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This thesis examines the reconstruction of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) since the end of the Cold War. Conventional knowledge in International Relations argues that alliances should dissolve with the disappearance of the military threat which they were created to address. But NATO still exists and has engaged in new activities that depart from its original purpose - specifically, engaging in crisis management beyond its territorial boundary. How is it possible to explain this shift in NATO's purpose and its transformation from an anti-Communist alliance into one that is concerned with humanitarian crises? The thesis analyses this question by posing a view, based on constructivism, that 'international' organisations are developed as state leaders try to meet 'domestic' normative concerns.

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1996. / Shipping list no.: 98-0921-M. "August 1997." Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet from the Air University Press web site. Address as of 10/9/03: http://aupress.au.af.mil/SAAS%5FTheses/Beale/beale.pdf; current access is available via PURL.

Thesis--Goldsmith's College, University of London, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-51).

J. Ramanathan, O. Zeitouni. / Cover title. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 5). / Research supported by the MITRE Sponsored Research Program. Research supported by the Army Research Office. DAAL03-86-K-0171

Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro Tecnologico / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-16T22:28:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2016-01-08T17:50:50Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 88943.pdf: 3440927 bytes, checksum: 48078ab4bd5d8852742c98d7aaee2146 (MD5) / Este trabalho de pesquisa tem por objetivo, em essência, realizar uma investigação empírica sobre o comportamento do processo inflacionário, procurando verificar as relações entre oferta monetária, preços, salários, taxa de juros, taxas de câmbio, dívida federal e uso da capacidade instalada (hiato do produto) no período de janeiro de 1971 a dezembro de 1991, bem como detectar as mudanças estruturais ocorridas e investigar se os choques de oferta influênciam na direção de causalidade entre as variáveis no período amostral analisado, através da utilização das modelagens Clássica e Bayesiana. Para análise de séries temporais também foi proposto um algoritmo de monitoração de dados que permite detectar "outliers" nas séries temporais que podem provocar mudanças na direção de causalidade de variáveis econômicas.

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Master of Science

Master of Science

Life cycle cost (LCC) was studied as a design evaluation function for electronic equipment. Sample equipment data were analyzed to discover cost estimating relationships. Using these relationships and basic cost parameters, a LCC model was developed in the BASIC computer language. The model was exercised to produce output for a variety of hypothetical electronic assemblies and operating environments. <p>The resulting LCC estimates were statistically analyzed, leading to conclusions about design approaches to minimizing the LCC of the equipment studied. / Master of Science