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This book sheds light on how the Shiite-dominated government's sectarian policy deepened the divide between Iraq's major communities (Shiites, Sunni Arabs and the Kurds) and led the country on the path of unending sectarian violence. It explains how government's failure to address the Sunni Arab grievances led to the emergence of the radical Islamic State, and convinced the Kurds that they could not coexist with Iraqi Arabs, who had been at each other's throats since 2003. It notes that the emergence of a Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad was a historical event that led Iran to achieve its longstanding dream of extending its influence from Tehran to Baghdad, to Damascus and Beirut. It places a special focus on how the Shiite politicians' slick diplomacy and media campaign diverted attention from its sectarian policy in 2014 by labeling the Sunni Arabs as terrorists and Kurdish leaders as corrupt separatists and troublemakers. This volume also uncovers how the Iraqi government was able to amass Western military and political support to defeat ISIS and to derail the Kurdish statehood movement

Design fundamentals and verification -- Power system design, development, and verification -- Power generation and distribution -- Emergency power system design and development -- Protection and verification -- Power quality - harmonics -- Shipboard cable application -- Grounding, insulation monitoring design, and verification -- Shore power LV and MV system -- Smart ship system design (S3D) and verification -- Electrical safety and arc flash analysis

The only book that covers fundamental shipboard design and verification concepts from individual devices to the system level Shipboard electrical system design and development requirements are fundamentally different from utility-based power generation and distribution requirements. Electrical engineers who are engaged in shipbuilding must understand various design elements to build both safe and energy-efficient power distribution systems. This book covers all the relevant technologies and regulations for building shipboard power systems, which include commercial ships, naval ships, offshore floating platforms, and offshore support vessels. In recent years, offshore floating platforms have been frequently discussed in exploring deep-water resources such as oil, gas, and wind energy. This book presents step-by-step shipboard electrical system design and verification fundamentals and provides information on individual electrical devices and practical design examples, along with ample illustrations to back them. In addition, Shipboard Power Systems Design and Verification Fundamentals: -Presents real-world examples and supporting drawings for shipboard electrical system design -Includes comprehensive coverage of domestic and international rules and regulations (e.g. IEEE 45, IEEE 1580) -Covers advanced devices such as VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) in detail This book is an important read for all electrical system engineers working for shipbuilders and shipbuilding subcontractors, as well as for power engineers in general.

Emergence of Kurdistan regional government -- Kurdish leadership style and internal disputes -- Political and diplomatic evolution -- Regional economic development and its negative fallout -- Evolving ties with the U.S. and Europe -- Democracy or lack of it -- Peshmarga and disputed Kurdish territories -- Military standoff in disputed areas -- Resistance to Ankara's pressure to fight the PKK -- Shift in Turkey's narrative towards Iraqi Kurds -- Future prospects of KRG

"This book discusses the most pressing global challenges, and suggests ways for the Obama Administration to tackle them in a holistic manner. In particular, the book proposes effective measures for various problems like the war on terror, resolution of the Arab-Israeli dispute, forging of better relations with the Muslim World, resetting of relations with Russia, prevention of nuclear proliferation particularly with regards to Iran and North Korea, improvement of the effectiveness of the United Nations, and finding ways for international cooperation to repair and arrest the damage to the environment due to global warming and climate change"--

Brief history -- Iraq's internal complexity -- Occupation and administration -- Nominal transfer of sovereignty -- Insurgency sets a pattern -- Collateral damage -- Transitional government -- Struggle for power intensifies -- Consensus government formed -- Appeasement of Sunni Arabs propel violence -- U.S. blames al-Maliki for the mess -- Climax of sectarian violence -- Oil smuggling sustains insurgency -- Multi-dimensional counterterrorism -- Divide and conquer policy bear fruits -- Al-Maliki asserts authority -- Al-Maliki overplays his hands -- January 2009 provincial elections and their aftermath -- U.S.-Iraq strategic agreement

Discusses the physical and mathematical analysis of transport phenomena associated with food processing. This title presents various models that describe many of the important physical and biological transformations that occur in food during processing.

Introduction: Suicide bombers in historical and theoretical perspective -- Nationalists and Baathists -- The jihadi Salafis -- Suicide terrorism in the Iraqi insurgency -- The ideology and theology of martyrdom -- Martyrdom mythology in Iraq -- Arab fighters in Iraq -- European Muslims in Iraq -- Implications for theory and policy -- Appendix 1: List of Sunni insurgent groups in Iraq, 2003-2006 -- Appendix 2: Names and nationalities of known suicide bombers in Iraq -- Appendix 3: Zarqawi's men -- Appendix 4: Al Qaeda's evolution in Iraq

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE MATERIAL BREACH OF TREATY -- CHAPTER 1 THE DEFINITION OF 'MATERIAL BREACH' -- Section 1 The approach of unqualified breach -- I. Jurists and statesmen -- II. Early attempts to codify the Law of Treaties -- A. The Havana Convention On Treaties of 1928 -- B. The Harvard Draft -- Section 2 The approach of qualified breach: material versus non-material breach -- The distinction between two types of breach -- Section 3 The draft of Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice -- Section 4 The draft of Sir Humphrey Waldock -- Section 5 The draft of the International Law Commission of 1966 -- Section 6 The United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties and the concept of material breach -- CHAPTER 2 A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL BREACH -- Section 1 The elements of material breach -- I. Treaty repudiations not sanctioned by the Vienna Conventions -- A. Repudiations not sanctioned by the treaty itself -- B. Is the denial prima facie of an obligation a repudiation? -- II. Violations of provisions essential to the accomplishment of objects and/or purposes of treaties -- A. The meaning of 'provisions essential to the object or purpose' -- 1. The object or purpose of a treaty -- 2. The 'object or purpose' of related treaties -- 3. Provisions essential to the accomplishment of objects or purposes of treaties -- B. The character of the breach and the violated provisions -- 1. Does Article 60 consider the gravity of the breach? -- 2. Does any violation of provisions essential to the accomplishment of objects or purposes of treaties constitute a material breach? -- III. Integral treaties -- Section 2 Forms and sources of material breach -- I. Breach by omission -- A. Obligations of result -- B. Obligations of conduct or means -- II. Breach by commission.

In developing countries, accreditation is increasingly being used as a tool for government regulation to guarantee quality of healthcare. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of accreditation programs on the quality of healthcare services on males and females with their level of satisfaction in five primary health centers (PHC) situated in Makkah city. It also aims to determine the health services preferred by the respondents of both genders in these five centers after obtaining quality standards recently. The study selected five healthcare centers namely prosperous Al-Zahir PHC, Al-Nuwaria PHC, Al-Adel PHC, Al-Aziza PHC, Kuwdi and Al-Hijra PHC These the five healthcare centers obtained accreditation of quality by the Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI) in Saudi Arabia. The current study included 250 reviewers, which represent a random sample of the population in the holy capital city. Where 50 questionnaires were distributed to each of these centers (25 male and 25 female) to see their complaints and to know trends and opinions about the service provided for them from the healthcare centers. It was observed from the study that the health centers who obtained accreditation improved the health services leading to the reduction of medical problems and errors, and the improvement and development of the work environment.

The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jrv2019112265 ; Islamists in civil wars often prioritize their factional conflicts above the collective goals of their movements. They end up fighting and killing each other despite having mutual state adversaries and shared normative commitments. This reality raises an intriguing puzzle. How can Islamists justify fratricidal practices given the ubiquity of Quranic scripture and prophetic traditions that prevail upon them to unite and refrain from infighting. This article explores two religious narratives that rationalize violent infighting between Islamist factions. The Victorious Sect narrative depicts rival Islamist factions as insufficiently Islamic by harboring political pluralism and nationalism in their ideological platforms. These deviations from orthodoxy are proof of their ineligibility to lead the Islamist movement. The other narrative depicts rival factions as modern day Kharijites or Muslim extremists that must be repelled and driven out of the Islamist movement because they undermine its legitimacy. Although these narratives do not necessarily drive factional struggles for power, they are important because they rationalize and publicly justify the highly controversial act of Islamists killing one another in their quest for movement supremacy.