After the Cold War, international relationships changed from the Yalta System (emphasis on military alliance and arms race led by both superpowers the U.S. and the former Soviet Union) to the Malta System (emphasis on economic and security cooperation). Multilateral security cooperation mechanisms in the Asia Pacific were established one after another under the transition of the whole international circumstance. For purposes of maintaining regional stability, the PRC fully participates in the following meetings: ASEAN Regional Forum¡BThe Four Party Talks¡BAsia Europe Meeting¡BASEAN+3 Informal Summit¡BASEAN+1 Informal Summit¡BASEAN-China Dialogue Session¡BWorkshop on Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea and Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. It is a worthy issue to continuously observe whether these mechanisms can indeed shape China as a regional responsible member. On the other hand, we must question whether the PRC's participation is merely a tool that can help achieve other underlying purposes. Accordingly, this thesis will discuss two main subjects. Firstly, we will look into China¡¦s standpoints and strategies for participating in these Asia Pacific multilateral security mechanisms. Secondly, we will examine the Asia Pacific security strategies of the U.S., JAPAN, and ASEAN as well as their standpoints and strategies towards the PRC's participation in the Asia Pacific multilateral security mechanisms.

Bei der Wiederverwertung von Alt- und Abfallgummi stehen Industrie und Forschung im Gegensatz zu den rein thermoplastischen Kunststoffen wie Polypropylen und Polyäthylen immer noch am Anfang. Große Mengen der roh- und werkstofflich wertvollen (Technischen und Sonstigen Elastomerartikel, sogen. TSE-Gummiab- fälle (ca. 400 T Jahrestonnen) werden gegenwärtig noch in Zementöfen und E-Werken verbrannt (thermisch entsorgt). Die werkstoffliche Aufbereitung, d.h. das Mahlen zu Gummigranulat bzw. -mehl ermöglicht es, inbesondere verstärkungsmittelfreies Gummimehl sehr kleiner Partikelgrößen (<0,4 mm) in einem speziellen reaktiven Mischverfahren mit Kunststoffen zu Kompositwerkstoffen (Blends und Elastomerlegierungen) zu verarbeiten. In den Elastomerlegierungen ist das Gummimehl chemisch und physikalisch mit der Kunststoffmarix gekoppelt. Deshalb kommen diese Kompositwerkstoffe in ihren Eigenschaften den der TPE (Thermoplastische Elastomere) sehr nahe. Das Projekt untersucht Einflüsse verschiedener Mahl- prozesse auf die Qualität des Gummimehls und versucht das Mischverhältnis der Ausgangskomponenten und den Mischprozeß zu optimieren. Als Qualitätskriterien für diese experimentellen und theoretischen Arbeiten gelten verschiedene mechanisch-physikalische Eigenschaften von Formteilen, die nach unterschiedlichen Verarbeitungs- methoden (Extrudieren, Formpressen, Spritzgießen) aus den Kompositwerkstoffen hergestellt wurden. Die Arbeitsgruppe um Dr. Michael von der TU Chemnitz prüft die Eignung der Gummimehle, die nach dem noch weitgehend unbekannten und von dem polnischen Projekt- partner entwickelten Mahlverfahren, der sogen. SSSP- Methode (Solid-State Shear Pulverisation) hergestellt wurden, betreffs ihres Einsatzes als Hauptrezepturkomponente in Elastomerlegierungen und speziellen Blends. Im SSSP-Zerkleinerungsprozeß werden die Gummiwerkstoffe höchsten Scherkräften ausgesetzt. Die dadurch ent- stehenden inneren Spannungen führen zur Zerkleinerung des Gummis in feinste Partikel (0,1 …0,3mm) jedoch mit sehr großen Oberflächen. Sowohl die TU Chemnitz als auch die ATL Bydgoszcz sind in der TPE-Forschung, ein Markt mit wachsender Nachfrage, seit Jahren sehr erfolgreich. Ziel des Projektes ist es, zusammen mit dem Fraunhofer Institut UMSICHT Oberhausen, der Greiner RUBBERTEC GmbH Nürtingen und weiteren Firmen der Gummiindustrie Kompetenzen zusammenzuführen und somit neue Erkenntnisse auf dem Gebiet des Kunststoff- und Gummirecyclings zu gewinnen, die kurzfristig in die Praxis umgesetzt werden können. Das Projekt wird als Auftakt gemeinsamer Forschungs- kooperationen verstanden und wird im Rahmen einer gemeinsamen Ausschreibung des Auswärtigen Amtes und des BMBF zum Deutsch-Polnischen Jahr 2005/2006 mit Mitteln des BMBF gefördert.

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The concept duty of care is defined as heedful, careful guarding, supervision of a minor, and/or overseeing. An obligation rests on teachers to scrupulously see to the safety (and also the well-being) of all learners entrusted to them. Hence teachers are responsible for the physical safety of learners and for creating a safe haven for them. The Civil Technology workshop teacher has an increased caring duty towards his learners due to the potential life-threatening circumstances and conditions that can prevail in his workshop compared to, for instance, the ordinary classroom environment. Furthermore, a specific legal duty rests on a person when he is placed in control of dangerous objects or machinery, seeing that he has to see to it that he ensures the safety of others through positive action. Internationally, the circular saw is statistically speaking seen to be the most dangerous woodwork machine in the Civil Technology workshop. Circular saws are responsible for more accidents than any other machine, and the most claims for damages against teachers and school managements also arise from it. Due to the underlying dangers inherent to circular saws and the presence thereof in Civil Technology workshops, it increases the risks attached to the caring supervision duty of the Civil Technology teacher to a great extent. Civil Technology workshop teachers are therefore confronted by unique challenges in their workshops. Hence it is essential that they be equipped with sufficient knowledge pertaining to educational law so as to make head against these challenges. Civil Technology workshop teachers should therefore not only be aware of all common law principles, relevant legislation and case law as applicable to workshops, but also be able to apply it in practice in the workshop environment. This practical application furthermore requires workshop teachers to be knowledgeable to be able to maintain workshop machinery in a safe working condition through regular upkeep and maintenance. An empirical investigation (n=38) was launched, based on a questionnaire filled in by all Civil Technology teachers and their heads of department North West where Civil Technology is presented as a choice subject at high schools. The aim of the empirical investigation was to determine: * what the level of Civil Technology workshop teachers‘ expertise and knowledge is regarding legal key issues concerning their caring supervising duty, and * to what extent effective safety management of woodwork machinery in Civil Technology workshops is applied. The empirical investigation found, amongst others, that: * The respondents do not have sufficient knowledge of the principles pertaining to educational law to apply it in the Civil Technology workshops of the study population practically. * Civil Technology workshop teachers and heads of department should have a high degree of expertise with a view to execute their duty of care. Poor educational law training can possibly be proffered as reason why their level of expertise cannot be seen to be sufficient in a case where an increased level of duty of car is required in potentially dangerous workshops. Following on above-mentioned findings, specific recommendations were made to all role-players involved that are involved in learner safety in Civil Technology workshops. These recommendations may possibly contribute to increased and more effective caring supervision in promoting learner safety. / Thesis (MEd (Education Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012

The concept duty of care is defined as heedful, careful guarding, supervision of a minor, and/or overseeing. An obligation rests on teachers to scrupulously see to the safety (and also the well-being) of all learners entrusted to them. Hence teachers are responsible for the physical safety of learners and for creating a safe haven for them. The Civil Technology workshop teacher has an increased caring duty towards his learners due to the potential life-threatening circumstances and conditions that can prevail in his workshop compared to, for instance, the ordinary classroom environment. Furthermore, a specific legal duty rests on a person when he is placed in control of dangerous objects or machinery, seeing that he has to see to it that he ensures the safety of others through positive action. Internationally, the circular saw is statistically speaking seen to be the most dangerous woodwork machine in the Civil Technology workshop. Circular saws are responsible for more accidents than any other machine, and the most claims for damages against teachers and school managements also arise from it. Due to the underlying dangers inherent to circular saws and the presence thereof in Civil Technology workshops, it increases the risks attached to the caring supervision duty of the Civil Technology teacher to a great extent. Civil Technology workshop teachers are therefore confronted by unique challenges in their workshops. Hence it is essential that they be equipped with sufficient knowledge pertaining to educational law so as to make head against these challenges. Civil Technology workshop teachers should therefore not only be aware of all common law principles, relevant legislation and case law as applicable to workshops, but also be able to apply it in practice in the workshop environment. This practical application furthermore requires workshop teachers to be knowledgeable to be able to maintain workshop machinery in a safe working condition through regular upkeep and maintenance. An empirical investigation (n=38) was launched, based on a questionnaire filled in by all Civil Technology teachers and their heads of department North West where Civil Technology is presented as a choice subject at high schools. The aim of the empirical investigation was to determine: * what the level of Civil Technology workshop teachers‘ expertise and knowledge is regarding legal key issues concerning their caring supervising duty, and * to what extent effective safety management of woodwork machinery in Civil Technology workshops is applied. The empirical investigation found, amongst others, that: * The respondents do not have sufficient knowledge of the principles pertaining to educational law to apply it in the Civil Technology workshops of the study population practically. * Civil Technology workshop teachers and heads of department should have a high degree of expertise with a view to execute their duty of care. Poor educational law training can possibly be proffered as reason why their level of expertise cannot be seen to be sufficient in a case where an increased level of duty of car is required in potentially dangerous workshops. Following on above-mentioned findings, specific recommendations were made to all role-players involved that are involved in learner safety in Civil Technology workshops. These recommendations may possibly contribute to increased and more effective caring supervision in promoting learner safety. / Thesis (MEd (Education Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012

This case study was unique in its focus on an environmental education curriculum for older adults. It followed from previous studies in exploring the instructional and research potential of metaphor and environmental orientation. Environmental orientations towards water were examined among a group of retirees before, during and after a workshop which incorporated instructional metaphor as a teaching strategy. The study demonstrated that, at least for some participants, the use of metaphor from a variety of orientations has the potential to increase participants’ appreciation of alternative ways of relating to the environment. Overall, the use of metaphor appears to have contributed positively to most participants’ understanding of water issues. As an educational tool instructional metaphor was useful in group discussion as a catalyst for conversation about how participants view, understand and relate to water. As a research technique metaphoric interviewing was useful to help draw out the accumulated knowledge and experiences of older adults.

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Esta dissertação insere-se em um projeto maior de pesquisa, o Oficinando em Rede que vem se desenvolvendo no Centro Integrado de Atenção Psicossocial do Hospital Psiquiátrico São Pedro (CIAPS-HPSP) a partir de sua criação em 2004. O Oficinando em Rede tem contribuído para implementação de diferentes tecnologias de atenção nesse serviço e vem pesquisando sobre a constituição de redes por seus usuários e trabalhadores. A presente pesquisa – Oficinando Enredos de Passagem: o encontro do adolescer em sofrimento com a tecnologia – busca investigar como acontece o encontro dos jovens com as tecnologias digitais em um espaço de compartilhamento e escuta denominado oficinas tecnológicas, o qual é estruturado no CIAPS. Estruturado nas bordas do HPSP, o Centro situa-se na passagem entre tecnologias e paradigmas de atenção diversos, o que traz efeitos subjetivos nos sujeitos que o constituem. Esta pesquisa tem como ponto de partida o questionamento se esse encontro com os computadores, com as especificidades dos seus modos de operar em um espaço de oficina, pode favorecer – e de que forma – o desdobramento de enredos e narrativas em jovens que vivem entraves de diferentes ordens no seu processo de ”adolescimento”. Também visa compreender quais os impasses e as passagens que são colocados em evidência pelas narrativas produzidas Para isso, parte-se das oficinas desenvolvidas com seis jovens em atendimento ambulatorial no CIAPS/HPSP no período de março a dezembro de 2007. Através da análise dos diferentes movimentos de apropriação das tecnologias digitais, das possibilidades de interação, compartilhamento e endereçamento constituídos nas oficinas, e de algumas narrativas ali surgidas, busca-se responder ou relançar as questões que possibilitaram o desdobramento desta dissertação. / This study is inserted in a larger research project, the Oficinando em Rede, that has been developed in the Integrated Center of Psychological and Social Attention (Centro Integrado de Atenção Psicossocial - CIAPS) of São Pedro Psychiatric Hospital (Hospital Psiquiátrico São Pedro - HPSP), since its creation in 2004. The Oficinando em Rede has been contributing for the implementation of different technologies of attention in this service and has been researching into the formation of nets by its users and staff. The present research - Workshops of Passage Plots: the encounter between technology and the process of being an adolescent in suffering (Oficinando Enredos de Passagem: o encontro do adolescer em sofrimento com a tecnologia) – seeks to investigate how the encounter between young people and digital technology takes place in a space of sharing and listening, a service called Technological Workshops (Oficinas Tecnológicas) that is structured at CIAPS. Constituted at the edge of HPSP, the Center is situated in the passage between technologies and diverse paradigms of attention, what brings subjective effects to the individuals that integrate it. This research has as a starting point the question if the encounter with the computers, including the specificities of its modes of operation in the workshops, can favor – and in which way – the unfolding of plots and narratives by young people that live with hindrances of different orders in the process of becoming adolescents. Additionally, the research aims to comprehend the impasses and the passages that are highlighted by the narratives produced by the young people. It started from the workshops that were developed with six young people under ambulatory care at CIAPS/HPSP, from March 2007 to December 2007. Throughout the analysis of different movements of appropriation of digital technologies, the possibilities of interaction, the shared experiences, addressing and narratives developed in the workshops, the research seeks to answer and re-launch questions that made the development of this dissertation possible.