Seit ihrer Erkenntnis und Formulierung im Rahmen der Ausarbeitung der Thermodynamik zeigte sich, dass der Geltungsbereich der sog. Hauptsätze weit über die Grenzen der Thermodynamik im engeren Sinne herausreicht - sie sind offenbar das Fundament aller materiellen Prozesse. Unverständlich...

This paper investigates Palestine's institutional foundations in order to decide on the most appropriate telecommunications regulatory system. It is based on the work of Levy and Spiller's institutional endowment framework. Comments and adjustments to the framework are also discussed and...

Artikkelen redegjør innledningsvis for opprettelsen av statsøkonomisk eksamen i 1905 - den viktigste begivenhet i økonomifagets utvikling ved universitetet i de første 100 år av dets historie - og behandler deretter begivenheter som utspilte seg i 1910-20. I 1910 ble det for annen gang i...

Artikkelen behandler begivenheter som utspilte seg i 1876-77. I Stortinget ble det fremmet forslag om opprettelse av et professorat i statsøkonomi og statistikk. Forslaget fikk tilslutning av et stort flertall og etter Kongens godkjenning ble det umiddelbart satt ut i livet. Dette var det...

The article presents an analysis of the relations between national state and human rights in Brazil between the years of 1968 and 1996. The purpose is to reconstruct the historical process of the incorporation of this theme as a state policy and to put into evidence the conditionings of the...

We rank the participant nations in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games according to their technical efficiency. Usually they are ranked in accordance with the number of medals they have won and no resources available are considered. In order to evaluate the relative performance of the countries, we...

This paper highlights the challenges and opportunities regarding the Environmental Education (EE) and solid waste themes from a perspective of supporting new demands, principles and guidelines of the National Policy for Solid Residues (PNRS) and the National Plan for Solid Residues, as well as...

In this research we assess the legislation on the basis of the horizontalization process, or horizontal decentralization, undergone by foreign policy decision making within the realm of the Brazilian federal Executive Power. This process entails a new institutional arrangement among the...