143,632 research outputs found
The avoidance of statutory benefits to employees by Hong Kong employers
No full textAuthor name used in this publication: Gul, Reza Jashen.Author name used in this publication: Sun, Sunny.2012-2013 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishedPublisher permissio
Memorial de Guillermo Varón, mercader irlandés, en nombre de Thomas Monfil y Adan Gul, mercaderes
No full textFecha del documento: 1587-03-19. 1 páginaMemorial de Guillermo Varón, mercader irlandés, en nombre de Thomas Monfil, maestre del navío San Francisco, y Adan Gul, mercader, quienes, tras ser embestidos por un navío francés, han quedado presos en Fuenterrabía por entender que eran ingleses y se les ha embargado todas sus mercadurías. Piden carta para que se les devuelvan sus productos y se les deje ir libremente. (La información que presentan, en AGS. GA, 210-249)
Anotación de Juan de Idiáquez: "Informe el corregidor".
Otro memorial, presentado por Adam Gul, Esteban Galve, Roberto Miagh, Ricardo Gul, Thomas Monfil, mercaderes irlandeses presos en Fuenterrabía que salieron de la ciudad de Corca (Cork), en Irlanda, donde son naturales, para vender sus productos en España y de los que se teme hayan traido productos prohibidos.Proyecto Proyección Política y Social de la Comunidad Irlandesa en la Monarquía hispánica y en la América Colonial de la Edad Moderna(siglos XVI-XVIII) (HAR2009-11339 - subprograma HIST) del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad en colaboración con el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Embajada de Irlanda en Madrid, National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth, University College Dublin y Trinity College DublinGuillermo VarónFelipe IINoNoN
Pago de lo adeudado a doña Elena Gul
No full textFecha del documento: 1647-05-28. 3 páginasPedro Coloma informa al secretario Juan Lucas Manzolo sobre la resolución real de conceder se paguen a doña Elena Gul los atrasos que se le adeudan de los 2 reales al día que se le situaron en La Coruña, en consideración de los servicios prestados por su tío, Juan Gul.
Que se le de cédula en lo ordinario.
Hecha.
Certificación de Gabriel González de los Reyes, veedor de la gente de guerra del reino de Galicia, sobre la renta que doña Elena Gul, irlandesa, tiene situada en La Coruña, y de la que se le adeudan 2.268 reales.Proyecto Proyección Política y Social de la Comunidad Irlandesa en la Monarquía hispánica y en la América Colonial de la Edad Moderna(siglos XVI-XVIII) (HAR2009-11339 - subprograma HIST) del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad en colaboración con el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Embajada de Irlanda en Madrid, National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth, University College Dublin y Trinity College DublinPedro ColomaJuan Lucas ManzoloSí2.268 realesNoN
Descripción de GUL Ms Gen 831
No full textEarly Modern English medical recipe manuscripts have been the object of many studies in the last years. This article presents one of them, the GUL MS Gen 831. This study offers a description of the book from the codicological point of view, that is, it explores its content, dimensions, how pages are preserved, and its binding. On the other hand, the manuscript is viewed from a paleographic perspective, analyzing in detail punctuation, font, errors and amendments exhibited in the text. To own this kind of books in this period was a sign of literacy.Los manuscritos de recetas médicas del periodo del inglés moderno temprano han sido objeto de numerosos estudios. En este estudio presentamos uno de ellos, el GUL Ms Gen 831. Este trabajo describe el códice desde el punto de vista codicológico, donde, además del contenido, se detallan las dimensiones, el estado de conservación de las páginas y la encuadernación. Por otro lado, se ha llevado a cabo un estudio paleográfico, donde se analizan la puntuación, el tipo de letra, los errores y las correcciones que contiene el códice. Además de esta descripción se ha querido dar una visión general de la importancia de tener estos libros en las casas
The role of conflict & negotiation in the complexity of projects
No full textProjects are pervasive and disparate spanning a plethora of domains. Most projects are unified by certain characteristics regardless of the sector or industry to which they belong i.e. time & budget limitedness, a concern for quality, and a goal orientation. Although, projects have been around for a longtime, the phenomenon of conflict in projects gained interest around the 1960s with the introduction of the matrix form of organization. However, out of all the research papers on project centric conflict between 1960 to 1980 time period, only one is empirically grounded and that too focused on IT projects. Surprisingly, the findings put forward during this time period are to date considered valid and propagated by most project literature as universally true. Several other studies have contributed peripheral contributions to the project conflict literature, however, no study has focused on building an understanding of why and how conflicts arise on projects, how they are managed, and affects they create within projects.Recent concerns pertaining to project failures, despite the existence of well-defined problems and toolsets, gave birth to an ESRC funded research network named `Rethinking Project Management'. Whose members in examining the ontological groundings of project management identified several areas of interest for future research in project management; one of which is complexity. The present study therefore focuses on integrating the concerns of conflict & negotiation within the context of project complexity.Every research has its philosophical bearings. This study is ontologically objectivist and epistemologically subjectivist (consequently the axiology is subjectivist as well). This study accepts a Critical Realist view of the world and perceive the conceivable knowledge about this world to be subjective in nature. As the study is concerned about understanding the processes through which conflict & negotiation reify and interplay within a project the objective is not to find generalizations but rather to seek out patterns of occurrences and to build explanations. The methodology followed in the study is mixed, borrowing from both positivistic and constructivist ideologies. The survey methodology is used to, in loose terms, cast a net and capture the status quo. Results of the survey supplement the literature review driven a priori assumptions and seek out context embedded variables that the literature has not touched upon. Findings from the survey contribute to the succeeding case study methodology, which inquired into their detail through the use of interviews.Data for the study was collected between March through August 2010. During the first phase of the study 86 questionnaires were filled from 73 different projects. The survey data was analyzed using aggregate statistical techniques and a thesaurus based automated coding software named Leximancer. Results of the survey indicate that all projects surveyed had experienced some form of conflict and used at least one type of negotiation technique. A large number of projects faced conflicts related to land access, political pressures, time, interdepartmental relationships, and availability of resources. Project behavior when experiencing conflict exhibits a theme of delay, slowness, and work stoppages; there are also negative effects on group cohesion and productivity. The respondents described projects experiencing conflict as challenging, time consuming, delayed, and difficult. The data also revealed several useful patterns within projects experiencing conflicts. Additionally, baseline data for project complexity was captured using Shenhar and Dvir's Diamond Approach from all the projects surveyed. Findings, from the survey contributed to the study by providing preliminary answers to each of the research questions asked. Data gathered as a result of the survey contributed significantly to the design and orientation of the case study interviews.The second phase of the data collection involved implementation of the case study methodology. Personnel at various levels of nine projects, one government consultant, and a tribal elder were interviewed, for a total of thirty interviews. Additionally, six meetings on one of the projects, and two movie filming sequences were observed. Published and non-published reports on all the projects were examined. Interviews were captured using causal-maps (a cognitive mapping technique) and short notes. The causal-maps were captured using Banxia Decision Explorer and later refined using Cmap (an open-source mapping software). Each project's complexity measurements were taken and compared against the complexity baseline developed as a result of the survey.Results from the case study reveals certain patterns of behavior on the projects, specifically in the interactions taking place between a project and its principle organization, peers, and subordinates. Additionally, I find that quality plays the most active role in project conflict & negotiation and contributes significantly to project complexity because of its interconnection to other concepts and the recursive nature of the connections it spawns. Some factors that were reported by the survey as contributing significantly to project complexity and project conflict & negotiation were disqualified and a foundation laid for further inquiry into the role played by conflict & negotiation in project complexity.In concluding the study the data is first discussed through the lens of Jurgen Habermas' (1984) Theory of Communicative Action (TCA) and is followed by a general discussion on the data. The study concludes with a discussion on the possible future work that could result from this work
Citizen deliberation and constitutional change
No full textThe significance of citizen participation is increasingly being acknowledged in the context of constitutional change. The chapter will focus on deliberation – in particular, in the guise of citizens’ assemblies – in relation to constitutional reforms. Various processes of constitutional amendment and constitution-making – or more broadly relating to issues of quasi-constitutional standing – have included forms of citizen deliberation. Deliberative democratic practices are situated within the bigger picture of citizen participation in constitutional reforms, and the basics of deliberation introduced, to subsequently examine a number of selected cases of citizen deliberation in processes of constitutional change, regarding exponents, forms of participant selection, site of deliberation, types of deliberation, outcomes, and manifestations of participation in the process. The final section discusses a number of critical issues, including the ad hoc nature of deliberative processes, the issue of how to connect micro-level to macro-level deliberation and issues regarding representation, legitimacy, and empowerment
Electrically cured ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) embedded with carbon nanotubes for field casting and crack sensing
No full textThe effects of incorporating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), thereby forming UHPC/CNT composites, were investigated in terms of electrical curing efficiency, mechanical properties, and crack sensing capability. The addition of CNTs significantly decreased the electrical resistivity of the UHPC, allowing effective electrical curing at low voltage; improved mechanical properties through bridging, pore filling, and calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) stiffening effects; and favorably influenced the deflection hardening and multiple cracking behavior under flexural stress. Furthermore, the developed UHPC/CNT composites subjected to compressive or flexural stress showed significant crack sensing capability due to the obtained low electrical resistivity. A dramatic fractional change in the resistivity (FCR) of the UHPC/CNT composites can represent the failure under compression or first cracking under flexure. Therefore, it was experimentally verified that the UHPC/CNT composites can extend the applications of UHPC materials especially for on-site casting and structural crack sensors for UHPC-based structures. (c) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Y
Spatially-localized time dependent solutions including turbulence and their interactions in 2D Kolmogorov flow
No full textIn 2D Kolmogorov flow in small aspect ratio domains, spatially-localized solutions such as kink, traveling or time-dependent kink-antikink pars coexist. However, the conservation of the flow rate in the y direction strongly restrict combination of localized solutions and their positioning. We find that by adding a homogeneous flow U y their positioning is controlled and each of localized solutions including a spatially-localized chaos is isolated. Numerical results suggest that these isolated solutions can be elements constructing a whole flow
Characteristics of overlap region in high-Reynolds number turbulent channel flow
No full textDirect numerical simulation of the fully developed turbulent channel flows have been carried out at the Reynolds number based on the friction velocity and the channel half width, 2000, 4000 and 8000. A hybrid 10th order accurate finite difference scheme in the stream and spanwise directions, and a second-order scheme in the wall-normal direction is adapted as the spatial discretization method. We observed the plateau profiles in the indicator function corresponded to the von Karman constant. Furthermore, second peak of streamwise pre-multiplied spectra were appeared in the same wall normal height, 300 < y+ < 600, in case of Re = 4000. Nevertheless, the effects of the lager than the channel half height scale on the streamwise turbulent intensity are fixed contributions without dependence on Reynolds number. These results suggested that the new streamwise vortexes are formed between buffer layer and outer layer with increasing of Reynolds number
Commitment Vs. Flexibility
No full textThis paper studies the optimal trade-off between commitment and flexibility in an intertemporal consumption/savings choice model. Individuals expect to receive relevant information regarding their own situation and tastes - generating a value for flexibility - but also expect to suffer from temptations - generating a value for commitment. The model combines the representations of preferences for flexibility introduced by Kreps (1979) with its recent antithesis for commitment proposed by Gul and Pesendorfer (2002), which nests the hyperbolic discounting model. We set up and solve a mechanism design problem that optimizes over the set of consumption/saving options available to the individual each period. We characterize the conditions under which the solution takes a simple threshold form where minimum savings policies are optimal. Our analysis is also relevant for other issues such as situations with externalities or the problem faced by a 'paternalistic' planner, which may be important for thinking about some regulations such as forced minimum schooling laws.
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