The staff of diamonds : a nautical drama in two acts /

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Women are silver, women are diamonds: Conflicting images of women in the Cambodian print

This paper examines 116 articles related to sexual and reproductive health translated into English from the Khmer press from April 1997 to February 2004. These excerpts were found in The Mirror, a publication of the non-governmental organisation Open Forum of Cambodia, which collates Grid reviews all issues of the Khmer press on a weekly basis. Five major themes were identified: the politics of women's health, government regulation and control, the sex industry in Cambodia, rape, and the HIV epidemic. Discourse analysis of these articles in the context of other sources and experience allows a gendered exploration of the reporting of sexual and reproductive health and rights issues in Cambodia by the Khmer print media. The reports explore the contested political empowerment of women in this strongly hierarchical society, and the mechanisms used to regulate and control sexual activity. The expanding sex industry and associated sexual trafficking ore reported, together with the corruption of legal structures designed to regulate health systems and protect women and children from sexual exploitation and rope. The growing problem of AIDS and successes in reducing HIV transmission through the collaboration of sex workers in the 100% condom use policy is documented, and the tensions implicit in G Cultural representation of women that both protects and constrains women ore explored. (C) 2004 Reproductive Health Matters. All rights reserved.

Digital Diamonds: Cloudscape – Datascape - City Connect: Patronando Madrid - Construir Ciudades

SIN FINANCIACIÓN

Linear and nonlinear transport in a small charge-tunable open quantum ring

We experimentally study the Aharonov-Bohm-conductance oscillations under external gate voltage in a semiconductor quantum ring with a radius of 80 nm. We find that, in the linear regime, the resistance-oscillation plot in the voltage-magnetic-field plane corresponds to the quantum ring energy spectra. The chessboard pattern assembled by resistance diamonds, while loading the ring, is attributed to a short electron lifetime in the open configuration, which agrees with calculations within the single-particle model. Remarkably, the application of a small dc current allows observing strong deviations in the oscillation plot from this pattern accompanied by a magnetic-field symmetry break. We relate such behavior to the higher-order-conductance coefficients determined by electron-electron interactions in the nonlinear regime.

Influence of occlusal access on demineralized dentin removal in the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach

Purpose: To verify the influence of cavity access diameter on demineralized dentin removal in the ART approach. Methods: 40 non-carious human premolars were randomly divided into four groups. The occlusal surface was ground flat and the teeth were sectioned mesio-distally. The hemi-sections were reassembled and occlusal access preparations were carried out using ball-shaped diamonds. The resulting size of the occlusal opening was 1.0 mm, 1.4 mm, 1.6 mm and 1.8 mm for Groups A, B, C, and D, respectively. Standardized artificial carious lesions were created and demineralized dentin was excavated. After excavation, the cavities were analyzed using: (a) the tactile method, (b) caries-detection dye to stain demineralized dentin, as proposed by Smales & Fang, and (c) Demineralized Tissue Removal index, as proposed in this study. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher, Spearman correlation coefficient, kappa, Kruskal-Wallis and Miller tests (P < 0.05). Results: The three methods of evaluation showed no significant difference between Groups A vs. B, and C vs. D, while statistically significant differences were observed between Groups A vs. C, A vs. D, B vs. C and B vs. D. Based on the results of this study, the size of occlusal access significantly affected the efficacy of demineralized tissue removal.

A New Account of the Diamond Mines of the Deccan

This account is drawn from a manuscript in Madrid National Library and till recently unpublished. It is an autobiographical account of a diamond trader who lived in Goa in the 17th century and travelled to various regions of India and elsewhere in Asia in search of diamonds. Jacques de Couttre, a flemish merchant, was a victim of the Goa Inquisition, but his diamonds won him freedom!

Conhecimento dos alunos sobre geometria no início do 3.º ciclo

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Educação Matemática na Educação Pré-Escolar e nos 1.º e 2.º Ciclos do Ensino Básico

Join The Moment Transitários, S.A: relatório de estágio no departamento de operações

Apresentado ao Instituto de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Empreendedorismo e Internacionalização, sob orientação da Doutora Maria Clara Pinto Ribeiro

Geometria: um estudo sobre quadriláteros no 4.º ano de escolaridade com recurso ao geoplano e ao GeoGebra

O presente estudo foi desenvolvido no âmbito do Mestrado de Didática da Matemática e Ciências da Natureza, no 1.º e 2.º Ciclos, no domínio da Geometria. Tem como principal objetivo compreender e analisar, através da implementação de uma sequência de tarefas de investigação e exploração, de que forma o processo de ensino e aprendizagem dos alunos, na área dos quadriláteros, com os recursos GeoGebra e o Geoplano, contribui para o desenvolvimento do raciocínio geométrico. Neste sentido, definiram-se as seguintes questões de investigação: (1) Qual a imagem concetual que os alunos possuem de cada um dos quadriláteros? (2) Que conhecimentos têm os alunos sobre as propriedades dos quadriláteros: quadrados, retângulos e losangos? (3) Quais os contributos do Geoplano e do GeoGebra na compreensão e identificação das propriedades dos quadriláteros? A metodologia adotada foi de natureza qualitativa, do tipo interpretativo, baseada em dois estudos de caso. Na recolha de dados, foram utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: observação, questionário, documentos produzidos pelos alunos, entrevistas informais, registos áudio e fotografias aos trabalhos realizados. Na análise dos dados, procurou-se descrever e interpretar os dados recolhidos, no âmbito do objeto do estudo. Os resultados mostraram que a sequência de tarefas e o modo como foram desenvolvidas foram fundamentais na compreensão dos conteúdos trabalhados. Regista-se também que os recursos utilizados motivaram os alunos e contribuíram para a interação, como também para a compreensão dos conceitos geométricos. Por outro lado, a utilização do GeoGebra e do Geoplano contribuíram para o desenvolvimento do raciocínio espacial e geométrico.

Inovação como fator de competitividade da cadeia de valor da moda

Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia Têxtil

Innovation in “low-tech” industries: Portuguese footwear industry

ICEIM – International Conference in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Roma, 17-18 de setembro de 2015.

The diamond : a study in Chinese and Hellenistic folk-lore / by Berthold Laufer --

v.15:no.1(1915)

The Quest for Regulating the Global Diamond Trade

Campaign efforts by NGOs initially put conflict diamonds on the global radar screen in the late 1990s. In response, the Kimberley Process (KP), a negotiation forum between states, NGOs, and industry, was formed to discuss possible solutions to curb the trade in conflict diamonds. Less than three years later, a voluntary, global certification named the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was adopted. The KPCS regulates the trade of rough diamonds by certifying all legitimate diamonds. This paper outlines the problem of conflict diamonds, how a global campaign raised awareness about the issue, and how the process of solution building unfolded in the KP. My analysis focuses on the diverse set of actors (NGOs, states, and industry) and their changing interactions over the course of the campaign and global regulation efforts. I conclude with several key lessons that capture important elements observed in this case study.

Nucleation of diamond on silicon, SiAlON, and graphite substrates coated with an a-C:H layer

We investigated the influence of a hydrogenated disordered carbon (a-C:H) layer on the nucleation of diamond. Substrates c-Si<100>, SiAlON, and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite {0001} were used in this study. The substrate surfaces were characterized with Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) while diamond growth was followed with Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was found that on silicon and SiAlON substrates the presence of the a-C:H layer enabled diamond to grow readily without any polishing treatment. Moreover, more continuous diamond films could be grown when the substrate was polished with diamond powder prior to the deposition of the a-C:H layer. This important result suggests that the nucleation of diamond occurs readily on disordered carbon surfaces, and that the formation of this type of layer is indeed one step in the diamond nucleation mechanism. Altogether, the data refute the argument that silicon defects play a direct role in the nucleation process. Auger spectra revealed that for short deposition times and untreated silicon surfaces, the deposited layer corresponds to an amorphous carbon layer. In these cases, the subsequent diamond nucleation was found to be limited. However, when the diamond nucleation density was found to be high; i.e., after lengthy deposits of a¿C:H or after diamond polishing, the Auger spectra suggested diamondlike carbon layers.