COLREGs in STCW Convention

Convention in joint activity

Conventional behaviors develop from practice for regularly occurring problems of coordination within a community of actors. A convention is a predisposition for participants in a joint activity to expect certain points of coordination to develop during the course of the activity. The expected points of coordination form a design for activity; they evolve over time to match changes in circumstan...

Beyond convention

A lthough copper-oxide superconductors share with conventional superconductors the remarkable property of offering no resistance to the flow of electricity, their characteristic critical temperatures (Tc) below which this happens can be as high as 135 K. In fact, these materials belong to the emerging class of so-called strongly correlated systems — a class of materials whose list is rapidly gr...

creative use of convention in Herikes Corrinas going a Maying

Selected Convention Papers ; Annual International Convention : Behavioral Disorders

PROBLEMS AND ISSUES IN EDUCATING THE JUVENILE OFFENDER

Convention on Migratory Species

1. Migratory species are generally more at risk of becoming endangered than nonmigratory ones because their habitat requirements are greater. As a result, many migratory species that were once common are becoming increasingly rare. All countries of the world share a responsibility to conserve this common natural heritage. It is axiomatic that the Convention supports Parties by encouraging the d...