the Arab world and beyond. They devised the Enhanced Partnership Planning Model, which focuses on improving collaborative planning, rather than on using assistance as leverage to require partner nations to do what the United States wants. The model serves as a flexible framework that could support tailored, rigorous SJS planning by U.S. and partner nation stakeholders. This framework can support both policy-makers and program managers as they seek to implement new policy guidelines that integrate elements of accountability and reform while continuing to advance core U.S. interests and equities in a rapidly evolving regional context
    Note: "Prepared for the State Department Bureau of Political-Military Affairs , "RAND National Security Research Division , "The United States faces an important set of challenges and opportunities in strengthening security and justice sector partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa. The emergence of a series of popular uprisings in the Arab world since 2010 complicates these efforts, while making their success all the more important. The State Department asked RAND's National Security Research Division to analyze potential new partnership models that could help implement recent policy guidance related to improving security."--Provided by publisher , "RR-605-DOS , Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-70)
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    The future of driving in developing countries (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833086044 , 0833089811 , 0833086049 , 9780833089816
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 115 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report RR-636-ifmo
    Parallel Title: Print version Ecola, Liisa Future of driving in developing countries
    Keywords: Automobile driving Forecasting ; Automobile driving ; Developing countries ; Business & Economics ; Automobile driving ; Forecasting ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Transportation Economics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The level of automobility, defined as travel in personal vehicles, is often seen as a function of income: The higher a country's per capita income, the greater the amount of driving. However, levels of automobility vary quite substantially between countries even at similar levels of economic development. This suggests that countries follow different mobility paths. The research detailed in this report sought to answer three questions: What are the factors besides economic development that affect automobility? What is their influence on automobility? What will happen to automobility in developing countries if they progress along similar paths as developed countries? To answer these questions, the authors developed a methodology to identify these factors, model their impact on developed countries, and forecast automobility (as defined by per capita vehicle-kilometers traveled [VKT]) in four developing countries. This methodology draws on quantitative analysis of historical automobility development in four country case studies (the United States, Australia, Germany, and Japan) that represent very different levels of per capita automobility, in combination with data derived from an expert-based qualitative approach. The authors used the latter to assess how these experiences may affect the future of automobility in the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. According to this analysis, automobility levels in the four BRIC countries will fall between those of the United States (which has the highest per capita VKT level of the four case studies) and Japan (which has the lowest). Brazil is forecasted to have the highest per capita VKT and India the lowest
    Abstract: The level of automobility, defined as travel in personal vehicles, is often seen as a function of income: The higher a country's per capita income, the greater the amount of driving. However, levels of automobility vary quite substantially between countries even at similar levels of economic development. This suggests that countries follow different mobility paths. The research detailed in this report sought to answer three questions: What are the factors besides economic development that affect automobility? What is their influence on automobility? What will happen to automobility in developing countries if they progress along similar paths as developed countries? To answer these questions, the authors developed a methodology to identify these factors, model their impact on developed countries, and forecast automobility (as defined by per capita vehicle-kilometers traveled [VKT]) in four developing countries. This methodology draws on quantitative analysis of historical automobility development in four country case studies (the United States, Australia, Germany, and Japan) that represent very different levels of per capita automobility, in combination with data derived from an expert-based qualitative approach. The authors used the latter to assess how these experiences may affect the future of automobility in the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. According to this analysis, automobility levels in the four BRIC countries will fall between those of the United States (which has the highest per capita VKT level of the four case studies) and Japan (which has the lowest). Brazil is forecasted to have the highest per capita VKT and India the lowest
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-113) , Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 13, 2014)
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    A political memoir of the Anglo-French condominium of the New Hebrides (2014)
    Anu, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925022209 , 192502220X
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Woodward, Keith, 1930- Political memoir of the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides
    Keywords: Woodward, Keith ; Woodward, Keith ; Decolonization Vanuatu. ; Decolonization ; Decolonization ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; General ; British colonies ; Decolonization ; French colonies ; Politics and government ; Politics and government ; Oceania ; Vanuatu ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Vanuatu Politics and government. ; Great Britain Colonies ; Oceania. ; France Colonies ; Oceania. ; France Colonies ; Vanuatu Politics and government ; Great Britain Colonies ; Vanuatu ; Great Britain ; France ; Electronic books
    Abstract: List of Illustrations; List of Acronyms; Biography of Keith Woodward; Preface; Author's Acknowledgements; A Political Memoir of the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides; References
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    Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense acquisition : a literature review (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085153 , 0833086731 , 0833085158 , 9780833086730
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 83 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Riposo, Jessie Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense acquisition
    Keywords: Armed Forces Procurement ; Armed Forces ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report summarizes a selection of the defense acquisition literature from the 1960s to the present on potential sources of prolonged acquisition cycle times and schedule growth, as well as potential opportunities for improvement. It presents the range of possible causes of schedule-related problems and various recommendations cited for improving schedules by various authors and organizations. This report does not provide critical analysis or an assessment of the strengths or weaknesses of the claims made in the literature. Rather, it provides a starting point for further research or consideration by government acquisition professionals, oversight organizations, and the analytic community. We identified the following reasons for schedule delays in the literature: (1) the difficulty of managing technical risk (e.g., program complexity, immature technology, and unanticipated technical issues), (2) initial assumptions or expectations that were difficult to fulfill (e.g., schedule estimates, risk control, requirements, and performance assumptions), and (3) funding instability. The most commonly cited recommendations for reducing cycle time and controlling schedule growth in the literature are strategies that manage or reduce technical risk. Some of those recommendations include using incremental fielding or evolutionary acquisition strategies, developing derivative products (rather than brand-new designs), using mature or proven technology (i.e., commercial, off-the-shelf components), maintaining stable funding, and using atypical contracting vehicles
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RR-455-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-83)
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    An evaluation of the implementation and perceived utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086280 , 0833087134 , 0833086286 , 9780833087133
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 83 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Parallel Title: Print version Evaluation of the implementation and perceived utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program
    Keywords: United States Airmen ; United States ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military art and science ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military art and science ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Airmen ; Military art and science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Since 2001, the U.S. military has been functioning at an operational tempo that is historically high for the all-volunteer force in which service members are deploying for extended periods on a repeated basis. Even with the drawdown of troops from Iraq in 2011, some service members are returning from deployment experiencing difficulties handling stress, mental health problems, or deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In response to these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in these areas. In 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to develop a comprehensive catalog of existing programs sponsored or funded by DoD to support psychological health and care for TBI, to create tools to support ongoing assessment and evaluation of the DoD portfolio of programs, and to conduct evaluations of a subset of these programs. This report describes RAND's assessment of an Air Force program, Airman Resilience Training (ART), a psychoeducational program designed to improve airmen's reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of mental health services when needed. ART was initiated in November 2010, replacing a previous program named Landing Gear, which had been in place since April 2008. The RAND study took place from August 2011 through November 2011. This report will be of particular interest to officials within the Air Force who are responsible for the psychological health and well-being of airmen, as well as to others within the military who are developing programs for service members to help them cope with stress while in combat situations and after returning from deployment."--"Abstract" on web page
    Abstract: "Since 2001, the U.S. military has been functioning at an operational tempo that is historically high for the all-volunteer force in which service members are deploying for extended periods on a repeated basis. Even with the drawdown of troops from Iraq in 2011, some service members are returning from deployment experiencing difficulties handling stress, mental health problems, or deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In response to these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in these areas. In 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to develop a comprehensive catalog of existing programs sponsored or funded by DoD to support psychological health and care for TBI, to create tools to support ongoing assessment and evaluation of the DoD portfolio of programs, and to conduct evaluations of a subset of these programs. This report describes RAND's assessment of an Air Force program, Airman Resilience Training (ART), a psychoeducational program designed to improve airmen's reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of mental health services when needed. ART was initiated in November 2010, replacing a previous program named Landing Gear, which had been in place since April 2008. The RAND study took place from August 2011 through November 2011. This report will be of particular interest to officials within the Air Force who are responsible for the psychological health and well-being of airmen, as well as to others within the military who are developing programs for service members to help them cope with stress while in combat situations and after returning from deployment."--"Abstract" on web page
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-655-OSD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83)
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    The impact on workers' compensation insurance markets of allowing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to expire (2014)
    [Santa Monica, California] : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086648 , 0833086987 , 0833086642 , 9780833086983
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (20 pages)
    Series Statement: Policy brief / Rand Corporation
    Parallel Title: Print version Dworsky, Michael Impact on workers' compensation insurance markets of allowing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to expire
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Workers' compensation ; Terrorism insurance Government policy ; Workers' compensation ; Terrorism insurance ; United States ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Workers' compensation ; Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (United States) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Congress enacted the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in 2002, in response to terrorism insurance becoming unavailable or, when offered, extremely costly in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The law provides a government reinsurance backstop in the case of a terrorist attack by providing mechanisms for avoiding an immediate drawdown of capital for insured losses or possibly covering the most extreme losses. Extended first in 2005 and again in 2007, TRIA is set to expire at the end of 2014, and Congress is again reconsidering the appropriate government role in terrorism insurance markets. This policy brief examines how markets for workers' compensation (WC) insurance would be affected if TRIA were to expire. They explain that TRIA expiration would affect WC insurance markets differently from other insurance markets because WC statutes rigidly define the terms of coverage, such that in a post-TRIA world insurance companies would limit their terrorism risk exposure by declining coverage to employers facing high terrorism risk. Because WC coverage is mandatory for nearly all U.S. employers, employers that cannot purchase coverage would be forced to obtain coverage in markets of last resort. Migration of terrorism risk to these markets of last resort would increase the likelihood that WC losses from a catastrophic terror attack would largely be financed by businesses and taxpayers throughout the state in which the attack occurs, adding to the challenge of rebuilding in that state. TRIA, in contrast, spreads such risk across the country
    Note: "RAND Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation"--Page 4 of cover , "RR-643-CCRMC"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    Implementation actions for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833090041 , 0833090046
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 58 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report RR-259-AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Lynch, Kristin F Implementation actions for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Military planning ; Command and control systems ; Military planning ; Command and control systems ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Command and control systems ; Military planning ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The focus of this analysis is on how enhanced ACS processes can be implemented and integrated into the Air Force and Joint command and control (C2) enterprise. Using the vision for enhanced C2 provided in the updated architecture developed as a companion piece to this analysis, we identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and the vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE). We evaluate C2 nodes from the level of the President and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) to the units and sources of supply. We also evaluate these nodes across the operational phases, from readiness preparation through planning, deployment, employment, sustainment, and reconstitution."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "The focus of this analysis is on how enhanced ACS processes can be implemented and integrated into the Air Force and Joint command and control (C2) enterprise. Using the vision for enhanced C2 provided in the updated architecture developed as a companion piece to this analysis, we identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and the vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE). We evaluate C2 nodes from the level of the President and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) to the units and sources of supply. We also evaluate these nodes across the operational phases, from readiness preparation through planning, deployment, employment, sustainment, and reconstitution."--Provided by publisher
    Note: "Contract no. FA7014-06-C-0001."--Title page verso , "RR-259-AF"--Cover page 4 , "Research report , "Prepared for the United States Air Force, approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Title page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-58)
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    An operational architecture for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833090034 , 0833090038 , 9780833081407
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 95 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lynch, Kristin F Operational architecture for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Operational art (Military science) ; Command and control systems ; Operational art (Military science) ; Command and control systems ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Command and control systems ; United States ; Operational art (Military science) ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This document presents an architecture that describes a TO-BE vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force command and control (C2) as it is defined in Joint Publications. This architecture addresses the near-term--what C2 processes could be in the next 4-5 years using current Air Force assets. It first identifies C2 processes and the echelons of command responsible for executing those processes and then describes how enhanced ACS planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes to provide senior leaders with enterprise ACS capability and constraint information. We use this architecture to identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and this vision for integrating enahcned ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE)
    Abstract: This document presents an architecture that describes a TO-BE vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force command and control (C2) as it is defined in Joint Publications. This architecture addresses the near-term--what C2 processes could be in the next 4-5 years using current Air Force assets. It first identifies C2 processes and the echelons of command responsible for executing those processes and then describes how enhanced ACS planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes to provide senior leaders with enterprise ACS capability and constraint information. We use this architecture to identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and this vision for integrating enahcned ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE)
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , "RR-261-AF"--Cover page 4 , "Research report , "Prepared for the United States Air Force ; approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-95)
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    Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia : conversion, apostasy, and literacy (2014)
    Ithaca : Cornell University Press
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    ISBN: 9780801452314 , 0801454778 , 0801452317 , 9780801454776
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 289 pages)
    Series Statement: Knowledge Unlatched Backlist Collection 2016
    Series Statement: History
    Parallel Title: Print version Kefeli, Agnès Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia
    Keywords: Islam History ; Apostasy Islam ; Apostasy Christianity ; Islam ; Apostasy ; Apostasy ; Humanities ; History ; Regional and national history ; European history ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Former Soviet Republics ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Eastern ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Russia & the Former Soviet Union ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Eastern ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Russia & the Former Soviet Union ; Apostasy ; Islam ; Islam ; Islam ; historia ; Apostater ; Islam ; Kristendom ; Russia (Federation) ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire's Middle Volga region (today's Tatarstan) was the site of a prolonged struggle between Russian Orthodoxy and Islam, each of which sought to solidify its influence among the frontier's mix of Turkic, Finno-Ugric, and Slavic peoples. The immediate catalyst of the events that Agnes Nilufer Kefeli chronicles in Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia was the collective turn to Islam by many of the region's Krashens, the Muslim and animist Tatars who converted to Russian Orthodoxy between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The traditional view holds that the apostates had really been Muslim all along or that their conversions had been forced by the state or undertaken voluntarily as a matter of convenience. In Kefeli's view, this argument vastly oversimplifies the complexity of a region where many participated in the religious cultures of both Islam and Orthodox Christianity and where a vibrant Krashen community has survived to the present. By analyzing Russian, Eurasian, and Central Asian ethnographic, administrative, literary, and missionary sources, Kefeli shows how traditional education, with Sufi mystical components, helped to Islamize Finno-Ugric and Turkic peoples in the Kama-Volga countryside and set the stage for the development of modernist Islam in Russia. Of particular interest is Kefeli's emphasis on the role that Tatar women (both Krashen and Muslim) played as holders and transmitters of Sufi knowledge. Today, she notes, intellectuals and mullahs in Tatarstan seek to revive both Sufi and modernist traditions to counteract new expressions of Islam and promote a purely Tatar Islam aware of its specificity in a post-Christian and secular environment
    Abstract: In the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire's Middle Volga region (today's Tatarstan) was the site of a prolonged struggle between Russian Orthodoxy and Islam, each of which sought to solidify its influence among the frontier's mix of Turkic, Finno-Ugric, and Slavic peoples. The immediate catalyst of the events that Agnes Nilufer Kefeli chronicles in Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia was the collective turn to Islam by many of the region's Krashens, the Muslim and animist Tatars who converted to Russian Orthodoxy between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The traditional view holds that the apostates had really been Muslim all along or that their conversions had been forced by the state or undertaken voluntarily as a matter of convenience. In Kefeli's view, this argument vastly oversimplifies the complexity of a region where many participated in the religious cultures of both Islam and Orthodox Christianity and where a vibrant Krashen community has survived to the present. By analyzing Russian, Eurasian, and Central Asian ethnographic, administrative, literary, and missionary sources, Kefeli shows how traditional education, with Sufi mystical components, helped to Islamize Finno-Ugric and Turkic peoples in the Kama-Volga countryside and set the stage for the development of modernist Islam in Russia. Of particular interest is Kefeli's emphasis on the role that Tatar women (both Krashen and Muslim) played as holders and transmitters of Sufi knowledge. Today, she notes, intellectuals and mullahs in Tatarstan seek to revive both Sufi and modernist traditions to counteract new expressions of Islam and promote a purely Tatar Islam aware of its specificity in a post-Christian and secular environment
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index
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    Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation : hindering the spread of countermeasures against cruise missile defenses (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087706 , 0833089560 , 0833087703 , 9780833089564
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 51 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Speier, Richard Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation
    Keywords: Cruise missiles ; Antimissile missiles ; Technology transfer ; Arms control ; Export controls ; Cruise missiles ; Antimissile missiles ; Technology transfer ; Arms control ; Export controls ; Arms control ; Cruise missiles ; Export controls ; Technology transfer ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; HISTORY ; Military ; Weapons ; Antimissile missiles ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) becomes a greater threat when accompanied by the proliferation of effective means of delivery. The threat of one means of delivery, cruise missiles, will increase if proliferators can acquire effective countermeasures against missile defenses. Such countermeasures, when incorporated in an attacker's missile, are known as penetration aids or penaids. As proliferator nations acquire ballistic and cruise missiles for this purpose, it will be important to establish effective measures to counter WMD attacks. This research was designed to assist U.S. agencies charged with generating policies to discourage the proliferation of WMD and cruise missile delivery systems, thereby strengthening deterrence. Specifically, it recommends controls on potential exports of penaid-related items according to the structure of the current international policy against missile proliferation, the Missile Technology Control Regime. The recommendations account for 18 classes of such items and are based on structured interviews with government and nongovernment experts, as well as an independent technical assessment to develop a preliminary characterization of the technologies and equipment most critical to the emerging penaid threat. The project also brought together a selected group of experts to participate in a workshop to review the initial characterization of penaid technologies and equipment
    Abstract: Preface. -- Summary. -- Acknowledgments. -- Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation. -- The missile technology control regime. -- Items proposed for penaid export controls. -- Implementing penaid export constrols. -- Concluding observations. -- References
    Abstract: The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) becomes a greater threat when accompanied by the proliferation of effective means of delivery. The threat of one means of delivery, cruise missiles, will increase if proliferators can acquire effective countermeasures against missile defenses. Such countermeasures, when incorporated in an attacker's missile, are known as penetration aids or penaids. As proliferator nations acquire ballistic and cruise missiles for this purpose, it will be important to establish effective measures to counter WMD attacks. This research was designed to assist U.S. agencies charged with generating policies to discourage the proliferation of WMD and cruise missile delivery systems, thereby strengthening deterrence. Specifically, it recommends controls on potential exports of penaid-related items according to the structure of the current international policy against missile proliferation, the Missile Technology Control Regime. The recommendations account for 18 classes of such items and are based on structured interviews with government and nongovernment experts, as well as an independent technical assessment to develop a preliminary characterization of the technologies and equipment most critical to the emerging penaid threat. The project also brought together a selected group of experts to participate in a workshop to review the initial characterization of penaid technologies and equipment
    Note: "Prepared for the Naval Postgraduate School, Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51)
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    Empire girls : the colonial heroine comes of age (2014)
    University of Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press
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    ISBN: 9781922064547 , 1922064556 , 1922064548 , 9781922064554
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Keywords: Duncan, Sara Jeannette ; Richardson, Henry Handel ; Schreiner, Olive ; Duncan, Sara Jeannette ; Richardson, Henry Handel ; Schreiner, Olive ; Women and literature ; Bildungsromans ; Literature (General) ; Women and literature ; Bildungsromans ; Literature (General) ; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: general ; Literature and literary studies ; Literature: history and criticism ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; Women Authors ; Bildungsromans ; Women and literature ; Schreiner, Olive ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Empire Girls: the colonial heroine comes of age is a critical examination of three novels by writers from different regions of the British Empire: Olive Schreiner - The Story of An African Farm (South Africa), Sara Jeannette Duncan - A Daughter of Today (Canada) and Henry Handel Richardson - The Getting of Wisdom (Australia). All three commence as conventional Bildungsromane, yet the plots of all diverge from the usual narrative structure, as a result of both their colonial origins and the clash between their aspirational heroines and the plots available to them. In an analysis including gender, empire, nation and race, Empire Girls provides new critical perspectives on the ways in which this dominant narrative form from the centre of empire performs very differently when taken out of its metropolitan setting
    Abstract: Empire Girls: the colonial heroine comes of age is a critical examination of three novels by writers from different regions of the British Empire: Olive Schreiner - The Story of An African Farm (South Africa), Sara Jeannette Duncan - A Daughter of Today (Canada) and Henry Handel Richardson - The Getting of Wisdom (Australia). All three commence as conventional Bildungsromane, yet the plots of all diverge from the usual narrative structure, as a result of both their colonial origins and the clash between their aspirational heroines and the plots available to them. In an analysis including gender, empire, nation and race, Empire Girls provides new critical perspectives on the ways in which this dominant narrative form from the centre of empire performs very differently when taken out of its metropolitan setting
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-271) , Zielgruppe - Audience: Scholarly & Professional , English
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    U.S. security-related agreements in force since 1955 : introducing a new database (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087379 , 0833089587 , 0833087371 , 9780833089588
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 62 pages + database)
    Series Statement: Report RR-736-AF
    Keywords: Database of U.S. security treaties and agreements ; Database of U.S. security treaties and agreements ; Information storage and retrieval systems Treaties ; Information storage and retrieval systems Status of forces agreements ; Status of forces agreements Databases ; National security Law and legislation ; Legal research ; Information storage and retrieval systems ; Information storage and retrieval systems ; Status of forces agreements ; National security ; Information storage and retrieval systems ; Status of forces agreements ; Law - U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Law - U.S. - General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; United States ; Diplomatic relations ; Databases ; Treaties ; United States Treaties Foreign relations ; United States Databases Foreign relations ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Treaties and agreements are powerful foreign policy tools that the United States uses to build and solidify relationships with partners and to influence the behavior of other states. As a result, the overall U.S. portfolio of treaties and agreements can offer insight into the distribution and depth of U.S. commitments internationally, including its military commitments and 'presence' in a given country or region. However, despite their importance, there is currently no comprehensive record of current or historical security-related treaties signed by the United States that can be used for empirical analysis. To address the shortcomings in existing datasets and indexes to contribute to the study of U.S. security treaties and agreements, we have developed a new, more comprehensive treaty database that will enhance the ability of researchers to study the full portfolio of U.S. security agreements. This report discusses our approach to data collection and coding and also presents a summary of the database's content. Its appendixes define each individual variable used in the analysis. The database was developed as part of a larger project focused on estimating the economic value of U.S. military presence overseas. In the context of this larger project, the treaty database provided an alternative way to measure 'military presence.' In addition to using numbers of troops as a measure of presence, we also used numbers of security-related agreements, drawing on the information in the treaty database described in this report. This measure provided us with additional insight into the value and role of U.S. engagement and operations in overseas areas
    Abstract: Treaties and agreements are powerful foreign policy tools that the United States uses to build and solidify relationships with partners and to influence the behavior of other states. As a result, the overall U.S. portfolio of treaties and agreements can offer insight into the distribution and depth of U.S. commitments internationally, including its military commitments and 'presence' in a given country or region. However, despite their importance, there is currently no comprehensive record of current or historical security-related treaties signed by the United States that can be used for empirical analysis. To address the shortcomings in existing datasets and indexes to contribute to the study of U.S. security treaties and agreements, we have developed a new, more comprehensive treaty database that will enhance the ability of researchers to study the full portfolio of U.S. security agreements. This report discusses our approach to data collection and coding and also presents a summary of the database's content. Its appendixes define each individual variable used in the analysis. The database was developed as part of a larger project focused on estimating the economic value of U.S. military presence overseas. In the context of this larger project, the treaty database provided an alternative way to measure 'military presence.' In addition to using numbers of troops as a measure of presence, we also used numbers of security-related agreements, drawing on the information in the treaty database described in this report. This measure provided us with additional insight into the value and role of U.S. engagement and operations in overseas areas
    Note: "The accompanying CD ... contains an actual Excel database of treaties. The database does not include text, but includes titles, dates, and other classifications."--Email from author , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , "RAND Project AIR FORCE , Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-62)
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    Assessing the potential to expand community college baccalaureate programs in Texas : executive summary (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833089526 , 0833089528 , 9780833087362 , 0833087363
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (18 pages)
    DDC: 610.730711
    Keywords: Community colleges ; Nursing Study and teaching ; Community colleges ; Nursing ; Texas ; Community colleges ; Nursing ; Study and teaching ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Many workforce-development needs, particularly those requiring baccalaureate degrees, remain unmet in some areas of Texas. Employers and students are calling for additional programs to develop workplace skills and to provide opportunities for career advancement. On May 22, 2013, the Texas Legislature approved a bill mandating a study on whether community college baccalaureate degree programs should be expanded in Texas. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board asked the RAND Corporation to partner with the Texas Higher Education Policy Initiative to conduct the study. This report summarizes a longer research report in which the authors assess unmet workforce-development needs in nursing and the applied sciences, assess the arguments for and against baccalaureate expansion, and recommend potential activities to support implementation of any new policies undertaken to expand community college baccalaureate programs. They find significant need for more baccalaureate nurses, although rapidly growing distance learning programs may be able to meet this need. The authors find varying needs for the four applied science occupations they examined: computer and information technology, management of fire sciences, management of production/operations technicians, and health information technology. While expanding community college baccalaureate degree programs could help meet unmet needs and increase degree attainment among students, there are concerns about costs, mission creep at community colleges, counterproductive competition between community colleges and universities, and a decline in the overall quality of a Texas baccalaureate. The authors discuss the inherent tradeoffs that policymakers face in this regard
    Note: "The research in this report was produced for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by RAND Education , "Prepared for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board , Title from title screen (viewed on August 28, 2014)
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    Spillover from the conflict in Syria : an assessment of the factors that aid and impede the spread of violence (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087263 , 0833087924 , 0833087266 , 9780833087928
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 72 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Spillover from the conflict in Syria : an assessment of the factors that aid and impede the spread of violence
    Keywords: Protest movements ; Protest movements ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Protest movements ; History ; Politics and government ; Syria ; Civil War (Syria : 2011- ) ; Syria Politics and government 21st century ; Syria History Civil War, 2011- ; Syria ; Syria ; Electronic books
    Abstract: All roads lead to Damascus and then back out again, but in different directions. The financial and military aid flowing into Syria from patrons and neighbors is intended to determine the outcome of the conflict between a loose confederation of rebel factions and the regime in Damascus. Instead, this outside support has the potential to perpetuate the existing civil war and to ignite larger regional hostilities between Sunni and Shia areas that could reshape the political geography of the Middle East. This report examines the main factors that are likely to contribute to or impede the spread of violence from civil war and insurgency in Syria, and then examines how they apply to Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan
    Abstract: All roads lead to Damascus and then back out again, but in different directions. The financial and military aid flowing into Syria from patrons and neighbors is intended to determine the outcome of the conflict between a loose confederation of rebel factions and the regime in Damascus. Instead, this outside support has the potential to perpetuate the existing civil war and to ignite larger regional hostilities between Sunni and Shia areas that could reshape the political geography of the Middle East. This report examines the main factors that are likely to contribute to or impede the spread of violence from civil war and insurgency in Syria, and then examines how they apply to Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references
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    Measuring hard-to-measure student competencies : a research and development plan (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088062 , 0833089323 , 0833088068 , 9780833089328
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 84 pages)
    Keywords: Competency-based education ; Competency-based education ; Competency-based education ; Education ; Social Sciences ; Theory & Practice of Education ; EDUCATION ; Evaluation & Assessment ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Efforts to prepare students for college, careers, and civic engagement have traditionally emphasized academic skills, but a growing body of research suggests that interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies, such as communication and resilience, are important predictors of postsecondary success and citizenship. One of the major challenges in designing educational interventions to support these outcomes is a lack of high-quality measures that could help educators, students, parents, and others understand how students perform and monitor their development over time. This report provides guidelines to promote thoughtful development of practical, high-quality measures of interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies that practitioners and policymakers can use to improve valued outcomes for students
    Note: "RAND Education , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84)
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    Business bribery risk assessment (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089373 , 0833089374
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 65 pages)
    DDC: 364.168
    Keywords: Bribery ; International business enterprises Corrupt practices ; Corporations Corrupt practices ; Risk assessment ; Bribery ; International business enterprises ; Corporations ; Risk assessment ; International business enterprises ; Corrupt practices ; Risk assessment ; Corporations ; Corrupt practices ; Bribery ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: A. Defining the Business Bribery Risk Addressed in This Report -- B. Businesses Have Inadequate Measures to Assess the Business Risk of Bribery of Foreign Officials -- C. As Global Business Expands, So Do Risks and Costs Related to Non-Compliance -- D. Development of the New Indicators and TRACE Matrix -- E. Guide to the Report -- 2. Development of the Business Bribery Risk Index: A. Measuring Corruption and Governance -- B. A Conceptual Model of Business Bribery Risk -- C. Data Sources and Selection Methodology -- D. Statistical Model Construction -- 3. Results: A. Overall Risk Index Results -- B. Guide to the Country Risk Scores -- 4. Conclusion: Appendix A: Stakeholder Interviews -- Appendix B: Outline of Domains, Subdomains, and Data Sources -- Appendix C: Statistical Model Methodology -- Appendix D: Results -- Appendix E: List of Reviewed Data Sources -- Appendix F: TRACE Matrix Country Rankings -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: A. Defining the Business Bribery Risk Addressed in This Report -- B. Businesses Have Inadequate Measures to Assess the Business Risk of Bribery of Foreign Officials -- C. As Global Business Expands, So Do Risks and Costs Related to Non-Compliance -- D. Development of the New Indicators and TRACE Matrix -- E. Guide to the Report -- 2. Development of the Business Bribery Risk Index: A. Measuring Corruption and Governance -- B. A Conceptual Model of Business Bribery Risk -- C. Data Sources and Selection Methodology -- D. Statistical Model Construction -- 3. Results: A. Overall Risk Index Results -- B. Guide to the Country Risk Scores -- 4. Conclusion: Appendix A: Stakeholder Interviews -- Appendix B: Outline of Domains, Subdomains, and Data Sources -- Appendix C: Statistical Model Methodology -- Appendix D: Results -- Appendix E: List of Reviewed Data Sources -- Appendix F: TRACE Matrix Country Rankings -- Bibliography
    Note: "RR-839-TII , Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-65)
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    The anesthesiologist workforce in 2013 : a final briefing to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833089793 , 083308979X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (xi, 85 pages)))
    Series Statement: Research report RR-650-ASAI
    DDC: 617.9/6092
    Keywords: Anesthesiologists Supply and demand ; Anesthesiologists Employment ; Anesthesiologists ; Anesthesiologists ; Anesthesiology manpower ; Health Workforce ; United States ; Anesthesiologists ; Supply and demand ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Important changes are taking place in the health care sector that have implications for future supply and demand of anesthesiologists including expansion of coverage, an aging population, greater movement of women into the physician workforce, increasing cost pressures, and shifting modes of delivery. To determine what the implications of these changes might be for the anesthesiologist workforce, RAND Corporation researchers conducted a national survey of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) members, who include more than 90 percent of all practicing anesthesiologists in the United States. This survey was a follow-up to a 2007 survey, also conducted by the RAND Corporation. The authors document large and persistent regional differences in anesthesiologists' practices. In addition, there were several large differences by gender. With regard to shortage, the survey reveals substantial evidence for variation in anesthesiologist shortages across states, from which the authors argue that certain areas of the country are experiencing shortages. However, the national level of shortage has decreased since 2007 by approximately 2,000 full-time-equivalent anesthesiologists. The authors estimate that midwestern and western states were more likely than states in other regions to have a shortage of anesthesiologists in 2013
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page
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    Process evaluation of the New Mexico Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089809 , 0833089803
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report RR-639-REC
    DDC: 362.71/309789
    Keywords: Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant (N.M.) Evaluation ; Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant (N.M.) ; Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant (N.M.) ; Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant (N.M.) ; Home-based family services Evaluation ; Home-based family services ; Home-based family services ; Home-based family services ; Home-based family services ; Home-based family services ; Evaluation ; New Mexico ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Note: "Prepared for Region IX Education Cooperative , "Rand Health and Labor & Population , Includes bibliographical references
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    Promoting patient safety through effective health information technology risk management (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089786 , 0833089781
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 610.285
    Keywords: Data protection ; Medical care Information technology ; Medical records Access control ; Health services administration Information technology ; Management ; Data protection ; Medical care ; Medical records ; Health services administration ; Data protection ; Medical records ; Access control ; United States ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology , Includes bibliographical references
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    Medicare Imaging Demonstration final evaluation : report to Congress (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089656 , 083308965X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 616.07/54
    Keywords: Diagnostic imaging ; Medicare ; Diagnostic imaging ; Medicare ; Medicare ; Diagnostic imaging ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , Includes bibliographical references
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    Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military : design of the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833089250 , 0833089250 , 9780833088604 , 0833088602 , 9780833090539
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 201 pages)
    Series Statement: RR-870 / 1-OSD
    Series Statement: RR-870/1-OSD
    Keywords: Sexual abuse victims ; Employee attitude surveys Methodology ; Sex discrimination ; Sex role in the work environment ; Women soldiers Crimes against ; Soldiers Crimes against ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Sex crimes ; Sexual abuse victims ; Employee attitude surveys ; Sex discrimination ; Sex role in the work environment ; Women soldiers ; Soldiers ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Sex crimes ; Sex discrimination ; Sex role in the work environment ; Sexual abuse victims ; Sexual harassment in the military ; United States ; LAW ; Military ; Employee attitude surveys ; Methodology ; Sex crimes ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with its Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. This volume documents the methodology used in the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014. It describes the survey methods, how the new questionnaire was designed, and how sampling, recruitment, and analytic weighting were pursued. It also includes the entire survey instrument."--Website
    Abstract: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with its Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. This volume documents the methodology used in the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014. It describes the survey methods, how the new questionnaire was designed, and how sampling, recruitment, and analytic weighting were pursued. It also includes the entire survey instrument."--Website
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106)
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    Mexico is not Colombia : alternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084415 , 0833084410 , 9780833084439 , 0833084437 , 9780833084422 , 9780833084408
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (191 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- Mexico is not Colombia
    Keywords: Drug control ; Internal security ; Insurgency ; Drug traffic ; Violent crimes ; Violence ; Drug control ; Internal security ; Insurgency ; Drug traffic ; Violent crimes ; Violence ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Criminology ; Drug control ; Drug traffic ; Insurgency ; Internal security ; Violence ; Violent crimes ; Substance Abuse ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Mexico ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case from history, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lessons and efforts that were correlated with improvement in countries facing similar challenges related to violence and corruption"--Provided by publisher
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    The effectiveness of China's industrial policies in commercial aviation manufacturing (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085849 , 0833085840
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Crane, Keith. The Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policies in Commercial Aviation Manufacturing
    Keywords: Aircraft industry Government policy ; Aeronautics, Commercial Government policy ; Aircraft industry ; Aeronautics, Commercial ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Industries ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Trade & Tariffs ; Aeronautics, Commercial ; Government policy ; Aircraft industry ; Government policy ; Business & Economics ; Transportation Economics ; China ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Chapter Two: China's Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry -- Structure of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC); Commercial Aircraft Company of China; The Development of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; History; Output and Employment; Technological Capabilities of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry -- Chapter Three: China's Industrial Policy and Its Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry -- Chinese Government Policy Goals; Chinese Policy Instruments; Setting Up National Champions; Providing Launch Aid; Compelling State-Owned Airlines to Purchase Chinese Aircraft; Targeting Orders to Foreign Manufacturers with Assembly Operations or Suppliers in China; Stipulating That Foreign Suppliers Enter into Joint Ventures with Chinese Partners; Acquisitions of Foreign Companies and Foreign Technologies; Encouraging Foreign Countries to Purchase Chinese Aircraft Through Diplomatic Suasion and the Provision of Loans
    Abstract: Chapter Two: China's Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry -- Structure of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC); Commercial Aircraft Company of China; The Development of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; History; Output and Employment; Technological Capabilities of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry -- Chapter Three: China's Industrial Policy and Its Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry -- Chinese Government Policy Goals; Chinese Policy Instruments; Setting Up National Champions; Providing Launch Aid; Compelling State-Owned Airlines to Purchase Chinese Aircraft; Targeting Orders to Foreign Manufacturers with Assembly Operations or Suppliers in China; Stipulating That Foreign Suppliers Enter into Joint Ventures with Chinese Partners; Acquisitions of Foreign Companies and Foreign Technologies; Encouraging Foreign Countries to Purchase Chinese Aircraft Through Diplomatic Suasion and the Provision of Loans
    Abstract: Chapter Five: Performance of the Chinese and U.S. Aircraft Manufacturing Industries -- China's Industry; Output; Exports; Employment; Imports; Technology; The U.S. Industry; Output; Exports; Employment; Technology; Competitive Position of the U.S. Industry -- Chapter Six: Net Assessment of the Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policies for Commercial Aviation Manufacturing -- Are Chinese Industrial Policies Likely to Be as Effective in the Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry as in Other Industries?; High-Speed Trains; Wind-Power Generation; Automobile Manufacturing; Lessons from These Three Sectors; Strengths and Weaknesses of China's Industry and Its Foreign Competitors; Technologies; Labor; Finance; Marketing; Net Assessment; Foreign Companies --Chapter Seven: Policy Implications -- Policy Implications for the United States and the European Union; China's Industrial Policies in Commercial Aviatioin Manufacturing and the WTO; State Subsidies; Government Procurement and Purchases of Aircraft; Stipulations on Foreign Investment; United States; European Union; Policy Options for the United States and the European Union; Implications for the Government of China -- Appendix: Domestic and Foreign Aviation Manufacturing Companies in China -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Chapter Five: Performance of the Chinese and U.S. Aircraft Manufacturing Industries -- China's Industry; Output; Exports; Employment; Imports; Technology; The U.S. Industry; Output; Exports; Employment; Technology; Competitive Position of the U.S. Industry -- Chapter Six: Net Assessment of the Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policies for Commercial Aviation Manufacturing -- Are Chinese Industrial Policies Likely to Be as Effective in the Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry as in Other Industries?; High-Speed Trains; Wind-Power Generation; Automobile Manufacturing; Lessons from These Three Sectors; Strengths and Weaknesses of China's Industry and Its Foreign Competitors; Technologies; Labor; Finance; Marketing; Net Assessment; Foreign Companies --Chapter Seven: Policy Implications -- Policy Implications for the United States and the European Union; China's Industrial Policies in Commercial Aviatioin Manufacturing and the WTO; State Subsidies; Government Procurement and Purchases of Aircraft; Stipulations on Foreign Investment; United States; European Union; Policy Options for the United States and the European Union; Implications for the Government of China -- Appendix: Domestic and Foreign Aviation Manufacturing Companies in China -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Preface; Figures and Tables; Summary; Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Purpose; Approach and Organization of This Report; Assessing the Performance of China's Commercial Aviation Industry; Identifying Chinese Government Policies; Determining Foreign Company Strategies; Assessing Shifts in Output in the Global Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; Evaluating the Relative Effectiveness of Chinese Policies and Foreign Manufacturers' Strategies; Policy Implications for Foreign Governments and China's Government
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    Fiji : a place called home (2014)
    ANU, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925022056 , 1925022056 , 9781925022049 , 1925022048
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tarte, Daryl Fiji : a place called home
    Keywords: Tarte, Daryl ; Tarte, Daryl. ; Tarte, Daryl ; Fijians Australia ; Biography. ; Fijians Biography ; Fijians ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; Fijians ; Manners and customs ; Politics and government ; History & Archaeology ; Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania ; Australia ; Fiji ; Biography ; History ; Fiji Politics and government ; History. ; Fiji Social life and customs. ; Fiji Social life and customs ; Fiji Politics and government ; History ; Fiji ; Fiji ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Part one: Taveuni: The colonial period -- 1. People along the road -- 2. The old home -- 3. The plantation -- 4. The young overseer -- 5. Island life -- 6. Marriage -- 7. An array of characters -- 8. Sale of the plantation -- 9. Farewell Taveuni -- part two: Greater Fiji: Life in the nation -- 10. Sugar -- 11. Tourism -- 12. Commerce and industry -- Interlude: A Fijian delicacy-Balolo -- 13. Diplomacy -- 14. Politics and leadership -- Interlude: A conversation of spirits -- 15. Sports -- Interlude: China rose -- 16. Clubs -- Interlude: Rotary-Service above self -- 17. Religion -- Interlude: The Veli-Fiji's hairy myth -- 18. The underprivileged -- 19. Media: the voice of the people -- 20. Rumblings of discontent -- Interlude: Reflections on coups -- 21. Women: the real mother lode -- 22. Islands -- 23. In search of a soul -- 24. Conclusion
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    Measuring deeper learning through cognitively demanding test items : results from the analysis of six national and international exams (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085528 , 0833085522
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 97 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: Problem solving Evaluation ; Written communication Evaluation ; Achievement tests ; Critical thinking Evaluation ; Problem solving ; Written communication ; Achievement tests ; Critical thinking ; Critical thinking ; Evaluation ; Written communication ; Evaluation ; United States ; Achievement tests ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation , Includes bibliographical references
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    Changing the Victorian Subject (2014)
    University of Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press
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    ISBN: 9781922064738 , 1922064742 , 1922064734 , 9781922064745
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (292 pages)
    Keywords: Literary and cultural theory ; Colonies ; Cultural studies ; Literary and cultural theory ; Colonies ; Cultural studies ; Literature and literary studies ; Literature: history and criticism ; Colonies ; Victoria ; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: general ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The essays in this collection examine how both colonial and British authors engage with Victorian subjects and subjectivities in their work. Some essays explore the emergence of a key trope within colonial texts: the negotiation of Victorian and settler-subject positions. Others argue for new readings of key metropolitan texts and their repositioning within literary history. These essays work to recognise the plurality of the rubric of the 'Victorian' and to expand how the category of Victorian studies can be understood
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    Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol : a commentary on the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2014)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004217171 , 9004217185 , 9004217177 , 9789004217188
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 417 pages)
    Series Statement: Legal studies on access and benefit-sharing volume 2
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print versionMorgera, Elisa Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol
    Keywords: Convention on Biological Diversity ; Convention on Biological Diversity ; Environmental law, International ; Renewable natural resources Law and legislation ; Sustainable development Law and legislation ; Nature conservation Law and legislation ; Biodiversity conservation Law and legislation ; Environmental law, International ; Renewable natural resources ; Sustainable development ; Nature conservation ; Biodiversity conservation ; Nature conservation ; Law and legislation ; Renewable natural resources ; Law and legislation ; Sustainable development ; Law and legislation ; LAW ; Environmental ; Biodiversity conservation ; Law and legislation ; Convention on Biological Diversity (1992 June 5) ; Environmental law, International ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Nagoya Protocol is an unprecedented international environmental agreement that equally addresses development, distributive justice, and environmental sustainability. With a balanced view of the various possible interpretations of the Protocol provisions, in light of different national and regional perspectives, and a systematic highlighting of its legal innovations, Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol: A Commentary on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity will serve as a seminal work for all those interested in the environment, human rights
    Abstract: 4.1 Internationally Recognized Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples4.2 Internationally Recognized Rights of Local Communities; 4.3 Human Rights-related Risks and Opportunities, Limitations and Innovations under the Protocol; 5 About This Commentary; Article 1. Objective; 1 Overview; 2 Objective and Means; 3 Traditional Knowledge; 4 Links with Conservation and Sustainable Use; 5 Legal and Practical Functions; Article 2. Use of Terms; 1 Overview; 2 Utilization of Genetic Resources; 2.1 The Intent; 2.2 The Material; 2.2.1 Derivatives; 2.2.2 Commodities in Trade; 3 Utilization of Traditional Knowl
    Abstract: 4.1 Internationally Recognized Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples4.2 Internationally Recognized Rights of Local Communities; 4.3 Human Rights-related Risks and Opportunities, Limitations and Innovations under the Protocol; 5 About This Commentary; Article 1. Objective; 1 Overview; 2 Objective and Means; 3 Traditional Knowledge; 4 Links with Conservation and Sustainable Use; 5 Legal and Practical Functions; Article 2. Use of Terms; 1 Overview; 2 Utilization of Genetic Resources; 2.1 The Intent; 2.2 The Material; 2.2.1 Derivatives; 2.2.2 Commodities in Trade; 3 Utilization of Traditional Knowl
    Abstract: Article 5. Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing1 Overview; 2 Inter-State Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Genetic Resources; 3 Intra-State Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Genetic Resources Held by Indigenous and Local Communities; 3.1 States' Obligation; 3.2 'Established Rights' and Other Qualifications; 4 Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Traditional Knowledge; 5 The Role of Mutually Agreed Terms; 6 Monetary and Non-monetary Benefits; Article 6. Access to Genetic Resources; 1 Overview; 2 Background; 3 Access to Genetic Resources: The Inter-State Dimension
    Abstract: Article 5. Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing1 Overview; 2 Inter-State Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Genetic Resources; 3 Intra-State Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Genetic Resources Held by Indigenous and Local Communities; 3.1 States' Obligation; 3.2 'Established Rights' and Other Qualifications; 4 Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Traditional Knowledge; 5 The Role of Mutually Agreed Terms; 6 Monetary and Non-monetary Benefits; Article 6. Access to Genetic Resources; 1 Overview; 2 Background; 3 Access to Genetic Resources: The Inter-State Dimension
    Abstract: The Nagoya Protocol is an unprecedented international environmental agreement that equally addresses development, distributive justice, and environmental sustainability. With a balanced view of the various possible interpretations of the Protocol provisions, in light of different national and regional perspectives, and a systematic highlighting of its legal innovations, Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol: A Commentary on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity will serve as a seminal work for all those interested in the environment, human rights
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-411) and index
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    Universities in transition : Foregrounding social contexts of knowledge in the first year experience (2014)
    Adelaide (S.A.) : University of Adelaide Press
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    ISBN: 9781922064844 , 192206484X , 9781922064851 , 1922064858 , 9781922064820 , 1922064831 , 1922064823 , 9781922064837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 electronic resource (i-xi, 262 pages))))
    Keywords: Study skills ; Student aspirations ; College integration ; Critical thinking ; College freshmen ; Study skills ; Student aspirations ; College integration ; Critical thinking ; College freshmen ; Critical thinking ; Student aspirations ; Study skills ; Australia ; South Australia ; EDUCATION ; Higher ; Education ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; College freshmen ; College integration ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction / Heather Brook, Deane Fergie, Michael Maeorg and Dee Michell -- Pt. 1. Reconceptualising : transition and universities -- 1. Navigating student transition in higher education : induction, development, becoming / Trevor Gale and Stephen Parker -- 2. University transitions in practice : research-learning, fields and their communities of practice / Deane Fergie -- Pt. 2. Revealing : 'non-traditional' student groups in higher education -- 3. Classism on campus? Exploring and extending understandings of social class in the contemporary higher education debate / Angelique Bletsas and Dee Michell -- 4. Reframing 'the problem' : students from low socio-economic status backgrounds transitioning to university / Marcia Devlin and Jade McKay -- 5. Changing social relations in higher education : the first-year international student and the 'Chinese learner' in Australia / Xianlin Song -- 6. Relating experiences : Regional and remote students in their first year at university / Michael Maeorg -- Pt. 3. Realising : transformations on campus -- 7. The University of Adelaide Student Learning Hub : a case study of education co-creation / Pascale Quester, Kendra Backstrom and Slavka Kovacevic -- 8. Thinking critically about critical thinking in the First-Year experience / Chris Beasley and Benito Cao -- 9. Knowing students / Heather Brook and Dee Michell
    Abstract: Introduction / Heather Brook, Deane Fergie, Michael Maeorg and Dee Michell -- Pt. 1. Reconceptualising : transition and universities -- 1. Navigating student transition in higher education : induction, development, becoming / Trevor Gale and Stephen Parker -- 2. University transitions in practice : research-learning, fields and their communities of practice / Deane Fergie -- Pt. 2. Revealing : 'non-traditional' student groups in higher education -- 3. Classism on campus? Exploring and extending understandings of social class in the contemporary higher education debate / Angelique Bletsas and Dee Michell -- 4. Reframing 'the problem' : students from low socio-economic status backgrounds transitioning to university / Marcia Devlin and Jade McKay -- 5. Changing social relations in higher education : the first-year international student and the 'Chinese learner' in Australia / Xianlin Song -- 6. Relating experiences : Regional and remote students in their first year at university / Michael Maeorg -- Pt. 3. Realising : transformations on campus -- 7. The University of Adelaide Student Learning Hub : a case study of education co-creation / Pascale Quester, Kendra Backstrom and Slavka Kovacevic -- 8. Thinking critically about critical thinking in the First-Year experience / Chris Beasley and Benito Cao -- 9. Knowing students / Heather Brook and Dee Michell
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from opening screen (viewed December 2, 2014) , English
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    Mental health stigma in the military (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085047 , 0833089994 , 0833085042 , 9780833089991
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 296 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Acosta, Joie D Mental health stigma in the military
    Keywords: Stigma (Social psychology) ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Mental health policy ; Stigma (Social psychology) ; Soldiers ; Mental health policy ; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities ; Delivery of Health Care ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Health Care Economics and Organizations ; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms ; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation ; Health Services ; Investigative Techniques ; Mental Health Services ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Persons ; Policy ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Public Policy ; Quality of Health Care ; Social Behavior ; Social Control Policies ; Social Control, Formal ; Social Sciences ; Social Stigma ; Sociology ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Mental health policy ; Stigma (Social psychology) ; United States Armed Forces ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Despite the efforts of both the U.S. Department of Defense and the Veterans Health Administration to enhance mental health services, many service members are not regularly seeking needed care when they have mental health problems. Without appropriate treatment, these mental health problems can have wide-ranging and negative impacts on the quality of life and the social, emotional, and cognitive functioning of affected service members. The services have been actively engaged in developing policies, programs, and campaigns designed to reduce stigma and increase service members' help-seeking behavior. However, there has been no comprehensive assessment of these efforts' effectiveness and the extent to which they align with service members' needs or evidence-based practices. The goal of this research was to assess DoD's approach to stigma reduction, how well it is working and how it might be improved. To address these questions, RAND researchers used five complementary methods: (1) literature review, (2) a microsimulation modeling of costs, (3) interviews with program staff, (4) prospective policy analysis, and (5) an expert panel. The priorities outlined in this report identify ways in which program and policy development and research and evaluation can improve understanding of how best to efficiently and effectively provide needed treatment to service members with mental illness
    Abstract: Despite the efforts of both the U.S. Department of Defense and the Veterans Health Administration to enhance mental health services, many service members are not regularly seeking needed care when they have mental health problems. Without appropriate treatment, these mental health problems can have wide-ranging and negative impacts on the quality of life and the social, emotional, and cognitive functioning of affected service members. The services have been actively engaged in developing policies, programs, and campaigns designed to reduce stigma and increase service members' help-seeking behavior. However, there has been no comprehensive assessment of these efforts' effectiveness and the extent to which they align with service members' needs or evidence-based practices. The goal of this research was to assess DoD's approach to stigma reduction, how well it is working and how it might be improved. To address these questions, RAND researchers used five complementary methods: (1) literature review, (2) a microsimulation modeling of costs, (3) interviews with program staff, (4) prospective policy analysis, and (5) an expert panel. The priorities outlined in this report identify ways in which program and policy development and research and evaluation can improve understanding of how best to efficiently and effectively provide needed treatment to service members with mental illness
    Note: "RR-426-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-296)
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    Identifying permanently disabled workers with disproportionate earnings losses for supplemental payments (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085245 , 0833085247
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: People with disabilities ; Income maintenance programs ; Supplemental security income program ; People with disabilities ; Income maintenance programs ; Supplemental security income program ; Supplemental security income program ; United States ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Income maintenance programs ; People with disabilities ; Electronic books
    Note: "Rand Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace , Includes bibliographical references
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    Soldier-portable battery supply : foreign dependence and policy options (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084033 , 0833086022 , 0833084038 , 9780833086020
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (23 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Silberglitt, R.S. (Richard S.) Soldier-portable battery supply
    Keywords: United States Procurement ; United States ; Business logistics ; Lithium cells ; Battery industry ; Business logistics ; Lithium cells ; Battery industry ; Battery industry ; Business logistics ; United States ; Lithium cells ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Batteries are a ubiquitous presence in equipment carried by soldiers and critical to the performance of electronic devices such as radios, computers, night-vision goggles, and laser range finders. These batteries are supplied by a variety of firms, and mostly assembled from cells that are acquired through a supply chain that is driven by commercial applications to mobile phones, laptop computers, tablets, and other electronic devices, and is predominately based in Asia. RAND found that government researchers and program managers and representatives of military battery suppliers have concerns associated with this foreign-dependent supply chain. The report discusses alternative policy options to address these concerns, without evaluating the benefits versus costs of these policy options
    Note: "RAND Corporation , "RR-500-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "This study was ... conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Back cover , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-22)
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    Indigenous and minority placenames : Australian and international perspectives (2014)
    Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National Univesity Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021639 , 1925021637 , 9781925021622 , 1925021629
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Aboriginal history monographs
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Indigenous and minority place names .; Australian and international perspectives
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Indigenous and minority place names Australian and international perspectives
    Keywords: Names, Geographical Aboriginal Australian. ; Names, Geographical Australia. ; Names, Geographical ; Names, Geographical Aboriginal Australian ; Names, Geographical ; Names, Geographical ; Names, Geographical ; Australia ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Australian Aboriginal languages ; Oceanic and Austronesian languages ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. Many of the chapters in this volume originated as papers at a Trends in Toponymy conference hosted by the University of Ballarat in 2007 that featured Australian and international speakers. The chapters in this volume provide insight into the quality of toponymic research that is being undertaken in Australia and in countries such as Canada, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Norway. The research presented here draws on the disciplines of linguistics, geography, history, and anthropology. The book includes meticulous studies of placenames in central NSW and the Upper Hunter region; Gundungurra cave names; western Arnhem Land; Northern Cape York Peninsula and Mount Wheeler in Queensland; saltwater placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait; and the Kaurna in South Australia.--From publisher.
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    Countering others' insurgencies : understanding U.S. small-footprint interventions in local context (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084040 , 0833085530 , 0833084046 , 9780833085535
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 226 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR513
    Parallel Title: Print version Watts, Stephen (Stephen Baldwin) Countering others' insurgencies
    Keywords: Counterinsurgency Government policy ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Pakistan ; Philippines ; United States ; Military relations ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Government policy ; United States Military relations ; Pakistan Military relations ; United States Military relations ; Philippines Military relations ; United States Military relations ; United States ; Pakistan ; United States ; Philippines ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This study examines the counterinsurgency strategies and practices adopted by threatened regimes and the conditions under which U.S. "small-footprint" partnerships are likely to help these governments succeed. The report's findings are derived from a mixed-method research design incorporating both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Simple statistical analyses are applied to a dataset of counterinsurgencies that have terminated since the end of the Cold War (72 in all), and more in-depth analyses are provided of two recent cases of U.S. partnerships with counterinsurgent regimes, in the Philippines and Pakistan. The quantitative analysis finds that the cases of small-footprint U.S. operations that are commonly touted as "success stories" all occurred in countries approximating a best-case scenario. Such a verdict is not meant to deny the importance of U.S. assistance; rather, it is meant to highlight that similar U.S. policies with less promising partner nations should not be expected to produce anywhere near the same levels of success. The majority of insurgencies have taken place in worst-case conditions, and in these environments, counterinsurgent regimes are typically unsuccessful in their efforts to end rebellion, and they often employ violence indiscriminately. The case studies of the Philippines and Pakistan largely reinforce the findings of the quantitative analysis. They also highlight the challenges the United States faces in attempting to influence partner regimes to fight counterinsurgencies in the manner that the United States would prefer. The study concludes with policy recommendations for managing troubled partnerships
    Abstract: This study examines the counterinsurgency strategies and practices adopted by threatened regimes and the conditions under which U.S. "small-footprint" partnerships are likely to help these governments succeed. The report's findings are derived from a mixed-method research design incorporating both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Simple statistical analyses are applied to a dataset of counterinsurgencies that have terminated since the end of the Cold War (72 in all), and more in-depth analyses are provided of two recent cases of U.S. partnerships with counterinsurgent regimes, in the Philippines and Pakistan. The quantitative analysis finds that the cases of small-footprint U.S. operations that are commonly touted as "success stories" all occurred in countries approximating a best-case scenario. Such a verdict is not meant to deny the importance of U.S. assistance; rather, it is meant to highlight that similar U.S. policies with less promising partner nations should not be expected to produce anywhere near the same levels of success. The majority of insurgencies have taken place in worst-case conditions, and in these environments, counterinsurgent regimes are typically unsuccessful in their efforts to end rebellion, and they often employ violence indiscriminately. The case studies of the Philippines and Pakistan largely reinforce the findings of the quantitative analysis. They also highlight the challenges the United States faces in attempting to influence partner regimes to fight counterinsurgencies in the manner that the United States would prefer. The study concludes with policy recommendations for managing troubled partnerships
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    Autonomous vehicle technology : a guide for policymakers (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084378 , 0833084372 , 0833083988 , 9780833084392 , 9780833083982 , 0833084399
    Language: English
    Pages: XXVIII, 185 S. , Ill., graph. Darst.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-443-1-RC
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    Keywords: Automobile industry and trade Technological innovations ; Automobile industry and trade Environmental aspects ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Industries ; General ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Civil ; Highway & Traffic ; Automobile industry and trade Environmental aspects ; Automobile industry and trade Technological innovations ; Automobile industry and trade ; Automobile industry and trade Technological innovations ; Automobile industry and trade Environmental aspects ; Automobile industry and trade ; Automobile industry and trade ; Automobile industry and trade ; Business & Economics ; Industries ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Civil ; Highway & Traffic ; Automobile industry and trade ; Automobile industry and trade ; Environmental aspects ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Industries ; General ; Automobile industry and trade ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The automotive industry appears close to substantial change engendered by 'self-driving' technologies. This technology offers the possibility of significant benefits to social welfare: saving lives; reducing crashes, congestion, fuel consumption, and pollution; increasing mobility for the disabled; and ultimately improving land use. This report is intended as a guide for state and federal policymakers on the many issues that this technology raises"--Provided by publisher
    Description / Table of Contents: ch. 1 Introduction -- What Are Autonomous and Automated Vehicles? -- Why Is Autonomous Vehicle Technology Important Now? -- What Decisions Do Policymakers Face? -- ch. 2 The Promise and Perils of Autonomous Vehicle Technology -- A Summary of the Social Costs of Driving -- Effects of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on Safety and Crashes -- Effect of Autonomous Vehicle Technologies on Mobility for Those Unable to Drive -- Congestion -- Potential Effects on Traffic Congestion -- Potential Effects on the Costs of Traffic Congestion -- Land Use -- Energy and Emissions Implications of Autonomous Vehicles -- Fuel Economy -- Autonomous Vehicles Might Enable Alternative Fuels -- How Will Travel Demand Affect Energy and Emissions? -- Costs and Disadvantages -- Conclusion -- ch. 3 Current State Law and Legislative Activity -- Nevada's Certificate of Compliance -- Comparison of State Legislation -- Nevada (NRS 482.A and NAC 482.A) -- Florida (Fla -- Stat -- Title XXIII, Ch -- 319, S 145) -- California (Cal -- Veh -- Code, Division 16.6) -- Washington, D.C -- (L19-0278) -- Ongoing Legislation in Other States -- Arizona (HB 2167) -- Colorado (SB 13-016) -- Hawaii (HB 1461) -- Massachusetts (HB 3369) -- Michigan (SB 0169) -- New Hampshire (HB 444) -- New Jersey (A2757) -- New York (S4912) -- Oklahoma (HB 3007) -- Oregon (HB 2428) -- South Carolina (HB 4015) -- Texas (HB 2932) -- Washington (HB 1649) -- Wisconsin (SB 80) -- Stakeholder Interviews -- Conclusion -- ch. 4 Brief History and Current State of Autonomous Vehicles -- A Brief History -- Phase 1: Foundational Research -- Phase 2: Grand Challenges -- Phase 3: Commercial Development -- State of Autonomous Vehicle Technology -- Making Sense of the World -- Integrity, Security, and Verification -- Policy Implications -- Conclusion -- ch. 5 The Role of Telematics and Communications -- A Review of the Communications Technologies Used by Autonomous Vehicles -- Commercial Wireless Services -- Dedicated Short-Range Communications -- Bluetooth -- Wi-Fi -- Stakeholder Viewpoints on Autonomous Vehicle Communications -- Spectrum Issues for Autonomous Vehicles -- Who Regulates It? -- Will Spectrum Regulation Affect the Deployment of Autonomous Vehicles? -- How Will the FCC Proceed to Make Decisions Concerning DSRC Spectrum? -- How Will the FCC Weigh Competing Claims Concerning Spectrum Use? -- Spectrum Policy Issues -- Other Autonomous Vehicle Technology Communications Policy Issues -- Distracted Driving Laws -- Developmental Standards -- Data Security -- Data Ownership and Privacy -- Conclusion -- ch. 6 Standards and Regulations and Their Application to Autonomous Vehicle Technologies -- Overview of Regulations for Automobiles -- Case Study: Air-Bag Regulation -- Current Standards and Regulations for Autonomous Vehicle Technologies -- Future Implications for Standards and Regulations for Autonomous Vehicle Technologies -- Standards and Regulations to Facilitate Human-Machine Interaction -- Performance Standards and Regulations -- Conclusion -- ch. 7 Liability Implications of Autonomous Vehicle Technology -- Tort Liability for Drivers and Insurers -- Theories of Driver Liability -- Autonomous Vehicle Technologies, Liability of Drivers, and Insurance -- Liability of Manufacturers -- The Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Types of Defectiveness -- Human-Computer Interaction -- Effect of Regulation on Liability and Preemption -- Explicit Legislative Preemption -- ch. 8 Guidance for Policymakers and Conclusion -- Risks from Market Failure -- Risks from Regulation -- Risks from Liability -- Federal Statute Limiting Tort -- No-Fault Approach -- Irrebuttable Presumption of Driver Control of Vehicle -- Incorporation of Appropriate Cost-Benefit Tests in Liability Determinations -- What Principles Should Guide Policymakers? -- Policy Research Needs -- Appendix -- Conclusions from Qualitative Interviews with Stakeholders -- Bibliography.
    Note: "RAND Transportation, Space, and Technology Program , "This report results from the RAND Corporation's Investment in People and Ideas program."--Title page verso , "RR-443-1-RC."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , Includes bibliographical references
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    Hidden heroes : America's military caregivers (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085559 , 0833085557 , 9780833085580 , 0833085565 , 0833085581 , 9780833085566
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 258 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-499-TEDF
    Keywords: Veterans Health and hygiene ; Military social work ; Veterans Care ; Psychological aspects ; Veterans Mental health services ; Veterans Medical care ; Medicine, Military ; Caregivers Services for ; Psychology, Military ; Military nursing ; Veterans ; Military social work ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Medicine, Military ; Caregivers ; Psychology, Military ; Military nursing ; Veterans statistics & numerical data ; Disabled Persons rehabilitation ; Needs Assessment statistics & numerical data ; Social Support ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Caregivers statistics & numerical data ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Work-Related Health ; United States ; Caregivers ; Services for ; Medicine, Military ; Military nursing ; Military social work ; Psychology, Military ; Veterans ; Health and hygiene ; Veterans ; Medical care ; HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; General ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Abstract: "While much has been written about the role of caregiving for the elderly and chronically ill and for children with special needs, little is known about "military caregivers"--The population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. These caregivers play an essential role in caring for injured or wounded service members and veterans. This enables those for whom they are caring to live better quality lives, and can result in faster and improved rehabilitation and recovery. Yet playing this role can impose a substantial physical, emotional, and financial toll on caregivers. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as to identify gaps in the array of programs, policies, and initiatives designed to support military caregivers. Improving military caregivers' well-being and ensuring their continued ability to provide care will require multifaceted approaches to reducing the current burdens caregiving may impose, and bolstering their ability to serve as caregivers more effectively. Given the systematic differences among military caregiver groups, it is also important that tailored approaches meet the unique needs and characteristics of post-9/11 caregivers."--Abstract
    Abstract: "While much has been written about the role of caregiving for the elderly and chronically ill and for children with special needs, little is known about "military caregivers"--The population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. These caregivers play an essential role in caring for injured or wounded service members and veterans. This enables those for whom they are caring to live better quality lives, and can result in faster and improved rehabilitation and recovery. Yet playing this role can impose a substantial physical, emotional, and financial toll on caregivers. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as to identify gaps in the array of programs, policies, and initiatives designed to support military caregivers. Improving military caregivers' well-being and ensuring their continued ability to provide care will require multifaceted approaches to reducing the current burdens caregiving may impose, and bolstering their ability to serve as caregivers more effectively. Given the systematic differences among military caregiver groups, it is also important that tailored approaches meet the unique needs and characteristics of post-9/11 caregivers."--Abstract
    Abstract: Introduction -- Critical Lifelines : The Role and Contributions of Military Caregivers -- Understanding and Addressing Caregiver Needs : the Risks and Consequences of Caregiving and Programs to Mitigate Them -- Evolving Needs : Sustaining Caregiver and Care Recipient Well-Being Now and in the Future -- Closing Gaps : Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendices : A. Survey Methods ; B. Survey Analysis ; C. Enumeration of Military Caregivers -D. Environmental Scan Methods -- E. Environmental Scan Organizational Characteristics -- F. Federal and State Policies and Programs to Support Military Caregivers -- G. Programs and Organizations Excluded from the Environmental Scan -- H. Military Support Programs and Organizations Included in the Environmental Scan
    Note: "RR-499-TEDF"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258)
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    Changes in health insurance enrollment since 2013 : evidence from the RAND Health Reform Opinion Study (2014)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086372 , 0833086375
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (8 pages)
    Keywords: Medically uninsured persons ; Health insurance Statistics ; Health insurance ; Medically uninsured persons Statistics ; Medically uninsured persons ; Health insurance ; Health insurance ; Medically uninsured persons ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Health Policy ; Statistics ; Health insurance ; Medically uninsured persons ; Electronic books
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    Preparing principals to raise student achievement : implementation and effects of the New Leaders program in ten districts (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086402 , 0833086979 , 0833086405 , 9780833086976
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 118 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gates, Susan M., 1968- Preparing principals to raise student achievement
    Keywords: Educational leadership Case studies ; School principals Case studies Training of ; Education, Urban Case studies ; School management and organization Case studies ; Educational leadership ; School principals ; Education, Urban ; School management and organization ; United States ; School management and organization ; Case studies ; School principals ; Training of ; Education, Urban ; Theory & Practice of Education ; Education ; EDUCATION ; Teaching Methods & Materials ; Arts & Humanities ; Educational leadership ; Social Sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: New Leaders is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure high academic achievement for all students by developing outstanding school leaders to serve in urban schools. Its premise is that a combination of preparation and improved working conditions for principals, especially greater autonomy, would lead to improved student outcomes. Its approach involves both preparing principals and partnering with school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) to improve the conditions in which its highly trained principals work. As part of the partnerships, New Leaders agrees to provide carefully selected and trained principals who can be placed in schools that need principals and to provide coaching and other support after those principals are placed. The districts and CMOs agree to establish working conditions that support, rather than hinder, the principals' efforts to improve student outcomes. This report describes how the New Leaders program was implemented in partner districts, and it provides evidence of the effect that New Leaders has on student achievement
    Abstract: New Leaders is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure high academic achievement for all students by developing outstanding school leaders to serve in urban schools. Its premise is that a combination of preparation and improved working conditions for principals, especially greater autonomy, would lead to improved student outcomes. Its approach involves both preparing principals and partnering with school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) to improve the conditions in which its highly trained principals work. As part of the partnerships, New Leaders agrees to provide carefully selected and trained principals who can be placed in schools that need principals and to provide coaching and other support after those principals are placed. The districts and CMOs agree to establish working conditions that support, rather than hinder, the principals' efforts to improve student outcomes. This report describes how the New Leaders program was implemented in partner districts, and it provides evidence of the effect that New Leaders has on student achievement
    Note: "Sponsored by New Leaders , "RR-507-NL"--Page 4 of cover , "RAND Education , Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-118)
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