Utopia and satire would seem, superficially at least, to be closely related genres. They both reject present forms of human society, and they sometimes make use of similar devices (e. g., the voyage, the stranger's eye). They would seem to differ only in emphasis. Whereas the satirist focuses on criticism, the utopian writer offers an ideal alternative. The implicit social censure embedded in u...

The purpose of this study is to develop a system to automatically generate stowage plan for large containerships. The system consists of three modules: stowage plan generator, stability module and optimization engine. This paper presents the architecture and the work of the first module stowage plan generator, which is used to automatically generate a feasible stowage plan with reasonable crane...

HKJGOM 2005; 5 (1) 40 Introduction In modern days, birth control in our community has been achieved with modest success via the practice of various contraceptive methods. According to statistics from The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK), the contraceptive practice rate in Hong Kong has been maintained at above 80% since 19871. This is higher than the world average of 60%2. Famil...

Supply vessels provide offshore installations with necessary supplies on periodic basis from an onshore base according to weekly sailing plans. Each plan is built for a certain time horizon to guarantee required level of service to offshore installations at least cost. In a sailing plan several voyages are assigned to each vessel. The execution of sailing plans is affected by stochastic weather...