695 research outputs found
Letter from JV [John Victor] Carson, Dominguez Estate Company to J.S. Yoshinobu, June 3, 1938
No full textLetter making final request for information no Mr. Kuda's lease information. Signed by JV [John Victor] Carson
The internationalization and localization of professional services: The case of executive search firms in Australia
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Routledge / Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record.William Harvey would like to acknowledge the financial support of the University of Sydney Business School in 201
Human Trafficking
No full textHuman trafficking, defined as the recruitment, transport or receipt of individuals for the purpose of exploitation, is perhaps the most negative phenomenon linked to globalisation. The link between migration and human trafficking is close, although domestic trafficking can and does occur. This chapter looks at human trafficking taking globalisation into account. It examines the questions of the definition and understanding of trafficking, as well as exploring the difficulties of establishing good quantitative measures of the extent of trafficking, and concludes with a look at the interactions between counter-trafficking efforts and border control
Boko Haram: Africa’s new JV team?
No full textThis thesis examines the threat Boko Haram poses to Nigeria and its neighbors in West Africa, and determines the extent to which ensuing regional instability may or may not threaten United States (U.S.) national interests in the region. Among our conclusions, from the examination of U.S.-Nigerian relations over time, is that the United States generally acts in response to the media’s ability to incite a public outcry and less in regard to threats to perceived national interests. Boko Haram, initially viewed as a problem internal to Nigeria given its Nigeria- focused agenda, has since developed relations with influential transnational and international terrorist organizations, such as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS). It is our position that sponsorship from other terror organizations will make Boko Haram more dangerous and capable of threatening regional stability, ergo impacting U.S. security interests. On the basis of whether a terrorist group seeks state-level sovereignty or inclusion into an existing state, we propose several stop-gaps that, if applied effectively, could serve as countermeasures to hinder Boko Haram’s ability to move from being a peripheral to an important or even vital threat to United States interests in West Africa.Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.Outstanding ThesisMajor, United States Armyhttp://archive.org/details/bokoharamafricas109454591
Heuristics in flow shop scheduling with sequence dependent setup times
No full textThis paper addresses the scheduling of jobs with sequence dependent setup times in a deterministic, static flowshop scenario. Four heuristics are described and compared with three benchmarks which represent generally practiced approaches to scheduling in this environment. Performance results are presented for a series of test problems taken from and comparable to those described in previous research. The results indicate that while sophistication does not necessarily lead to performance improvements, two of the proposed heuristics produce substantially better results than the other methods tested and merit consideration for implementation in practice.flow shop scheduling heuristics
The dynamics and genius of Nigeria's indigenous legal order
No full textThis article challenges the colonial delegitimization of Nigeria's customary law. The author describes customary law's fundamental bases, and argues that these bases are what ensured customary law's survival during colonial rule, and also what provide for customary law's contemporary relevance. Globalization, increased international interaction, and the eclipse of tribal insularity necessitate a permanent form of customary law that is decipherable to foreigners and non-Indigenous people of Nigeria. However, the author opines that if rigidification of customary law is to be avoided, then the present practice of proving it as a fact ought to be retained. Factual proof is defended as an incident of the primordial nature and primary source of customary law, rather than any weakness in the comparison of customary law with the received English law. Under Nigerian law, after a rule of customary law is proved to exist, the court must consider whether it is judicially enforceable, or whether it is repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience. The author argues that the 'repugnancy doctrine' was routinely employed in a legal 'cleansing' mission, and was the engine for the imposition of hegemonic, foreign culture. The author suggests caution in the uncritical and contemporary use of the repugnancy doctrine and its precedents. Other instances of non-judicial enforcement of customary law are also considered, such as the contractual exclusion of customary law, and the exclusion of customary law based on the uncustomary nature of the subject matter of litigation. Finally, the author addresses the specific question of the constitutionality of customary law. Customary law's patriarchal foundation and general discrimination against women and female children are problematic issues that require sensitive and imaginative judicial use of customary law. The author argues that the Nigerian judiciary should undertake careful constitutional and sociological analysis before striking down any rule of customary law. The court should make reference to South Africa's constitutional experience, which has comparative similarities to Nigeria. The article concludes with a call for an interpretive approach to customary law that ensures its survival and adaptation to the dictates of equality in an egalitarian society
Data analysis of an outdoor a-Si:H PV system: Understanding the performance variation of a-Si:H modules manufactured by HyET Solar Netherlands B.V. when aged outdoor
No full textPhotovoltaic (PV ) technology has seen exciting growth in the field of energy for the past few decades. With strong government programs in China, Japan, Germany, and Netherlands, PV systems have grown to become a dominant source of renewable energy. Thin film silicon based a-Si:H solar cells are 2ndgeneration solar cells. They have the ability to be applied on glass or polymer, free of toxic materials in the manufacturing process, and are extremely flexible. Even though they exhibit a lower efficiency with respect to other proven technologies, a lower temperature coefficient and the unique ability to self-anneal in warmer months make it an attractive option. HyET Solar Netherlands B.V. manufactures thin-film solar cells based on a-Si:H technology. These modules are extremely flexible and relatively cheaper to manufacture, hence are suited for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV ) setups in the form of soundwalls, curved roofs, and solar blinds among many others. The primary aim of this research is to understand the performance variation of the solar modules when they are not under Standard Test Conditions (STC) but are aged outdoor. To understand this, data was collected from solar modules installed outdoor. The installed PV system consists of 16 arrays, each array comprising of two modules connected in series and each module consisting of 28 cells in series. However, during installation, some of the modules were damaged, and analysis was solely done on the best-performing array. To analyse the system, irradiance, temperature, and operating maximum powerpoints(mpp) were recorded every minute while the JV-curves were measured every fifteen minutes. The modules were analysed on two levels: on the system level and the cell level. Analysing the modules on system level was done by calculating the performance ratio and daily energy yield. It was found that the modules performed significantly better in warmer months than in cooler months. This could be explained by a combination of the annealing effect and relatively lower losses due to higher irradiance in warmer months. Upon analysing the daily energy yields of the modules, it was found that the system suffered degradation of 10.3% in the second year of operation. To analyse the modules on the cell level, JV-curve data were used. To extract the intrinsic parameters of the modules from a JV-curve, an in-house software "DoktorDEP" was utilised. In order to validate the output from the software, two experiments were performed, where JV-curve were measured at different temperature points and irradiance. While the experiments were successful in estimating the intrinsic parameters, certain requirements were not met at the outdoor data, hence the focus was now shifted to explicit JV-curve parameters such as short-circuit current density (Jsc), open-circuit voltage (Voc), fill factor (FF), open-circuit resistance (Roc) and shot-circuit resistance (Rsc). Upon analysis, it was found that there was a Jsc loss of 0.63mA/cm2 and Voc loss of 0.02V/c in the second year of operation. Moreover, the ontained trends of FF and Roc exhibited a definite degradation while the Rsc did not exhibit a degrading trend. Even though data analysis was performed on damaged modules, the obtained trends in this study can be of vital importance in developing strategies for reliability of the modules. The same techniques can be applied to a set of undamaged modules to estimate the performance. Because the JV-parameter Roc was affected drastically as the modules aged, future experiments can be designed to observe and tweak Roc to improve both efficiency and reliability. Lastly, based on the insights about DoktorDEP, future versions can be rolled out with the ability to analyse outdoor JV-curve data to discern the intrinsic parameters and their variation when aged outdoor. This could help in targeting and prioritising the factors affecting module performance and hence resulting in a robust product.Electrical Engineering | Sustainable Energy Technolog
Jules Verne - a new polishing technique related to FJP
No full textA variation on the fluid jet polishing (FJP) technique, arbitrarily named Jules Verne (JV), will be described in this article. Jules Verne is a glass processing technique that removes material due to the fact that the tool and the surface are in close contact, and a slurry moves in between the tool and the surface. This approach has both advantages and disadvantages with respect to the original FJP modus: it enables a feed-controlled machining process, but deeper lying areas are harder to reach. A simulation model will be presented that predicts the flow of the slurry in the Jules Verne setup, which is followed by the computation of the trajectories of the particles in the flow. Furthermore, experimental data will be reported demonstrating the feasibility of the JV idea. A model will also be presented simulating the interaction between the surface and the impinging abrasives at a microscopic level, enabling the prediction of the final surface roughness.Optics Research GroepApplied Science
Reflections of Oneself: Neurocognitive Evidence for Dissociable Forms of Self-Referential Recollection
No full textResearch links the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) with a number of social cognitive processes that involve reflecting on oneself and other people. Here, we investigated how mPFC might support the ability to recollect information about oneself and others relating to previous experiences. Participants judged whether they had previously related stimuli conceptually to themselves or someone else, or whether they or another agent had performed actions. We uncovered a functional distinction between dorsal and ventral mPFC subregions based on information retrieved from episodic long-term memory. The dorsal mPFC was generally activated when participants attempted to retrieve social information about themselves and others, regardless of whether this information concerned the conceptual or agentic self or other. In contrast, a role was discerned for ventral mPFC during conceptual but not agentic self-referential recollection, indicating specific involvement in retrieving memories related to self-concept rather than bodily self. A subsequent recognition test for new items that had been presented during the recollection task found that conceptual and agentic recollection attempts resulted in differential incidental encoding of new information. Thus, we reveal converging fMRI and behavioural evidence for distinct neurocognitive forms of self-referential recollection, highlighting that conceptual and bodily aspects of self reflection can be dissociated
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