2,676 research outputs found
A conversation with Edward Luttwak
No full textEdward Luttwak is a renowned military strategist, historian, and prolific author. Born in Romania and raised in England, Luttwak attended the London School of Economics before earning his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. During the 1980s he served as a consultant to the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the Department of State, and multiple branches of the armed services. He is currently a Senior Associate as the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a frequent lecturer at universities and military institutions. In this episode of American Interests, host Peter Krogh sits down with Luttwak to discuss the military strategy of the Soviet Union as well as the nature of Soviet expansionism.Examines the military strategy and foreign policy of the Soviet Union
Edward F. Stevens Correspondence
No full textEntries include a handwritten biographical sketch and a biographical lecture and traveling museum advertisement of a New England flying Santa and the president of the Boston Author\u27s Club, with the photographic image of Snow at the ship\u27s wheel and a list of publications
Factors of Emotion and Affect in Designing Interactive Virtual Characters
No full textThe Arts: 1st Place (The Ohio State University Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum)This paper represents a review of literature concerning factors of affective interactive virtual character design. Affect and it's related concepts are defined followed by a detail of work being conducted in relevant areas such as design, animation, robotics. The intent of this review as to inform the author on overlapping concepts in fields related to affective design in order to apply these concepts interactive character development.A three-year embargo was granted for this item
Vandals at the garden's gates? Political reaction to the Maritime union proposal on Prince Edward Island
No full textIslanders may have come to accept the reality of closer economic ties with the other provinces in the region, but they still balk at any suggestion of political union; the most recent wave of pro-union sentiment elsewhere in Canada has met a frosty reception on PEI. The Guardian, the island's most influential newspaper, responded that union would be a hard sell in a region where political patronage 'greases the wheels of public life,' though it did acknowledge that 'dire necessity' was 'slowly making Atlantic Canada ripe for it.'(f.25) In any case, since 'Prince Edward Island's provincial status is often questioned in the nation's heavily populated areas,' it 'has a clear stake in how the debate over Maritime union progresses.'(f.26) After further consideration, the Guardian decided that Maritime union would prove 'no real blessing' for PEI. For all its imperfections, editorialized the newspaper, having provincial status allows PEI to have a seat at federal-provincial conferences, pass its own laws, and assert its autonomy. It is 'the ace up its sleeve' and should not be allowed to slip away.(f.27) The Guardian also reminded its readers that neither area nor population was a criterion for provincial status. 'Prince Edward Island--by virtue of the agreement by which it entered Confederation in 1873--is an honest-to-goodness province with all the accorded status.' To imply otherwise, it editorialized, would create 'a hierarchy of provinces across the country.'(f.28) The Eastern Graphic, a weekly published in Montague, was even more angry. Its publisher, Jim MacNeill, listed '101 Ways Islanders Have Lost Control of PEI,' and contrasted PEI's state of dependency with the 'can do' attitudes of small island jurisdictions such as Iceland, Malta, and the Isle of Man, 'who determine what is best for them and don't have to deal with factors or regulations imposed on them from some distant capital like Ottawa.'(f.29) How have the island's four federal M.P.'s, all of them Liberals, reacted to the calls for Maritime union? George Proud, M.P. for Hillsborough, the Charlottetown area constituency, did not think Maritime union would serve the interests of Islanders. 'We benefit in so many ways from having provincial sovereignty,' he stated. He was concerned that PEI would become little more than an afterthought in a larger entity, and that Charlottetown, in particular, would lose much of its economic viability. Proud saw little popular sentiment for union but conceded that it was worthy of serious discussion. It might also, he added, become more pertinent should Quebec secede: 'See me 10 years from now and it might be a different situation here.'(f.30) Joe McGuire, M.P. for Egmont-Summerside, also warned that in the event of union PEI would lose its distinctive personality and that Charlottetown, no longer a provincial capital, would be reduced to a ghost town. He too rejected the view that Maritime union enjoyed grassroots support, and suggested that it was the brainchild of 'the usual navel gazers,' especially academics.(f.31) Lawrence MacAulay, M.P. for Cardigan-Montague and now solicitor general, also opposed union. 'He feels the people of Prince Edward Island some time ago were able to win provincial status,' said his executive assistant Don Wilson, 'and it's not up to the present generation to lose that.'(f.32) Wayne Easter, the M.P. for Malpeque, responded to a disparaging remark about PEI's size made by Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe by informing him that 'We have every right and privilege of provincehood awarded to any other province. I'm not going to sit back and have someone who wants to divide the country say we aren't entitled to the same rights as other provinces.'(f.33) Easter elaborated on his statement:Source type: Electronic(1)http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=413174781&Fmt=7&clientId=65345&RQT=309&VName=PQ
A European union and Canadian review of public health nursing preparation and practice.
No full textThis study explores the preparation and role of the public health nurse (PHN) across European Union (EU) countries (Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) and Canadian provinces (Alberta, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island)
Artists' earnings and copyright: a review of British and German music industry data in the context of digital technologies
No full textDigital technologies are often said (1) to enable a qualitatively new engagement with already
existing cultural materials (for example through sampling and adaptation), and (2) to offer a
new disintermediated distribution channel to the creator. From a review of secondary data on
music artists’ earnings and seven in-depth interviews, it appears that both ambitions have
remained, until now, largely unfulfilled. The paper discusses to what extent the structure of
copyright law is to blame, and sets out a research agenda
Use and usefulness of mathematics curriculum guides in Prince Edward Island
No full textThis study explored the perceptions Prince Edward Island senior high mathematics teachers have of the use and usefulness of the academic mathematics curriculum guides. The degree to which curriculum guides are being used to deliver courses is not well known. Much anecdotal information has been available, but there is a marked absence of quantitative data.This study, used an integrated research methodology, in which the use and usefulness of the mathematics curriculum guides in Prince Edward Island as perceived by Island high school teachers was investigated. The use of the curriculum guides was researched using a survey in which 32 of the 48 academic mathematics teachers on PEI participated. Of the 32 participating teachers, 14 agreed to take part in an electronic interview where the usefulness of the curriculum guides was explored. The study revealed the substantive use of the curriculum guides and the perception by PEI mathematics teachers that the guide was useful. The positive view that Island teachers expressed to the guides presents a model for curriculum development and implementation that could possibly be utilized in other curriculum areas. The researcher outlined the curriculum development process, which was viewed by teachers as a possible framework for future curriculum guide development. A number of recommendations were made to the Department of Education, that may inform development of future curriculum guides by a collaborative-teacher-assisted procedure.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-02, page: 0371.Adviser: Kevin MacLeod
Baiting to reduce losses of conifer seeds to small forest mammals
No full textEdward Hooven, Associate Professor, Forest Wildlife Ecologist.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (page 3).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Unmasking power dynamics in ethnic literature
No full textHumanities: 2nd Place (The Ohio State University Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum)Chinese population is divided in 56 ethnic groups (minzu). From the nation-state perspective, an ethnicity is a clear-cut category: one either belongs to it or does not. In the domains of Chinese ethnic literature (shaoshu minzu wenxue) and Chinese ethnic literary studies (shaoshu minzu wenxue yanjiu), boundaries are determined by the ethnicity of the author or by the ethnic characteristics associated with a literary text. Ethnicity is hence pivotal in governing the classification of literary texts and canalizing scholarly debate. In this paper, I take as a case study the Hui, one of the largest ethnic groups in China, to challenge (1) the notion of ethnicity as a monolithic and clearly defined entity and (2) the mainstream approach of compartmentalizing authors and literary texts according to their alleged ethnicity. Instead of debating definitions of Huiness, I advocate for displacing the debate on works by and about the Hui.A five-year embargo was granted for this item
Dying to count : mortality surveillance methods in resource-poor settings
No full textBackground Mortality data are critical to understanding and monitoring changes in population health status over time. Nevertheless, the majority of people living in the world’s poorest countries, where the burden of disease is highest, remain outside any kind of systematic health surveillance. This lack of routine registration of vital events, such as births and deaths, constitutes a major and longstanding constraint on the understanding of patterns of health and disease and the effectiveness of interventions. Localised sentinel demographic and health surveillance strategies are a useful surrogate for more widespread surveillance in such settings, but rigorous, evidence-based methodologies for sample-based surveillance are weak and by no means standardised. This thesis aims to describe, evaluate and refine methodological approaches to mortality measurement in resource-poor settings. Methods Through close collaboration with existing community surveillance operations in a range of settings, this work uses existing data from demographic surveillance sites and community-based surveys using various innovative approaches in order to evaluate and refine methodological approaches to mortality measurement and cause-of-death determination. In doing so, this work explores the application of innovative techniques and procedures for mortality surveillance in relation to the differing needs of those who use mortality data, ranging from global health organisations to local health planners. Results Empirical modelling of sampling procedures in community-based surveys in rural Africa and of random errors in longitudinal data collection sheds light on the effects of various data-capture and quality-control procedures and demonstrates the representativeness and robustness of population surveillance datasets. The development, application and refinement of a probabilistic approach to determining causes of death at the population level in developing countries has shown promise in overcoming the longstanding limitations and issues of standardisation of existing methods. Further adaptation and application of this approach to measure maternal deaths has also been successful. Application of international guidelines on humanitarian crisis detection to mortality surveillance in Ethiopia demonstrates that simple procedures can and, from an ethical perspective, should be applied to sentinel surveillance methods for the prospective detection of important mortality changes in vulnerable populations. Conclusion Mortality surveillance in sentinel surveillance systems in resource-poor settings is a valuable and worthwhile task. This work contributes to the understanding of the effects of different methods of surveillance and demonstrates that, ultimately, the choice of methods for collecting data, assuring data quality and determining causes of death depends on the specific needs and requirements of end users. Surveillance systems have the potential to contribute substantially to developing health care systems in resource-poor countries and should not only be considered as research-oriented enterprises
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