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Enforcing the rights and freedoms of disabled people: the role of transnational law (Part I)
In Part I of this article we examined the actual and potential application of global international law (GIL) to the development of rights and freedoms for people with disabilities. We concluded that there is currently no binding and accessible GIL instrument that specifically relates to this group. Instead, an emphasis was placed upon those instruments that have a generic application to human rights and a clear potential application to the protection of disability rights primarily through their provisions relating to non-discrimination. Moreover, we stressed that the instruments of GIL also have the potential to provide an indirect benefit to disabled people as tools of influence and persuasion in the development of non-discrimination and affirmative action empowerment programmes at both a national and international level. In Part II, we apply a similar analysis to the opportunities offered by European international law (EIL).</p
Fork-decompositions of matroids
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On matroids of branch-width three
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Near-infrared spectra of Seyfert galaxies and line production mechanisms
New observations are reported of J-band spectra (1.04micron -- 1.4 micron) of
three Seyfert 2 galaxies, Mkn 34, Mkn 78 and NGC 5929. In each case the
spectral range includes the near-infrared lines of [FeII], [PII], HeI and Pa
beta. Each Seyfert galaxy has a known radio jet, and we investigate the
infrared line ratios of the nuclear and extended regions of each galaxy
compared to the radio structure. In Mkn 34 there is a clear indication of an
extranuclear region, probably coincident with a shock induced by the radio jet,
in which [FeII] is considerably enhanced, although the nuclear emission is
almost certainly the result of photoionization by the continuum of the active
nucleus. Similar effects in extranuclear regions are seen in the other objects,
in the case of Mkn 78 confirming recent studies by Ramos Almeida et al. A
possible detection of extranuclear [PII] emission suggests, if real, that
photoionization by the active nucleus is the dominant line excitation mechanism
over the whole source, including the regions coincident with the radio jet.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures. Accepted by MNRA
Minimal energy control of a nanoelectromechanical memory element
The Pontryagin minimal energy control approach has been applied to minimise the switching energy in a nanoelectromechanical memory system and to characterise global stability of the oscillatory states of the bistable memory element. A comparison of two previously experimentally determined pulse-type control signals with Pontryagin control function has been performed, and the superiority of the Pontryagin approach with regard to power consumption has been demonstrated. An analysis of global stability shows how values of minimal energy can be utilized in order to specify equally stable states
Cognitive learning outcomes in a cardiac nursing course: A pilot study
This study measured the cognitive learning outcomes of registered nurses who completed a short cardiac nursing course. This course was held in a metropolitan teaching hospital during four weeks in September, 1989. The author grouped the twenty participants into one of two groups according to prior acute cardiac nursing experience; (1) those who had less than six months post-basic cardiac nursing experience; and (2) those who had six months or more post-basic cardiac nursing experience. A pre-course test and post-course test was given to the participants to measure the dependent variable, that is, cognitive knowledge. Using as case-comparative design, the results of both groups were then compared to determine what effect prior experience, the independent variable, had on the learning outcomes. That is, which group benefits more from a course? The studyâs main purpose was to contribute to the dearth of literature on assessment of cognitive learning outcomes in nursing courses. An adaptation of Stakeâs Countenance Model of Evaluation (1973) was used which provided a means to propose and test relationships between the variables via three hypotheses. The Gestalt cognitive discovery view of learning formed the theoretical rationale for the study and results were discussed in light of this view. This study found that whilst prior relevant experience has significant effect on the scores gained by the experienced nurses, the most significant results was the gain scores of the non-experienced nurses whose scores from pre-test to post-test rose by almost two standard deviations. The gain scores of the experienced nurses rose be only one standard deviation. These results indicate that cognitive learning had taken place and that both groups of nurses benefit from such a course. As even a rise of one standard deviation is very significant
The Nuclear Outflow in NGC 2110
We present a HST/STIS spectroscopic and optical/radio imaging study of the
Seyfert NGC 2110 aiming to measure the dynamics and understand the nature of
the nuclear outflow in the galaxy. Previous HST studies have revealed the
presence of a linear structure in the Narrow-Line Region (NLR) aligned with the
radio jet. We show that this structure is strongly accelerated, probably by the
jet, but is unlikely to be entrained in the jet flow. The ionisation properties
of this structure are consistent with photoionisation of dusty, dense gas by
the active nucleus. We present a plausible geometrical model for the NLR,
bringing together various components of the nuclear environment of the galaxy.
We highlight the importance of the circum-nuclear disc in determining the
appearance of the emission line gas and the morphology of the jet. From the
dynamics of the emission line gas, we place constraints on the accelerating
mechanism of the outflow and discuss the relative importance of radio source
synchrotron pressure, radio jet ram pressure and nuclear radiation pressure in
accelerating the gas. While all three mechanisms can account for the energetics
of the emission line gas, gravitational arguments support radio jet ram
pressure as the most likely source of the outflow.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures; accepted to MNRA
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