A method for determining nodal arrival times at the moon from precessing near-earth parking orbits having various inclinations

Effect of precession of near-earth orbits on timing of inplane launching for nodal encounter with moo

Fair Trade and its Value in Today’s Globalized Economy

My capstone examines how fair trade can operate in today’s globalized economy and how it can aid in solving some of the large problems that globalization has created. This paper is structured in the following way. It first examines globalization and the ways that it has advanced the world today. Then, it ventures into the problems that globalization has created and how they can be repaired using fair trade. This paper also looks into how fair trade has been successful in the recent past and how it can be improved in the future. It especially highlights how profitable fair trade can be for businesses, as well as for its workers that are currently being exploite

Transonic Flutter Characteristics of an Aspect-Ratio-4, 45 deg. Sweptback, Taper-Ratio-0.2 Plan Form

The results of several flutter investigations to determine the effects of plan-form variations on the flutter characteristics of thin cantilevered wings at transonic Mach numbers have been reported previously. In the present investigation the data are extended to include a wing having an aspect ratio of 4, 45 of sweepback, and a taper ratio of 0.2. The data were obtained in the Langley transonic blowdown tunnel over a Mach number range from 0.6 to 1.4. The experimental results indicate an abrupt and rather large increase in both a flutter-speed parameter and a flutter-frequency parameter as the Mach number is increased from 1.05 to 1.10. The foregoing is interpreted as indicating a marked change in the flutter mode. Calculated flutter speeds, based on incompressible-flow aerodynamic coefficients, were too high by 20 percent or more throughout the subsonic Mach number range of the investigation. Calculated flutter frequencies were about 7 percent too high at a Mach number of 0.65 and were about 20 percent too high at a Mach number of 0.9. No significant independent effects of thickness were indicated for the plan form investigated as the thickness was changed from 3 to 4 percent chord

Refugees and higher education: selected themes and research questions

This working paper addresses three overarching themes of refugee higher education as elucidated in our recent coedited publication, Refugees and higher education: Trans-national perspectives on access, equity and internationalization. These themes are expanded upon to point toward critically-oriented future research, and include: education as a human right constrained by legal status, fee-based provision, and sector differentiation; considering the intersection of different “displacements;” and wrap-around services as both essential and requiring cross-disciplinary work

Migrants, Refugees, and “Diversity” at German Universities: A Grounded Theory Analysis

Thesis advisor: Hans de WitThe current displacement crisis in the German context has focused scholarly attention on refugee student access to higher education. However, much less research has attended to supports at higher education institutions (HEIs) for enrolled migrant and refugee students. In fact, education research in the German setting rarely focuses on students from any migrant background, though these students comprise between 20-25% of all German tertiary enrollment. This study uses Constructivist Grounded Theory (Charmaz, 2014) and a postcolonial lens to analyze “equal opportunity” plans and programs at 32 German HEIs across all 16 federal states. Data sources include the “equal opportunity plan” unique to each HEI (Gleichstellungsplan) and interviews with “equal opportunity office” (Gleichstellungsbüro) faculty and staff. Key findings include a bureaucratization and numerification of diversity in the German case, as well as an almost exclusive focus on diversity as gender. This dissertation offers a potentially transferable theoretical model, which may be relevant in national settings with increasingly diverse student populations, histories of colonial possession or fantasy, or primarily public higher education systems (Bhabha, 1994; El-Tayeb, 2016; Kilomba, 2008; Said, 1979).Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2020.Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education.Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education

Internacionalização voltada à justiça social global: iniciativas de universidades brasileiras para integrar refugiados e populações deslocadas

The increased immersion of global higher education in a competitive, economy-oriented paradigm calls for perspectives on international interaction that are explicitly aimed at shaping cooperative, sustainable, and alternative futures. In Brazil, higher education internationalization efforts driven by the Brazilian government have historically been attached to the State’s development interests. As they have consolidated in a hegemonic way (mainly focused on Brazil’s integration in the capitalist global market), initiatives pursued by individual higher education institutions themselves gain relevance in that context. In this article, we explore the projects developed by two Brazilian federal universities – the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) and the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – seeking to integrate refugees and displaced populations into higher education and the Brazilian society more generally. Our approach combines bibliographic and document analysis with interviews of key actors. Based on the results, we emphasize: 1. The role of Brazilian higher education institutions’ autonomy in order to develop internationalization strategies that are both contextually relevant and aimed at promoting global social justice; 2. The importance of linking existing university outreach activities aimed at marginalized groups to institutional policy for internationalization, so that internationalization efforts do not end up suppressing the more direct social role of those institutions.La creciente inmersión de la educación superior global en un paradigma competitivo y orientado a la economía plantea la búsqueda de perspectivas de interacción internacional dirigida explícitamente al diseño de futuros cooperativos, sostenibles y alternativos. En Brasil, los esfuerzos de internacionalización en educación superior llevados a cabo por el gobierno brasileño han estado históricamente vinculados a los intereses de desarrollo del Estado. A medida que se consolidan de forma hegemónica (centrándose principalmente en la integración de Brasil en el mercado capitalista global), las iniciativas desarrolladas por las propias instituciones de educación superior se vuelven relevantes. En este artículo, exploramos los proyectos desarrollados por dos universidades federales brasileñas: la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) y la Universidad Federal de Paraná (UFPR), cuyo objetivo es integrar a los refugiados y las poblaciones desplazadas en los contextos. Educación superior y sociedad brasileña en general. Nuestro enfoque combina análisis bibliográfico y documental con entrevistas con actores clave. Con base en los resultados, enfatizamos: 1. El papel de la autonomía de las instituciones de educación superior brasileñas para desarrollar estrategias de internacionalización que sean contextualmente relevantes y que busquen promover la justicia social global; 2. La importancia de vincular las actividades de extensión universitaria existentes a los grupos marginados con la política institucional de internacionalización, de modo que los esfuerzos de internacionalización no terminen suprimiendo el papel social más directo de estas instituciones.A crescente imersão da educação superior global em um paradigma competitivo e orientado para a economia suscita a busca por perspectivas de interação internacional explicitamente voltadas ao desenho de futuros cooperativos, sustentáveis e alternativos. No Brasil, os esforços de internacionalização na educação superior conduzidos pelo governo brasileiro têm sido historicamente vinculados aos interesses desenvolvimentista do Estado. À medida que se consolidam de forma hegemônica (principalmente com foco na integração do Brasil no mercado capitalista global), as iniciativas desenvolvidas pelas próprias instituições de educação superior ganham relevância. Neste artigo, exploramos os projetos desenvolvidos por duas universidades federais brasileiras - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) e Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – que visam à integração de refugiados e de populações deslocadas nos contextos da educação superior e da sociedade brasileira em geral. Nossa abordagem combina análise bibliográfica e documental com entrevistas com atores-chave. Com base nos resultados, enfatizamos: 1. O papel da autonomia das instituições de educação superior brasileiras para desenvolver estratégias de internacionalização que sejam contextualmente relevantes e que busquem promover a justiça social global; 2. A importância de vincular as atividades de extensão universitária existentes a grupos marginalizados à política institucional de internacionalização, para que os esforços de internacionalização não acabem suprimindo o papel social mais direto dessas instituições