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• Preface
• Keynote: Reflections on South African constitutional democracy - Transition and transformation - Justice Dikgang Moseneke
• Part 1 - Reflections on historical moments
• Reflections on historical moments - Frene Ginwala
• Reflections on historical moments - Sydney Mufamadi
• Beyond the compromise: Crafting new visions and practices of freedom - Patricia McFadden
• Part 2 - The South African political economy
• The South African political economy - Miriam Altman
• The South African political economy - Renosi Mokate
• Debating development in post-apartheid South Africa - Vusi Gumede
• Part 3 - Values, nation formation and social compacting
• Values, nation formation and social compacting - Trevor Manuel
• Values, nation formation and social compacting - Albie Sachs
• Values, nation formation and social compacting - Pregs Govender
• Beyond social compacting: A power matrix in flux in post-Mandela South Africa - Mazibuko Jara
• Part 4 - Innovation and transdisciplinary knowledge for action
• Innovation and transdisciplinary knowledge for action - Tshilidzi Marwala
• Intellectual discourse on transdisciplinarity - Hester du Plessis
• Innovation and transdisciplinary knowledge for action - Erika Kraemer-Mbula
• South Africa's democratic transition and transformation from 1994-2014: What difference has it made to date? - Mammo Muchie
• Innovation and transdisciplinary knowledge for action - Imraan Patel
• Part 5 - Building a capable developmental state
• Building a capable developmental state: The state as enabler and disruptor - Parks Tau
• Formal paper prepared in support of verbal presentation - Parks Tau
• Building a capable developmental state - Raenette Taljaard
• Building a capable developmental state - Pascal Moloi
• Closing - Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo
• Contributors.
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This publication is the outcome of a conference marking the beginning of South Africa's third decade of democracy hosted in November 2014 by the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) at the University of South Africa (Unisa). The conference was entitled 20 Years of South African Democracy: So Where to Now? The main focus of the conference was projective reflections into the next two decades of democracy. It aimed to deal with the theoretical perspectives underpinning the state of South Africa in two decades of democracy and, most importantly, prospects for the future. This publication covers the following main themes of the conference: Reflections on Historical Moments The South African Political Economy Values, Nation Formation and Social Compacting Innovation and Transdisciplinary Knowledge for Action Building a Capable Development State Contained herein are inputs from a wide range of prominent South African and international thinkers, practitioners and activists. Some are in the form of prepared papers and others are taken from transcripts of presentations. They are presented in the hope that the thought-provoking and incisive discourse that took place at the conference can contribute to the continuation of a discussion that, by its nature, can have no end. Contributors: Justice Dikeng Moseneki, Frene Ginwala, Sydney Mufamadi, Mayor Parks Tau, Pascal Moloi, Patricia McFadden, Trevor Manuel, Miriam Altman, Albie Sachs, Renosi Mokate, Vusi Gumede, Pregs Govender, Raenette Taljaard, Mammo Muchie, Mazibuko Jara, Hester du Plessis, Tshilidzi Marwala, Imraan Patel, Erika Kraemer-Mbula and Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo.
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• Preface. Introduction. 1: General Overviews. Opportunities and approaches for doubling the structural efficiency of metallic materials
• D.B. Miracle. The challenge for materials design: integrating modeling and computation
• C.S. Hartley. The main tendencies in elaboration of materials with high specific strength
• S. Firstov. 2: Amorphous, Nanocrystalline and Quasicrystalline Materials. Nanostructured materials produced by severe plastic deformation
• H.P. Stuwe. Development of nanostructured and nanoparticle dispersion-reinforced metallic systems
• P.R. Subramanian, et al. Nanostructured and nanocomposite light metal-based compounds for hydrogen storage
• R.A. Varin, et al. Strength and ductility of nanostructured SPD materials
• R.Z. Valiev. Consolidation of Cu and amorphous Zr-based powders by severe plastic deformation
• K.T. Hartwig, et al. Structure and properties of carbon-based nanocomposite films
• G. Radnoczi, et al. Nanocrystallization in iron alloys induced by friction treatment and nitrogen diffusion
• A. Yurkova, et al. Influence of scandium on amorphization of aluminum alloys
• A. Slipenyuk, et al. Structure peculiarities of Al63Cu25Fe12 ingots with a quasicrystalline component
• M. Yefinov, et al. Consolidation of Al-Cu-Fe powders with quasicrystalline component by using high quasihydrostatic pressures
• O. Bykov, et al. 3: Advanced Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys. High strength aluminum alloys for cryogenic applications
• O.N. Senkov, et al. Effect of Fe and Si on structure and mechanical properties of complex Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys produced by P/M casting techniques
• Yu. Milman, et al. Study of a zirconium modified 2014 aluminumalloy: analysis of the best warm forming conditions
• P. Cavaliere. Study of fatigue resistance properties of a zirconium modified 2014 aluminum alloy
• P. Cavaliere. High strain rate superplastic behavior of Al-Li-Mg-Cu-Sc alloy subjected to severe plastic deformation
• M.R. Shagiev, et al. Microstructure and mechanical properties od Al-Al4C3 materials
• M. Besterci, L'. Parilak. Creep behavior and strength of magnesium-based composites
• V. Sklenicka, et al. 4: Advanced Titanium Alloys and Composites. Multicomponent Ti-Si-based systems
• M. Bulanova, et al. Effect of Zr on structure and mechanical behavior of Ti-Al-Si alloys
• I. Gornaya, et al. High-temperature fatigue crack growth resistance of thermo-mechanically and heat treated cast Ti-Si-Al-Zr composites
• B. Vasyliv, et al. Structure and fracture features of Ti-Si- and Ti-B-based in situ composites
• O.D. Vasylyev, M.D. Bega. Effect of thermomechanical treatment on structure and properties of titanium-boride eutectic alloys
• T. Velikanova, et al. New high-strength weldable titanium alloy T110
• V.N. Samkov, et al. Features of application of high-strength materials for units of the landing gear of aircrafts 'AN'
• A.G. Molyar, V.A. Trofimov. 5: Advanced Refractory Alloys. Structures and properties of the refractory silicides Ti5Si3 and TiSi2 and Ti-Si-(Al) eutectic alloys
• G. Frommeyer, R. Rosenkranz. Refractory metal/silicide multiphase systems for high temperature structural applications
• M.G. Mendiratta, et al. Microstructural effects and kinetics of high temperature oxidation in Nb-Si base alloys
• E.S.K. Menon, et al. Development of ductile Cr-Re alloys for high temperature application.
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In the fall of 1998, Prof. Sergey Firstov invited me to the Frantcevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science (IPMS) in Kyiv, Ukraine to discuss possible collaborations in the area of advanced metals research. During this visit, a strong mutual interest was evident in a broad range of structural metals technologies, and a quick friendship was established. Countless subsequent emails and a reciprocal visit to the U. S Air Force Research Laboratory by Prof. Firstov and a team of scientists from IPMS ensued to discuss and detail a broad collaboration in the area of structural metals. Two years after the initial visit, a major investment by the U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) was established to pursue the technologies defined by these interactions. The annual reviews of the AFOSR Ukrainian Metals Initiative were held in late May, a most beautiful time in Kyiv when the lilacs are in bright display and the air is scented with the smell of falling blossoms from the chestnut trees that line the major streets and many parks. The sunny days and mild evenings provide a welcome break from winter, and on weekend evenings festive crowds spill onto the Khreshchatyk, Kyiv's downtown boulevard, to listen to street musicians, watch jugglers and comedians, or simply to celebrate with friends. The annual reviews featured long days of intensive discussion of technical progress, followed in the evenings by the warm hospitality of the Ukrainian hosts.
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Has architectural theory become a historical phenomenon to be anthologized and studied as another passing phase in the history of the discipline? Do the current commonplace watchwords of "practice" and "research" mark the end of theory's place in architectural discourse? This edited volume posits the contrary-that theory remains urgent and even unavoidable, so ingrained in architectural practice and pedagogy that it remains a vital if sometimes latent influence. Architectural theory is not confined to its supposed heyday in the decades leading up to the year 2000; it has persisted and expanded as the stakes of theoretical discussions have transformed. 2000+: The Urgencies of Architectural Theory collects new essays from a range of the most compelling architectural historians and theorists of the moment, including Lucia Allais, Beatriz Colomina, Mark Cousins, Arindam Dutta, John Harwood, Catherine Ingraham, Mark Jarzombek, Mari Lending, Spyros Papapetros, Felicity Scott, Pelin Tan, Bernard Tschumi, Eyal Weizman, Mark Wigley, and Mabel Wilson. Brought together for a conference marking the end of Wigley's tenure as dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, these thinkers chart new directions and points of critical importance for theory in architecture.
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