The Self of the Field and the Work of Donnel Stern

No study has taken an updated and comprehensive review of Donnel Stern’s writings. An investigation of his philosophical assumptions, locating Stern’s work socioculturally and historically, along with an elucidation of Stern’s background in traditional psychoanalytic literature and clinical practice, brings out the meanings and enigmas present in his theories of dissociation, enactment, unformulated experience, multiple self-states, and reflection. Stern has offered one of the best-integrated theoretical models in relational psychoanalytic theory. An examination of his theories within the theoretical traditions to which he makes claim (psychoanalytic, interpersonal, hermeneutic, postmodern, and democratic) helps elucidate the challenge posed by relational psychoanalysis to the Cartesian split and scientism in psychological study and praxis, while also attending to important clinical implications of Stern’s model. The electronic version of this dissertation is at OhioLink ETD Center, www.ohiolink.edu/et

The Self of the Field and the Work of Donnel Stern

No study has taken an updated and comprehensive review of Donnel Stern’s writings. An investigation of his philosophical assumptions, locating Stern’s work socioculturally and historically, along with an elucidation of Stern’s background in traditional psychoanalytic literature and clinical practice, brings out the meanings and enigmas present in his theories of dissociation, enactment, unformulated experience, multiple self-states, and reflection. Stern has offered one of the best-integrated theoretical models in relational psychoanalytic theory. An examination of his theories within the theoretical traditions to which he makes claim (psychoanalytic, interpersonal, hermeneutic, postmodern, and democratic) helps elucidate the challenge posed by relational psychoanalysis to the Cartesian split and scientism in psychological study and praxis, while also attending to important clinical implications of Stern’s model. The electronic version of this dissertation is at OhioLink ETD Center, www.ohiolink.edu/et

Geodetic infrastructure of Serbia

Geodetic reference systems and their realization at the territory of Serbia have been created and maintained since the end of 19th century. Until mid-80s a series of reference geodetic networks were established: trigonometric networks in four orders, two levelling networks of high accuracybut also a series of gravimetric networks. In the following period of 20 years, there were not any organized worksaiming to maintenance of existing networks and creating new ones. In 1996, works started again on developing a new geodetic infrastructure in the form of realizing: a passive geodetic network, a network of permanent stations (AGROS – the active geodetic reference network of Serbia) as well as basic gravimetric networks. In this paperwork, a short review of works aiming to establish and use said networks is given but also a series of suggestions for a future development of geodetic infrastructure of Serbia

2004-2006 Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Information College of Arts and Sciences, College of Social Sciences, Williams College of Business, Course Catalog

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Social Spaces of Research Communication: Investigating atmospheres in zones of trade

The roots of the ‘contentious’ relationship between science and society in the United Kingdom are frequently attributed to poor communication, if there is any communication at all, between academic researchers and various publics. This research explores how and why researchers working in various fields of science are practicing diverse roles in the process of research communication beyond academia. The aims of the research were threefold. First, it aimed to capture researchers’ views on their diverse practices in communication of their research beyond academia and whether these reflected social spaces and associated atmospheres in which they were working. The second aim was to investigate the role of university boundary spaces (communications office, knowledge transfer/ business engagement, science outreach) in the communicative practices. The third aim was to ascertain how the recently integrated ‘impact’ component within the UK national Research Evaluation Framework (REF) may influence communication practices of researchers. In order to address these aims, a qualitative investigation was conducted based predominantly on semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis. The research uses a qualitative methodology involving interviews with a purposely selected sample of relevant academic or academically related actors, mainly selected from a University Institution which forms the case study for this research. Research communication beyond academia is found to be a diverse and contingent process constituted through interactions that are concurrently tangible and ephemeral between certain human and non-human actors. Researchers engage in a variety of activities for the purposes of research communication which are contingent on the interactions between animate and inanimate actors in the social spaces where engagement events occur. These interactions often rendered engagement spaces as trading zones, identified according to the outcomes for all the animate and inanimate actors involved. At the university level, there are boundary spaces which coordinate the formation of trading zones between researchers and publics; where research communication occurs through relations-focused and transactions-focused practices. The introduction of the ‘impact’ component within the latest version of the UK research evaluation framework can potentially lead to the narrowing of engagement practices due to valuation that is placed on the framework criteria. The thesis makes an original contribution by demonstrating the value of an interdisciplinary approach combining theories and methods from social geography and other fields of research to the public understanding of science, public engagement with science and science communication. Furthermore, it provides new insights on the ways that researchers view their practices of research communication and how these relate to institutional and societal contexts in which they work

Tematski zbornik radova međunarodnog značaja. Tom 1 / Međunarodni naučni skup "Dani Arčibalda Rajsa", Beograd, 1-2. mart 2013

The Thematic Conference Proceedings contains 138 papers written by eminent scholars in the field of law, security, criminalistics, police studies, forensics, medicine, as well as members of national security system participating in education of the police, army and other security services from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, China, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska and Serbia. Each paper has been reviewed by two competent international reviewers, and the Thematic Conference Proceedings in whole has been reviewed by five international reviewers. The papers published in the Thematic Conference Proceedings contain the overview of con-temporary trends in the development of police educational system, development of the police and contemporary security, criminalistics and forensics, as well as with the analysis of the rule of law activities in crime suppression, situation and trends in the above-mentioned fields, and suggestions on how to systematically deal with these issues. The Thematic Conference Proceedings represents a significant contribution to the existing fund of scientific and expert knowledge in the field of criminalistic, security, penal and legal theory and practice. Publication of this Conference Proceedings contributes to improving of mutual cooperation between educational, scientific and expert institutions at national, regional and international level

Fast fashion: supply-chain management as the basis for disruptive business model innovation - a case study in the context of the theory of the firm

Supply Chain Management has been traditionally understood as the management and optimisation of logistic processes regarding the management of flows of goods. Business research recognises the Supply Chain as mainly a support service for its key activities, and which is generally examined in regard to the technical and engineering aspects with the sole objective of finding the minimum cost solution. This research argues instead that, in the fashion industry at least, Supply Chain Management becomes a key activity in Value Chain management and therefore in the business model. As a consequence, this study is not a Supply Chain Management Study in the traditional sense but rather examines the disruptive fashion business model focusing on innovation, starting with the restructuring of the Supply Chain, based on information technology revolutionising the retail business and, particularly, the fashion industry. Information technology has generated a completely new Supply Chain Management model, leading to disruptive competitive advantage. This research focuses on the exploration of the Supply Chain at the level of the theory of the firm and the concept of the business model, rather than at a technical or operational level. The theoretical lens is at firm level examining the concept of the business model. The empirical part of this study applies qualitative and quantitative methods, as indicated. The main quantitative method is financial analysis, which enables the examination of fifteen industry-leading companies within the fashion industry. Additionally, descriptive and bivariate statistical analysis are applied to examine the statistical strength and significance of relationships between Supply Chain and business performance variables. The second part of the empirical research uses expert interviews with industry professionals to verify or falsify the findings of the statistical analysis, and to develop the findings further. The classical Supply Chain research approach is also questionable and should be revisited; typical Supply Chain research variables include efficiency, effectiveness, cycle time, postponement, whereas the main objective of Supply Chain research is the optimum configuration and design of a Supply Chain. This research study makes a unique contribution to knowledge situating the supply chain within the context of the theory of the firm and provides evidence that the Supply Chain is more than a support function, it represents a key business activity to increase competitiveness providing the infrastructure for disruptive business model innovations. The overall result of the industry case study and the expert interviews is that digitalisation changes the possibilities in the Supply Chain configuration considerably. New Supply Chain configurations enabled by digitalisation have led to disruptive business model innovations, so that Supply Chain Management has become a key business activity because it is the basis of the reorganising of the relationship between the firm’s purchase markets, product development, manufacturing, distribution channels, and the consumer market. This development represents a restricted change at a lower level of business operations but a major one at the strategic level, with implications for the theory of the firm and the theory of a firm’s growth. In this regard, the main issues of future Supply Chain research may therefore be the challenges of delivering the right goods at the right time to the right location and how to deliver the right data regarding commodity flows to the right decision maker, within the right time. The Supply Chain department may gradually become a Value Chain Management department, the business model development department, at least in the industrial firm. However, the term management may be somewhat misleading in this context because management means controlling, implementing and supervising network-centric operations in which defined production processes, reporting, distribution processes and decisions almost always initiated by real-time POS data leading to a highly responsive value chain

Time Localization of Abrupt Changes in Cutting Process using Hilbert Huang Transform

Cutting process is extremely dynamical process influenced by different phenomena such as chip formation, dynamical responses and condition of machining system elements. Different phenomena in cutting zone have signatures in different frequency bands in signal acquired during process monitoring. The time localization of signal’s frequency content is very important. An emerging technique for simultaneous analysis of the signal in time and frequency domain that can be used for time localization of frequency is Hilbert Huang Transform (HHT). It is based on empirical mode decomposition (EMD) of the signal into intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) as simple oscillatory modes. IMFs obtained using EMD can be processed using Hilbert Transform and instantaneous frequency of the signal can be computed. This paper gives a methodology for time localization of cutting process stop during intermittent turning. Cutting process stop leads to abrupt changes in acquired signal correlated to certain frequency band. The frequency band related to abrupt changes is localized in time using HHT. The potentials and limitations of HHT application in machining process monitoring are shown

The principle of collegiality in the Commission's decision-making : legal substance and institutional practice

The European Commission decides collegially, meaning that every member of the college is equal in the adoption of decisions. The principle of collegiality is a core legal principle of the Commission’s internal decision-making and dictates how the institution legitimately develops, implements and enforces policy in a multinational polity. Because of collegiality, Commissioners bear collective responsibility for the decisions they adopt. This in turn guarantees the Commissioners’ independence from Member States and acts as a safeguard to the Commission’s supranational character. My research focuses on the legal substance of the principle of collegiality, its implementation in the Commission’s decision-making and how collegiality has evolved to adapt to changing institutional and political dynamics. The legal analysis of the principle is complemented by empirical research to retrace implementation in the different layers of decision-making (college-services) and according to the different functions performed by the Commission in its enforcement, administrative and legislative activities. Targeted case studies in specific functional areas help assess how the legal definition of collegiality matches up with reality.The thesis argues that although collegial procedures permeate every aspect of the Commission’s decision-making, there is a gap between the legal concept of collegiality and its actual practice. Formally, the college of Commissioners adopts all decisions, regardless of whether they are legislative proposals or competition decisions. Behind the scenes, however, the principle is implemented with different intensities and in different ways depending on the functions performed by the Commission. These variations raise the question of how to ensure the unity of the Commission as a collegial body despite the diversification of decision-making functions. They also encourage an examination of how the principle of collegiality affects the Commission’s role in the current EU institutional, legal and political setting

Towards a holistic lean product development framework

Companies consider product development (PD) their competitive lever to survive in a technology-fuelled and fast-paced environment. Lean Product Development (LPD) is a promising concept currently being adopted by companies focusing on maximising customer value, shortening lead times, and reducing costs in PD. This research initially concentrates on developing a comprehensive LPD framework which subsumes existing concepts and supersedes them by including findings from the wider PD research area. The investigation then leads into understanding the highly-interwoven, yet underinvestigated, character of LPD to pave the way for its implementation into the complex knowledge-based PD environment. The deduced systematic implementation plan, which both provides an appropriate level of detail and accounts for the inherent complexities of LPD, supports companies in their struggle to embrace Lean practices in PD. The LPD framework is developed by employing a content analysis of existing concepts and integrating insights from the wider PD environment. The relationships between the framework’s elements are investigated using the results of a self-administered questionnaire embedded in a cross-sectional research design and complemented by the fruitful discussions found in literature. The insights into the inner workings of the framework are subsequently appropriated to formulate general recommendations and an effective implementation plan