Los nuevos procedimientos aduaneros en la era de la aceleración y transformación digital. El profesor Percy Quispe nos explica los cambios en este nuevo procedimiento, las ventajas, las desventajas y las oportunidades de mejora para ser una aduana de clase mundial.

Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Psychology University of Zululand, 1982. / In several studies conducted mostly in the United States of America it was found that members of both sexes were attracted towards each other for different reasons. Traits mentioned in different studies are phy= sical attractiveness, material possessions and certain personality cha= racteristics, such as pleasantness, sociability, trustworthiness, etc. With regard to race and socio-economic status investigators differ. It was also found that males and females have different opinions on some factors and the same opinion on others. The aim of this investigation was to find out what young matriculated Blacks look for in a future marriage partner. The following hypotheses were formulated: (i) Males and females do not emphasize the same characteristics in the choice of a life partner. (ii) The choice of a marriage partner depends on the religious commitment of the prospective spouse. Uii) Social status plays an important role in the selection of a marriage partner. (iv) Physical attractiveness is regarded as an important charac= teristic in the choice of a life partner. (v) The tribal background of the opposite sex member is con= sidered important in the choice of a life partner. (v±> Having children is considered important in marriage. Cvli) Submissiveness of the wife is considered important in marriage. 'vlii) Home-making (domesticity) is considered important in marriage. To gather the relevant information, a questionnaire was constructed, consisting of thirty-six items in its final form. The methods of S.um= mated Ratings, and the Split-half coefficient were used to test the validity and the reliability of the questionnaire. The validated questionnaire was administered to two hundred first-year university students; ninety-one males and one hundred and nine females. The following conclusions were arrived at: (i) Males and females tend to emphasize the same characteristics in the choice of a life partner. (ii) The choice of a marriage partner does not depend on the rer ligious affiliation of the prospective spouse. (iii) The great majority of subjects expressed themselves against social class as a criterion in the choice of a marriage partner. (iv) Physical attractiveness is not regarded as an important cha= racteristic in the choice of a life partner. (v) The tribal background of the opposite sex member is not con= sidered important in the choice of a life partner. (vi) Children are considered important in marriage. (vii) Submissiveness of the wife is considered important in marriage. (viii) Home-making is not considered important in marriage. The findings of the study indicate that there is scope for future re= search, in which the views of urban and rural, educated and uneducated communities may be compared. Also, it is recommended that in a future study the causes of divorce should be compared with the traits considered important in the selection of a marriage partner.

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<p>The objective of this thesis was the translation of an original defence of Sufi practice titled &quot / A Kind word in response to those who reject sufism&quot / by Shaykh A&ograve / hmad ibn Mu&ograve / s&ograve / taf&aacute / &deg / Alaw&aring / i. This book was written in defence of Sufis and Sufism. This research provide some notes on the life, spiritual heritage and writings of the Shaykh &deg / Alaw&aring / i in conjunction with a critical introduction to complement the translated text. The Shaykh's methodology applied in his ijtih&aring / ad to validate and defend the Sufis and their practices was also reviewed.</p>

黃敬安. / "2004年6月". / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2004. / 參考文獻 (leaves 105-111). / 附中英文摘要. / "2004 nian 6 yue". / Huang Jing'an. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2004. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 105-111). / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / Chapter 第一章 --- 緖論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一節 --- 早期天師道《黃書》硏究史 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二節 --- 過往硏究的問題與不足 --- p.6 / Chapter 第三節 --- 早期天師道儀式硏究 --- p.9 / Chapter 第四節 --- 硏究對象與範圍 --- p.11 / Chapter 第二章 --- 佛道論《黃書》 --- p.13 / Chapter 第一節 --- 分析佛教對《黃書》的批評 --- p.13 / Chapter 第二節 --- 上淸派貶抑《黃書》 --- p.22 / Chapter 第三節 --- 天師道內部的回應 --- p.25 / Chapter 第三章 --- 《上淸黃書過度儀》的結構分析 --- p.31 / Chapter 第一節 --- 《上淸黃書過度儀》釋題 --- p.31 / Chapter 第二節 --- 《上淸黃書過度儀》經文結構 --- p.35 / Chapter 第四章 --- 《黃書》別稱 --- p.39 / Chapter 第一節 --- 《黃書》考證 --- p.45 / Chapter 第五章 --- 《上淸黃書過度儀》分析一：入靖與上章 --- p.53 / Chapter 第一節 --- 入靖儀式 --- p.54 / Chapter 第二節 --- 上章儀式 --- p.62 / Chapter 第三節 --- 言功 --- p.73 / Chapter 第六章 --- 《上淸黃書過度儀》分析二：九宮與躡紀 --- p.77 / Chapter 第一節 --- 九宮 --- p.77 / Chapter 第二節 --- 躡紀 --- p.90 / Chapter 第二節 --- 還神 --- p.96 / Chapter 第七章 --- 結語 --- p.98 / Chapter 第一節 --- 非佛僧筆下的「淫行」 --- p.98 / Chapter 第二節 --- 不僅是房中術 --- p.100 / Chapter 第三節 --- 早期天師道傳統 --- p.103 / 參考書目 --- p.105

This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges through narrative. Fifteen women participated in open-ended interviews. Thirteen of the women identified themselves as midwifes. Four major themes emerged from the data: (1) interconnectivity, (2) care, (3) change, and (4) power. The results of the study show the Blessingway's role in communicating a group's care during a time of transformation, usually birth. Adoption, marriage, and entry into midwifery were also mentioned in the study as occasions for a Blessingway ritual. During a Blessingway, many levels of relationship intersect and emphasize the "web of connectedness" the women consider part of their lives. The continuous, multidimensional, and overlapping nature of interconnectivity defines the places of connection highlighted during the Blessingway ceremony. The sense of connectedness generates bonds of care--cohesion, nurturance and safety--and provides a "cocoon-like" environment. Once nurtured and protected, the women feel the support of their community. The women then resolve and transform the contradictions and ambiguities of their liminal state, acknowledge their value of self, recognize their own power, the power of their community, the power of the circle of women and the power of the archetypal woman. / Graduation date: 1997

This dissertation is a survey and analysis of the ideal of severe asceticism conveyed in early religious Daoist texts. “Severe asceticism” in this study refers to religious practices that entail hardship, suffering and the rejection of basic human needs, along with the beliefs and attitudes that serve as justification and motivation for such practices. The period dealt with in the study is roughly the first six centuries of the common era. The study addresses three basic questions: 1) What specific severe ascetic training methods and ways of behavior were being carried out by Daoists? 2) What attitudes and beliefs served as motivation for such practices? 3) How and to what degree did the severe ascetic practices and the beliefs and attitudes dictating them evolve during the period in question? The study finds that throughout the period discussed, severe asceticism was always an important ideal for Daoists, especially for advanced adepts. The prominent severe ascetic practices included fasting, celibacy, sleep-avoidance, wilderness seclusion and selfimposed poverty. Highly uncommon and generally disapproved of were austeries which harmed and weakened the body with no purpose of ultimately strengthening it. In general, the motives for severe asceticism were (1) the strengthening and transformation of the body, (2) contact and participation in what is sacred and transcendent and (3) disdain and fear of the world and society. However, it is also discussed how during the latter part of the period examined, the emergence of new, partly Buddhist-influenced, soteriological and cosmological beliefs intensified the inherent tension between the two primary sotenological objectives, longevity and transcendence, and may have given justification to austenties which harmed the body and contradicted the archaic ideal of bodily immortality. In order to be able to analyze the phenomenon of severe asceticism in its full integrity, an approach has been taken that emphasizes comprehensiveness. This is because the phenomenon was much too widespread and diverse to be accurately assessed on the basis of one authoritative text. Thus a wide variety of sources have been utilized so that severe asceticism in early Daoist religion can be viewed to its fullest and understood properly based on a broad base of information.

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama muitinės informacinės sistemos transformavimo bei pritaikymo veikti e-muitinės sąlygomis problema. Išsikeltas tikslas yra sąlygojamas prieštaravimo tarp galiojančio muitinės veiklos teisinio reglamentavimo ir sparčiai besikeičiančių globalaus verslo sąlygų. Būtinybė visus prekybos veiksmus atlikti elektroninėje terpėje reikalauja papildyti muitinės informacinę sistemą trūkstamais elementais bei keisti muitinės informacinės sistemos funkcionavimo teisinę aplinką. Norint suformuluoti šios problemos sprendimo siūlymus išnagrinėta mokslinėje literatūroje aptinkama e-muitinės elementų (elektroninių duomenų mainų, e-eksporto bei kt.) taikymo praktika įvairiose šalyse. Naudojant duomenų analizės metodą atlikta muitinės informacinės sistemos funkcionavimo analizė, parengta statistinių duomenų analizė lyginant gautus duomenis su kitomis ES šalimis. Išanalizavus teorinius bei praktinius muitinės informacinės sistemos funkcionavimo e-muitinės kontekste aspektus baigiamojoje dalyje atlikta galiojančių ES, Lietuvos, bei Muitinės departamento norminių teisės aktų analizė ir nustatytos teisinės reglamentavimo spragos trukdančios e-muitinės efektyviam veikimui bei plėtojimui. Apibendrinus iš kiekvienos dalies gautus rezultatu pateikiamos išvados bei problemos sprendimo siūlymai. / The problem of the Customs Information System transformation and its adaptation to operate under the conditions of e-customs is being analyzed in the master‘s final work. The aim of this work is defined by contradiction between the applicable legal regulations for the activities of the Customs and rapidly changing conditions of global business. The necessity to perform all trade actions in the electronic medium requires to supplement the Customs Information System with the missing elements and to change the legal environment for the operation of the Customs Information System. In order to provide offers for the solution of this problem, practice of application of e-customs elements (electronic data exchange, e-export, etc) in different countries has been analyzed in the scientific literature. Using a method of data analysis, Customs Information System analysis has been made, and analysis of the statistical data has been established by comparing the received results with the other EU countries. After the analysis of the theoretical and practical aspects of the operation of the Customs Information System in the context of e-customs had been made, the final part of the work has been dedicated to the analysis of the applicable regulatory legislative acts of the EU, Lithuania and the Customs Department; and legal gaps of the regulations which impede efficient operation and development of e-customs has been defined. After summarizing the results of every part, conclusions and... [to full text]

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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 (9/11) in the United States (U.S.) the U.S. and Canada both restructured the institutions responsible for the management of the U.S.-Canada border. The United States created Customs and Border Protection (U.S. CBP) under the Department of Homeland Security in 2002 and Canada established the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) under the Ministry of Public Safety in 2003. Prior to these reforms, in both the U.S. and Canada, the border was under the jurisdiction of multiple government agencies and departments, including those associated with immigration, customs and policing. This thesis utilizes the concept of path dependency and the organizational behavior model to examine the post-9/11 institutional changes and the extent to which they impacted the management of the U.S.-Canada border after 9/11.