268 research outputs found
What is this Philosophia Anyway?
No full textThis chapter explores contemporary understandings of philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, as both a repository of final truth and a practical, life-changing discipline, demanding life-long commitment to a project of self-formation. Drawing attention to the curious position of philosophy as both an insider and a self-conscious outsider to conventional educated culture (paideia), it suggests that greater unease and greater potential for anxiety attended philosophia and philosophoi in the world of the novel than is often acknowledged. Michael Trapp is Professor of Greek Literature and Thought at King\u27s College London. He is the author of Philosophy in the Roman Empire: Ethics, Politics and Society, and the editor of Socrates from Antiquity to the Enlightenment and Socrates in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (all Ashgate, 2007)
ERP services effort estimation strategies based on early requirements
No full textERP clients and vendors necessarily estimate their project interventions at a very early stage, before the full requirements to an ERP solution are known and often before a contract is finalized between a vendor/ consulting company and a client. ERP project estimation at the stage of early requirements in a contractual setting has been challenging as it requires the inclusion and the availability of multiple experts, each being a specialist in a particular domain, e.g. solution architect, technical architect, consultant project manager. Today’s highly volatile and customized ERP landscape demands a new approach to estimate effort by leveraging ERP professionals’ tacit knowledge and expert judgments, as well as information from historical project databases (if available). This paper presents three ERP Service estimation strategies that leverage the strengths of both Functional Size Measurement (FSM)and expert-judgment-based estimation techniques. These strategies use a more structured approach to reduce the effects of expert bias and avoid common pitfalls associated with FSM and expert judgment-based estimation
V6 The Reflectometer at BER II
No full textV6 is a fixed wavelength reflectometer dedicated to the investigation of thin films and surface structures at solid air, solid liquid and free liquid surfaces. The instrument is equipped with polarization analysis for studies of magnetic thin films, also in external magnetic fields and at low temperatur
European Union efforts to fight judicial corruption: the Romanian case
No full textThis Master’s thesis addresses the EU efforts to fight judicial corruption in Romania. I argue that EU membership conditionality was relatively effective to lower the level of judicial corruption before Romania entered the EU in 2007. In addition, the EU socialization
and the domestic factors – legacy of communism, objective-material factors, and public opinion and levels of public trust – are quite influential regarding the implementation of EU initiatives and show the complexity of the Romanian case. Rather than using
merely the top-down logic of corruption indices or governance indicators, I also apply a bottom-up perspective and therefore particularly draw attention on disregarded measurement. This approach bears the benefit of capturing a range of informal practices that
are misinterpreted by the recent conceptualization of corruption. The before-after case study design and the process-tracing method allowed the analysis of pre-accession and post-accession conditionality in the context of judicial corruption. By assessing the EU
progress reports, the NIT scores and reports, the CPI and the GRECO reports, I found several remarkable developments regarding the fight against judicial corruption.Two of the key elements of EU conditionality – conditions and monitoring – have evolved significantly.
Thus, the introduction of post-accession benchmarks and the strengthening of the monitoring process represent important steps in the evolution of EU efforts to fight judicial corruption in Romania. However, the analysis shows that it is difficult to compensate
the pre-accession conditionality through post-accession monitoring mechanisms.
Although the analysis confirms that EU efforts had a significant impact to fight judicial corruption in Romania before accession, there is still room for improvements for the post-accession phase. Regarding the incentive structure, the analysis of the key documents finds evidence that this element of EU conditionality may be the main weakness. After Romania entered the EU, the EU lost its attractive accession advancement rewards
and was merely able to rely on explicit threats to induce compliance. However, the limited penalizing power of the remedial and preventive sanctions set up in the
framework of the CVM causes a fairly weak incentive structure which negatively influenced the effectiveness of post-accession conditionality.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Marius Benjamin Trap
Inzidenz von Zweitkarzinomen und Spätmetastasen bei Patienten mit einem Plattenepithelkarzinom der Luft- und oberen Speisewege
No full textPlattenepithelkarzinome der Luft- und oberen Speisewege stehen in der Häufigkeit an sechster Stelle der Krebserkrankungen weltweit. Die Therapieoptionen und -erfolge, sowie die Lebenserwartung und -qualität betroffener Patienten können durch das Auftreten von Zweitkarzinomen und Spätmetastasen zusätzlich limitiert werden. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist es, prädisponierende Faktoren für die Entwicklung von Zeitkarzinomen und Spätmetastasen zu identifizieren, da eine hinreichende Erklärung für die Entstehung derartiger Erkrankungsverläufe in der Literatur nicht vorliegt.
1219 Patienten mit einem Plattenepithelkarzinom der Mundhöhle, des Oropharynx, des Hypopharynx oder des Larynx sind hierfür in der vorliegenden Arbeit analysiert worden.
54 Patienten sind an einem Zweitkarzinom im Kopf- und Halsbereich erkrankt (4,4%), von denen 15 synchron diagnostiziert worden sind (1,2% des gesamten Patientenkollektives). Die meisten Zweitkarzinome waren innerhalb des HNO-Bereichs im Oropharynx lokalisiert, während das Primärkarzinom am häufigsten in der Mundhöhle lokalisiert war.
Der Alkoholkonsum zeigt bei Patienten mit einem Mundhöhlenkarzinom einen statistisch signifikanten Einfluss auf das Auftreten von Zweitkarzinomen. Das Oro- bzw. Hypopharynxkarzinom von Patienten ohne Zweitkarzinom wurde tendenziell in einem höheren T-Stadium diagnostiziert als von Patienten mit Zweitkarzinom, was vermutlich auf die längere Überlebenszeit und die daraus resultierende erhöhte Wahrscheinlichkeit für die Entwicklung eines Zweitkarzinoms zurückzuführen ist.
44 der 1219 Patienten (3,6%) sind an einer Spätmetastase erkrankt, wobei Patienten mit einem Mundhöhlenkarzinom mit einer Inzidenz von 7,4% am häufigsten betroffen waren. Der Anteil an Frauen ist innerhalb des Kollektivs mit Spätmetastase deutlich größer als innerhalb des Kollektivs ohne Spätmetastase. Karzinome des Hypopharynx sind innerhalb des Patientenkollektivs mit Spätmetastase signifikant häufiger in einem frühen T-Stadium diagnostiziert worden als innerhalb des Kollektivs ohne Spätmetastase. Die Überlebenszeiten der Patienten mit einer Spätmetastase sind vor allem bei Oropharynxkarzinomen deutlich kürzer als bei Patienten ohne Spätmetastase
BioRef The Reflectometer for Biological Applications V18 at BER II
No full textThe time of flight neutron reflectometer BioRef is dedicated to the investigation of solid liquid interfaces, in particular for soft matter applications. The possibility to mount a FTIR ATR to the sample stage offers the possibility of combined in situ measurement
Student musicale, October 12, 1988
No full textRecorded during a live performance at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 12, 1988, 2:00 p.m., the 28th concert of the School of Music’s 1988-1989 season.1st work: Kathryn Stieler, soprano ; Barbara Sudeikis, mezzo-soprano ; Stewart McElroy, piano. 2nd work: Marilyn Langridge, flute ; Lora Trapp, oboe ; Dawn Mann, clarinet ; Scott Riemenschneider, horn ; Mike Curtis, bassoon. 3rd work: Russell Brown Honors Brass Quintet (James Donovan, trumpet ; Stephen Snuffer, trumpet ; Stephen Foster, horn ; Chris Nigrelli, trombone ; Mark Hagemann, tuba). 4th work: Julianne Borg, soprano ; Steven Morris, piano. 5th work: Philip Posthuma, baritone ; Steven Morris, piano. 6th work: Dave Foster, guitar ; Dave Rothstein, bass. 7th work: Jon Ball, saxophone ; Mike Smith, Scott Heyniger, keyboards ; Bret Vargeson, drums ; Todd Shay, guitar ; Tom Michael, bass.Information from performance program.Recording incomplete ; Recording of the seventh work only, the jazz piece Run for coverThe marriage of Figaro. To greet you, my lady / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Woodwind quintet in E-flat major, op. 88, no. 2 / Anton Reicha -- Quintet in B-flat minor, op. 5 / Victor Ewald -- [Linda di Chamonix]. Recit: Ah, tardai troppo ; Aria: O luce di quest’ anima / Gaetano Donizetti -- Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum della citta / Gioacchino Rossini -- Alice in wonderland / Fain ; Hilliard -- Run for cover / Marcus Miller
Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man /
No full textMode of access: Internet.Library copy bound as 2 v. Bound with v. 2: The school of the heart, or, The heart (of itself gone away from God) brought back again to Him, and instructed by Him / by the author of The synagogue ..
Batlle of Breitenfeld : An Analysis Using The Basic Skills, Ground Tactical Principles and the Leadership Method Decentralized Command
No full textThe Battle of Breitenfeld took place in 1631, during the 30-year war. It was the biggest battle the Swedish army has participated in. The essay analyses the battle from a Swedish-Saxon perspective, using the basic skills, ground tactical principles and management philosophy of decentralized command. The essay is based on a case study stemming from a qualitative text analysis, and is as such divided into three parts. The first part of the essay describes my theory, and explains what the different terms stand for. The second part narrates the battle and the participating armies. Finally, in the third part, I analyze the Battle of Breitenfeld with the theories. The main question the essay aims to answer is: How can the Battle of Breitenfeld be explained with the help of the basic skills, ground tactical principles and decentralized command? To answer that question two research questions were used:Which of the basic skills and ground tactical principles were crucial for the Swedish-Saxon side to achieve victory? Can traces of decentralized command in the Swedish army be found? The essay concludes that Gustavus Adolphus built the Swedish armed forces with a sharp increase in the number of self-thinking officers and non commissioned officers which indicates that decentralized command, to some extent, was used.The also derives at the conclusion that effective use of a combination between firepower, maneuver and concentration of mass were crucial to the Swedish-Saxon victory.Slaget vid Breitenfeld utspelades under 30-åriga kriget, år 1631, och var det största slag som en svensk armé har deltagit i. I detta arbete analyseras slaget ur ett svensksachsiskt perspektiv medhjälp av de grundläggande förmågorna, marktaktiska grundprinciperna och ledningsfilosofin uppdragstaktik. Arbetet bygger på en fallstudie baserad på en kvalitativ textanalys och är i stort uppdelat i tre delar. I den första delen beskriver jag min teori och redogör för vad de olika begreppen står för. I andra delen återberättar jag kortfattat slaget och hur de deltagande arméerna såg ut. Slutligen i tredje delen analyserar jag slaget vid Breitenfeld utifrån mina teorier. Mina forskningsfrågor är: Hur kan utgången av slaget vid Breitenfeld förklaras med hjälp av de grundläggande förmågorna, de marktaktiska grundprinciperna och uppdragstaktik? Var några av de grundläggande förmågorna eller marktaktiska grundprinciperna avgörande för den svensk-sachsiska sidans seger? Kan man se spår av uppdragstaktik hos den svenska armén? Gustav II Adolfs uppbyggnad av den svenska krigsmakten med det kraftiga ökandet av antalet självtänkande officerare och underbefäl påvisar att uppdragstaktik till viss del användes. Det effektiva användandet av en kombination mellan verkan, rörelse och kraftsamling av eld var de förmågor och principer som jag anser var avgörande för den svensk-sachsiska sidans seger
En teoriprövande studie av idealmodellen : Taktisk seger i moderna och historiska konflikter
No full textDenna uppsats syftar till att testa hur väl Henåker och Thunholms idealmodell för taktisk seger kan förklara framgångar i både moderna och historiska militära konflikter. I denna studie har en teoriprövande fallstudiedesign använts. Målet är att utvärdera modellens användbarhet och relevans i olika krigföringsmiljöer genom en analys av Andra Nagorno-Karabach-kriget 2020 och slaget vid Suomussalmi under finska vinterkriget 1940. Genom att inkludera både ett modernt och ett historiskt fall undersöker uppsatsen hur väl modellen fungerar under olika teknologiska förhållanden. Jämförelsen gör det möjligt att analysera om modellens principer är tidlösa eller om de behöver justeras för att möta nya krigsförutsättningar. Teorier om hur seger uppnås på taktisk nivå bygger på studier och praktisk erfarenhet, men då krigföringen ständigt utvecklas, särskilt med teknologiska framsteg, finns ett behov av att kontinuerligt pröva och förbättra dessa teorier. Analysens resultat visar att modellen till stor del kan förklara framgångar i både moderna och historiska konflikter, där de flesta av modellens ingående sekvenser kunde identifieras som bidragande till seger
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