28 research outputs found

    Proceedings of the 2nd Int'l Workshop on Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures - Concepts and Applications (EMISA'07)

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    The 2nd International Workshop on “Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures – Concepts and Applications” (EMISA’07) addresses all aspects relevant for enterprise modelling as well as for designing enterprise architectures in general and information systems architectures in particular. It was jointly organized by the GI Special Interest Group on Modelling Business Information Systems (GI-SIG MoBIS) and the GI Special Interest Group on Design Methods for Information Systems (GI-SIG EMISA). -- These proceedings feature a selection of 15 high quality contributions from academia and practice on enterprise architecture models, business processes management, information systems engineering, and other important issues in enterprise modelling and information systems architectures

    Generation And Transmission Systems For Wave Power: A Feasibility Study

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    Following his recommendation to WESC, Dr. J.K. Wright was asked to approach GEC, Joseph Lucas and IRD with a view to seeking their support in assessing the technical feasibility and cost of converting wave energy, available in some mechanical form at the output of a device (WEC), to a more usable form for consumption on the UK mainland. At this time it was anticipated that this usable form would be electricity which would be fed into the CEGB/Scottish Boards grid network but it was also agreed that other energy forms were to be included. Early agreement by the companies on the desirability of such a study and discussions on how it might proceed led to the proposal 'Getting the Power to Shore' (1). The overall objectives of the study were agreed as (i) to identify and assess possible energy conversion and transmission system; (ii) estimate the performance and cost of the more promising systems and make a first order assessment of the impact of the operational and performance characteristics of particular designs on the overall economics of WEC systems; (iii) provide design information for the device teams developing particular WECs - both through independent studies and by way of consultancies; (iv) estimate the timescales and the R & D effort required to implement particular designs. The very large number of possible routes, the unfamiliar characteristics of the energy supply and the 'fluid' state of the thinking of the device teams were all factors which led TAG 6 to propose a preliminary, 9 month, 'broad brush' study as a necessary precursor to a detailed study of preferred systems. It is this preliminary study which is the subject of the present report. The succeeding sections of the report set out the specific objectives of the preliminary survey, set out the system options, discuss the assumptions which have been made in relation to wave and device properties and then discuss specific elements of the possible systems. The final sections relate these generic considerations to specific device designs and describe the preferred systems, ranked in order of technical 'credibility' and cost, which TAG 6 believe should be examined in greater detail during the second stage of its phase I study. Frequent reference is made to the working papers which have been prepared in the course of this study (a total of more than sixty are listed in Appendix III). It goes without saying that these papers are available for examination by anyone who wishes to obtain background information and supporting technical detail but the reader is asked to note that these are working papers and do not necessarily represent the present views of TAG 6. It would be surprising if detailed studies during stage II, when better information is available from device teams and the other TAGs, do not give rise to further shifts of emphasis

    The spatial organisation and socio-cultural basis of traditional courtyard houses.

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    Molecular characterisation of the Polaris locus of Arabidopsis

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    This study is concerned with the analysis of the AtEMl0l promoter trap line of Arabidopsis thaliana. AtEMl0l seedlings show GUS expression in the tips of both primary and lateral roots, and more weakly in the hypocotyl and cotyledons. GUS activity in mature plants is found variably in both rosette and cauline leaves, stem nodes and also siliques but not other floral organs. Active auxins rapidly upregulate whilst cytokinins downregulate GUS transcript levels. AtEMl0l roots are shorter than those of the wild-type, a phenotype which is putatively linked to elevated ethylene levels. AtEMl0l roots were also found to be hypersensitive to exogenous cytokinins. Root patterning is not affected, but cells distal to the elongation zone are shorter in the AtEMl0l line than the wild-type. The T-DNA in line AtEMl0l was found to have inserted in a small, low abundance gene named POLARIS, which encodes a putative 36 amino acid polypeptide, which does not share homology to any known genes. POLARIS shows unusual genome organisation, with its 5' end overlapping with the 3' end of an upstream gene. Upstream sequence, embedded within the upstream gene, when fused to GUS were able to direct expression in root tips whilst a longer fragment mimics the GUS expression of the AtEMl0l line. Retransformation of the AtEMl0l line with a wild-type allele of POLARIS was able to complement the mutant phenotype indicating that the T-DNA insertion into POLARIS is responsible for the AtEMlOl phenotype. Overexpression of POLRIS resulted in transgenic plants with reduced sensitivity to both cytokinins and ACC. The structure of the POLARIS locus and the potential role of POLARIS in regulating cytokinin-induced ethylene levels, with regards to the control of root growth, are discussed

    The international politics of post-conflict reconstruction in Guatemala.

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    This thesis examines the international politics of post-conflict reconstruction in Guatemala. To do so, it articulates an analytical framework based on the political philosophy of Antonio Gramsci. The framework emphasises the nature of power, coercion and consent, and the problematic of political subjectivity, augmenting Gramsci's understanding of the latter with insights from Michel Foucault's notion of neoliberal governmentality. Based on this theoretical framework, the thesis examines the historical-material development of the Guatemalan ensemble of social relations into one of counterinsurgent disarticulation. It argues that counterinsurgency reflects the impulse to secure the 'remainder' of disarticulation - the exploited, marginalised, 'traditional' element of society constructed around semi-proletarian labour - a sector of society that is both (re)produced through disarticulation and denied by its 'modem' element. A crisis of counterinsurgent disarticulation leads to the Guatemalan peace process, which involves negotiations structured around certain understandings of democratic participation that protect elite privilege, particularly electoral democracy and consultation with 'civil society'. The divisions within Guatemala's elites are not entirely resolved through the peace process: the accords reflect an unstable 'caesarist' resolution (a form of 'passive' hegemony) that relies o n a coalition of modernising elites, the international community and the guerrilla. This coalition agrees a set of peace accords that would reconstruct the post-conflict Guatemalan state along neoliberal lines, at the level of both society and individual subjectivity. Although the agreements are not fully implemented, the pattern of implementation itself reflects particular neoliberal priorities, while the normative project of peace validates the ethico-political claims of neoliberalism and (re)deflnes progressive politics in Guatemala in terms of the implementation of the neoliberal accords. The thesis thus argues that peace processes may function as technologies for the (re)construction of neoliberalism

    Nature, law and historical transformation : A comparative study with particular reference to China and India.

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    This thesis examines historical transformation through the prism of legal transformation. The central question it addresses is: what is the nature of historical and legal transformation? Making demonstrative reference to recent legal change in China and India, and after setting that change within the broadest historical context, the thesis shows that both jurisdictions manifest a gradual though powerful trend towards legal uniformity through the remarkably similar developmental trajectories they each disclose. This it takes to connote a wider trend within the culture of advanced modernity, one that involves a systematic departure from the basic precepts of the natural law. Observance of these precepts, it argues, represents an ineliminable guarantee of maximal individual freedom and cultural diversity. Explaining these conclusions, the thesis distinguishes three normative orders each allowing a different degree of human volition: the linguistic, the physical and the legal. The third of these orders, the legal, is characterised as an admixture of the other two. Its particular distinguishing feature is that it is in some manner pressure bearing. Amongst the varieties of normative social pressure, a general movement can be detected towards greater formalisation. As legal norms become more formalised, they become less like the norms of language and more like those of physical nature. The degree to which this shift takes place is an indication of the extent to which society has been denatured. This process of denaturing is rooted in a deeper process of materialisation. The human being is an irreducibly material and immaterial composite whose consequent material and immaterial inclinations need to be satisfied in an ordered fashion giving priority to the former. To the extent that choices are made which try to satisfy immaterial needs with material goods, fundamental distortions arise. The principal significance of the thesis is that it demonstrates the fruitfulness for comparative analysis of traditional natural law thinking. On this basis it offers a new model for understanding social and legal change

    Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine, no. 8.1, part 2

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    Art Style | Art & Culture International Magazine is an open access, biannual, and peer-reviewed online magazine that aims to bundle cultural diversity. All values of cultures are shown in their varieties of art. Beyond the importance of the medium, form, and context in which art takes its characteristics, we also consider the significance of socio-cultural, historical, and market influence. Thus, there are different forms of visual expression and perception through the media and environment. The images relate to the cultural changes and their time-space significance—the spirit of the time. Hence, it is not only about the image itself and its description but rather its effects on culture, in which reciprocity is involved. For example, a variety of visual narratives—like movies, TV shows, videos, performances, media, digital arts, visual technologies and video game as part of the video’s story, communications design, and also, drawing, painting, photography, dance, theater, literature, sculpture, architecture and design—are discussed in their visual significance as well as in synchronization with music in daily interactions. Moreover, this magazine handles images and sounds concerning the meaning in culture due to the influence of ideologies, trends, or functions for informational purposes as forms of communication beyond the significance of art and its issues related to the sociocultural and political context
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