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Null Complements: Licensed By Syntax Or By Semantics-Pragmatics?, Corinne Iten, M.-O. Junker, Aryn Pyke, Robert J. Stainton, Catherine Wearking Dec 2004

Null Complements: Licensed By Syntax Or By Semantics-Pragmatics?, Corinne Iten, M.-O. Junker, Aryn Pyke, Robert J. Stainton, Catherine Wearking

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.


In Defense Of Non-Sentential Assertion, Robert J. Stainton Dec 2004

In Defense Of Non-Sentential Assertion, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

A defense of non-sentential assertion against Jason Stanley and Peter Ludlow


Anthropomorphic Petroglyphs From The Callejon De Huaylas, Peru, Victor Ponte Dec 2004

Anthropomorphic Petroglyphs From The Callejon De Huaylas, Peru, Victor Ponte

Victor Ponte

No abstract provided.


The Long Mile Of Empire: Power, Legitimation And The Uk Bases In Cyprus, Costas M. Constantinou, Oilver Richmond Dec 2004

The Long Mile Of Empire: Power, Legitimation And The Uk Bases In Cyprus, Costas M. Constantinou, Oilver Richmond

Costas M. Constantinou

This article examines the continuities and discontinuities of imperial rule in
Cyprus. It specifically investigates how the UK military base regime in the island has been
negotiated in its local and regional contexts, including the recent accession of Cyprus into
the European Union (EU) from whose territory the bases have been excluded. The study
outlines the legal and political discourses and aesthetic practices surrounding the bases,
and attempts to uncover their symbolic contradictions, paradoxes and implications. To this
extent it underscores the tensions faced by competing discourses and practices of postcolonial
emancipation, of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, as well as of …


Treaty, Costas M. Constantinou Dec 2004

Treaty, Costas M. Constantinou

Costas M. Constantinou

In modern diplomatic practice, a treaty is a formal written agreement
between states (though recently also designating agreements with and
between international organizations), which is legally binding under
international law. Treaties differ from a variety of other international
agreements like declarations, memorandums of understanding, and
gentlemen's agreements, which only create moral and political obligations,
nonbinding commitments, or what has been branded as "soft law."


Methodological Reflections On The Short-Run Johansen Industry Model In Relation To Capacity Management, Kristriaan Kerstens, Dale Squires, Niels Vestergaard Dec 2004

Methodological Reflections On The Short-Run Johansen Industry Model In Relation To Capacity Management, Kristriaan Kerstens, Dale Squires, Niels Vestergaard

Niels Vestergaard

The specification of a convex production technology is a potential issue in estimating firm-level Johansen plant capacity utilisation rates and their subsequent use in the short-run Johansen industry capacity model of the fishery. There are different plant capacity utilisation estimates with convex and nonconvex technologies. When entered as parameters in the short-run Johansen industry model, this leads to different distributions in the activity vectors. With non-convex technology, more vessels remain active in the fleet, and there is no longer an overestimation of the number of decommissioned vessels compared to the use of a convex technology. A second methodological reflection involves …


Fishing Capacity In Europe: Special Issue Introduction, Niels Vestergaard Dec 2004

Fishing Capacity In Europe: Special Issue Introduction, Niels Vestergaard

Niels Vestergaard

No abstract provided.


Sunk Cost And Entry-Exit Decisions Under Individual Transferable Quotas: Why Industry Restructuring Is Delayed, Niels Vestergaard, Frank Jensen, Henning P. Jørgensen Dec 2004

Sunk Cost And Entry-Exit Decisions Under Individual Transferable Quotas: Why Industry Restructuring Is Delayed, Niels Vestergaard, Frank Jensen, Henning P. Jørgensen

Niels Vestergaard

The paper shows that explicit modelling of sunk cost and a firm's entry-exit decision in a traditional deterministic investment model may give an explanation of the slow transition to the optimal fleet structure following the introduction of individual transferable quotas (ITQs). The analysis shows that the annual lease unit price of quota may be in a range where the long-run fieet structure will not be attainable at once. Over time, firms with zero gross investment as optimal behavior may leave the industry as the capital decays and over the transition period the optimal fieet structure prevails.


Learning Commons Concept, Jeffrey A. Franks Dec 2004

Learning Commons Concept, Jeffrey A. Franks

Jeffrey A Franks

Internal document accepted as basis for learning commons planning at the University of Akron.


Course Reading, Necati Anaz Dec 2004

Course Reading, Necati Anaz

Necati Anaz

No abstract provided.


8. Speaking With Children: Advice From Investigative Interviewers., Thomas D. Lyon Dec 2004

8. Speaking With Children: Advice From Investigative Interviewers., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

Imagine that you are treating a child suffering from the effects of neglect. You do not suspect sexual abuse, and do not directly question the child about abuse, but she makes what sounds like anabuse disclosure. Or, you hear from another source (a sibling, for example, or a caretaker) that thechild has made statements hinting that she was abused. What should you do? If you decide to question the child, you may inadvertently suggest information. Even if you are careful to avoid
leading questions, you may later be attacked for contaminating the child=s story, given the inherent polarization …


The Opacity Of Transparency, Mark Fenster Dec 2004

The Opacity Of Transparency, Mark Fenster

Mark Fenster

The normative concept of transparency, along with the open government laws that purport to create a transparent public system of governance promise the world—a democratic and accountable state above all, and a peaceful, prosperous, and efficient one as well. But transparency, in its role as the theoretical justification for a set of legal commands, frustrates all parties affected by its ambiguities and abstractions. The public’s engagement with transparency in practice yields denials of reasonable requests for essential government information, as well as government meetings that occur behind closed doors. Meanwhile, state officials bemoan the significantly impaired decision-making processes that result …


Reconceptualizing L2 Motivation Theory: Vygotskian Activity Theory Approach, Tae-Young Kim Dr. Dec 2004

Reconceptualizing L2 Motivation Theory: Vygotskian Activity Theory Approach, Tae-Young Kim Dr.

Dr. Tae-Young Kim (김태영, 金兌英)

No abstract provided.


Waiting For Some Angel: Indigenous Rights As An Ethical Imperative In The Theory And Practice Of Human Rights, Sam Grey Dec 2004

Waiting For Some Angel: Indigenous Rights As An Ethical Imperative In The Theory And Practice Of Human Rights, Sam Grey

Sam Grey

This article uses the stalled Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the impetus for an examination of arguments championing and opposing the framing of Indigenous rights as human rights. Failings both theoretical and practical – in the conceptualisation, promulgation and interpretation of human rights – have long left Aboriginal peoples at a disadvantage. The dual focus of Indigenous claims is unique in the rights lexicon, asserting the right to be simultaneously different from and equal to the majority population. Yet Indigenous rights are often perceived, by governments with the power to block their progress, as a threat …


Reference Librarians Speak For Users, Michael Tosko Dec 2004

Reference Librarians Speak For Users, Michael Tosko

Michael P Tosko

No abstract provided.


New Entry And The Rate Of Return To Education: The Case Of Registered Nurses, Surrey Walton, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton Dec 2004

New Entry And The Rate Of Return To Education: The Case Of Registered Nurses, Surrey Walton, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton

PHILIP E GRAVES

In the 1970's, the percentage of high school graduates completing RN training increased with little change in the rate of return to training. During the 1980's this percentage declined, despite large increases in the rate of return. The national data employed here examine long-run trends (with emphasis on the 1970's and 1980's) in financial incentives and entry into the nursing profession and suggest that broader professional career opportunities in the 1980's exerted a large impact vis-a-vis the 1970's, among other factors. Rates of return remain high in the 1990's with modest signs of the market stabilizing. Successful policies to ensure …


Value Priority And Human Rights Policy: A Comparison Between China And Western Nations, Hong Xiao Dec 2004

Value Priority And Human Rights Policy: A Comparison Between China And Western Nations, Hong Xiao

Hong Xiao

At the centre of controversy over human rights policy in China is the disagreement on the relationship between two sets of human rights: civil and political rights on the one hand, and social and economic rights on the other. Much of the debate, however, has been undertaken on theoretical and normative levels. Empirical evidence is needed to advance this debate. Drawing data from a multination survey, this research explores whether Chinese and Westerners differ in their human rights policy preferences. The findings suggest that while social and economic rights have a much broader support base in China than in Western …


Review Of Paul Chilton's (2004) Analysing Political Discourse, Adam Hodges Dec 2004

Review Of Paul Chilton's (2004) Analysing Political Discourse, Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

No abstract provided.


Dark Tourism – An Old Concept In A New World, Philip R. Stone Dec 2004

Dark Tourism – An Old Concept In A New World, Philip R. Stone

Dr Philip Stone

A brief article highlighting the historical origins of dark tourism and its relevance in modern-day society.


Consuming Dark Tourism: A Call For Research, Philip Stone Dr Dec 2004

Consuming Dark Tourism: A Call For Research, Philip Stone Dr

Dr Philip Stone

There are an increasing plethora of sites associated with death, tragedy or the macabre that have become significant tourist ‘attractions’. As a result, the term ‘dark tourism’ has entered academic discourse. However, dark tourism literature is both eclectic and theoretically fragile. This is especially the case with regards to consumption and its implications for understanding the ‘dark tourist’. Thus it is suggested that the dimensions of dark tourism consumption have not been extracted or interrogated – only assumed. Consequently, with death and the nature of dying at the crux of the dark tourism concept, this article calls for the development …


Review: Niche Tourism – Contemporary Issues, Trends & Cases, Philip R. Stone Dec 2004

Review: Niche Tourism – Contemporary Issues, Trends & Cases, Philip R. Stone

Dr Philip Stone

Book review for "Niche Tourism – Contemporary Issues, Trends & Cases".


El Índice De Desarrollo Humano Y Su Aplicación A Las Entidades Federativas En México, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu Dec 2004

El Índice De Desarrollo Humano Y Su Aplicación A Las Entidades Federativas En México, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

En este trabajo se analiza al Índice de Desarrollo Humano (IDH) como medida de desarrollo y se construye un IDH a nivel de las entidades federativas en México utilizando información para el año 2000. La investigación argumenta que el IDH carece de una base teórica adecuada, por lo que resulta una medida de desarrollo arbitraria. Asimismo, el trabajo muestra empíricamente que en el caso de las entidades federativas mexicanas el IDH aporta poca información adicional a la que se obtiene utilizando solamente el Producto Interno Bruto per cápita como medida de desarrollo. El trabajo concluye presentando una medida de desarrollo …


Trade Potentials In Gravity Panel Data Models, Luca De Benedictis, Claudio Vicarelli Dec 2004

Trade Potentials In Gravity Panel Data Models, Luca De Benedictis, Claudio Vicarelli

Luca De Benedictis

The paper shows how - using as an example the trade flows between eleven European countries and 31 OECD `reporting' countries - the result of a gravity model, in terms of potential trade, changes substantially when country heterogeneity and dynamics are taken into account.

Comparing the in-sample trade potential index derived from various estimators yields three different results: (a) the average trade potential index poorly represents the distribution of yearly trade potentials; (b) the index converges towards the demarcation value corresponding to the equality between observed and predicted trade flows when country heterogeneity and dynamics are taken into account; (c) …


Managing Switching Costs In Multi-Period Procurements With Strategic Buyers, Tracy R. Lewis, Huseyin Yildirim Dec 2004

Managing Switching Costs In Multi-Period Procurements With Strategic Buyers, Tracy R. Lewis, Huseyin Yildirim

Huseyin Yildirim

No abstract provided.


Die Mitwirkung Der Parlamentarischen Versammlung An Den Konventionen Des Europarats, Beat Habegger Dec 2004

Die Mitwirkung Der Parlamentarischen Versammlung An Den Konventionen Des Europarats, Beat Habegger

Beat Habegger

No abstract provided.


An Integrated Framework For Discovering Digital Library Collections, Karen S. Calhoun Dec 2004

An Integrated Framework For Discovering Digital Library Collections, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

Information seekers are generally on their own to discover and use a research library's growing array of digital collections, and coordination of these collections' development and maintenance is often not optimal. The frequent lack of a conscious design for how collections fit together is of concern because it means that research libraries are not making the most of the substantial investments they are making in digital initiatives. Discussing the author’s team’s research, this paper proposes a framework for a research library's digital collections that offers integrated discovery and a set of best practices to underpin collection building, federated access, and …


Using Advertising Principles To Help Marketing Students Land Their First Job, Ronald Paugh, Oscar T. Mcknight, Setor Danku Dec 2004

Using Advertising Principles To Help Marketing Students Land Their First Job, Ronald Paugh, Oscar T. Mcknight, Setor Danku

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

As competition intensifies for entry-level marketing jobs, students of marketing must become more adept at sharpening their self-marketing and job search skills. The authors illustrate how advertising principles can be applied to this "creative" endeavor


A New Paradigm In Student Course Evaluation: From Instructor Satisfaction To Course Content, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh, M Manzo Dec 2004

A New Paradigm In Student Course Evaluation: From Instructor Satisfaction To Course Content, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh, M Manzo

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Ancient Human Skeletal Remains From Sifnos: An Overview, Anastasia Tsaliki Dec 2004

Ancient Human Skeletal Remains From Sifnos: An Overview, Anastasia Tsaliki

Dr Anastasia Tsaliki, PhD

No abstract provided.


Health And Disease In Greece: Past, Present And Future, Anastasia Tsaliki, C. Roberts, C. Bourbou, A. Lagia, S. Triantaphyllou Dec 2004

Health And Disease In Greece: Past, Present And Future, Anastasia Tsaliki, C. Roberts, C. Bourbou, A. Lagia, S. Triantaphyllou

Dr Anastasia Tsaliki, PhD

No abstract provided.