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The question of how effective political tools actually are is among the most hotly debated in contemporary IR theory. There is no unanimity how to even measure the effectiveness and impact different political measures produce. This book comprehensively introduces social science students and scholars to the various fields of effectiveness and impact research in the study of international relations. Zusammengenommen sollte sich der Sammelband für Studierende, Forschende und Praktiker_innen als ungemein nützlich bei der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Problem der wissenschaftlich fundierten Evaluation der Effektivität von Maßnahmen erweisen. Pw-portal.de, 05.02.2015

effectiveness --- IR theory --- methodology --- political tools

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The aim of this open access book is to take stock of, critically engage, and celebrate feminist IR scholarship produced in Europe. Organized thematically, the volume highlights a wealth of excellent scholarship, while also focusing on the politics of location and the international political economy of feminist knowledge production. Who are some of the central feminist scholars located in Europe? How might the concentration of these scholars in Northern Europe and the UK shape the contents of their scholarship? What have some of the main contributions been, in the study of the following themes: security; war and military; peace; migration; international political economy and development; foreign policy; diplomacy; and global governance and international organizations? The volume offers both an intellectual history and a sociology of feminist IR scholarship in Europe. It showcases the vitality and breadth of feminist IR traditions, while simultaneously calling attention to their partial nature, exclusions and silences.

International relations --- Cultural studies --- Social & political philosophy --- Political science & theory --- feminist IR --- feminist IR theory --- feminism in IR --- feminist theory in international relations --- Critical Security Studies --- War --- Military --- Peace --- peacebuilding --- migration --- gender --- global governance --- social movements --- international organizations

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In this book, the first high-speed silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) modulator is demonstrated by exploiting a highly-nonlinear polymer cladding and a silicon waveguide. By using a liquid crystal cladding instead, an ultra-low power phase shifter is obtained. A third type of device is proposed for achieving three-wave mixing on the silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) platform. Finally, new physical constants which describe the optical absorption in charge accumulation/inversion layers in silicon are determined.

optical absorption --- high-speed modulators --- mid-IR --- Silicon photonics --- liquid crystals

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Šalies įvaizdžio valdymo praktikos sukelia daug dilemų, todėl turi tiek proponentų, tiek priešų. Ne išimtis čia yra ir Lietuva. Viena vertus, žiniasklaidoje piktinamasi, kad Lietuva užsienyje pristatoma kaip skurdi šalis ar Hanibalo Lekterio gimtinė, kita vertus, klausiama, ar tinkamai ir efektyviai panaudojami mokesčių mokėtojų pinigai, juos investuojant į tokias neapčiuopiamas ir racionaliai sunkiai paaiškinamas veiklas kaip kultūros diplomatija ar šalies prekės ženklas. Juk šalies įvaizdis – tai beveik magiškas asociacijų ir simbolių debesis, tvyrantis neapčiuopiamos užsieniečių masės galvose. Ar galima teigti, kad jis galėtų lemti tokius racionaliai suskaičiuojamus dalykus kaip šalies ekonomika, turistų srautai ar žmonių gyvybė karuose? Pagrindinė šalis, kuria Autorius domisi ir kurios pavyzdžių daugiausia pateikia knygoje, yra Japonija. Ir ne tik todėl, kad su šia šalimi yra susijęs asmeniškai ir čia atlieka daugumą savo tyrimų. Jo manymu, kaip tik Japonijos šios srities laimėjimai galėtų padėti Lietuvai atsakant į tam tikrus klausimus, sprendžiant dilemas ar renkantis priemones.

Diplomacy. --- Japan --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- Diplomatija --- Diplomacy --- Užsienio ryšiai --- Japonija --- Politics --- Politika ir valdymas

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This book offers historical and state-of-the-art molecular spectroscopy methods and applications in dynamic compression science, aimed at the upcoming generation in physical sciences involved in studies of materials at extremes. It begins with addressing the motivation for probing shock compressed molecular materials with spectroscopy and then reviews historical developments and the basics of the various spectroscopic methods that have been utilized. Introductory chapters are devoted to fundamentals of molecular spectroscopy, overviews of dynamic compression technologies, and diagnostics used to quantify the shock compression state during spectroscopy experiments. Subsequent chapters describe all the molecular spectroscopic methods used in shock compression research to date, including theory, experimental details for application to shocked materials, and difficulties that can be encountered. Each of these chapters also includes a section comparing static compression results. The last chapter offers an outlook for the future, which leads the next-generation readers to tackling persistent problems.

Solid state physics --- Spectrometric and optical chemical analysis --- IR spectroscopie --- fysica --- Materials at high pressures. --- Molecular spectroscopy.