148 research outputs found
Our brothers across the ocean? : Unionist diplomacy, the Lansdown Foreign Office, and the Anglo-American 'special relationship', 1900-1905
No full textThis study is intended as a detailed exploration of British diplomacy with the United States in the first five years of the twentieth century, that is, the period during
which the Marquis of Lansdowne presided at the Foreign Office. Without doubt, this was a critical time in the readjustment (both in substance and style) of Anglo-American
diplomatic relations, initiating the amicable 'special relationship' which, broadly speaking, has endured to the present day. The efforts made by Lansdowne and the
Unionist Administration to 'clear the slate' of nagging Anglo-American disputes, and to encourage a closer diplomatic bond, helped to bring to an end decades of mutual
suspicion and antagonism, whilst representing a significant change of course for British foreign policy. In this light, the study here presented aims to provide a close analysis of
the Unionist Government's American diplomacy, their motives and diplomatic ambitions, in the appropriate imperial and strategic contexts.
An examination of this topic prompts the conclusion that, although Lansdowne fully appreciated the importance of Anglo-American friendship, he approached each dispute with a separate agenda, always gauging the strength of
American feeling before committing himself to a set policy. Lansdowne was perfectly prepared to concede non-vital interests to the United States in the Western Hemisphere
when serious tension arose, and this was particularly evident during the Isthmian canal and Alaskan boundary negotiations. With these two issues successfully concluded, the rapprochement was effectively ensured. Thus, Lansdowne's determination to uphold British interests (and those of her Western Hemispheric colonies), while occasionally placing a strain on Anglo-American relations, threatened no lasting danger. Above all, Britain relied upon vocal protestations of friendship, both for the United States and the Monroe Doctrine, to extinguish the risks of serious diplomatic tension and to cement a permanent friendship.
The major successes of Anglo-American relations, however, came to an abrupt end after the Alaskan verdict of late 1903, and a barren period followed. The
relationship had been set upon an entirely new course, but hopes for an Anglo- American partnership, sadly, remained hazy, naive, and frequently ill-conceived. In the Far East, where British and American interests broadly coincided, no joint policy emerged; instead, the two nations became separated over their responses to the Russo-Japanese conflict. Equally, the outstanding issues in North America proved incapable of settlement.
Although these final stages of Lansdowne's American diplomacy were marred by diplomatic inactivity and occasional friction, the Unionists' contribution to the Anglo-American 'special relationship' left an impressive and lasting legacy. By 1905, Britain and the United States, while not formally allied, had at least become mutually sympathetic. This was an essential factor in the readjustment of British global strategy, allowing Britain to abandon her defences in the Western Hemisphere and despatch her forces to more pressing areas of the globe
Learning with and from each other: A cross-university approach to student-led knowledge exchange
No full textNarrative art and act in the fourth gospel: aspects of the Johannine point of view
No full textThis thesis assumes that the narrative form of the Fourth Gospel is important for understanding the Gospel's meaning. Narrative is a communicative transaction whereby meaning is transmitted from author to reader via the way the story is told. Meaning is also established by overt speech-acts, and the 'act' performed in the overall structuring of the story. It arises within a context of rule-governed speech behaviour which determines parameters and implications that inform understanding. The Gospel's narrative form meets with readers' conventional expectations about how it relates to ostensive historical reality. Factors internal and external help determine genre. Part one examines aspects of the Gospel's narrative art. The way in which the narrative situation varies over the course of the narrative is outlined. The implied author manipulates the narration to create a close association in the reader’s mind between the narrator and the beloved disciple. In John 3 the voice of the narrator merges with those of Jesus and John. These strategies have implications for the Gospel's theological meaning and the relationship of the implied author to the story world. Speech-act theory elucidates the narrative act by which the implied author conveys the Gospel's message and seeks to induce belief in the reader. Part two considers the Gospel's relationship to historical reference. Factors which influence a decision as to whether or not the Gospel is to be taken as fictional are examined, for example, whether aspects of the narration suggest fictional discourse and whether the speech-acts operate within a 'pretended' world. Descriptive categories for the Gospel as natural narrative and 'display text' are proposed, as is a flexible model of genre, which modulates the poles of 'fiction' and 'history'. An analysis of the Temple Cleansing pericope provides illustration of the Gospel’s status as an historically-based, theological display text
Increasing the Impact of Voluntary Action Against Cybercrime
No full textResources on the Internet allow constant communication and data sharing between Internet users. While these resources keep vital information flowing, cybercriminals can easily compromise and abuse them, using them as a platform for fraud and misuse. Every day, we observe millions of internet-connected resources are being abused in criminal activities, ranging from poorly-configured Internet of Things (IoT) devices recruited into flooding legitimate services’ networks with unwanted Internet traffic or compromising legitimate websites to distribute malicious software that is designed to prevent access to victim’s data or device until a ransom has been paid to the attacker.The Internet's decentralized architecture necessitates that defenders must voluntarily collaborate to combat cybercrime. While mandatory efforts may be necessary in some circumstances, the bulk of incident response will remain based on voluntary actions among thousands of Internet intermediaries, researchers and resource owners. These voluntary actions typically take the form of one party sending security notifications to another about potential security issues and asking them to act against it. Security notifications are intended to support and promote a wide range of feasible efforts, which aim to detect and mitigate millions of daily incidents and remediate underlying conditions. Despite its importance, voluntary action remains a poorly understood and significantly less investigated component of the fight against cybercrime. All of this puts a premium on understanding how voluntary cyber-defense efforts prove to be the most effective in remediating security issues.Organisation & Governanc
Short term step responses of central carbon and storage metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: novel minibioreactors and 13C studies
No full textBiotechnologyApplied Science
Spain and the First World War : neutrality and crisis.
No full textPhDThe subject of this thesis is a study of Spain during
the First World War. The Spanish case is analyzed as the regional
version of the general crisis which engulfed the rest of Europe
during these years. This crisis was produced by the ideological
militancy and social struggle caused by four years of
devastating international conflict. It heralded the arrival of
mass politics which put an end to a previous era marked by
hierarchical and clientelist politics.
This thesis examines how the maintenance of strict
neutrality did not save the existing regime in Spain from the
impact of the conflict raging in Europe. Spain did not enter the
war but the war entered the country and, ironically, a conflict
in which Spain did not take part was to alter its contemporary
history.
The analysis explores the gradual disintegration of the
foundations of the ruling system, the Liberal Monarchy restored
in December 1874, during and as a consequence of the First World
War. Considerable attention is paid to the impact and importance
of the war in producing the decay of the Liberal Monarchy. This
process is examined at two levels: the political polarization and
subsequent division of the country which was provoked by the
debate about belligerence or neutrality, and the social and
economic transformations that Spain underwent as consequence a
of its privileged position as a supplier to both sides. The
result was galloping inflation, widespread social discontent and political turmoil. Under these pressures, the hegemonic system,
based on electoral falsification, widespread patronage and mass
apathy, collapsed and gave way to an inexorable process of
growing working class and right-wing militancy which led to the
military coup of 1923
Corrigendum to “Limited asset markets participation, monetary policy and (inverted) aggregate demand logic” [J. Econ. Theory 140 (1) (2008) 162–196]
No full textThis paper incorporates limited asset markets participation in dynamic general equilibrium and develops a simple analytical framework for monetary policy analysis. Aggregate dynamics and stability properties of an otherwise standard business cycle model depend nonlinearly on the degree of asset market participation. While ‘moderate’ participation rates strengthen the role of monetary policy, low enough participation causes an inversion of results dictated by conventional wisdom. The slope of the ‘IS’ curve changes sign, the ‘Taylor principle’ is inverted, optimal welfare-maximizing discretionary monetary policy requires a passive policy rule and the effects and propagation of shocks are changed. However, a targeting rule implementing optimal policy under commitment delivers equilibrium determinacy regardless of the degree of asset market participation. Our results may justify Fed’s behavior during the ‘Great Inflation’ period
Remotely sensed small reservoir monitoring: A Bayesian approach
No full textA new semi-supervised `growing' Bayesian classifier for small reservoir delineation has been developed and is tested with Radarsat-2 data for reservoirs in the semi-arid Upper East Region of Ghana. The classifier reduces the confusion error to the land-water boundary pixels, can readily be extended with auxiliary information and has a high degree of automation. Results indicate that the algorithm is able to delineate open water from SAR imagery for different weather and environmental conditions. As such, the algorithm allows for remotely sensed operational monitoring of small reservoir storages.Water ResourcesWater ManagementCivil Engineering and Geoscience
IDENTIFIKASI KETIDAKNORMALAN KINERJA SISTEM KONTROL PNEUMATIK YANG TERJADI PADA F.O PURIFIER DI MV.DK01
No full textRenaldo Malakauseya , 2018, NIT : 50134995.T,” Identification of abnormality the performance of a control system a pneumatic tire on F.O purifier in MV.DK01”, minithesis of Technical Program, Diploma IV Program, Merchant Marine Polythecnic Semarang, Supervising professor I: Drs. Edy Warsopurnomo, M.M, M.Mar.E and Supervising professor II: Andri Yulianto, M.T.
At this point in time the utilization of the system a pneumatic tire has been equipped by an assortment of devices controlled homing device which really a good place to the ease of control section at the south and the accuracy of the precision the use of .In this case a system of a pneumatic tire in use at the time the process of the discharge of mud often flooding the road and water .But on a ship mv.dk01 the performance of of a system of a pneumatic tire the controls damaged in part a solenoid valve .And leaving close to bowl on purifier at the foot of the a hole a spout open a continuous and make fuel used go out and make overflow
Methods used is the method fishbone and fault tree analysis this chart will show an impact or consequence of a problem, with various cause.Effect or resulting listed as muzzle head.While bones of fish filled by according to approach the problem. And then dirincikan on method fault tree analysis.Fault tree analysis is the method where this method used to identify the risks involved against an onset of failure.
From the results of the analysis obtained from the study. The author concludes that the damage to the pneumatic control system on the MV.DK01 vessel with the fishbone analysis method is that the Engineer cannot perform maintenance management and make improvements to the control system which makes the control system become overworked and not maintained so that it sustains damage. In the Fault Tree Analysis method the authors conclude that the damage is caused by the procedure in handling improper repairs and maintenance carried out on a ship that makes the pneumatic control system cannot last long and results in various damage and unstable performance of the system. Efforts can be made to improve the pneumatic control system on damaged vessels. Engineers on board must understand the basic concept of the pneumatic working system from the existing data in the ship such as the manual book, the maintenance report in the engine room. If it is still considered lacking machinists can get a reference from other books or can ask people in the engine room department. Increasing awareness of the importance of basic knowledge about machines and how to care for these machines.
Keywords : system control pneumatic, solenoid valve, overflo
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