The Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Center (PFTAC) produced 'A Public Financial Management Roadmap for Forum Island Countries' ("The Roadmap") in 2009 (PFTAC 2010). This document was adopted at the Forum Economic Ministers' Meeting (FEMM) of the Pacific Island Forum as an agreed approach...

In this paper, oil spills occurring near shore in semienclosed waterways are viewed as emergency events. A partial set covering model, similar to those developed for firehouse location analysis, is applied to the problem of locating oil spill response equipment. The model includes both...

A comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of concentrating collectors against conventional flat-plate collectors are presented. This is followed by the design of a parabolic-trough solar-collector system, due consideration having been given to collector-aperture and rim-angle...

Steady-state convective heat transfers across shaped, non-rectangular, closed-ended cavities containing air at atmospheric pressure have been measured. The thermal resistances of these are compared with previously published data for rectangular geometry cavities.

Much attention in the field of international marketing has recently been focused on the need for adaptation of strategies to new environments. One aspect of this is the extent to which products and promotion require adaptation for success in foreign markets. Writers have advanced various...