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Algorithms for multi-level single end-item MRP problem with multiple resources constraints
No full textDecentralisation and Policy Implementation: Thai Development Plans and Subdistrict Administrative Organisation (SAO) in Chiang Rai
No full textMoves to decentralise the government‘s administrative system has been one of the most important development issues in Thailand over the past two decades. These moves are seen most clearly in the establishment of the Subdistrict Administrative Organisation (SAO) across Thailand as the fundamental governing unit at the local administrative level. Decentralisation was introduced as a means of increasing the effectiveness of local government, promoting the transmission of power to the local people and encouraging greater local participation in policy making. The Ninth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2002-2006) promoted the development of the SAO to strengthen local government. The main purposes of decentralisation have been to balance the development of human, social, economic and environmental resources so as to achieve sustainable people-centred development, and promote the role of officials at the local level to increase the power of local government. The thesis examines implementation of this policy, drawing from theories on implementation in terms of 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approaches, and policy implementation failure. Propositions are derived from these theories for testing in the research. The combination of the two approaches offers insights into key factors in policy implementation and what is needed to achieve better policy implementation. This study focuses on 1) the capacity of an SAO to implement the policies set out by central government, 2) the capacity of staff to determine and implement the policy, 3) the adequacy of revenue available to the SAO for policy implementation, 4) the extent of autonomy from central government to the SAO in providing public services, and 5) the nature and extent of participation by the people in Chiang Rai province in issues of policy formulation and implementation. Staff drawn from 45 government agencies at three different levels (central, provincial and local levels) in Chiang Rai provide the sample group for this study. This thesis found that the concept of decentralisation in Thailand was still new for both the Thai people and officials, and that the old bureaucratic systems continued to prevail. Local governance continues to be overseen partly by appointed personnel and the SAOs still rely heavily on central government for a wide range of matters. The lack of support from central government, insufficient revenue allocated to SAOs, inadequate autonomy, and various other deficiencies have limited the implementation of the policy. This study concludes that the government must eliminate problems arising from adherence to the old bureaucratic systems at local, provincial and central government levels if the policy of decentralisation is to succeed. Further, central government must ensure that staff who implement its decentralisation policy have the capabilities and experiences to implement the policy. The government also needs to ensure that the support is provided to the SAOs for the policy implementation process if the intended goals are to be achieved
Prediction of stone disease by using discriminant analysis and artificial neural networks in genetic polymorphisms – a new method
No full textA Strategic Moded of Customer Service for International Express Delivery Service in Taiwan
No full textMorimospasma granulutum Chiang 1981
No full textMorimospasma granulutum Chiang, 1981 (Fig. 9) Morimospasma granulutum, Chiang, 1981: 80; Chiang et at., 1985: 103; Hua, 2002: 217; Hua et al., 2009: 230, 373; Hubweber et al., 2010: 268. Body size. Female: length 14.5 mm, maximum width of elytra 7.5 mm (based on originally description). Material examined. No materials are available for this study. Distribution. China: Shaanxi. Comments. The holotype was not found in the collection of Southwest University. The species was originally described based on a female specimen collected from Mianxian, Shaanxi. According to the original description, it is different from the other species (except M. nitidituberculatus Hua) of the genus by the female antenna being distinctly shorter than the body; it is different from M. nitidituberculatus Hua by the elytra without large tubercles arranged in longitudinal rows. Wang (2005) recorded that the species was distributed in Guizhou based on a male specimen collected from Dashahe Nature Reserve. However, after checking the specimen carefully, the first author found that it was misidentified. In fact, it represents an undescribed species that is described in this paper.Published as part of Xie, Guanglin, Zou, Xia & Wang, Wenkai, 2014, Note on the genus Morimospasma Ganglbauer with description of two new species from China (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), pp. 441-450 in Zootaxa 3873 (4) on pages 443-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/22715
Dynamics of kinship and the uncertainties of life: Spirit cults and healing management in northern Thailand
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis is about kinship, health and healing in a Northern Thai village. Although
traditional spirit mediums and spirit cult observances in Chiang Mai city are in
decline and have led to a breakdown of the matrilineal system, in the village of Baan
Yang Luang in Mae Chaem district the belief in matrilineal spirits and ancestors is
still maintained in interesting counterpoint to social change. The power of spirits is
used to manage human suffering-whether sickness, death or agricultural failure.
Kinship in Mae Chaem is based on the relationship between humans and ancestral
spirits or lineage guardian spirits. Illness is thought to derive from conflicts among
humans or between humans and spirits. Healing is attained by the reforming and
reshaping of relationships, and by the reconciliation of conflicted parties. The thesis investigates how matrilineal spirit cults, personhood, and social relatedness are
created, shaped and transformed through the struggles of illness and healing management. It examines the complex relations among illness, kinship and personhood in reincarnation, healing, lineage recruitment, sacrifice, and spirit worship. In conclusion, it explores the mutual relationship between the two processes: kinship transformation and healing management, both of which depend crucially on
power relations within the society. People use the dynamic aspects of the kinship
system to interpret and manage illness; at the same time, illness is used as a means to
reform and maintain the fluidity of kin relationships. The dynamic systems of health
and kinship enable people to create, choose, negotiate and participate in the
transformation of social relations and identity, in order to cope with a changing
society. Finally, I hope this study will shed light on how identity, kinship,
personhood, and lay medical knowledge are conceived, created and sustained from an
emic perspective.This work is funded by the Thai Govenment and Chiang Mai University
A WIP-based Exception Management Model for Integrated Circuit Back-end Production Processes
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Multi-objectives exception management model for semiconductor back-end environment under turnkey service
No full textEpinnula rex Ho, Motomura, Hata & Chiang
No full textEpinnula rex Ho, Motomura, Hata & Chiang, nomen novum urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 689988A0-823E-4EFC-85A8-2D485860BC3B Type series. As listed in Ho et al. (2017). Other materials. KAUM –I. 117161, 468.0 mm SL, Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 24 July 2018, coll. H. Hirasaka; KAUM –I. 141344, 820.0 mm SL, Ishigaki Island, 630–660 m depth, 5 Mar. 2017, H. Hirasaka; KAUM –I. 164522, 190.2 mm SL, Kumano-nada, off Kiinagashima, Kihoku, Mie Prefecture, Japan, 34°10′53″N, 136°21′16″E, 15 Dec. 2015; KAUM –I. 165071, 194.2 mm SL, Enshu-nada, off Omaezaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 34°22′N, 138°11′E, 25 Dec. 2020, FRV Daihachi-tokai-maru; NMMB-P 20645, 285 mm SL, Daxi, Yilan, 22 Oct. 2011, coll. H.-C. Ho. NMMB-P 34200, 471 mm SL, Keelung fish market, 26 May 2020, coll. C.N. Tang; NSMT-P 143547, 736.9 mm SL, Ishigaki Island, 9 Dec. 2021, coll. H. Hirasaka. Etymology. The specific name means “king” in Latin, used as a noun, as an homage to its Atlantic congener Epinnula magistralis which was named for “master” in Latin. Remarks. Although being treated as a subspecies of what is now recognized as Neoepinnula orientalis, Grey (1953) pointed out the differences between E. o. pacifica (from Japan) and E. o. orientalis (from South Africa), which may be recognized as two different species after further study. The availability of Epinnula o. pacifica (now under Neoepinnula) requires that the 2017 E. pacifica have an amended name under the principle of homonymy. As such, a replacement name is provided. The new replacement name will take the same type series, as well as the same authorship with one change. For this nomen novum, we would like to correct the name of the fourth author (WCC) whose surname should be changed to Chiang.Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Motomura, Hiroyuki, Hata, Harutaka & Chiang, Wei-Chuan, 2022, Epinnula rex nom. nov., a replacement name for Epinnula pacifica Ho, Motomura Hata & Jiang, 2017 (Teleostei: Gempylidae), pp. 199-200 in Zootaxa 5141 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/658172
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