The objections of Customs are cargo examination and tax levying. The purpose of cargo examination is to curb dodging inspection or related restrained regulations. In the other hand, the purpose of tax levying is to execute national economic policies such as protection of intellectual property rights, national security. Furthermore, tax levying can increase the speed of international trade activities, providing transparent, simplified and non-barrier clearance environments. Since Taiwan joined APEC and WTO, Customs has enforced several measures to cope with Customs operation modernization and free trade policy. Accordingly, the Customs has carried out reorganization to improve its efficiency and also set up an internationalized and anti-corruption unit. It also conducted a personnel training in a fair and open way. In the sphere of clearance, the Customs simplified some procedures and enforced swift clearance. At the same time, the Customs revoked some improper regulations and decreased intervention to private businesses. Furthermore, the Customs positively sought to cooperate with concerned institutions to offer transparent, expedited, and paperless and website services. As the functions of Customs are concerned, the Customs adopted risk management to control businesses. Moreover, the Customs signed symposia with businesses to build up a good and interacted relationship with them. Under the trend of global economic, the traditional ways of management is out of time. As a result, the Customs has made some new policies to cope with new environments. Modernization is no doubt one of the most important reforms in the Customs. In order to meet with the requirements of businesses, the Customs endeavors to enhance Customs officers¡¦ capacity and assigns competent and professional Customers to provide service for the public. In other hand, the Customs not only adopted international agreements, but also simplified its regulations accordingly. It followed out some convenient measures in accordance with Kyoto convention as well as international criteria. The Customs set up strategic alliance with those enterprises with good reputation, with an end to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation. The Customs also exchanges information with enterprises to prevent smuggling. Finally, the Customs offered enterprises a preferential treatment to create a win-win situation for both sides. In accordance with Customs clearance modernization, the Customs already progressively implemented a lot of measures such as automation of clearance¡Ketc. This research suggests that the Customs should constantly train Customs officers, carry out new audit system and enlarge the scope of risk managements. Additionally, the Customs should positively create a strategic alliance with outstanding enterprises and establish an integrity and intelligent organization under transparent procedures. Namely, the Customs should push forward cross-strait corporation and keep up the pace with international Customs. Through such transformation the Customs will upgrade its competitiveness in a great extent.

Thesis--Leipzig. / Cover title. Vita. Bibliography: p. [97]-98.

Thesis (M.A.) - University of Hong Kong. / Also available in print.

Thesis--Leipzig. / Cover title. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-98).

Previous research has established that there are large regional and demographic differences in drinking practices. The present study was designed to extend this research by conducting a survey of drinking practices of residents in three British Columbia cities located in widely separated regions of the province and differing in demographic composition. A total of 849 subjects, randomly selected from among the general population in each city, were interviewed in their homes. A comprehensive questionnaire, including several standard measures of levels of drinking and problem drinking as well as measures of neuroticism, extroversion and items relating to drug use, smoking and subject's perception of drinking, was employed. Levels of drinking were compared across cities and the levels obtained for the three cities combined were compared to levels found for other samples drawn from among populations in North America and elsewhere.. Levels of drinking were related to demographic, personality and other variables within the combined sample and compared with the extent of these relationships found in previous studies. A consistent pattern of differences was found between the three cities samples. Drinking, heavy drinking and problem drinking were found to be more prevalent in these three cities relative to most other North American samples. Rates were found, on all measures of drinking, to be higher in Rivertown--the city which had undergone rapid expansion during the past decade. Age, sex and income were found to be closely related to levels of drinking. These results were discussed within the framework of a schematic model which speculates about possible relationships and interrelationships between a number of variables and levels of drinking. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in the Department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, 2015 / This research is about the behaviour of young girls and boys amongst the Zulu Nation. It is about the process of blood-letting in the youth of Zulu Nation. There is a belief in the Zulu`s customs, that the hot blood in the youth encourages boys and girls to became too hot or fast in the opposite sex. Chapter one is the general introduction of the research topic where the following topics form part of the research proposal. These include; introduction, problem statement, motivation of the study, aims of research, research methodology, delimitation of the problem, literature review, importance of the research, beneficiaries, hypothesis/assumptions, ethical considerations, intellectual property and innovation, definition of problematic terms, division of chapters and conclusion of the chapter. Chapter two deals with different techniques or types of research methods used by researchers in various topics. This includes the following research methods, qualitative research method, quantitative method, questionnaires method, interviewing method, telephone research method, experimental method, narrative research method, phenomelogical method and case study. Chapter three deals with the various methods of strengthening the Zulu child against the dangers that are thought to threaten it during the first few months of its life. It deals with a transition from childhood to adulthood. The development of the Zulu child from childhood to manhood or womanhood is also discussed. Chapter four investigates the main pattern of blood-letting in the youth of Zulu Nation. It also reveals how the process of blood-letting is done in the youth. Chapter five deals with analysis, recommendations and conclusion.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Open University. BLDSC no. DX84585. / Consultation copy in 3 volumes.

Thesis (M.A.)--Zhongguo wen hua xue yuan. / Reproduced from typescript. Bibliography: p. 217-223.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2004. Graduate Programme in Psychology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 30-35). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR11794

This thesis explores the period of prominence experienced by wigs and wig wearing in England from the late seventeenth to the latter decades of the eighteenth century. Its primary focus is the ‘raw material’ from which wigs were made: human hair. Being produced from a part of the body placed wigs in a unique position as fashionable items. The act of ‘making’ a wig entailed taking a natural entity growing on the head, and turning it into an intrinsically unnatural artefact. ‘Wearing’ a wig meant for the wearer to invest time in shaving or cutting his own hair. Questions about why this became such an important and fashionable practice are explored here by starting with the hair itself, a topic not generally considered by the extensive literature on eighteenth-century wigs and wig-wearing. My thesis highlights the diverse functions a wig could fulfil, by presenting hair in the context of eighteenth-century understanding of medicine and the body. These functions included protecting the wearer from the elements and potential contagion, projecting a more healthy or youthful appearance, and marking status or profession. This thesis considers how hair - as part of the body - became a highly desirable commodity, and the moral and physical implications this entailed. The physicality of the raw material affected those who traded in human hair and made a living out of producing wigs, as well as those who wore wigs that defined their public image. This thesis challenges existing work, which has tended to focus on gender and dress, by emphasising the connection of hair to the body and how this was translated into the conspicuous fashion for wigs.