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Supplier flexibility and postponement implementation: an empirical analysis
No full textPostponement has been recognized as a strategy to manage uncertainties in demand. Its performance however depends on various prerequisites. Numerous technical factors that influence postponement such as product modularity and process redesign have been widely studied. Notwithstanding, the effect of external factors on postponement have been paid much less attention. This paper addresses the external factors which affect postponement application, and in particular, concentrates on the relationship between supplier flexibility and postponement implementation. Four constructs of flexibility and three constructs of postponement - namely volume flexibility, mix flexibility, new product design flexibility, product modification flexibility, manufacturing postponement, ordering postponement and product design postponement - are identified, and measured variables for each construct are extracted from the literature. Supported by a theoretical ground, built based on the literature, the positive relationships among supplier flexibility and postponement constructs are then tested through structural equation modeling (SEM) using empirical data from a sample of 219 manufacturing SMEs in one country. The results indicate that the supplier impacts on postponement implementation for the buying firm are not identical for all types of postponements and supplier flexibilities. While manufacturing postponement and ordering postponement are supported by supplier volume and mix flexibilities, design postponement is only related with product modification flexibility. These findings enhance the postponement knowledge with respect to external influencing factors from a general level to a more precise, specific level. The implications of the research outcomes are discussed and directions for future research are provided.</p
George MacLeod’s open-air preaching: performance and counter-performance
No full textStuart Blythe uses the methodology of performance to analyse George MacLeod’s open-air preaching. He points out that MacLeod’s preaching was derived from a theology of the incarnation, and an understanding of the paradoxes and dichotomies of common human life. This preaching, Blythe suggests, was also a counter-performance in the context of outlooks and ideologies inimical to the gospel. The paper raises interesting issues related to preaching as performance, and the further question as to whether or not the life and work of the Church as a whole might now be better understood as a counter-performance.Publisher PD
Use of domain-specific language in test automation
No full textThe primary aim of this research project was to investigate techniques to replace the complicated process of testing embedded systems in automotive domain. The multi-component domain was composed of different hardware to be used in testing procedure which increased the level of difficulty in testing for an operator. As a result, an existing semi-automated testing procedure was replaced by more simpler and efficient framework (ViBATA). A key step taken in this scenario was the replacement of manual GUI interface with the scriptable one to enhance the automation. This was achieved by building a Domain-specific language which allowed test definition in the form of human readable scripts which could be stored for later use.
A DSL is a scripting language defined for a particular domain with compact expressiveness. In this case the domain is testing embedded systems in general and automotive systems in particular. The final product was a test case specification document in the form of XML as an output of generated code from this DSL which will be input to ViBATA to make test specification component automated.
In this research a comparative analysis of existing DSLs for alternative domains and investigation of their applicability to the presented domain was also performed. The technologies used in this project are Xtext to define the DSL grammar, Xtend to generate code in Java and Simple framework to generate output in XML. The stages involved in DSL development and how these stages were implemented is covered in this thesis.
The developed DSL for this domain is tested for automotive and calculator systems in this thesis which proved that this is more general and flexible. The DSL is consistent, efficient and automated test specification component of testing framework in embedded systems
Redemption in the work of Francis Stuart
No full textThe idea of redemption is central to an understanding of the work
of Francis Stuart. Through an examination of its development and
expression, it is possible to demonstrate the integrity of his work and
its distinctive qualities. Such a demonstration is necessary because
Stuart's writing has been subjected to comparatively little scholarly
inquiry, although reviews of his work, especially that produced since
1949, suggest that it is impressive and important.
First, a general background to Stuart's work, a discussion of the
special problems associated with reading it, and a summary of his corpus
is provided. This indicates that the idea of redemption is important to
his earliest writing. The state of redemption is shown to be a
necessary apotheosis for Stuart's outcast heroes; it involves spiritual
suffering through which may be found a sense of reintegration and a
higher reality. This is expressed through interrelated themes such as
those of gambler, artist and ordinary man; mystic and criminal; sacred
and profane love; and spirituality and the mundane. The nature of the
redemptive experience is further elaborated by distinctive, complex
motifs, especially the hare, the ark and the woman-Christ. Their
recurrence provides an important element in the unity of Stuart's work.
Because Stuart's idea of the outcast raises important biographical
questions, an examination of the relationship between Stuart's life and
his work is made. Finally, the way in which the idea of redemption
exists in the language structures of Stuart's novels is examined, with
especial reference to his most recent work, The High Consistory. The
thesis shows that the development of the these of redemption
demonstrates the integrity of Stuart's work
Boston University Symphonic Band, 1964
No full textThis is the concert program of the Boston University Symphonic Band performance, 1964 Tour. Works performed were Symphonie for Band by Louis E. Jadin, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from "Cantat 147" by Johann Sebastian Bach, Symphony in B-flat by Paul Fauchet, Procession of Nobles from "Mlada" by Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov, Symphonic March No. 1 by Edward Madden, Dunlap's Creek, Op. 67 No. 1a by Gardner Read, Merengue by Hugh Stuart, Incantation and Dance by John Barnes Chance, Selection from "No Strings" by Richard Rodgers, and With Bugle, Fife and Drum by Wilson Coker. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund
John Stuart Mill’s projected science of society: 1827-1848
No full textThe purpose of the thesis is to examine John Stuart Mill’s political thought from
about 1827 to 1848 as an exercise in intellectual history. It focuses, first, on Mill’s view,
formulated by the late 1830s, that contemporary society was ‘civilized’, and second, on
his project of a science of society, which he aspired to develop in the late 1830s and
early 1840s.
By the late 1830s, Mill came to the view that his contemporary society was a
‘commercial society or civilization’, dominated by the middle, commercial class. The
first part of my thesis, constituted by Chapters 2-4, discusses the way in which Mill
formed his notion of civilization, and what he meant by the term ‘civilization’. Mill paid
attention to the implications of the rise of the middle class, and regarded such
phenomena of contemporary society as the corruption of the commercial spirit and
excessive social conformity as an inevitable consequence of the rise of the middle class.
The second part of the thesis, constituted by Chapters 5-9, examines Mill’s
projected science of society. In the late 1830s and early 1840s, Mill attempted to
develop a new science of society whose subject-matter was the nature and prospects of
commercial, civilized society. This aspiration culminated in A System of Logic,
published in 1843. In examining Mill’s projected science, I pay particular attention to
the fact that he conceived new sciences of history and of the formation of character,
both of which were indispensable in his project, although he failed to give a complete
account of these sciences. My thesis shows that the implications of his interest both in
history and in the formation of character are more significant than Mill scholars have
assumed
Strategie matrimoniali e dote nelle campagne friulane in età moderna
No full textIn un saggio pubblicato in Italia nel 1987, Andre Burguiere, antropologo francese, offre una sintesi efficace sui risultati fino ad allora raggiunti dalle ricerche sulk farniglia in. antico regime e sulle prospettive di studio da essi aperti. L'autore si e soffermato in particolare sul sistema normativo inerente alle materie che più. da vicino toccavano la famiglia, occupandosi delle leggi e delle consuetudini che riguardava.no il matrimonio. Nel rapporto fra sistema. normativo e pratica si apriva un ampio ventaglio di comportamenti, che pero secondo l'affascinante analisi di Burguiere, per quanto riguarda le scelte, o meglio, le strategie matrimoniali, puo essere ricondotto a due tipologie fondamentali, definita l'una cooperante - quando il fine dei matrimoni era quello di cercare alleanze familiari che garantissero varie forme di collaborazione tra famiglie di pan status e dignita (quindi assumeva caratteristiche conservative) e l'altra di conquista, finalizzata alia promozione sociale della famiglia che la metteva in.pratica. Tra le due strategie sopra descrifte, c'era una infinita gamma di intennedie, determinate dalla relazione tra condizioni economiche, sociali, culturali, demografiche: si tratta delle pratiche che il presente studio vorrebbe indagare, cercando di individuarne e definirne le caratteristiche
nell'ambito di alcune zone della patria del Friuli, entita territoriale annessa alla Serenissima nel
1420.
L'ambito territoriale prescelto, rappresentativo delle campagne friulane, e costituito dalla Carnia e
da una parte della bassa pianura, la cui peculiarita era la presenza in loco di alcuni tribunali feudali:
tutte zone soggette a movimenti migratori.
In a paper published in Italy in 1887, Andre Burguiere, a French Anthropologist, offers a valid synthesis about the results of the research on family in Ancient Regime. The author dwelled upon the normative system, which regards the matters like marriage and inheritance. There was a large range of behaviour in the relationship between law and usages. According Burguiere studies, marriage chooses, or strategies, can be divided in two fundamental categories: the former is defined cooperation strategy (marriage aim was searching family alliances which guaranteed collaboration among same rank families), the latter is defined conquering strategy, which aim was social advancement. This dissertation looks into the intermediate practices between these two different marriage behaviours, in some zones in Friuli, a-region conquered by Venice on 1420. These zones are Carnia (mountain territory near Empire border) and some communities in the lowlands and,
-during ancient regime, there were several and widespread migrant flows that influenced marriage chooses. .
John Stuart Mill: a liberal socialist?
No full textEsta dissertação tem como propósito investigar a possibilidade de conciliação entre socialismo e liberalismo no interior da obra milliana, buscando compreender o que John Stuart Mill, considerado um liberal clássico pela literatura canônica, teria querido dizer quando se autodeclara socialista e partidário de um \"socialismo qualificado\" em sua Autobiografia (1873). Trata-se de examinar, então, qual era o entendimento do autor acerca do socialismo e do liberalismo a partir do contexto social e linguístico de sua época para, com base nele, inteligir o modo como essas concepções se articulam de forma a compor um mesmo ideal de sociedade. Com vistas a esse fim, buscou-se traçar o processo que levou Mill a conceber uma possível transição do capitalismo ao socialismo e as razões que o teriam feito eleger certos ideais liberais e socialistas em detrimento de outros. A pesquisa baseia-se sobretudo na análise dos textos Princípios de economia política (1852, 3ª ed.), A Liberdade (1859), Autobiografia (1873) e Capítulos sobre o socialismo (1879), além de menções pontuais a outros textos e cartas do autor.This dissertation aims to study the possibility of a conciliation between socialism and liberalism in the work of John Stuart Mill, trying to understand what the author, who is considered a classical liberal by the canonical literature, intended to say when he declared himself a socialist and a partisan of a \"qualified socialism\" in his Autobiography (1873). We are particularly interested in examining what the author understood of socialism and liberalism taking into consideration the social and linguistic context of his time in order to understand how these conceptions interact with each other to form the same ideal of society. In this way, we tried to trace the process that took Mill to conceive a possible transition between capitalism and socialism and the reasons why he elected certain socialist and liberal ideas instead of others. Above all, this research is based on the analysis of Principles of political economy (1852, 3rd ed.), On Liberty (1873), Autobiography (1873) and Chapters on socialism (1879), besides other punctual mentions to other texts and letters written by the author
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No full textThere was a change in the author names in the published article. The new list should read: David W. Cleary1,2, Vanessa T. Devine3, Denise E. Morris1, Karen L. Osman1, Rebecca A. Gladstone4, Stephen D. Bentley4, Saul N. Faust1,5, Stuart C. Clarke1,2,6 1Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. 2NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton Foundation NHS Trust, Southampton, UK. 3Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine and Clinical Translational Research Innovation Centre, Londonderry, UK. 4Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK. 5NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton Foundation NHS Trust, Southampton, UK. 6Global Health Research Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.</p
John Stuart Mill\u27s \u27On Liberty\u27
No full textOn today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by professor Dale E. Miller to discuss the life and philosophy of the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, whose 1859 essay “On Liberty” is a classic text — maybe the classic text — defending the principles of free expression.
Miller is a professor and associate dean for research and graduate studies at Old Dominion University. He is the author of J.S. Mill: Moral, Social, and Political Thought
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