The three former British possessions, on the. East coast of Africa, namely, Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika have much in common because of their past history and British rule. They are planning to form a Federation of East Africa, with one Central Government, one President and one flag. One of the points being considered is the location for the Federal Capital. Some of the existing East African cities and towns have forwarded their claims for the seat of the Federal Government. The purpose of this study is twofold. Firstly, the author feels that new Capital cities are often designed as prestige cities, or as monument cities. Their locations are often based upon the political decisions, usually as a compromise between two existing major cities claiming for the seat of government. The result is an entirely new city designed from the start as a monumental city. The best examples are Ottawa, Washington, Canberra and Brasilia, the national capitals of Canada, United States, Australia and Brazil respectively. Such capitals lack social and economic activities that exist in more developed capital cities of the world like London, Paris and Rome. In this age of space ships, science and technology have made so much progress that man in the street has not been able to catch up with these. New cities can now he built in a matter of months, or a few years, but social warmth and comfort, social atmosphere and civilization still take their course. Man still grows at the same rate as he did centuries ago. We are far from the world Aldous Huxley has predicted, his world of mass production of human beings and of test tube babies. There is no doubt that technology has shown us ways and means of mass producing the buildings, but one cannot see the day when social structures will be established overnight. The people who provide the life and vitality of the community are still the backbone of the society. For the Federation of East Africa to have a new Capital that will have a good set of social facilities as quickly as possible, in order to have people that make a society and a city, the existing social amenities and facilities in the various existing towns and cities should be examined and evaluated. Secondly, to find a suitable location for the new Federal Capital of East Africa, a study was made by reviewing and evaluating some of the existing new capitals of the world. This gave the author an insight of the reasons for their existence, techniques and problems involved in selecting their locations, and the problems, like social and economic, that exist in these capitals today. This gave a picture of their success and failure. Based on this study and on existing physical, social, economic, administrative and political conditions in East Africa, criteria were established under the same five headings. The criteria were then applied on those towns and cities that have forwarded their claims for the seat of the Federal Government. The results were evaluated on their merits, and three existing towns were selected in order of preference as potential locations for the new Federal Capital of East Africa. The results of these findings are that the Capital for the proposed Federation of East Africa should be located adjacent to Nairobi, and it should share available social, economic and physical facilities and amenities with this cosmopolitan centre, and that in addition the new capital should be a national monument. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether or not the use of a biographical inventory would be a feasible and viable adjunctive means of making more accurate predictions of student success in programs of upper-division and graduate study in speech pathology and audiology. During the past years, biographical inventories have been found to be predictive of creativity, performance as a military officer, performance in varied occupations, and academic performance. It was hypothesized that a biographical inventory could be developed which, when used in conjunction with the existing academic predictors of Grade Point Average and Graduate Records Examination scores, would add to the established selection instruments. As a means of identifying and distinguishing among several levels of competency of students, a student evaluation form was constructed and validated. Items cores from a 257 item biographical inventory were correlated with scores obtained from the student evaluation form and a 52 item biographical inventory for speech pathology and audiology students was developed. Admissions criteria data, student evaluation form scores and biographical inventory scores were placed in two step-wise multiple regression equations and analyzed statistically. Results indicate that biographical factors appear to be of importance to undergraduate success in programs of speech and hearing therapy. Student success in the more rigorous programs of graduate study appears to depend much more on academic ability. Disparate results indicate that the use of a biographical inventory as an adjunctive academic predictor should be approached with caution until further studies can be conducted.

in English - Environmental migrants The purpose of my thesis is to analyse both the status quo as well as the possible evolution of the policy framework of the environmental migration. The thesis is composed of five chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of environmental migration. Chapter one is introductory and describes an overview of the historical content of environmental migration. Environmental migration is not a new phenomenon. Natural and human-made environmental disasters have caused migration of people in the past and continue to do so. This chapter addresses the linkage between environment and migration, which led to the elaboration of a typology of environmental migration. Chapter two characterises the most frequently used definitions of environmental migrants. Environmental migration has been the subject of lively debate in recent years but there is still no internationally agreed definition of environmental migrant. Chapter three examines relevant current legislation concerned to environmental migration. It discusses refugee law, statelessness, humanitarian law and human rights law. The current legal framework for dealing with the issues surrounding environmental migration is underdeveloped. Chapter four concentrates on possible proposed protection regimes. This...

The thesis should serve as a basis for strengthening the marketing mix Molpir, which became the European representative of MSI corporations and acts as an innovator, integrator and distributor of FUNTORO multimedia systems for buses, trains, ships and other mobile vehicles. The company proposes to improve the product, focusing on the user. I hope that my ideas and insights will help the company in its subsequent success in the market and increase the marketability of multimedia system in the European market.

Where parties are married in community of property, debts are incurred by the parties and not by the joint estate. Each spouse is liable for debt incurred by either spouse. A creditor is, therefore, entitled to claim from joint estate of both spouses (as co debtors). Such an estate includes not only the spouse's undivided interest in the joint estate but also any and all separate property that falls outside the joint estate. Once the joint estate is sequestrated, both spouses become "insolvent debtors" and consequently the property (including separate property) of both spouses is available to creditors. The lnsolvency Act, as opposed to the Matrimonial Property Act, makes no provision for the recognition or sequestration of 'separate property". Although an estate is sequestrated, it is the debtor who is insolvent. A debtor (married in community of property) who possesses "separate property" is on sequestration of the joint estate insolvent in relation to both his or her undivided interest in the joint estate as well as any "separate property". But is this correct? Ample provision is made by various statutes for the exclusion of certain property from an insolvent estate. Does this not mean that a debtor might be insolvent in relation to one estate and not insolvent in relation to the other? The estate of a partnership is, for purposes of sequestration, deemed to be a separate entity from the partners' private estates. Where the partnership fails, creditors first have recourse against the estate of the partnership where after any shortfall may be claimed from the private estates of the partners. Although the estates of partners are sequestrated simultaneously with the estate of the partnership, creditors of the partnership may not proof their claims against the estate of a partner and vice versa. Is it just and equitable that a spouse who owns separate property is treated differently from a partner who does not possess a separate estate in law from the partnership estate? A partner only has one estate - a private estate that includes his or her interest in the partnership. It is concluded that despite the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Du Plessis v Pienaar, a sense of dissatisfaction still prevails regarding the status of separate property. It is furthermore suggested that in view of the lack of provisions in the insolvency Act regarding separately owned property, the said Act be amended to provide for the specific exclusion of separate property from an insolvent joint estate. It is more advisable to provide for the exclusion of separate property from the insolvent joint estate than to provide for the simultaneous sequestration thereof. / Thesis (LL.M. (Estate Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.

Where parties are married in community of property, debts are incurred by the parties and not by the joint estate. Each spouse is liable for debt incurred by either spouse. A creditor is, therefore, entitled to claim from joint estate of both spouses (as co debtors). Such an estate includes not only the spouse's undivided interest in the joint estate but also any and all separate property that falls outside the joint estate. Once the joint estate is sequestrated, both spouses become "insolvent debtors" and consequently the property (including separate property) of both spouses is available to creditors. The lnsolvency Act, as opposed to the Matrimonial Property Act, makes no provision for the recognition or sequestration of 'separate property". Although an estate is sequestrated, it is the debtor who is insolvent. A debtor (married in community of property) who possesses "separate property" is on sequestration of the joint estate insolvent in relation to both his or her undivided interest in the joint estate as well as any "separate property". But is this correct? Ample provision is made by various statutes for the exclusion of certain property from an insolvent estate. Does this not mean that a debtor might be insolvent in relation to one estate and not insolvent in relation to the other? The estate of a partnership is, for purposes of sequestration, deemed to be a separate entity from the partners' private estates. Where the partnership fails, creditors first have recourse against the estate of the partnership where after any shortfall may be claimed from the private estates of the partners. Although the estates of partners are sequestrated simultaneously with the estate of the partnership, creditors of the partnership may not proof their claims against the estate of a partner and vice versa. Is it just and equitable that a spouse who owns separate property is treated differently from a partner who does not possess a separate estate in law from the partnership estate? A partner only has one estate - a private estate that includes his or her interest in the partnership. It is concluded that despite the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Du Plessis v Pienaar, a sense of dissatisfaction still prevails regarding the status of separate property. It is furthermore suggested that in view of the lack of provisions in the insolvency Act regarding separately owned property, the said Act be amended to provide for the specific exclusion of separate property from an insolvent joint estate. It is more advisable to provide for the exclusion of separate property from the insolvent joint estate than to provide for the simultaneous sequestration thereof. / Thesis (LL.M. (Estate Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [105]-108).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [105]-108).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [105]-108).

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-09-10T23:01:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JOÃO FELIPE SILVA OURIQUES – TESE (PPGCC) 2017.pdf: 1146873 bytes, checksum: ad9b0dc8f44c3aa49b2d3201dca79589 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-10T23:01:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JOÃO FELIPE SILVA OURIQUES – TESE (PPGCC) 2017.pdf: 1146873 bytes, checksum: ad9b0dc8f44c3aa49b2d3201dca79589 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-12 / CNPq / Teste de Software é uma tarefa cara dentre as de Verificação de Validação. No entanto, ainda é a mais utilizada para medir a qualidade de sistemas em desenvolvimento. No Teste Baseado em Modelo (TBM), casos de teste são gerados automaticamente de modelos de sistema, o que reduz tempo e custos. Por outro lado, frequentemente o tamanho das suites de teste geradas leva a uma execução completa inviável. Assim, algumas abordagens são usadas para lidar com os custos da execução dos casos de teste: Seleção de Casos de Teste, Minimização de suítes de teste e Priorização de Casos de Teste (PCT). Com a finalidade de melhorar o consumo de recursos durante o teste no nível de sistema, ao mesmo tempo não eliminando casos de teste no processo, nós exploramos a PCT neste trabalho. Nesta pesquisa de doutorado abordamos o problema de propor uma nova ordem de execução para casos de teste de sistema, especificamente os gerados através de abordagens de TBM, considerando que informação histórica não está disponível para guiar este processo. Como primeiro passo, avaliamos as técnicas atuais no nosso contexto de pesquisa, com a finalidade de avaliar suas caracteristicas. Baseado nisto, propomos duas técnicas de PCT: HARP e CRISPy. A primeira usa indicações de membros do time de desenvolvimento sobre porções suscetíveis a erros (as ditas dicas), como guia para a priorização; a segunda cria clusters de casos de teste com a finalidade de adicionar variabilidade a priorização. HARP se baseia na estratégia aleatórioadaptativa e explora casos de teste que cobrem passos relacionados às dicas. Para validá-la, executamos dois estudos empíricos e deles, concluimos que, com dicas boas, HARP é capaz de sugerir sequências de casos de teste efetivas, mas é necessário evitar situações em que as dicas não são consensuais entre os membros do time de desenvolvimento. Por outro lado, propomos CRISPy para complementar HARP. Para validá-la, realizamos três estudos empíricos e, mesmo sendo uma técnica simples de clustering, já consegue propor sequências de casos de teste efetivas em comparação as outras técnicas investigadas. Além disso, a depender dos tipos de casos de teste considerados, a escolha de uma função de distância adequada pode ser um passo de adequação da técnica. Detalhamos a implementação de todas as técnicas propostas e publicamos todos os artefatos relacionados aos estudos empíricos realizados em uma página web, o que permite a reprodução dos nossos resultados. / Software Testing is an expensive and laborious task among the Verification and Validation ones. Nevertheless testing is still the main way of assessing the quality of systems under development. In Model-Based Testing (MBT), test cases are generated automatically from system models, which provides time and cost reduction. On the other hand, frequently the size of the generated test suites leads to an unfeasible complete execution. Therefore, some approaches are used to deal with the costs involved in the test case execution, for example: Test Case Selection, Test Suite Reduction and the Test Case Prioritization (TCP). In order to improve resource consumption during system level testing, whereas not eliminating test cases, we explore TCP in our work. In this doctorate research we address the general problem of proposing a new order for the execution of system level test cases, specifically the ones generated through MBT approaches and considering that historical information is not available to guide this process. As a first step, we evaluate current techniques in this context, aiming at assessing their strengths and weaknesses. Based on these results, we propose two TCP techniques: HARP and CRISPy. The former uses indications (hints) provided by development team members regarding error prone portions of the system under test, as guidance for prioritization; the latter clusters test cases in order to add variability to the prioritization. HARP is based on the adaptive random strategy and explore test cases that cover steps related to the hints. To validate it, we perform two studies and from them we conclude that, with good hints, HARP can suggest effective prioritized test suites, provided that one avoid situations that the hints are not consensual in the development team. On the other hand, we propose CRISPy to complement HARP, i.e. to apply it when HARP is not indicated. To validate it we perform three studies and, even being a simple clustering technique, it already proposes effective prioritized test suites in comparison to current TCP techniques. Besides, depending on the kind of the test suites, choosing an adequate distance function could be a tuning step. We detail the implementation of all investigated and proposed techniques, and publish the artifacts related to the performed empirical studies in a companion site, enabling researchers to verify and reproduce our findings.