... sponsored by the Director of Operational Planning, Headquarters U.S Air Force, and conducted within the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE RAND Project AIR FORCE RAND Project AIR ... activities, and propaganda/psychological warfare All of these instruments are designed to weaken and/ or destroy thepowerand legitimacy of a ruling government, while at the same time increasing thepower ... Terrorists and insurgents share important features (e.g., their status as nonstate actors, their use of violence, andthe clandestine nature of many of their activities), but these are outweighed by their...
... and no weaker system of law enforcement than this; for it delivers the enforcement ofthe law to the vicissitudes ofthe distribution ofpower between the violator ofthe law andthe victim of ... years, not only as a result ofthe end ofthe Cold War, the disintegration ofthe Soviet Union andthe demise of most command economies The earlier process of decolonisation, the acquisition by non-industrialised ... ask what is evidence of practice required for the loss of obligatory quality of a norm is the mirror ofthe evidence of practice required for the 14 formation ofthe norm in the first place.’ See...
... emissions of other harmful pollutants Studies on concentrations of individual 35 I Air Pollution andthe Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone air pollutants andthe risk of ... pollution, mortality and illnesses I Air Pollution andthe Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone Introduction and Background Air pollution is one ofthe most serious environmental ... understand the magnitude and distribution of mortality and disease caused by air pollution in order to weigh the benefits against the cost of improving air quality This report provides estimates of...
... funded research and development center sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense ... study by the author on U.S carrier air operations and capability improvements since the end ofthe cold war They should interest U.S naval officers and other members ofthe defense and na- iii ... sponsored by the Director ofAir Warfare (OPNAV N78) in the Office ofthe Chief of Naval Operations and was conducted in the International Security and Defense Policy Center ofthe RAND National Defense...
... conceptions ofthe social identities of those implicated in the particular operation ofpowerThe rest of Chapter is devoted to presenting the main idea ofthe book, in that it characterizes the primary ... lens ofthe State of Nature story about the origins ofthe concept of knowledge I argue that we can understand the wrong in terms of epistemic objectification, and I explain that notion by way of ... silencing of Marge here involves an exercise of power, andof gender power in particular But what we mean by power? And how does gender power relate to the general notion of social power? In...
... evident then, that the future ofthe English nation now lay “with the middle-aged andthe unfit”.71 The Limits of Knowledge: The Medical Profession andThe Great Flu At the time ofthe Great Flu, the ... burials and opt for cremation instead Thankfully, they received the aid of a detachment ofthe Labour Corps ofthe Western Command ofthe Royal Army to dig graves, thus ameliorating the worst ofthe ... pushes the boundaries of history beyond the purview ofthe nation-state to consider the hitherto ignored, the local, the mundane, andthe fact that the “primary, elementary connection between man and...
... the hands ofthe police He wanted to have some liquor, the selling of which was against the law He tried to buy some illegally, but his possession ofthe contraband was discovered by one ofthe ... masterfully with the mystery ofthe God, with people's beliefs In ThePowerandthe Glory Greene illustrates God's kindness as it defies the violent, atheistic government through the faith of his flawed, ... feared the authorities, refused Father Montez was led out and shot But the lieutenant of police had not succeeded in removing the Church's influence; in the evening ofthe day on which father Montez...
... andthe costs and benefits of each of them It assesses the impact ofthe Strategy based on the best scientific understanding of emissions, atmospheric transport, andthe human health and environmental ... competitiveness and employment The analysis focuses on the most significant impacts andthe most important distributive effects, andthe depth of analysis matches the significance ofthe impacts The reduction ... EN Measures and instruments The impact assessment ofthe different options is based on the analysis of a set of technological measures with the RAINS model The level of ambition ofthe Strategy,...
... wave, andthe waves scatter off the layers or rows of atoms Part ofthe wave scatters back the way it came, and if the wavelength is about the same as the spacing of successive layers, all the backscattered ... justifiable to claim the example ofthe Neanderthals shows The Neanderthals left behind precious few hints of symbolic abilities in the abundant record they bequeathed us of their lives, and it is clear ... cancel one another out according to the light’s wavelength, its direction of travel through the crystal, the refractive index ofthe glass, andthe size and arrangement of all the holes Perfect...
... link the major gene to other genes and thus violate the assumption of independent segregation of a major gene and polygenes The objective of this paper was to study the effect of violation ofthe ... generated under the finite locus model than under the mixed model Violation ofthe assumption of independent segregation ofthe major gene and other genes had a negative effect on thepowerofthe mixed ... than the mixed model The finite locus model did not have a negative effect on thepower compared with the mixed generating model Instead, thepowerofthe methods was often higher under the finite...
... in the 1960 s At the time, airtight houses started to be built in urban area, andair pollution due to a lack of fresh air because ofthe low ventilation rate had been recognized.6, 7) Higher airtight ... heating andpower generation is considered the main source of SO2 and particulate contamination, which damage human health.52) Domestic sources of SO2 are associated with the use of coal and other ... reported SHS The definition of SHS was proposed as “health impairments caused by indoor air pollution, regardless ofthe place, causative substance, or pathogenesis.”15) The health effect ofair pollution...
... component to the model ofthe choice ofthe length of stay The decision depends on the value ofthe unobservable taste We can now construct the probability of observing a series of stay decisions ... ofthe ACP program in effect during the period covered by the data used to estimate the parameters ofthe model (By specifics we mean, for example, the amount ofthe annual bonus, the amount ofthe ... using the maximum ofthe expected value ofthe two coin flips—$0.50— rather than the expected value ofthe maximum—$0.75.) This approximation resulted in a model that the computer hardware and software...
... was the revolt of women against housework in Europe andthe US, and later the rise of feminist movements across the planet, in the 1980s and 1990s that triggered the most radical rethinking of ... immediate was the refusal ofthe slogans ofthe Marxist left, such as the ideas ofthe "general strike" or "refusal of work," both of which were never inclusive of house-workers Over time, the realization ... collapse ofthe birth rate and increase in the number of divorces could be read as instances of resistance to the capitalist discipline of work The personal became political and capital andthe state...
... employment and our experience of work, andthe operation ofthe modern state The advent ofthe internet has generated new and heightened interest in the governmental operations ofthe state, ... example, the administration and management of policy, the delivery of services, the development, analysis and evaluation of policy, the involvement of political and democratic processes and interacting ... intention in the use of tools and reflect on the way in which instruments can transform the way in which we understand and see the world In a very literal way, the invention ofthe telescope and microscope...
... significant explanatory power to the regression Other diagnostic techniques and heuristic criteria were employed to ensure the goodness of fit ofthe model, and that the predictions ofthe model for all ... Specifically, the model was estimated using the data from 1979 to 1983, the data for 1999 and 2000, andthe average of all ofthe available data Associations were reported between all three of these ... account for the dispersion and transport capacity of polluting emissions The model includes measures ofthe annual average and seasonal changes (measured as the standard deviation ofthe monthly...
... Turkey, and Australia It is the hostile regional powers that have been the focus of U.S military strategy and defense planning andthe target ofthe most intense uses of U.S military power over the ... because the region is producing two rising great powers: China and India They are likely to be competitive with each other and with the other regional great power, Japan The role ofthe region’s other ... understand better the capabilities that the USAF can bring to bear in support of U.S interests andthe ability ofthe USAF to meet the challenging demands of a changing technological and security...
... sickness and mortality Air Pollution Alert System: A system which warns of deteriorating air quality 3.0 Purpose ofthe API and AQI 3.1 Purpose ofthe API The API is the basis of an Air Pollution ... theAir Quality Index One ofthe AQI sub-index values may be the API sub-index If the API sub-index is the highest ofthe sub-indices, then the API is the basis ofthe AQI Adverse Meteorological ... measurements ofair pollution in various communities throughout Ontario theAir Pollution Index andtheAir Quality Index This guideline outlines the objectives of these two indices and describes...
... and Table present the evolution ofthe voting powerof controlling shareholders in the main sample of unifying firms, and in the control sample of firms that chose to maintain their dual share ... performance and capital structure of Canadian firms Journal of Banking and Finance 32, 2423-2432 Kosenko, K (2008) Evolution of business groups in Israel: Their impact at the level ofthe firm andthe ... calculated at the end ofthe calendar year preceding the unification, except for post-unification Q and voting power, which are calculated at the end ofthe unification year For the control sample of non-unifying...
... in the triumphalist declarations ofthe birth ofthe ‘new’ and death ofthe ‘old’.14 THE BOOSTER CITY. Like that of many of its peers, the story of late twentiethcentury Glasgow is of a city and ... class landscape, idealized it and estranged it from its roots Likewise, they have empowered the young, the middle class andthe outsider at the expense ofthe vulnerable, the working class andthe ... that the official future scored low on coherence and fidelity People feel that the values and beliefs ofthe main official institutions ofthe city are not the same as the values that they hold themselves...