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Cover -- European Neighbourhood Policy. Challenges for the EU-Policy Towards the New Neighbours -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction (Kai-Olaf Lang/Johannes Varwick) -- Part A: Conceptual and Strategic Challenges of the European Neighbourhood Policy -- European Neighbourhood Policy: Where do we Stand - Where are we Heading? (Kai-Olaf Lang) -- The ENP in a Regime-analytical Perspective -Propositions for a Research Design (Annegret Bendiek) -- The European Neighbourhood Policy: A Critical Assessment (Eberhard Rhein) -- How Does ENP Work? A View from the European Parliament (Jo Leinen/Sandra Weidemann) -- The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Borders of Europe (Martin Kahl) -- Part B: How and Where? Priorities and Fields of Cooperation with the Neighbours -- The European Neighbourhood Policy: An Adequate Instrument for Democratisation? (Stefan Fröhlich) -- A Neighbourhood of Freedom, Securityand Justice? (Wilhelm Knelangen) -- CFSP and ESDP - How to Include New Partners? (Nicole Helmerich) -- The European Neighbourhood Policy: An Economic Perspective (Volkhart Vincentz) -- How to Deal with Troublesome Neigbours (Grzegorz Gromadzki) -- Part C: Between Integration and Cooperation: New Mechanisms of Intensified Involvement into the European Integration Project -- Exporting Stability or Importing Instability? The European Union at the Crossroads (Johannes Varwick/Joachim Koops) -- Europe à la carte? A Club-theoretical Vindication (Michael Wohlgemuth/Clara Brandi) -- Beefing up the ENP: Toward a Modernisation andStability Partnership (Barbara Lippert) -- Alternatives to Full Membership of the EU (Andreas Maurer/Max Haerder) -- Annex -- Selected Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors

Creating high-fidelity images of our world has been a continuous challenge, even as our understanding and skills have evolved. The acquisition and mapping of the rich and complex content of visual information rank high among the most demanding technical tasks. Now electronic image sensors can record a dynamic range from bright to dark of more than seven orders of magnitude, thus exceeding the ability of a human eye by more than a hundred times and displaying five orders of magnitude in brightness, resulting in CRT and LCD displays with more than 100-fold improvement. This first comprehensive account of high-dynamic-range (HDR) vision focusses on HDR real-time, high-speed digital video recording and also systematically presents HDR video transmission and display. The power of the eye-like, logarithmic optoelectronic conversion concept is demonstrated in machine-vision, medical, automotive, surveillance and cinematic applications, and it is extended to HDR sub-retinal implants for the vision impaired. While the book conveys the overall picture of HDR vision, specific knowledge of microelectronics and image processing is not required. It provides a quantitative summary of the major issues to allow the assessment of the state of the art and a glimpse at future developments. Selected experts share their know-how and expectations in this rapidly evolving art related to the single most powerful of our senses.

The difficulties in determining the quality of information on the Internet—in particular, the implications of wide access and questionable credibility for youth and learning.Today we have access to an almost inconceivably vast amount of information, from sources that are increasingly portable, accessible, and interactive. The Internet and the explosion of digital media content have made more information available from more sources to more people than at any other time in human history. This brings an infinite number of opportunities for learning, social connection, and entertainment. But at the same time, the origin of information, its quality, and its veracity are often difficult to assess. This volume addresses the issue of credibility—the objective and subjective components that make information believable—in the contemporary media environment. The contributors look particularly at youth audiences and experiences, considering the implications of wide access and the questionable credibility of information for youth and learning. They discuss such topics as the credibility of health information online, how to teach credibility assessment, and public policy solutions. Much research has been done on credibility and new media, but little of it focuses on users younger than college students. Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility fills this gap in the literature.ContributorsMatthew S. Eastin, Gunther Eysenbach, Brian Hilligoss, Frances Jacobson Harris, R. David Lankes, Soo Young Rieh, S. Shyam Sundar, Fred W. Weingarten

The paper examines the claim that international migration and increased ethnic diversity challenge the sustainability and legitimacy of redistributive welfare states. Immigration might potentially lessen pressures related to demographic ageing, labour shortages in welfare services and the funding of future pensions in many European countries. The paper discusses three accounts of why a mutually beneficial relationship between immigration and welfare state sustainability so far has not been achieved. The first account claims that redistributive welfare states are undermined because increased immigration-based ethnic diversity diminishes social solidarity. The second account argues that immigration, especially from non-western countries, threatens the sustainability of redistributive welfare provision because there is an unfortunate interplay between the level of qualifications of immigrants and the work disincentives created by fairly generous and accessible social security benefits. The third account attributes the problems of immigrants' economic integration to discriminatory attitudes and practices of key decisionsmakers in the receiving countries, especially from employers and staff in employment and educational services. The paper questions the first of these accounts on theoretical and empirical grounds. The last part of the paper argues that there is a need for better longitudinal data about the employment contexts and work conditions of immigrants in receiving countries and the prevalence of discrimination, in order to enable an assessment of the relative merits of the second and third account.

Air pollution has become part of the daily existence of many people who work, live and use the streets in Asian cities. Each day millions of city dwellers breathe air polluted with concentrations of chemicals, smoke and particles that dramatically exceed World Health Organization guideline values. Deteriorating air quality has resulted in significant impacts on human health and environment in Asia. This book provides a comprehensive and comparative assessment of the current status and challenges in urban air pollution management in 20 cities in the Asian region. It examines the effects on human health and the environment and future implications for planning, transport and energy sectors. National and local governments have begun to develop air quality management strategies to address the deterioration in urban air quality; however, the scope and effectiveness of such strategies vary widely. This book benchmarks these air quality management strategies, examines successes and failures in these cities and presents strategies for improving air quality management in cities across Asia and the rest of our rapidly urbanizing world. Information on air quality in Asia is clearly presented with easy-to-read city profiles, tables and graphs. This is an essential resource for all those concerned with urban air quality management, not just in Asia but in cities across our rapidly urbanizing world. Cities covered Bangkok, Beijing, Busan, Colombo, Dhaka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Metro Manila, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Surabaya, Taipei and Tokyo.

Realized beta : persistence and predictability / Torben G. Andersen, Tim Bollerslev, Francis X. Diebold, Ginger Wu -- Boosting-based frameworks in financial modeling : application to symbolic volatility forecasting / Valeriy V. Gavrishchaka -- Overlaying time scales in financial volatility data / Eric Hillebrand -- Evaluating the fed model of stock price valuation : an out-of-sample forecasting perspective / Dennis W. Jansen, Zijun Wang -- Structural change as an alternative to long memory in financial time series / Tze Leung Lai, Haipeng Xing -- Time series mean level and stochastic volatility modeling by smooth transition autoregressions : a Bayesian approach / Hedibert Freitas Lopes, Esther Salazar -- Estimating Taylor-type rules : an unbalanced regression? / Pierre L. Siklos, Mark E. Wohar -- Bayesian inference on mixture-of-experts for estimation of stochastic volatility / Alejandro Villagran, Gabriel Huerta -- A modern time series assessment of a statistical model for sunspot activity by C.W.J. Granger (1957) / Gawon Yoon -- Personal comments on Yoon's discussion of my 1957 paper / Clive W.J. Granger -- A new class of tail-dependent time-series models and its applications in financial time series / Zhengjun Zhang -- Asymmetric predictive abilities of nonlinear models for stock returns : evidence from density forecast comparison / Yong Bao, Tae-Hwy Lee -- Flexible seasonal time series models / Zongwu Cai, Rong Chen -- Estimation of long-memory time series models : a survey of different likelihood-based methods / Ngai Hang Chan, Wilfredo Palma -- Introduction / Thomas B. Fomby, Dek Terrell -- Good ideas / Robert F. Engle -- The creativity process / Clive W.J. Granger

This book provides a broad introduction to the fascinating subject of environmental space-time processes, addressing the role of uncertainty. Within that context, it covers a spectrum of technical matters from measurement to environmental epidemiology to risk assessment. It showcases non-stationary vector-valued processes, while treating stationarity as a special case. The contents reflect the authors cumulative knowledge gained over many years of consulting and research collaboration. In particular, with members of their research group, they developed within a hierarchical Bayesian framework, the new statistical approaches presented in the book for analyzing, modeling, and monitoring environmental spatio-temporal processes. Furthermore they indicate new directions for development.This book contains technical and non-technical material and it is written for statistical scientists as well as consultants, subject area researchers and students in related fields. Novel chapters present the authors hierarchical Bayesian approaches to:- spatially interpolating environmental processes- designing networks to monitor environmental processes- multivariate extreme value theory- incorporating risk assessmentIn addition, they present a comprehensive and critical survey of other approaches, highlighting deficiencies that their method seeks to overcome. Special sections marked by an asterisk provide rigorous development for readers with a strong technical background. Alternatively readers can go straight to the tutorials supplied in chapter 14 and learn how to apply the free, downloadable modeling and design software that the authors and their research partners have developed.

This book challenges the common perception that significant regional disparities do not exist in small countries. As small developed countries become increasingly competitive and their economic structures resemble those of the large, a re-assessment of the regional consequences of these changes is of timely importance. Regional Disparities in Small Countries presents a systematic discussion of the unique theoretical, methodological and measurement challenges in analyzing regional inequalities in small countries and a series of empirical analyses addressing the issue of regional convergence and divergence in these countries. With contributions from leading regional scientists and economists, this book also examines the policy experience of small countries in closing regional gaps and the effectiveness of public interventions in this field. TOC:Introduction. Concepts, Theory and Methods: The Liability of Smallness.- Country Size in Regional Economics.- Measures of Regional Inequality for Small Countries.- Investigating Spatial Patterns of Income Disparities Using Coordinate Transformations and GIS Mapping. Empirical Evidence: Regional Employment Disparities in Belgium.- Regional Income Convergence and Inequality in Boom and Bust (Finland).- Regional Disparities in Ireland.- The Persistence of Regional Unemployment Disparities in the Netherlands.- The Dynamics of Regional Disparities in a Small Country (Slovenia).- Interregional Disparities in Israel.- Does Decentralisation Matter to Regional Inequalities? Regional Inequalities in the EU Enlargement Countries. Policy Issues: Has the Financial Economy Increased Regional Disparities in Switzerland over the Last Three Decades?- Regional Policy Lessons from Finland.- The Globalisation of Austrian Regions.- Innovation Policy

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part One: Mechanisms of pollutant removal -- Section IA: Transport of pollutants -- 1. Multiphase flow and reactive transport modelling -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Multiphase liquid flow of LNAPLs -- 1.3 Remediation by air sparging -- 1.4 Extensive oxygen injection into ground water -- 1.5 Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2. NMR studies of transport and remediation processes in soils and sediments -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic principles of NMR and MRI -- 2.3 NMR studies of structural change, transport and remediation processes in sediments -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3. Large-scale mapping of soil and groundwater pollution to quantify pollution spreading -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Methods -- 3.3 Electromagnetic mapping of pollution emanating from a linear source -- 3.4 Electromagnetic mapping of pollution emanating from dumpsites -- 3.5 Mapping of soil and groundwater pollution at a former municipal storage plant for road de-icing salt -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- Section IB: Process conditions for conversion -- 4. Biological treatment of hazardous organic pollutants -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Biodegradation of hazardous pollutants -- 4.3 Biological water treatment -- 4.4 Biological soil remediation -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- 5. Diagnosing the biodegradation potential of soils -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Biodegradation of organic pollutants -- 5.3 Molecular tools to diagnose bioremediation -- 5.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6. Characterization of redox conditions in soils and sediments: heavy metals -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Diagenetic processes -- 6.3 Mechanisms of metal remobilization from sediments -- 6.4 Assessment of long-term metal mobility.

Intro -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- The Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals -- The Human Rights Regime -- The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda -- Mixed National/International Tribunals -- The International Criminal Court -- Friends and Foes of the Court -- The International Court of Justice and International Criminal Tribunals -- Notes -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- LIST OF PRESENTATIONS -- 1 THE WEAKNESSES OF NATIONAL JUSTICE -- Selected Countries and Responsible Leaders -- North Korea: Kim Jong Il -- Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile Mariam -- Uganda: Idi Amin Dada Oumee -- Indonesia: Generals Suharto and Wiranto -- Military Regimes in Latin America -- Chile: Augusto Pinochet -- Progress in Argentina -- Progress in Mexico -- Criminal Justice in Democratic Countries -- French amnesties and amnesia -- The US in Vietnam: unwilling military justice -- Justice denied: the Guantanamo detainees -- The position of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) -- The Third Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 -- Military commissions -- Releases from Guantanamo -- Authorized torture revealed -- The Supreme Court decisions of 28 June 2004 -- Assessment -- A Test Case: the Trial of Saddam Hussein -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION -- Implementation of the Principle -- Crimes under International Law Subject to Universal Jurisdiction -- War crimes -- Crimes against humanity -- Genocide -- Apartheid -- Torture -- Universal Jurisdiction at the National Level -- Belgium -- Spain -- Canada -- USA -- France -- Universal Jurisdiction: a Flawed Doctrine? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA -- Common Traits between the Two Generations of Tribunals -- Differences between the Two Generations of Tribunals -- The Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia -- Creation of the ICTY.

Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Teaching Notes -- Target Audience -- Part I: Peacekeeping -- 2. Peacekeeping in Bosnia -- Bosnia Part A -- Bosnia Part B -- 3. The Road to Dayton: Diplomatic and Military Interaction in Bosnia -- Objectives -- Prefatory Notes -- Methods -- 4. "Guaranteeing" Peace Agreements: The Peru-Ecuador Border Dispute -- Part II: The War against Terrorism -- 5. "A Firm and Commensurate Response": U.S. Retaliation for the Bush Assassination Attempt -- 6. Obligations of Leadership: The Khobar Towers Bombing and Its Aftermath -- 7. "To Prevent and Deter" International Terrorism: The U.S. Response to the Kenya and Tanzania Embassy Bombings -- Introduction: The Attack -- Deciding to Take Action -- The After-Action Assessment -- Legal Authority for the Operation -- 8. The Predator -- Deciding to Take Action -- The DOD/CIA Relationship -- Legal Authority for the Operation: Targeted Killing versus Assassination -- Other Uses of the Predator? -- Part III: Emerging Security Needs -- 9. Separate Powers: The Iraq Liberation Act -- Issues to Be Explored -- 10. Squeezing a Balloon: Plan Colombia and America's War on Drugs -- The Purpose of the Case -- Discussing the Case -- The Themes -- 11. Philanthropy vs. National Security: Should CARE Criticize the Military? -- Questions for Discussion -- 12. Security and Salvation: Bringing Russia Aboard the Space Station -- 13. Dan Goldin's Catch-22: Building a U.S.-Russian Space Station -- 14. Worse Than an Infection: DOD's Struggle with the Anthrax Vaccination -- Leadership Issues -- 15. Homeland Security -- Part I -- Part II.

`Two years ago, I taught an introductory level course on eGovernment. If only I had had this book to draw upon at the time.... I strongly recommend this text to students of eGovernment, whether in universities or the public sector. Each can read the book at a different level and can reap significant gain from the variety of material available. The chapters are well organized, as is the comprehensive index, while academic readers will appreciate the extensive bibliography' - Information Technology for Development Implementing and Managing eGovernment fills an important gap. It provides comprehensive coverage of the e-government issues faced by managers, consultants and other practitioners. Richard Heeks draws on international examples to guide readers through crucial e-government management issues such as the management of strategy and projects; data security; quality; people, money and policies, and dealing with political and ethical challenges. The second part of the book focuses on the implementation of e-government systems. It explores activities such as: feasibility studies, system analysis, system design, construction and marketing. Instructive diagrams, synoptic models and case studies underpin the book's content while class and practitioner assessments will help readers monitor their understanding. Additional material is also available on a companion Website. This book will be welcomed by students pursuing an MPA, undergraduates studying public policy and administration, and practitioners on government in-service training.

Cover -- Title page -- CIP data -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 History of Automotive Auditing -- MILITARY STANDARD 8959 -- SPEAR AND Q-101 -- PENTASTAR, Q-1, AND TARGETS FOR EXCELLENCE -- AUTOMOTIVE CORE TOOLS -- QS-9000: 1994, 1996, 1998 -- ISO/TS 16949:1999, 2002 -- WHAT'S NEXT -- INTERNAL AUDITOR RESPONSIBILITY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2 Automotive Internal Auditor Qualifications and Background Information -- ISO 19011:2002 (BSR/ISO/ASQQ19011-2002) GUIDELINES FOR QUALITY AND/OR ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AUDITING -- INTERNAL AUDITOR SELECTION -- INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE TASK FORCE -- INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE OVERSIGHT BUREAU -- AUTOMOTIVE CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR ISO/TS 16949:2002-RULES FOR ACHIEVING IATF RECOGNITION -- IATF GUIDANCE TO ISO/TS 16949:2002 -- QUALITY SYSTEM ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST-CHECKLIST TOISO/TS 16949:2002 -- CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS (DATED MATERIALS) -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3 Introduction to Process Auditing -- ELEMENT AUDITING -- PROCESS AUDITING -- PROCESS MAPPING -- IDENTIFYING MEASURABLES -- LINK POLICIES AND PROCEDURES -- IDENTIFY INTERACTION BETWEEN PROCESSES -- MAKE A JUDGMENT ABOUT SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 4 Automotive Audit Approach -- PLAN-DO-STUDY-ACT -- CUSTOMER-ORIENTED PROCESS -- AUDIT INPUTS/OUTPUTS -- THE OCTOPUS MODEL -- CRITICAL PROCESS ELEMENTS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 5 Audit Preparation -- COLLECT/DEVELOP FLOWCHARTS -- IDENTIFY CUSTOMER INFORMATION -- DEVELOP AN AUDIT STRATEGY -- CUSTOMIZE YOUR AUDIT CUSTOMER FOCUS CHECKLIST -- THE TURTLE MODEL -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 6 Conducting the Audit -- QUESTIONS (MATRIX) -- IATF FOCUS CLAUSES -- DATA ANALYSIS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 7 Automotive Standard- ISO/TS 16949:2002 -- 4.0 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM -- 5.0 MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY -- 6.0 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- 7.0 PRODUCT REALIZATION.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication and Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Introduction. Participatory Action Research: A New Vision and Practice in Latino Communities -- Introduction -- A Critique of Traditional Research Strategies: Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Power -- Participatory Action Research: Philosophy and Principles -- Structure of the Book -- Section I: Creating a New Vision and Role for Research in Latino Communities -- Chapter 1. Plugging the Brain Drain: Bringing Our Education Back Home -- Connecting University and Community Through Problem-Solving Research -- Dynamics of Dichotomous Divisions: The Debate over What Constitutes Legitimate Research -- Epistemological and Methodological Limitations -- Reframing Our Research Questions -- Interactive Research -- Closing the Dichotomous Division -- Section II: Latino Community and Research Partnerships in Practice -- Chapter 2. A Participatory Perspective on Parent Involvement -- Parent-School Interaction in Contemporary Society -- Creating a New Cultural Activity in Participation -- In the Act of Transformation -- A New Definition of Parent Involvement -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Chapter 3. Building Community, Research, and Policy: A Case of Community Health and Central Americans in Los Angeles -- Introduction -- Organizational and Community Context -- Community Partnership Methodology -- Learning from the Initiative: Challenges and Benefits -- Appendix: Selected Findings from the Needs Assessment -- Chapter 4. Critical Ethnography and Substance Abuse Research Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers -- Introduction -- Transnational Mexican Farmworkers and Substance Abuse -- Studying Substance Abuse Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers -- Using the Ethnographic Method to Overcome Research Obstacles.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Abbreviations -- Frequently Cited Regional Trading Agreements and the Parties to Them -- Chapter 1 Global Outlook and the Developing Countries -- The Global Economy: From Recovery to Expansion -- Commodity Markets -- World Trade -- International Finance -- Risks and Policy Ppriorities -- Long-Term Growth, Structural Change, and Poverty -- Structural Changes over Two Decades -- Structural Change in the Future -- Poverty Forecast -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Regional Trade and Preferential Trading Agreements: A Global Perspective -- The Proliferation of Regional Preference Systems -- Trends in Trade and Growth by Region -- Changing Export Composition and the Rise of Global Production Networks -- Preferential Trade and Regional Outcomes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Regional Trade Agreements: Effects on Trade -- The Impact of RTAs on Merchandise Trade and Incomes -- Ingredients of Success -- Conclusions: Preferential Trade Agreements and Economic Development -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Beyond Trade Policy Barriers: Lowering Trade Costs Together -- The Costs of Trade -- Regional Agreements to Facilitate Trade and Transport -- Standards, Conformity Assessments, and RTAs -- Trade-Related Regional Cooperation Agreements -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Beyond Merchandise Trade: Services, Investment, Intellectual Property, and Labor Mobility -- Services, Investment, and IPRs in Regional Agreements -- Economic Consequences of Services, Investment, and IPR Provisions in RTAs -- RTAs and Provisions for Movement of Labor -- Conclusions: Beyond Merchandise Trade -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Making Regionalism Complementary to Multilateralism -- Preferential Agreements within the Global Context.