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In this thesis, I present examples of non-adherence to Just War Doctrine and challenge whether the theory ought to be adhered to at all. My research is based on nation to nation and nation to international actor wars and addresses all three tenets of the Just War Doctrine: Jus in bello, Jus ad bellum and Jus pos bello. My writings suggest that since Just War Theory has not been adhered to in entirety within the last 100 years, standing by the theory may, in itself, be irrelevant. This theory was created to make addressing, committing and ending war the gravest of all man's acts, so severe in nature that there is no room for error. In fact, during the research of this thesis, a war that was fought justly according to tradition was not found. And, because Just War Doctrine decreed that in order for a war to exist justly, all tenets must be followed, this thesis has provided considerable evidence that for the last 100 years Just War Doctrine has not been adhered to and with the changing dimensions of warfare by terrorists, state and rogue actors, and increased interconnectedness through Globalization, Just War may never be relevant as it was in the early years of establishment. / US Air Force (USAF) author.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Mathematics / Andrew G. Bennett / "Just In Time Teaching" (JiTT) is a teaching practice that utilizes web based technology to collect information about students' background knowledge prior to attending lecture. Traditionally, students answer either multiple choice, short answer, or brief essay questions outside of class; based on student responses, instructors adjust their lectures "just-in-time." In this study, modified JiTT techniques in the form of online review modules were applied to a first semester calculus course at a large midwestern state university during the spring 2012 term. The review modules covered algebra concepts and skills relevant to the new material presented in calculus lecture (the "just-in-time" adjustment of the calculus lectures was not implemented in this teaching experiment). The reviews were part of the course grade. Instead of being administered purely "just-in-time," the reviews were assigned ahead of time as part of the online homework component of Calculus-I. While previous studies have investigated the use of traditional JiTT techniques in math courses and reported student satisfaction with such teaching tools, these studies have not addressed gains in student achievement with respect to specific calculus topics. The goal of this study was to investigate the latter, and to determine whether timing of the reviews plays a role in bettering student performance. Student progress on weekly Calculus-I online assignments was tracked in spring of 2012 and compared to student scores from weekly Calculus-I online assignments from spring 2011, when modified JiTT instruction was not available. For select Calculus-I online assignments during the spring 2012 term, we discovered that the review modules significantly increased the number of students receiving perfect scores, even when the reviews were not purely administered ``just-in-time." Analysis of performance, success of review assignments, and future implications are also discussed.

Estágio realizado na Qimonda Portugal, S.A. e orientado pelo Eng.ª Ana ferrão / Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Industrial e Gestão. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2009

Estágio realizado na IBeroGestão, Ld.ª e orientado pelo Eng.º Alfredo Azevedo / Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Industrial e gestão. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2008

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [61-65]).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2003. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-85).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 68).

The history of the Church’s participation in, and attitudes towards warfare have been well-documented in several fields of research. The development of the doctrine of just war and the medieval crusades within Western Christianity, have been the subject of a considerable amount of scholarship. There has also recently been an increasing amount of research done by historians, theologians and political theorists comparing the status of warfare within the Christian and Islamic traditions. However, the current state of the historiography is focused almost entirely on Western Christianity, and does not address in any depth the attitudes toward warfare present in Eastern Christianity within the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. This thesis seeks to address this historiographical imbalance by comparing the development of the Eastern and Western Church’s positions on warfare throughout the medieval period. The thesis examines the factors that led to the divergence of the two Churches’ attitudes towards warfare, and the development and impact of their differing theologies during the medieval period. It is argued that the fundamental point of divergence between the Eastern and Western Church’s attitude to warfare is linguistic and theological in nature. The linguistic differences between the Greek and Latin Churches, led to different theological interpretive frameworks regarding the subject of warfare. These different fundamental theological assumptions would lead the two Churches down different developmental paths and would prevent the development or acceptance of Western theories of just war and holy war in the Eastern Church.

The component workshop at Atlas Copco inTierp intends to reduce the costs inorder to increase their competitiveness.This thesis examines how the productionmanagement around cylinder washersshould be managed in a way that meetsthe customer needs. The customer to thecylinder washer is Atlas Copcos assemblydepartment in Tierp. The purpose of this thesis is to providean alternative way of managing theproduction. A chapter of theory is addedto give the reader an insight ofdifferent types of production managementsystems as well as the underlyingknowledge needed to get a better readingexperience. An introduction of kanbancan in theory help Atlas Copco in thedirection they strive. It should beclear how the purpose of this thesisaffects the cost for the componentworkshop and also how it relates to thecurrent production. The currentsituation is described by explaining howthey use SAP, EOQ and an analysis of how EOQ determine the batch size. Thencalculations on a kanban system is madeand also an idea of how the logistics ofthe kanban system should be managed. From this thesis, conclusions how animplementation of a kanbansystem wouldaffect the component workshop can beshown. By using the overcapacity withthe machine to increase the frequency ofchangeovers leads to reduced batch size.The reduced batch starts a chain of goodconsequences like reduction ofinventory. Changing from a productionmanaged by EOQ to a kanbanflow makes theproduction planning more transparent andrequire less resources. In a complexprocess there’s a lot of factors thatdetermine how the production is managed,a kanbansystem reduce the complexitywith an easy signal when the productionshould start. / Komponentverkstaden på Atlas Copco i Tierp har för avsikt att minska de kostnadsdrivandefaktorerna för att öka sin konkurrenskraft. Den här rapporten undersöker hur cylinderbrickorska produktionsstyras på ett sätt som tillgodoser cylinderbrickans kund (monteringen)samtidigt som lagernivåer inte ska vara för stora. Målet med rapporten är att ge komponentverkstaden i Tierp ett förslag om ett alternativttillvägagångssätt för att styra produktionen. Ett kapitel med teori finns för att ge läsaren eninblick i olika typer av produktionsledningssystem samt omkringliggande kunskaper sombehövs för att få en bättre läsupplevelse. Ett införande av kanbansystem anses i teorin kunnahjälpa Atlas Copco i den riktning de önskar. Det ska tydligt framgå hur alternativet påverkarde kostnadsdrivande faktorer samt hur det förhåller sig till nuvarande produktionsstyrning.Nuläget beskrivs genom att förklara hur de använder SAP och EOQ samt en analys av attutforma partistorlekar med hjälp av EOQ. Därefter räknas ett kanbansystem fram och en idéom hur logistiken kring kanbansystemet ska skötas. Från den här rapporten kan slutsatser dras om hur en implementering av ett kanbansystemskulle påverka komponentverkstaden. Genom att använda den överblivna tiden som finns vidmaskinen till att ställa om produktionen oftare, minskar partistorlekarna vilket startar enkedjereaktion av bra konsekvenser som till exempel mindre lager. Att gå ifrån en EOQ styrdproduktionsstyrning till ett kanbanflöde gör att produktionsplaneringen blir merlättöverskådlig och mindre resurskrävande. I en komplex process där en oöverskådlig mängdfaktorer styr hur produktionen ska planeras minskas komplexiteten med hjälp av ettkanbanstyrt flöde som ger signal om produktion efter förbrukning.