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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment in the Western Balkan Transition Economies:Future Perspectives]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The importance of FDI for the economic development of a transition economy is especially pronounced. However, it is necessary to say that the importance of FDI for the Western Balkan countries have the crucial importance especially for the continuation and completion of the initiated reforms. Continuation and completion of structural economic reforms is also one of the key conditions for the accession of the Western Balkan countries to the European Union. So, the central question is what are the key factors that determine the level of FDI flows into the Western Balkan countries in the near future.   The notable FDI performance of Central Eastern European countries during their preparation for the EU accession in the last decade and the experience of earlier EU enlargements demonstrate that economic integration can increase FDI inflows. The Western Balkans follows a specific process of economic integration. On the one hand, intra-regional integration aims at normalizing the economic relations after the period of disintegration during the nineties and helps to create a common market. On the other hand, the regions aspire to accede into the EU, as it has been demonstrated by the EU membership application of Croatia. This paper aims to analyze how political stability or instability may affect FDI inflows by creating an index of performance on this variable for each Western Balkan country and relates it to a measure of FDI performance for a particular country. Also, the paper analyzes the impact of the EU accession process on the value of FDI inflows. The integration of the Western Balkan countries with the aim of liberalizing interregional trade represents (such as a CEFTA agreement) a chance for improving their mutual cooperation and it provides the basis for a more intensive trade with the European Union countries. Based on the analysis of the current political situation in the Western Balkans, as well as the current position in the negotiations with the EU, paper indicates the factors which determine the likely direction of potential FDI flows into the Western Balkan countries with the specific recommendations for the economic policy makers.  Keywords: Western Balkan transition economies, foreign direct investment, political volatility, EU integration]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2442]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Compatibility of Dayton System for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU Accession]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study seeks to produce a critical approach regarding the compatibility of Dayton system for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU accession in the framework of a new perspective for the future of Bosnia. Nowadays, EU accession became the most important foreign policy goal of Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to create a more operative state system and complete the country’s reformation process. Nevertheless, still the country’s complete system is based on the “Dayton regime” which was established in 1995. Needless to say that the main goal of the Dayton system was creating a self-sufficient Bosnia and Herzegovina for the following years. On the other hand, today it’s seen that the international community still has a very constitutive role over Bosnia and Herzegovina. A productive national economy, operative democracy and dialogue stage between the ethnic groups might be considered as the most important uncompleted issues of the post-war period. In particular, when we consider the fact that some of the constitutive countries of former Yugoslavia had completed their EU accession or they became an official candidate for EU; the importance of EU for Bosnia and Herzegovina can be much more understandable. The main argument of this paper is producing the incompliance of Dayton system for Bosnia and Herzegovina based on the fact that Dayton system in Bosnia and Herzegovina created a state which is dependent to the existence of international community over the region. Additively, a bipartite comparative approach will be used both between the pre and post Dayton terms and between Bosnia and Herzegovina and other EU member former Yugoslav countries.   Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dayton Regime, International Community, EU Accession, Consolidation of Democracy]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2434]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Child Trafficking for Organ Transplantation and Law Enforcement Failure in Albania]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Trafficking in minors for sexual and labor exploitation, and, mostly for organs transplantation has grown globally over the last few years. The profits of child trafficking generate billions of dollars. Various researches have acknowledged child trafficking has a human rights issue: the trafficked minors are deprived of their rights to life, equality in education, dignity and security. Some governments have been coping with child trafficking as an organized crime issue where children are kidnapped, ‘sold like market products’, coerced and exploited to street begging, and definitely, the worst scenario of being ‘slaughtered’ for organ transplantation criminal networks.     Unfortunately, Albania as a fragile non-consolidated democracy has become predominately a country of origin of child trafficking for lucrative criminal targets. Our study will argue that this growing phenomenon in Albania is directly related and accelerated by the ‘pure failure’ of the justice system. It will demonstrate by comparison and contrast of the textual analysis of the academic and empirical data that politics with its powerful network have captivated the police system and paralyzed the judicial institutions. Drawing on the root causes that make children prey of the non-functioning of the judicial system, and then assessing the investigative units’ incompetence to trace the victims and their perpetrators, this research will offer a multidimensional picture of the Albanian child trafficking case noting its peculiarities in connection with the political transition profile of the country itself.     Finally, we finalize with recommendations on improving the policing capacities to identify and catch criminals, with judicial reform to clean up the corrupt judges and install the professional judicial system built upon international standards. This will turn a contribution to policymakers in Albania, to specialized units dealing with child trafficking, to non-governmental sectors, to the institutional reforming attempts and challenges of the country to end up political transition and consolidate the rule of law to its population and in particular to the most vulnerable group, - the children.    Keywords: child trafficking, organ transplantation, failure of law]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2453]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Development of Environmental Taxes and Environmental Public Expenditures in Turkey Comparing Member Countries of the European Union]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study investigates the causes of the environmental pollution, such as gas emission which causes the global warming. Then we examined the legal aspect of reducing environmental pollution, especially the most comprehensive international agreement the Kyoto Protocol. As a study case we examined the environmental expenditures, trends of the environmental policies, the development of environmental policy instruments (trend), and the structure of the environmental taxes for the years studied from year 2000 until 2011, then we compared Turkey and European Union.  The purpose of the study was to investigate how the public environmental expenditures and environmental taxes changed in Turkey and EU since 2000 until 2011. Another purpose of the study was the relationship between the public environmental expenditures and environmental taxes. In this study authors used secondary data in the large extent. The data collection for environmental tax revenues and the environmental expenditures was derived from European statistics agency.   According to our findings the environmental expenditures did not exceed the 1 % of GDP.  Despite the international agreements, the majority of countries have not increased the environmental expenditures, and also the general trend of environmental tax ratios have not increased significantly. The average of the environmental tax ratios are approximately 2.5% of GDP. Even though those countries have applied environmental taxes, they did not spend for the environmental protection. This means that those tax revenues are being used for public funding purposes.  Keywords: Environmental Pollution, Climate Change, Environmental Tax Revenues, Environmental Public Expenditure, International Environmental Agreements.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2477]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Influence of Environment on Business Performance]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Entrepreneurial spirit of the people in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been on the rise over the last nineteen years, since we witnessed significant emergence of many new business start-ups. During Yugoslavian period most businesses were state-owned enterprises. Different branches were deployed at different business areas.  In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there were certain parts of the country where certain industry sectors were highly developed such as textile industry, food industry, metal, wood and other industries.    Purpose of this study is to explore influence of business environment on business performance.  Both qualitative and quantitative research will be conducted. For the qualitative part of study data will be collected through in depth interviews with several entrepreneurs in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. And for the quantitative part, data will be collected through questionnaires that will be delivered to entrepreneurs in four municipalities in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  The results of the study indicated that people in the regions where state business were not present are more likely to open and run their own private business than the people in the regions were state businesses operate.    Keywords: Entrepreneurs, Business Performance, Business Environment, Industry.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2552]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[DIGITAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATION, COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF  DIGITAL EVIDENCE]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[With computers, and other electronic devices being involved in an increasing number, and  type, of crimes the electronic trace left on electronic media can be a vital part of the legal  process. To ensure acceptance by courts, accepted processes and procedures need to be  acquired and demonstrated which are not dissimilar to the issues surrounding traditional  forensic investigations. Forensic technology makes it possible to: identify privacy issues;  establish a chain of custody for provenance; employ write protection for capture and transfer;  and detect forgery or manipulation. It can extract and mine relevant metadata and content;  enable efficient indexing and searching by curators; and facilitate audit control and granular  access privileges. In recent years, digital forensics has emerged as an essential source of tools  and approaches for facilitating digital preservation and curation, specifically for protecting  and investigating evidence from the past. Institutional repositories and professionals with  responsibilities for personal archives can benefit from forensics in addressing digital  authenticity, accountability and accessibility. Digital personal information must be handled  with due sensitivity and security respecting available standards while demonstrably protecting  its evidential value. A digital forensic investigation is a special case of a digital investigation  where the procedures and techniques that are used will allow the results to be entered into a  court of law. Computer forensics is a new and fast growing field that involves carefully  collecting and examining electronic evidence that not only assesses the damage to a computer  as a result of an electronic attack, but also to recover lost information from such systems to  prosecute criminals. With the growing importance of computer security today and the  seriousness of cyber-crime, it is important for computer professionals to understand the  technology used in computer forensics.  Keywords: Computer forensics, image acquisition, digital preservation, data recovery]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-05-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2534]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-36-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[COMPARASION OF WIND MEASUREMENTS BY LIDAR AND MEASUREMENT  MAST FOR BORA WIND IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Research of wind energy potential with the aim of installing wind turbines was performed on  location Hrgud in the southeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. These are complex  terrains characterized by specific wind Bora. Measurements were performed by standard  procedures using the classical standard instruments, anemometers and wind vanes, mounted at  different heights on the measurement mast height of 77.5 m (agl) combined with remote  sensing technique such as the LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) during period 23.8.  2013. – 19.12. 2013. The aim of this study was to perform an analysis and comparison of  collected measurement data from the measurement mast and the LIDAR (Windcube v2 FCR),  as well as the behavior of the equipment itself in the complex terrain and wind Bora  conditions in Bosnia. During the comparison the 10-min averaging time for the wind speed  and direction is used. It can be concluded from this analysis that the behavior of the LIDAR  under harsh local weather conditions was relatively well, except the problems with the power  supply. The LIDAR uncorrected wind speed was in general lower than the wind speed  measured by the cup anemometer at the same height. The comparison of the data of  measurement methods provides reliable information on the wind speed within the considered  altitude range.  Keywords: wind energy, LIDAR, wind Bora, Bosnia]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-05-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2531]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-36-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FEATURE RANKING ALGORITHMS ON MICROARRAY DATASETS]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[205 | P a g e  PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FEATURE RANKING ALGORITHMS ON MICROARRAY DATASETS  Uğur Turhal1, Murat Gök2, Suat Onur3, Sebahattin Babur4  1,2,4Department of Computer Engineering  3Department of Informatics,  1,3 BalıkesirUniversity  2,4 Yalova University  1 ugurturhal@balikesir.edu.tr  2 murat.gok@yalova.edu.tr  3 suatonur@balikesir.edu.tr  4 sebahattin_babur@hotmail.com  ABSTRACT]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-05-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2529]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-36-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE CRAYFISH  (Astacus leptodactylus) IN POND YENICE]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The changes in the compositions of crude protein, fat and fatty acid in the muscle tissues of  male and female samples of Astacus leptodactylus acquired by hunting in the dates between  November 2007 and June 2008 which is the breeding season for the crayfish from Pond  Yenice which is used for irrigation in Çanakkale province, Turkey, are examined in the study.  Whereas the amount of crude protein in male samples is around 11.78-15.68%, it is identified  that the amount is around 13.09-17.59% with the female samples. Fat changes from 3.29-  4.95% for the male samples, 3.67-5.82% with the female samples. It is observed that there is a  continuous increase in the compositions of crude protein and fat generally through the  beginning and the end of the sampling period. The amounts of EPA, DHA and AA show  change according to the breeding season and season.  Keywords: Astacus leptodactylus, Fatty acids, Crude protein, Lipid, Seasonal change.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-05-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2488]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-36-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[DETERMINATION OF FIBROSIS SCORE IN THE VENTRICULAR ARTER BY  USING IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON HISTOPATHOLOGICAL  IMAGES]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Histopathological image analysis is an important area for pathological image analysis and  diagnosis in medicine. Among cancer patients, radiotherapy is widely used for treatment  modality. The aim of the radiotherapy is giving maximum dose to tumor tissue as well as  maintaining normal tissue unaffected as possible. The increase of the radiation dose is parallel  with local tumor control. However, risk of complication of normal tissue is also increased.  Thus, controlling of the tumor depends on the normal tissue tolerant. In this study, we aim to  support radiologists to detect and control radiation dose and its effects for the radiotherapy.  Determining of the ventricular artery thickness by using image processing techniques can give  information about radiation effects and dose. Using by image processing techniques,  adventitia layer which of cardiac vessel layer thickness is measured. For this measurement,  whole cardiac histopathological RGB image is cropped and studies are applied on this image.  Then RGB image is converted to grayscale image and after converted the binary image.  Adventitia layer is detected with edge detecting method. After segmentation of the adventitia  layer, this layer thickness is measured to show effects of the radiation dose. Thus, with this  study an optimal radiation dose can be adjusted according to the increase of the adventitia  thickness.  Keywords: Histopathological images; cardiac tissue; radiotheraphy; fibrosis]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-05-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2504]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-36-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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