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Stavanger domkirke er utsmykket med en prekestol og fem epitafier skåret og malt i perioden 1658–1676. Det barokke inventaret er i kunsthistorien tilskrevet Anders Lauritsen Smith. Nye funn i primærkilder slik som regnskap, rettsprotokoller og brev, samt resultater fra undersøkelser av verktøyspor og visuelle trekk ved gjenstandene, trekker denne attribusjonen i tvil.

The book studies China's record of modernization in its own terms. The course charted by the Chinese leadership has certainly produced remarkable successes. It is a journey of economic reforms based on pragmatism, and the same thinking is guiding the ongoing legal reforms. There is no denial that the leaders are reluctant to embark on radical political reforms that may unseat them. At the same time, one must be informed by the historical experience of the Chinese people. The havocs and sufferings associated with radical political changes have made them risk averse, and the ruling Communist Party of China is shrewd enough to exploit this feeling. Based on empirical data on countries with similar income level, Peerenboom argues for democratic reform to occur after a certain level of economic development. This point is controversial but there is inadequate data to disprove him. However, even with the limitation of one-party rule, there are a few areas where the CPC can do a better job in bringing China further along the road to modernization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self-localization is one of the most challenging problems for deploying micro autonomous underwater vehicles ( μ AUV) in confined underwater environments. This paper extends a recently-developed self-localization method that is based on the attenuation of electro-magnetic waves, to the μ AUV domain. We demonstrate a compact, low-cost architecture that is able to perform all signal processing steps present in the original method. The system is passive with one-way signal transmission and scales to possibly large μ AUV fleets. It is based on the spherical localization concept. We present results from static and dynamic position estimation experiments and discuss the tradeoffs of the system.