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The pedagogical dimension of internationalisation? – A challenging quality issue in higher education for the 21st century.

Abstract What are the pedagogical impacts of internationalisation on the development of higher education in Europe? How can we proceed in this process and take a pedagogical stance on the issue? This theoretical paper is partly based on a series of empirical studies conducted by the author, investigating students’ and teachers’ experiences and understanding of an internationalised educational cont

Analysis of Best High Rate Convolutional Codes for Faster than Nyquist Turbo Equalization

We find good rate 2/3 and 3/4 convolutional codes for use with iterative decoding (turbo equalization) of coded intersymbol interference with AWGN. The method is based on the input-output bit error rate characteristic of the convolutional BCJR decoder module. An analysis leads to an equivalent minimum distance under the required intrinsic subtraction, which depends on free distance and an input-ou

Immuno-affinity interactions in sample preparation and analysis

Immuno-affinity interactions (antibody-antigen) belong, together with enzyme-inhibitor/substrate/coenzyme; oligosaccharide-lectin; DNA/RNA-protein interactions etc, to the class of bio-recognition. Immuno-affinity is widely used for analysis in immunoassays with numerous applications in a variety fields (i.e. environment, foodstuffs, clinical, pharmaceutical, diagnosis, etc.). Recently, the immuno

Appropriations of Shakespeare's King Lear in Three Modern North American Novels

This thesis examines the creative appropriation of Shakespeare in theory and practice. It is based on close readings of King Lear alongside three appropriations of the play in works of fiction by three North American women writers: Jane Smiley, Anne Tyler, and Margaret Atwood. The aim is to demonstrate how a ‘palimpsestic’ reading, i.e. a reading in which the reader oscillates between ‘pre-text’ a

Assignment of solutions to cases: Comments on Bentham and the formal theory of legislative action

The chapter starts from Bentham’s idea of an ideal code to be constructed ab origine, grounded on natural and universal principles. Lindahl maintains that Bentham had great confidence in the future role of logic, but that deontic logic is too narrow to do justice to the richness of Bentham’s ideas. The paper outlines how a formal theory of legislative action can be constructed for a rational “Bent

Density-matrix theory of quantum cascade lasers: Localization effects

A density-matrix theory is employed to study dynamical effects in a THz quantum cascade laser. Varying the tunnel coupling across the injection barrier by changing the barrier width, different regimes are distinguished where stationary and dynamics-induced localization effects are found and discussed.

Ex-Bishop Alfonso of Jaén, St. Bridget's Evangelist

Alfonso Pecha (b. 1327, d. 1389), Bishop of Spanish Jaén from 1359 to 1368, went to Italy after his resignation. There he made St. Bridget’s acquaintance. Alfonso who was a man of great learning and wide experience became St. Bridget's trusted advisor and assisted her in propagating her great causes (the return of the papacy from Avignon to Rome, a reform of the Church, the founding of a new order

Integrating Reciprocal Perspectives: On Georges Gurvitch’s Theory of Immediate Jural Experience

This paper suggests that many of Gurvitch's ideas, which were originally presented in an abstract fashion, are still highly pertinent to socio-legal analysis. They may be employed in empirical research in a revised form, which would make them receptive to operationalisation. To this end, I shall focus on some of the main theoretical ideas developed by Gurvitch, reinterpreting them critically and i