196 research outputs found
The 2014 Victorian State Election
No full textVictoria is earning a reputation for producing surprising election results. According to political commentators and the opinion polls, the 1999 election was expected to return the Coalition Government and the 2010 election was expected to return the Labor Government, yet neither did.
Even though the polls had long placed Labor ahead of the Coalition, the party’s election to office at the 2014 election was still regarded as a significant outcome.
This was because of the removal of the Coalition Government after only one term in power, when history has shown us that governments in Victoria are often likely to consolidate their position at their first return to the ballot box. It had been more than half a century since Victoria experienced a single term government, in 1952-55, and it was a casualty of the split of the Australian Labor Party.
It should be noted however, that the close numbers in the Legislative Assembly in the last Parliament — 44 Coalition, 43 Labor and one Independent, and the redistribution of the state’s electoral boundaries, meant that Labor required a notional uniform swing of only around 1 per cent to gain government.
The election result was that Labor secured government by obtaining a total of 47 seats in the 88 seat Parliament with a swing of 3.6 per cent on a two-party preferred basis.
This election is also historic for the election of two representatives of the Greens Party into the Legislative Assembly: the first time the party has won seats in the Lower House in Victoria. Also, notable, was the election of an Independent in what had been a very safe National Party seat (Shepparton).
The make-up of the Legislative Council after the election was also significantly changed. Neither of the major parties won a majority in the Upper House, and the Greens and four other minor parties won ten seats between them.
As stated earlier, this paper provides a description and analysis of the results the 2014 Victorian state election, set out in three main sections.
Part A of the paper provides some context to the outcome of the election by examining the redistribution of Victoria’s state electoral boundaries, and key issues during the life of the 57th Parliament.
Part B of the paper provides an overview of the election campaign, the leaders’ debate, preference deals, social media, key policies, and polls data in the lead up to, and during the campaign. This section also includes a brief overview of the minor parties.
Part C of the paper examines the outcomes of the election in both houses and how the parties fared. It also contains a short section on women MPs, new and departing MPs, voter turnout, and the number of candidates contesting the election. Part C also provides statistical tables for each district and region and additional tables and information on relevant voter statistics
Changer d'avis : le droit des décisions regrettées
No full textThe author invokes what he calls the « reliance principle » and the « intention principle » to analyze situations in which one makes a decision and then changes one's mind and wants to disregard thai decision. Why would one not want to be free to do so ? Why sould a promise be effective to commit oneself not to do so ?
After discussing these questions, the author outlines the circumstances in which a commitment is binding under American common law. He addres-ses the enigma of why a simple exchange of promises should be enforce able although neither party has done anything in reliance on the other's promise. Finally, he turns to the legal effect of promises to rnake gifts and of completed gifts. The author concludes by noting the ascendancy of the reliance principle, the neglect of the intention principle, and the impact of paternalism, at least as far as American common law is concerned.L'auteur fait appel à ce qu'il dénomme le principe de reliance (confiance/dépendance) et au principe d'intention pour analyser des situations dans lesquelles un individu prend une décision, puis change d'avis et veut revenir sur cette décision. Pourquoi ne serait-on pas libre d'agir ainsi ? Pourquoi une promesse ne permettrait-elle pas de ne pas s'obliger ?
Après avoir exposé ces questions, l'auteur souligne les circonstances dans lesquelles un engagement est obligatoire selon le droit américain. Il s'interroge sur le problème de savoir si un simple échange de promesses est obligatoire bien qu'aucun des protagonistes n'ait agi en fonction de la promesse de l'autre personne. Enfin, il examine l'effet juridique de la promesse de faire des dons et celui des dons accordés.
L'auteur conclut en insistant sur l'accroissement du principe de reliance, l'abandon du principe d'intention, et l'impact du paternalisme, au moins en ce qui concerne le common law américain.Allan Farnsworth E. Changer d'avis : le droit des décisions regrettées. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 52 N°2, Avril-juin 2000. pp. 315-344
Colour discrimination in conservation students: the farnsworth-munsell 100-hue test
No full textThe matching colour in retouching depends on the ability of the observer to differentiate colour. This ability was measured on 28 volunteer conservation students of varying aged using a specific test of colour discrimination - the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue test. Fourteen of the subjects were aged between 18-28, six between 29-38, seven between 39-48, and one was over 49 years. The final results are: 50% of subjects showed a wide-ranging ability to differentiate colour: none of them was colour blind; 7% of the students, however, have low ability to discriminate hues but only one was aware of his deficiency. The author aims to reveal the importance of this test for the conservators, using it as a detector to select eligible subjects with high sensibility in colour discrimination, which is an essential predisposition to perform accurate colour matching in retouching
Social Customer Relationship Management in higher education
No full textCustomer Relationship Management is a concept that has become a requirement for any successful entity to attract and retain desired constituents. It is a set of processes and tools that help track, analyze, and act upon customer related data. Over the last decade, the toolsets have evolved to include social media as another source of information and connection. Nowhere is this information and connection more important than in higher education where globalization and tighter budgets have created a competitive market. This research evaluated the use of this most recent social toolset and its effectiveness in a higher education institution, all from the vantage point of what is important to the student and at which phase in their university relationship. The research used a survey instrument to gather information from a varied audience and shows that misalignment existed amongst the different university constituents
The history of Sir Charles Grandison, [electronic resource] : abridged from the works of Samuel Richardson, Esq. author of Pamela and Clarissa.
No full textSignatures: [A]p4s Bp2s-Tp4s Up2s Vp4s Wp2s Xp4s Yp2s (Y2 verso blank)Evans,Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut,Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books,Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford)
A Production Model to Measure Technical Efficiency in the Refrigerated Warehouse Industry
No full textWarehouses are a vital link in the global supply chain, and play a critical role in inventory flow by providing points of storage and coordination. While much work has been done on individual parts of the warehousing process, only a handful of studies have analyzed the technical efficiency of the warehouse as a whole. As a subset of this industry, refrigerated warehouses provide a much needed role in the distribution of agricultural, food, and pharmaceutical products. As such, they have unique parameters that set them apart from other warehousing operations. There has been little formal analysis on refrigerated warehousing. Here, a production model for refrigerated warehouses is reported, and firm-specific technical efficiency estimates obtained through stochastic frontier analysis are provided. In addition, factors affecting efficiency were identified. This study found the mean efficiency estimated for the refrigerated warehouse industry in 2012 was 0.72. Additionally, the number of inventory turns was found to correlate with increased efficiency while order error percentage and occupancy of warehouse space were correlated with inefficiency
Validation of a New Digital and Automated Color Perception Test
No full textAlthough color vision deficiencies are very prevalent, there are no ideal methods for assessing color vision in all environments. We compared a new digital and automated method that quantifies color perception for the three protan, deutan, and tritan axes with two of the most commonly used color tests in daily practice: the Ishihara 38 plates test and the Farnsworth–Munsell 100-Hue test. One hundred patients underwent a triple examination composed of the new DIVE Color Test, the Ishihara test, and the Farnsworth–Munsell 100-Hue test. The DIVE Color Test was performed twice in forty participants to assess its repeatability. In the trichromatic group, the mean age stood at 20.57 ± 9.22 years compared with 25.99 ± 15.86 years in the dyschromatic group. The DIVE and Ishihara tests exhibited excellent agreement in identifying participants with color deficiency (Cohen’s kappa = 1.00), while it was 0.81 when comparing DIVE and Farnsworth. The correlation between the global perception values of Farnsworth (TES) and DIVE (GCS) was 0.80. The repeatability of the DIVE Color Test was high according to Bland–Altman analysis with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.83. According to Ishihara, the DIVE Color Test proved to be an effective and reproducible tool for red–green color vision deficiency detection, capable of determining the severity of the defect in each of the three axes faster and more accurately than both Ishihara and Farnsworth
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