... play a role in social inquiry, which theoretical
traditions and paradigms are influential in determining, or at least
influencing, research choices and agendas. Methodological and
theoretical ... methodological and theoretical developments
and innovations in a discipline or collection of disciplines important
and, perhaps, even useful? We would argue that an interest in
methodology and theorizing ... the mining complex
such as Duncan Innes’ Anglo (Innes, 1984) and the American
William Minter’s King Solomon’s Mines Revisited (Minter, 1986),
largely consists of privately sponsored and necessarily...
... loved ones in combat, chal-
lenges communicating) interfere with spouses’ efforts to maintain their
relationships, damaging marriages that would have remained satisfying
and fulfilling in the absence ... is steady and unchanging (Karney,
Bradbury, and Johnson, 1999). In the context of marital research, these
connotations can affect interpretations of results in unintended and
misleading ways ...
involving service members and on military marriage in particular, con-
sistent with current concerns about rising divorce rates since the begin-
ning of military operations in Afghanistan and...
... discovering
and
dis-
cussing
new
relationships
to
resolve existing conflicts about meaning
and
definitions),
and
concept analysis
(defining
relevant attributes/empirical
indicators
and
... design will include recording baseline measures
of the de-
pendent variable, introducing
the
treatment/intervention, subsequent
recording
of the
dependent variable,
and
comparing
findings from ... (labeling, identifying major components/dimensions,
and
establishing
why
development
of the
concept should
be
pursued),
concept
clarification
(refining
existing definitions, considering interrela-
tionships...
... actors,
including consumers, have ‘perfect information’ about the nature and
value of commodities traded. In reality, we know that consumers can
face difficulties in obtaining and using information ... second-hand cars and home improvements. See Hadfield, Howse, and
Trebilcock, ‘Information-Based Principles’, p. 153.
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largely in the regulatory field that the increase in criminalisation ... is perhaps in the area of economic interests that
administrative sanctions could have an increasingly important role, and
the role of such sanctions in fair trading law is considered in this context.
Consumer...
... still gaining increasing worldwide importance.
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panels and wind turbines. Total renewable power capacity in China, including hydro
power, reached 226 GW in 2009. ... technologies. In fact, Chinese companies are exporting solar
products to Europe and the US, and are gaining increasing market shares at the
expense of US American and European companies. According to ... development in China and India and
due to the rapid growth of the population in India, it will be difficult not only to
limit the increase, but indeed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in these...
... writing.
Swaffer, Janet “Language Learning Is More than Learning Language: Rethinking
Reading and Writing Tasks in Textbooks for Beginning Language Study.”
Foreign Language Acquisition: Research ...
facilitating the process of writing. These include invention strategies (i.e., pre-writing
strategies such as brainstorming, clustering, free-writing, mapping), syntactic analysis
and sentence combining, ... written and spoken language,
the relationship between writing in a first language and writing in a second language,
how writing fits into Krashen’s language acquisition/learning model, and writing...
... career (a retiring professor) and the beginning of
another (the person being interviewed for his position); and the end of
teaching for the professor and the beginning of his new life in retirement.
This ... do not remain distinct
but break down the boundaries and limitations of each, creating a truly
random and chaotic process.
The lines moving back and forth (no longer within the inner and outer
borders) ... underneath certain texts that take
scientific systems as their theme and explore their roles in the reader’s
understanding and interpretation of reality in general and of the princi-
ples and paradigmatic...
... Wireless Communications and Networking
“Cores of cooperative games in information theory, ” M.
Madiman makes an interesting contribution to multiuser
information theory by giving rate or capacity ... topic in the communications and sig nal processing
society, and recent years have seen increased interest on
multiantenna and multiuser settings. The paper “Guaranteed
performance region in fading ... in this widespread and
flourishing field, and promote continuing efforts towards
gaining a unified understanding of communication net-
works.
Huaiyu Dai
Michael Gastp ar
Nihar Jindal
Liang-Liang Xie
...
... Monitoring shifting coalitions
By carefully examining each of these 7 steps in detail, we obtain a much better
understanding.
Allan Manning StrategicManagement of Crises in Small and Medium Businesses ... Corporate
Financial Strategy, StrategicManagement Accounting, andStrategic Value Management. In
this approach, the common philosophy is based on integrating strategicand financial
thinking. This philosophy ... Benchmarking
•
Strategic Benchmarking
(Bogan and English, 1994, p.7)
Allan Manning StrategicManagement of Crises in Small and Medium Businesses Page 27
The introduction of a Business Continuity...
... control)
Phases and tasks inresearch overlap and are non-linear
Research projects are particular and singular
Research projects are often inter-organisational
Most researchers have many competing and conflicting
obligations ... the team and the individual team members
• outline the goals and purpose of the project
• provide a reference point for solving disputes and making decisions
The joint writing and signing of a ... culture(s) of researchers /research work and the uncertainties associated with generating
research results. This makes research project management a balancing act entailing inter alia the balancing
of...