31 research outputs found
NON-RIGID ROTOR TRANSITIONS IN THE MICROWAVE SPECTRUM OF PIPERIDINE
No full textJ.E. Parkin and C.C. Costain, Symposium on Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 14-18, 1965.Author Institution: National Research CouncilThe microwave spectrum of piperidine exhibits two non-rigid rotor Q-branch satellite series 1400 Mc/sec from the normal lines, and which overlap the normal lines in The microwave spectra of and have been measured. One non-rigid rotor satellite about 70 Mc/sec from the main lines was found for . The possible origin of the anomalous transitions in , in view of the results for the deuterated species, will be discussed
ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PURE ROTATION SPECTRUM OF FLUOROFORM IN EXCITED VIBRATIONAL
No full textAuthor Institution: Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Moleculaire; Division of Pure Physics, National Research CouncilSome of the reported in the pure rotation spectrum of fluoroform in the excited vibrational state can be explained with the assumption that the two unperturbed levels and lie very close to each other. The coupling between these two levels due to l-type resonance is then much stronger than usual. This is a good example of the situation previously described as ``accidentally strong essential . Supported in part by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories O.A.R. C. C. Costain, J. Mol. Spectroscopy, 9, 317 (1962). G. Amat and H. H. Nielsen, J. Chem. Phys. 36, 1859 (1962)
Interrogating the Role of Non-state Actors in the Development Agenda of the Global South
No full textPeople-Centred Public Works Programmes : A Strategy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development in sub-Saharan Africa?
No full textPoverty has long been a developmental challenge in the Global South in general and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular. With a fifth, mainly from the rural areas of the world, living below the poverty datum line, the world has a huge challenge to reduce poverty, worse still to eradicate it from the face of the earth. A target was set through the 2000-2015 United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and subsequently through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to reduce poverty by at least half by the years 2015 and 2030 respectively. In pursuing this goal, livelihoods of poor people though meeting with serious challenges, especially in rural areas, play a major role. This book explores the role played by people-centred Public Works Programmes in the fight against poverty and the development of rural communities in Africa. Whereas a number of countries in Africa have been approaching the issue of poverty through several interventions including Public Works Schemes, it is sad to note that poverty still tops the rankings among numerous economic and social challenges facing the continent. One wonders whether the public works strategy is misguided, misconstrued or mismanaged considering that its main objective is to make the unemployed more employable through the provision of temporary employment and training opportunities. The book concludes that Public Works Programmes, if well managed and people-centred, are one of the best ways to alleviate and even eradicate poverty in rural Africa, as it allows governments to make partnership with people, and facilitates implementation while giving space for economic self-sustenance, growth and development
“A New Form of Imperialism?” Interrogating China-Africa Relations and Development Prospects in Africa
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