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The French defence industry in the knowledge management era: A historical overview and evidence from empirical data
In the defence industry the recent development of âmarket for technology', the creation of new European high-technology companies as well as transformations in government agencies have conducted firms to reposition their technological and organisational skills. Our objective is to show that the transformations that have occurred in the past ten years have not only redefined skills and the organisation of production but have also given a more strategic place to knowledge management practices. Thus, we provide a contextual and historical overview with qualitative interviews in order to better understand the relation between KM and innovative behaviour in this industry. We have also built an original industrial and technological database with various samples that provides quantitative information concerning KM and innovative practices. The results of the statistical analysis reveal the specificity of firms in the defence industry. Taking into account the size of the firms and their technological intensity, we show that the behaviour of firms in the defence industry in terms of KM practices is different to that of other firms. The technological performances, the innovation intensity and the patent intensity also show the specificity of this industry. This structural tendency is explained as an innovative behaviour of the French NIS rather than as a mere âtrendâDefence industry, Knowledge management practices, R&D, innovation, technological performance.
Prospects for TLRS baseline accuracies in the western USA
One of the main goals of the LAGEOS satellite mission is the detection of regional geotectonic movements. A parametric study with the intention to obtain the optimal baseline precision from dynamic solutions of laser ranging to LAGEOS is presented. The varied parameters are: length of reduced arc, number of tracking stations, data noise and rate, biases, refraction errors, system efficiency, gravity model errors in the value of GM. The baseline precisions are 1-10 cm depending upon the set of parameters adopted. General principles obtained are also presented
56Ni dredge-up in Supernova 1987A
We use early-time observations of He I 10830 \AA to measure the extent of
upward mixing of radioactive material in SN 1987A. This work develops and
extends the work of Graham (1988), and places constraints on actual explosion
models. The presence of the He I 10830 \AA (2s^{3}S--2p^{3}P) line at
days post-explosion implies re-ionisation by -rays from upwardly-mixed
radioactive material produced during the explosion. Using the unmixed explosion
model 10H (Woosley 1988) as well as mixed versions of it, we estimated the
-ray energy deposition by applying a purely absorptive radiative
transfer calculation. The deposition energy was used to find the ionisation
balance as a function of radius, and hence the 2sS population density
profile. This was then applied to a spectral synthesis model and the synthetic
spectra were compared with the observations. Neither model 10H nor the mixed
version, 10HMM, succeeded in reproducing the observed He I 10830 \AA line. The
discrepancy with the data found for 10HMM is particularly significant, as this
model has successfully reproduced the X-ray and -ray observations and
the UVOIR light curve. We find that a match to the He I line profile is
achieved by reducing the extent of mixing in 10HMM. Our reduced-mixing models
also reproduce the observed -ray line light curves and the iron-group
velocities deduced from late-time infrared line profiles. We suggest that the
He I line method provides a more sensitive measure of the extent of mixing in a
type II supernova explosion.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS (uses epsf.sty
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On (Not) Being Milton: Tony Harrisonâs Liminal Voice
The paper examines the relation between poetic identity, whose ongoing construction remains one of the most persistently reoccurring themes of Harrisonâs work, and the liminal position occupied by the speaker of Harrisonâs verse. In the context of the sociological thought of such scholars as Zygmunt Bauman and Stuart Hall, the following paper discusses the way in which the idea of being in-between operates in âOn Not Being Milton,â an initial poem from Harrisonâs widely acclaimed sonnet sequence The School of Eloquence, whose unique character stems partly from the fact that it constitutes an ongoing poetic project which has continued from 1978 onwards, reflecting the social and cultural changes of contemporary Britain
Discomfort
A thesis in Creative Writing and Media ArtsShort storiesThe stories in this collection are concerned with the lives of middle class Midwestern people who all feel some sense of discomfort or inability to feel at ease in their lives. Throughout this collection there are examples of characters who are discomfited by self-deception, racial profiling of others, misplaced goodwill, and anxiety about the future. In each case, the characters reach a metaphoric wall and find that they must recalibrate their internal compasses in light of what theyâve learned about themselves or their surroundings.Abstract -- Critical introduction -- Pizza party -- 10 bucks -- Tony -- Cinematic life -- Stylist -- Leprechaun -- Reunion -- Sandie -- Old -- Vita
Supervision and culture: Meetings at thresholds
Counsellors are required to engage in supervision in order to reflect on, reflexively review, and extend their practice. Supervision, then, might be understood as a partnership in which the focus of practitioners and supervisors is on ethical and effective practice with all clients. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, there has recently been interest in the implications for supervision of cultural difference, particularly in terms of the Treaty of Waitangi as a practice metaphor, and when non-MÄori practitioners counsel MÄori clients. This article offers an account of a qualitative investigation by a group of counsellors/supervisors into their experiences of supervision as cultural partnership. Based on interviews and then using writing-as-research, the article explores the playing out of supervisionâs contribution to practitionersâ effective and ethical practice in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand, showing a range of possible accounts and strategies and discussing their effects. Employing the metaphor of threshold, the article includes a series of reflections and considerations for supervision practice when attention is drawn to difference
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