The purpose of this research is to analyze the People’s Republic of China’s foreign policy towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. In order to analyze the People’s Republic of China’s foreign policy towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the author will take advantage of the constructivist approach and from that view the author will give the three specific issue areas to look at the People’s Republic of China’s foreign policy towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the nuclear weapon program, the possible reunification of two Koreas, the changed leadership in North Korea, respectively. Through these three specific issue areas, we can go tohave a general understanding about what is the People’s Republic of China’s governments’foreign policy towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.  The conclusion will be made on the basis of the three specific events and through that we can realize and conclude the standpoints of the People’s Republic of China’s foreign policy on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Every language have some modal expression what express the possibility and necessity, for example there are modal verbs and modal adverbs in English, and modal verbs, modal adverbs and possible complement for Mandarin Chinese. However in Mandarin Chinese, some modal expressions have similar semantic functions, as ¡§¯à(neng)¡¨, ¡§·|(hui)¡¨, ¡§¥i¥H(keyi)¡¨and possible complement, it could cause confusions to the learners. Furthermore, all of these modal expressions could translated as ¡§할 수 있다¡]hal su itda¡^¡¨ in Korean, so Korean learner would feel that is very difficult. Therefore, this study will contrast the modal expressions of Mandarin Chinese and Korean, and contrast novel¡m¶É«°¤§ÅÊ(Love of the beautiful women)¡nin Mandarin Chinese and Korean, try to explain the problems what the Korean learners could have when they acquire the modal expressions in Mandarin Chinese. Palmer¡]1986¡^classify the modality as epistemic modality, deontic modality and dynamic modality. And he classify the deontic modality as permission, obligation and promise, classify the dynamic modality as volition and ability. Hofmann(1993) classify the dynamic modality as ability and capability, and Porter(2009) classify as ability and opportunity. Present paper would accept the classification of Palmer mainly and refer to the classification of Hofmann and Portner, classify the modality as epistemic modality, deontic modality and dynamic modality, the deontic modality include obligation and permission, and the dynamic modality include volition, ability, capability and opportunity. The result of the study, the counterparts of modal expressions in Mandarin Chinese and Korean is very complicated. The ¡§¯à(neng)¡¨, ¡§·|(hui)¡¨, ¡§¥i¥H(keyi)¡¨and possible complement are equivalent to ¡§¡]으¡^ㄹ 수 있다¡]eul su itda¡^¡¨ altogether, but only negation of ¡§¯à(neng)¡¨, ¡§¥i¥H(keyi)¡¨and possible complement are equivalent to the negation of ¡§¡]으¡^ㄹ 수 있다¡]eul su itda¡^¡¨ , it will cause the difficulty of Korean learners.

Ted Sider writes that "many are impressed with the utility of possible worlds in linguistics and philosophy", and this is true, in particular, of those with an interest in modal logic. However, in the midst of the marvelous milieu brought on by the development of possible world semantics, some have stopped to ask just what it is that possible worlds are. They certainly seem useful, and we seem to understand how to use them and talk about them, but what precisely is it that we're talking about when we talk of possible worlds? In this thesis, I will attempt to outline the most significant and well-recognized view in this debate: that of David Lewis. Through my discussion of him, I will find occasion to discuss some alternative views that have arisen. After finishing my presentation of Lewis, I will discuss where people have begun to take this debate and address the question of whether progress can be made towards a substantive answer. In Chapter I, I begin by presenting the motivation of the question of possible worlds found in the study of modal logic. I then present the major approaches taken to answering the questions that were raised, leading into my discussion of David Lewis's famous and robust account. I present key features of Lewis's view and then move into his criticisms of the other major responses. This much should suffice as a relatively thorough treatment of the answers that have come before. In Chapter II, I discuss the current state of the debate. I begin by mentioning several problems that can be spotted in Lewis's views in particular. I then move to Menzel's account, which tries to answer the question of possible worlds from a new angle, jettisoning the direction taken by Lewis and his contemporaries. I explain why Menzel has taken this new approach, and then move into another new approach, this time given by Stephen Yablo. I discuss how these two approaches can help serve each other in helpful ways. But, at last, I present several hurdles these two views would have to overcome in order to play together nicely.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University, 2009. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-164).

Possible selves represent how people think about their potential and about their future states (Markus & Nurius, 1986). To explore the cognitive processes involved in the decision to exercise, the possible selves (hoped-for and feared) of 93 undergraduate women at the University of Texas at Austin were examined, as were two self-efficacy constructs – scheduling and barrier self-efficacy. Most important hoped-for and feared possible selves related to exercise were categorized and analyzed. Physical and Health categories, followed by Personal and Spiritual, Occupation and Education, and Body Image were most commonly listed for hoped-for selves, while categories of Body Image, Health, and Personal and Spiritual, were most commonly cited for most important feared possible selves. Participants rated the importance, self-efficacy and outcome expectancy of their most important hoped-for and feared selves highly. Participants also felt highly efficacious in overcoming scheduling and barrier obstacles with regard to exercise. Comparisons were made across exercise levels, differentiating between those meeting or not meeting the recommended level of physical activity (Godin, 2011). Multiple logistic regression analyses, controlling for age, were used to test for significant relationships between motivational variables and exercise. Steps taken to achieve the most important possible self (odds ratio [OR] = 1.88, 95% CI = 1.21 – 2.92), steps taken to avoid the most important feared self (OR = 1.58, 95% CI = 1.04 – 2.40), scheduling self-efficacy (OR = 1.58, 95% CI = 1.18 – 2.10), and barrier self-efficacy (OR = 1.58, 95% CI = 1.04 – 2.40) were related to meeting the recommended level of physical activity, compared to not meeting the recommended level. These cross-sectional results suggest that the incorporation of college women’s possible selves and other motivational factors into interventions to increase women’s physical activity may be a promising area for future research. / text

Στη συγκεκριμένη εργασία γίνεται περιγραφή και ανάλυση ενός τμήματος του ορύγματος που κατασκευάζεται στη χιλιομετρική θέση από 18 + 540 έως 18 + 840 της Ιόνιας Οδού. Συγκεκριμένα κατά την μελέτη αυτή περιγράφεται μακροσκοπικά το πρανές, μετρούνται και προσδιορίζονται οι μηχανικές παράμετροι των ασυνεχειών του πρανούς (προσανατολισμός, απόσταση, συνέχεια, τραχύτητα, άνοιγμα, υλικό πλήρωσης), εκτιμούνται οι δυνητικές ολισθήσεις των βραχωδών τεμαχών, χαρακτηρίζεται ποιοτικά η βραχομάζα και εκτιμούνται τα ποιοτικά χαρακτηριστικά της (συνοχή, γωνία τριβής) με βάση το σύστημα ταξινόμησης RMR. / In my thesis I describe and analyze one of the parts of the trench that is being constructed at the chainage from 18+540 to 18+840 of the Ionian Highway. More specifically during this study the slope is being described macroscopically , the mechanical aspects of the discontinuities of the slope (orientation, spacing, continium, roughness, aperture, filling), are being measured and identified, the possible slips of the rocky blocks are being estimated, the quality of the rocky mass is being defined and its quality characteristics( consistency and friction angle)are being evaluated based on the RMR classification system.

This thesis examines the way in which youth between the ages of sixteen and eighteen envision their future possible selves with respect to their possible careers and roles in the community. The youth were recruited from members of the Fusion Youth Activity and Technology Centre (a.k.a. Fusion) in Ingersoll, Ontario; population 12,146 (Statistics Canada, 2011). Situated in the context of small-town youth who attend afterschool activities aimed at providing skills in business, the arts, media and technology, the study asked youth to consider what their future possible selves would look like ten years from now. Using Q-methodology, the participating youth were asked to complete a 55-statement Q-sort with statements relating to careers and community roles generated by a focus group of Fusion youth and from the relevant literature. Using identical statements, the sort was conducted under two conditions of instruction; thinking of your hoped-for self in the future and; thinking of your feared self in the future. Factor analysis was conducted on both sets of Q-sorts (hoped-for and feared) and three factors were extracted for each. In keeping with Q-methodology, composite sorts were generated giving three distinct profiles of statement placement for each of the hoped-for and feared selves. Hoped-for profiles included community-minded professionals, independent creatives and no-plan dreamers. Feared self profiles included, disengaged problem citizens, trapped labourers and unhappy average citizens. These six different viewpoints of their possible futures indicate that youth see their futures (both good and bad) very differently and that their career foci and community involvement hopes and fears are far from homogeneous. This opens an opportunity for youth programs like Fusion to develop programming specific to these groups that may help to make hoped-for selves the more probable outcome.

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The arbitration legislation of Kazakhstan has no direct answer to the problem of possible participation of the third parties therein. The analysis of the Kazakhstani legislation and practice, as well as the comparison of the Kazakhstani approach with international approaches regarding the problem of the third parties have revealed the necessity in the legislative reforms to be taken in Kazakhstan. These reforms are required for stabilization and equilibration of the position of third parties with all rest parties of the arbitration proceedings. Thus, the main aim of this thesis is to elaborate a series of suggestions on the potential development of the arbitration procedural legislative system and to address some of the gaps in the existing arbitration legislation.

The arbitration legislation of Kazakhstan has no direct answer to the problem of possible participation of the third parties therein. The analysis of the Kazakhstani legislation and practice, as well as the comparison of the Kazakhstani approach with international approaches regarding the problem of the third parties have revealed the necessity in the legislative reforms to be taken in Kazakhstan. These reforms are required for stabilization and equilibration of the position of third parties with all rest parties of the arbitration proceedings. Thus, the main aim of this thesis is to elaborate a series of suggestions on the potential development of the arbitration procedural legislative system and to address some of the gaps in the existing arbitration legislation.